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★★★★★

4.6

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33 reviews

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Garden Guru and former Organic Gardening Editor-in-Chief Mike McGrath tackles your toughest garden, lawn and pest problems. You Bet Your Garden® is an hour of "chemical-free horticultural hijinks" with ‘fiercely organic’ advice for gardeners. Have a question for Mike? Email him at: [email protected] can also listen to new episodes of You Bet Your Garden® on major podcast platforms, including:SpotifyApple PodcastsPodbeanNPR.org

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from You Bet Your Garden podcast

The Story Behind Haint Blue Paint | You Bet Your Garden

2026/05/29

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

2026/05/22

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

2026/05/15

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

2026/05/08

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

2026/05/01

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

2026/04/24

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

2026/04/17

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

2026/04/10

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

2026/04/03

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

2026/03/27

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

2026/03/20

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

2026/03/13

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

2026/03/06

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

2026/02/27

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

2026/02/20

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

BreatheLike 2026/03/29

Mike McGrath is a treasure!

I first started listening to Mike McGrath on You Bet Your Garden many moons ago on my local NPR. I’ve learned sooo much from about gardening and yard ...

★★★☆☆

wellgaveitatry 2025/10/19

Would be better if concentrated on gardening

This show gives you good gardening information in the first section and the end but wastes the bulk of the show on pushing an ideological message sadl...

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