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28 minutes 10 seconds
A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – March 10, 2025 – Jim Sirch on Frog Gardens
We’ve all heard about what plants and other features figure into making a garden for the birds, or a pollinator garden … but what about a frog garden? I’m crazy about frogs and would like to think my place is... Read More ›
7 March 2025, 12:25 pm
27 minutes 39 seconds
Ken Druse on ‘Fat’ Houseplants – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Mar 3, 2025
If another houseplant dropped all its leaves for several months each year, you’d think you killed it. But with some of Ken Druse’s and my favorite indoor companions, from Boweia to Jatropha and more, a regular dormant period is just... Read More ›
28 February 2025, 12:00 pm
27 minutes 43 seconds
Julie Zickefoose on Welcoming Bluebirds – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Feb 24, 2025
The sight of Eastern bluebirds rates high on my happiness scale, so I say bring them on. But what makes a place look like inviting habitat to these charismatic birds, encouraging them to maybe stick around during breeding season? And... Read More ›
21 February 2025, 12:00 pm
27 minutes 30 seconds
Sam Hoadley on Ironweeds – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Feb 17, 2025
One of the tallest perennials in my garden is New York ironweed, Vernonia noveboracensis, but basically my knowledge of the genus starts and ends there. Or at least it did until just recently, when Mt. Cuba Center, the renown native... Read More ›
14 February 2025, 12:00 pm
27 minutes 13 seconds
Josie Flatgard on Seed Exchange – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Feb 10, 2025
You probably know the popular Seed Savers Exchange catalog, which this year features 600 varieties of seed to choose from, and supports the beloved nonprofit preservation organization, which in 2025 is turning 50 years old. But maybe you haven’t clicked... Read More ›
7 February 2025, 12:00 pm
27 minutes 28 seconds
Matt Mattus on Garden Rituals – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Feb 3, 2025
Have you ever replied, “I don’t know; that’s just the way I’ve always done it” when someone asked why you performed a certain garden task in a particular way? Sometimes we stay stuck even when there’s evidence there’s a newer,... Read More ›
31 January 2025, 12:00 pm
28 minutes 13 seconds
Joseph Tychonievich on Snapdragons- A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Jan 27, 2025
Anybody in the mood for something just plain pretty at the moment, something to search the seed catalogs for, choosing among the many wildly colorful varieties, and then get ready to sow? Something hopeful and bright? Me too! After I... Read More ›
24 January 2025, 12:00 pm
29 minutes 6 seconds
Warren Leach on The Winter Garden – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Jan 20, 2025
How’s winter shaping up where you are so far – or more to the point, how’s the winter garden looking? What’s your view out the window this time of year, and could it be improved with some strategic enhancements? That’s... Read More ›
17 January 2025, 12:00 pm
27 minutes 36 seconds
Kelly Norris on Your Natural Garden – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Jan 13, 2025
As many of us heavy up on native plants, and transition larger areas of our landscapes toward more naturalistic styles of design, there is a lot to learn – or maybe un-learn, if our gardening experience up until now was... Read More ›
10 January 2025, 12:23 pm
28 minutes 22 seconds
Basil Camu on Winter Tree Care – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Jan 6, 2025
I messaged to my arborist neighbor the other day to just say, “Happy holidays.” And at the end of my note, I also said this: “See you soon.” Winter may be the quiet season up North here in the garden... Read More ›
3 January 2025, 12:00 pm
27 minutes 36 seconds
Joe Lampl’s 2024 Recap – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Dec 30, 2024
Whether out loud here on the podcast or just between us on one of our periodic late Friday afternoon phone calls, I always benefit from catching up with today’s guest, Joe Lamp’l (aka Joe Gardener). Probably no time for talking... Read More ›