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Mic Drop - Series Finale

Send us Fan Mail Six years... 6,958 minutes, 3,794 download cities, 162 episodes, 162 graphics, 162 uploads, 52 guests, numerous phone calls, texts, scheduling calendars

Rain Barrel Reflections & Winterizing

Send us Fan Mail Jesse Savou, from Bluebarrel Rain Water Catchment Systems, once again joins us to hear Scott's comments about building his blue barrel farm. Scott

Yakety Yak Yuccas

Send us Fan Mail Scott had a record amount of Yucca Stalks this Summer, 14 to be exact and is not sure why the success. So we chat about Yuccas, Scott's approach, w

Banana Tree Pups - Another Angle to over Wintering!

Send us Fan Mail Scott brought in a new friend, who has a twist on over wintering Musa Basjoos... aka, hardy banana trees! We've talked before about Scott's ba

ALERT EPISODE: The Heat Is On!

Send us Fan Mail The guys throw some quick tips on dealing with the extreme Midwest heat that's scorching the area. A few things to do and to NOT do! Basically... k

Attracting Hummingbirds

Send us Fan Mail Today, we welcome back the Midwest Garden Gal, Lisa Hinzman Howard. Scott found her blog about hummingbirds and had a few encounters this spring with th

Stirring The Pot Stigma

Send us Fan Mail Mike discusses removing the stigma of Cannabis, especially in legalized states. We also invited in Alan Halterman, from Toledo Indoor Grows, to touch on

Bleume - The New Houseplant Fertilizer!

Send us Fan Mail YMGP has found a new product that we think you are going to love! It's just recently been released and we are all on the ground floor. But don&apos

Rain Barrel Design

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a follow up to our "Advantages of Rainwater" show in season four. Scott is installing a rain barrel system from Jesse's company at

Engaging Kids to Learn Through Gardening

Send us Fan Mail Em Shipman, Executive Director of Kidsgardening.org joins us to discuss kids learning through gardening. We discuss tips to get kids interested by playi

What We Learned over Winter Break!

Send us Fan Mail In our first spring 2025 episode, with all the early seeds planted and doing the basement germination thing, Mike & Scott review what they learned over

YMGP Top Ten Seed Packets - Flowers

Send us Fan Mail And as promised, PRE-SEASON Episode number two, our fav flowering seeds to plant. Don't forget these can be annuals and or perennials you decide to

YMGP Top Ten Seed Packets - Veggies

Send us Fan Mail And we are back! Well... it's a couple of PRE-SEASON Episodes to get the wires humming again. Besides, we are chatting about seed packets, as it&ap

Season 5: Final Thoughts 2024 Season

Send us Fan Mail Today we wrap up season number FIVE! This final show of the season is a mixed bag of tidbits and wishes that you had a great gardening season. We know i

Growing under the Covers

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode recorded just before Summer 2024 ended, is a part two of sorts to our recent episode, The Forgotten Season. This episode has Lisa t

ENCORE EPISODE: Vine Time!

Send us Fan Mail ENCORE EPISODE: Bringing back one you may have missed in the archives... listen into VINE TIME! Gourds, Pumpkins or Squash? Mike has a mystery fruit gr

Garlic Fest '24 - Easy Step by Step Guide

Send us Fan Mail Today, along with the Midwest Garden Gal... we walk through the simple step by step process of growing garlic in the Midwest.  The good news is that th

Tree of Heaven-Troubles

Send us Fan Mail , ALERT EPISODE: Today's episode stared with a conversation with a garden center customer. And took off from there...  Mike & I have brought on b

The Forgotten Season

Send us Fan Mail The Midwest Garden Gal joins us once again to discuss The Forgotte  n Season. The late planting season time to sow some more cool weather veggies right

Natives for Your Landscape

Send us Fan Mail The guys welcome in, returning guest from Season One... Melisa Sherman-Weckerlin! Melisa is the grower at Black Diamond Garden Centers, our business and