I have watched Growner a Greener World on TV for YEARS and I have never seen these Margaret Roach episodes - so glad I get to see them now. Thank you for featuring her and her wonderful approach to gardening.
You're all as a Family involved into an amazing project of protection of our planet, plants, animals, flowers and the nature as whole, stay firm in your vital Job and the following generation will thank you 😊
Very enlightening episode, Joe. Margaret's discussion about the ecosystem and how important it is for gardeners to play our part in preserving what Nature wisely has developed. Maybe if we could learn to live in harmony with our environments, we can learn to live in harmony with each other. Something to definitely think about. Beautifully filmed and edited video.
A really stellar episode! I greatly admire Margaret Roach (what a treat to see a walk about tour of her property - kind of like visiting on one of her Open Garden days), and I have dabbled with Cornell’s programs, apps, and educational content. Now I want to dive in deeper! Thank you.
Thanks for putting your show on utube! Used to watch on PBS ,they either moved to another timeslot or took it off cuz there used to be other garden shows on PBS , I really enjoy your show !
I began doing it maybe two years ago, leaving the dead stuff up, and while overall the number of birds that come to my yard has decreased over the years.. I notice they linger longer. I use the leaves as mulch in my yard and I enjoy watching them go back and forth with bugs in their mouth. I also cut back on the chemicals i used and i had A LOT more bugs this year. The few bats I've seen seem to enjoy that.
I'd love to be a part of this world. I want to bring more nature to my backyard but I live in zone 9 and it never fails we have a cold winter snap that devastates my plants and I can't afford to replace plants every year. It's so frustrating because nature brings so much calm to my soul.
Recently a new study has shown we have lost billions of birds since 1970 due to increased herbicides, pesticides & loss of habitat so keep doing these shows. I have been doing The Great Backyard Bird Count for 20 yrs. & have seen a profound decline in #'s & species even though my city is a bird sanctuary but it is not enforced.
I live in Charleston and they are cutting trees down so fast, i have a ton of birds in my yard and next door at my neighbors because he has a yard full of trees (I only have one -one big one). I have never seen so many beautiful birds up close. It is awesome. I want to do something to house them.
@@mona3367 That's too bad about the trees! Plant more trees, shrubs, perennials and groundcover for food, nesting, and shelter - goes much further than birdhouses do. They need a water source too (birdbaths, ponds, etc.) Believe me they will come to your yard as a refuge and raise their young! Good luck to you!
Am I the only who watches these videos not only for the great content and quality, but also because Joe is a treat for the eyes? His wife is a lucky lady!
Would be nice if there was some information provided regarding the plants in Roach’s landscape. ... something like a simple pop up or something saying what the various plants y’all were walking by.
I know I am going to enjoy this episode. I love all of your episodes but with the report coming out that we've lost so many bird species, this is crucial that we help rebuild their environment.
what about tics? i have an infestation of tics. can i use cedar spray in the yard? I am alarmed at the lack of bees and other pollinators in my yard this year too. my yard is wild. just rogue. so i expected lots of bugs. ( besides these tics)
Great episode and garden! I would love to know some of the names of grasses used in the naturalized garden areas. Do you know of a resource to find some grass alternatives? If it helps, I am about 50 miles NE of Atlanta, zone 7b/8a.
You could contact AmericanMeadows.com and see if they can suggest appropriate grasses. They were featured this Saturday in episode 1011. And Margaret Roach's website, awaytogarden.com may also have some ideas if you search "meadow" or "grasses".
Such a challenge for young people interested in helping the ecosystem, since most of us can’t afford land. If we do buy a house, it’s hard to justify buying a house on enough land to do much with. For example if I want a house on half an acre, the taxes are going to be so high every year and the extra land in my area is going to cost an extra $80k. After a while, listening to conservationists try to tell homeowners how to change their landscaping is getting a little hard to hear. My house shades a lot of my land. If I’m supposed to plant a native tree, it’s going to take up my entire yard eventually, and I won’t be able to have my flowering plants for pollinators because I’m going to have 80% shade in my front yard. This is a beautiful feature and i admire the interest and expertise of the gardener in this video, but I wish our older generations really had any idea how badly we want to help and how powerless we really feel when we can’t own land the way they did. We are smart and we care so much, but we’re often renting places that are minimally maintained because investors outbid us and offer to rent to us instead, there’s no affordable homes for young families, just rent to be collected by the largest generation.
Don’t give up. Buy what you can afford with the expectation that some day you will be able to acquire more. But whatever you can swing, be sure to do the right thing and plant accordingly to what the conditions in the yard allow. Something is better than nothing. If everyone has your attitude, all is lost! So please keep you mind open to the concept. Look up Doug Tallamys “Natures Best Hope” on TH-cam. You know what I’m saying once you watch it. Please take the time to look it up. Or spread the word once you do to help the cause.
