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  • Tomatoes With Craig LeHoullier-A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach February 28, 2022

    Tomatoes With Craig LeHoullier-A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach February 28, 2022
    Feb 26 2022

    Sick of winter? What I find helps, besides the occasional warmish, sunny day, is thinking about tomatoes. And that's what we're going to do today with Craig LeHoullier, author of the hit 2014 book “Epic Tomatoes,” who has over the years grown some 3,000 varieties in his home garden and adds new ones to his list every year

    Craig, who gardens in North Carolina, is a retired chemist with a longtime passion for tomatoes. He's the co-founder of the Dwarf Tomato Project, an advisor on tomatoes to Seed Savers Exchange, and the person who in 1990 named the popular heirloom Cherokee Purple from seed that had been passed down and eventually made its way to him. 
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    26 min
  • Privacy Screens with Basil Camu - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 29, 2025

    Privacy Screens with Basil Camu - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 29, 2025
    Sep 26 2025
    Most of us have something to hide – in our gardens, that is, some view of something we’d like to erase. It could be the telephone pole across the street that we can see from certain spots, or the neighbor’s driveway, or even something within our own property – the trash bins or who knows what. Today’s guest, Basil Camu, has a suggestion: an inexpensive, quick-to-develop privacy screen started from a diverse mix of native saplings, sort of a hack of the concept of planting a pocket forest, which he’ll explain, too. Basil is co-founder of Leaf & Limb tree-care... Read More ›
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    27 min
  • Tomatoes With Craig LeHoullier-A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach February 28, 2022

    Tomatoes With Craig LeHoullier-A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach February 28, 2022
    Feb 26 2022

    Sick of winter? What I find helps, besides the occasional warmish, sunny day, is thinking about tomatoes. And that's what we're going to do today with Craig LeHoullier, author of the hit 2014 book “Epic Tomatoes,” who has over the years grown some 3,000 varieties in his home garden and adds new ones to his list every year

    Craig, who gardens in North Carolina, is a retired chemist with a longtime passion for tomatoes. He's the co-founder of the Dwarf Tomato Project, an advisor on tomatoes to Seed Savers Exchange, and the person who in 1990 named the popular heirloom Cherokee Purple from seed that had been passed down and eventually made its way to him. 
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    26 min
  • Design Tips with Leslie Needham - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 22, 2025

    Design Tips with Leslie Needham - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 22, 2025
    Sep 19 2025
    The “what plant goes where?” aspect of gardening is the hardest part for a lot of us. And as we increasingly shift our plant palette and gardening style to more native and ecologically focused, decisions about design might seem even a little trickier. We want our landscape to be abundant and biodiverse, packed with life—but also to still hang together visually. We want it to be legible, and today’s guest – landscape designer Leslie Needham – has advice to help us achieve that legibility…to make our gardens really read, and draw the eye and the visitor through them effectively. Leslie... Read More ›
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    27 min
  • Transplanting & Watering Tips with Jenks Farmer - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 15, 2025

    Transplanting & Watering Tips with Jenks Farmer - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 15, 2025
    Sep 12 2025
    In recent growing seasons, the “new normal” of a changing climate has sometimes been making me feel like my Northeastern garden has relocated farther to the South. So maybe that’s part of what caught my attention when I saw news of a new book called “Secrets of Southern Gardening: Pro Tips for Success” that was just published by today’s guest, horticulturist, nurseryman and garden designer Jenks Farmer. He’s here to share some of those tips on smarter planting, especially of trees, and watering how-to’s and more, many of them applicable for wherever you garden, so more in a moment. Augustus... Read More ›
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    28 min
  • Editing and Dividing Perennials With Toshi Yano - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach August 23, 2021

    Editing and Dividing Perennials With Toshi Yano - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach August 23, 2021
    Aug 20 2021
    Maybe you, like I do, have certain perennial beds that could use editing and some particular plants that need dividing in the process. That’s just one focus of today’s guest, Toshi Yano, in his role as director of horticulture at Wethersfield, a former private estate turned public garden in the Hudson Valley of New York, He’ll tell us the how-to, and also about visiting this special place.  Toshi Yano Toshi is in his third year as director of horticulture at the former estate called Wethersfield garden in Dutchess County, New York, with its 3-acre formal gardens plus 7 acres of wilderness garden and commanding views of the Catskills and Berkshire Mountains.  Toshi and his team are bringing the gardens back to life, and he told me about the place, and specifically about the tasks of editing and dividing that every perennial gardener needs to do, whatever their garden scale. 
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    26 min
  • Bird Watching with Julie Zickefoose - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 8, 2025

    Bird Watching with Julie Zickefoose - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 8, 2025
    Sep 5 2025
    The fall bird migration is under way, and that means the cast of characters we’re seeing and hearing in the garden is changing quickly – as we say goodbye for now to some species, and keep a close eye out for any southbound travelers who may stop in for a short visit. I love to watch for signs of both – and can’t imagine a day that doesn’t involve watching birds at least a little. That’s why I was happy to learn about a fun new book about bird-watching basics by the editors of “BWD Magazine” that ventures into related... Read More ›
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    28 min
  • Poison Ivy with Dr. Susan Pell - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 1, 2025

    Poison Ivy with Dr. Susan Pell - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 1, 2025
    Aug 29 2025
    In the age of climate change, my guest on today’s reprise edition of the podcast told me, we can expect “more poison ivy and meaner poison ivy,” and I’d say from what I see growing around me and the rashes on friends, that both are coming true. Though it may feel like it to many gardeners and others who spend time outdoors, poison ivy was not put on the planet to punish mankind for some sin—or to boost antihistamine sales and dermatologist visits. As with every native plant—and yes, Toxicodendron radicans is a native plant, and an important one at... Read More ›
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    25 min