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Virtually invisible thrips are as small as the period at the end of a sentence, but can cause big problems for your poor plants. Mike McGrath will tell you how to trick them into showing themselves and how to call beneficial insects, like pirate bugs, to the rescue.

Are bees buzzing around in your landscape, scaring you and your family? Or are they boring holes into your house and other structures? Mike McGrath will explain how to deal with wood-boring carpenter bees and scary Springtime ground nesting bees. He'll also explain why these native creatures are not only harmless, they are extremely beneficial to your garden!

Are you ready to start putting sweat equity into your yard? This week on You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will talk about important fitness tips that will help you keep you and your garden in great shape all season long.

A lot of gardeners get a bit confused when looking for the right soil or soil amendments at the garden store. What do terms like mulch, compost, humus, topsoil, and biosolids really mean? Mike McGrath will help you buy the right stuff with a loquacious lexicon of the language you may encounter on your quest for compost! He will also advise on where to use which type of "dirt". Plus, local activists have put North Carolina on the leading edge of safe farming and gardening practices.

Want to restore all the minerals that time has sucked out of your soil? On this week's thrilling episode of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath discusses how rock dust can perk up your plants. As always, fabulous phone calls and chemical free answers to garden questions.

Michigan State University turf grass expert Dr. Trey Rogers, the "Yard Doctor", joins us to discuss the proper techniques for growing great grass; with a special emphasis on turfs that have to take a lot of traffic. Plus: In the Question of the Week, Mike will discuss how to handle bees, wasps, and yellow jackets living in lawns, congregating in compost piles, and buzzing inside bedrooms!

Tired of seeing your prized plants perish when frost comes calling? Mike McGrath will reveal his favorite gardening trick: bringing peppers, begonias, and impatiens inside for the winter. You can enjoy good eating and beautiful color through the cold season, and start out with nice, big plants next spring. He'll also explain which herbs can over-winter outside in which garden zones, and which ones have to come inside.

Spring is coming, and that means soon it will be time to get your garden going. Mike McGrath will help new gardeners avoid rookie mistakes with details on how to create a super-productive, easy-care raised bed.

Legendary seed-seller Renee Shepherd joins us to reveal her favorite varieties of gourmet veggies and fragrant flowers. Renee's seed picks and growing advice are available at www.reneesgarden.com. During the Question of the Week, Mike McGrath will tackle the topic of azaleas and rhododendrons. These beautiful shrubs are popular additions to our landscapes, but many people don't see the flowers they should, because they ignore their special needs and shear them at the wrong time of year.

Is it possible to get truly chemical-free organic lawn care from a commercial provider? This week on You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will reveal the questions that you need to ask- and the answers you should receive - to be sure that your lawn care is organic. And, of course, we'll have more chemical-free answers to all your gardening questions.

It's time for Fall planting, and Mike McGrath will explain which plants do best in the cooler months. Plant garlic cloves now and harvest big fat bulbs next Spring; plant pansies now and get months of cool-season color, and edible flowers that fight varicose veins. It's also the perfect time to plant trees and shrubs. You might find great deals at your local nursery!

Would you like to make your landscape a better place for wildlife like beautiful birds, toads, and amphibians? David Mizejewski, author of Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife offers tips and simple steps to provide shelter, food and nesting spaces in your yard. He'll also explain how gardeners can get their yard certified as a habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. Then. there's a chill in the air, and that means miserable mice are gearing up for lots of mischief.

Has your lawn carried a lot of extra weight over the years? Host Mike McGrath reveals how to ease the compaction this can cause with soil aeration and other weighty issues on this week's You Bet Your Garden. As always, fabulous phone calls and chemical free answers to garden questions.

Do you know if your summer blooming bulbs need to be protected, and when it's safe to plant spring bloomers where you live? Bulb-man-for-all-seasons Brent Heath of Brent and Becky's Bulbs joins us to reveal the answers, and name the bulbs that critters won't touch. Later on the show: Did dread disease take down your tomatoes? Mike McGrath will discuss the possible causes of yellowed leaves, and how to prevent tomato problems in the future.

Morning glories are beautiful, and while they tend to spread quickly, they are easy to control. But they have an invasive, weedy perennial cousin, which can really get out of hand. Mike McGrath will explain the difference between morning glory and bindweed, and give detailed information on how to handle both.

Paul Tukey, author of the brand new Organic Lawn Care Manual joins us to discuss how and why he became an organic lawn care expert after years of spreading chemicals on people's landscapes. During the question of the week, Mike McGrath will issue his annual warning that those popular wood mulches can kill your plants and stain your home - and now comes news that they can catch fire as well! He'll explain which mulches prevent weeds just as well as wood without any of the risks.

Defoliating "webworms" build tent-like nests in trees; "bagworms" spin pine cone-like structures. But despite their names, neither pest is a worm. They are caterpillars, and Mike McGrath will offer the all-natural solution to get rid of these tree terrorizing troubles, no matter how high up in the tree they are hiding!

Coffee drinkers like to recycle their grounds in their gardens. And coffee stores prefer to give their grounds to gardeners rather than pay to haul them away.

We usually think of orchids as gorgeous and fickle indoor plants. But there's a whole world of hardy, perennial outdoor orchids! They grow anywhere from Alabama to Alaska.

Noted Alaska gardener, garden writer, and radio host Jeff Lowenfels joins us to talk about how he created the "Plant a Row for the Hungry" program that allows gardeners to help feed people in need.