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                    <![CDATA[Outsider Animals with Marlene Zuk - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - April 13, 2026]]>
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                                            <![CDATA[I’m privileged to observe a fascinating diversity of animals outside where I live, but the term “Outsider Animals” was new to me—and it’s the title of a recent book by today’s guest, Marlene Zuk, a leading expert in behavioral evolution and a professor at the University of Minnesota. The book’s subtitle is “How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us,” and among her subjects are ones that many gardeners may know—or think they know—like raccoons, cabbage white butterflies, cowbirds and snakes. All these animals have one thing in common, she writes: “When we... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45045" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I’m privileged to observe a fascinating diversity of animals outside where I live, but the term “Outsider Animals” was new to me—and it’s the title of a recent book by today’s guest, Marlene Zuk, a leading expert in behavioral evolution and a professor at the University of Minnesota. The book’s subtitle is “How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us,” and among her subjects are ones that many gardeners may know—or think they know—like raccoons, cabbage white butterflies, cowbirds and snakes. All these animals have one thing in common, she writes: “When we... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I’m privileged to observe a fascinating diversity of animals outside where I live, but the term “Outsider Animals” was new to me—and it’s the title of a recent book by today’s guest, Marlene Zuk, a leading expert in behavioral evolution and a professor at the University of Minnesota. The book’s subtitle is “How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us,” and among her subjects are ones that many gardeners may know—or think they know—like raccoons, cabbage white butterflies, cowbirds and snakes. All these animals have one thing in common, she writes: “When we... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=45045" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I’m privileged to observe a fascinating diversity of animals outside where I live, but the term “Outsider Animals” was new to me—and it’s the title of a recent book by today’s guest, Marlene Zuk, a leading expert in behavioral evolution and a professor at the University of Minnesota. The book’s subtitle is “How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us,” and among her subjects are ones that many gardeners may know—or think they know—like raccoons, cabbage white butterflies, cowbirds and snakes. All these animals have one thing in common, she writes: “When we... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Bird Gardens with Becca Rodomsky-Bish - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - April 6, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[I always say that birds taught me to garden, as I watched their behavior here at my place, and added more of the plants and features they seemed to like and use most, and I have been blessed to have a diversity of avian visitors over many years. One place I’ve long turned for all kinds of information about birds is Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and lately among their many educational resources they’ve added the Garden for Birds Project, loaded with reference materials and inspiring webinars and more. The project’s leader, native plant specialist Becca Rodomsky-Bish of Cornell Lab, is... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44967" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I always say that birds taught me to garden, as I watched their behavior here at my place, and added more of the plants and features they seemed to like and use most, and I have been blessed to have a diversity of avian visitors over many years. One place I’ve long turned for all kinds of information about birds is Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and lately among their many educational resources they’ve added the Garden for Birds Project, loaded with reference materials and inspiring webinars and more. The project’s leader, native plant specialist Becca Rodomsky-Bish of Cornell Lab, is... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Bird Gardens with Becca Rodomsky-Bish - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - April 6, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Creating Habitat with Shaun McCoshum - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 30, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[We talk about pollinator gardens,  and seek out the plants that provide that essential nourishment to bees and butterflies and moths, for example.  But insects do not live by pollen alone: To make our gardens places of life-sustaining habitat, we have to provide for other needs, too—like water, for example, and shelter in each season of the year, and more. A new book called “Natural Habitats and Wildlife Gardening: Inviting Nature into Your Backyard,” by today’s guest, Shaun McCoshum, provides inspiration for doing that. Shaun is a landscape ecologist, conservationist, pollinator researcher and writer who has worked on green energy initiatives,... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44940" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Creating Habitat with Shaun McCoshum - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 30, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[We talk about pollinator gardens,  and seek out the plants that provide that essential nourishment to bees and butterflies and moths, for example.  But insects do not live by pollen alone: To make our gardens places of life-sustaining habitat, we have to provide for other needs, too—like water, for example, and shelter in each season of the year, and more. A new book called “Natural Habitats and Wildlife Gardening: Inviting Nature into Your Backyard,” by today’s guest, Shaun McCoshum, provides inspiration for doing that. Shaun is a landscape ecologist, conservationist, pollinator researcher and writer who has worked on green energy initiatives,... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44940" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Wisdom in a Tree with Ned Friedman - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 23, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[I wish that when I was a college freshman, a course like Harvard’s seminar called “Tree” had been part of the curriculum, because since I learned about the class last year, I’ve never looked at a tree quite the same way again. It’s not a botany course, nor one for aspiring arborists – despite its name.  A sentence from the syllabus for “Tree” hints at its core intention: “Imagine a semester devoted to connecting two organisms,” it reads, “a person (you) and a tree (not you).”  And then it adds this: “The goal of this freshman seminar will be to... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44852" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Wisdom in a Tree with Ned Friedman - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 23, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I wish that when I was a college freshman, a course like Harvard’s seminar called “Tree” had been part of the curriculum, because since I learned about the class last year, I’ve never looked at a tree quite the same way again. It’s not a botany course, nor one for aspiring arborists – despite its name.  A sentence from the syllabus for “Tree” hints at its core intention: “Imagine a semester devoted to connecting two organisms,” it reads, “a person (you) and a tree (not you).”  And then it adds this: “The goal of this freshman seminar will be to... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44852" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I wish that when I was a college freshman, a course like Harvard’s seminar called “Tree” had been part of the curriculum, because since I learned about the class last year, I’ve never looked at a tree quite the same way again. It’s not a botany course, nor one for aspiring arborists – despite its name.  A sentence from the syllabus for “Tree” hints at its core intention: “Imagine a semester devoted to connecting two organisms,” it reads, “a person (you) and a tree (not you).”  And then it adds this: “The goal of this freshman seminar will be to... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA['Plant This, Not That' with Elise Howard - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 16, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[You’ve seen and heard the list of no-no plants that were showy longtime nursery and garden standards, but have proven invasive and need to go. Yes, we can yank out the Bradford pears and butterfly bush and the rest of the long list—and should. But then what? We need to know what to plant instead. A new book called “Plant This, Not That” by Elise Howard establishes some basic principles for selecting and using native plants, along with specific examples of substitutions for plants you may be wanting to replace. She’s here to talk us through some of her suggestions... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44809" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[You’ve seen and heard the list of no-no plants that were showy longtime nursery and garden standards, but have proven invasive and need to go. Yes, we can yank out the Bradford pears and butterfly bush and the rest of the long list—and should. But then what? We need to know what to plant instead. A new book called “Plant This, Not That” by Elise Howard establishes some basic principles for selecting and using native plants, along with specific examples of substitutions for plants you may be wanting to replace. She’s here to talk us through some of her suggestions... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA['Plant This, Not That' with Elise Howard - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 16, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[You’ve seen and heard the list of no-no plants that were showy longtime nursery and garden standards, but have proven invasive and need to go. Yes, we can yank out the Bradford pears and butterfly bush and the rest of the long list—and should. But then what? We need to know what to plant instead. A new book called “Plant This, Not That” by Elise Howard establishes some basic principles for selecting and using native plants, along with specific examples of substitutions for plants you may be wanting to replace. She’s here to talk us through some of her suggestions... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44809" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[You’ve seen and heard the list of no-no plants that were showy longtime nursery and garden standards, but have proven invasive and need to go. Yes, we can yank out the Bradford pears and butterfly bush and the rest of the long list—and should. But then what? We need to know what to plant instead. A new book called “Plant This, Not That” by Elise Howard establishes some basic principles for selecting and using native plants, along with specific examples of substitutions for plants you may be wanting to replace. She’s here to talk us through some of her suggestions... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Let's Get Out and Botanize - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 9, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[When spring approaches and we get out into the garden again, it’s easy to get distracted by the to-do list, or just by the latest pretty thing that’s emerging after winter’s relative blank slate.  But there’s a whole other layer there in front of our eyes (and ears, and noses) – and it’s actually the foundation layer of life.  How about we gardeners learn to tune in not just to the horticulture happenings outside, but to the wonders of botany unfolding before us? Today’s guests, Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob Suissa, encourage us to follow our curiosity, to look closely, and... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44707" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When spring approaches and we get out into the garden again, it’s easy to get distracted by the to-do list, or just by the latest pretty thing that’s emerging after winter’s relative blank slate.  But there’s a whole other layer there in front of our eyes (and ears, and noses) – and it’s actually the foundation layer of life.  How about we gardeners learn to tune in not just to the horticulture happenings outside, but to the wonders of botany unfolding before us? Today’s guests, Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob Suissa, encourage us to follow our curiosity, to look closely, and... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Let's Get Out and Botanize - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 9, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When spring approaches and we get out into the garden again, it’s easy to get distracted by the to-do list, or just by the latest pretty thing that’s emerging after winter’s relative blank slate.  But there’s a whole other layer there in front of our eyes (and ears, and noses) – and it’s actually the foundation layer of life.  How about we gardeners learn to tune in not just to the horticulture happenings outside, but to the wonders of botany unfolding before us? Today’s guests, Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob Suissa, encourage us to follow our curiosity, to look closely, and... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44707" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When spring approaches and we get out into the garden again, it’s easy to get distracted by the to-do list, or just by the latest pretty thing that’s emerging after winter’s relative blank slate.  But there’s a whole other layer there in front of our eyes (and ears, and noses) – and it’s actually the foundation layer of life.  How about we gardeners learn to tune in not just to the horticulture happenings outside, but to the wonders of botany unfolding before us? Today’s guests, Ben Goulet-Scott and Jacob Suissa, encourage us to follow our curiosity, to look closely, and... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Weedy Garden with Margaret Renkl - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 2, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Margaret Renkl’s newest book “The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends,” is aimed at children, but it’s really for everyone, she says, and indeed we grownups, too, often need a reminder that our gardens are not just “our gardens,” but critical habitats for our wild neighbors. How we manage these spaces determines whether bees and butterflies and frogs and fireflies and turtles and birds and everybody else out there thrives—or not. Margaret is here to talk about the new book and the message for humans of all ages that guides her approach to gardening. Like many readers, I... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-weedy-garden-with-margaret-renkl-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-march-2-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Margaret Renkl’s newest book “The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends,” is aimed at children, but it’s really for everyone, she says, and indeed we grownups, too, often need a reminder that our gardens are not just “our gardens,” but critical habitats for our wild neighbors. How we manage these spaces determines whether bees and butterflies and frogs and fireflies and turtles and birds and everybody else out there thrives—or not. Margaret is here to talk about the new book and the message for humans of all ages that guides her approach to gardening. Like many readers, I... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The Weedy Garden with Margaret Renkl - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - March 2, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Margaret Renkl’s newest book “The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends,” is aimed at children, but it’s really for everyone, she says, and indeed we grownups, too, often need a reminder that our gardens are not just “our gardens,” but critical habitats for our wild neighbors. How we manage these spaces determines whether bees and butterflies and frogs and fireflies and turtles and birds and everybody else out there thrives—or not. Margaret is here to talk about the new book and the message for humans of all ages that guides her approach to gardening. Like many readers, I... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-weedy-garden-with-margaret-renkl-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-march-2-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Margaret Renkl’s newest book “The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends,” is aimed at children, but it’s really for everyone, she says, and indeed we grownups, too, often need a reminder that our gardens are not just “our gardens,” but critical habitats for our wild neighbors. How we manage these spaces determines whether bees and butterflies and frogs and fireflies and turtles and birds and everybody else out there thrives—or not. Margaret is here to talk about the new book and the message for humans of all ages that guides her approach to gardening. Like many readers, I... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Seed-Starting Mixes with Joe Lamp'l - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Feb. 23, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[When growing from seed, the long list of decisions starts with what turns out to be the simplest question of all: which variety of bean (or tomato, or zinnia, or basil) to order. But then things get more complicated: questions like figuring out when to start what, and whether any of your choices need any special pre-treatment, or particular conditions to insure germination—including: what germinating medium shall you use? We’ve all heard the invocation to use less peat, the standard for seed starting for what feels like forever until relatively recently, when this nonrenewable resource has been under scrutiny…but what... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44614" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When growing from seed, the long list of decisions starts with what turns out to be the simplest question of all: which variety of bean (or tomato, or zinnia, or basil) to order. But then things get more complicated: questions like figuring out when to start what, and whether any of your choices need any special pre-treatment, or particular conditions to insure germination—including: what germinating medium shall you use? We’ve all heard the invocation to use less peat, the standard for seed starting for what feels like forever until relatively recently, when this nonrenewable resource has been under scrutiny…but what... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Seed-Starting Mixes with Joe Lamp'l - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Feb. 23, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When growing from seed, the long list of decisions starts with what turns out to be the simplest question of all: which variety of bean (or tomato, or zinnia, or basil) to order. But then things get more complicated: questions like figuring out when to start what, and whether any of your choices need any special pre-treatment, or particular conditions to insure germination—including: what germinating medium shall you use? We’ve all heard the invocation to use less peat, the standard for seed starting for what feels like forever until relatively recently, when this nonrenewable resource has been under scrutiny…but what... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44614" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When growing from seed, the long list of decisions starts with what turns out to be the simplest question of all: which variety of bean (or tomato, or zinnia, or basil) to order. But then things get more complicated: questions like figuring out when to start what, and whether any of your choices need any special pre-treatment, or particular conditions to insure germination—including: what germinating medium shall you use? We’ve all heard the invocation to use less peat, the standard for seed starting for what feels like forever until relatively recently, when this nonrenewable resource has been under scrutiny…but what... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Homegrown Spices with Sarah Kleeger – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Feb. 16, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[What do you say we explore expanding our herb-gardening efforts to include some goodies to fill those jars in the spice rack, too? Most of us have probably grown cilantro, for instance, with its distinctive-tasting bright green foliage, but I suspect few of us have harvested coriander seed—the other possible crop that same species of plant can yield. Today’s guest, Sarah Kleeger of Adaptive Seeds, has been adding coriander and various other spice-rack possibilities to her garden and farm and seed catalog— like anise and caraway and more—all plants that are also ornamental and beloved by the creatures she calls... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/homegrown-spices-with-sarah-kleeger-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-feb-16-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[What do you say we explore expanding our herb-gardening efforts to include some goodies to fill those jars in the spice rack, too? Most of us have probably grown cilantro, for instance, with its distinctive-tasting bright green foliage, but I suspect few of us have harvested coriander seed—the other possible crop that same species of plant can yield. Today’s guest, Sarah Kleeger of Adaptive Seeds, has been adding coriander and various other spice-rack possibilities to her garden and farm and seed catalog— like anise and caraway and more—all plants that are also ornamental and beloved by the creatures she calls... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Homegrown Spices with Sarah Kleeger – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Feb. 16, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[What do you say we explore expanding our herb-gardening efforts to include some goodies to fill those jars in the spice rack, too? Most of us have probably grown cilantro, for instance, with its distinctive-tasting bright green foliage, but I suspect few of us have harvested coriander seed—the other possible crop that same species of plant can yield. Today’s guest, Sarah Kleeger of Adaptive Seeds, has been adding coriander and various other spice-rack possibilities to her garden and farm and seed catalog— like anise and caraway and more—all plants that are also ornamental and beloved by the creatures she calls... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/homegrown-spices-with-sarah-kleeger-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-feb-16-2026/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[What do you say we explore expanding our herb-gardening efforts to include some goodies to fill those jars in the spice rack, too? Most of us have probably grown cilantro, for instance, with its distinctive-tasting bright green foliage, but I suspect few of us have harvested coriander seed—the other possible crop that same species of plant can yield. Today’s guest, Sarah Kleeger of Adaptive Seeds, has been adding coriander and various other spice-rack possibilities to her garden and farm and seed catalog— like anise and caraway and more—all plants that are also ornamental and beloved by the creatures she calls... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rainbow of Peas with Peace Seedlings - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Feb. 9, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[“The dream has always been a rainbow of peas,” Dylana Kapuler said to me more than a decade ago, and that dream continues to fuel a passion for breeding colorful, edible-podded peas at the organically managed Oregon-based seed company called Peace Seedlings that she co-owns. Ready to think beyond your basic green pods and expand your palette of peas to purple and yellow and reddish shades, including ones with flowers in gorgeous shades that hummingbirds especially love, too? Dylana Kapuler and Mario DiBenedetto founded Peace Seedlings in 2009, after helping Dylana’s parents, Alan and Linda Kapuler, with their longtime seed-breeding... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44455" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“The dream has always been a rainbow of peas,” Dylana Kapuler said to me more than a decade ago, and that dream continues to fuel a passion for breeding colorful, edible-podded peas at the organically managed Oregon-based seed company called Peace Seedlings that she co-owns. Ready to think beyond your basic green pods and expand your palette of peas to purple and yellow and reddish shades, including ones with flowers in gorgeous shades that hummingbirds especially love, too? Dylana Kapuler and Mario DiBenedetto founded Peace Seedlings in 2009, after helping Dylana’s parents, Alan and Linda Kapuler, with their longtime seed-breeding... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Rainbow of Peas with Peace Seedlings - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Feb. 9, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“The dream has always been a rainbow of peas,” Dylana Kapuler said to me more than a decade ago, and that dream continues to fuel a passion for breeding colorful, edible-podded peas at the organically managed Oregon-based seed company called Peace Seedlings that she co-owns. Ready to think beyond your basic green pods and expand your palette of peas to purple and yellow and reddish shades, including ones with flowers in gorgeous shades that hummingbirds especially love, too? Dylana Kapuler and Mario DiBenedetto founded Peace Seedlings in 2009, after helping Dylana’s parents, Alan and Linda Kapuler, with their longtime seed-breeding... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44455" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[“The dream has always been a rainbow of peas,” Dylana Kapuler said to me more than a decade ago, and that dream continues to fuel a passion for breeding colorful, edible-podded peas at the organically managed Oregon-based seed company called Peace Seedlings that she co-owns. Ready to think beyond your basic green pods and expand your palette of peas to purple and yellow and reddish shades, including ones with flowers in gorgeous shades that hummingbirds especially love, too? Dylana Kapuler and Mario DiBenedetto founded Peace Seedlings in 2009, after helping Dylana’s parents, Alan and Linda Kapuler, with their longtime seed-breeding... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Goldenrods with Sam Hoadley - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Feb. 2, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Goldenrods are powerhouses – keystone plants that serve as hosts for more than 100 species of butterflies and moths, and rich late-season sources of pollen and nectar for countless beneficial insects followed by sustenance in the form of seed for birds. Now Mt. Cuba Center, the native plant garden and research institution in Delaware, has published the results of its three-year trial of 70 different goldenrods – and their manager of horticultural research Sam Hoadley is here to tell us what they learned about the best goldenrods and how to use them in your garden. Sam is the Manager of... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44409" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Goldenrods are powerhouses – keystone plants that serve as hosts for more than 100 species of butterflies and moths, and rich late-season sources of pollen and nectar for countless beneficial insects followed by sustenance in the form of seed for birds. Now Mt. Cuba Center, the native plant garden and research institution in Delaware, has published the results of its three-year trial of 70 different goldenrods – and their manager of horticultural research Sam Hoadley is here to tell us what they learned about the best goldenrods and how to use them in your garden. Sam is the Manager of... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Goldenrods with Sam Hoadley - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Feb. 2, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Goldenrods are powerhouses – keystone plants that serve as hosts for more than 100 species of butterflies and moths, and rich late-season sources of pollen and nectar for countless beneficial insects followed by sustenance in the form of seed for birds. Now Mt. Cuba Center, the native plant garden and research institution in Delaware, has published the results of its three-year trial of 70 different goldenrods – and their manager of horticultural research Sam Hoadley is here to tell us what they learned about the best goldenrods and how to use them in your garden. Sam is the Manager of... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44409" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Goldenrods are powerhouses – keystone plants that serve as hosts for more than 100 species of butterflies and moths, and rich late-season sources of pollen and nectar for countless beneficial insects followed by sustenance in the form of seed for birds. Now Mt. Cuba Center, the native plant garden and research institution in Delaware, has published the results of its three-year trial of 70 different goldenrods – and their manager of horticultural research Sam Hoadley is here to tell us what they learned about the best goldenrods and how to use them in your garden. Sam is the Manager of... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Top Tomatoes with Don Tipping - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Jan. 26 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[IT WAS 1 degree Fahrenheit outside when I looked at my electronic weather station readout  this morning – a perfect time for some winter-defying tactics like talking tomatoes. Organic seed farmer and breeder Don Tipping of Siskiyou Seeds in Oregon is here for that colorful, warming conversation. After trialing 55 tomato varieties last season, Don has some goodies to recommend and some advice on growing your best tomatoes – including ones that actually store well long after harvest – yes, storage tomatoes! Don Tipping founded Siskiyou Seeds, a family run, farm-based organic seed company in 1997. Siskiyou is a farm... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44363" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[IT WAS 1 degree Fahrenheit outside when I looked at my electronic weather station readout  this morning – a perfect time for some winter-defying tactics like talking tomatoes. Organic seed farmer and breeder Don Tipping of Siskiyou Seeds in Oregon is here for that colorful, warming conversation. After trialing 55 tomato varieties last season, Don has some goodies to recommend and some advice on growing your best tomatoes – including ones that actually store well long after harvest – yes, storage tomatoes! Don Tipping founded Siskiyou Seeds, a family run, farm-based organic seed company in 1997. Siskiyou is a farm... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Top Tomatoes with Don Tipping - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Jan. 26 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[IT WAS 1 degree Fahrenheit outside when I looked at my electronic weather station readout  this morning – a perfect time for some winter-defying tactics like talking tomatoes. Organic seed farmer and breeder Don Tipping of Siskiyou Seeds in Oregon is here for that colorful, warming conversation. After trialing 55 tomato varieties last season, Don has some goodies to recommend and some advice on growing your best tomatoes – including ones that actually store well long after harvest – yes, storage tomatoes! Don Tipping founded Siskiyou Seeds, a family run, farm-based organic seed company in 1997. Siskiyou is a farm... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44363" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[IT WAS 1 degree Fahrenheit outside when I looked at my electronic weather station readout  this morning – a perfect time for some winter-defying tactics like talking tomatoes. Organic seed farmer and breeder Don Tipping of Siskiyou Seeds in Oregon is here for that colorful, warming conversation. After trialing 55 tomato varieties last season, Don has some goodies to recommend and some advice on growing your best tomatoes – including ones that actually store well long after harvest – yes, storage tomatoes! Don Tipping founded Siskiyou Seeds, a family run, farm-based organic seed company in 1997. Siskiyou is a farm... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Reprise Matt Mattus on Sweet Peas – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Jan 19, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/377/episode/2327102</guid>
                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/reprise-matt-mattus-on-sweet-peas-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-jan-19-2026</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[Every year when I get to the sweet pea listings in the seed catalogs, I think this is the year, the year I’ll organize some supports in the garden for them, and indulge in their unmatched extravagance of color and fragrance.  Today’s guest, in a repise performance from January 2024, doesn’t hesitate one second or have to think twice about sweet peas ever, which are always on the list in his Massachusetts garden, grown both as cut flowers and elements of beds and borders.  Matt Mattus, author of “Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening,” and also of “Mastering the Art... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44284" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Every year when I get to the sweet pea listings in the seed catalogs, I think this is the year, the year I’ll organize some supports in the garden for them, and indulge in their unmatched extravagance of color and fragrance.  Today’s guest, in a repise performance from January 2024, doesn’t hesitate one second or have to think twice about sweet peas ever, which are always on the list in his Massachusetts garden, grown both as cut flowers and elements of beds and borders.  Matt Mattus, author of “Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening,” and also of “Mastering the Art... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Reprise Matt Mattus on Sweet Peas – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Jan 19, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Every year when I get to the sweet pea listings in the seed catalogs, I think this is the year, the year I’ll organize some supports in the garden for them, and indulge in their unmatched extravagance of color and fragrance.  Today’s guest, in a repise performance from January 2024, doesn’t hesitate one second or have to think twice about sweet peas ever, which are always on the list in his Massachusetts garden, grown both as cut flowers and elements of beds and borders.  Matt Mattus, author of “Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening,” and also of “Mastering the Art... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44284" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Every year when I get to the sweet pea listings in the seed catalogs, I think this is the year, the year I’ll organize some supports in the garden for them, and indulge in their unmatched extravagance of color and fragrance.  Today’s guest, in a repise performance from January 2024, doesn’t hesitate one second or have to think twice about sweet peas ever, which are always on the list in his Massachusetts garden, grown both as cut flowers and elements of beds and borders.  Matt Mattus, author of “Mastering the Art of Flower Gardening,” and also of “Mastering the Art... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:27:28</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Dye Plants with James Young - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Jan 12 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[Until I met today’s guest, James Young, early in 2025, it hadn’t really registered in my brain that some of the familiar annuals I grow from seed, like cosmos and marigolds and even purple basil, could also double as dye plants. James is co-owner of Grand Prismatic Seed, a gorgeous and information packed online seed catalog based in Northern Utah, where plants that offer natural dyes are one specialty alongside regional natives and high desert-adapted edibles and flowers. James is passionate about the fiber arts, and he’s been an expert knitter since high school and is also deep into the... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44209" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Until I met today’s guest, James Young, early in 2025, it hadn’t really registered in my brain that some of the familiar annuals I grow from seed, like cosmos and marigolds and even purple basil, could also double as dye plants. James is co-owner of Grand Prismatic Seed, a gorgeous and information packed online seed catalog based in Northern Utah, where plants that offer natural dyes are one specialty alongside regional natives and high desert-adapted edibles and flowers. James is passionate about the fiber arts, and he’s been an expert knitter since high school and is also deep into the... