When I got my copy of the new “Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America,” I tracked down the author’s email address at once, and sent him a message: “I’m mad for woodpeckers,” I wrote, and Stephen Shunk wrote… Read More ›
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Daryl Beyers on How to Water – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – June 29, 2020
Summer: It’s what I refer to as the season of dragging hoses, and for me at least this year, the fact that it seems to have stopped raining with any regularity or measurable impact is making it worse. This is… Read More ›
Adrian Higgins of the Washington Post – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – June 22, 2020
The world is shifting focus again now toward opening up this time, several months after much shutting down. But as we do, I for one hope we won’t turn too quickly away from awareness of the solace that the garden… Read More ›
Bill Noble on Garden Design – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 15, 2020
Garden designer Bill Noble starts his new book with this promise, “I’m going to tell you a story of the pleasures and challenges, both aesthetic and practical, of creating a garden that feels genuinely rooted to its place.” His book,… Read More ›
Carol Gracie on Summer Wildflowers – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 8, 2020
The beloved wildflowers of springtime—the trilliums, the mayapples, the Virginia bluebells—are probably gone till next year, but don’t despair. Here comes the next cast of players, the wildflowers of summer. The acclaimed naturalist Carol Gracie looks beyond their surface beauty… Read More ›
Ken Druse on Remembering Fallen Plants – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – June 1, 2020
I was crawling around weeding the other day and there it was, yet another turquoise colored plastic label I knew was from the original Heronswood Nursery near Seattle, which has been closed about 15 years. No plant, just a label…. Read More ›
David Sibley on Being a Bird – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 25, 2020
If you’re a bird person, as I am, you may feel as if you know today’s guest, because one of his field guides, illustrated with his artwork to help you figure out who’s who, is probably within reach at all… Read More ›
Craig LeHoullier on Tomato Success – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 18, 2020
Tomato Success With Craig LeHoullier – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – May 21, 2020 Every gardener has his or her own tomato secrets, tips, and tricks they’re sure will bring earliest fruit or the biggest harvest. Some… Read More ›
Ross Bayton on Botanical Latin – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – May 11, 2020
I’m grateful that when I began gardening, I fell in with a bunch of plant nerds who spoke not in common names but in botanical Latin, and turned me on to oddball mail-order nurseries whose entire lists were likewise… Read More ›
Ken Druse on Post-Spring Garden Tuneups – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 4, 2020
A famous gardener Ken Druse and I know often says this one-liner: “Anyone can do spring.” What he means is: and then what happens after that? What happens after the current tender colorful parade of beauty, with flowers everywhere and fresh… Read More ›