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                    <![CDATA[Extraordinary Caterpillars with Sam Jaffe - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Oct. 12, 2026]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[“We’re so good at pretending the things around us are known and boring, or imagining that the worthwhile things are far away,” says Sam Jaffe, at the start of the documentary film “The Extraordinary Caterpillar.” Sam begs to differ, however, and in the film, as in his work as founder of The Caterpillar Lab, a non-profit educational and research organization, he shows us just how extraordinary – and essential to all of us – they are – and how a diversity of them are right there to discover in our own backyards. It’s a good time of year to focus on... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46876" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“We’re so good at pretending the things around us are known and boring, or imagining that the worthwhile things are far away,” says Sam Jaffe, at the start of the documentary film “The Extraordinary Caterpillar.” Sam begs to differ, however, and in the film, as in his work as founder of The Caterpillar Lab, a non-profit educational and research organization, he shows us just how extraordinary – and essential to all of us – they are – and how a diversity of them are right there to discover in our own backyards. It’s a good time of year to focus on... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Extraordinary Caterpillars with Sam Jaffe - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Oct. 12, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“We’re so good at pretending the things around us are known and boring, or imagining that the worthwhile things are far away,” says Sam Jaffe, at the start of the documentary film “The Extraordinary Caterpillar.” Sam begs to differ, however, and in the film, as in his work as founder of The Caterpillar Lab, a non-profit educational and research organization, he shows us just how extraordinary – and essential to all of us – they are – and how a diversity of them are right there to discover in our own backyards. It’s a good time of year to focus on... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46876" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“We’re so good at pretending the things around us are known and boring, or imagining that the worthwhile things are far away,” says Sam Jaffe, at the start of the documentary film “The Extraordinary Caterpillar.” Sam begs to differ, however, and in the film, as in his work as founder of The Caterpillar Lab, a non-profit educational and research organization, he shows us just how extraordinary – and essential to all of us – they are – and how a diversity of them are right there to discover in our own backyards. It’s a good time of year to focus on... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Awe-Filled Gardens with Nancy Lawson - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Oct. 5, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[One late-August day, Nancy Lawson—or “The Humane Gardener,” as she is perhaps better known—was making a video about a spicebush swallowtail butterfly when something just beyond it in her Maryland yard caught her eye. A green heron was visiting a small pond Nancy had created not long ago—her first such encounter with the bird. When I saw that video on Instagram it made me think of the late-March morning when I’d stood up from my desk and the familiar view into the backyard included something very unfamiliar bobbing around my own little water garden: a pair of wood ducks. Every day... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46790" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[One late-August day, Nancy Lawson—or “The Humane Gardener,” as she is perhaps better known—was making a video about a spicebush swallowtail butterfly when something just beyond it in her Maryland yard caught her eye. A green heron was visiting a small pond Nancy had created not long ago—her first such encounter with the bird. When I saw that video on Instagram it made me think of the late-March morning when I’d stood up from my desk and the familiar view into the backyard included something very unfamiliar bobbing around my own little water garden: a pair of wood ducks. Every day... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Awe-Filled Gardens with Nancy Lawson - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Oct. 5, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[One late-August day, Nancy Lawson—or “The Humane Gardener,” as she is perhaps better known—was making a video about a spicebush swallowtail butterfly when something just beyond it in her Maryland yard caught her eye. A green heron was visiting a small pond Nancy had created not long ago—her first such encounter with the bird. When I saw that video on Instagram it made me think of the late-March morning when I’d stood up from my desk and the familiar view into the backyard included something very unfamiliar bobbing around my own little water garden: a pair of wood ducks. Every day... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46790" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[One late-August day, Nancy Lawson—or “The Humane Gardener,” as she is perhaps better known—was making a video about a spicebush swallowtail butterfly when something just beyond it in her Maryland yard caught her eye. A green heron was visiting a small pond Nancy had created not long ago—her first such encounter with the bird. When I saw that video on Instagram it made me think of the late-March morning when I’d stood up from my desk and the familiar view into the backyard included something very unfamiliar bobbing around my own little water garden: a pair of wood ducks. Every day... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Hannah Fries's 'A Forest Language' - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 28, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[In the introduction to her latest book “A Forest Language,” Hannah Fries acknowledges a fascination with the words we use to talk about trees – organisms she calls the backdrop of her life. From our human vocabulary of forest ecology and botany Hannah has collected some of her favorite arboreal terms to fill the new volume, ones referred to in its subtitle as “Words That Illuminate the Astonishing World of Trees.” Do you know pitch from sap, for instance, or heartwood from sapwood? What’s a burl, a snag, a nurse log, a lenticel? In “A Forest Language,” Hannah brings to life... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46697" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[In the introduction to her latest book “A Forest Language,” Hannah Fries acknowledges a fascination with the words we use to talk about trees – organisms she calls the backdrop of her life. From our human vocabulary of forest ecology and botany Hannah has collected some of her favorite arboreal terms to fill the new volume, ones referred to in its subtitle as “Words That Illuminate the Astonishing World of Trees.” Do you know pitch from sap, for instance, or heartwood from sapwood? What’s a burl, a snag, a nurse log, a lenticel? In “A Forest Language,” Hannah brings to life... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Hannah Fries's 'A Forest Language' - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 28, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[In the introduction to her latest book “A Forest Language,” Hannah Fries acknowledges a fascination with the words we use to talk about trees – organisms she calls the backdrop of her life. From our human vocabulary of forest ecology and botany Hannah has collected some of her favorite arboreal terms to fill the new volume, ones referred to in its subtitle as “Words That Illuminate the Astonishing World of Trees.” Do you know pitch from sap, for instance, or heartwood from sapwood? What’s a burl, a snag, a nurse log, a lenticel? In “A Forest Language,” Hannah brings to life... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46697" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[In the introduction to her latest book “A Forest Language,” Hannah Fries acknowledges a fascination with the words we use to talk about trees – organisms she calls the backdrop of her life. From our human vocabulary of forest ecology and botany Hannah has collected some of her favorite arboreal terms to fill the new volume, ones referred to in its subtitle as “Words That Illuminate the Astonishing World of Trees.” Do you know pitch from sap, for instance, or heartwood from sapwood? What’s a burl, a snag, a nurse log, a lenticel? In “A Forest Language,” Hannah brings to life... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Seed Saving with Bill Braun - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 21, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[I look around the garden and I see it happening everywhere, on so many different plants: seed is forming. Seed is the start of most everything we grow, yet most of the seed we gardeners and even more important the nation’s farmers plant originates elsewhere – often very far away from our home soil – and many of us who garden know relatively little about seed except how to order more for the coming growing season and sow it. Now, while there’s perhaps still time to save some for next year or to share with a friend, and well before the... