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The Highlands Current - News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

May 28, 2022


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Treat your yard to a nicely behaved and lovely vine this season with native honeysuckle.

Roots and Shoots: Dual Nature

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | 23 hours ago

Don’t let vines get out of control

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current office tree pit

Roots and Shoots: Planting in Public

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | May 13, 2022

Planting on Main Street is different from your yard

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Car full of plants

Roots and Shoots: Plant Shopping

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | April 29, 2022

It’s easy to buy plants. Keeping them alive is another project.

Gardening
The white collar and its distinct movement make the jumping worm easy to identify.

Roots and Shoots: Jumping Worms

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | April 15, 2022

Big appetite + large family + no natural predators = ecological pain

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hyacinth bean vine

Roots and Shoots: Layer on the Legumes

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | March 18, 2022

If you can only plant one thing…

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Bengay tube from the 1930s

Roots and Shoots: Lead in the Soil

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | March 4, 2022

What Cold Spring’s industrial past means for your garden

Gardening
spring greens

Roots and Shoots: Countdown to Seed Sowing

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | February 18, 2022

Preparing early season crops

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Greenhouse

Roots and Shoots: Gardening in the Snow

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | February 4, 2022

If you’ve got a milk jug, you’ve got a greenhouse

Gardening
Vegetable garden

Roots and Shoots: Zone in on Planning

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | January 21, 2022

Working with a master plan can save a lot of effort, time and money

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Dandelions blooming in December

Roots and Shoots: New Year’s Resolutions

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | January 8, 2022

Dandelions in December

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gardening books

Roots and Shoots: Gardener Gift Guide

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | November 30, 2021

Unexpected gifts they’ll actually use

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Little bluestem seed heads

Roots and Shoots: From the Prairie to Your Yard

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | November 16, 2021

The pleasures of a late autumn meadow

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jack-o’-lantern

Roots and Shoots: Garden Plans and Tweaks

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | November 2, 2021

Now is the time to observe and imagine

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Ferns

Roots and Shoots: Matters of Texture and Shape

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | October 19, 2021

Beauty isn’t only in blooms

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Roots and Shoots: Bright Leaves, Big Impact

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | October 5, 2021

Native plants that bring fall color to your yard

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New England Aster

Roots and Shoots: Fall Planting and Fertilizer

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | September 21, 2021

What to plant as the weather gets cooler

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A spotted lanternfly

Roots and Shoots: Back to Garden School

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | September 7, 2021

Learning to keep an eye out for colorful pests

Columnists
parasitic wasp

Roots and Shoots: Adapting to Summer

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | August 24, 2021

It’s been a great summer, if you’re an aphid

Columnists
mountain mint

Roots and Shoots: Ode to Mint

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | August 10, 2021

Bees love it, deer not so much

Columnists
root-bound aster

Roots and Shoots: What’s Wrong With My Plant?

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | July 27, 2021

The answer may be simpler than you think

Gardening
flower arrangement

Roots and Shoots: Growing A Pollinator-Friendly Cutting Garden

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | July 20, 2021

A new perspective on wildflowers 

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Butterfly weed

Roots and Shoots: Support the Pollinators

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | June 29, 2021

Celebrating International Pollinator Week

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Butterfly weed and lavender

Roots and Shoots: Gardening Checklist

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | June 15, 2021

You can still sow now for an autumn harvest

Columnists
Eastern prickly pear

Roots and Shoots: The Plant Has a Point

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | June 1, 2021

If you’re not careful, growing cactus can be a real pain

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Car full of plants

Roots and Shoots: Garden Time

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | May 18, 2021

When to plant what as the weather warms

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