You Bet Your Garden Archive
It’s almost time to plant garlic in the North, but what about in more roasty regions? Mike McGrath, hos ...
Air Date: August 19, 2016
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How to Keep Your Lovely Lilacs Blooming!
Lilacs are lovely, demanding, easy to grow and/or misunderstood. Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Gar ...
Air Date: August 12, 2016
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Are ‘Yellow Flying Insects’ Honeybees? Or Yellow Jackets?
Yellow insects flying in and out of a garden wall might be dangerous yellow jackets — or a colony of escape ...
Air Date: August 5, 2016
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The weird weed known as horse nettle
It looks like a yellow cherry tomato, but it’s a poisonous plant. On You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath discusses ...
Air Date: July 29, 2016
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Learn more about the dreaded squash vine borer
If your squash and zucchini plants are wilting, blame a pest, not the heat. Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, ...
Air Date: July 21, 2016
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Learn when to pick juicy tomatoes this summer
The final stages before reaching real ripeness are often a treacherous time for tomatoes. Mike McGrath, host of You Bet ...
Air Date: July 14, 2016
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Plants you can grow to keep away menacing mosquitoes
The Zika virus has taken mosquitos from outdoor annoyance to fearsome foe. Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, w ...
Air Date: July 7, 2016
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Is it safe to use cinder blocks in raised beds?
Are there cinders in cinder blocks? Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, will investigate whether the big blocks ...
Air Date: July 1, 2016
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Proper pruning, plucking and picking produces the best grapes
Do you have a grapevine that looks great in the Spring but awful by harvest time? Mike McGrath reveals how proper pruni ...
Air Date: June 24, 2016
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Call it a cantaloupe, a muskmelon or a netted melon, it’s a delight to eat, but difficult to grow. Mike McGrath, host ...
Air Date: June 17, 2016
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Make your second-year mums look like first class plants
Your rhubarb is a family heirloom. But you’re moving from a cold clime to Oklahoma, where it can’t survive. ...
Air Date: June 9, 2016
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Your rhubarb is a family heirloom. But you’re moving from a cold clime to Oklahoma, where it can’t survive. ...
Air Date: June 2, 2016
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Could a city street light attract pests to your garden?
Could a city streetlight near a garden cause a dramatic increase in pest problems? Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your G ...
Air Date: May 27, 2016
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Do trees NEED mulch? And can a tree survive severed roots?
Highlights from show for April 13, 2013: Gardening in cold climates ...
Air Date: May 19, 2016
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Learn to grow with the “Square Foot Gardening” method!
Want to grow twice as much in half the space with half the work? Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, helps us ce ...
Air Date: May 12, 2016
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