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/seed-saving-with-bill-braun-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-sept-21-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I look around the garden and I see it happening everywhere, on so many different plants: seed is forming. Seed is the start of most everything we grow, yet most of the seed we gardeners and even more important the nation’s farmers plant originates elsewhere – often very far away from our home soil – and many of us who garden know relatively little about seed except how to order more for the coming growing season and sow it. Now, while there’s perhaps still time to save some for next year or to share with a friend, and well before the... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Seed Saving with Bill Braun - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 21, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I look around the garden and I see it happening everywhere, on so many different plants: seed is forming. Seed is the start of most everything we grow, yet most of the seed we gardeners and even more important the nation’s farmers plant originates elsewhere – often very far away from our home soil – and many of us who garden know relatively little about seed except how to order more for the coming growing season and sow it. Now, while there’s perhaps still time to save some for next year or to share with a friend, and well before the... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/seed-saving-with-bill-braun-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-sept-21-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I look around the garden and I see it happening everywhere, on so many different plants: seed is forming. Seed is the start of most everything we grow, yet most of the seed we gardeners and even more important the nation’s farmers plant originates elsewhere – often very far away from our home soil – and many of us who garden know relatively little about seed except how to order more for the coming growing season and sow it. Now, while there’s perhaps still time to save some for next year or to share with a friend, and well before the... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Exceptional Woody Plants from 'Arnold Selects' - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 14, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[What makes a tree or shrub exceptional – something worthy of introduction into the nursery trade, and eventually maybe making its way into your garden? There are many pathways a plant can travel to get there, including one unique one from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. As part of its 150th anniversary celebration in 2022, the arboretum announced its Arnold Selects program for identifying and launching such potential treasures, each with its own provenance or story to tell, inspired by the arboretum’s vast and historic living collections. I wanted to know what catches the eyes of the modern-day experts there... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46586" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[What makes a tree or shrub exceptional – something worthy of introduction into the nursery trade, and eventually maybe making its way into your garden? There are many pathways a plant can travel to get there, including one unique one from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. As part of its 150th anniversary celebration in 2022, the arboretum announced its Arnold Selects program for identifying and launching such potential treasures, each with its own provenance or story to tell, inspired by the arboretum’s vast and historic living collections. I wanted to know what catches the eyes of the modern-day experts there... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Exceptional Woody Plants from 'Arnold Selects' - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 14, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[What makes a tree or shrub exceptional – something worthy of introduction into the nursery trade, and eventually maybe making its way into your garden? There are many pathways a plant can travel to get there, including one unique one from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. As part of its 150th anniversary celebration in 2022, the arboretum announced its Arnold Selects program for identifying and launching such potential treasures, each with its own provenance or story to tell, inspired by the arboretum’s vast and historic living collections. I wanted to know what catches the eyes of the modern-day experts there... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46586" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[What makes a tree or shrub exceptional – something worthy of introduction into the nursery trade, and eventually maybe making its way into your garden? There are many pathways a plant can travel to get there, including one unique one from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. As part of its 150th anniversary celebration in 2022, the arboretum announced its Arnold Selects program for identifying and launching such potential treasures, each with its own provenance or story to tell, inspired by the arboretum’s vast and historic living collections. I wanted to know what catches the eyes of the modern-day experts there... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Vegetable Garden Wisdom with JM Fortier - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 7, 2026]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[When I heard that today’s guest, who’s been a guiding force in educating organic farmers, was finally publishing a book specifically for gardeners … I was thrilled. I’d been following JM Fortier since his first handbook on biointensive organic market farming came out more than a decade ago, and even gone to hear him speak at farming conferences—then done my best to translate and distill his advice and apply it to my own garden size and conditions. Now JM has done all the translating from farm to backyard scale for all of us, within the pages of his latest, “In Your... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46515" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I heard that today’s guest, who’s been a guiding force in educating organic farmers, was finally publishing a book specifically for gardeners … I was thrilled. I’d been following JM Fortier since his first handbook on biointensive organic market farming came out more than a decade ago, and even gone to hear him speak at farming conferences—then done my best to translate and distill his advice and apply it to my own garden size and conditions. Now JM has done all the translating from farm to backyard scale for all of us, within the pages of his latest, “In Your... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Vegetable Garden Wisdom with JM Fortier - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Sept. 7, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I heard that today’s guest, who’s been a guiding force in educating organic farmers, was finally publishing a book specifically for gardeners … I was thrilled. I’d been following JM Fortier since his first handbook on biointensive organic market farming came out more than a decade ago, and even gone to hear him speak at farming conferences—then done my best to translate and distill his advice and apply it to my own garden size and conditions. Now JM has done all the translating from farm to backyard scale for all of us, within the pages of his latest, “In Your... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46515" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I heard that today’s guest, who’s been a guiding force in educating organic farmers, was finally publishing a book specifically for gardeners … I was thrilled. I’d been following JM Fortier since his first handbook on biointensive organic market farming came out more than a decade ago, and even gone to hear him speak at farming conferences—then done my best to translate and distill his advice and apply it to my own garden size and conditions. Now JM has done all the translating from farm to backyard scale for all of us, within the pages of his latest, “In Your... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Home Greenhouses with Leslie Halleck - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 31, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Is a greenhouse in your future? I’ve never had one, and I have always been not-so-secretly jealous of friends who do—whether to propagate their seedlings in late winter into spring, or grow more tropicals and other “houseplants” than fit in their house, or who knows what. A new book by horticulturist Leslie Halleck called “Home Greenhouse Revival” is a tempting look at what can be accomplished inside a backyard greenhouse, and details which architectural style, building materials and mechanical systems match which climate regions – and also match the particular kinds of plants you wish to grow. Leslie, a self-described “professional... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46461" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Is a greenhouse in your future? I’ve never had one, and I have always been not-so-secretly jealous of friends who do—whether to propagate their seedlings in late winter into spring, or grow more tropicals and other “houseplants” than fit in their house, or who knows what. A new book by horticulturist Leslie Halleck called “Home Greenhouse Revival” is a tempting look at what can be accomplished inside a backyard greenhouse, and details which architectural style, building materials and mechanical systems match which climate regions – and also match the particular kinds of plants you wish to grow. Leslie, a self-described “professional... