MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

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The Wild-ish Garden of Margaret Renkl – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 9, 2023 Oct 06, 2023

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My how times have changed. That’s what I keep thinking looking around my own garden in recent years, and I’ve been struck by the same thought over and over as I read “The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year,” the... Read More ›

The Real Organic Project – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 2, 2023 Sep 29, 2023

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When you shop for food—whether produce or meat or eggs—and see a label that says “organic,” what do you think that means? At its most fundamental level, I guess I always thought it meant vegetables grown on the fields of... Read More ›

Ross Gay on the Garden’s Delights – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 25, 2023 Sep 22, 2023

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The words joy and delight figure prominently in writer Ross Gay’s work – and so do moments he spends in his garden, and descriptions of his relationship to plants. Is that a coincidence — that the garden is a main character... Read More ›

Marianne Willburn on Overwintering Tropicals – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 18, 2023 Sep 15, 2023

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It’s not time quite yet for what I call the mad stash – storing those non-hardy plants for the winter that we wish to keep alive for another year of service – but it is time to make some plans... Read More ›

Brad Herrick on Jumping Worms – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 11, 2023 Sep 08, 2023

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The question “What do I do about the Asian jumping worms that are destroying my soil?” has outpaced what was the most common thing I was asked year in and out for decades as a garden writer—the relatively simple challenge... Read More ›

Linda Lipsen on Pressed Plants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 28, 2023 Aug 24, 2023

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I saw news of a new book called “Pressed Plants” recently, and it got me thinking about my grandmother, and one of the many crafts she enjoyed way back when. Grandma made what she called “pressed flower pictures,” bits of... Read More ›

Claudia West on Immersive Landscapes – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 21, 2023 Aug 17, 2023

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Maybe seven or eight years ago, in a conversation with landscape designer Claudia West, she said a sentence that has really stuck with me, as she explained her approach to selecting and combining plants. “Plants are the mulch,” Claudia said... Read More ›

Michael Judd on Food Forests – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug. 14, 2023 Aug 09, 2023

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The term food forest, from the permaculture world, sounds big—like if I suggested you start one, you’d probably say, “I don’t have room for a forest of any kind.” But today’s guest bets that most of us who garden have room... Read More ›

K Greene on Shallots – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – August 7, 2023 Aug 04, 2023

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I saw a video reel on social media the other day of a harvest of shallots, and it made me realize that I haven’t grown those delicious little Allium bulbs in forever—and who knows why. The harvest video was on... Read More ›

Craig LeHoullier on Ripe Tomatoes – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 31, 2023 Jul 26, 2023

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Around this time each summer I look forward to the onslaught of fresh tomatoes—while at the same time hoping against hope that what I call “tomato troubles” don’t reveal themselves and get the upper hand. I’ve been hearing from lots... Read More ›

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