Hello Joe, I hope you’re well, and I hope the new classes go well. Here where I live there is a large native pollinator project underway at Penn State University. Perhaps this might be a good show topic at some point, whether it’s Growing A Greener World or your podcast? Here’s some background info: radio.wpsu.org/post/new-pollinator-and-bird-garden-will-expand-penn-state-arboretum-60-0 Thanks for making such great meaningful content on your shows! John Lundy
Since most birds eat insects and small mammals, I disagree that birds are the first to be effected by ecological change. Most people love the birds but actively work to destroy their food.
Your comment makes no sense! If birds eat insects and native vegetation and we are constantly taking over their space with urban development and we apply pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides that kill some of the native species they feed on, how can you not agree that birds are the first to be Affected by ecological change?
Great informational video! Citizen science is great but reliability of species identification should be examined and questioned or require photo verification in circumstances. Citizen science and its application to research and even regulation is theoretically more fantastic than what it actually is. Quality control of data is vital and information being received has to be correct Just to use as an example, how many species of sparrows are there? I have a background of taxonomy and I still have trouble with organisms relatively common or encountered fairly regularly, particularly when discerning them between a closely related species. Mimic shiners sand shiners and channel shiners as a fish guy are just one example.
I have watched Growner a Greener World on TV for YEARS and I have never seen these Margaret Roach episodes - so glad I get to see them now. Thank you for featuring her and her wonderful approach to gardening.
You’re welcome. This is exactly why we are making all of our episode accessible. So glad you enjoyed this. We have more Margaret episodes coming soon.
You're all as a Family involved into an amazing project of protection of our planet, plants, animals, flowers and the nature as whole, stay firm in your vital Job and the following generation will thank you 😊
Will do!! Thanks. 👍
Oh, if only our earth had many, many more Margarets!!! God bless her!
We have taken so much from Nature and its time to give back.
let grass grow for a start, then plant hedges and bushes and put feed out on feeders and watch nature start to thrive.
Very enlightening episode, Joe. Margaret's discussion about the ecosystem and how important it is for gardeners to play our part in preserving what Nature wisely has developed. Maybe if we could learn to live in harmony with our environments, we can learn to live in harmony with each other. Something to definitely think about. Beautifully filmed and edited video.
A really stellar episode! I greatly admire Margaret Roach (what a treat to see a walk about tour of her property - kind of like visiting on one of her Open Garden days), and I have dabbled with Cornell’s programs, apps, and educational content. Now I want to dive in deeper! Thank you.
Great video, thank you for all the tips and insight.
I love this episode and all the beautiful birds.
Thanks for putting your show on utube! Used to watch on PBS ,they either moved to another timeslot or took it off cuz there used to be other garden shows on PBS , I really enjoy your show !
Wow - what a garden Margaret has! Wonderful episode. Fantastic information and advice - thanks.
Getting ready to go out and do some yard clean-up. Now rethinking how to do this. Leaving more for the birds!
I began doing it maybe two years ago, leaving the dead stuff up, and while overall the number of birds that come to my yard has decreased over the years.. I notice they linger longer. I use the leaves as mulch in my yard and I enjoy watching them go back and forth with bugs in their mouth. I also cut back on the chemicals i used and i had A LOT more bugs this year. The few bats I've seen seem to enjoy that.
It's a good idea to leave that debris for the birds and other insects to overwinter. You can do your big clean up in early spring. Thanks, Beverly.
Love this!! Thanks for posting on TH-cam for those of us without TVs!
Absolutely stunning garden! In very good taste.
I love, love, love this episode & all the info. I plan on watching it many times.
Thank you Beth!
this video inspired me to buy her book
Great episode Joe.This would be a great workshop for my communitygarden.
Thanks, Charlie! Hope you do have a workshop on this. Great idea.
I'd love to be a part of this world. I want to bring more nature to my backyard but I live in zone 9 and it never fails we have a cold winter snap that devastates my plants and I can't afford to replace plants every year. It's so frustrating because nature brings so much calm to my soul.
Don't use poison and let nature grow it's things.
Are you growing native plants? Are you planting in spring?
I'm in zone 9 too, so I get your frustration.
Recently a new study has shown we have lost billions of birds since 1970 due to increased herbicides, pesticides & loss of habitat so keep doing these shows. I have been doing The Great Backyard Bird Count for 20 yrs. & have seen a profound decline in #'s & species even though my city is a bird sanctuary but it is not enforced.
I live in Charleston and they are cutting trees down so fast, i have a ton of birds in my yard and next door at my neighbors because he has a yard full of trees (I only have one -one big one). I have never seen so many beautiful birds up close. It is awesome. I want to do something to house them.
@@mona3367 That's too bad about the trees! Plant more trees, shrubs, perennials and groundcover for food, nesting, and shelter - goes much further than birdhouses do. They need a water source too (birdbaths, ponds, etc.) Believe me they will come to your yard as a refuge and raise their young! Good luck to you!
