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Many years ago when I was running a nursery in Tucson, Arizona I was invited by a landscape architecture firm to supply the all plants for a landsc...
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 04:48
The scientific name for our gopher snake (or gophersnake. I’ve seen it written both ways) is Pituophis catenifer. The genus name looks like a combi...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 05:30
In this episode of You Bet Your Garden Mike teaches you "When to Pick your Produce. Plus your fabulous phone calls!!
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 54:58
Since producing this episode of Growing Native we have encountered Jatropha macrorhiza a couple more times. A recent sighting was over near the New...
- Added: Aug 08, 2020
- Length: 05:17
In this new episode of YBYG Mike covers 4 topics in the Question of the week; Tomato Rot, Compost, Woodchips & Cuke FREE Cucumbers!! Plus your fab...
- Added: Aug 05, 2020
- Length: 54:58
Raspberries are in the rose family, Rosaceae, the genus Rubus and with six species in Arizona. Five are native species and one introduced. Rubus id...
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 05:17
On this episode of YBYG Mike warns of LAWN CLIPPINGS that may contain remaining chemicals that can hurt your Compost piles and your Plants!! Plus y...
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 54:58
Phemeranthus aurantiacus, the former Talinum aurantiacum, is now in Talinaceae, the flameflower family, “a family of two genera and 28 species.” Th...
- Added: Jul 25, 2020
- Length: 04:45
On this fresh look at an episode of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath takes you through ALL the HAPPY TIPS to get your tomatoes in the ground!...
- Added: Jul 22, 2020
- Length: 54:58
San Miguelito (Antigonon leptopus) is quite the Mexican native plant. I read that it’s found in habitat not only in Sonora and Chihuahua and southw...
- Added: Jul 16, 2020
- Length: 05:19
On this "Fresher Look" at an episode of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath reveals rosemary's true abilities of alertness and memory. Plus, he ...
- Added: Jul 15, 2020
- Length: 54:58
I think that the common name of orange sneezeweed may be a bit misleading. The flowers we saw and photographed were more on the yellow side, but th...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 05:18
The Bighorn Fire in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, AZ. started on June 5th of 2020 and as I sit and write this a few weeks later on June 30th ...
- Added: Jul 01, 2020
- Length: 05:16
On this episode of YBYG Mike warns of LAWN CLIPPINGS that may contain remaining chemicals that can hurt your Compost piles and your Plants!! Plus ...
- Added: Jul 01, 2020
- Length: 54:58
On this episode of YBYG Mike McGrath answers a 4 part Question of the Week! With Deer & Evil Squirrels, Cartoon Dice, Killing a Lawn softly, and ...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 54:58
The miller moths that showed up at our little homestead are the adult of the army cutworm (Euxoa auxiliaris) and they migrate from lower areas and ...
- Added: Jun 23, 2020
- Length: 05:26
On this episode of YBYG, Mike McGrath heads to the British Isles to solve International pest problems! And gives you great info on PHS and their G...
- Added: Jun 17, 2020
- Length: 54:58
Isn’t it wonderful to live in a region where clouds and humidity and rain are so celebrated? You can identify the natives and converted natives as ...
- Added: Jun 17, 2020
- Length: 05:05
Every time I pull a reference book or field guide off the shelf to read about a recently seen insect I seem to run across a quote by the famous ent...
- Added: Jun 11, 2020
- Length: 05:19
On this new episode of YBYG Mike McGrath goes the distance helping you make it to the end of the season -before you know it is here! And of course...
- Added: Jun 10, 2020
- Length: 54:58
These day trips of ours into the hills are so renewing. The particular canyon that I talking about is very close to our home and within 30 or 40 mi...
- Added: Jun 08, 2020
- Length: 05:13
On this "Fresh Look" at an episode of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath reveals rosemary's true abilities of alertness and memory. Plus, he al...
- Added: Jun 03, 2020
- Length: 54:58
On this "fresh look" Mike McGrath answers how to stop snails and slugs in an encore Question of the Week. Plus your fabulous (new and old but rele...
- Added: May 27, 2020
- Length: 54:58
The desert bighorn is found in the arid regions of the western and southwestern US and across the border in Mexico. Its scientific name is Ovis can...
- Added: May 22, 2020
- Length: 05:08
Searching our pantry and chest freezer has been quite an adventure. We’ve even found some unlabeled items in the freezer. “What do you suppose that...
- Added: May 18, 2020
- Length: 05:22
