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chores by month

The monthly chores are one of my top features (and are all archived below). Though the how-to in them will apply most anywhere–pruning a rose or sowing a tomato seed is similar, wherever the rose or tomato may grow–the when is not the same. I garden in Zone 5B, on the NY-CT-MA border, so you may need to adjust timing by referring to the previous month or even the next. Or search my list of regional calendars.

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the february garden chores

RESTLESS, ANYONE? The houseplants are noticing, and so am I: the days are longer, making us both want to get [read more…]

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the january garden chores

THE ANSWER IS NO: No, you probably shouldn’t start all your vegetable seed now, unless it’s for a cool-season crop [read more…]

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november garden chores

NATIONAL LEAF MONTH: That’s what I’d declare it if I were in charge of such things. November is nonstop leaves [read more…]

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october garden chores

EVEN I—SHE OF THE MONTHLY CHORES LISTS—get overwhelmed at the thought of it: fall cleanup. As the month begins, I [read more…]

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september garden chores

IF ONLY IT WOULD RAIN, here is what I would do, I promise: divide and also add perennials (leaving room [read more…]

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august garden chores

HOT, PARCHED, EXHAUSTED. That’s a three-word portrait of me and the garden both most Augusts. We must fight back, so [read more…]

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the july garden chores

EACH JULY DAY is a stern little conversation or two (or 10): with myself, to push onward; with certain weeds [read more…]

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the may garden chores

EACH MAY I ADVISE us all to remember, amid the frenzy, that there is nothing wrong that some good-quality mulch [read more…]

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the april garden chores

I’M STICKING to what I say each year at this time: We are not powerless over April–even though in most [read more…]

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the march garden chores

I’M LIKE THE KID in the backseat on the way to the amusement park, with my one incessant question: “Are [read more…]

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Podcast: Soups, Soups & More Soups

I’VE FOLLOWED a vegetarian diet for decades, but it wasn’t until just a few years ago that I mastered a really good vegetable soup. Now I’m learning variations on vegetable-based soups, plus ones with beans and even ideas for mushroom soups, too–all thanks to Alexandra Stafford and these recipes. (Stream it below, read the transcript or subscribe free.)

https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast-player/6211/vegetable-soup-ideas-with-ali-stafford-november-5-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach.mp3

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Welcome! I’m Margaret Roach, a leading garden writer for 25 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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