the science of a better garden: ‘the ever curious gardener,’ with lee reich
I LOVE THE SCIENCE behind gardening, the stories that reveal what makes things tick in the natural world. A new [read more…]
'horticultural how-to and woo-woo'
the source of organic gardening inspiration
margaret roach, head gardener
I LOVE THE SCIENCE behind gardening, the stories that reveal what makes things tick in the natural world. A new [read more…]
JOSEPH TYCHONIEVICH, a garden writer and backyard plant breeder and passionate flower grower, has gone on a bit of a [read more…]
ALL TOO MANY HEADLINES in the science section lately speak of trees in trouble, of various forest pests and other [read more…]
IT’S A QUESTION I DON’T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR, but maybe you can help: What’s the best way to keep [read more…]
FORUM MEMBER TERRYK IS SO RIGHT TO ASK: Whether or not we can add weeds to our compost heaps without [read more…]
MEMBER ANN ASKED A GOOD ‘WEED’ QUESTION this week in the Urgent Garden Question Forums, and a thread of great [read more…]
I LOVE THE FORUM POSTS THAT START with “somebody ate my…” (Actually, I hate these stories, but feel better knowing [read more…]
FORUM MEMBER ANN HAD a good question this week: Ever eaten pea tendrils or flowers or any of the bits [read more…]
WHAT’S YOUR TACTIC FOR DEALING with lily beetles? The topic resurfaced (as it had a year ago) in the Urgent [read more…]
READER TERRYK HAS ME STUMPED THIS WEEK with the Urgent Garden Question forum question she posed: whether a doublefile viburnum [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.