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Gardening

Unless you are familiar with a plant, avoid buying one without a tag that explains its growing requirements and features. Photos by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Read the Label!

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Be wary of plants without informational tags

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Roots and Shoots: Rooting for the Underdogs

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How your garden can support local bats

Trout lily
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Roots and Shoots: Cool Spring Flowers

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Spring emerges

Shane Stevens, a CCE regional director, points out the effects of beech bark disease during Master Forest Owner training. Photo provided
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Roots and Shoots: Into the Woods

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

How to get help from, or become, a Master Forest Owner

A bucket of compost tea Photo provided
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Roots and Shoots: Compost Tea

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

How to make it, how to use it

winterberry
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Roots and Shoots: Gardening 365

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

What to work on in the winter

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Roots and Shoots: Looking Back to Move Ahead

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Vote for your plants

Most of the Highlands are in Hardiness Zone 6b, which indicates the coldest expected winter temperatures are just below zero, although some spots are in the slightly milder 7a (light green). USDA
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Roots and Shoots: Mild Winter Rules

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan December 8, 2023December 16, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Adapting to changing zones

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Roots and Shoots: Gifts for Gardeners

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan November 24, 2023December 27, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Skip the trowels and get these instead

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Roots and Shoots: The Best of Fall

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan November 10, 2023December 17, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Native shrubs that light up the fall landscape 

The flower garden and tool shed at Stonecrop Photo provided
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Roots and Shoots: Spring Gifts

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

It’s time to plant bulbs

This is the red oak in my yard that I'm glad I didn't destroy by trying to transplant it 13 years ago. Photo by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Big Trees

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Planting oaks and maples

Erin McNally
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Roots and Shoots: Sparks of Future Plants

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Collecting seeds inspires generations

Tussock moth caterpillars have been busy eating leaves and growing fast for their next stage. Photo by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Fall Prep

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Don’t stop weeding just yet

evergreens
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Roots and Shoots: Evergreens in the Garden

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

I wasn’t initially a fan, but they grew on me

A shadbush blooms in the school garden at Haldane in Cold Spring. Photo by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Consider the Trees

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Which trees have more resilience against the changing climate?

Bottlebush buckeye is a shrub that likes shade and forms thickets. Photos by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Mid-Season Highlights

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan July 21, 2023July 26, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What’s doing well so far

Butterflyweed, a native milkweed, is a tough and hardy plant suited for full sun and less-than-ideal areas. Photo by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Plants For Tough Conditions

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan July 7, 2023July 18, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What to grow when you can’t grow anything

This broomsedge grass appeared in a field we stopped mowing. The native grass was in the soil's seed bank and if I collect it and grow it, it will be a local ecotype plant. Photo by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Finding Native Plants

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

How your yard can help restore biodiversity

fall foliage
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Roots and Shoots: Gardening in Weird Weather

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Here’s my advice for the spring: “Maybe” and “It depends”

Joe pye weed is a perennial that doesn't need your approval.
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Roots and Shoots: Grieving with Plants

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Creating a memorial garden

Hydrangea print
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Roots and Shoots: Mixing Art and Horticulture

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 28, 2023May 1, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Surprises everywhere at Stonecrop Garden

My two American chestnuts enjoying the view while they wait for their turn. Photo by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Restoring the King of the Forest

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 14, 2023April 17, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

How you can help American chestnut trees return to the Highlands.

The writer's first native- plant garden included bee balm, echinacea, phlox, black- eye Susan and cup plant. (The latter has since been removed for its invasive tendencies.) Photo by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: 10 Years Green

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 31, 2023April 4, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Looking back on a decade of gardening advice

Our columnist had to dig deep to uncover these sprouting daffodils under this week's snow. (Photo by P. Doan(
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Roots and Shoots: Time to Plant the Peas?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

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