Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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How to attract good bugs to your garden while discouraging the ones that will harm your food and flowers. Horticulturist and HGTV host Donna Balzer offers her tips.
Plus, gardener Janene Wagner shops for petunias in Sherwood Park.

Topics in this episode:
• Beneficial bugs: bit.ly/3jpHCzt
• Red lily beetles. If you have an infestation, you can report it as part of an Alberta-wide tracking initiative. bit.ly/3ytP02O
• How to deal with aphids. For more tips, listen to Donna Balzer’s podcast, Helping Gardeners Grow: bit.ly/3AaHquw

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