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Home Greenhouses with Leslie Halleck - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 31, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Is a greenhouse in your future? I’ve never had one, and I have always been not-so-secretly jealous of friends who do—whether to propagate their seedlings in late winter into spring, or grow more tropicals and other “houseplants” than fit in their house, or who knows what. A new book by horticulturist Leslie Halleck called “Home Greenhouse Revival” is a tempting look at what can be accomplished inside a backyard greenhouse, and details which architectural style, building materials and mechanical systems match which climate regions – and also match the particular kinds of plants you wish to grow. Leslie, a self-described “professional... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46461" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Is a greenhouse in your future? I’ve never had one, and I have always been not-so-secretly jealous of friends who do—whether to propagate their seedlings in late winter into spring, or grow more tropicals and other “houseplants” than fit in their house, or who knows what. A new book by horticulturist Leslie Halleck called “Home Greenhouse Revival” is a tempting look at what can be accomplished inside a backyard greenhouse, and details which architectural style, building materials and mechanical systems match which climate regions – and also match the particular kinds of plants you wish to grow. Leslie, a self-described “professional... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Fresh From the Garden with Timothy Pakron - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug 24, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[The opening pages of Timothy Pakron’s about-to-be-released cookbook aren’t pictures of plates of food, but rather gorgeous flower photos – some dreamy cosmos, followed by a double-page spread of silvery mountain mint, or Pycnanthemum, gleaming against a moody dark background. That all makes sense, because the cookbook is titled “Garden Variety: Plant-Focused Recipes Inspired by My Garden,” and his garden is a color- and flavor-filled space in his New Orleans backyard with 12 big raised beds that he’s now transitioning to what he calls more of a food forest. Timothy, who is known to many of his followers as Mississippi Vegan... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46419" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The opening pages of Timothy Pakron’s about-to-be-released cookbook aren’t pictures of plates of food, but rather gorgeous flower photos – some dreamy cosmos, followed by a double-page spread of silvery mountain mint, or Pycnanthemum, gleaming against a moody dark background. That all makes sense, because the cookbook is titled “Garden Variety: Plant-Focused Recipes Inspired by My Garden,” and his garden is a color- and flavor-filled space in his New Orleans backyard with 12 big raised beds that he’s now transitioning to what he calls more of a food forest. Timothy, who is known to many of his followers as Mississippi Vegan... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Fresh From the Garden with Timothy Pakron - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug 24, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The opening pages of Timothy Pakron’s about-to-be-released cookbook aren’t pictures of plates of food, but rather gorgeous flower photos – some dreamy cosmos, followed by a double-page spread of silvery mountain mint, or Pycnanthemum, gleaming against a moody dark background. That all makes sense, because the cookbook is titled “Garden Variety: Plant-Focused Recipes Inspired by My Garden,” and his garden is a color- and flavor-filled space in his New Orleans backyard with 12 big raised beds that he’s now transitioning to what he calls more of a food forest. Timothy, who is known to many of his followers as Mississippi Vegan... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46419" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The opening pages of Timothy Pakron’s about-to-be-released cookbook aren’t pictures of plates of food, but rather gorgeous flower photos – some dreamy cosmos, followed by a double-page spread of silvery mountain mint, or Pycnanthemum, gleaming against a moody dark background. That all makes sense, because the cookbook is titled “Garden Variety: Plant-Focused Recipes Inspired by My Garden,” and his garden is a color- and flavor-filled space in his New Orleans backyard with 12 big raised beds that he’s now transitioning to what he calls more of a food forest. Timothy, who is known to many of his followers as Mississippi Vegan... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:25:26</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Marc Hachadourian on Water Lilies - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug 17, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[Rather than digging in, let’s wade in to our topic this week – because the subject is waterlilies. If you follow any botanical gardens on social media, you’ve probably seen how the giant tropical Victoria water lilies, with their massive pads, have gone viral in recent summers thanks to a competition called the Water Lily Weigh-Off that tests how much weight those ingeniously designed leaves can bear without sinking.   One participant, New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, has been cultivating and stewarding and showing off these dramatic plants since long before the virtual rivalry began. Marc Hachadourian, director of... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46370" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rather than digging in, let’s wade in to our topic this week – because the subject is waterlilies. If you follow any botanical gardens on social media, you’ve probably seen how the giant tropical Victoria water lilies, with their massive pads, have gone viral in recent summers thanks to a competition called the Water Lily Weigh-Off that tests how much weight those ingeniously designed leaves can bear without sinking.   One participant, New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, has been cultivating and stewarding and showing off these dramatic plants since long before the virtual rivalry began. Marc Hachadourian, director of... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Marc Hachadourian on Water Lilies - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug 17, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rather than digging in, let’s wade in to our topic this week – because the subject is waterlilies. If you follow any botanical gardens on social media, you’ve probably seen how the giant tropical Victoria water lilies, with their massive pads, have gone viral in recent summers thanks to a competition called the Water Lily Weigh-Off that tests how much weight those ingeniously designed leaves can bear without sinking.   One participant, New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, has been cultivating and stewarding and showing off these dramatic plants since long before the virtual rivalry began. Marc Hachadourian, director of... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46370" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rather than digging in, let’s wade in to our topic this week – because the subject is waterlilies. If you follow any botanical gardens on social media, you’ve probably seen how the giant tropical Victoria water lilies, with their massive pads, have gone viral in recent summers thanks to a competition called the Water Lily Weigh-Off that tests how much weight those ingeniously designed leaves can bear without sinking.   One participant, New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, has been cultivating and stewarding and showing off these dramatic plants since long before the virtual rivalry began. Marc Hachadourian, director of... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:27:46</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Radicchio with Lane Selman - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 10, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[When was the last time you made room in your vegetable garden for something a little out of the ordinary that you’d never grown or maybe even tasted before? I don’t know of anyone who speaks out more passionately or eloquently in behalf of exceptional vegetable varieties than Lane Selman, who’s introduced an ever-widening audience—myself among them—to many of her favorites over the years, like distinctive peppers and an expanded palette of winter crops, including a delicious diversity of radicchio. Now Lane has a cookbook coming out in September, too, called “Radicchio: A Celebration of the Beloved Italian Vegetable,” a crop... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46281" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When was the last time you made room in your vegetable garden for something a little out of the ordinary that you’d never grown or maybe even tasted before? I don’t know of anyone who speaks out more passionately or eloquently in behalf of exceptional vegetable varieties than Lane Selman, who’s introduced an ever-widening audience—myself among them—to many of her favorites over the years, like distinctive peppers and an expanded palette of winter crops, including a delicious diversity of radicchio. Now Lane has a cookbook coming out in September, too, called “Radicchio: A Celebration of the Beloved Italian Vegetable,” a crop... