germination testing of seeds
GERMINATION TESTING of leftover seeds would make a good science project for grade-school kids, and it can delight and inform [read more…]
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margaret roach, head gardener
GERMINATION TESTING of leftover seeds would make a good science project for grade-school kids, and it can delight and inform [read more…]
PREDICTION: More people would actually grow, and eat, cabbage if it weren’t for those bowling-ball-sized heads of up to 8 [read more…]
IT WOULDN’T BE a vegetable garden without edible-pod peas, the closest thing to dessert that you can eat right in [read more…]
IT’S ALWAYS NICE to feel ahead of the curve. For probably fifteen years, I have been growing a springtime ephemeral [read more…]
‘I LAY NO CLAIM either to literal ability, or to botanical knowledge, or even to the best practical methods of [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.