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Dye Plants with James Young - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Jan 12 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Until I met today’s guest, James Young, early in 2025, it hadn’t really registered in my brain that some of the familiar annuals I grow from seed, like cosmos and marigolds and even purple basil, could also double as dye plants. James is co-owner of Grand Prismatic Seed, a gorgeous and information packed online seed catalog based in Northern Utah, where plants that offer natural dyes are one specialty alongside regional natives and high desert-adapted edibles and flowers. James is passionate about the fiber arts, and he’s been an expert knitter since high school and is also deep into the... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44209" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Until I met today’s guest, James Young, early in 2025, it hadn’t really registered in my brain that some of the familiar annuals I grow from seed, like cosmos and marigolds and even purple basil, could also double as dye plants. James is co-owner of Grand Prismatic Seed, a gorgeous and information packed online seed catalog based in Northern Utah, where plants that offer natural dyes are one specialty alongside regional natives and high desert-adapted edibles and flowers. James is passionate about the fiber arts, and he’s been an expert knitter since high school and is also deep into the... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:26:35</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Must-Try Vegetable Seeds with Lane Selman - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Jan. 5, 2026]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/must-try-vegetable-seeds-with-lane-selman-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-jan-5-2026</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[I’m letting myself be transported away from the winter scene outside my window, burying my nose not in the snow but instead in the spring-into-summer possibilities depicted in seed-catalog pages. I have familiar, favorite varieties I grow every year – but I’m also looking for some new-to-me possibilities, and today’s guest, Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network at Oregon State University, always has some delicious suggestions. Lane Selman, a professor of practice at Oregon State University, founded the Culinary Breeding Network in 2012, a collaborative community of plant breeders, seed growers, farmers, produce buyers and chefs collaborating to improve... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44156" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I’m letting myself be transported away from the winter scene outside my window, burying my nose not in the snow but instead in the spring-into-summer possibilities depicted in seed-catalog pages. I have familiar, favorite varieties I grow every year – but I’m also looking for some new-to-me possibilities, and today’s guest, Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network at Oregon State University, always has some delicious suggestions. Lane Selman, a professor of practice at Oregon State University, founded the Culinary Breeding Network in 2012, a collaborative community of plant breeders, seed growers, farmers, produce buyers and chefs collaborating to improve... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Must-Try Vegetable Seeds with Lane Selman - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Jan. 5, 2026]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I’m letting myself be transported away from the winter scene outside my window, burying my nose not in the snow but instead in the spring-into-summer possibilities depicted in seed-catalog pages. I have familiar, favorite varieties I grow every year – but I’m also looking for some new-to-me possibilities, and today’s guest, Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network at Oregon State University, always has some delicious suggestions. Lane Selman, a professor of practice at Oregon State University, founded the Culinary Breeding Network in 2012, a collaborative community of plant breeders, seed growers, farmers, produce buyers and chefs collaborating to improve... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44156" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I’m letting myself be transported away from the winter scene outside my window, burying my nose not in the snow but instead in the spring-into-summer possibilities depicted in seed-catalog pages. I have familiar, favorite varieties I grow every year – but I’m also looking for some new-to-me possibilities, and today’s guest, Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network at Oregon State University, always has some delicious suggestions. Lane Selman, a professor of practice at Oregon State University, founded the Culinary Breeding Network in 2012, a collaborative community of plant breeders, seed growers, farmers, produce buyers and chefs collaborating to improve... Read More ›]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:27:23</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Bird-Feeding Season with Julie Zickefoose - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec. 29, 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/377/episode/2305569</guid>
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                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[I put out my first bird feeder of the season around Thanksgiving or so each year and get the party started. But there’s more to feeding the birds than just filling the feeders, like how to keep them safe in the age of increased disease transmission, or how to provide essential water in the coldest months, and of course, much-needed tactics for outsmarting the squirrels. Smart bird feeding and more bird-related wisdom was the topic of conversation I had in December 2022 with Julie Zickefoose, that we’re featuring in encore on the show today. I’m always delighted to talk to Julie... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44098" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
                                    </description>
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                    <![CDATA[I put out my first bird feeder of the season around Thanksgiving or so each year and get the party started. But there’s more to feeding the birds than just filling the feeders, like how to keep them safe in the age of increased disease transmission, or how to provide essential water in the coldest months, and of course, much-needed tactics for outsmarting the squirrels. Smart bird feeding and more bird-related wisdom was the topic of conversation I had in December 2022 with Julie Zickefoose, that we’re featuring in encore on the show today. I’m always delighted to talk to Julie... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Bird-Feeding Season with Julie Zickefoose - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec. 29, 2025]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I put out my first bird feeder of the season around Thanksgiving or so each year and get the party started. But there’s more to feeding the birds than just filling the feeders, like how to keep them safe in the age of increased disease transmission, or how to provide essential water in the coldest months, and of course, much-needed tactics for outsmarting the squirrels. Smart bird feeding and more bird-related wisdom was the topic of conversation I had in December 2022 with Julie Zickefoose, that we’re featuring in encore on the show today. I’m always delighted to talk to Julie... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=44098" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I put out my first bird feeder of the season around Thanksgiving or so each year and get the party started. But there’s more to feeding the birds than just filling the feeders, like how to keep them safe in the age of increased disease transmission, or how to provide essential water in the coldest months, and of course, much-needed tactics for outsmarting the squirrels. Smart bird feeding and more bird-related wisdom was the topic of conversation I had in December 2022 with Julie Zickefoose, that we’re featuring in encore on the show today. I’m always delighted to talk to Julie... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:summary>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:28:03</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Melissa Finley on Tree Care History and How-to - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec 22, 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[The earliest references to people cultivating trees date back to 6000 B.C., and there are records of tree-care tactics in the Bible, too, and from ancient Egypt. These person-to-tree interventions were the start of the science and art of arboriculture, and our best practices of pruning and other how-to have evolved in each successive era to the methods we know today. We’re going to take a little look backward, and also at some current recommendations, with today’s guest, Melissa Finley, the New York Botanical Garden’s Thain Curator of Woody Plants, and curator of NYBG’s Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, too. Woody... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/tree-care-history-and-how-to-with-melissa-finley-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-dec-22-2025/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The earliest references to people cultivating trees date back to 6000 B.C., and there are records of tree-care tactics in the Bible, too, and from ancient Egypt. These person-to-tree interventions were the start of the science and art of arboriculture, and our best practices of pruning and other how-to have evolved in each successive era to the methods we know today. We’re going to take a little look backward, and also at some current recommendations, with today’s guest, Melissa Finley, the New York Botanical Garden’s Thain Curator of Woody Plants, and curator of NYBG’s Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, too. Woody... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Melissa Finley on Tree Care History and How-to - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec 22, 2025]]>