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Radicchio with Lane Selman - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 10, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When was the last time you made room in your vegetable garden for something a little out of the ordinary that you’d never grown or maybe even tasted before? I don’t know of anyone who speaks out more passionately or eloquently in behalf of exceptional vegetable varieties than Lane Selman, who’s introduced an ever-widening audience—myself among them—to many of her favorites over the years, like distinctive peppers and an expanded palette of winter crops, including a delicious diversity of radicchio. Now Lane has a cookbook coming out in September, too, called “Radicchio: A Celebration of the Beloved Italian Vegetable,” a crop... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46281" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When was the last time you made room in your vegetable garden for something a little out of the ordinary that you’d never grown or maybe even tasted before? I don’t know of anyone who speaks out more passionately or eloquently in behalf of exceptional vegetable varieties than Lane Selman, who’s introduced an ever-widening audience—myself among them—to many of her favorites over the years, like distinctive peppers and an expanded palette of winter crops, including a delicious diversity of radicchio. Now Lane has a cookbook coming out in September, too, called “Radicchio: A Celebration of the Beloved Italian Vegetable,” a crop... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:26:11</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Welcoming Amphibians with JJ Apodaca - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 3, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/welcoming-amphibians-with-jj-apodaca-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-aug-3-2026</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[I don’t recall who tipped me off to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s email newsletter, but I am glad that I found it and signed up. Those of you who are longtime listeners or readers of A Way to Garden know that I have, shall we say, a thing for frogs … so maybe it’s no surprise that I was delighted to discover an organization that is implementing a network of on-the-ground conservation projects around the U.S. in behalf of imperiled amphibians, as well as for reptiles. The non-profit Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s mission is to identify and conserve the highest-priority... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46209" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I don’t recall who tipped me off to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s email newsletter, but I am glad that I found it and signed up. Those of you who are longtime listeners or readers of A Way to Garden know that I have, shall we say, a thing for frogs … so maybe it’s no surprise that I was delighted to discover an organization that is implementing a network of on-the-ground conservation projects around the U.S. in behalf of imperiled amphibians, as well as for reptiles. The non-profit Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s mission is to identify and conserve the highest-priority... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Welcoming Amphibians with JJ Apodaca - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 3, 2026]]>
                </itunes:title>
                                                <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
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                    <![CDATA[I don’t recall who tipped me off to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s email newsletter, but I am glad that I found it and signed up. Those of you who are longtime listeners or readers of A Way to Garden know that I have, shall we say, a thing for frogs … so maybe it’s no surprise that I was delighted to discover an organization that is implementing a network of on-the-ground conservation projects around the U.S. in behalf of imperiled amphibians, as well as for reptiles. The non-profit Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s mission is to identify and conserve the highest-priority... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46209" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I don’t recall who tipped me off to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s email newsletter, but I am glad that I found it and signed up. Those of you who are longtime listeners or readers of A Way to Garden know that I have, shall we say, a thing for frogs … so maybe it’s no surprise that I was delighted to discover an organization that is implementing a network of on-the-ground conservation projects around the U.S. in behalf of imperiled amphibians, as well as for reptiles. The non-profit Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy’s mission is to identify and conserve the highest-priority... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Pick of the Hydrangeas, with Adam Wheeler - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - July 27, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/pick-of-the-hydrangeas-with-adam-wheeler-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-july-27-2026</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[Trigger warning: Today’s segment will include mention of irresistible hydrangeas and may prompt severe plant-shopping binges in susceptible individuals. You’ve been warned. My guest is Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery, a retail and mail-order destination for exceptional plants in Connecticut, where an extravagant array of unusual hydrangeas representing more than just your average species are part of the portfolio. There are hydrangeas with gold leaves, or variegated ones, and every imaginable flower form, and even a wider range of flower colors than you may know about. Adam Wheeler joined Broken Arrow Nursery in 2004, where he is the production and... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46135" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                <itunes:subtitle>
                    <![CDATA[Trigger warning: Today’s segment will include mention of irresistible hydrangeas and may prompt severe plant-shopping binges in susceptible individuals. You’ve been warned. My guest is Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery, a retail and mail-order destination for exceptional plants in Connecticut, where an extravagant array of unusual hydrangeas representing more than just your average species are part of the portfolio. There are hydrangeas with gold leaves, or variegated ones, and every imaginable flower form, and even a wider range of flower colors than you may know about. Adam Wheeler joined Broken Arrow Nursery in 2004, where he is the production and... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Pick of the Hydrangeas, with Adam Wheeler - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - July 27, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Trigger warning: Today’s segment will include mention of irresistible hydrangeas and may prompt severe plant-shopping binges in susceptible individuals. You’ve been warned. My guest is Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery, a retail and mail-order destination for exceptional plants in Connecticut, where an extravagant array of unusual hydrangeas representing more than just your average species are part of the portfolio. There are hydrangeas with gold leaves, or variegated ones, and every imaginable flower form, and even a wider range of flower colors than you may know about. Adam Wheeler joined Broken Arrow Nursery in 2004, where he is the production and... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46135" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                                <itunes:summary>
                    <![CDATA[Trigger warning: Today’s segment will include mention of irresistible hydrangeas and may prompt severe plant-shopping binges in susceptible individuals. You’ve been warned. My guest is Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery, a retail and mail-order destination for exceptional plants in Connecticut, where an extravagant array of unusual hydrangeas representing more than just your average species are part of the portfolio. There are hydrangeas with gold leaves, or variegated ones, and every imaginable flower form, and even a wider range of flower colors than you may know about. Adam Wheeler joined Broken Arrow Nursery in 2004, where he is the production and... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:26:50</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Talking Houseplants with August Laska - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - July 20, 2026]]>
                </title>
                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/377/episode/2534546</guid>
