A Way To Garden

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Margaret’s weekly public-radio show, from Robin Hood Radio in Sharon, CT, the smallest NPR station in the nation. Listen live at 8:30 AM EDT Mondays, to the replay Saturday morning, or stream the podcast anytime.

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Browse past interviews below.

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the best of the sedges, and how to use them (even mown!), with sam hoadley

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seed shopping: italian specialties, and new catalogs to try, with lane selman

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reflecting on a garden year, and life, with marc hamer

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indoor botanical cheer to mark the winter solstice, with kathy tracey

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best practices in bird feeding, with julie zickefoose

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creative garden maintenance, with noel kingsbury and annie guilfoyle

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fragrant plants of the offseason, with ken druse

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fruit: some surprising history, and growing advice, with lee reich

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‘wild plant culture:’ edible and medicinal natives, with jared rosenbaum

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an eco-focused fall cleanup, with native plant trust’s uli lorimer

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really watching those birds: ‘slow birding,’ with joan strassmann

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plants that have surprised us, for better or worse, with ken druse

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design tips from american gardens: ‘american roots’ with nick mccullough

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perfect imperfections: galls and leaf mines, with charley eiseman

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organic vegetable gardening success stories, with joe lamp’l

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historic apples get a new start, with mark richardson

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cornell’s climate change demonstration garden, with sonja skelly

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the season for saving seed, with ken druse

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taking in the beauty in nature’s details, with andy brand

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crevice gardens: brave new rock gardens, with kenton seth and paul spriggs

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flowers that stand up to the heat, and growing lavender, with jenny rose carey

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troubleshooting the tomatoes, with craig lehoullier

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solutions for dry shade and other shady spots, with ken druse

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surprising native annuals (and how to find your region’s), with alan branhagen