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Roots and Shoots

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Roots and Shoots: Put a Grass in It

Avatar photo 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)
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Roots and Shoots: 15 Years Later…

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

Looking back on more than a decade of gardening advice

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Roots and Shoots: Rainy-Day Plants

Avatar photo 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
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Roots and Shoots: Tallest Corn in Brooklyn

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

Gardening without a garden

Insectides and herbicides aren't selective about what they kill. Photo by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Are Pesticides Safe?

Avatar photo 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
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Roots and Shoots: Test Your Soil

Avatar photo 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

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Roots and Shoots: Future Forests

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

The daunting task of planting 25 million trees

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Roots and Shoots: New Plants from Old Plants

Avatar photo 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.
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Roots and Shoots: Digging Deeper with Hudson Valley Seed

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

An interview with co-founder Douglas Muller

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Roots and Shoots: Testing Seeds, Finding Purpose

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

Finding solace in new growth

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Roots and Shoots: Healthy Habits

Avatar photo 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.
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Roots and Shoots: Connecting Roots

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

Digging deep, and wide

Gifts for Gardeners
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Roots and Shoots: Gifts for 
Gardeners

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

From guidebooks to gauntlet gloves

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Roots and Shoots: After the Rain

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

Taking advantage of the newly softened soil

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Sedges Have Edges

Avatar photo 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
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Roots and Shoots: Is Roundup OK?

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

Discussing the controversial herbicide

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Roots and Shoots: All-Season Berries

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

Never a bad time to grow raspberries

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Roots and Shoots: All-Season DIY

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

How to bring butterflies and bees to your yard

Sawfly caterpillars on red twig dogwood are a bird feast. Photo by P. Doan
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Roots and Shoots: Landscape Feeders

Avatar photo 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
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Roots and Shoots: Getting the Edge

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

How to create boundaries

Adult spotted lanternfly
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Roots and Shoots: How Bad Is That Bug, Really?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan May 17, 2024August 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Spotted Lanternfly is a problem, but its favorite plant may be even worse

garden bounty
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Roots and Shoots: Not Too Late to Plan

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

Making the most of upcoming plant sales

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

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 5, 2024April 4, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

How your garden can support local bats

Trout lily
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Roots and Shoots: Cool Spring Flowers

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Spring emerges

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