The time is approaching for my annual pass with the tractor through my little meadow on the hill above my house, the one time each year I really intervene in it, by mowing. Meadow making is an exercise in patience,… Read More ›
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A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 10, 2023 – Purdue Plant Doctor
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 ›
Marianne Willburn on Tropical Edibles – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 27, 2023
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 ›
Ken Druse on Making More Plants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 20 2023
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 ›
Jim Nardi on the World of Trees – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 13 2023
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 ›
Karl Gercens on Houseplant Tuneups – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach March 6, 2023
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 ›
Jared Barnes on Garden Trends – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 27, 2023
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 ›
Ben Vogt on Natural Design – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 20, 2023
. 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 ›
Bonnetta Adeeb on Ujamaa Seeds – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 6, 2023
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 ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 30, 2023 – Charles Dowding on No-Till Gardening
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 ›