                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/talking-houseplants-with-august-laska-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-july-20-2026</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[Are you a follower of fashion—houseplant fashion, that is—seeking out the latest variety that everyone’s after, perhaps the “it” plant that’s been splashed across social media? Or was each houseplant in your care carefully chosen because it’s a perfect match for the light and other indoor conditions you can offer it? Whatever your criteria, emotional or practical or otherwise, how do you know what’s the right houseplant for you? It’s a question that today’s guest, August Laska, and his team at The Old Yew Plant Shops are asked all the time. August and I are going to head inside today from... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46043" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Are you a follower of fashion—houseplant fashion, that is—seeking out the latest variety that everyone’s after, perhaps the “it” plant that’s been splashed across social media? Or was each houseplant in your care carefully chosen because it’s a perfect match for the light and other indoor conditions you can offer it? Whatever your criteria, emotional or practical or otherwise, how do you know what’s the right houseplant for you? It’s a question that today’s guest, August Laska, and his team at The Old Yew Plant Shops are asked all the time. August and I are going to head inside today from... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Talking Houseplants with August Laska - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - July 20, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Are you a follower of fashion—houseplant fashion, that is—seeking out the latest variety that everyone’s after, perhaps the “it” plant that’s been splashed across social media? Or was each houseplant in your care carefully chosen because it’s a perfect match for the light and other indoor conditions you can offer it? Whatever your criteria, emotional or practical or otherwise, how do you know what’s the right houseplant for you? It’s a question that today’s guest, August Laska, and his team at The Old Yew Plant Shops are asked all the time. August and I are going to head inside today from... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=46043" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Are you a follower of fashion—houseplant fashion, that is—seeking out the latest variety that everyone’s after, perhaps the “it” plant that’s been splashed across social media? Or was each houseplant in your care carefully chosen because it’s a perfect match for the light and other indoor conditions you can offer it? Whatever your criteria, emotional or practical or otherwise, how do you know what’s the right houseplant for you? It’s a question that today’s guest, August Laska, and his team at The Old Yew Plant Shops are asked all the time. August and I are going to head inside today from... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Tomato Troubles with Craig LeHoullier – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 13, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[I call the phenomenon tomato troubles: the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits. And yes, the attack of the hornworms, too, when you wake up to a lot of missing leaves one day. Or all of the above. A few years back I checked in with the tomato man himself, Craig LeHoullier, author of the book “Epic Tomatoes,” to see what we can do even under such high summer pressures to bring in that delicious harvest, and since I’m hearing from listeners already this year about tomato troubles of their own, I thought it... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/tomato-troubles-with-craig-lehoullier-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-july-13-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I call the phenomenon tomato troubles: the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits. And yes, the attack of the hornworms, too, when you wake up to a lot of missing leaves one day. Or all of the above. A few years back I checked in with the tomato man himself, Craig LeHoullier, author of the book “Epic Tomatoes,” to see what we can do even under such high summer pressures to bring in that delicious harvest, and since I’m hearing from listeners already this year about tomato troubles of their own, I thought it... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Tomato Troubles with Craig LeHoullier – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 13, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I call the phenomenon tomato troubles: the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits. And yes, the attack of the hornworms, too, when you wake up to a lot of missing leaves one day. Or all of the above. A few years back I checked in with the tomato man himself, Craig LeHoullier, author of the book “Epic Tomatoes,” to see what we can do even under such high summer pressures to bring in that delicious harvest, and since I’m hearing from listeners already this year about tomato troubles of their own, I thought it... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/tomato-troubles-with-craig-lehoullier-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-july-13-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I call the phenomenon tomato troubles: the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits. And yes, the attack of the hornworms, too, when you wake up to a lot of missing leaves one day. Or all of the above. A few years back I checked in with the tomato man himself, Craig LeHoullier, author of the book “Epic Tomatoes,” to see what we can do even under such high summer pressures to bring in that delicious harvest, and since I’m hearing from listeners already this year about tomato troubles of their own, I thought it... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:28:05</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Conservation Meets Horticulture with Lea Johnson - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - July 6, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Today’s guest is a plant ecologist whose work, she says, is driven by this question: “All of the wild diversity of life on earth is here, with us, right now. How can we take it with us into the future?” It’s a compelling question, and one that can motivate not just scientists like Lea Johnson, Director of Conservation at Native Plant Trust in New England, but also native-plant gardeners like us. She is here to talk about where conservation and gardening intersect, and some of the challenges and the possibilities we face together. Lea Johnson joined Native Plant Trust, the nation’s... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45907" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Today’s guest is a plant ecologist whose work, she says, is driven by this question: “All of the wild diversity of life on earth is here, with us, right now. How can we take it with us into the future?” It’s a compelling question, and one that can motivate not just scientists like Lea Johnson, Director of Conservation at Native Plant Trust in New England, but also native-plant gardeners like us. She is here to talk about where conservation and gardening intersect, and some of the challenges and the possibilities we face together. Lea Johnson joined Native Plant Trust, the nation’s... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Conservation Meets Horticulture with Lea Johnson - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - July 6, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Today’s guest is a plant ecologist whose work, she says, is driven by this question: “All of the wild diversity of life on earth is here, with us, right now. How can we take it with us into the future?” It’s a compelling question, and one that can motivate not just scientists like Lea Johnson, Director of Conservation at Native Plant Trust in New England, but also native-plant gardeners like us. She is here to talk about where conservation and gardening intersect, and some of the challenges and the possibilities we face together. Lea Johnson joined Native Plant Trust, the nation’s... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45907" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Today’s guest is a plant ecologist whose work, she says, is driven by this question: “All of the wild diversity of life on earth is here, with us, right now. How can we take it with us into the future?” It’s a compelling question, and one that can motivate not just scientists like Lea Johnson, Director of Conservation at Native Plant Trust in New England, but also native-plant gardeners like us. She is here to talk about where conservation and gardening intersect, and some of the challenges and the possibilities we face together. Lea Johnson joined Native Plant Trust, the nation’s... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:26:50</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Successions and Cover Crops with Doug Muller - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 29, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/377/episode/2506897</guid>