@@sherriianiro747 oh thank you for the information. If I remember, I will keep you posted.
I'm interested in gardening in similar way when teaching my kids we need to save the monarch Butterflies. I got hooked into a green thumb life
Great information. Well presented.
Am I the only who watches these videos not only for the great content and quality, but also because Joe is a treat for the eyes? His wife is a lucky lady!
I clean up early spring so there is more of a natural habitat in my yard.... Still leaving a few more wilder spaces along fence lines
The birds that lived at that First Ladies house are similar to what live in my yard in northern Ontario. Where does she live? I love birds.
Would be nice if there was some information provided regarding the plants in Roach’s landscape. ... something like a simple pop up or something saying what the various plants y’all were walking by.
At 2:07, the bird is sitting in a Japanese Barberry, which is an invasive alien plant. Aside from that, this episode is spot on.
Good eye on the barberry🤠.
Is that a patch of Japanese knotweed at 15:27?
I know I am going to enjoy this episode. I love all of your episodes but with the report coming out that we've lost so many bird species, this is crucial that we help rebuild their environment.
Thanks, Nina. I agree. More important than ever!
what about tics? i have an infestation of tics. can i use cedar spray in the yard? I am alarmed at the lack of bees and other pollinators in my yard this year too. my yard is wild. just rogue. so i expected lots of bugs. ( besides these tics)
Yay!
Great episode and garden! I would love to know some of the names of grasses used in the naturalized garden areas. Do you know of a resource to find some grass alternatives? If it helps, I am about 50 miles NE of Atlanta, zone 7b/8a.
You could contact AmericanMeadows.com and see if they can suggest appropriate grasses. They were featured this Saturday in episode 1011. And Margaret Roach's website, awaytogarden.com may also have some ideas if you search "meadow" or "grasses".
Such a challenge for young people interested in helping the ecosystem, since most of us can’t afford land. If we do buy a house, it’s hard to justify buying a house on enough land to do much with.
For example if I want a house on half an acre, the taxes are going to be so high every year and the extra land in my area is going to cost an extra $80k.
After a while, listening to conservationists try to tell homeowners how to change their landscaping is getting a little hard to hear.
My house shades a lot of my land. If I’m supposed to plant a native tree, it’s going to take up my entire yard eventually, and I won’t be able to have my flowering plants for pollinators because I’m going to have 80% shade in my front yard.
This is a beautiful feature and i admire the interest and expertise of the gardener in this video, but I wish our older generations really had any idea how badly we want to help and how powerless we really feel when we can’t own land the way they did. We are smart and we care so much, but we’re often renting places that are minimally maintained because investors outbid us and offer to rent to us instead, there’s no affordable homes for young families, just rent to be collected by the largest generation.
Don’t give up. Buy what you can afford with the expectation that some day you will be able to acquire more. But whatever you can swing, be sure to do the right thing and plant accordingly to what the conditions in the yard allow. Something is better than nothing. If everyone has your attitude, all is lost! So please keep you mind open to the concept. Look up Doug Tallamys “Natures Best Hope” on TH-cam. You know what I’m saying once you watch it. Please take the time to look it up. Or spread the word once you do to help the cause.
Landscaping should become a thing of the past. Ecoscaping should take its place in urban, suburban and rural areas.
Why am I paying for TH-cam ad free and then get ads embedded?
Hello Joe,
I hope you’re well, and I hope the new classes go well.
Here where I live there is a large native pollinator project underway at Penn State University.
Perhaps this might be a good show topic at some point, whether it’s Growing A Greener World or your podcast?
Here’s some background info:
radio.wpsu.org/post/new-pollinator-and-bird-garden-will-expand-penn-state-arboretum-60-0
Thanks for making such great meaningful content on your shows!
John Lundy
Since most birds eat insects and small mammals, I disagree that birds are the first to be effected by ecological change.
Most people love the birds but actively work to destroy their food.
Your comment makes no sense! If birds eat insects and native vegetation and we are constantly taking over their space with urban development and we apply pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides that kill some of the native species they feed on, how can you not agree that birds are the first to be Affected by ecological change?
Great informational video!
Citizen science is great but reliability of species identification should be examined and questioned or require photo verification in circumstances. Citizen science and its application to research and even regulation is theoretically more fantastic than what it actually is. Quality control of data is vital and information being received has to be correct
Just to use as an example, how many species of sparrows are there? I have a background of taxonomy and I still have trouble with organisms relatively common or encountered fairly regularly, particularly when discerning them between a closely related species. Mimic shiners sand shiners and channel shiners as a fish guy are just one example.
Thanks for the info! These are excellent points! 👍
Whow
No matter what I do to better my garden, my neighbor whose backyard is attached to mine uses so much round up. He won’t stop🥺🥺🥺😫😫😫
Well round up casues cancer and arthritis so, you have that for closure