how to grow root crops, with daniel yoder of johnny’s seeds
DO YOU KNOW what it takes to grow a perfect root vegetable? When I recently asked readers and listeners what [read more…]
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margaret roach, head gardener
DO YOU KNOW what it takes to grow a perfect root vegetable? When I recently asked readers and listeners what [read more…]
GROWING CARROTS, BEETS, RADISHES or other root vegetables can be more challenging than, say, growing a zucchini or pole bean, [read more…]
NATIVE PLANTINGS are a giant part of the equation in supporting pollinators, but many other smaller efforts we can make [read more…]
FOR THOSE PONDERING starting seed indoors, ever wonder what growing medium and other indoor propagating gear is best, from flats [read more…]
I DON’T WANT my salad delivered in a plastic box or to pay a ransom price per pound either, meaning [read more…]
WHAT ARE OUR vegetable garden “pests” trying to tell us, and how can we move past the mindset of it [read more…]
ARE YOU “MOREGANIC”? My friend Gayla Trail, a.k.a. You Grow Girl, turned me on to that description of how we [read more…]
HOW DO YOU GRILL vegetables to perfection? And what do I do with my garlic scapes, or the greens on [read more…]
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN is starting to provide in earnest. But before we all dish out the same old side of [read more…]
I’M NOT THE MOST DIY type ever. But my friend Joe Lamp’l promises me that even I, armed with a [read more…]
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.