157-How to Prevent Weed Overwhelm: A Practical Organic Approach for Real Results, With Margaret Roach
The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l
Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
This week, I invited one of my longtime friends - and frequent podcast guests - to join me to share some additional weed management wisdom. Today, we explore how to prevent weed overwhelm with a practical organic approach for real results, with Margaret Roach. Applying her practice of a little good, old fashioned research and new-age-y mindfulness can elevate our skills against this eternal garden problem to a Zen Weed Master level.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.7 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.1 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.5 | Joe Lampel. |
| 0:19.5 | Hi everybody, this is Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner |
| 0:23.4 | Show. |
| 0:24.4 | This week I invited one of my longtime friends and frequent podcast guests, Margaret |
| 0:28.8 | Roach, to join me to share some additional weed management wisdom. |
| 0:32.6 | Two weeks ago the podcast touched on tools and techniques for battling weeds, and last |
| 0:37.3 | week's podcast was a reminder that a blanket of mulch can prevent many weeds from ever |
| 0:42.0 | getting started. |
| 0:43.0 | Well, today we explore how a little good old fashion research and a sheer determination |
| 0:48.2 | to figure it out can elevate our skills against this eternal garden problem. |
| 0:52.9 | And if you are familiar with Margaret Roach by now, allow me to introduce you to her. |
| 0:56.9 | She's a prestigious writer, former executive vice president and editorial director for Martha |
| 1:01.2 | Stewart Living, Gardner extraordinaire, and she takes a mean photograph too. |
| 1:05.9 | She lives on a 2.3 acre property in upstate New York, managing it to a spectacular effect |
| 1:11.1 | and largely on her own, which is why in case you're wondering, I'm interviewing Margaret |
| 1:15.4 | about weed management. |
| 1:17.0 | It's very simple. |
| 1:18.0 | She's so good at it. |
| 1:19.3 | She's got it figured out because she knew she had to. |
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