Pollinator plants: Native plantings are a giant part of the equation in supporting pollinators, but many other smaller efforts we can make with ornamental plants, and even the edibles we choose to grow, can add up, too. I was delighted… Read More ›
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Sarah Kleeger on Gorgeous Grains at Adaptive Seeds – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 28 2019
Gorgeous grains: I’m currently captivated by thoughts of gorgeous grains and grain-like annuals adding drama to my upcoming garden, and at the same time potentially feeding me and my beloved bird friends. Sarah Kleeger, of Adaptive Seeds in Oregon, has… Read More ›
Seed Starting Q & A with Ken Druse – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 21, 2019
How to start seeds indoors: What seed-starting growing medium and other indoor propagating gear is best, from flats or pots to heat mats and lights–and what’s worth growing from seed, anyhow? How can we water seedlings the best way and… Read More ›
Tom Stearns on Lettuce – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 14, 2019
I don’t want my salad delivered in a plastic box or to pay a ransom price per pound either, meaning I want to produce homegrown as many months of the year as I can. Today’s topic is how to plant… Read More ›
Sonja Birthisel on Solarization – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – January 7 2019
Soil Solarization vs. Weeds: An article about soil solarization for weed control, the practice of covering beds or fields with plastic to keep down unwanted plants, caught my attention last summer. It was published on the Cooperative Extensions online home… Read More ›
Best-of Beneficial Plants and Insects – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – December 31, 2018
Beneficial Insects Best-of: What are insects thinking–or if that sounds like I’m anthropomorphizing, what at least are insects desiring? The more we humans seek pollinator connections in our gardens, and strive to create a piece of habitat and not just… Read More ›
Best Garden-Design Ideas of 2018 – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – December 24, 2018
Best design ideas 2018: The garden might be mostly sleeping where I live, but it’s not out of mind by any means. I keep going back to a couple of conversations that I had on my public-radio program and podcast… Read More ›
December 2018 Ken Druse Q&A – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – December 17, 2018
Flowering Houseplants and More: What really perplexed or downright frustrated gardeners in 2018? I asked that recently on Facebook and elsewhere, harvesting the final crop of Urgent Garden Questions for the year, and Ken Druse helped answer them as we… Read More ›
Leslie Halleck on Growing Under Lights – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Monday December 10
Indoor Plant Lights: My houseplants are sulking, whispering among themselves about “Why doesn’t that woman get us some more light in here?” And then before I know it, seed-starting season will begin with leeks and onions, but what’s the right… Read More ›
Ali Stafford on 2018’s Top Cookbooks – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Mon Dec 3
Top 2018 cookbooks: Cookbook author and food blogger Alexandra Stafford of alexandracooks dot com and I have declared it so: The Twelve Days Of Cookbooks begins now, as in perfect gift picks for holiday giving. Last year around holiday gifting time, my… Read More ›