MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

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Joe Lampl’s 2024 Recap – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Dec 30, 2024 Dec 26, 2024

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Whether out loud here on the podcast or just between us on one of our periodic late Friday afternoon phone calls, I always benefit from catching up with today’s guest, Joe Lamp’l (aka Joe Gardener). Probably no time for talking... Read More ›

A Dry Year With Julie Zickefoose – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – Dec. 16, 2024 Dec 13, 2024

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Did you have an abnormally dry growing season this year—one where it felt like you just couldn’t keep up with the watering, maybe? Today’s guest, naturalist and artist Julie Zickefoose, and I both did in our otherwise different garden locations—places... Read More ›

Sarah Jayne on Supporting Biodiversity – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Dec 9, 2024 Dec 06, 2024

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The message has become increasingly clear: By shifting the palette of what we plant toward native, and refining the practices we employ in caring for our landscapes, we gardeners can make a contribution to the greater ecology. We can create... Read More ›

Margaret Renkl on Nature Watching – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Dec 2, 2024 Nov 29, 2024

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She has had various job titles in her career, but writer Margaret Renkl says one consistent role in her life for decades has been that of “a window-gazer,” someone who watches what’s going on out there. Even better, she gets... Read More ›

Peggy Anne Montgomery on Forcing Bulbs – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nov 25, 2024 Nov 22, 2024

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It’s practically December, but like many gardeners I’m already thinking about spring. One big element of that thinking is how to maximize the power of flower bulbs, and though you might have already planted some in the ground earlier this... Read More ›

‘WildStory’ Podcast’s Poetry + Plants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nov 18, 2024 Nov 15, 2024

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I was invited recently to be a guest on a podcast called The Wildstory from The Native Plant Society of New Jersey that talks about plants, of course, and ecology … but unlike other garden-related podcasts, it also explores poetry. I was intrigued,... Read More ›

David Sibley on Birds in Winter – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nov. 11, 2024 Nov 08, 2024

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When cold weather approaches, we humans often have it easy: We can retreat to the shelter of central heating, or pile on more layers of clothing. The path to survival is a lot more complicated for birds, of course, and a new... Read More ›

George Coombs on Trees for the Future – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nov 4, 2024 Oct 31, 2024

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In the face of shifting weather patterns influenced by a changing climate, the garden can be a really confusing place these days. What stressors are coming next, and which plants will have the resilience required to stand up to whatever... Read More ›

Flora & Frost on Solving Garden Mysteries – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 28, 2024 Oct 22, 2024

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The garden is my favorite escape from stress, of course, but as I have confessed before on the podcast, I sometimes succumb to the lure of swiping my way through Instagram during non-garden hours, like so many millions of us... Read More ›

Sara Weaner on Lawn Transformation – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 21, 2024 Oct 18, 2024

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Today’s guest, Sara Weaner Cooper, and her husband, Evan Cooper, bought their first home a couple of years ago, and before long undertook transitioning the front lawn organically from mown grass into a meadow. Sara’s here to tell us about... Read More ›

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