by Connie Oswald Stofko You could win a prize package valued at more than $250. It’s easy to enter. Just subscribe to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. It’s free to subscribe! If you are already subscribed, you are already entered. Hey, I appreciate the support of my current subscribers! Three winners will be selected at random from our list of subscribers. Each will win a prize package worth more than $250! The deadline to enter is…...
The GROW Jamestown Garden Fair and Home Show will take place from from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 1 at the Northwest Arena, 319 W 3rd St., Jamestown. More than 50 vendors and 12 workshops have been lined up by the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation. A key feature of the event is the educational workshops hosted by the Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program of Chautauqua County and other area professionals. This year a dozen workshops will focus on gardening…...
You’ll feel like you’re in the tropics when the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens holds its popular fundraiser Taste of Paradise from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 31 at the Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. Tickets are on sale now. They’re $35 for Botanical Gardens members and $40 for non-members, but after March 26 they go up to $45. Buy tickets online or call 827-1584, ext. 219 to purchase over the phone. Tickets include: A sneak…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko Readers have been asking me whether they can start seeds inside now. It’s still too early to start seeds for tender plants such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, said Mark Yadon, vice president at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. More details are below. But if you want to plant seeds indoors now, try cool-weather vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower and lettuces. Again, we’ll give you more details. Why starting your seeds too early…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko Enter for the chance to win a prize package valued at more than $250 simply by subscribing to Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. It’s free to subscribe! If you are already subscribed, you are already entered. Hey, I appreciate the support of my current subscribers! Three winners will be selected at random from our list of subscribers. Each will win a prize package worth more than $250! The deadline to enter is…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko Last week, the daffodils along my driveway were progressing so quickly I thought the blooms might be finished before Easter. Today, they’re covered in snow. That may be a good thing. In February, we had springlike temperatures in the 60s and even 70s, but now we have gotten down into the teens. People are worried about their bulb plants such as daffodils and tulips, and it’s possible that those frigid temperatures, combined with winds, could damage…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko In the past, we’ve talked about many things gardeners can do to help protect our waterways in Western New York– See some of those ways below. Now Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper is offering us another way to help our local environment: tell your representatives that you want them to prevent huge cuts to funding for Great Lakes cleanup. The White House is reportedly considering virtually eliminating the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The initiative is the product of…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko When Lori Caso recently invited me to be on another episode of Lori & Friends, the popular cooking show on Time Warner Channel 20, I was a little nervous. She wanted me to be on so she could tell her audience about a talk I will be giving at a fundraiser for the St. Francis Guild of Mount St. Mary’s Hospital. I will present “20 Gardening Tips in 20 Minutes” at the group’s Garden Auction at…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko Plantasia, the premier garden and landscape show for Western New York is coming up soon at the Fairgrounds, 5820 South Park Ave., Hamburg, with vendors and talks and great gardens right inside the building, as well as activities for kids. But you should also make a point to walk from the Events Center, which is the main building, to the Artisan Hall to make sure you see the flower show held every year by the Eighth…...
by Connie Oswald Stofko I want to find new subscribers for Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York, so I’m holding a drawing and offering great prizes for gardeners. Please help me spread the word by emailing this information to a friend. Or share it on on Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Twitter or your favorite social media. Or pick up the phone and call a relative. Or mention it to a coworker. If you’ve been reading Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com for awhile, you’re…...