Gardening – The Current

Roots and Shoots: Heated Up

by Pamela Doan August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

How to help your garden survive heat waves

Roots and Shoots: Put a Grass in It

by Pamela Doan July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

What’s not to love about no-pressure plants?

One of my first flower beds included Heuchera, rudbeckia, obedient plant and coreopsis with a pinch of Culver's root. (Photo by P. Doan)

Roots and Shoots: 15 Years Later…

by Pamela Doan July 4, 2025July 8, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Looking back on more than a decade of gardening advice

Roots and Shoots: Rainy-Day Plants

by Pamela Doan June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

What to plan when the rain won’t go away

Rooftop corn in Brooklyn

Roots and Shoots: Tallest Corn in Brooklyn

by Pamela Doan May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Gardening without a garden

Unwanted plants like garlic mustard can also be pretty. Photo by P. Doan

Roots and Shoots: Another Season, More to Learn

by Pamela Doan May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Learning to live with non-native species

Insectides and herbicides aren't selective about what they kill. Photo by P. Doan

Roots and Shoots: Are Pesticides Safe?

by Pamela Doan April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Myths: They are “organic” or kill only certain insects

No matter what you grow, a soil test will tell you what the plants need. Photo by P. Doan

Roots and Shoots: Test Your Soil

by Pamela Doan March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The joys of NPK, pH, soluble salts, texture, organic matter and Pb ppm

Roots and Shoots: Future Forests

by Pamela Doan March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The daunting task of planting 25 million trees

Roots and Shoots: New Plants from Old Plants

by Pamela Doan February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Taking advantage of the thaw

The Beauty Blue Phlox was added to the catalog after a trial planting in 2024.

Roots and Shoots: Digging Deeper with Hudson Valley Seed

by Pamela Doan February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

An interview with co-founder Douglas Muller

Roots and Shoots: Testing Seeds, Finding Purpose

by Pamela Doan January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Finding solace in new growth

Roots and Shoots: Healthy Habits

by Pamela Doan January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Changing up your gardening routines

Clockwise, from upper left: Bog cranberry, English oak, Norway maple, Common self- heal, Sycamore maple and Norway spruce.

Roots and Shoots: Connecting Roots

by Pamela Doan December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Digging deep, and wide

Gifts for Gardeners

Roots and Shoots: Gifts for  Gardeners

by Pamela Doan December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

From guidebooks to gauntlet gloves

Roots and Shoots: After the Rain

by Pamela Doan November 22, 2024November 22, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Taking advantage of the newly softened soil

Roots and Shoots: Sedges Have Edges

by Pamela Doan November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The glory of Carex species

The meadows at Long Dock Park in Beacon have evolved and show the succession of plantings over the years. Photo by P. Doan

Roots and Shoots: Is Roundup OK?

by Pamela Doan October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Discussing the controversial herbicide

The meadow at Erin Muir's home in Philipstown is beautiful and functional. Photo provided

Roots and Shoots: Meadows for  the Masses

by Pamela Doan September 27, 2024September 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

How to create a meaningful meadow

Roots and Shoots: All-Season Berries

by Pamela Doan September 13, 2024September 13, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Never a bad time to grow raspberries

Harvest individual leaves of loose-leaf lettuce throughout the fall and it will keep growing even after a hard frost.

Roots and Shoots: Labor Day in the Garden

by Pamela Doan August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Time to plant fall veggies

Roots and Shoots: All-Season DIY

by Pamela Doan July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

How to bring butterflies and bees to your yard

These dahlias I grew from seed a few years ago will always have a place on my bucket list because of their perfect soft orange/pink shade. Photo by P. Doan

Roots and Shoots: My Bucket List

by Pamela Doan July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Looking ahead to future projects

Sawfly caterpillars on red twig dogwood are a bird feast. Photo by P. Doan

Roots and Shoots: Landscape Feeders

by Pamela Doan June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Choosing birds over pesticides

This border for this flowerbed was made using pieces of tree trunk. Photos by P. Doan

Roots and Shoots: Getting the Edge

by Pamela Doan May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

How to create boundaries