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Pamela DoanColumnist

Pamela Doan, who lives in Philipstown, has been reporting for The Current since 2013. She can be reached at [email protected].

Posted inArts & Leisure

Red and Blue, Getting to Green

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Author outlines bipartisan approach to environment

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Adopt a Ladybug

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan June 22, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Cornell project reestablishing dwindling natives

Posted inAround Town

Andrew Chmar, Land Trust Director, Retires

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan June 14, 2016June 10, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Served 12 years as executive director

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: You Say Apple, I Say Crabapple

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan June 8, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Help with identifying a fruit tree

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Start With a Box (Not Too Big), Add a Grid

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan May 25, 2016May 3, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Square foot gardening

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Reader Q and A

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan May 11, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Busy people gardening; the best berry bushes

Posted inArts & Leisure

Garrison School Embraces Its Forest

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 24, 2016April 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

New website designed to get students, teachers into woods

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Shady Spot?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 13, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

There’s a native plant for that

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: What’s a Good Plant?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 7, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

The ones pollinators love, but deer hate

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Roots and Shoots: A Garden with a View

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 27, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Cold Spring community garden grows fast

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Spring Fever

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 16, 2016July 10, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Gardeners are oh-so-ready

Posted inArts & Leisure

In Delphine’s World, Nothing is Wasted

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 13, 2016March 11, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

A studio visit with a Cold Spring artist

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Go Find Your Shears

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 2, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Pruning now will bring spring and summer results

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Can You Name That Tree?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 14, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Here are some tips on winter identification

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Seeing the Trees in the Forest

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 3, 2016May 22, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Tools available to manage wooded properties

Posted inPhilipstown News

Local Groups Push “Green” Electric

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 23, 2016January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

State law allows consumer to choose suppliers

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Surviving a Warm Winter

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 20, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Plants, animals resilient but vulnerable

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: A Growth Industry

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 6, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Predictions and inspiration for 2016

Posted inAround Town

What Can We Learn from Cuba About Farming?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 4, 2016January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Glynwood trainer visits newly open nation to ask

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Gifts for Gardeners

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan December 16, 2015July 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

These books will get them through the off-season

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Giving Thanks for the Harvest

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan November 27, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Gratitude for the vegetables, the soil, the worms and the spring

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: What’s Lurking in Your Garden?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan November 16, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Early detection, rapid response

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: How Local Farmers Coped With Drought

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan November 4, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Organic growing makes it easier

Posted inPhilipstown News

Haldane Considers Timing of School Day

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan October 24, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Board member Peter Henderson resigns

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: October Gardening = Spring Results

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan October 21, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Grow veggies with row covers, a hoop house or a cold frame

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