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MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

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A WAY TO GARDEN is the horticultural incarnation of Margaret Roach

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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,...

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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,...

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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,...

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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...

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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,...

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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 ›

00:27:28

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 24,...

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2022/10/19

A new book I’m reading emphasizes the word watching in the expression bird watching. As in: Don’t be in such a hurry to merely note that you’ve seen a bird, but instead really have a close look at what it’s doing,... Read More ›

00:27:15

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 17,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/10/15

One thing that Ken Druse and I are certain about when it comes to plants: that they will often surprise you, Some grow bigger or stay smaller than the catalog promised, and some are better- or worse-behaved, or tougher or... Read More ›

00:27:43

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 10,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/10/10

If I say “English garden,” you probably conjure a mental picture of colorful mixed borders and garden rooms enclosed by hedging. But what’s the essence of an American garden? That was what a new book called “American Roots” set out... Read More ›

00:27:26

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 3, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/10/03

Since I took a walk with today’s guest about 10 years ago, I’ve adopted a whole different way of looking at what I might have once seen as imperfections in plants. Now when I spy a squiggle in a columbine... Read More ›

00:26:19

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 26,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/09/26

Becoming a successful vegetable gardener involves a lot of trial and error. As the seasons pass we hopefully get better at it—harvesting not just food for the table, but food for thought too, insights gleaned along the way to guide... Read More ›

00:26:32

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

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2022/09/19

A collection of historic apples that was threatened by disease is having a second act at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Mass., where a three-year-long restoration of their orchard of 119 antique varieties has just... Read More ›

00:27:04

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/09/12

In emails received from many parts of the country, I’m hearing gardeners say the same thing: This year has been really hard. Count me in on those voicing that sentiment. Gardeners know first-hand that climate change isn’t something in the... Read More ›

00:27:05

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 5, 2022 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/09/05

Maybe like I do, you always mean to be better at seed saving, and it gets away from you. Well, right now is the perfect time with pen and paper or your cell phone in hand for making a list... Read More ›

00:27:38

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 29, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/08/29

Ecological horticulturist Andy Brand can’t help himself. He just has to look closely at everything outdoors: every plant, every insect, every process that’s unfolding. And he has to take camera phone pictures, too—lots and lots of pictures. These up-close observations... Read More ›

00:26:47

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 22, 2022...

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2022/08/22

I’ve never had a rock garden, I confess. But a new book about a modern and extreme form of the art caught my attention recently. It’s called “The Crevice Garden: How to Make the Perfect Home for Plants from Rocky... Read More ›

00:27:28

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 15, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/08/15

Hot and dry: That’s the lament of gardeners in most regions in high summer, and also of many plants in their flower gardens. The author of a new book called “The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide” is here to suggest which... Read More ›

00:27:19

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 8, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/08/08

I call the phenomenon tomato troubles. You know, the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits and yes, the attack of the hornworms, too, when you wake up to a lot of missing... Read More ›

00:27:27

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 1, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/08/01

I recently hosted a shade-gardening webinar featuring my friend, Ken Druse. The enthusiastic registration and the outpouring of audience questions that evening reminded me how popular a topic shade is, especially the challenge of dry shade, so I asked Ken... Read More ›

00:27:41

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 25, 2022 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/07/25

I’ve been undertaking more native-plant-focused garden transformations in recent years, as I know many of you listening have, too. Today’s guest is a naturalist with a background in landscape architecture who’s been making wildish gardens for decades, both at home... Read More ›

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