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No nails needed to make heart-shaped trellis

by Connie Oswald Stofko If you need a slightly larger trellis or just want a slightly different shape, try this heart-shaped trellis. Take two trellises that are curved on the top. Instead of inserting them into the ground straight up, insert one at an angle to the left and the other at an angle to the right. Use a couple of bungee cords to hold them together. You have a heart-shaped trellis. This tip is from Jennifer Guercio of Buffalo,…...

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Jan 21, 2014

Evergreen Health Victorian Garden in Buffalo NY by Jim Charlier

Grants available from Garden Walk Buffalo; deadline is Feb. 15

Applications are now being accepted for Garden Walk Buffalo Marvin Lunenfeld Beautification Grants, named for Garden Walk Buffalo’s founder. These grants have helped fund dozens of garden beautification projects across the West Side of Buffalo for a total of more than $50,000 in the last several years. Completed applications are due Feb. 15. Get a application here or call 716-247-5004 to have one mailed to you. To be eligible, the project has to be in the footprint of Garden Walk…...

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Jan 21, 2014

Quirky way to add color to your winter garden: Frozen spheres molded inside balloons

by Connie Oswald Stofko If you want to add color to a winter garden, try this easy craft project that even kids can do. The instructions are pretty simple. Take a balloon, squirt some food coloring inside the balloon, then add water the way you would if you were making water balloons during the summer. As you add water, the food coloring will get mixed. Put the balloon outside and let it freeze. When the water is frozen solid, snip…...

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Dec 17, 2013

It’s been a great year for gardening in WNY, and we’ll see you after a short break

by Connie Oswald Stofko This is our last issue for 2013, but we’ll be back with more great gardening tips for Western New York on Tuesday, Jan. 21. In the meantime, I’ll be posting any new events I receive on the Events page. I’ll also post to Facebook and Pinterest, so you can follow me there. I think 2013 has been a great gardening year. It wasn’t without its challenges, of course. We had some wild swings in temperature during…...

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Dec 17, 2013

What can you do about pesky fruit flies? Please help this reader

by Connie Oswald Stofko Here’s a question from a reader: Dear Connie, We are annoyed by fruit flies. I have a few in every room. I have put out small dishes of apple cider vinegar, commercial “fruit fly trap,” sprayed the dirt in my plants with bug spray, no change. I have no fruit or food on counters. Actually, I think there are none in the kitchen, however, they are in the bathroom (no plants there). There is no one…...

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Dec 17, 2013

Poinsettia, train exhibits continue at Botanical Gardens; Dec. 29 is Dollar Day

Whether you’re looking for something to do with the kids, entertaining out-of-town relatives or just want someplace warm and relaxing to go over the holidays, stop by to see the poinsettia and garden railway exhibits at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday; 10 a.m. to noon Christmas Eve, Dec. 24; closed Christmas day, Dec. 25, and open 10 a.m. to noon New Year’s Eve,…...

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Dec 17, 2013

Houseplants gone wild: It’s fascinating to see them in nature

by Connie Oswald Stofko When my nephew got married this spring in his bride’s home state of Hawaii, I had the pleasure of traveling there for the big event. Besides the beaches and mountains and, of course, the beauty of the bride, one of the things that impressed me was being able to walk around outside and see plants that we know only as houseplants. The first time I had experienced this kind of thing was when we visited friends…...

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Dec 10, 2013

Celery update: It’s not going strong, but amazingly, it’s still growing!

by Connie Oswald Stofko Back in March I told you how to start a new celery plant from the celery stump. In September I harvested some of the stalks, but then I left the plant outside to see what it would do. We had a long and mild autumn, and through most of November, the celery plant looked pretty much the same way it did in September– see photo at right. Then we got that cold snap with temperatures in…...

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Dec 10, 2013

New spring Cherry Blossom Festival in Buffalo needs funding by Dec. 31

A small, informal event– a Cherry Blossom Viewing Picnic— was held for a single day in May this year to celebrate the blooming of the cherry trees in the Japanese Garden located in Delaware Park. But that was just a taste of things to come. The Friends of the Japanese Garden of Buffalo are planning a full-fledged Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival for 2014 with an entire week of events, including gardening speakers, a Japanese tea ceremony, boat rides so you…...

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Dec 10, 2013

Good news: Funding completed for scenic overlook in Town of Aurora

Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians will be able to enjoy the view at a scenic overlook to be constructed on Mill Road in the Town of Aurora thanks to the successful conclusion of a three-year fundraising effort. The Friends of Mill Road, in partnership with the Western New York Land Conservancy and the Town of Aurora, announced that the John R. Oishei Foundation has awarded the Mill Road Scenic Overlook project $75,000, completing the fundraising for the project. The Mill Road…...

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Dec 10, 2013