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The Buffalo News
- The ever-changing gardener, from beginner to expert 9/30/11
I meet and advise gardeners at all ages and stages of their lives: eager beginners, passionate plant collectors, first-time homeowners wanting basic landscaping, retirees trying to simplify, and seniors who can’t physically do what they once did... - Bulbs are a gift that keep on giving 9/23/11
As a young bride moving into my first house, I received one of the nicest presents –some bags of bulbs and bone meal. I wasn’t much of a gardener yet... - Time to pick the plants to bring indoors 9/16/11
As summer wanes, gardeners are patrolling their decks and gardens with sad, puzzled faces. The houseplants have never looked better, green and lush from a wonderful August with cool nights and enough rain... - Embrace color in your fall garden 9/9/11
Western New York has become deservedly famous for colorful summer gardens, but frankly we have room for improvement in our fall presentation.. - Busting a few myths about fall gardening 9/1/11
Traditionally, we have learned our gardening beliefs, rules and habits from family members and neighbors -- "over the back fence," we used to say -- and from classes and books... - Plant a garden that welcomes nature's insect pollinators 8/26/11
Elementary school teachers and naturalists preach that insects are our friends, but we still have a largely insect-phobic culture. When Mom screeches upon seeing a bee, when Uncle Joe kills every insect he sees and when the horror movie features giant spiders, little Johnnie learns fear... - Know what you want, then pick your plants 8/19/11
In gardening, as in everything else, one needs to try to imagine what the future holds. Think about whether you are planting a garden or landscape for immediate use or for the long-term. - Problems that crop up as harvest nears 8/12/11
Vegetable and flower gardens can be a joy or a disappointment. In August, some common problems reach an ugly climax. Suddenly your tomatoes or zinnias show awful symptoms and go down quickly... - Secrets of those extraordinary gardens 8/5/11
Last Sunday in Buffalo I dare-say more people visited gardens than on any other day, ever, anywhere in the United States for Garden Walk Buffalo, the final event of the second National Garden Festival. - What needs doing versus what can wait 7/29/11
Whether you’re hosting Garden Walk Buffalo visitors or keeping up your own patch of heaven, you have to choose: What’s important to do now? And what can wait?... - Talks, tweets or tours: the social side of gardening 7/1/11
Riddle: Every day during the past week I’ve been into gardening, but I haven’t pulled a weed, lifted a shovel or placed a plant. How can that be?
Buffalo Spree magazine
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| Monkshood - a favorite fall flower. |
- You can design your own landscape - but should you? 3/11
Every gardener loves an unplanted area—a blank canvas where the garden can spread out and those great new plants you’ve been wanting to try can find a home... - Microorganisms: Making miracles in the soil 1/11
In the 1958 textbook Introduction to Soils, there is one modest chapter about life in the soil, and that’s about all the “Ag” students got... - How to grow when the soil says no 6/11
Most gardeners or homeowners, however, aren’t taking the course or reading the book. Instead they go out in the yard, decide where some flowers or vegetables might look good, and go to it... - The Dirt: Best of WNY, the plant edition 7/11
Asking me to come up with a “Twenty Best” list for the garden is as difficult as wanting a gourmand to name just ten favorite dishes. So many plants, so little time and space... - COOL STUFF: Celebrating a summer of gardens 5/10
What if Buffalo were famous for gardens, and people came from far and wide to see them? And what if they came all summer long? Here’s the good news: The first part is mostly true.
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| My own Calliparpa (Beauty Berry). |
Online
- Lockwood's Greenhouses' Online Articles
Western New York's Sally Cunningham, having made her way in the world with her organic gardening expertise, is an enthusiastic master gardener and knowledgeable expert full of passion... - There's a lot to do in fall garden 8/30/11
As the kids go back to school and the calendar page turns to September, many gardeners and homeowners seem to hear a bell that says “The End. That’s it. Close up the garden.” And that’s just wrong...
