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margaret roach, head gardener

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recipes to help keep up with the csa share or garden’s bounty, with ali stafford

HOW DO YOU GRILL vegetables to perfection? And what do I do with my garlic scapes, or the greens on [read more…]

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herb jam and quick pickles, with sarah owens (cookbook giveaway)

LAST TIME WE CHECKED IN with expert gardener and baker Sarah Owens, at the start of 2016, it was just [read more…]

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can, freeze, or dry? home food preservation basics, with elizabeth andress

PERHAPS YOU’RE SCANNING the seed catalogs, imagining tasting that first sweet ‘Sugar Snap’ peapod, or (finally!) a ripe garden tomato—both [read more…]

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naturally sweet canning and preserving, with marisa mcclellan

THE RHUBARB will be up soon, and the strawberries won’t be too far behind, arriving around the time I’ll get [read more…]

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rescue operation: freezing stored garlic, onions

REACHING INTO THE NET BAG of onions in my barn this morning, I got a little wakeup call—from a few [read more…]

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pickled cranberries, pear butter and more, with marisa mcclellan of food in jars

‘TIS THE SEASON for starting to concoct some of the holiday trimmings—especially delicious homemade gifts that can also figure into [read more…]

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‘saving the season’ apple butter recipe, with kevin west

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-based but Southeast-bred Kevin West strikes me at once as a very modern and also a very old-fashioned guy–a [read more…]

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garlic powder, preserved lemons and more, in alana chernila’s ‘the homemade kitchen’

WHAT DO TWO OF THE SIMPLEST, most familiar ingredients like garlic and lemons add up to? Plenty, in the hands [read more…]

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how to solve the feared canned-pumpkin shortage (adopt a squash!)

THE MEDIA’S WHIPPING UP panicky headlines this week, faster than you can turn cream to pie topping. One outlet after [read more…]

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lacto-fermentation and making sauerkraut, with erica strauss

LACTO-FERMENTATION: It’s the rage, and not just among old hippie types who have—like their ancestors and their ancestors’ ancestors throughout [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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