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<title>Approaching the end for the gardening season</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 10, 2012) It&apos;s been a tough season for flowers and vegetables, and for the gardeners who nurture them. Some things have flourished, it&apos;s true: see our All In blog post, &quot;Late summer garden...and my new motto,&quot; from Ellen Rocco. But mostly, it&apos;s been too dry, really hot, and buggy.Martha Foley talks with Cornell Cooperative Extension&apos;s Amy Ivy about cleaning out a dried out flower garden, and looking ahead to next year. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20452/20120910/approaching-the-end-for-the-gardening-season">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Garden spider is intimidating, but a friend to gardeners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 20, 2012) One of the largest and brightest spiders found in and around gardens in the North Country is the garden spider, also known as the black-and-yellow spider.  They&apos;re big and kind of intimidating, but horticulturist Amy Ivy says they are harmless to humans and helpful to gardeners.  She spoke with Todd Moe about garden variety spiders. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20336/20120820/garden-spider-is-intimidating-but-a-friend-to-gardeners">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>USDA releases new gardening zone map</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 30, 2012) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map.  It&apos;s an update of a useful tool for gardeners.  Clinton and Essex County Cornell Cooperative Extension Service Horticulturist Amy Ivy says it&apos;s a &quot;great piece of the gardening puzzle&quot; in the North Country, but not the whole story.  She spoke with Todd Moe. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19214/20120130/usda-releases-new-gardening-zone-map">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>From the big city to a dirt road—and loving it!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 27, 2011) Margaret Roach, former editorial director of Martha Stewart Living turned blogger, has done what some urbanites only dream about – traded a busy career for life in the country.  Roach left New York City and the magazine design world a few years ago for a quieter life filled with two lifelong passions: gardening and writing.  She’ll give a talk at St. Eustace Church in Lake Placid on Saturday (2-4 pm), titled &quot;Nonstop Plants: a Garden for 365 Days.&quot;  The event is a fundraiser for the Lake Placid Community Beautification.  You’ll find tickets at The Bookstore Plus.  She also sign copies of her latest book, And I Shall Have Some Peace There.For more than twenty years Margaret Roach has been working on the gardens at her place in Columbia County, near the Berkshires.   She spoke with Todd Moe about gardening and finding solitude. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18084/20110727/from-the-big-city-to-a-dirt-road-and-loving-it">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pruning: details and strategy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 11, 2011) As promised, Amy Ivy shares more about pruning in her weekly conversation with Martha Foley. Fist, she says, know what you want to accomplish. Plus some detail about the two types of hydrangeas: blue or white. It&apos;s important to know which is which. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17462/20110411/pruning-details-and-strategy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>In the garden: already time for a clean-up</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 7, 2010) No rest for the weary gardeners! This time of year, it&apos;s all about getting things really set for the growing season. The vegetable seeds and transplants go in. The perennials are divided. The mulch goes down. The trellises are back in place, and fences are mended. But it&apos;s not quite all about anticipation...there&apos;s some clean-up to be done, too. Cornell Cooperative Extension horticulturist Amy Ivy has tips on daffodils, tulips and all those volunteers. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15783/20100607/in-the-garden-already-time-for-a-clean-up">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Heavy snow means winter yard maintenance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 1, 2010) Trees and shrubs are suffering the consequences of well over a foot of wet, heavy snow brought by back-to-back storms last week, not to mention the heavy winds in between. Horticulturist Amy Ivy says it&apos;s not a crisis — like a heavy ice storm might be. And she told Martha Foley that early March isn&apos;t really a bad time for pruning away the damage. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15304/20100301/heavy-snow-means-winter-yard-maintenance">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Big news from small seeds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 27, 2008) Students at an Ontario school are hoping they&apos;ve set a new world record for taking the most sunflower seeds to the top of Mount Everest. 5,000 seeds were sent from Winchester Public School to the top of the world&apos;s tallest mountain. Climber Justin Merle reached the peak last Friday carrying the seeds in his pack.  Now, they&apos;ll be sent to schools across North America.  Todd Moe has more on the &quot;Seeds to Everest&quot; project and its goal of inspiring a love for gardening and the environment. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/11471/20080527/big-news-from-small-seeds">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>More chores in the perennial patch</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 5, 2008) Martha Foley and horticulturist Amy Ivy talk about dividing and controlling perennials in the garden, especially some of the older plants and plots. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/11371/20080505/more-chores-in-the-perennial-patch">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Books:  Gardens Adirondack Style</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 1, 2005) Adirondack gardens, historic and contemporary, are profiled in the new book, Gardens Adirondack Style.  It&apos;s the first book from photographer and writer Janet Loughrey. Loughery grew up in Glens Falls and lives in Portland, Oregon. She told Todd Moe the book profiles gardeners who have overcome the region&apos;s rugged mountain climate. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5978/20050801/books-gardens-adirondack-style">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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