                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/successions-and-cover-crops-with-doug-muller-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-june-29-2026</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[I know, it feels like we just planted the vegetable garden moments ago. But a close look around as summer really takes hold quickly reminds us that our work is never done. Some crop or other is reaching the end of its run, making room for a succession sowing of more of that same thing or something else altogether, or maybe of a weed-suppressing, soil-building cover crop—some of which are actually edible, too, in what’s perhaps the cleverest season-extending scheme of all. Mastering the art of stretching the harvest season is my topic today with Doug Muller of Hudson Valley Seed... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45860" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I know, it feels like we just planted the vegetable garden moments ago. But a close look around as summer really takes hold quickly reminds us that our work is never done. Some crop or other is reaching the end of its run, making room for a succession sowing of more of that same thing or something else altogether, or maybe of a weed-suppressing, soil-building cover crop—some of which are actually edible, too, in what’s perhaps the cleverest season-extending scheme of all. Mastering the art of stretching the harvest season is my topic today with Doug Muller of Hudson Valley Seed... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Successions and Cover Crops with Doug Muller - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 29, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I know, it feels like we just planted the vegetable garden moments ago. But a close look around as summer really takes hold quickly reminds us that our work is never done. Some crop or other is reaching the end of its run, making room for a succession sowing of more of that same thing or something else altogether, or maybe of a weed-suppressing, soil-building cover crop—some of which are actually edible, too, in what’s perhaps the cleverest season-extending scheme of all. Mastering the art of stretching the harvest season is my topic today with Doug Muller of Hudson Valley Seed... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45860" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I know, it feels like we just planted the vegetable garden moments ago. But a close look around as summer really takes hold quickly reminds us that our work is never done. Some crop or other is reaching the end of its run, making room for a succession sowing of more of that same thing or something else altogether, or maybe of a weed-suppressing, soil-building cover crop—some of which are actually edible, too, in what’s perhaps the cleverest season-extending scheme of all. Mastering the art of stretching the harvest season is my topic today with Doug Muller of Hudson Valley Seed... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:26:37</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Design Ideas from Madoo - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 22, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/377/episode/2496183</guid>
                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/design-ideas-from-madoo-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-june-22-2026</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[The recently published book “Madoo: The Making of an American Garden,” reminded me of the power of certain key design strategies that can make all the difference—ones that proved to be formative elements in the highly distinctive garden that is Madoo, in Sagaponack, Long Island, which visitors often use words like “magical” to describe.  Madoo was created starting in the 1960s by the late painter and poet Bob Dash, and the book’s authors join me today to talk about some of those garden-making tactics he used and that the garden team there keeps using—like how important it is to consider inside-out... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45773" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The recently published book “Madoo: The Making of an American Garden,” reminded me of the power of certain key design strategies that can make all the difference—ones that proved to be formative elements in the highly distinctive garden that is Madoo, in Sagaponack, Long Island, which visitors often use words like “magical” to describe.  Madoo was created starting in the 1960s by the late painter and poet Bob Dash, and the book’s authors join me today to talk about some of those garden-making tactics he used and that the garden team there keeps using—like how important it is to consider inside-out... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Design Ideas from Madoo - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 22, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The recently published book “Madoo: The Making of an American Garden,” reminded me of the power of certain key design strategies that can make all the difference—ones that proved to be formative elements in the highly distinctive garden that is Madoo, in Sagaponack, Long Island, which visitors often use words like “magical” to describe.  Madoo was created starting in the 1960s by the late painter and poet Bob Dash, and the book’s authors join me today to talk about some of those garden-making tactics he used and that the garden team there keeps using—like how important it is to consider inside-out... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45773" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The recently published book “Madoo: The Making of an American Garden,” reminded me of the power of certain key design strategies that can make all the difference—ones that proved to be formative elements in the highly distinctive garden that is Madoo, in Sagaponack, Long Island, which visitors often use words like “magical” to describe.  Madoo was created starting in the 1960s by the late painter and poet Bob Dash, and the book’s authors join me today to talk about some of those garden-making tactics he used and that the garden team there keeps using—like how important it is to consider inside-out... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA['Flora Culture' with Christin Geall - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 15, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/377/episode/2491092</guid>
                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/flora-culture-with-christin-geall-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-june-15-2026</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[I’ve been digging into a diverse and compelling collection of essays in a recent book that’s centered on the subject of  flowers – everything from topics like their breeding, to which species we covet most of all, to some of the downsides of the massive floral industry, including ubiquitous plastics used in propagation and flower arranging, or how the branding of plants has limited the palette.  The author, Christin Geall, calls the book “Flora   Culture: How Flowers Shape Our World” an abecedarium (yes that’s a word) since the entries are arranged alphabetically. She also calls it a manifesto. She’s here today... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/flora-culture-with-christin-geall-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-june-15-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I’ve been digging into a diverse and compelling collection of essays in a recent book that’s centered on the subject of  flowers – everything from topics like their breeding, to which species we covet most of all, to some of the downsides of the massive floral industry, including ubiquitous plastics used in propagation and flower arranging, or how the branding of plants has limited the palette.  The author, Christin Geall, calls the book “Flora   Culture: How Flowers Shape Our World” an abecedarium (yes that’s a word) since the entries are arranged alphabetically. She also calls it a manifesto. She’s here today... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA['Flora Culture' with Christin Geall - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 15, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I’ve been digging into a diverse and compelling collection of essays in a recent book that’s centered on the subject of  flowers – everything from topics like their breeding, to which species we covet most of all, to some of the downsides of the massive floral industry, including ubiquitous plastics used in propagation and flower arranging, or how the branding of plants has limited the palette.  The author, Christin Geall, calls the book “Flora   Culture: How Flowers Shape Our World” an abecedarium (yes that’s a word) since the entries are arranged alphabetically. She also calls it a manifesto. She’s here today... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/flora-culture-with-christin-geall-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-june-15-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I’ve been digging into a diverse and compelling collection of essays in a recent book that’s centered on the subject of  flowers – everything from topics like their breeding, to which species we covet most of all, to some of the downsides of the massive floral industry, including ubiquitous plastics used in propagation and flower arranging, or how the branding of plants has limited the palette.  The author, Christin Geall, calls the book “Flora   Culture: How Flowers Shape Our World” an abecedarium (yes that’s a word) since the entries are arranged alphabetically. She also calls it a manifesto. She’s here today... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Native-Plant Adventures, With Elise Howard - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 8, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/377/episode/2483879</guid>