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                                                <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
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                    <![CDATA[The earliest references to people cultivating trees date back to 6000 B.C., and there are records of tree-care tactics in the Bible, too, and from ancient Egypt. These person-to-tree interventions were the start of the science and art of arboriculture, and our best practices of pruning and other how-to have evolved in each successive era to the methods we know today. We’re going to take a little look backward, and also at some current recommendations, with today’s guest, Melissa Finley, the New York Botanical Garden’s Thain Curator of Woody Plants, and curator of NYBG’s Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, too. Woody... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/tree-care-history-and-how-to-with-melissa-finley-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-dec-22-2025/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The earliest references to people cultivating trees date back to 6000 B.C., and there are records of tree-care tactics in the Bible, too, and from ancient Egypt. These person-to-tree interventions were the start of the science and art of arboriculture, and our best practices of pruning and other how-to have evolved in each successive era to the methods we know today. We’re going to take a little look backward, and also at some current recommendations, with today’s guest, Melissa Finley, the New York Botanical Garden’s Thain Curator of Woody Plants, and curator of NYBG’s Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, too. Woody... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Keystone Plants with Uli Lorimer - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec. 15 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/377/episode/2285652</guid>
                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/keystone-plants-with-uli-lorimer-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-dec-15-2025</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[Not so many years ago, relative to the history of horticulture, even a now-ubiquitous phrase like “pollinator plant” wasn’t part of our everyday gardening language and mindset the way it is today. Our collective consciousness about the importance of native plants has grown fast, and with it have come more new words for our vocabulary.   One phrase that I’ve heard a lot lately is “keystone plants” – an expression I probably didn’t even know five years ago –  describing native species that are disproportionately important to local ecosystems, the sort of powerhouse plants of all. I wanted to learn... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43964" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
                                    </description>
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                    <![CDATA[Not so many years ago, relative to the history of horticulture, even a now-ubiquitous phrase like “pollinator plant” wasn’t part of our everyday gardening language and mindset the way it is today. Our collective consciousness about the importance of native plants has grown fast, and with it have come more new words for our vocabulary.   One phrase that I’ve heard a lot lately is “keystone plants” – an expression I probably didn’t even know five years ago –  describing native species that are disproportionately important to local ecosystems, the sort of powerhouse plants of all. I wanted to learn... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Keystone Plants with Uli Lorimer - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec. 15 2025]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Not so many years ago, relative to the history of horticulture, even a now-ubiquitous phrase like “pollinator plant” wasn’t part of our everyday gardening language and mindset the way it is today. Our collective consciousness about the importance of native plants has grown fast, and with it have come more new words for our vocabulary.   One phrase that I’ve heard a lot lately is “keystone plants” – an expression I probably didn’t even know five years ago –  describing native species that are disproportionately important to local ecosystems, the sort of powerhouse plants of all. I wanted to learn... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43964" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Not so many years ago, relative to the history of horticulture, even a now-ubiquitous phrase like “pollinator plant” wasn’t part of our everyday gardening language and mindset the way it is today. Our collective consciousness about the importance of native plants has grown fast, and with it have come more new words for our vocabulary.   One phrase that I’ve heard a lot lately is “keystone plants” – an expression I probably didn’t even know five years ago –  describing native species that are disproportionately important to local ecosystems, the sort of powerhouse plants of all. I wanted to learn... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[ROBIN HOOD RADIO]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Matt Mattus on Holiday Blooms - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec 8, 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/377/episode/2270519</guid>
                                    <link>https://margaret-roach-a-way-to-garden.castos.com/episodes/holiday-blooms-with-matt-mattus-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-dec-8-2025</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[If I say: quick, name a holiday flower, you might first answer poinsettia. But the poinsettia wasn’t always synonymous with this time of year, today’s guest tells me – like once upon a time more than a century ago the Chrysanthemum took center floral stage from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, surprising as that might sound.   Whether historic or cutting-edge modern, horticulturist Matt Mattus reminds us there are many choices of festive blooms – including various ones we can grow ourselves indoors, and he has tricks for perfecting even the most familiar of those, your Amaryllis, for instance. Matt Mattus... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/holiday-blooms-with-matt-mattus-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-dec-8-2025/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If I say: quick, name a holiday flower, you might first answer poinsettia. But the poinsettia wasn’t always synonymous with this time of year, today’s guest tells me – like once upon a time more than a century ago the Chrysanthemum took center floral stage from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, surprising as that might sound.   Whether historic or cutting-edge modern, horticulturist Matt Mattus reminds us there are many choices of festive blooms – including various ones we can grow ourselves indoors, and he has tricks for perfecting even the most familiar of those, your Amaryllis, for instance. Matt Mattus... Read More ›]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Matt Mattus on Holiday Blooms - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec 8, 2025]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If I say: quick, name a holiday flower, you might first answer poinsettia. But the poinsettia wasn’t always synonymous with this time of year, today’s guest tells me – like once upon a time more than a century ago the Chrysanthemum took center floral stage from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, surprising as that might sound.   Whether historic or cutting-edge modern, horticulturist Matt Mattus reminds us there are many choices of festive blooms – including various ones we can grow ourselves indoors, and he has tricks for perfecting even the most familiar of those, your Amaryllis, for instance. Matt Mattus... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/holiday-blooms-with-matt-mattus-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-dec-8-2025/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If I say: quick, name a holiday flower, you might first answer poinsettia. But the poinsettia wasn’t always synonymous with this time of year, today’s guest tells me – like once upon a time more than a century ago the Chrysanthemum took center floral stage from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, surprising as that might sound.   