Nimble Cooking: Each season I ask my cookbook writer friend, Ali Stafford, what new books look exciting to her. And for spring she had one in particular she said I mustn’t miss, “The Nimble Cook” by Ronna Welsh. Ronna asks… Read More ›
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Elizabeth Lawson on Primroses – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 22, 2019
Primroses: What’s not to love about primroses? And I felt that way even before I read Elizabeth Lawson’s deep-dive social and cultural history of them in her new book, “Primrose,” part of a botanical series from London-based Reaktion Books. She… Read More ›
July Ken Druse Q&A – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 15, 2019
It’s Urgent Garden Question time again, which means Ken Druse visited my radio show and podcast to help provide the answers about topics ranging from good and bad materials for making garden paths, to issues with powdery mildew on various… Read More ›
Kevin Espiritu on Raised Beds – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 8, 2019
Raised Beds: I built my old-style wooden raised beds for vegetables about 30 years ago, and they’ve served me well. Lately on social media, I love seeing younger-generation gardeners embracing raised beds, too, but using creative designs and even doing so… Read More ›
Chris Smith on Okra – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 1, 2019
Okra: If you had told me I’d be reading an entire book about okra, and often laughing out loud delightedly in the process, I’d have said, “No way.” But here I’ve been lately, my nose in Chris Smith’s just-published, “The… Read More ›
Lee Reich on Fertilizers – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 24, 2019
Fertilizers: What fertilizers should I feed my (fill-in-the-blank) plant? A lot of you ask that question, about things ranging from magnolias to tomatoes. Soil fertility, and how to best achieve it, is today’s topic, with long-time organic gardener and author… Read More ›
Tom Seeley on Honey Bees – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 17, 2019
Honey Bee Hunting: Beekeeping is a “thing” in recent years, an increasingly a popular hobby, but our relationship with honey bees goes back much further to one we had as early human hunter-gatherers, following wild bees in hope of finding… Read More ›
Jeff Jabco on Peonies – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 10, 2019
Herbaceous Peonies: Among shrubs, the most common ones I hear people wondering aloud about are hydrangeas, hydrangeas, and more hydrangeas. But when it comes to questions about perennials, herbaceous peonies top the list. To help us learn more about these… Read More ›
Uli Lorimer on Getting to Know Native Plants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 3, 2019
Native Plants: I hear many times each week from readers or listeners wanting advice about native plants—about pollinator plants, for instance, or making a meadow, or which woodland wildflowers to plant and how to care for them. Uli Lorimer has… Read More ›
May 2019 Ken Druse Q&A – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach
Garden Design Ideas: A note from a listener addressed to me and my Urgent Garden Question-answering sidekick Ken Druse asked our advice for planning a garden from the very beginning, while his home construction is under way. Well, when Ken… Read More ›