Roots and Shoots

Columnists

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

Roots and Shoots: Growing A Pollinator-Friendly Cutting Garden

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | July 20, 2021

A new perspective on wildflowers 

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Support the Pollinators

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | June 29, 2021

Celebrating International Pollinator Week

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Gardening Checklist

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | June 15, 2021

You can still sow now for an autumn harvest

Columnists

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

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Garden Time

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | May 18, 2021

When to plant what as the weather warms

Gardening

Roots and Shoots: Growing Community

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | May 4, 2021

New community garden opens in Philipstown

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Get Some, Share Some

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | April 20, 2021

Butterfield Library hopes seed collection will grow

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Plant a Garden, Now or Later

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | March 23, 2021

Too busy to start your garden? That’s OK, you can wait!

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Gardening for a New Year

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | January 19, 2021

What did gardening mean during a year like 2020?

Columnists

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

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | November 20, 2020

Share your stories. Also, some timeless advice.

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: The November Garden

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | November 10, 2020

A case for leaving the leafblowers in the tool shed

Columnists

Roots and Shoots Q&A: Fall Planting and Foraging

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | October 13, 2020

It’s not too late for new plantings

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Foibles with Fungi

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | September 29, 2020

How to grow mushrooms

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Fall Gardening

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | September 14, 2020

A different, more thoughtful pace

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Windows in the Canopy

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | September 1, 2020

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

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Planting for the Frogs

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | August 11, 2020

Native plants that love stream banks and rain gardens

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Weeds, Veggies and Transplants

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | July 20, 2020

Answering gardening questions from Highlands Current readers

Columnists

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.

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: What’s in Your Backyard?

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | June 22, 2020

Biodiversity is one element we can control

Columnists

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

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

Columnists

Roots and Shoots: Compost for All

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | May 13, 2020

Create an organic amendment for your plants

Roots and Shoots: A Pile of Sticks

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | April 26, 2020

Ideas for those tree bits collected after a windy day