You Bet Your Garden
288 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 386 ratings“You Bet Your Garden” touted as an hour of ”chemical-free horticultural hijinks,” is a weekly, nationally syndicated broadcast hosted by Mike McGrath. It is produced in the studios of PBS39 in Bethlehem, PA. This weekly call-in program offers ‘fiercely organic’ advice to gardeners far and wide.
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Episodes
A Fresh Look: In Praise of Potatoes
May 06, 2023 16:36 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIn this Fresh look at an episode of YBYG, Mike digs in to Potato Bed success in the Question of the Week! Plus your digging phone calls!!
The Top Tips for Spring Bloom Success PLUS The Kingsessing Morris Men Return
April 29, 2023 03:12 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBOn this timely episode of YBYG Mike interviews The Kingsessing Morris Men! Plus 'Top Tips for Spring Bloom Success' for next year!! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!!
A Fresh Look: Forgotten Bulbs & the ’Real Deal’ on Bare Rooted Plants
April 21, 2023 20:49 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBIn this soon to not be forgotten episode of YBYG Mike finds the bulbs you were supposed to plant last fall!! And dishes up the real deal on Bare Rooted plants!! Plus your un-forgotten phone calls!!! Aired 4/21/2022
A Fresh Look: Baseball Is Gardening - Is Baseball
April 15, 2023 13:58 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBBatter up! In this ENCORE episode of YBYG Mike steps up to the plate and compares Americas favorite past time to Gardening in the Question of the Week! Plus your foul ball phone calls!! Original Air Date Saturday Mar 26, 2022
A Fresher Look: 50 Ways To Lose Your Sluggies
April 08, 2023 14:47 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike McGrath slides in GREAT advice on how to tame Snails and Slugs!! Plus your Sliding Phone Calls!!
Proper Posture for Personal Protection
April 01, 2023 16:17 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBOn Part 2 of this 'Well Exercised' episode of YBYG Mike McGrath digs deeper into tips and tricks for your gardening movement health! Plus In the News: BLUE Mt. in Palmerton Pa. gets more GREEN restoration!! Plus your restoring phone calls!!!
Exercises to ’Get You Ready for Gardening without Pain’
March 25, 2023 16:30 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBOn this body building episode of YBYG Mike McGrath tones you up for the coming season! Plus your Garden tone phone calls!!
Dancing in the Dark with Rhubarb
March 18, 2023 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike McGrath introduces you to sounds of growing Rhubarb- in the dark! Plus your growing darker sounding phone calls!!
Apples Galore PLUS Summer Persisting Lettuce
March 11, 2023 16:59 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBIn this Apple info filled episode of YBYG Mike interviews long time guest on YBYG Lee Reich PLUS new guest from 'The Seed Savers Exchange' Orchard Manager- Jaime Hansen PLUS PLUS in the Question of the Week: 'How to Get Your Lettuce to PERSIST in Summer'
Hydrangeas and Peonies
March 04, 2023 17:24 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBOn this flowering episode of YBYG Mike McGrath digs into Hydrangeas and Peonies! Plus in our new segment, 'News YOU Can Use' about Light Pollution, which leaves mating bugs 'waiting in vain'!! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!!
Hügelkultur and Raised Bed Building
February 25, 2023 17:33 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBOn this NEW episode of YBYG Mike McGrath explores Hügelkultur (pronounced Hoogle Culture) and Raised bed success for this season! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
The Elderberry Saga: A New Look
February 18, 2023 17:20 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBOn this NEW episode of YBYG Mike McGrath takes a new look into the Elderberry Saga! And 'News You Can Use' this week: Great news about Eagles, Hawks and Raptors high above HAWK MOUNTAIN Pennsylvania!! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!!
Fighting ’Produce-Flation’ Emphasis on Tomatoes and Peppers
February 12, 2023 11:45 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this continuing series on fighting 'Produce-Flation' Mike McGrath hones in on Tomatoes and Peppers in the Question of the Week! Plus in your fabulous phone calls!!
More Seedy Suggestions to Fight ’Produce-flation’
February 11, 2023 13:23 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike lends you MORE Seedy advice on how to fight 'Produce-Flation'! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
A Fresh Look: Where’s the Rhubarb
February 04, 2023 17:04 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBIn this ENCORE episode of YBYG Mike digs in on how to grow Rhubarb in the Question of the Week! Plus your fabulous phone calls!! Original Air Date 3-27-2021
A Fresh Look: Getting Started for Seed Starting
January 28, 2023 12:33 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBOn this ENCORE episode of YBYG Mike gets you ready for Spring! Plus your fabulously preparing phone calls!! Original Air Date 1/27/2022
Peas Please!!
