Margaret Roach

WHEN COLD WEATHER approaches, we humans usually have it easy. We can retreat to the shelter of central heating, or pile on more layers of..

IN THE FACE of shifting weather patterns influenced by a changing climate, the garden can be a really confusing place these days. What stressors are..

THE GARDEN is my favorite escape from stress, of course, but as I have confessed before on the podcast, I sometimes succumb to the lure..

SARA WEANER COOPER and her husband, Evan Cooper, bought their first home a couple of years ago, and before long, undertook transitioning the front lawn..

IT WAS ALMOST two years ago to the day when Joan Strassmann last visited me on the podcast, right around the time her book “Slow..

WHEN I READ the other day that Native Plant Trust, the nonprofit plant conservation organization in New England, had successfully raised the money to complete..

INCREASINGLY in recent years, my garden weeds include more and more tenacious opponents. And the landscape along the roadsides nearby and pretty much everywhere I..

IF YOU’VE EVER tried creating and then caring for a habitat-style garden with native plants, well, let’s just say it’s not exactly the same thing..

ORGANIC FARMING and gardening have always been based on the principle of feed the soil, not the plant. I recently got some expert advice for..

IN YEARS WHEN it rains consistently, here is what I do in September, I promise: divide and also add perennials (leaving room for bulbs next..