You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath loves radio, but he’s always down to show off in front of a crowd. This week’s You Bet Your Garden is a very special treat: excerpts from Mike’s talk at Meadowbrook Farm in Abi...

https://whyy.org/episodes/live-at-meadowbrook-farm/

Your tomatoes and peppers are under attack; big chunks are missing! On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath identifies the most likely suspects and reveals if the leftovers are safe ...

https://whyy.org/episodes/whats-eating-my-garden-and-are-the-leftovers-safe/

Got lots of ripe tomatoes coming in? More than you can eat? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath walks you through the cooking and processing of superior tomato sauce, with an emp...

https://whyy.org/episodes/tomato-sauce-101-from-vine-to-jar/

In fall, a young man’s fancy turns to…killing greasy grubs! On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath lays out your organic grub control options and explains why this is the time of yea...

https://whyy.org/episodes/september-is-the-time-for-lawn-care-and-repair/

If you’ve been to a home show, you’ve seen the rival franchises selling mosquito spray packages to homeowners. On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath responds to a listener conc...

https://whyy.org/episodes/hey-joe-whats-in-that-mosquito-spray-in-your-hand/

Nobody wants to work hard outside. On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath reveals that cheaters always win—especially when they perfect the lawn care and pruning practices that mi...

https://whyy.org/episodes/in-the-garden-and-on-the-lawn-cheaters-always-win/

Your garlic harvest is in…now what? Use it fresh before it sprouts? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will expose the secret to getting a season of good seasoning from your h...

https://whyy.org/episodes/getting-the-most-out-of-your-garlic/

Mosquito prevention time is over; now is the time to switch tactics to protection. On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath reveals how to attract dragonflies and explains why white is the...

https://whyy.org/episodes/got-skeeters-bad-call-in-the-dragonflies/

A listener wants to attract beneficial insects, but instead is beset by flies! On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath discusses how this might not be the worst thing to happen to an urba...

https://whyy.org/episodes/beneficial-bugs-or-filthy-flies/

Is it ever right to use your grass clippings as a garden mulch?? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, we’ll bend–but not break–the rules as Mike McGrath looks at the pros and cons of collecti...

https://whyy.org/episodes/using-grass-clippings-for-mulch/

Plants under glass, mushroom hunting, permaculture, and copper plugs. On this week’s You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath talks terrariums, ‘shrooming, piling stuff up on top of old wood an...

https://whyy.org/episodes/you-bet-your-garden-summer-special-2-2/

It’s often a bad idea to take plants across state lines with the intent to commit horticulture. On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath discusses what’s at stake if you’re thinking ...

https://whyy.org/episodes/crossing-the-pond-with-the-intent-to-commit-horticulture/

Radioactive roses; peerless pollinators; the famed “Banana of the North;” and puckering persimmons. On the next You Bet Your Garden, we gather some of our favorite interviews to cool down you...

https://whyy.org/episodes/you-bet-your-garden-summer-special-1-2/

A British gardening magazine recommends pouring grass clippings on top of shredded paper to make “quick compost.” On You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath reveals what’s wrong with this picture...

https://whyy.org/episodes/keep-your-credit-cards-out-of-the-compost/

What’s eating your roses? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath dons his detective’s cap to pinpoint the perpetrator chewing on them now…and details how to stop Japanese beetles f...

https://whyy.org/episodes/the-many-foes-of-roses/

Gardening for the disabled includes plantings for those with little to no sight. On the next You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath discusses gardens that appeal to the other four senses. Plus, y...

https://whyy.org/episodes/gardening-without-sight/

How can you grow tomatoes in a short season…at high altitude…and with no water? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath reveals just how they do it in Southwest Colorado! Plus, the wi...

https://whyy.org/episodes/gardening-against-the-odds-high-altitude-short-season-and-no-water/

Do trees really NEED mulch? And can their roots be safely severed during construction? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath reveals some surprising truths about trees. Plus: Squar...

https://whyy.org/episodes/do-trees-need-mulch-can-a-tree-survive-severed-roots/

On this week’s You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath speaks with Dr. Dina Fonseca, professor of entomology in the school of public health at Rutgers University, about ways to prevent mosquito�...

https://whyy.org/episodes/special-report-moderating-menacing-mosquitoes/

You say tomato, I say tomahto…but the soil sprouts potatoes! On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath discusses what you can do when Yukon Golds emerge right next to your Cherokee Purple...

https://whyy.org/episodes/you-say-potato-i-say-tomato/