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April 7, 2021
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What’s Up With Those Weird-Looking Mushrooms?

You may not expect to see them in your yard, but that doesn’t mean you’ve got trouble. The opposite, in fact. They appear spontaneously, or so […]
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January 6, 2021
Published by MARGARET ROACH at January 6, 2021
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It’s a New Year in the Garden, Too: Time for Some Resolutions

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October 28, 2020
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Yes, You Can Learn to Speak the Language of Plants

The plants are trying to tell us something — if only we’d learn their official language, botanical Latin. “I am the Allium with just one leaf,” […]
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October 14, 2020
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Tips on Bird Feeders

The first juncos are back in my Hudson Valley garden, and the white-throated sparrows, too — birds that summer in forests farther north. At Julie Zickefoose’s […]
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October 14, 2020
Published by MARGARET ROACH at October 14, 2020
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If You Enjoy Bird-Watching, It’s Time to Give Something Back

The first juncos are back in my Hudson Valley garden, and the white-throated sparrows, too — birds that summer in forests farther north. At Julie Zickefoose’s […]
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September 16, 2020
Published by MARGARET ROACH at September 16, 2020
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Which Plants Should You Move Indoors for Fall?

Apologies to the Clash, but it’s time to decide: Should it stay or should it go now? From the canna planted by the corner of the […]
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September 16, 2020
Published by MARGARET ROACH at September 16, 2020
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It’s (Nearly) Fall: Which Plants Can You Bring Inside?

Apologies to the Clash, but it’s time to decide: Should it stay or should it go now? From the canna planted by the corner of the […]
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August 26, 2020
Published by MARGARET ROACH at August 26, 2020
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What to Plant in a Hot, Dry Year? Succulents, of Course

The photo in a recent newsletter from Katherine Tracey, a garden designer in Massachusetts, filled me with longing, and not a small amount of regret. Why […]
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August 12, 2020
Published by MARGARET ROACH at August 12, 2020
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The Pleasures of Moth-Watching

Summer isn’t just butterfly season and tomato season, it’s also high moth season. And while you may think that a moth garden doesn’t sound quite as […]
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July 22, 2020
Published by MARGARET ROACH at July 22, 2020
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As Summer Takes Hold, So Do the Jumping Worms

In decades of writing about gardening, I have covered outbreaks and subsequent attempts at control of many invasive pests, from the hemlock woolly adelgid to the […]
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