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The Story Behind Haint Blue Paint | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath ends his 30 years on public radio in style with a blowout celebration full of phone calls, interviews, and live music!

Sawflies: A Truly Weird Garden Pest | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath examines a garden pest that may have many people confused. Plus, a heaping helping of your fabulous phone calls!

Helping Your Hopeless Hydrangeas | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath reveals what to do about your hydrangeas that were hurt by odd weather. Plus, a heaping helping of your fabulous phone calls!

Companion Planting for Cabbage Pests | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath explains how to keep insect pests from eating your vegetables. Plus, a tool to save birds, and your fabulous phone calls!

Relocating and Splitting Your Spring Bulbs | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath gives tips for separating or moving your Spring bulbs. Plus, a heaping helping of your fabulous phone calls!

How to Axe Your Ants | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath explains how to prevent ants in your kitchen. Plus, a heaping helping of your fabulous phone calls!

Spring Lawn Care Advice: Leave It Alone! | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath explains why you shouldn't worry about your lawn right now. Plus, a heaping helping of your fabulous phone calls!

How to Beat Your Beetles | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath reveals how to keep Japanese beetles away from your plants. Plus, a heaping helping of your fabulous phone calls!

Of Mice and Mint and Mothballs | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath answers whether mint can keep mice out of your home. Plus, a heaping helping of your fabulous phone calls!

Ticks Are a Tenacious Trouble! | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath reveals the best ways to keep ticks away. Plus, an important show announcement, and your important phone calls!

Your Summer Mosquito Plan: Misery or Victory? | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath gives a fool proof plan for keeping mosquitos away this summer. Plus, a heaping helping of your fabulous phone calls!

Hey, Gardener, Leave Those Plants Alone! | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath explains what to do about those late-season freezes. Plus, your fabulous phone calls!

Do Bat Houses Really House Bats? | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath explains how to encourage bats to eat your mosquitos. Plus, what birds need, and your fabulous phone calls!

Zap that Bug Zapper | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath explains why bug zappers aren't actually helping anything. Plus, pretty poppies, and your fabulous phone calls!

The Many Moods of Mushroom Soil | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath reveals what mushroom soil really is. Plus, celebrating the nation's 250th birthday, and your fabulous phone calls!

How Far South Can You Grow Raspberries? | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath provides work-arounds for growing fruit like raspberries in hotter climates. Plus, a new kind of potato, and your fabulous phone calls!

Gardening in Any Body | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath gives tips for people with mobility struggles. Plus, a founding organic voice, and your fabulous phone calls!

What to Fill Your Raised Beds With | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath reveals the perfect mixture to fill your raised beds with. Plus, your fabulous phone calls!

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

Mike McGrath explains how to make the perfect soil addition for your garden. Plus, your fabulous phone calls!

What to Do with Old Potting Soil | You Bet Your Garden

Mike McGrath gives uses for your old potting soil. Plus, is it a rose or not, and your fabulous phone calls!