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Ready to protect your lawn from Japanese beetle grubs? Start now
Grab your milky spore powder and start applying now through the end of September to fight the Japanese beetle grubs destroying your lawn. Here’s more green-thumb advice from WTOP garden editor Mike McGrath.
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How to grow a garden in gravel
You don’t need dirt to have a green thumb. It turns out, you can grow a pretty wild garden in a few cups of gravel. Here’s how.
1 month ago -
After days of rain, resident digs in at DC community garden
A Howard University senior spent a recent Friday afternoon checking on his garden plot at the Blair Road community garden in Northwest D.C. He talks about what inspires him to garden, among the hustle and bustle of a big city.
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Ward off evil squirrels, take care of good birds and harvest great garlic
WTOP Garden Editor Mike McGrath has tips for fending off squirrel invaders, talks about what birds really need from you this season and advises you on what to do with your freshly harvested garlic crop.
2 months ago -
Deer, bunnies, weeds: How to deal with summer garden pests
Summer gardens are flourishing, but so are the populations of pesky weeds and critters that can damage all of your vines and veggies.
3 months ago -
Giant hogweed, a toxic plant you need to know about in Va.
A dangerous invasive weed that can grow to towering heights has turned up in Virginia for the first time. The plant’s sap can cause severe burns.
3 months ago -
Noxious weed alert: Giant hogweed spotted in Virginia
Giant hogweed, an invasive plant that can produce severe burns and blisters, has been spotted for the first time in Virginia.
3 months ago -
Summer vegetables: What grows best, tips for a healthy garden
Bins of asparagus and delicate greens at the farmers market are beginning to thin out. Now that it’s nearly June, it’s time for summer vegetables.
4 months ago -
Do’s and don’ts of growing from seeds
WTOP Garden Editor Mike McGrath covers the basics about growing vegetables from seeds. When should you start? What type of containers and soils should you use? What type of lighting works the best? How close that lighting should be to your plants might surprise you.
6 months ago -
Gardener’s delight: Looking for seeds? Browse new listings in these catalogs
It’s time for the annual “Garden Plot: Pick of the Seed Catalogs,” and WTOP Garden editor Mike McGrath runs through which catalogs have the most exciting seeds.
8 months ago -
How to deal with hornets, deer in your garden; tips for roses
WTOP Garden Editor Mike McGrath answers your questions about hornets’ nests, hungry and horny deer, and planting roses.
10 months ago -
Student-grown salad in the school cafeteria? These kids dig it
School gardens are no longer a rarity. But at one local elementary school, students are taking gardening lessons beyond the dirt and into the lunchroom.
11 months ago -
Help save the bees: Tips to make your yard a bee haven
WTOP Garden Editor Mike McGrath shares tips to make yards more bee friendly for Pollinator Week, which starts June 19.
1 year ago -
Filmmaker documents why seed diversity is important for future food supply
Since the early 20th century, the world has lost 94 percent of its seed diversity, and the lack of vegetative variance has consequences that stretch beyond the dinner plate.
1 year ago -
Fear not, area garlic lovers: Your sprouts are fine
WTOP’s Mike McGrath says that garlic sprouts in the region should be just dandy and that the cold weather won’t affect them at all.
1 year ago
