Beneficial Bugs? Or Filthy Flies?

You Bet Your Garden by WHYY

Aug 3, 201848:50Sports & Recreation

A listener wants to attract beneficial insects, but instead is beset by flies! On the latest You Bet Your Garden , Mike McGrath discusses how this might not be the worst thing to happen to an urban gardener. Plus, your f...

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