I’m mad for birds, so much so, that I’ve been looking expectantly lately at the interactive migration maps on the BirdCast website and browsing reports coming in from ares to the south of me on eBird.com, wondering when my fair-weather,… Read More ›
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Cooking with What You Have with Lukas Volger – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 20 2020
Cook With What You’ve Got with Lukas Volger – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 20, 2020 Just before things shifted in our world, I bought a new vegetarian cookbook called “Start Simple,” by Lukas Volger. Little… Read More ›
Dividing Perennials With Ken Druse – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 13, 2020
One of my favorite books by our friend Ken Druse is called “Making More Plants,” and though it’s about all kinds of propagation, Ken and I talked the other day about what is maybe the easiest way of all to… Read More ›
Jenny Elliott on Best Cut Flowers and Dahlias – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 6, 2020
Yes, yes, I know; you plan to grow the usual rows of zinnias, but what other among organic flower farmer Jenny Elliott’s must-grow list of cutting varieties do you have lined up and ready to sow, or have a source… Read More ›
Ken Greene on the Power of Seeds and Sunflowers – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – March 30, 2020
Seeds and Sunflowers: Before the weeks got darker, Ken Greene and I had planned a chat about a sunny subject: sunflowers. Ken is co-founder of Hudson Valley Seed Company and also of the nonprofit called Seedshed, and though he and… Read More ›
Ken Druse on Gardening as Refuge – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 23, 2020
Garden as Refuge: It’s Thursday, March 19th, 2020, as Ken Druse and I are taping this show from our respective homes via Skype. In my weekly newsletter last Sunday, I said I didn’t know just what to say, or how… Read More ›
Daryl Beyers on Composting 101 – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 16, 2020
Compost Smart: What’s your composting setup? Bin, tumbler or open pile—or maybe even an ingenious set of three pits in the ground? And most important, how is it working? More effective composting tactics, along with other timely advice to prepare… Read More ›
Kim Eierman on Pollinator Gardens – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 9, 2020
Pollinator Gardens: One of the most common questions that garden centers and other garden professionals are asked these days: How can I add more pollinator plants? Kim Eierman designs ecological gardens with such beneficial insects in mind, and is the… Read More ›
Women in Horticulture with Jennifer Jewell – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 2, 2020
Women and Plants: I’m a woman who’s made a good portion of her career in the field of horticulture, specifically in the journalism end of the plant world. But until I read the new book “The Earth in Her Hands:… Read More ›
Native Plant Q&A with Ken Druse – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 24, 2020
Gardeners including myself want to add more, more, more native plants to their landscapes to support pollinators and birds and other native wildlife, but if our beds and borders are already established? Do we have to erase them and start… Read More ›