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MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

Margaret Roach

A WAY TO GARDEN is the horticultural incarnation of Margaret Roach

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00:27:04

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 10, 2023...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/04/05

As a garden writer, I get a lot of questions every year basically asking this: What’s wrong with my (fill in the blank) plant? An accurate diagnosis is the critical first step before taking any corrective action…but how do gardeners... Read More ›

00:27:50

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 27, 2023...

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2023/03/22

Marianne Willburn appreciates the bold and often vertical element that some favorite tropical plants add to her temperate garden. But maybe best of all are the ones that also provide that something extra: ingredients for cooking, which is her other... Read More ›

00:27:35

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 20 2023 –...

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2023/03/16

The days are longer and the light is strengthening—triggers that don’t just start to wake up our plants, indoors and out, but also get us gardeners going. The signals have my propagation-mad friend Ken Druse starting more seeds each week... Read More ›

00:26:57

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 13 2023 –...

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2023/03/08

Today’s guest says you can tell a lot about a tree by the company it keeps – from unseen microbes to fungi, countless insects and other arthropods, to vertebrates like birds, squirrels, and even porcupines. From soil life around their... Read More ›

00:27:08

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach March 6, 2023 –...

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2023/03/04

Could your houseplants use a tuneup after a hard winter indoors? I know mine will need it, from re-potting, to light pruning, to full scale rejuvenation in some cases, so I wanted to get expert advice. Today’s guest has been... Read More ›

00:28:16

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 27,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/02/22

Each year the powers that be in the horticulture industry declare what the trends are—what color is “in” and what design styles we’re all meant to adhere to, and what plant is hot—or not. Today’s guest and I beg to... Read More ›

00:27:12

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 20,...

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2023/02/20

. It’s probably the question I am asked most: Gardeners want to go wilder and use more native plants to create habitat. But how do they figure out which plants, since it’s not one size fits all regions, or even... Read More ›

00:27:33

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 6,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/02/03

Like any gardener looking ahead to another growing season, I’m deep into the seed catalogs, dreaming of things to come. But many seeds also offer us a window to look back in time by telling us their stories, which are... Read More ›

00:26:54

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 30,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/01/28

Promises of less work with more garden productivity often raise my suspicions, perhaps sounding too good to be true—except when the subject is no-dig gardening. The no-dig method of caring for our vegetable beds, which today’s guest, Charles Dowding, has... Read More ›

00:26:43

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 23,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/01/19

If you think you know what a cucumber is, think again. Spend even five minutes on the website of The Cucumber Shop, a passion project of today’s cucumber-mad guest Jay Tracy, and you will realize that you don’t. At all.... Read More ›

00:26:58

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 16,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/01/12

With the surge in interest in lawn alternatives and other native choices for groundcover, the genus Carex is always mentioned high up on the list. But which of these grass light perennials, most of them labeled as best suited to shade, can... Read More ›

00:27:03

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 9, 2023...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2023/01/04

Have you started browsing the incoming seed catalogs yet or clicking around their websites, looking to see if the 2023 lineups have been unveiled? Today’s guest, Lane Selman is always on the lookout for exceptional varieties of edibles, particularly those... Read More ›

00:27:09

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 2, 2023...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/12/29

It’s that time of year when we look both ways. Not left and right, like we’re crossing the road, but back and forward at the year just wound down, and ahead at the one coming into view. It’s a moment... Read More ›

00:26:04

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – December 19,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/12/18

When shorter, colder days have us indoors more, a bit of botanical company can make it all a lot brighter. This edition of the podcast has suggestions for some winter solstice decorating, for bringing a bit of nature indoors for... Read More ›

00:27:11

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – December 12,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/12/08

I put out my first bird feeder of the season on Thanksgiving and got the party started. But there’s more to feeding the birds than just filling the feeders, like how to keep them safe in the age of increased... Read More ›

00:26:40

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – December 5,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/12/02

If I say garden maintenance, you probably think of work—of getting out the pruners and hedge trimmers and such, and subduing any overenthusiastic plants, getting them back into bounds. But what if we thought of maintenance as an expression of... Read More ›

00:26:48

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – November 21,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/11/16

Winter cold has just finally descended here, and I am already missing the smells of the growing season—from the range of flowers to just brushing up against herbs out by the vegetable garden. Ken Druse is here today to encourage... Read More ›

00:26:36

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – November 14,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/11/10

‘Tis the season when I’m making more applesauce to freeze and baking pears for dessert (or for breakfast), so what sweeter topic for today’s episode than fruit? Lee Reich, who has written several books on the subject, is here with... Read More ›

00:25:13

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach -November 7, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/11/03

In his new book, Wild Plant Culture, restoration ecologist Jared Rosenbaum says something provocative about gardening with native plants. “It’s time to expand our vision past supporting birds, butterflies, and bees, and fully integrate the most challenging animal of all,... Read More ›

00:27:38

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 31,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/10/26

We’ve all heard the environmentally conscious advice: The way we used to clean up our gardens – extra-tidy, but to within an inch of its life for every unseen beneficial creature out there trying to tuck in for winter –... Read More ›

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