by Connie Oswald Stofko I am so happy to announce we have our three winners! The winners are: Each winner receives a prize package worth nearly $500! Please shop at our wonderful sponsors that provided these great prizes:…...
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by Lauren Newkirk Maynard Next month, Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com will change hands when Connie Oswald Stofko, publisher, steps into retirement after 16 remarkable years at the helm. To make sure you continue to get great gardening information for Western New York, I’m happy to share that Gardens Buffalo Niagara (GBN) is stepping in to continue the magazine. GBN is the non-profit that brings you Garden Walk Buffalo, East Side Garden Walk, Open Gardens, the Garden Art Sale (and a lot more). I’m…
by Connie Oswald Stofko I still need the third winner in the prize drawing worth almost $500! Could it be you? I haven’t heard from the recent person who was picked, and if I don’t hear from that person on Wednesday, I will have to pick another winner. It could be you, so make sure you look at your email! This year’s package of prizes Our prizes come from our wonderful sponsors. If you are one of the three lucky…...
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Two environmental holidays are coming up next week: Earth Day is on Wednesday, April 22 and Arbor Day is on Friday, April 24. There are a lot of ways to celebrate and help our communities. Take a look at the events listed here. What events have we missed? What do you do to help the environment? Please leave a comment below. Earth Day on the East Side Community Clean-Up Earth Day on the East Side: Community Clean-Up will take place from 9…...
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You don’t need a plot of 40 acres in order to grow food; there’s an increasing number of vegetable varieties that can be grown in containers. Find out more in “This Month in the Garden,” one of the articles in this edition of Gardening Matters, the publication of Master Gardeners in Cornell Cooperative Extension in Erie County. Some of the benefits of gardening in a container are: See more about gardening in containers and other gardening tips in “This Month…...
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Growing seeds indoors can be complicated. That’s why you should see the great information on the page “From Seed to Seedling: What Every Indoor Grower Should Know,” published by the Master Gardeners in Orleans County. For example, you should build a custom planting schedule based on your own location. That means knowing your average last frost date, factoring in how long each variety needs to grow indoors before transplanting, and leaving time for hardening off. It also means considering your…...
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Do you live in the neighborhood of the East Side Garden Walk or Garden Walk Buffalo? Share your landscape with other gardeners! Your garden doesn’t need to be perfect; nobody’s is! And it’s easy to share your garden. There are no entry fees, no fancy rules, no site visits or judging. Garden Walk Buffalo America’s largest garden tour will be celebrating its 32nd year, and you can be part of it. To share your garden, you need to be in…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko This amazing prize drawing is coming to a close. The last day to enter is Tuesday, April 14, just a week away. When you subscribe at Level 2 or 3, you are automatically entered into the prize drawing worth almost $500! Don’t miss out; subscribe today. And tell your friends! Level 2: You may be a winner Annual subscription for $22.79 When you subscribe at Level 2, you might win a prize package worth almost $500! There will…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko Large trees tower over the front lawn of John Dyster and his wife Lyn in Lewiston: a river birch, a redbud and two maples. But that’s nothing compared to the back of the house, which looks like a forest. “It’s always been wooded,” Dyster said, noting that the area has been like that ever since the house was built in 1950. The entire lot size is .62 of an acre, about 116 feet wide and 232…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko What do gardeners in Western New York have in common? They share. They share their seeds. They share their plants. They share their gardening advice. And they share news about Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the best online gardening magazine for Western New York! Do your gardening friends know that when they subscribe at Level 2 or Level 3: Please spread the word! Level 2: You may be a winner Annual subscription for $22.79 When you subscribe at Level 2, you might…...
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