Whether historic or cutting-edge modern, horticulturist Matt Mattus reminds us there are many choices of festive blooms – including various ones we can grow ourselves indoors, and he has tricks for perfecting even the most familiar of those, your Amaryllis, for instance. Matt Mattus... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Unusual Houseplants with Rob Moffitt - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec. 1, 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[I can’t imagine life without my admittedly oddball collection of houseplants, many of whom have been with me for several decades already. So I was delighted recently to meet today’s guest, Rob Moffitt, whose Los Angeles-based botanical design studio specializes in matching their clients with houseplants that are just the way I like them: Not just pretty, but possessing loads of personality. Often sculptural in stature, like living artworks. Capable of forging a connection to the person caring for them … and with the potential to endure, maybe even for a lifetime of companionship.   Rob is here to tell... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43806" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I can’t imagine life without my admittedly oddball collection of houseplants, many of whom have been with me for several decades already. So I was delighted recently to meet today’s guest, Rob Moffitt, whose Los Angeles-based botanical design studio specializes in matching their clients with houseplants that are just the way I like them: Not just pretty, but possessing loads of personality. Often sculptural in stature, like living artworks. Capable of forging a connection to the person caring for them … and with the potential to endure, maybe even for a lifetime of companionship.   Rob is here to tell... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Unusual Houseplants with Rob Moffitt - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Dec. 1, 2025]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I can’t imagine life without my admittedly oddball collection of houseplants, many of whom have been with me for several decades already. So I was delighted recently to meet today’s guest, Rob Moffitt, whose Los Angeles-based botanical design studio specializes in matching their clients with houseplants that are just the way I like them: Not just pretty, but possessing loads of personality. Often sculptural in stature, like living artworks. Capable of forging a connection to the person caring for them … and with the potential to endure, maybe even for a lifetime of companionship.   Rob is here to tell... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43806" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I can’t imagine life without my admittedly oddball collection of houseplants, many of whom have been with me for several decades already. So I was delighted recently to meet today’s guest, Rob Moffitt, whose Los Angeles-based botanical design studio specializes in matching their clients with houseplants that are just the way I like them: Not just pretty, but possessing loads of personality. Often sculptural in stature, like living artworks. Capable of forging a connection to the person caring for them … and with the potential to endure, maybe even for a lifetime of companionship.   Rob is here to tell... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Heritage Apples with Jamie Hanson - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Nov. 24, 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[When I bought my place decades ago it was nestled in a tiny piece of former farmland with a little 1880s house and no garden. There were, however, five giant apple trees, at least a century old even then – all overgrown, but still willing to bear fruit despite their age and years of neglect. I’m very attached to them even though I still don’t know their names … which was why I wanted to talk to today’s guest, Jamie Hanson, the orchard manager for Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa, who knows a thing or two about heritage apples. Seed... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43741" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I bought my place decades ago it was nestled in a tiny piece of former farmland with a little 1880s house and no garden. There were, however, five giant apple trees, at least a century old even then – all overgrown, but still willing to bear fruit despite their age and years of neglect. I’m very attached to them even though I still don’t know their names … which was why I wanted to talk to today’s guest, Jamie Hanson, the orchard manager for Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa, who knows a thing or two about heritage apples. Seed... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Heritage Apples with Jamie Hanson - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Nov. 24, 2025]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I bought my place decades ago it was nestled in a tiny piece of former farmland with a little 1880s house and no garden. There were, however, five giant apple trees, at least a century old even then – all overgrown, but still willing to bear fruit despite their age and years of neglect. I’m very attached to them even though I still don’t know their names … which was why I wanted to talk to today’s guest, Jamie Hanson, the orchard manager for Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa, who knows a thing or two about heritage apples. Seed... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43741" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I bought my place decades ago it was nestled in a tiny piece of former farmland with a little 1880s house and no garden. There were, however, five giant apple trees, at least a century old even then – all overgrown, but still willing to bear fruit despite their age and years of neglect. I’m very attached to them even though I still don’t know their names … which was why I wanted to talk to today’s guest, Jamie Hanson, the orchard manager for Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa, who knows a thing or two about heritage apples. Seed... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Seed Sources with Joseph Tychonievich - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Nov. 17, 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Once upon a time the seed catalogs came out around the start of the New Year, but these days the very first ones may arrive by Thanksgiving, and their listings may be posted online even earlier. So I guess what I am saying is: It’s not too early to start talking about seed shopping … and it’s never too early to start scouting out new seed sources that you might not know about! My guest today is the adventurous seed shopper Joseph Tychonievich, who has called himself a “plant crazed garden nerd,” and we’re here together today to share some... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43655" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Once upon a time the seed catalogs came out around the start of the New Year, but these days the very first ones may arrive by Thanksgiving, and their listings may be posted online even earlier. So I guess what I am saying is: It’s not too early to start talking about seed shopping … and it’s never too early to start scouting out new seed sources that you might not know about! My guest today is the adventurous seed shopper Joseph Tychonievich, who has called himself a “plant crazed garden nerd,” and we’re here together today to share some... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Seed Sources with Joseph Tychonievich - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Nov. 17, 2025]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Once upon a time the seed catalogs came out around the start of the New Year, but these days the very first ones may arrive by Thanksgiving, and their listings may be posted online even earlier. So I guess what I am saying is: It’s not too early to start talking about seed shopping … and it’s never too early to start scouting out new seed sources that you might not know about! My guest today is the adventurous seed shopper Joseph Tychonievich, who has called himself a “plant crazed garden nerd,” and we’re here together today to share some... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43655" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Once upon a time the seed catalogs came out around the start of the New Year, but these days the very first ones may arrive by Thanksgiving, and their listings may be posted online even earlier. So I guess what I am saying is: It’s not too early to start talking about seed shopping … and it’s never too early to start scouting out new seed sources that you might not know about! My guest today is the adventurous seed shopper Joseph Tychonievich, who has called himself a “plant crazed garden nerd,” and we’re here together today to share some... