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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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00:25:46

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 28, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/03/28

I thought my obsession with Angelica blooms was a serious one until recently, when I met Sam Keitch of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, who takes it one step further. Sam has a passion for various other garden-worthy, umbel-shaped flowers—not just... Read More ›

00:26:46

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 21, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/03/21

What’s your most important gardening tool? A new public television series reminds us that it’s not a trowel or pruner or spade, but our body, which can also be stressed by gardening if we don’t know how to look after... Read More ›

00:26:05

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 14, 2022...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/03/14

In late winter, we gardeners rev up around sowing those first seeds indoors under lights. But the promise of a bountiful vegetable garden that keeps on giving doesn’t end there. Now is also the moment to make succession-sowing plans for... Read More ›

00:25:50

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 7, 2022 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/03/07

Gardeners have increasingly heard the call to reduce or eliminate their use of peat moss, the most familiar ingredient in seed-starting mixes and potting soils—one that a lot of us have long relied on. But peat is not sustainable, and... Read More ›

00:26:16

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 28,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/02/28

Sick of winter? What I find helps, besides the occasional warmish, sunny day, is thinking about tomatoes. And that’s what we’re going to do today with Craig LeHoullier, author of the hit 2014 book “Epic Tomatoes,” who has over the... Read More ›

00:26:15

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/02/21

While most of us focus on keeping deer from browsing our gardens, Brad Roeller actually once managed what was called a Deer Browse Garden as part of a 10-year research study to learn more about what these big herbivores do,... Read More ›

00:26:57

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/02/14

There’s an old expression in gardening, a folksy piece of advice that states: “Don’t fight the site.” James Golden has been guided by a more nuanced version of that idea in creating a much praised garden, a wildish, unexpected landscape... Read More ›

00:27:18

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 7,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/02/07

It’s hard to name another genus of shrub that’s more beloved by gardeners than Hydrangea. But with the overwhelming popularity of Asian species, like the big blue mop heads and summer into fall Hydrangea paniculata types, where do hydrangeas fit... Read More ›

00:26:32

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/01/31

When I saw news of an upcoming webinar about invasive plants listed on the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society‘s website, I knew I wanted to sign up and listen in. And also that I wanted to talk to the presenter, who founded a... Read More ›

00:26:35

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/01/24

As regular readers and listeners know, I’ve had a longtime interest in the organic seed movement, especially farm-based companies that grow at least some of the seed they sell and are proud to tell you where they source the rest.... Read More ›

00:26:39

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/01/17

The other night I hosted an online class about shade gardening, featuring Ken Druse, whom I met in 1992-ish, almost exactly 30 years ago to the day, when I interviewed him on the publication of his book “The Natural Shade... Read More ›

00:26:52

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/01/10

Did you maybe get or give a cookbook or two for a holiday gift? Well, hopefully you can make room on the shelf for another couple of good ones. Our expert guide who’s been browsing and cooking from the latest... Read More ›

00:26:36

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2022/01/03

Uh-oh, now I’ve learned that there’s another plant I didn’t think I could grow in my Northern garden, but it sounds like I can. Hello, Crinum lilies, you gorgeous size-XL bulbs that I thought were the domain of Southern gardeners... Read More ›

00:25:47

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/12/27

“To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life.” – Missouri Botanical Garden mission Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation’s oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National... Read More ›

00:26:50

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/12/20

Being an ever-better gardener means staying open to change. As long as we’ve both been gardening, my friend Joe Lamp’l was saying to me the other day, we’re still evolving, still learning lessons every single growing season. We were comparing... Read More ›

00:26:15

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – December 13,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/12/13

When Ken Druse and I talked on the program a couple of weeks ago about putting our tools away for the winter, all cleaned and oiled, one part we failed to mention: We’re both eyeing some new tools, too, for... Read More ›

00:25:36

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

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/12/06

I’m eyeing a vintage glass cookie jar I haven’t used in years, and a big glass snifter, too, that’s been sitting idle on a shelf in the sideboard for ages. And I’m thinking terrariums, and I’m thinking holiday centerpiece, or... Read More ›

00:25:56

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – November 29,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/11/29

Some of the most beautiful and intricate creatures in the garden are not plants at all. A diversity of lichens are showing off right now on tree bark and branches, on stones, on unpainted garden furniture and even soil, more... Read More ›

00:25:50

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – November 22,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/11/22

Author Marta McDowell, a gardener and landscape designer in contemporary New Jersey, has an enduring passion for digging into history, particularly into noted authors and their gardens—what she calls the “connection between the pen and the trowel.” She’s written books... Read More ›

00:26:16

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – November 15,...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2021/11/15

It’s been a strangely mild fall so far in the Northeast, where Ken Druse and I both garden. But as some recent overnight freezes served as a reminder: Get the must-do chores done or else, because who knows when the... Read More ›

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