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

February 27, 2021






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Roots and Shoots

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Winter pond

Roots and Shoots: Gardening for a New Year

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | January 19, 2021

What did gardening mean during a year like 2020?

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wintergreen

Roots and Shoots: What Did You Do in the Garden? 

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | November 20, 2020

Share your stories. Also, some timeless advice.

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Leafy lawn

Roots and Shoots: The November Garden

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | November 10, 2020

A case for leaving the leafblowers in the tool shed

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Watercress

Roots and Shoots Q&A: Fall Planting and Foraging

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | October 13, 2020

It’s not too late for new plantings

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shitake mushrooms in basket

Roots and Shoots: Foibles with Fungi

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | September 29, 2020

How to grow mushrooms

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garlic

Roots and Shoots: Fall Gardening

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | September 14, 2020

A different, more thoughtful pace

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Downed tree

Roots and Shoots: Windows in the Canopy

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | September 1, 2020

How to create “little pockets of regeneration” after a storm

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rocky stream bed

Roots and Shoots: Planting for the Frogs

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | August 11, 2020

Native plants that love stream banks and rain gardens

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garden

Roots and Shoots: Weeds, Veggies and Transplants

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | July 20, 2020

Answering gardening questions from Highlands Current readers

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daylillies

Roots and Shoots: Weeds and Jumping Lilies 

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | July 6, 2020

We’re in the “Oh geez, this sucks” phase of the gardening season.

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striking caterpillars

Roots and Shoots: What’s in Your Backyard?

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | June 22, 2020

Biodiversity is one element we can control

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root flare

Roots and Shoots: Think Like a Tree

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | June 8, 2020

Once you know about root flare, you won’t look at trees the same way again

Columnists
2013 garden

Roots and Shoots: You Planted a Victory Garden. Now What?

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | May 26, 2020

What to do while you wait for the tomatoes to ripen

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compost

Roots and Shoots: Compost for All

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | May 13, 2020

Create an organic amendment for your plants

sticks

Roots and Shoots: A Pile of Sticks

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | April 26, 2020

Ideas for those tree bits collected after a windy day

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