by Connie Oswald Stofko I’m happy to announce we have our three winners! The winners are: __________ __________ Each winner will receive a gardening prize package worth approximately $525! Please shop our wonderful sponsors that provided these great prizes!…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko I felt a weird energy. That’s the best way I can describe what it was like during the partial eclipse of the sun here on Aug. 21, 2017. It was something like the beginning of a lightning storm. The feeling was subtle and short—I felt it for perhaps half a minute—but it was an interesting thing to experience. What will it be like when Western New York sees the total eclipse of the sun on Monday,…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko It’s a little early for herbs, “but people were asking for them, so we overwintered some and we planted some from seed,” said Jessica Limardi, staff member at Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses, 118 South Forest Rd., Williamsville. This is the time for pansies, and you can also buy a floral arrangement for the total eclipse of the sun. Herbs There are just a few herbs now at Mischler’s; more will come later in the season. Of…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko Why are we waiting so long to announce the prize winners? Because I need to clean up my list of subscribers. Some people who subscribed don’t open the weekly emails, and they don’t even open the email that tells them that they won a stupendous prize! To fix this problem, I will be working on my list and will delete people who rarely open my weekly emails. Don’t worry; if someone is deleted but would like…...
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a Join WNED PBS live in the studio audience for the premiere of their new gardening program, Now We’re Gardening LIVE! The format is similar to the popular “Now We’re Cooking LIVE” shows. While WNED has done other original gardening series such as Garden Wisdom for WNY and Southern Ontario, this is the first time the station has done a gardening show with a live studio audience. Readers of Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com can get a discount on tickets for the live show. See…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko Wait until the forsythia blooms. That’s a rule of thumb for many gardening tasks in Western New York. For example, you shouldn’t prune your roses until you see forsythia blooming in your neighborhood, according to this tip from the the Western New York Rose Society. The forsythias are blooming now, or will bloom soon, in Western New York. “This is when the soil is warming up and things are popping up outside,” said David Clark, CNLP, who was honored…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko There are literally thousands of people out there waiting to hear who won our drawing for a gardening prize package worth approximately $525! But not all of the three winners who were chosen at random have responded. That means I move on to the next name on the list. If you are a winner, I will send you an email with the information. If it’s you, please respond promptly so you can get your prizes! __________…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko Does it seem that your crocuses, daffodils or other plants are budding—even blooming—early this year? “There’s no question about it,” said John Farfaglia, extension educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Niagara County. “We are ahead of where we would normally be. It looks like April instead of March.” The Southern Tier has also seen warmer temperatures than usual, said said Kelly McDonald, executive director and Master Gardener at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Cattaraugus County. While it’s…...
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Enjoy the brilliant blooms—as well as the warm air!— at the Spring Flower Exhibit at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo. With more than 30,000 blooming bulbs, the smell of the flowers will hit you the second the doors open. The colors are more vibrant than ever before with the help of some pleasant plant surprises such as hibiscus and orchids. Also featured is a unique art installation, Chromatic Organics. These metal sculptures, twisted and…...
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by Connie Oswald Stofko Thank you, new and current subscribers, for signing up. And thanks for telling your friends about Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com, the online gardening magazine for Western New York. March 19 was the last day for people to enter my prize drawing by subscribing—for free!—to this great magazine. If you haven’t already subscribed, hurry! You must subscribe by the end of today, Tuesday, March 19 to be entered into the prize drawing. The prize package is worth approximately $525! There…...
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