                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/native-plant-adventures-with-elise-howard-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-june-8-2026</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[When today’s guest, Elise Howard, and I talked on the show in March, her new book “Plant This, Not That” was just out. The popular book offers basic guidelines for selecting and using native plants, and specific substitutes for non-natives you may wish to replace. Once spring arrived, Elise got back to making a garden around her relatively new weekend home in Western Massachusetts—not just deciding what to grow, but thornier topics like tackling invasives and all the rest of what goes into rethinking a landscape with ecology in mind. I wanted to catch up again and hear how the implementation... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45626" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When today’s guest, Elise Howard, and I talked on the show in March, her new book “Plant This, Not That” was just out. The popular book offers basic guidelines for selecting and using native plants, and specific substitutes for non-natives you may wish to replace. Once spring arrived, Elise got back to making a garden around her relatively new weekend home in Western Massachusetts—not just deciding what to grow, but thornier topics like tackling invasives and all the rest of what goes into rethinking a landscape with ecology in mind. I wanted to catch up again and hear how the implementation... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Native-Plant Adventures, With Elise Howard - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 8, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When today’s guest, Elise Howard, and I talked on the show in March, her new book “Plant This, Not That” was just out. The popular book offers basic guidelines for selecting and using native plants, and specific substitutes for non-natives you may wish to replace. Once spring arrived, Elise got back to making a garden around her relatively new weekend home in Western Massachusetts—not just deciding what to grow, but thornier topics like tackling invasives and all the rest of what goes into rethinking a landscape with ecology in mind. I wanted to catch up again and hear how the implementation... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45626" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When today’s guest, Elise Howard, and I talked on the show in March, her new book “Plant This, Not That” was just out. The popular book offers basic guidelines for selecting and using native plants, and specific substitutes for non-natives you may wish to replace. Once spring arrived, Elise got back to making a garden around her relatively new weekend home in Western Massachusetts—not just deciding what to grow, but thornier topics like tackling invasives and all the rest of what goes into rethinking a landscape with ecology in mind. I wanted to catch up again and hear how the implementation... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Hummingbirds and Red Flowers - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 1, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[If you’ve ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research …. well, today’s guest is here to tell us about one especially stunning example. It involves 1.6 million such crowd-sourced observations, and the timing of the migration of hummingbirds in Eastern North America. You’ve probably heard it said that hummingbirds love red flowers, and scientists in the Hopkins Lab at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University took a much closer look at that connection thanks to all that community data, and the use of artificial intelligence to sort... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/hummingbirds-and-red-flowers-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-june-1-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If you’ve ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research …. well, today’s guest is here to tell us about one especially stunning example. It involves 1.6 million such crowd-sourced observations, and the timing of the migration of hummingbirds in Eastern North America. You’ve probably heard it said that hummingbirds love red flowers, and scientists in the Hopkins Lab at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University took a much closer look at that connection thanks to all that community data, and the use of artificial intelligence to sort... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Hummingbirds and Red Flowers - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 1, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If you’ve ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research …. well, today’s guest is here to tell us about one especially stunning example. It involves 1.6 million such crowd-sourced observations, and the timing of the migration of hummingbirds in Eastern North America. You’ve probably heard it said that hummingbirds love red flowers, and scientists in the Hopkins Lab at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University took a much closer look at that connection thanks to all that community data, and the use of artificial intelligence to sort... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/hummingbirds-and-red-flowers-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-june-1-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If you’ve ever posted a photo on the massive community science project called iNaturalist and wondered how such contributions get used in research …. well, today’s guest is here to tell us about one especially stunning example. It involves 1.6 million such crowd-sourced observations, and the timing of the migration of hummingbirds in Eastern North America. You’ve probably heard it said that hummingbirds love red flowers, and scientists in the Hopkins Lab at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University took a much closer look at that connection thanks to all that community data, and the use of artificial intelligence to sort... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Owls with Paul Bannick - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - May 25, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Owls: They are birds we more often hear than see, exceptionally well-camouflaged creatures, many of whom move about in the hours of low light for an extra layer of stealth, making them seem even more mysterious. So what do you know about owls—besides perhaps the eerie sound of their voices? For wildlife photographer and writer Paul Bannick, owls have been the subject of much study and also the topic of several of his books, and he’s here today to tell us about these incredible animals who have commanded his attention, and should command more of ours. Paul Bannick is an award-winning... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45493" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Owls: They are birds we more often hear than see, exceptionally well-camouflaged creatures, many of whom move about in the hours of low light for an extra layer of stealth, making them seem even more mysterious. So what do you know about owls—besides perhaps the eerie sound of their voices? For wildlife photographer and writer Paul Bannick, owls have been the subject of much study and also the topic of several of his books, and he’s here today to tell us about these incredible animals who have commanded his attention, and should command more of ours. Paul Bannick is an award-winning... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Owls with Paul Bannick - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - May 25, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Owls: They are birds we more often hear than see, exceptionally well-camouflaged creatures, many of whom move about in the hours of low light for an extra layer of stealth, making them seem even more mysterious. So what do you know about owls—besides perhaps the eerie sound of their voices? For wildlife photographer and writer Paul Bannick, owls have been the subject of much study and also the topic of several of his books, and he’s here today to tell us about these incredible animals who have commanded his attention, and should command more of ours. Paul Bannick is an award-winning... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45493" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Owls: They are birds we more often hear than see, exceptionally well-camouflaged creatures, many of whom move about in the hours of low light for an extra layer of stealth, making them seem even more mysterious. So what do you know about owls—besides perhaps the eerie sound of their voices? For wildlife photographer and writer Paul Bannick, owls have been the subject of much study and also the topic of several of his books, and he’s here today to tell us about these incredible animals who have commanded his attention, and should command more of ours. Paul Bannick is an award-winning... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Jeff Epping on Gravel Gardens - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - May 18, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[The more that I see photographs of gravel gardens, and the more that I learn about this gardening style,  which besides its distinctive aesthetic appeal promises to be water-wise and weed-suppressing, the more I want to give it a try. So I was happy to get an early copy of “The Gravel Garden,” due out in June, and be treated to virtual walks through 20 such landscapes in a range of all sizes and styles. The book’s co-author, Jeff Epping, who has been making gravel gardens for clients since 2008 and converted his own Wisconsin front yard from lawn to... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/gravel-gardens-with-paul-bannick-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-may-18-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The more that I see photographs of gravel gardens, and the more that I learn about this gardening style,  which besides its distinctive aesthetic appeal promises to be water-wise and weed-suppressing, the more I want to give it a try. So I was happy to get an early copy of “The Gravel Garden,” due out in June, and be treated to virtual walks through 20 such landscapes in a range of all sizes and styles. The book’s co-author, Jeff Epping, who has been making gravel gardens for clients since 2008 and converted his own Wisconsin front yard from lawn to... