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The Best Flowers for Cutting | You Bet Your Garden Feb 21, 2025

Mike McGrath gives his suggestions for flowers to grow in your garden and bring into your home. Plus, your fabulous phone calls!

How to Start Your Own Seeds - If You Dare! | You Bet Your Garden Feb 14, 2025

Mike McGrath explains how to start your own seeds, and shares how it's different from keeping outdoor plants alive. Plus, how to get plants and trees to play nice, and your fabulous phone calls!

Is This Your Year for Backyard Chickens? | You Bet Your Garden Feb 07, 2025

Mike McGrath explains why backyard chickens are a good option with rising egg prices. Plus, a look at the new book Saving Orchids, and your phone calls!

No More Monkey Business! | You Bet Your Garden Jan 31, 2025

Mike McGrath solves a unique problem: how to keep monkeys away from your fruit trees. Plus, an early look at the new Square Foot Gardening book, and your fabulous phone calls!

Peas, Please! The Perfect Cool Weather Crop | You Bet Your Garden Jan 03, 2025

Mike McGrath explains why peas are such a great crop to grow over the colder winter months. Plus, your fabulous phone calls!

A Fabulous Year-In-Review | You Bet Your Garden Dec 27, 2024

Mike McGrath shares the microphone with his producer James and his assistant Sean to look back on some of the best phone calls, interviews and questions of 2024.

Saving Money On Produce | You Bet Your Garden Dec 20, 2024

Mike McGrath explains how to grow your own produce as store prices rise, even if you're a beginner. Plus, volunteer opportunities at the Philadelphia Flower Show, and your fabulous phone calls!

Last Minute Gifts for Gardeners | You Bet Your Garden Dec 13, 2024

Mike McGrath provides gift ideas for the gardeners in your life. Plus, the best herbs to grow indoors over the winter, and your fabulous phone calls!

Pantry Moths and Other Flying Pests | You Bet Your Garden Dec 06, 2024

Mike McGrath explains how to get rid of moths that have found their way into your pantry, and how to keep them away in the first place. Plus, your low-flying phone calls!

Tough Year for Christmas Trees | You Bet Your Garden Nov 29, 2024

Mike McGrath explains how you can keep your live Christmas tree from dropping dead in the middle of the holiday season. Plus, your festive phone calls!

Spring and Summer Bulb Stories & Beer Fridge Advice | You Bet Your Garden Nov 22, 2024

Mike McGrath explains how to protect your summer-blooming bulbs over the winter, and what to do with the Spring bulbs you forgot about last year. Plus, how to get rid of poison ivy, and your phone calls!

The Worms Go In, the Worms Go Out | You Bet Your Garden Nov 15, 2024

Mike McGrath explains how to create garden gold with kitchen scraps and live worms. Plus, your creepy crawly questions!

The Art and Etiquette of Fall Leaf Collection | You Bet Your Garden Nov 08, 2024

Mike McGrath explains why those leaves starting to cover your yard are a gardener's most precious resource. Plus, an interview with the owner of a farm revolutionizing potatoes, and your fabulous phone calls!

Trapping Stink Bugs By the Box | You Bet Your Garden Nov 01, 2024

Mike McGrath explains how you can enjoy a delicious pizza and keep stink bugs out of your home all with one delivery. Plus, your fabulous stink-free questions!

When the Ants Come Marching In | You Bet Your Garden Oct 25, 2024

Mike McGrath explains what you can do to get rid of pests. Plus, an interview with the director of the Seed Savers Exchange about their program supporting flood victims, and your fabulous phone calls.

What’s a’matter? You Got Bulbs in Your Lawn or Something? | You Bet Your Garden Oct 18, 2024

Mike McGrath discusses how planting certain Spring bulbs in your lawn brings a burst of color to your landscape early in the season. Plus your colorful phone calls!

The Legality and Reality of Trees | You Bet Your Garden Oct 11, 2024

Mike McGrath explains what you can and should do when your tree stretches into a neighbor's yard. Plus the reveal for the 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show theme, and your blossoming phone calls!

Can You Reuse Old Potting Soil? | You Bet Your Garden Oct 04, 2024

Mike McGrath explains what you should do with used potting soil. Plus a conversation about compost and more with Jake Chalfin of Laurel Valley Soils, and your fabulous phone calls!

Helping Pepper Plants Thrive Over Winter | You Bet Your Garden Sep 27, 2024

Mike McGrath explains how to make your pepper plants perennials by moving them indoors for the winter. Plus your perfectly prominent phone calls!

Mosquito Trucks: Are They Spraying the Wrong Thing? | You Bet Your Garden Sep 23, 2024

Mike McGrath answer whether you should be excited or nervous when a mosquito truck comes rolling down your street. Plus your intelligently infectious phone calls!

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