Just learned of a fabulous workshop on designing with native plants for the Finger Lakes and upstate New York. Here's a brief synopsis of the offerings: Creating Habitats for Birds on Properties Large and Small Stephen W. Kress, National Audubon Society and Lab of Ornithology Learn how to attract birds using the native plants they [...]
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Goldenrod: This native plant should be kept out of the garden
October 9, 2008 – Posted in: Garden chores, Native/Invasive, Pests, Plagues, and VarmintsGoldenrod is my enemy There, I've said it. I don't care if goldenrod is a native plant; it is no longer welcome in my gardens. I tried to be understanding, truly, I did, but it just did not want to play nice with the other plants. It did not want to play at all: total [...]
Native Plant Resources for Central and Upstate NY
March 4, 2008 – Posted in: Book reviews, Habitat gardening, Native/InvasiveIn 1878, Sherman Stowell sold to Elizabeth Brockett 30 acres of land which he had earlier purchased from George Jennings. I now live and garden with my family on some of that land, which Jennings or Stowell, or perhaps Ms. Brockett, had cleared of trees to make pasture. The forest is growing back, but it’s [...]
Bending the Rules, Planting Shrubs
April 16, 2006 – Posted in: Acquisitions, Garden chores, Native/Invasive, Plant infoWhen we last left our gardener, she had just received her Fedco shrub order, shortly after removing one and a half pounds of dock root from the spot where she wanted to plant her Hydrangea 'Endless Summer.' Have you ever had a gardening project turn into a Project? Heh. If you've been gardening any length [...]
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