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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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00:27:50

Nature Watching With Margaret Renkl – A Way to Garden...

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2024/11/29

She has had various job titles in her career, but writer Margaret Renkl says one consistent role in her life for decades has been that of “a window-gazer,” someone who watches what’s going on out there. Even better, she gets... Read More ›

00:27:27

Peggy Anne Montgomery on Forcing Bulbs – A Way to...

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2024/11/22

It’s practically December, but like many gardeners I’m already thinking about spring. One big element of that thinking is how to maximize the power of flower bulbs, and though you might have already planted some in the ground earlier this... Read More ›

00:27:55

‘WildStory’ Podcast’s Poetry + Plants – A Way to...

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2024/11/15

I was invited recently to be a guest on a podcast called The Wildstory from The Native Plant Society of New Jersey that talks about plants, of course, and ecology … but unlike other garden-related podcasts, it also explores poetry. I was intrigued,... Read More ›

00:29:16

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nov. 11, 2024 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/11/08

When cold weather approaches, we humans often have it easy: We can retreat to the shelter of central heating, or pile on more layers of clothing. The path to survival is a lot more complicated for birds, of course, and a new... Read More ›

00:27:34

Trees for the Future With George Coombs – A Way to...

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2024/10/31

In the face of shifting weather patterns influenced by a changing climate, the garden can be a really confusing place these days. What stressors are coming next, and which plants will have the resilience required to stand up to whatever... Read More ›

00:28:06

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 28, 2024 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/10/22

The garden is my favorite escape from stress, of course, but as I have confessed before on the podcast, I sometimes succumb to the lure of swiping my way through Instagram during non-garden hours, like so many millions of us... Read More ›

00:29:19

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 21, 2024 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/10/18

Today’s guest, Sara Weaner Cooper, and her husband, Evan Cooper, bought their first home a couple of years ago, and before long undertook transitioning the front lawn organically from mown grass into a meadow. Sara’s here to tell us about... Read More ›

00:28:36

Birding Journal With Joan Strassmann – A Way to...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/10/11

It was almost two years ago to the day when today’s guest, Joan Strassmann, last visited me on the show, right around the time her book “Slow Birding” was released. Now, as then, I’ve seen what are pretty much my... Read More ›

00:28:53

Managing Invasives With Daniel Weitoish – A Way to...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/09/27

Increasingly in recent years, my garden “weeds” include more and more tenacious opponents – and the landscape along the roadsides nearby and pretty much everywhere I drive is one of hedgerows formed of a tangle of non-native shrubs and vines.... Read More ›

00:27:59

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 23, 2024 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/09/20

If you have ever tried creating, and then caring for, a habitat-style garden with native plants … well, let’s just say it’s not exactly the same thing as combining a group of hostas with some astilbes an a couple of... Read More ›

00:28:05

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 16, 2024 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/09/13

“Plants tell the story of a place,” says field botanist and native plant nursery owner Jared Rosenbaum. “If you want to be rooted on the earth you live on, you can look to plants to interpret that story.” With his... Read More ›

00:28:11

Soil-Supporting Advice, With the Real Organic Project...

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2024/09/06

Organic farming and gardening have always been based on the principle of “feed the soil, not the plant.” In a recent interview, I got some expert advice for doing that, and also learn why our diligent soil-consciousness matters so much,... Read More ›

00:28:43

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 19, 2024 –...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/08/16

I was scrolling through Instagram the other day – yes, sometimes I just cannot help myself – when I saw a post by Matt Mattus about Christmas cactus. Even though it was still high summer, it made me long for... Read More ›

00:28:14

Medieval Herbs With Carly Still – A Way to Garden...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/08/02

When most of us think of growing herbs each spring, what we probably put into our shopping cart, whether from online seed catalogs or at the garden center, are the culinary must-haves: the basil, the parsley, the dill and such. ... Read More ›

00:28:46

Audit Your Garden With Rodney Eason – A Way to Garden...

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2024/06/21

Nobody wants to get the IRS notice in the mail that they’re being audited, heaven forbid. But when it comes to gardens, Rodney Eason believes that the occasional audit is a very positive process, and encourages us to perform one... Read More ›

00:30:40

Neonic Dangers With Hardy Kern – A Way to Garden With...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/06/07

I suspect every gardener has for years now, over and again, heard the warnings about the most widely used pesticides in the US, neonicotinoids – or neonics for short. In 2013 the American Bird Conservancy issued a report, warning of... Read More ›

00:27:54

Stephen Procter on Ceramic Garden Art – A Way to...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/04/19

It’s that time of year when we gardeners are shopping, shopping, shopping, often in hot pursuit of just the right plant that will make the design of a bed or the larger landscape hang together—that elusive missing ingredient. But what... Read More ›

00:27:41

Hilton Carter on Propagating Houseplants – A Way to...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/04/12

I for one have a number of houseplants that would look a whole lot better right now if given a pinch or two or three, plus I could potentially enjoy the benefit of more plants from those trimmings, whether to... Read More ›

00:28:52

Container Design With David Mattern – A Way to Garden...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/03/22

Wait! Before you find yourself at the garden center grabbing up every irresistible thing that calls out to you, figuring you can somehow find a role for it in this season’s container designs, think again: What’s your plan for this year’s seasonal... Read More ›

00:28:33

Amsonias With Sam Hoadley – A Way to Garden With...

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN ·

2024/03/01

Early on in making my garden decades ago, I bought a nursery pot of bluestar, or Amsonia, at a native plant sale, and planted it in a border here. It has never asked anything of me, never had any pests... Read More ›

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