MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

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Gardener Sarah Owens on Sourdough – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Oct 6, 2025 Oct 03, 2025

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Almost 10 years ago on this program, I talked about making sourdough starter with today’s guest, Sarah Owens, on the occasion of the publication her book called “Sourdough.” Now a 10th anniversary edition of the James Beard Award-winning book is about... Read More ›

Basil Camu on Privacy Screens – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 29, 2025 Sep 26, 2025

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Most of us have something to hide – in our gardens, that is, some view of something we’d like to erase. It could be the telephone pole across the street that we can see from certain spots, or the neighbor’s... Read More ›

Leslie Needham on Design Tips – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 22, 2025 Sep 19, 2025

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The “what plant goes where?” aspect of gardening is the hardest part for a lot of us. And as we increasingly shift our plant palette and gardening style to more native and ecologically focused, decisions about design might seem even... Read More ›

Jenks Farmer on Transplanting and Watering Tips – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 15, 2025 Sep 12, 2025

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In recent growing seasons, the “new normal” of a changing climate has sometimes been making me feel like my Northeastern garden has relocated farther to the South. So maybe that’s part of what caught my attention when I saw news... Read More ›

Julie Zickefoose on Birdwatching – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 8, 2025 Sep 05, 2025

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The fall bird migration is under way, and that means the cast of characters we’re seeing and hearing in the garden is changing quickly – as we say goodbye for now to some species, and keep a close eye out... Read More ›

Dr. Susan Pell on Poison Ivy – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 1, 2025 Aug 29, 2025

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In the age of climate change, my guest on today’s reprise edition of the podcast told me, we can expect “more poison ivy and meaner poison ivy,” and I’d say from what I see growing around me and the rashes... Read More ›

Rebecca McMackin on Garden Resources – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 25, 2025 Aug 22, 2025

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Today’s guest and I were sitting having a cup of tea together recently and talking abou guess what? Plants! What came up pretty fast was how lately we both sometimes cringe at the results to our online searches about one... Read More ›

Patrick McDuffee on Scented Geraniums – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 18, 2025 Aug 15, 2025

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Patrick McDuffee believes that everyone should have at least one scented geranium on their windowsill year-round, for an on-demand invigorating whiff of fragrance, or to admire its colorful flowers…or to make a homebrewed cup of herbal tea from its leaves.... Read More ›

Alla Olkhovska on Clematis – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 11, 2025 Aug 08, 2025

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The last time I spoke to Alla Olkhovska from her home and garden in Ukraine, she confessed to growing about 120 different types of Clematis—a number that after seeing her recently published e-book “Clematis Passports,” which profiles 140 kinds, I suspect... Read More ›

Trialing Seed for Seed Savers Exchange – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 4, 2025 Aug 01, 2025

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On the weekend of Aug. 8 and 9, the beloved Seed Savers Exchange will celebrate its 50th anniversary of preserving our seed heritage with festivities at its homebase in Decorah, Iowa. I wanted to celebrate Seed Savers here a little, too,... Read More ›

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