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Buddha and the Beast: A backyard water garden visit from Big Bird, who either is a Buddhist and was communing with the guy up on the wall, or thought the frog buffet was intended for him/her. I begged to differ re: the latter and invited the bird to leave…multiple times. Apparently I don’t scare anybody. #awaytogarden #greatblueheron #birdsofinstagram

Buddha and the Beast: A backyard water garden visit from Big Bird, who either is a Buddhist and was communing with the guy up on the wall, or thought the frog buffet was intended for him/her. I begged to differ re: the latter and invited the bird to leave…multiple times. Apparently I don’t scare anybody. #awaytogarden #greatblueheron #birdsofinstagram ...

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Did someone say #pearly? Because of the way my head works this Pearly Wood-Nymph moth gives me a flashback to @stevewinwood performing the song Pearly Queen in 1968ish. Other than that it is also a charming small #moth whose host plants include two (wild grape and #virginiacreeper aka #parthenocissusquinquefolia) that are all around here for its larval stage to dine on. So now you know: I love moths and the band Traffic was pretty swell, too. #awaytogarden #lepidoptera #woodnymphs

Did someone say #pearly? Because of the way my head works this Pearly Wood-Nymph moth gives me a flashback to @stevewinwood performing the song Pearly Queen in 1968ish. Other than that it is also a charming small #moth whose host plants include two (wild grape and #virginiacreeper aka #parthenocissusquinquefolia) that are all around here for its larval stage to dine on. So now you know: I love moths and the band Traffic was pretty swell, too. #awaytogarden #lepidoptera #woodnymphs ...

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A very choice selection of Astilboides tabularis I am naming var. frozeniensis. It took me decades of growing #astilboidestabularis and a 31-degree mid-May night to achieve this. Good job, Margaret. #awaytogarden #shadegarden #hellonwheels

A very choice selection of Astilboides tabularis I am naming var. frozeniensis. It took me decades of growing #astilboidestabularis and a 31-degree mid-May night to achieve this. Good job, Margaret. #awaytogarden #shadegarden #hellonwheels ...

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A really cut guy at the gym said anabolic steroids really make you bulk up fast so I gave them to the asparagus. #truestory #ohsure #awaytogarden

A really cut guy at the gym said anabolic steroids really make you bulk up fast so I gave them to the asparagus. #truestory #ohsure #awaytogarden ...

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FROM THE WEEKLY PODCAST

rethinking the lawn, with dan wilder

THE LECTURE that he’s been giving for a number of years is not-so-subtly called “Kill Your Lawn.” Ecological horticulturist Dan Jaffe Wilder knows that starting over and creating an entire native habitat instead of a lawn isn’t for everyone. But Dan just wants to grab our attention and get us to start to make some changes at least in the way we care for the turfgrass we do want in our landscapes. And maybe give up a little square footage of it to some other kind of more diverse planting, too, like the wild strawberries (Fragaria virginiana, inset). Alternative, more eco-focused styles of lawn care, along with some lawn alternatives is what he and I talked about on the podcast. Dan is Director of Applied Ecology at Norcross Wildlife Foundation in Wales, Massachusetts, and its 8,000-acre sanctuary. He’s also co-author with Mark Richardson of the book “Native Plants for New England Gardens.”

(Stream it below,  read the illustrated transcript or subscribe free.)

https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast-player/29859/rethinking-lawn-with-dan-wilder-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-june-27-2022.mp3

Welcome! I’m Margaret Roach, a leading garden writer for 30 years—at ‘Martha Stewart Living,’ ‘Newsday,’ and in three books. Since April 2020, I have been the garden columnist for “The New York Times,” where I began my journalism career decades ago. I host a public-radio podcast; I also lecture, plus hold tours at my 2.3-acre Hudson Valley (NY) Zone 5B garden in “normal” years, and always say no to chemicals and yes to great plants.

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