You Bet Your Garden Archive
Gardening for the disabled includes plantings for those with little to no sight. On the next You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGr ...
Air Date: June 15, 2018
Listen 46:39Gardening Against the Odds: High Altitude, Short Season, and No Water
How can you grow tomatoes in a short season…at high altitude…and with no water? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGr ...
Air Date: June 8, 2018
Listen 47:25Do Trees NEED Mulch? & Can a Tree Survive Severed Roots?
Do trees really NEED mulch? And can their roots be safely severed during construction? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host ...
Air Date: June 1, 2018
Listen 48:17Special Report: Moderating Menacing Mosquitoes
On this week’s You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath speaks with Dr. Dina Fonseca, professor of entomology in the school of p ...
Air Date: May 25, 2018
Listen 53:27You say tomato, I say tomahto…but the soil sprouts potatoes! On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath discusses wha ...
Air Date: May 18, 2018
Listen 53:45What’s Not to Love About the Linden Tree?
The linden tree is slow-growing, has great fall color and produces beautiful, scented flowers in the Summer. On the latest You Bet Your G ...
Air Date: May 11, 2018
Listen 53:45None Like it Hot: Even Sun-Lovers May Need Some Shade
Summer sun is good for our plants–up to a point. On the next You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath gives the lowdown on where ...
Air Date: May 4, 2018
Listen 53:46Spring Bulbs: The Rules for Rebloom are the Same Around the World
This is the time of year you can ensure that your Spring bulbs return…or get nothing but leaves next season. On the latest You Bet ...
Air Date: April 27, 2018
Listen 53:45Soil Solarization: What It Can and Can’t Do
Soil solarization is a powerful tool in the organic arsenal—but can you solarize a bed that has a tree in the middle?! On the latest ...
Air Date: April 20, 2018
Listen 53:45Tomato Season Update: Pruning Suckers and Poor Production
Tomato season will soon be here! On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath discusses ‘pruning suckers’ from your ...
Air Date: April 13, 2018
Listen 53:45Can you transform a tree stump into a perennial show place?
What can you do with the stump that’s left behind after a dead tree is cut down? On this week’s You Bet Your Garden we’ll ...
Air Date: April 6, 2018
Listen 53:45Live from the 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show
What can you grow in a sopping wet spot? Are non-native plants ever OK? In a very special edition of You Bet Your Garden, Mike M ...
Air Date: March 30, 2018
Listen 54:15Best Practices for Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses make for great privacy screens. On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath discusses which big gras ...
Air Date: March 23, 2018
Listen 53:27How Much Ash Should a Gardener Use If a Gardener Could Use Ash?
Do you burn wood for heat and thus have lots of wood ash that you want to use on your landscape? On the latest You Bet Your Garden ...
Air Date: March 16, 2018
Listen 53:27Composting Kitchen Waste Can Be Tricky!
Recycling your kitchen waste into compost is the responsible thing to do, right? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath ...
Air Date: March 9, 2018
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