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Show off your garden by sharing your photos on our Your Photos page

Do you have a garden you would like to show off? We have a page, the Your Photos page, dedicated to sharing photos from local gardeners of Western New York. Email us your photos and let other gardeners know what you have been doing. Some photos you can see are birds building their home, a butterfly relaxing on a flower, quirky finds in the garden and activities of garden clubs. Gardener or not, you are more than welcome to send us your…...

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Nov 2, 2015

street trees in autumn in Western New York by Stofko

Make the most of these wonderful autumn leaves in Western New York

by Connie Oswald Stofko This has been a gorgeous autumn with a wonderful display of autumn leaves. Now that those leaves are falling, let’s put them to use. Crunch them for compost or mulch If you have a lawn mower with a bag on it, it’s easy for you to crunch up and collect your fallen leaves. If you don’t have a bag, rake your leaves onto a concrete or asphalt driveway, then go over them with the lawnmower. That…...

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Oct 27, 2015

floral clock photo illustration by Connie Oswald Stofko

Hear 45 Gardening Tips in South Buffalo

by Connie Oswald Stofko I will present “45 Gardening Tips in 45 Minutes” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 upstairs at Dog Ears Bookstore & Cafe, 688 Abbott Rd., South Buffalo. Call 823-book (2665) to reserve your seat. The cafe will be serving until 8 p.m. The talk is sponsored by South Buffalo CREW (Concerned Residents Engaged in Work). In my presentation, I’ll share some of the best tips I discovered as I have interviewed home gardeners and gardening experts…...

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Oct 27, 2015

Learn about braiding, drying white corn at husking bee

by Connie Oswald Stofko A reader once asked me if only Native Americans were allowed to grow white corn. “It’s our traditional food, but anybody can grow it,” said Layfayette Williams, project assistant with the Food is Medicine Project of the Seneca Nation, which aims to improve people’s health through native plants and cultural initiatives. You can learn more about growing white corn and braiding it for drying during a corn husking bee to be held from 1 to 7…...

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Oct 27, 2015

ribbon cutting courtesy Opportunities Unlimited

Opportunities Unlimited opens new greenhouse; hands-on seminar set

A new, larger greenhouse at Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara will not only benefit the horticulture therapy and vocational programs there, but will provide more space for hands-on workshops and other special events for the public. A ribbon cutting for the new Covanta Energy Greenhouse was held on Oct. 12 by Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara, 2510 Niagara Falls Blvd., Wheatfield. “Through this new facility, working spaces have been created for people of all abilities to learn through hands-on experience about many different…...

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Oct 27, 2015

Get free sunchokes & plant them now; tell us how they grew for you

by Connie Oswald Stofko It’s the time of year to harvest sunchokes, also known as Jerusalem artichokes, and for me to share them with local gardeners. I’ll give you some for free, but there’s one catch. You have to pick them up or get someone you know to pick them up. I don’t want to have to mail them. I’m in the Eggertsville area of Amherst. If you don’t get out this way, you probably have a neighbor or cousin…...

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Oct 20, 2015

trowel in garden compost with bushel basket of autumn leaves in Western New York

Free talk at Lockwood’s this Saturday: How to prepare your garden for winter

What should you do now to prepare your yard for the winter? Find out in a free talk at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 at Lockwood’s Greenhouses, 4484 Clark St., Hamburg. Gardening expert Sally Cunningham will present “Gardening 2015, the Final Chapter.” A question-and-answer session will follow. Please register by calling Lockwood’s at 649-4684 by Friday so they can estimate seating. It’s time to close up the garden (mostly) and prepare the yard for winter, Cunningham said. She will review…...

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Oct 20, 2015

Workshops set for farmers and enthusiasts in Jamestown

Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County’s Agriculture Program will host a series of farming workshops called L.E.A.F. (Learn. Empower. Achieve. Grow.) for homesteaders, agriculture enthusiasts, established farms that are looking to diversify, beginning farmers and everyone in between. Classes generally will be held at the Frank W. Bratt Agriculture Center, 3542 Turner Rd., Jamestown. It is not necessary for participants to attend each class, so you can choose which classes you would like to participate in. Registration is required. The classes and fees are:…...

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Oct 20, 2015

Deadline is Nov. 30 to submit photos, art to state Arbor Day contest

Photos and illustrations are being accepted through Nov. 30 for the New York State 2016 Arbor Day Poster Contest. Get the submission form here. Throughout the years, the beautiful Arbor Day posters have become collector’s items for many. More than 100,000 copies of the 2016 poster will be printed. They will be distributed to 3,500 schools, at the State Fair and at other locations. The winning artist will be recognized at the state’s Arbor Day celebration on April 29. Details…...

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Oct 20, 2015

Morty the corpse flower makes a second appearance, this time as a leaf

by Connie Oswald Stofko Morty, the corpse flower or Amorphophallus titanum plant that dazzled visitors last summer when it sent up a 7 ½-foot bloom that smelled like garbage, is making a second appearance at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens– this time as a leaf. Morty joins two other rare Amorphophallus titanum plants that are on display at the Botanical Gardens. While all the corms (or bulbs) from which these plants grew were purchased at the same time,…...

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Oct 13, 2015