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Do you have hundreds of ladybugs sitting on the outside walls of your house? Are box elder bugs crawling on your couch, or stink bugs meeting in your living room? Many bugs and beetles are invading homes all across the nation, looking for a nice warm place to spend the winter. Mike McGrath will explain how you can prevent these bugs from congregating on your house and how you can stop them from coming inside. He will also discuss ways to get bugs out once they have gotten in.

Does your compost just sit there instead of turning into rich "black gold"? Do you want to start making compost but don't know where to begin? Mike McGrath will explain the easy, no mess way to make the world's finest disease-fighting plant food. Mike will also reveal how to correctly incorporate kitchen scraps and other green waste into your pile.

Do white clouds appear whenever you rustle up the leaves of your poor plants? Mike McGrath will help you wipe out those whiteflies with sticky traps, suction, and a variety of non-toxic sprays. He'll also explain where they hide when they're not making pestiferous pillows in the air, and why the problem almost always begins in a greenhouse.

Are multi-legged creepy crawly things creeping you out? On the next episode of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will help you figure out if your new friends are millipedes or centipedes; and what to do about them.

Want to save some money-and help save the world? On the next episode of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will reveal how to save your own seeds from season to season and protect our genetic diversity.

It's the You Bet Your Garden Christmas Spectacular! Paul Myers, director of the Morris Arboretum will offer growing tips for hollies, Professor Karen Snetsellar explains the science behind the aromas of evergreens, and author Kris Wetherbee helps us attract beautiful birds into our backyards.

Do you want to replace your dying summer container plants with something beautiful that will survive the winter? Jeff Jabco, Director of Grounds and Coordinator of Horticulture for the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College in Philadelphia has been teaching workshops on winter container gardening. He will suggest plants that can survive the winter from the frozen North to the milder South, and give advice on what kind of soil mixture and containers to use.

Garden success begins with raised beds, and during this hour, Mike will prepare our listeners for Spring by explaining how to create the perfect growing space. We'll cover the best dimensions for raised beds, how to frame them, what to fill them with, and what to use for mulch.

Spring is getting closer, and that means it time for seed starting! Mike McGrath will answer three common questions about this subject: how can you tell if old seeds are still viable? Exactly when should you start your seeds? And how can you time pumpkin plantings so they reach their peak by Halloween?

Think tomatoes are the most different tasting things you can grow as opposed to buy? This week on You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will reveal why the real answer is potatoes! Plus: chemical-free answers to all your garden questions.