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Eco Garden Care with Dan Wilder - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Nov 3, 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Besides their native-heavier plant palette and looser style, ecologically designed landscapes have another difference: The way we maintain them is not the same as with more traditional, ornamentally-focused gardens. I’m asked again and again by gardeners who have planted a meadow-like area or some other habitat-inspired, naturalistic feature about how to handle its aftercare: about what to do when the picture changes a couple of years down the road and thereafter — when the balance of the plants in their design starts to shift, and there’s too much or too little of something for their liking, or when some unwanted weedy... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/eco-garden-care-with-dan-wilder-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-nov-3-2025/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Besides their native-heavier plant palette and looser style, ecologically designed landscapes have another difference: The way we maintain them is not the same as with more traditional, ornamentally-focused gardens. I’m asked again and again by gardeners who have planted a meadow-like area or some other habitat-inspired, naturalistic feature about how to handle its aftercare: about what to do when the picture changes a couple of years down the road and thereafter — when the balance of the plants in their design starts to shift, and there’s too much or too little of something for their liking, or when some unwanted weedy... Read More ›]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Eco Garden Care with Dan Wilder - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Nov 3, 2025]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Besides their native-heavier plant palette and looser style, ecologically designed landscapes have another difference: The way we maintain them is not the same as with more traditional, ornamentally-focused gardens. I’m asked again and again by gardeners who have planted a meadow-like area or some other habitat-inspired, naturalistic feature about how to handle its aftercare: about what to do when the picture changes a couple of years down the road and thereafter — when the balance of the plants in their design starts to shift, and there’s too much or too little of something for their liking, or when some unwanted weedy... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/eco-garden-care-with-dan-wilder-a-way-to-garden-with-margaret-roach-nov-3-2025/" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Besides their native-heavier plant palette and looser style, ecologically designed landscapes have another difference: The way we maintain them is not the same as with more traditional, ornamentally-focused gardens. I’m asked again and again by gardeners who have planted a meadow-like area or some other habitat-inspired, naturalistic feature about how to handle its aftercare: about what to do when the picture changes a couple of years down the road and thereafter — when the balance of the plants in their design starts to shift, and there’s too much or too little of something for their liking, or when some unwanted weedy... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Woodpeckers with Paul Bannick - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Oct. 27, 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Today’s guest didn’t have to convince me to be wild about woodpeckers, because I already am—utterly so. These charismatic, hardworking birds make oversized ecological contributions to the environments they inhabit and to the other creatures that they share them with — and the more you learn about them, the more astonishing they become. Paul Bannick’s new book is “Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers” and he’s here to tell us their story. Seattle-based Paul is an award-winning author and wildlife photographer focused on the natural history of North America, and in particular on the conservation of... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43454" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Today’s guest didn’t have to convince me to be wild about woodpeckers, because I already am—utterly so. These charismatic, hardworking birds make oversized ecological contributions to the environments they inhabit and to the other creatures that they share them with — and the more you learn about them, the more astonishing they become. Paul Bannick’s new book is “Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers” and he’s here to tell us their story. Seattle-based Paul is an award-winning author and wildlife photographer focused on the natural history of North America, and in particular on the conservation of... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Woodpeckers with Paul Bannick - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Oct. 27, 2025]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Today’s guest didn’t have to convince me to be wild about woodpeckers, because I already am—utterly so. These charismatic, hardworking birds make oversized ecological contributions to the environments they inhabit and to the other creatures that they share them with — and the more you learn about them, the more astonishing they become. Paul Bannick’s new book is “Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers” and he’s here to tell us their story. Seattle-based Paul is an award-winning author and wildlife photographer focused on the natural history of North America, and in particular on the conservation of... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43454" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Today’s guest didn’t have to convince me to be wild about woodpeckers, because I already am—utterly so. These charismatic, hardworking birds make oversized ecological contributions to the environments they inhabit and to the other creatures that they share them with — and the more you learn about them, the more astonishing they become. Paul Bannick’s new book is “Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers” and he’s here to tell us their story. Seattle-based Paul is an award-winning author and wildlife photographer focused on the natural history of North America, and in particular on the conservation of... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Leaf Removal's Impact with Max Ferlauto - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Oct. 20, 2025]]>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>ROBIN HOOD RADIO</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Every gardener has certainly heard the rallying cry each recent autumn to “leave the leaves”, invoking us to go gentler with our cleanup to support a diversity of beneficial invertebrates who call the fallen leaves their home.  Now a recently published research study calculates just what the impacts of leaf removal are to which organisms, and also offers insights into how and where in our landscapes we can leave the leaves to create habitat with the most positive impact.   Max Ferlauto, the Maryland state entomologist, is one of the scientists who conducted the new research, and in March this year,... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43377" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Every gardener has certainly heard the rallying cry each recent autumn to “leave the leaves”, invoking us to go gentler with our cleanup to support a diversity of beneficial invertebrates who call the fallen leaves their home.  Now a recently published research study calculates just what the impacts of leaf removal are to which organisms, and also offers insights into how and where in our landscapes we can leave the leaves to create habitat with the most positive impact.   Max Ferlauto, the Maryland state entomologist, is one of the scientists who conducted the new research, and in March this year,... Read More ›]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Leaf Removal's Impact with Max Ferlauto - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Oct. 20, 2025]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Every gardener has certainly heard the rallying cry each recent autumn to “leave the leaves”, invoking us to go gentler with our cleanup to support a diversity of beneficial invertebrates who call the fallen leaves their home.  Now a recently published research study calculates just what the impacts of leaf removal are to which organisms, and also offers insights into how and where in our landscapes we can leave the leaves to create habitat with the most positive impact.   Max Ferlauto, the Maryland state entomologist, is one of the scientists who conducted the new research, and in March this year,... <a href="https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=43377" class="read-more">Read More ›</a>]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Every gardener has certainly heard the rallying cry each recent autumn to “leave the leaves”, invoking us to go gentler with our cleanup to support a diversity of beneficial invertebrates who call the fallen leaves their home.  Now a recently published research study calculates just what the impacts of leaf removal are to which organisms, and also offers insights into how and where in our landscapes we can leave the leaves to create habitat with the most positive impact.   Max Ferlauto, the Maryland state entomologist, is one of the scientists who conducted the new research, and in March this year,... Read More ›]]>
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