MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

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Uli Lorimer on Ecological Resolutions – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Dec 25, 2024 Dec 22, 2023

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Like everyone around this time of year, I get into a “looking back while looking ahead” combined mindset. Today I want to do just that, but with a sort of ecological filter, taking stock of how things in the garden... Read More ›

Jennifer Jewell on Beloved Seed Catalogs – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Dec 18, 2023 Dec 15, 2023

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Ho-ho-ho: It’s seed season, among other festive reasons to celebrate in December. Today I invited a similarly seed-obsessed friend, Jennifer Jewell, to help me curate some seed-catalog recommendations you might not otherwise browse, and to talk seeds in general. Jennifer’s... Read More ›

New USDA Hardiness Zone Map – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Dec 11, 2023 Dec 08, 2023

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You no doubt have seen news that the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map was just updated, and that half the country once again got reclassified a half-zone warmer—just as many of us did after the previous update of the map,... Read More ›

Seed Shopping with Turtle Tree – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Dec 4, 2023 Dec 01, 2023

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Let the seed-shopping season begin! The 2024 offerings are being loaded into seed-catalog websites, and the earliest print catalogs are already arriving in our mailboxes, as if to help soften the separation anxiety we may feel if we’ve already put... Read More ›

‘Gardening Can Be Murder’ Book – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nov 20, 2023 Nov 17, 2023

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I don’t think I’ve read a mystery novel since the “Nancy Drew” books of my long-ago childhood, though I will confess to having watched more than a few who-done-it TV series over the years, most of them from the BBC. ... Read More ›

Eric Lee-Mader on Milkweeds – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nov 13, 2023 Nov 10, 2023

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Most of us may automatically think “monarch” after hearing the word “milkweed,” or vice versa. And that’s in fact a critical and intimate relationship, the one between monarch butterflies and native milkweed plants. But the genus Asclepias offers sustenance to... Read More ›

Ken Druse on Fall Cleanup – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Nov 6, 2023 Nov 03, 2023

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Yes, it’s time or almost time to do some raking, and to dig the dahlias to stash – time to perform the rounds of the so-called “fall cleanup” and put the garden to bed. But today Ken Druse and I want... Read More ›

Byron Martin on Citrus Houseplants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 30, 2023 Oct 27, 2023

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Are any of your houseplants edible? A new book by the owners of the beloved rare plant business called Logee’s Greenhouses suggests that we make room for some delicious candidates among our potted indoor plants, including a range of citrus.... Read More ›

Cornell’s Natural Lawn – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 23, 2023 Oct 20, 2023

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Reducing the footprint of our lawns has been a key environmental message for gardeners in recent years, since lawns lack biodiversity, and involve huge amounts of pollution between fertilizers, herbicides and the gas used in mowing. But what to cultivate... Read More ›

Brandywine Valley du Pont Gardens – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 16, 2023 Oct 13, 2023

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It’s hard to think of another place so rich with major gardens as the Brandywine Valley in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and an adjacent portion of Delaware. Five of those gardens have a historic connection—a family connection—as they were all by... Read More ›

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