When shorter, colder days have us indoors more, a bit of botanical company can make it all a lot brighter. This edition of the podcast has suggestions for some winter solstice decorating, for bringing a bit of nature indoors for… Read More ›
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Julie Zickefoose on Safer Bird Feeding – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – December 12, 2022
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 ›
Noel Kingsbury on Creative Maintenance – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – December 5, 2022
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 ›
Ken Druse on Fall and Winter Fragrance – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – November 21, 2022
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 ›
Lee Reich on Historic Fruit – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – November 14, 2022
‘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 ›
Jared Rosenbaum on Food Habitats – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach -November 7, 2022
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 ›
Uli Lorimer on Eco Cleanup – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 31, 2022
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 ›
Joan Strassman on Slow Birding – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 24, 2022
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 ›
Ken Druse on Plant Surprises – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 17, 2022
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 ›
Nick McCullough on Garden Design – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – October 10, 2022
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 ›