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Margaret Roach

@margaretroach

Ex-Martha exec, now just mad gardener, rural nature addict, award-winning writer & podcaster, creator of awaytogarden.com and matching book & podcast

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Why I ā€œfeedā€ my blue jays the egg shells every time I eat eggs (and why they chip paint off my house, too). buff.ly/2FSCgMq

Why I ā€œfeedā€ my blue jays the egg shells every time I eat eggs (and why they chip paint off my house, too). 
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I started watering my Clivias again this week, after a couple of months of no drinks. Caring for these long-lived houseplants. buff.ly/2E6WjWF

I started watering my Clivias again this week, after a couple of months of no drinks. Caring for these long-lived houseplants. 
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Nonstop wildlife antics go on in my ā€œsnagā€ or wildlife tree. Why I try never to cut down dead or dying trees, but transform them. buff.ly/2FfRM3c

Nonstop wildlife antics go on in my ā€œsnagā€ or wildlife tree. Why I try never to cut down dead or dying trees, but transform them. 
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I buy organic seed, and seek out regionally appropriate varieties, too, for best garden success. Here’s why. buff.ly/2FfYlmV

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Easter candy (or giant botanical matzoh balls?). Happy holiday weekend, from me and the #clivia that is outdoing itself this year.

Easter candy (or giant botanical matzoh balls?). Happy holiday weekend, from me and the #clivia that is outdoing itself this year.
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Iā€˜m not a gardener but I’m fortunate to live with one and I love plants and flowers and adore this brilliant gardening guru and her beautifully written new book, just out. It’s useful and gorgeous, a great combination. timberpress.com/books/way_gard…

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So glad that just before the world went mad I bought a copy of @LukasVolger 's START SIMPLE, which teaches us to cook with what we have. My podcast and interview transcript with Lukas: awaytogarden.com/cooking-with-w…

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Thank you, The New York Times , for the chance to do a new series of how-to gardening articles, and for knowing your homebound readers everywhere need this support to tackle, and find refuge in, the spaces just outside the door. nytimes.com/2020/04/21/rea…

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Nesting season is under way. It's not easy making a home for baby birds, eluding all the would-be predators. A wildlife biologist I admire offers a look inside the incredible drama (including birds who use shed snakeskins to ward off attackers!): awaytogarden.com/the-wonder-of-…

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This time of year -- any year, not just this unusual one -- you'll find me shopping in my garden, browsing for self-sowns and overgrowns...seedlings and divisions to move about and make the place hang together better. And free! nytimes.com/2020/04/28/rea…

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Apparently people are passionate about weeds, either pro or con. Loved the response to this latest The New York Times piece I wrote last week on one of my favorite subjects. nytimes.com/2020/05/08/rea…

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Things in the garden (like this Astilboides) looked bad after Friday night's 29F snowstorm, and then much worse after a day of high wind and a second snowfall Saturday evening. My strategy: maybe just stop looking out the window in that direction. See no evil...

Things in the garden (like this Astilboides) looked bad after Friday night's 29F snowstorm, and then much worse after a day of high wind and a second snowfall Saturday evening. My strategy: maybe just stop looking out the window in that direction. See no evil...
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Compromise: declare that henceforth Fort Bragg is named after Billy Bragg, Fort Hood after Robin Hood, and remove one N and Fort Bening is named after Annette Bening.

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I have admired the way Adrian Higgins of the The Washington Post has covered the garden in this pandemic year, and we talked about it this week on my podcast/website -- about refuge, about hope, about letting IT take care of YOU for a change. awaytogarden.com/the-garden-as-…

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If I had it as together as Niki Jabbour, even w/the snow piled up outside I'd be harvesting carrots and greens and more. In today's The New York Times, I wrote about her "vegetable-garden toolkit" of simple gear we all need to season-extend and pest-prevent. nytimes.com/2021/02/03/rea…