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Did you win our prize drawing? The suspense continues!

by Connie Oswald Stofko I know there are literally thousands of people out there waiting to hear who won our drawing for a gardening prize package worth $200. There will be three winners, and each winner receives the entire prize package! I created a randomized list of all my subscribers on Wednesday, March 28. I notified the first three people on the list that they were winners. Two of the winners got back to me promptly. But the third winner…...

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Apr 10, 2018

Tips on deer, composting & more for Western New York

by Connie Oswald Stofko I am fortunate that so many Western New Yorkers share gardening tips with me. People often share tips with me after I give a talk. Unfortunately, I am so busy scribbling down notes about the tips themselves that I don’t always get the name of the person who shared the tip. My apologies. Today I’ll share a few of the tips I’ve accumulated. If you have a tip that worked for you, you can share…...

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Apr 3, 2018

the Earth Machine Composter for sale in Erie County

Rain barrels, compost bins on sale in Erie County; order by May 25

A sale of rain barrels and compost bins is being held by the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, the City of Buffalo and the Western New York Stormwater Coalition. Prices are 50 percent off retail. The deadline to order is May 25. Quantities are limited. You have to pick up your items on June 7. The pick-up sites are in Buffalo and Tonawanda. See more details here. This is the third year the organizations have held the sale. Some…...

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Apr 3, 2018

Winning landscapes at Plantasia, plus you may be winner in my drawing

by Connie Oswald Stofko During the summer, we spend more time outside, even after the sun goes down. Visitors to Plantasia got ideas for gardens in general and more specifically for viewing them at dusk with this year’s theme, “Cityscapes into the Night.” Garden lighting was a big feature of the displays. Street signs, traffic lights, a fire hydrant and a manhole cover added to the feeling of being in a big city. Plantasia is the garden and landscape show…...

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Apr 3, 2018

large garden around tree in Grand Island NY

After years of adding gardens, couple finds it’s OK to cut back

by Connie Oswald Stofko After about 20 years of adding trees and garden beds to their Grand Island landscape, Pat and Gary Scott are slowing down and even reducing the size of some beds. “We have to tone it down a little because it’s a lot of work,” Pat said. “If the gardens get too big, it’s overwhelming.” I visited the Scotts on last year’s Grand Island Garden Walk. This year the Grand Island Garden Walk will be held from 10…...

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Mar 27, 2018

Last day to enter prize drawing worth $200; welcome new subscribers!

by Connie Oswald Stofko Tell your friends that they have until midnight tonight, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, to enter to win a gardener’s prize package worth more than $200. All they have to do to enter is to subscribe to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com. And it’s free to subscribe! It was wonderful meeting so many new people this past week at Plantasia. If you subscribed with us at Plantasia, you were automatically entered into the prize drawing! And if you were already subscribed before Plantasia,…...

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Mar 27, 2018

Garden at Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village

Volunteers needed for gardens at Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village

Volunteers are needed to help with an ongoing gardening project sponsored by the Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County at the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village, 3755 Tonawanda Creek Rd., Amherst. They plant and maintain demonstration gardens and give gardening education in this museum, set up like a village from the 1800s. You can learn from Master Gardeners as you work side by side with them in a variety of gardens: herb garden, dyer’s garden, native plant garden, Peace…...

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Mar 27, 2018

Don’t be misled by gardening myths; learn more at Plantasia

by Connie Oswald Stofko “I finally got fed up with the baloney I saw on the Internet,” said Carolyn Stanko, associate professor of horticulture and biology at Niagara County Community College and a senior CNLP. She’d see posts of bogus gardening information, but other readers would think it was true and share it. “I finally had to stand up and preach the truth!” she said. She will help you separate gardening fact from fiction when she presents “Garden Myth Busting –…...

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Mar 20, 2018

Succulents in a mini-bird-bath from Mischler's

There’s still time to enter our prize drawing– It’s free to subscribe!

by Connie Oswald Stofko There is still time to enter our great prize drawing. To enter, just subscribe to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. It’s free to subscribe! The deadline to enter is Tuesday, March 27. If you are already subscribed, you are already entered! Hey, I appreciate the support of my longtime readers! Three winners will be selected at random from our list of subscribers. Each will win a prize package worth more than $200! If you are one…...

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Mar 20, 2018

Breath of spring– Pansies now available at Mischler’s

It’s the first day of spring! Some days, the sun feels so warm you can venture out in just a sweater. Well, it’s warm enough if you’re getting some exercise, like breaking down the mounds of snow still left in your driveway. But it is warm enough for pansies! You can get pansies at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. Pansies are a cool weather annual. They don’t mind cool temperatures and they can tolerate some frost. That’s why…...

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Mar 20, 2018