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Are multi-legged crawly things creeping into your bedrooms, and all over your house? Mike McGrath will explain how to tell if you have pestiferous millipedes or highly beneficial centipedes and what to do about them. Plus, learn how tomatoes protect themselves against pests with signals that travel an inch a minute through the plant.

Would you like to make your landscape a better place for wildlife like beautiful birds, toads, and amphibians? David Mizejewski, author of Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife offers tips and simple steps to provide shelter, food and nesting spaces in your yard. He'll also explain how gardeners can get their yard certified as a habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. Then. there's a chill in the air, and that means miserable mice are gearing up for lots of mischief.

Sometimes moss is the right plant in the right place-and sometimes it's just in the way. This week on You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will explain how to keep shady sidewalks and such moss-free. And of course, chemical free answers to all your garden questions.

How can you tell when your melons are ready to pick? Should ripe tomatoes sit out on the vine? Should you wait if plants are wet? Host Mike McGrath will reveal the secrets of harvesting like the pros.

Can you create a landscape that's friendly to birds and butterflies? You Bet Your Garden host Mike McGrath will reveal the tricks that allow you to enjoy both kinds of winged wonders. Plus fabulous phone calls, tips and tricks --- all chemical free, of course.

Are you ready to plant peas on St. Patrick's Day? In the next thrilling episode of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will tell you how to make sure June brings a bounty of good eating. Plus: chemical-free answers to all your gardening questions.

Noted Alaska gardener, garden writer, and radio host Jeff Lowenfels joins us to talk about how he created the "Plant a Row for the Hungry" program that allows gardeners to help feed people in need.

You've all seen the ads for "amazing zoysia grass". On this week's You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will reveal the pros and cons of this warm-season turf that survives northern winters! Plus: plans for a beautiful three-bin compost system.

Roses are the most popular garden flower, and Mike McGrath strongly believes that their reputation for being difficult to grow is completely unwarranted. Poor planning at planting time often results in plants that never really had a chance at a happy, disease-free life. Mike will reveal the 10 Secrets of Rose Planting Success in the Question of the Week.

The ultimate kernel of delight every summer has got to be sweet corn! Host Mike McGrath will reveal how you can grow a patch of your very own stairway to buttered heaven. Plus, chemical-free answers to all your gardening questions.

Is the soil in your garden full of bugs, weed seeds, and disease? Have you tried year after year, with the same sad results? On this week's episode of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will explain how you can use the solarization technique to improve your soil. And as always, Mike tackles your toughest gardening questions.

Paul Tukey, author of the brand new Organic Lawn Care Manual joins us to discuss how and why he became an organic lawn care expert after years of spreading chemicals on people's landscapes. During the question of the week, Mike McGrath will issue his annual warning that those popular wood mulches can kill your plants and stain your home - and now comes news that they can catch fire as well! He'll explain which mulches prevent weeds just as well as wood without any of the risks.

Having trouble getting rhododendrons, lilacs, and dogwoods to flower the way they should? Mike McGrath will discuss the causes of feeble flowers and explain how you can boost your blooming bounty. Plus: a side-effect of using garden chemicals that will have all the men out there canceling their chemical lawn care contracts on the spot.

Do you use wood chips, "triple premium shredded bark", dyed mulch, root mulch, Right Dress or other forms of wood mulch near your home or car? Penn State Professor Don Davis will explain how these mulches can breed nuisance fungi that ruin those expensive items with impossible-to-remove stains - and what you can use safely instead. Plus how to handle grasshoppers, and the secret behind "locusts".

Nasty biting ticks are one of the most annoying - and dangerous - pests of summer. This week on You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will explain how to prevent the problem with 10 tick-control strategies. And of course, we'll have chemical-free answers to all your gardening questions.

How many times have you seen an interesting looking bug and wondered if it was friend or foe? We'll discuss a great new way to find out, when we interview Arthur Evans, the author of the brand-new National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America.

Think poisons were the only early answer to insects? On this week's You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath talks with the author of the new book American Pests- who explains how early controls were highly advanced! Plus: fighting Phragmites: the Monster Weed of the Wetlands.

Want to extend your growing season? On this episode of You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will tell you how to add months to your favorite pastime with hoop houses, row covers and cold frames! Plus: chemical free answers to all your garden questions.

Garden author Ellen Zachos reveals how to make a big splash with minimal effort with easy-to-achieve, novice-friendly, small-scale garden projects. Her new book is called Down and Dirty: 43 Fun and Funky First-Time Projects and Activities to Get you Gardening. During the Question of the Week, Mike McGrath will tackle the problem of fungus gnats that live in houseplant soil. He'll name five reliable ways to get rid of them, without chemicals, of course!

It's been a great growing year if you're a weed! Mike McGrath will reveal how you can eliminate weeds between your pavers, on your patio, walkways, and in your garden. He'll explain when to use flame, radiant heat, soap, or what are known as "horticultural vinegars". Plus an Insect Fear double header: Fire ants on vacation in Virginia Beach and yellowjackets building nests the size of a car!