Since I took a walk with today’s guest about 10 years ago, I’ve adopted a whole different way of looking at what I might have once seen as imperfections in plants. Now when I spy a squiggle in a columbine… Read More ›
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Joe Lamp’l on Vegetable Success – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 26, 2022
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 ›
Mark Richardson on Historic Apples – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 19, 2022
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 ›
Cornell Climate Change Garden – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – September 12, 2022
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 ›
Ken Druse on Seed Saving – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 5, 2022
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 ›
Andy Brand on Beauty in Details – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 29, 2022
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 ›
Crevice Gardening – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 22, 2022
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 ›
Jenny Rose Carey on Flowers for Hot Dry Spots – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 15, 2022
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 ›
Craig LeHoullier on Tomato Troubles – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 8, 2022
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 ›
Ken Druse on Shade Solutions – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 1, 2022
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 ›