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You Bet Your Garden

You Bet Your Garden Archive

You Bet Your Garden

Mulberries: Trash or treasure?

August 25, 2012 — Are your mulberries making a mess when they drop their fruits? Mike McGrath, reveals how you can turn trash ...

Air Date: August 25, 2012

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The wonders of corn gluten meal, plus tick prevention

August 18, 2012 — Can corn gluten meal prevent weeds in the fall? Mike McGrath reveals how to use the great organic weed and f ...

Air Date: August 18, 2012

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Growing great garlic

August 11, 2012 — It’s almost time to get your garlic in the ground! Mike Mcgrath reveals how to grow great garlic and h ...

Air Date: August 11, 2012

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What can you do about tasteless tomatoes?

August 4, 2012 — What can you do when your home-grown tomatoes are failures in flavor? Mike McGrath looks at the potential cau ...

Air Date: August 4, 2012

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Is horsetail invading your garden?

July 28, 2012 — Although you can use it to scrub pots and pans, few gardeners sing the praises of the weed known as horsetail. ...

Air Date: July 28, 2012

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Do you have a caterpillar plaguing your iris?

July 21, 2012 — Beautiful bearded iris are outstanding garden plants, but they are plagued by the pest known as the iris borer ...

Air Date: July 21, 2012

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All you need to know about herbs

July 7, 2012 — You don’t need a lot of room to grow your own herbs. Mike McGrath discusses herbs for culinary and medici ...

Air Date: July 14, 2012

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Is lead lurking in your soil?

July 7, 2012 — An unseen danger of urban growing is the risk of lead contamination in your dirt. Mike McGrath discusses what ...

Air Date: July 7, 2012

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Are beetles taking a bite out of your produce?

June 30, 2012 — Squash vine borers and flea beetles can take quite a bite out of your produce production. Mike McGrath reveals ...

Air Date: June 30, 2012

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Heavenly scented lavender

June 23, 2012 — Many gardeners love the idea of growing their own lavender. Mike McGrath will reveal what this sensuously scen ...

Air Date: June 23, 2012

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Slithering sawflies

June 16, 2012 — They look like little caterpillars or slugs, but leaf-chewing sawflies are actually baby wasps. Mike McGrath r ...

Air Date: June 16, 2012

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What to do when Bermudagrass invades your turf

June 9, 2012 — What’s going on when a grass of a different color spreads like wildfire in a lawn? Host Mike McGrath reve ...

Air Date: June 9, 2012

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A living American flag

June 2, 2012 — Imagine the world’s largest American flag whose colors are the blooms of ornamental trees. Mike McGrath t ...

Air Date: June 2, 2012

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Does your lawn look like a patchwork quilt?

May 26, 2012 — What’s going on when different color patches appear in a lawn? Mike McGrath takes a close look at pestife ...

Air Date: May 26, 2012

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The beautiful lady slipper orchid

May 19, 2012 — The beautiful and ephemeral lady slipper orchid is a true springtime star. Mike McGrath takes a close look at t ...

Air Date: May 19, 2012

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