clivia, staking, viburnum leaf beetle, chestnuts & more: q&a with ken druse
YES, IT’S US AGAIN, me and Ken Druse, here to answer your latest crop of Urgent Garden Questions about topics [read more…]
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YES, IT’S US AGAIN, me and Ken Druse, here to answer your latest crop of Urgent Garden Questions about topics [read more…]
WHAT ARE OUR vegetable garden “pests” trying to tell us, and how can we move past the mindset of it [read more…]
IT’S A BANNER FALL WEBWORM year in my corner of the Northeast, more than I’ve seen in 30ish years here. [read more…]
WHO AMONG US doesn’t have at least one Urgent Garden Question? This month on my public radio show and podcast, [read more…]
THE LATEST CROP of Urgent Garden Questions ranges from peonies that just didn’t bloom, to ants on peony buds and [read more…]
I DON’T GROW a lot of roses, just a few favorites, but birds plant the occasional multiflora rose seed here [read more…]
WHEN THE NEW SECOND EDITION of “Garden Insects of North America” arrived recently from Princeton University Press, I quickly went [read more…]
FROM THE FIRST SEED SOWN to the last fruit stashed in the freezer, homegrown tomatoes are a labor of love. [read more…]
I GET A LOT of questions about invasive species, and lately a week doesn’t go by without at least one [read more…]
THE DISEASE THAT DETHRONED Impatiens as the top annual in the nursery industry—Impatiens Downy Mildew—continues to take its toll. But [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.