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July 25, 2020
244 Comments

poisonous plants, with dr. michael balick of nybg

A SURPRISING NUMBER of people ask me about whether this plant or that plant in my garden or theirs is poisonous. And so when I..
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July 24, 2020
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what’s wrong with my tomatoes? with dr. meg mcgrath

THE PURSUIT of perfection in tomatoes can be an elusive goal: The foliage gets spotty or yellow and may even start dropping; fruits may be..
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July 18, 2020
409 Comments

leaves first: favorite foliage to unify the garden, with ken druse

KEN DRUSE AND I both love leaves, and so do the naughty furbearing herbivores who have been visiting our gardens with a vengeance this season—but..
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July 17, 2020
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farm-fresh peaches, frozen to perfection

AFRIEND WITH AN OLD PEACH TREE made me a beneficiary of too many fruits to keep up with one bumper-crop year, and into the freezer..
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July 11, 2020
373 Comments

extend your vegetable garden season, with niki jabbour

LONGTIME GARDENER AND FIRST-TIMERS went all out in this craziest of years, bringing the expression “victory garden” back into the headlines. We all planted in..
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July 4, 2020
254 Comments

be a discerning shopper for native plants, with uli lorimer

AS MORE GARDENERS shop for native plants each year, more plant descriptions in catalogs and on nursery labels use the blanket phrase “pollinator-friendly” to catch..
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June 26, 2020
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watering the garden (not the plants), a 101 with daryl beyers

SUMMER: IT’S WHAT I refer to as the season of dragging hoses, and for me at least this year, the fact that it seems to..
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June 20, 2020
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the garden as refuge in a pandemic year, with adrian higgins of the washington post

THE WORLD IS SHIFTING focus again now, toward opening up this time, several months after much shutting down. But as we do, I for one..
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June 20, 2020
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seen in the garden: container-grown woodchucks, and buddhist frogs

THE ROAD TO enlightenment, the path to peace? Uphill. Or so a determined frog out back wanted to remind me the other day. This little..
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June 13, 2020
493 Comments

‘spirit of place:’ designing and defining a garden that belongs, with bill noble

GARDEN DESIGNER Bill Noble starts his new book with this promise: “I’m going to tell you a story of the pleasures and challenges, both aesthetic..
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June 6, 2020
431 Comments

a closer look at summer wildflowers, with carol gracie

THE BELOVED WILDFLOWERS of springtime—the trilliums, mayapples, Virginia bluebells—are probably gone till next year, but don’t despair. Here comes the next cast of players, the..
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May 29, 2020
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remembering plants we’ve loved (and lost), with ken druse

I WAS CRAWLING around weeding the other day and there it was: yet another turquoise-colored plastic label I knew was from the original Heronswood Nursery..
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May 22, 2020
407 Comments

‘what it’s like to be a bird:’ a conversation with david sibley

IF YOU’RE A BIRD PERSON, as I am, you may feel as if you know this week’s podcast guest, because one of his field guides,..
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May 20, 2020
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‘instant’ water garden: try seasonal troughs

NOTHING ADDS MORE TO A GARDEN THAN WATER. Just ask the birds, frogs, and insects—oh, and human visitors, too.  It’s a magical element, providing sustenance..
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May 15, 2020
446 Comments

tomato success, from transplant to harvest, with craig lehoullier

EVERY GARDENER has his or her own tomato secrets, tips, and tricks they’re sure will bring earliest fruit or the biggest harvest. Some of us..
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smarter fall (and spring) cleanup, with doug tallamy

WHEN I TALKED to Doug Tallamy in February around the publication date of his latest book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” I didn’t want to go on and on about the advice in it regarding smart fall cleanup, which is one of the ways I know I’ve dramatically shifted the way I manage my own garden compared to 10 or even five years ago. But we were looking ahead to spring then, not fall.

I’m grateful that Doug returned to the podcast in autumn to do just that. Want to plan your most ecologically minded garden cleanup ever, and understand the consequences of each potential action you can take—including next spring?

The subtitle of University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy’s recent book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” is “A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard.” Meaning: The choices we make all year-round, including the very important one of how we clean up, can help counteract an overdeveloped, fragmented landscape that puts the food web to the test. You and I are nature’s best hope, and I’m glad Doug joined me again to help us learn to support it.

(Stream it below,  read the illustrated transcript or subscribe free.)

https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast-player/17424/ecological-fall-cleanup-with-doug-tallamy-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-october-5-2020.mp3

Welcome! I’m Margaret Roach, a leading garden writer for 30 years—at ‘Martha Stewart Living,’ ‘Newsday,’ and in three books. I host a public-radio podcast; I also lecture, plus hold tours at my 2.3-acre Hudson Valley (NY) Zone 5B garden, and always say no to chemicals and yes to great plants.

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