A Way to Garden Email Archives ON THIS SIMPLE EMAIL ARCHIVE 'HOMEPAGE'you can catch up on recent emails you may have missed, and sample the kinds of topics I cover each week. Of course, you can always access all the articles referred to and so much more on A Way to Garden. Enjoy!   --Margaret Recent Emails 3 great rudbeckia; grow mushrooms outdoors (the ultimate shade perennial!)  (9/16/2014) easy french onion soup (win 'my paris kitchen' book), plus japanese maples galor  (9/8/2014) layering in more bulbs; hummingbird migration; seed libraries in the headlines   (8/19/2014) roast herbed tomatoes to freeze; easiest sauce; plus: 9/6 harvest-stashing works  (8/11/2014) epimedium madness; good weeds; the august chores; august 16 open day and sale   (8/4/2014) my 7 favorite cheap tools; plus evaluating the best native plants  (7/21/2014) canning-jar giveaway and pickle ideas; buggy backyard whodunit solved; freeze pe  (7/15/2014) plan, and plant, a fall edible garden; baby-bird antics; when is my garlic ready  (7/3/2014) making habitat gardens, with doug tallamy; sweet old mockorange; come hunt moths  (6/24/2014) weed war: mugwort and self-heal, here I come! plus: laurie david's smart-cooking  (6/17/2014) happy 60th to me (a musical online party), plus june 7 tour recap in a slideshow  (6/9/2014) bumblebee 101 (who knew they're annuals?), and other buzz from my garden (open 6  (6/6/2014) june garden chores; rhubarb; make a day of it here saturday (local highlights)  (6/1/2014) grow beets like a pro; martha rose shulman's recipe templates (win her new book!  (5/28/2014) bernd heinrich on 'the homing instinct' (win his new book!); easy asparagus supp  (5/22/2014) easy-to-multiply wildflowers; my open-day recap; good, bad & ugly celandines   (5/18/2014) the right variety for the kitchen-garden job, plus win 'rodale's 21st century h  (5/12/2014) a photo report on early spring, and win deborah madison's massive new cookbook  (5/5/2014) the may garden chores, plus a big how-to and giveaway on unusual geraniums  (4/30/2014) slow down and really look (videos), plus 8 earliest shrubs  (4/27/2014) choicest magnolias and how to prune them, plus asking my elders for some advice   (4/22/2014) design tips from a pro, inspired by nature's layers; plus the wonder of feathers  (4/17/2014) how to grow the tastiest tomato (nature or nurture?); plus plan a garden visit  (4/13/2014) be an expert bluebird landlord; plus a vivid new vegetarian cookbook (win it!)  (4/10/2014) berry-growing 101 with lee reich, plus my smoky bbq black-eyed peas  (4/6/2014) incredible, edible andean tubers, and the april chores (it's a triage ward out t  (4/2/2014) overlooked oldtime flowers, plus a confession: i really binged on seeds   (3/30/2014) intimate look at spring wildflowers (win a guidebook) plus how to grow kale  (3/27/2014) hellebore success; what birds are saying; recap: potato-growing 101   (3/24/2014) soil-texture self-test; cool peas and beans; fight mice and voles (and the lyme   (3/20/2014) garden-design 101: help fine-tuning your yard (and gift certificates for pla  (3/16/2014) hello, nature! welcome pollinators (win a how-to guide), butterflies and birds   (3/13/2014) a cosmic planting calendar, plus my hands-on seed-starting roundup  (3/8/2014) fragrance from climbers (with a giveaway!), plus cast a vote for a way to garden  (3/5/2014) the march garden chores, a real if-and-when list (plus 2 giveaways)  (3/1/2014) more mulch, no sprays (2014 pledge), plus win heirloom dahlias, and a ruth stout  (2/25/2014) headstart on begonias and more tender bulbs; letter #2 on aging (and my old car!  (2/20/2014) what's your top tomato? plus: sow shallots, collect oddball nicotiana, and more  (2/15/2014) a garden abuzz with mint-family stars; love or hate crows?; big seed event  (2/11/2014) how sustainable is your garden? (a self-test); a hot annual vine; when to start   (2/6/2014) what birds eat; the february chores (don't rush!) and more  (2/1/2014) remembering my man jack, plus my 'garden music' (including a song for him)  (1/27/2014) poppies, calendula and seed libraries (win seeds); a new series about aging  (1/22/2014) rescue stored garlic (freeze it!); wide world of kale (a seedy giveaway); gi  (1/18/2014) relaunched! the new a way to garden website (plus the bird who kept me going)  (1/13/2014) north-friendly tomatoes (win seeds); lentil recipes (think: sweet potato shepher  (1/8/2014) an invocation for 2014; ancient heirloom seeds; the january chores  (1/1/2014) southern heirlooms for all gardens (win seed!); my good, bad, ugly 201  (12/29/2013) the role of hybrids (win high mowing seeds!), plus my 1 million visitors' top 20  (12/21/2013) first 2014 seed giveaway, plus dear santa: a battery mower and more cats, please  (12/12/2013) 2 giveaways, lavender caramels, december chores, and a new seed series debuts  (12/5/2013) giant brussels sprouts, tidbits about wild turkeys, and more (happy thanksgiving  (11/26/2013) top trees for the home garden, plus I'm on a cornmeal bender (recipes!)  (11/21/2013) hydrangea paniculata pruning and more q&a's; birds' winter tactics; me on pbs  (11/13/2013) special issue: watch margaret (and jack) on public television!  (11/5/2013) november chores; on being resilient; earthworm 'aha's' (and a book giveaway!)  (11/3/2013) garlic 101, plus make better compost, limit weeds, and prep soil with a smart   (10/26/2013) 7 fall cleanup tasks you can't skip; decoding nature's detail (win my favor  (10/19/2013) a free seed-saving guide, plus 'moosewood' author mollie katzen's latest (win it  (10/12/2013) win liz gilbert's new botanical novel; my use-it-up recipe for 'tomato junk'   (10/8/2013) october's garden chores; plus, win 'saving the season' new preserving guide  (10/2/2013) tomatillo cookoff (yummy jam-like salsa!); 6 things to do now for birds; win 'h  (9/29/2013) stashing tender plants, (and pink applesauce) like mad! the how-to's  (9/24/2013) where are the monarch butterflies (can we help?), plus 3 soups to freeze now  (9/19/2013) can-do canning how-to; martagon lilies (with a touch of lime); anniversary ode t  (9/14/2013) a must-read links list, plus the crazy world of galls and leaf miners (win a fie  (9/5/2013) 6 delicious projects for a 3-day weekend, and september's chores start with a ha  (9/1/2013) solve crabgrass and lawn compaction, organically; plus, new holes in my brassica  (8/29/2013) harvest of how-to: saving tomato seed, easy canning inspiration, and more  (8/25/2013) 650-visitor open day slideshow (egads!); another chance to win a new weed guide  (8/19/2013) weck jar giveaway and harvest-saving tips, plus my attachment to my 'tip bag'  (8/15/2013) bright, bizarre lichen moths; size-xl august bloomers; saturday's open day detai  (8/11/2013) gooseberry lore and more (win a dessert cookbook); fight bindweed and prostrate   (8/6/2013) august garden chores; last call to win 'vegetable literacy' cookbook; fight pond  (8/1/2013) must herbs; making romesco sauce (win 'vegetable literacy'); why birds get quiet  (7/28/2013) a garden essential under $20 (no, not another plant!)  (7/21/2013) trash-to-treasure gates; make a carnivorous mini-bog; come meet the beekman boys  (7/18/2013) macaroni-peas recipe (win a new cookbook!); hummingbird magnet; more fall veg-ga  (7/14/2013) cool it off! freeze the year's herbs, peaches and more now; 2 hot links you'll l  (7/8/2013) the july chores, plus when to harvest garlic and your other questions answered  (7/4/2013) jack's first blog post (growing catnip); daring ways baby birds leave the ne  (6/30/2013) win a new weed-fighting handbook; unusual broccolis like spigarello to sow now  (6/27/2013) purple peapods; freezer-emptying vegetarian chili; and how to keep the vegetable  (6/23/2013) ellen ogden's salad savvy (win her kitchen-garden book!), and more weed i.d.  (6/19/2013) a knockout shrub that can handle anything; biggest bird nests of all, and more   (6/16/2013) year of the succulent (ideas for using them), plus dragonfly 101 (win a fiel  (6/12/2013) hosta 'aha's' with tony avent; rhubarb compote, crumble and syrup (but less suga  (6/6/2013) tuneup time: the june garden chores, plus a magical, must-see cicada video  (6/2/2013) bold container ideas; post-hail sorrel-spinach soup; free lectures saturday  (5/30/2013) what the hail taught me; crow or raven? a q&a on 2 clever birds; open-day update  (5/26/2013) success with hellebores; dividing shade natives; and a magnolia whodunit  (5/22/2013) grow healthy tomatoes (stake and prune them!); the cowslip, a 'must' primula   (5/19/2013) 17-year cicada anxiety? the fascinating facts; plus garden photo tips with ken d  (5/16/2013) vegetarian reubens, the native clove currant, and a tired margaret and garden  (5/12/2013) a close look at bird nests; top crabapples; veggie-garden tips; open garden, pla  (5/9/2013) 6 natives for shade; divide trilliums now; vegetable tips, plus: send advil, and  (5/5/2013) Join our Mailing List!