When you go to the nursery to buy a plant, do you ever give a single thought to

the care given to that plant during its entire life up to the time that it gets

in front of you? Well, if your answer to that is no, you're not alone. But you

might like to know that there is an entire profession of dedicated professionals

like the one we're speaking with today that make it their life's mission to work

with commercial growers to use the most environmentally responsible choices and

dealing with pest control during the growing process. And if we're lucky, those

growers used bio-controls, good bugs that eat bad bugs, and if the growers are

lucky, they've hired our guest expert today to help them with that, Suzanne

Wainwright Evans. So sit back and get ready to immerse yourselves in a

fascinating world you likely never knew existed. But thankfully it does, and

because of that, we're all better off for it. Because in the process, it's a

win, win, win. And something we all need to take a more proactive role in

promoting.

You're listening to the Joe Gardner show, the podcast all about gardening, where

we cover everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe

Behind Joe Gardner, Joe Lampel. Hi everybody, it's Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind

Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner show. Today we're starting off a

discussion on beneficial insects for dealing with pest control, with one of my

all-time favorite entomologist, Suzanne Wainwright Evans. And this subject is

always on my mind, but I think a lot of the time when we're considering our

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