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Jeff Epping on Gravel Gardens - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - May 18, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The more that I see photographs of gravel gardens, and the more that I learn about this gardening style,  which besides its distinctive aesthetic appeal promises to be water-wise and weed-suppressing, the more I want to give it a try. So I was happy to get an early copy of “The Gravel Garden,” due out in June, and be treated to virtual walks through 20 such landscapes in a range of all sizes and styles. The book’s co-author, Jeff Epping, who has been making gravel gardens for clients since 2008 and converted his own Wisconsin front yard from lawn to... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/gravel-gardens-with-paul-bannick-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-may-18-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The more that I see photographs of gravel gardens, and the more that I learn about this gardening style,  which besides its distinctive aesthetic appeal promises to be water-wise and weed-suppressing, the more I want to give it a try. So I was happy to get an early copy of “The Gravel Garden,” due out in June, and be treated to virtual walks through 20 such landscapes in a range of all sizes and styles. The book’s co-author, Jeff Epping, who has been making gravel gardens for clients since 2008 and converted his own Wisconsin front yard from lawn to... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Wildr App, Guide to an Eco-Journey - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - May 11, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Finding our way toward a more ecologically vibrant garden can sometimes feel a bit challenging, and I’m always looking for resources to guide me along the way, and to share with you.   Last year I shared news about a New York-based sustainable landscaping firm that had developed a digital self-test to help us each evaluate the ecological health of our landscape, and an accompanying 12-step program to enhance it—both of them free to use. Now the same company, Plan It Wild, with an impressive group of collaborators that includes Doug Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park, the Wild Ones membership group,... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45360" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Finding our way toward a more ecologically vibrant garden can sometimes feel a bit challenging, and I’m always looking for resources to guide me along the way, and to share with you.   Last year I shared news about a New York-based sustainable landscaping firm that had developed a digital self-test to help us each evaluate the ecological health of our landscape, and an accompanying 12-step program to enhance it—both of them free to use. Now the same company, Plan It Wild, with an impressive group of collaborators that includes Doug Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park, the Wild Ones membership group,... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Wildr App, Guide to an Eco-Journey - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - May 11, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Finding our way toward a more ecologically vibrant garden can sometimes feel a bit challenging, and I’m always looking for resources to guide me along the way, and to share with you.   Last year I shared news about a New York-based sustainable landscaping firm that had developed a digital self-test to help us each evaluate the ecological health of our landscape, and an accompanying 12-step program to enhance it—both of them free to use. Now the same company, Plan It Wild, with an impressive group of collaborators that includes Doug Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park, the Wild Ones membership group,... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45360" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Finding our way toward a more ecologically vibrant garden can sometimes feel a bit challenging, and I’m always looking for resources to guide me along the way, and to share with you.   Last year I shared news about a New York-based sustainable landscaping firm that had developed a digital self-test to help us each evaluate the ecological health of our landscape, and an accompanying 12-step program to enhance it—both of them free to use. Now the same company, Plan It Wild, with an impressive group of collaborators that includes Doug Tallamy’s Homegrown National Park, the Wild Ones membership group,... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Using Color with Stephen Orr - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - May 4, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[How confident are you about the use of color in your garden, and where do you draw your inspiration from for creating a pleasing palette? The topic of color is just one of the subjects Stephen Orr tackles in his new book, “The Gardener’s Mindset,” and he’s here today to talk about how he’s finding his way to some combinations that please him through his own garden experiments. Stephen Orr, the former editor in chief of “Better Homes &amp; Gardens,” is embarking on the fifth growing season at the home he shares with his husband on Cape Cod. It’s their... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45277" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[How confident are you about the use of color in your garden, and where do you draw your inspiration from for creating a pleasing palette? The topic of color is just one of the subjects Stephen Orr tackles in his new book, “The Gardener’s Mindset,” and he’s here today to talk about how he’s finding his way to some combinations that please him through his own garden experiments. Stephen Orr, the former editor in chief of “Better Homes & Gardens,” is embarking on the fifth growing season at the home he shares with his husband on Cape Cod. It’s their... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Using Color with Stephen Orr - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - May 4, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[How confident are you about the use of color in your garden, and where do you draw your inspiration from for creating a pleasing palette? The topic of color is just one of the subjects Stephen Orr tackles in his new book, “The Gardener’s Mindset,” and he’s here today to talk about how he’s finding his way to some combinations that please him through his own garden experiments. Stephen Orr, the former editor in chief of “Better Homes &amp; Gardens,” is embarking on the fifth growing season at the home he shares with his husband on Cape Cod. It’s their... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45277" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[How confident are you about the use of color in your garden, and where do you draw your inspiration from for creating a pleasing palette? The topic of color is just one of the subjects Stephen Orr tackles in his new book, “The Gardener’s Mindset,” and he’s here today to talk about how he’s finding his way to some combinations that please him through his own garden experiments. Stephen Orr, the former editor in chief of “Better Homes & Gardens,” is embarking on the fifth growing season at the home he shares with his husband on Cape Cod. It’s their... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Native Cultivars with Sam Hoadley - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - April 27, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[If we’re shopping for native plants with the most ecological impact—ones with the most pollinator appeal, for example—then simply choosing by the prettiest picture on a label or by a catalog photo won’t get you to your goal. It helps to understand the vocabulary of natives words like straight species and ecotype and selection and cultivar. Especially with cultivars—the cultivated named varieties of, say, Echinacea or Phlox or Aster of which there are now so many to choose from—we need to learn to read between the lines on those plant labels, because not all cultivars are created equal. Sam Hoadley,... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45226" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If we’re shopping for native plants with the most ecological impact—ones with the most pollinator appeal, for example—then simply choosing by the prettiest picture on a label or by a catalog photo won’t get you to your goal. It helps to understand the vocabulary of natives words like straight species and ecotype and selection and cultivar. Especially with cultivars—the cultivated named varieties of, say, Echinacea or Phlox or Aster of which there are now so many to choose from—we need to learn to read between the lines on those plant labels, because not all cultivars are created equal. Sam Hoadley,... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If we’re shopping for native plants with the most ecological impact—ones with the most pollinator appeal, for example—then simply choosing by the prettiest picture on a label or by a catalog photo won’t get you to your goal. It helps to understand the vocabulary of natives words like straight species and ecotype and selection and cultivar. Especially with cultivars—the cultivated named varieties of, say, Echinacea or Phlox or Aster of which there are now so many to choose from—we need to learn to read between the lines on those plant labels, because not all cultivars are created equal. Sam Hoadley,... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45226" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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