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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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 ›
Jenny Elliott on Cutting Garden – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 25, 2019
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 ›
March 2019 Q & A with Ken Druse – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 18, 2019
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 ›
Karen Perkins on Epimediums – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 11, 2019
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 ›
Louis Bauer on Wave Hill Signature Plants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 4, 2019
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 ›
Timothy Tilghman on Hot Annuals at Untermyer – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 25, 2019
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 ›
Daniel Yoder on Root Crop Success – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 18, 2019
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 ›
Ken Druse on Seed How-To – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – February 11, 2019
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 ›