Archived Shows
September 2005

9/3/05
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Michigan State University turf grass expert Dr. Trey Rogers, the "Yard Doctor", joins us to discuss the proper techniques for growing great grass; with a special emphasis on turfs that have to take a lot of traffic. Plus: In the Question of the Week, Mike will discuss how to handle bees, wasps and yellow jackets living in lawns, congregating in compost piles, and buzzing inside bedrooms!

Visit our guest, Trey Rogers, "The Yard Doctor"

9/10/05
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Think the planting season is over? Think again! Its time to sow spinach, salad greens and radishes; plant broccoli, garlic and lots of pansies, the toughest flowers of them all. Mike will explain what to plant now in the different growing zones across the country, and how to plant it. Plus: Mike will name a dozen pretty posies whose seeds you can sow right now for beautiful blooms next season!

9/17/05
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Tired of seeing your prized plants perish when frost comes calling? Mike McGrath will reveal his favorite gardening trick; bringing peppers, begonias, and impatiens inside for the winter. You can enjoy good eating and beautiful color through the cold season, and start out with nice, big plants next Spring. He'll also explain which herbs can over-winter outside in which garden zones, and which ones have to come inside.

9/24/05
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Pest Control expert Bill Quarles joins us to explain how even people without pets can be plagued by fleas, and to reveal the least toxic ways of evicting these ankle-biters from your abode! Bill Quarles is the director of the Bio-Integral Resource Center in Berkeley, California. During the Question of the Week, Mike McGrath will explain how to protect perennial plants in pots from freezing to death over winter, and how to protect the poor pots too, if they're terra cotta!