January 21, 2023 16:58 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBOn this Pea filled episode of YBYG Mike features the perfect cool weather crop, the pea! Plus your pod bound phone calls!!
The Rising Cost of Produce Means ’Back to the Garden!”
January 14, 2023 17:05 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBOn this economical episode of YBYG Mike helps you to order your seeds early to combat cost hikes in produce! Plus your earlier harvested phone calls!!
Gardening for the ’Differently Abled’ & Those ’Less Young’
January 07, 2023 17:16 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBOn this 'Over the Hill' episode of YBYG Mike lays out the path for those LESS young to a future with MORE gardening! Plus your under hill phone calls!!
A Fresh Look: For the Birds!
December 31, 2022 17:40 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBOn this ENCORE episode of YBYG Mike flys through the Question of the Week responding to our #1 fan & Master Gardeners concerns; For the Birds! Plus your #1 flying phone calls!
Great Ideas for Worms
December 24, 2022 17:06 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBOn this ENCORE episode of YBYG Mike squirms through the Question of the Week with tips for Worms and their many uses! Plus your useful phone calls!
What’s Behind These Cucumber Complications?!
December 17, 2022 17:10 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike McGrath digs into several cucumber complications! Plus your fabulous less complicating phone calls!!
Green House 101 Review
December 10, 2022 13:32 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBOn this 'enclosed' episode of YBYG Mike takes you behind the glass for a 'Review' course on Green Houses! Plus your 'enclosing' phone calls!! Original air date December 4, 2021
Cringing Over Creosote!
December 03, 2022 17:12 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike helps you cringe over Creosote! Is Creosote is the reason your grass won't grow?! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
Last Minute Gifts For Gardeners - in time for this year!
November 26, 2022 16:12 - 1 hour - 84 MBOn this PRE Holidays episode of YBYG, Mike sets you up with 'Last Minute Gifts For Gardeners! Plus you last minute phone calls!! Originally aired December 2021
Three Ways To Get Even With Thistle
November 19, 2022 17:03 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBOn this 'Thistly' episode of YBYG Mike answers WICKED questions from the local Wicked Plant Festival! Plus 3 ways to get even with Thistle in the Question of the Week!!!
Carolina Reapers Hot Hot Hot!
November 12, 2022 14:01 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBOn this spicier than most episode of YBYG Mike McGrath sizzles into an especially hot -but somewhat testy- Question of the Week on Carolina Reapers! Plus your pepper picking phone calls!!
Why Are My Arborvitae Turning Brown?
November 05, 2022 16:03 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike turns out answers as to why Arborvitae are browning? Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
Poke Salad for Halloween
October 29, 2022 12:59 - 51 minutes - 47 MBIn this Annual scare Mike haunts your Garden with info on Scary Plants! Plus your Scary phone calls!!
Can Floating Goats Control Water Weeds?
October 22, 2022 15:59 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBOn this weed infested episode of YBYG Mike McGrath uses 'Goats' to clear the way to the water in the 'Question of the week!!' Plus your 'weedy' phone calls!!
A Convincingly Crappy Crepe Myrtle Calamity
October 15, 2022 16:09 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike saves your plants from Aphids- not Fungus! Plus your 'Fungal' phone calls!!
Last Minute Tomatoes
October 08, 2022 15:21 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike goes over how to ripen up that last tomato run for Fall! Plus your ripening phone calls!!
Please Do Not Plant Ornamental Pear Trees :)
October 01, 2022 16:00 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike interviews with author Amy Ziffer about how to plant shade tree gardens. PLUS A warning to not plant "ornamental" Pear trees!!
A Bakers Dozen of Things You Must Do For Fall
September 24, 2022 16:06 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike Preps you for fall with a 'Bakers Dozen of thing you must and SHOULD do for Fall!! Plus Jake Chalfin of Laurel Valley Soils brings his wealth of knowledge to your gardens!! Plus Plus YOUR fabulous phone calls!!!
Pulverize Your Garlic!
September 17, 2022 16:35 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBOn this episode of YBYG Mike teaches you how to pulverize your Garlic and reveals more of his LOVE of GARLIC!!
