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September Showers Bring October Flowers
Cool nights, rainy days and no frost in sight has got my flowers making a late season push. Even though we are officially in fall now there is still some growing season left.   The … more
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Mums and Asters
As the weather gets cooler, our summer annuals start to fade, and many people turn to mums to put some color back into their flowerbeds. Mums, asters and flowering cabbage have all been popular fall standards in the garden. more
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Perennials garden plants
Summer has come to a close, but my garden is still producing. My pumpkins and zucchini have started to get that familiar powdery mildew that kills off the leaves in the fall, but the plants are still producing fruit. My tomatoes are bearing fruit as well. more
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Getting ready for fall
As we enter September just like the trees around us, we start to change with the change of the season. more
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Apple Mystery
So, the issue of the week is the fact that I have a few apple trees in different parts of the county that all seem to be losing their leaves, but the apples are still on the tree. My first thought was a blight or fungus that effected the leaves, but there is no sign of a fungus. more
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Hops on the vine.
Unusual Summer
This summer has produced some unusual events at my house, like the stressed bees I wrote about last week. Another unusual event occurred last Wednesday night when we had a bear in our backyard. Now … more
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Stressed Bees
I purchased a new hive of bees this spring, set them up in my garden and they have been doing well this summer or so I thought. I have been checking their honey super, the box on top of the hive that … more
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Summer FUN-gus
The weather has been hot and humid some days and cool and wet on others, all of which can stress your plants out. Your plants just can't send you a text saying that they are stressed, instead they become susceptible to any number of ailments. more
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Fireflies
For nearly a century scientists have been trying to produce energy or light without producing heat. Perfecting cold fusion would solve the world’s energy needs and eliminate the need for fossil fuels. But since first being reported as being achieved in 1989 and later debunked, nothing has happened in the field even though research is ongoing. more
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Compost
With everything going on this July with the 250 Anniversary and all, I forgot to mention over the past two weeks about our Japanese invaders. more
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The Fruits of my Labor
Even though the heat and storms last weekend put a damper on some events, the farmers’ markets around Sullivan County were fully stocked and packed with people. Peaches and blueberries were popular … more
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Calcium builds strong bones
Do you remember when you were a kid, and you were always told to finish your milk because you needed calcium to build strong bones? more
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Why are they so mad?
Talking to a fellow beekeeper the other day, she told me how her bees suddenly became aggressive a few weeks ago. Now as any beekeeper knows, bees like people, have good days and bad days, and as a … more
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Not a Potato  
Last week I mentioned that I had looked into a potato that wasn't a potato at all, and that would be the sweet potato. Potatoes and sweet potatoes belong to completely different plant families, … more
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Healthy Potatoes?
You may have your garden completely planted by now, but if you have any room left, you may want to think about potatoes. more
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Yard cleanup
Summer officially arrives on Sunday, June 21st at 4:24 a.m. on the east coast, but did we miss spring? Sure, we had some beautiful eighty-degree days in early April, when we all knew it was too early … more
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Odyssey of the Monarch
Homer wrote the Odyssey nearly three thousand years ago, but another Odyssey happens every year starting in February in Mexico. The Monarch butterflies overwintering grounds lie in the oyamel fir and … more
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The Hummingbird
Monday was a great day for working out in the yard, not too hot, not too cold. As I was working in the garden my wife yelled up to me that we needed to get out the hummingbird feeders, because as she … more
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Are we there yet?
Are we there yet, are we there yet? If you have ever traveled with children, you have heard this question a million times. These days though, now that my children have children, we travel in … more
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No Mow April?
With that beautiful stretch of eighty-degree weather we had last week the ground is erupting with flowers, not to mention all the trees that are blooming right now. Forsythia is in full bloom and … more
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Tulip Time
I have recently returned from checking something off my bucket list. Now that I am retired and have some free time in the spring we took a trip to Amsterdam for the annual tulip festival. The … more
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Ramping Up
Spring is “ramping up.” Pardon the pun, but I couldn't resist. As we get into mid-April, you'll probably start hearing about Ramps. Ramps, Allium tricoccum, also known as wild leeks, are … more
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Building the Foundation
As we turn the calendar to April, we still cannot plant the garden or flowerbed yet, but there is still work to be done. Ask any engineer, you cannot build a sturdy building without a good … more
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The Calendar says Spring
So, the calendar says it's spring, big whoop. It's still pretty cold outside and we are not planting our gardens yet. Hopefully we won't have any more nights getting down into the teens as my crocus … more
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Ramps in the wild.
Spring into Ramp Season!
Happy Spring everyone! The weather starts to get warmer, our moods start to elevate, and different green veggies start to come into season, my personal favorite being ramps. It's all the more reason … more
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