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 ›
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A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 19, 2022 – Mark Richardson on Historic Apples
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 ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 12, 2022 – Cornell Climate Change Garden
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 ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 5, 2022 – Ken Druse on Seed Saving
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 ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 29, 2022 – Andy Brand on Beauty in Details
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 ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 22, 2022 – Crevice Gardening
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 ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 15, 2022 – Jenny Rose Carey on Flowers for Hot Dry Spots
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 ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 8, 2022 – Craig LeHoullier on Tomato Troubles
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 ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 1, 2022 – Ken Druse on Shade Solutions
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 ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 25, 2022 – Alan Branhagen on Natives
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 ›