ICAN IDENTIFY A LOT OF PLANTS, and I’m pretty good with my local bird and frog species, but a landmark book has me putting down my trowel every time someone buzzes by and having a careful look at bees–especially bumblebees…. Read More ›
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Bill Logan on Trees – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 20, 2019
A book I read recently changed the way I think about pruning, and actually about trees in general in the most profound way: William Bryant Logan’s “Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees.” Logan is an arborist based in… Read More ›
Niki Jabbour on Succession Sowings – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 13 2019
Succession sowing: Whew! You finally got everything into the ground, transplanting every little seedling and sowing every seed, and it’s time to sit back and pat yourself on the shoulder. Or is it? Sorry gardeners. Especially when it comes to… Read More ›
Kenn Kaufman on Bird Migration – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 6, 2019
Kenn Kaufman: The spring migration is on, so bird migration was the subject of my recent conversation with Kenn Kaufman, author of the recent book, “A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration.” Kenn, originator of the… Read More ›
Changes in Gardening with Joe Lamp’l – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 29, 2019
Advice from Joe Lamp’l: “My how times have changed,” I write in the beginning of my new-old book, “A Way to Garden,” out April 30, 2019 in revamped form a shocking 21 years after its first edition. New plants, new… Read More ›
April 2019 Ken Druse Q&A – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 22, 2019
Margaret’s new book: The latest podcast is special, because it’s a special time for me, just days from the 21st anniversary version of my first award-winning book, “A Way to Garden,” comes out in an all new edition. My longtime… Read More ›
Tim Wood on Great Shrubs – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 15, 2019
Great shrubs: So many shrubs, so little time. I’m kidding, sort of, but I think shrubs are a gardener’s best investment, and were the topic of conversation with long-time plant hunter and plant breeder Tim Wood, of wholesale Spring Meadow… Read More ›
Rick Wright on Sparrows – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 8, 2019
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 ›
John Michelotti on Mushroom Growing – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – April 1, 2019
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 ›
Katherine Tracey on Succulent Pots and Wreaths – A Way to Garden – Feb 25, 2013
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 ›