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Gardening

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Roots and Shoots: Gardening in the Dark, Damp Crevices

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan June 11, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

What kind of room has no windows or doors? A mushroom.

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Roots and Shoots: Poison Ivy

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Beware of easy fixes

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Roots and Shoots: No Bees, No Food

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

Afraid of bees? Make a conservation border on the edge of your yard

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Roots and Shoots: How Warm Is Your Garden?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan May 20, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Trapping air close to the soil can extend growing season

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Roots and Shoots: Raising a Future Gardener

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan May 14, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Advice on getting kids into the green

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Roots and Shoots: When Planting Vegetables, It’s All About Location

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan May 6, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Rotate your crops on a three-year schedule

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Roots and Shoots: A Little Milkweed Goes a Long Way

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 30, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Monarchs in peril, local conservation efforts try to help

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Roots and Shoots: Climate Change and the Garden

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 23, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

What are you doing to adapt?

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Roots and Shoots: April Yard Work Brings May Flowers (and Vegetables)

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A realist’s honest assessment of spring clean-up

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Roots and Shoots: To a Sunflower on a Summer Day

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They come in 67 varieties, and they deserve their due

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Roots and Shoots: Fruits and Nuts in the Farmden

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 2, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

“A little more than a garden, not quite a farm”

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Roots and Shoots: Happy First Day of Spring

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 23, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

How to learn more about gardening and where to buy plants

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Roots and Shoots: New Regulations on Exotic Species Take Effect Now

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

State now oversees sale and transport

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Roots and Shoots: Spring Is Nearly Here

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 12, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

When will we see blooms?

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Roots and Shoots: Forsythia – Friend or Foe?

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Regardless, it’s probably here to stay

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Roots and Shoots: A Horoscope for Your Garden, So to Speak

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 26, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

A trip inside the Farmers’ Almanac

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Roots and Shoots: For a Good Harvest, Start With the Soil

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 18, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Is a little pesticide going to do that much harm?

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Roots and Shoots: Buried in Snow, Dreaming of Spring

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 11, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Feb. 13–16 is the 17th annual international bird count

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Roots and Shoots: Pruning Pine Trees

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 5, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

They just grow and grow….

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Roots and Shoots: Local Farms Are Getting Connected

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 28, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Joint initiative attempts to network farmers

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Roots and Shoots: New Year, New Garden

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

It’s time to make your green resolutions

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Roots and Shoots: On a Mission in the Garden

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 14, 2015July 10, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

What would you like to be remembered for?

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Roots and Shoots: Environmental Bright Spots

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 3, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Some of the good things that happened in 2014

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Roots and Shoots: Gifts for the Gardener

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan December 21, 2014September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Four books that plant geeks and nerds will love

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Roots and Shoots: Climate Change in Philipstown, Part 2

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan December 17, 2014September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

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