Homegrown tomatoes

Homegrown tomatoes are the treasure of summer! But, if you plant them in the same spot year after year, soil-borne wilts will attack your precious plants. This week on You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will reveal your options for keeping your tomatoes healthy, even when the growing space is too tight to rotate. Plus: are you envious of plants that you see in the yards of friends, families and neighbors? Mike interviews Irish expert John Cushnie, who walks us through the wonderful world of plant propagation so that you can learn how to duplicate those lush results on your own landscape.

Credit: "Tomatoes Growing" photo by tiffanywashko from flickr.com

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April 18th, 2009

How to transform your turf into tomatoes

Many people want to turn their lawns into food factories this season. On this week's You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath reveals a number of ways to transform your turf into tomatoes. Plus chemical free answers to an especially large selection of your garden questions.

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April 11th, 2009

Covering all the bases on cover crops

Want to grow your own fertilizer? How about some homegrown weed block? This week on You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath tells you how to grow soil-saving, plant-feeding cover crops. Plus: Legendary garden writer Barbara Damrosch talks about growing your own food year-round. And as always, chemical free answers to all your garden questions.

Credit: "Cover crop" photo by upturnedface from flickr.com

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April 4th, 2009

Homegrown sweet corn

There are few summer delights as rewarding and delicious as homegrown sweet corn. This week on You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath reveals how you can grow a patch of your very own stairway to buttered heaven. And chemical-free answers to an especially large selection of your garden questions.

Credit: "happy summer sweet corns" photo by sometimes rains in JUN from flickr.com

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