You Bet Your Garden Archive

Is your lawn full of thatch? Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, will reveal the surprising cause and even more shocking cure for ...

Keeping rosemary alive furiously frustrates growers in cold climes. Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, reveals ...

Are all wood mulches equally bad for plants? Mike McGrath host of You Bet Your Garden, reveals ...

Snails? Nails? Puppy dog’s tails? What should your raised beds be filled with? On this week’s You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath ...

Is it ever OK to plant right up against the house? On this week’s You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will help you correctly distan ...

Creeping Charlie sounds like a character in an old monster movie, but is this aggressive groundcover eminently evil—or just misundersto ...

That chill in the air means it’s prime time for chores! Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, will reveal Te ...

“Rock Mulch” would be a great name for a band, but does it make sense in a flowerbed? Mike McGrath will review the reality of ...

Old railroad ties are inherently dangerous, but are they actually illegal to use in the home landscape? Mike McGrath host of You Bet Your ...

What do you do when you graft a Dirt Doctor and a fruiting spur? Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, will be joi ...

The leaves look like clover but the flowers tell a different tale— and then they explode. Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, wi ...

Many plants that people put in place to honor loved ones fail to thrive. Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, will try and figure o ...

European plums are the tastiest types. Mike McGrath host of You Bet Your Garden will plumb the depths of proper propagation, discuss the ...

We’re smack dab in the season of very bad pruning decisions! Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, will answ ...

The plant known as porcelain berry vine provides food and shelter for wildlife and prevents erosion in sensitive ecological areas. Mike M ...