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I’ve been a happy garlic gardener for maybe 10 years now. I’ve found it to be among the easiest, most reliable things one can plant. Prep a bed, stick cloves in around October (more or less), keep the weeds down come spring, harvest and...
Two good dumps of deep snow in Ottawa should make skiing a top priority. But I’ve been laid up with a persistant cold and need to lull the pesky germs into remission. Looking for a low-energy pick-me-up, out came the seed catalogs. An earthy...
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Gardening news doesn’t usually rise to the urgency of real breaking news, but the appearance of late blight in the region is just that serious for the many growers and gardeners who rely on their tomato and potato crops.
This morning, Amy Ivy...
Just a quick shout out here to encourage you to tell me how your early garden looks: what’s doing well, what isn’t. In my years of gardening, one thing remains constant: there are dramatic differences in how things grow each year. So...
News stories tagged with "gardening"
The Autumn Leaves: Landscaping in the Fall
Oct 28, 2002 — Martha Foley and horticulturist Amy Ivy talk about autumn landscaping. Shubbery and berries come into their own this time of year. Go to full article
The Winter Garden
Oct 21, 2002 — The first hard freeze of the season was last week, and now there's snow in the forecast. What's going on? Martha Foley talks with horticulturist Amy Ivy about preparing the garden and lawn for winter. Go to full article
Hard Freeze: The Growing Season Ends
Oct 14, 2002 — Martha Foley talks with horticulturist Amy Ivy about the first frost, a time to say good by to bright perennials and favorite herbs; and a final day to do some garden cleanup. What should you clean out and what do you leave? Go to full article
The Fall Garden: Thinking Ahead to Spring
Sep 30, 2002 — Martha Foley talks with horticulturist Amy Ivy about planting bulbs for next summer's garden. Go to full article
Fall Gardening: A Good Time to Plan for Next Spring
Sep 23, 2002 — Martha Foley talks with Horticulturist Amy Ivy about autumn garden cleanup and planning for a new growing season: From moving and dividing perennials to mapping out new garden plots. Amy also recommends the book, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques, by Tracy Disabato-Aust. Go to full article
Garden Farewell
Sep 20, 2002 — It's still so surprisingly warm, days around 80 and no night frost means the gardening season is lasting well beyond what we expect in the North Country, but soon enough it'll be over, time to say goodbye to the tomatoes and the cosmos. From our archives, here's a celebration of the change of season from another year, 1989 Go to full article
Late Summer Gardening: It's Not Over Yet!
Sep 16, 2002 — Martha Foley talks with horticulturist Amy Ivy about the warm, late summer and the extended gardening season. Go to full article
Dishing the Dirt on Composting
Sep 09, 2002 — Martha Foley and horticulturist Amy Ivy talk about home composting: design, location, good dirt and gardening. Go to full article
September Gardening: It's not too late!
Sep 03, 2002 — Martha Foley talks with horticulturist Amy Ivy about late summer additions to the garden. Go to full article
Call-in: Gardening with Amy Ivy
Aug 26, 2002 — Amy Ivy, Horticulturist with the Clinton/Essex County Cooperative Extension Service, answers listener questions on gardening. Go to full article
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