'Gardening Can Be Murder' Book - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - Nov. 20, 2023

November 17, 2023 00:28:02
'Gardening Can Be Murder' Book - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - Nov. 20, 2023
MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN
'Gardening Can Be Murder' Book - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - Nov. 20, 2023

Nov 17 2023 | 00:28:02

/

Show Notes

I don't think I've read a mystery novel since the “Nancy Drew” books of my long-ago childhood, though I will confess to having watched more than a few who-done-it TV series over the years, most of them from the BBC. 

But I never noticed how many mystery writers, from Edgar Allen Poe to Agatha Christie, incorporated elements of the garden into their tales of intrigue. 

Today's guest picked up on all the clues in their stories, and many others, and put them together in her own latest book, titled “Gardening Can Be Murder.” In each of her many books, “New York Times” bestselling author Marta McDowell digs into the way that plants have influenced some of our most cherished writers, including Beatrix Potter, Emily Dickinson, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Now she's focused her latest one on mystery writers, and how they, too, have often drawn influence from the garden and its plants. 

Other Episodes

Episode

March 31, 2018 00:26:32
Episode Cover

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - April 2 - Joe Lamp'l on DIY Cattle Panel Projects

I’m not the most DIY type ever, but my friend Joe Lamp’l promises me that even I, armed with a $20 bolt cutter and...

Listen

Episode 0

November 16, 2022 00:26:48
Episode Cover

Fall and Winter Fragrance With Ken Druse-A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach November 21, 2022

Winter cold has just finally descended here, and I am already missing the smells of the growing season—from the range of flowers to just...

Listen

Episode

September 06, 2024 00:28:11
Episode Cover

Soil-Supporting Advice, With the Real Organic Project - A Way to Garden, With Margaret Roach - Sept. 9, 2024

Organic farming and gardening have always been based on the principle of “feed the soil, not the plant.” In a recent interview, I got...

Listen