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On this "fresh look" at an episode of You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath reveals how he accidentally conquered an allegedly-invincible rose virus wh...
- Added: Apr 08, 2020
- Length: 54:58
This week Mike McGrath talks to a FOODIE in PHILLY! And more tips for the start of Spring in the Question of the Week!!
- Added: Mar 25, 2020
- Length: 54:58
What is it about sycamore trees? When I mention a sycamore or show a photo of one to someone, invariably they declare their love of the tree. Well,...
- Added: Mar 17, 2020
- Length: 04:55
On the Question of the Week Mike McGrath dives in to "Review the Rules of Fall Leaves"! Plus a brand new version of the dreaded Spotted Lantern Fl...
- Added: Mar 11, 2020
- Length: 54:58
March really is the month of change around all of us in the borderlands of southeastern Arizona. How fun to celebrate the arrival of turkey vulture...
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 04:48
Where we live in southeastern Arizona it has been a very wet winter with rain out in the flats and snow in the hills and mountains. All that moistu...
- Added: Mar 03, 2020
- Length: 05:20
Did you mulch your spring bulbs and perennials over the winter? On this week's YBYG, host Mike McGrath reveals exactly when to remove that mulch t...
- Added: Feb 26, 2020
- Length: 54:58
My goodness, there are times that I so miss the Sonoran Desert, especially when I leave the desert grassland and get into the diverse vegetation th...
- Added: Feb 24, 2020
- Length: 05:10
When I was little boy I thought the name yellow-bellied sapsucker was the funniest thing I’d ever heard and though I did know it was some sort of b...
- Added: Feb 19, 2020
- Length: 05:23
I enjoy hearing friends talk about the plants that they’ve seen on walks or hikes and when we share our enthusiasm the jabbering is so sweet.
- Added: Feb 09, 2020
- Length: 04:49
Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s probabl...
- Added: Feb 06, 2020
- Length: 05:01
On Today's YBYG, host Mike McGrath discusses the pros and cons of having a fox living in your yard. They do eat mice and voles, but they can also c...
- Added: Feb 05, 2020
- Length: 54:58
Whenever I do of my “pictures and stories” presentations I always show some photos of our chickens, followed by photos of some of the wildlife they...
- Added: Jan 29, 2020
- Length: 05:16
On today's YBYG, host Mike McGrath speaks with a gentleman who's mission is to find, name, and preserve America's heritage apples. And of course, w...
- Added: Jan 22, 2020
- Length: 54:58
This week, Petey talks about his experience at the March on Frankfort.
- Added: Jan 21, 2020
- Length: 05:28
There are five species of mistletoe found in Arizona and they all can be found somewhere in southern Arizona at various elevations and on different...
- Added: Jan 17, 2020
- Length: 05:12
Are you gardens overrun with weeds and disease? On today's YBYG, Mike McGrath reveals a way to cure your garden beds if you're willing to let the p...
- Added: Jan 15, 2020
- Length: 54:58
Eumorpha typhon or the Typhon sphinx moth is out and about from June to August in the borderlands. I realized very quickly that we had everything t...
- Added: Jan 14, 2020
- Length: 05:10
There is a road across the grassland and I still go there for stories. I suspect that everyone needs a road or trail or special wild place that mak...
- Added: Jan 03, 2020
- Length: 04:51
We love our annual tree hunt and it’s been going on for a long time. I have 35 mm slides of hunts from 30 years ago…kids and dogs and Christmas trees.
- Added: Dec 19, 2019
- Length: 05:51
Can you believe I was whining about rainfall? It’s funny because as Ms. Mesquitey and I were driving to and from Cascabel we talked about coming ba...
- Added: Dec 19, 2019
- Length: 05:07
White-tailed deer in southwest North America are Odocoileus virginiana couesi or Coues white-tailed deer. The naturalist Elliot Coues is probably r...
- Added: Dec 18, 2019
- Length: 05:12
On today's YBYG, host Mike McGrath answers your holiday related gardening questions as well as suggests a few more last-minute gift ideas.
- Added: Dec 18, 2019
- Length: 54:58
The scientific name for Mearns quail is Cyrtonyx montezumae. The genus refers to its big claws for scratching around in desert soils. It has big fe...
- Added: Dec 12, 2019
- Length: 05:07
On today's YBYG, Mike McGrath reveals ways to severely reduce the number of ticks in your yard as well as how to guarantee you won't get bitten. Pl...
- Added: Dec 11, 2019
- Length: 54:58
