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A Way To Garden

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margaret roach, head gardener

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september open garden tour: a giant botanical birdfeeder

I WASN’T CERTAIN everyone else would share my enthusiasm about what really amounts to a giant birdfeeder: grasses and forbs [read more…]

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slideshow: june 7 garden-tour

RECIPE FOR A GARDEN TOUR: Shop ahead, then carefully clean and prep all ingredients and surfaces. Preset sky for sunshine; [read more…]

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possible pigskin poison puffball, Scleroderma

a walk in the woods with naturalist charley eiseman

I READ ABOUT a smartphone app the other day in the newspaper, one that’s meant to help ID things you [read more…]

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Looking out back window at the frogpond and hillside, August

slideshow: august garden open day

CAN ANYBODY RECOMMEND A LAWNCARE EXPERT? That was my first thought after 650 sets of feet marched on the garden [read more…]

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slideshow: simple was best in the 2012 garden

IT WASN’T ONE OF THOSE “KA-POW!” YEARS in the garden, visually (well, unless you were my dear old rhubarb, above). [read more…]

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parting-glances slideshow: late-october stars

YES, I KNOW: IT’S GETTING LATE. But among the parting glances of the fall garden, there are still some pretty [read more…]

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slideshow: appreciating september's offerings

WITH THE FIRST COLD NIGHTS (we hit 41 degrees F Monday!) I’m suddenly invigorated–and overtaken by two impulses: to nest [read more…]

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slideshow and podcast: august gratitude list

BROWN PATCHES of lawn and garden widen daily, and the “grass” is now a minefield of yellow-jacket nests. Ouch! But [read more…]

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order bulbs now (but why i’m skipping crocus)

SUMMER, NOT FALL, is the best time to order flower bulbs for fall planting (and garlic bulbs, too) to get [read more…]

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slideshow: name that flowering clematis vine!

I HAVE A LOT OF PLANTS (and a lot more that used to grow here somewhere live on in memory). [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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