Garlic Planting Time PLUS Growing Figs in Cold Climates
September 10, 2022 15:19 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIn this SEASON STARTING Episode of YBYG Mike McGrath interviews long time friend and author Lee Reich about his book, 'Growing Figs in Cold Climates' PLUS in the Question of the Week: "Getting Garlic in the Ground"
Composting TIme Returns!
September 03, 2022 14:40 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBOn this ENCORE episode of YBYG Mike preps you shreds your FALL leaves to compost in a timely Question of the Week! Plus your shredding phone calls!!ORIGINALLY AIRED September 2021
A Fresh Look: A Battleship Full of Butterfly Plants
August 27, 2022 15:49 - 53 minutes - 49 MBOn this ENCORE episode of YBYG Mike McGrath sails through a rundown of the BEST Milk Weeds and other plants to feed the Monarch Butterfly in your Pollinator Garden! Plus your feeding phone calls!! Originally aired 2021.
A Fresh Look: What Went Wrong with My Tomato plants?!
August 21, 2022 00:30 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBWhat Went Wrong with My Tomato plants?! On this episode of YBYG Mike helps gardens whose tomatoes took a late season slump! Plus your fabulous phone calls!! Original Aired September 2021
A Fresher Look: Tip Toe Your Tulips to Spring Bulb Success
August 13, 2022 15:42 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBOn this Fresher Look at an episode of YBYG Mike gets your bulbs ready before the Winter- for success in the Spring! Plus your fabulous phone calls! Originally aired: September 2021
A Fresh Look: Time for the third season of Gardenin
August 06, 2022 16:04 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBOn this Fresh Look Mike prepares you for the third season of Gardening into the Fall!! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
A Fresher Look: The Crash Course for saving some SEEDS for next Season
July 30, 2022 17:05 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBOn this 'FRESH LOOK' at an episode of YBYG, Mike gets you ready to save your seeds for next years garden. Plus your fabulous phone calls!! Originally aired 8/26/2021
A Fresh Look: What’s the Deal with Epsom Salts?
July 23, 2022 06:54 - 53 minutes - 49 MBOn this encore episode of YBYG Mike addresses an age old topic: Epsom Salts in the Question of the Week! Plus your 'salty' phone calls!!
A Fresh Look: The Dreaded Squash Vine Borer
July 16, 2022 03:52 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBThe Dreaded Squash Vine Borer Originally Aired: 8/11/2021In this 'Dreadful' episode of YBYG, Mike details the 'Dreaded Squash Vine Borer' in the Question of the Week.! Plus your 'Squishy Squashy phone calls!!
A Fresh Look: The Seed of the Potato Bears Bitter Fruit
July 09, 2022 12:37 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBThe Seed of the Potato Bears Bitter Fruit Originally aired 8/9/21 On this fresh look Mike answers a local couples gardening concerns on 'Potato woes' in the question of the week! Plus your concerned phone calls!!
A Fresh Look: Hornet Warnings Above and Below
July 02, 2022 09:08 - 53 minutes - 74.1 MBHornet Warnings Above and Below Originally 'Stung' July 31, 2021 On this episode of YBYG, Mike gives you a buzz on Hornet Nests in trees and the ground! Plus your 'Buzzy' phone calls!!
A Fresh Look: Summer Song Bird Safety
June 25, 2022 06:06 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBOn this 'fresh look' at an episode of YBYG, Mike discusses findings that will have you taking down those feeders and bird baths post haste! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
A Fresher Look: Tomato Rot, Compost, Woodchips & Cuke FREE Cucumbers!
June 11, 2022 04:03 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBIn this fresher look at an episode from last season of YBYG Mike covers 4 topics in the Question of the week; Tomato Rot, Compost, Woodchips & Cuke FREE Cucumbers!! Plus your fabulous phone calls!
A Fresher Look: Death by Lawn; The Sad Story of Contaminated Clippings
June 04, 2022 10:13 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBOn this fresher look at an episode from last season of YBYG Mike warns of LAWN CLIPPINGS that may contain remaining chemicals that can hurt your Compost piles and your Plants!! Plus your Fabulous phone calls!!
A Fresh Look: The Four Part Question of the week
May 28, 2022 12:25 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBOn this 'fresh look' at an episode from last season Mike McGrath answers 'The 4 Part' Question of the Week! With Deer & Evil Squirrels, Cartoon Dice, Killing a Lawn softly, and Explaining Endorphins!! Plus your Fabulous Phone Calls!!!