I’ve watched birds for decades, but in one matter, the matter of sparrows, I mostly took the lazy route, simply marking down “sparrow” in my eBird checklist whenever I saw a streaky little brownish bird, not trying to figure out… Read More ›
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A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 1, 2019 – John Michelotti on Mushroom Growing
Mushroom growing: Have you ever grown mushrooms? Or perhaps they’ve just grown themselves in different parts of your garden at different moments of the season and you’ve wondered: why there, and why then? I know I do; I’m fascinated by… Read More ›
A Way to Garden – Feb 25, 2013 – Katherine Tracey on Succulent Pots and Wreaths
Katherine Tracey of Avant Gardens and I talked about their nursery, and especially about working with succulent plants. I’m already dreaming about summertime containers, though the first flat of spring’s pansies won’t arrive in the local nurseries for a month…. Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 25, 2019 – Jenny Elliott on Cutting Garden
Cutting garden 101: The expression “cutting garden” sounds dreamy, laden with the promise of colorful flowers to harvest and bring indoors for bouquets in the months to come. But let’s get practical: like which of the many possibilities to grow,… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 18, 2019 – Q & A with Ken Druse
Thanks to your bountiful supply of Urgent Garden Questions, my friend Ken Druse and I are being kept busy. In our latest Q&A edition of my podcast, we’ll tackle how to plant groundcovers under established trees, and the gentle care… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 11, 2019 – Karen Perkins on Epimediums
Epimediums: I will confess right off, I love epimediums, but apparently not as much as Karen Perkins, who boasts the largest selection of these choice perennial plants for sale in the United States. Though often thought of by gardeners as simply… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 4, 2019 – Louis Bauer on Wave Hill Signature Plants
Advice from Wave Hill: In my quest for a wider plant palette and for ideas on how to put plants together with confidence and a bolder hand, I asked Director of Horticulture Louis Bauer of Wave Hill, the renown garden… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 25, 2019 – Timothy Tilghman on Hot Annuals at Untermyer
Hot annuals: Maybe you’re looking for fun new annual flowers for this year’s garden, fresh ideas for adding seasonal color to pots and beds. Whenever I visit a public garden, I see gorgeous plants I don’t recognize and also ones… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 18, 2019 – Daniel Yoder on Root Crop Success
Growing Root Vegetables: Do you know what it takes to grow a perfect root vegetable? When I recently asked A Way To Garden’s readers and listeners what their most common seed-related issues were, one recurring theme came up that surprised… Read More ›
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 11, 2019 – Ken Druse on Seed How-To
More seed how-to’s: How’s that seed shopping going? On the radio show and podcast, Ken Druse and I covered more of your seed questions, from which seeds to sow indoors versus out; outsmarting animals who gobble up direct-sown seeds; to… Read More ›