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Roots and Shoots

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Roots and Shoots: Surviving a Warm Winter

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 20, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Plants, animals resilient but vulnerable

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Roots and Shoots: A Growth Industry

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 6, 2016September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Predictions and inspiration for 2016

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Roots and Shoots: Gifts for Gardeners

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan December 16, 2015July 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

These books will get them through the off-season

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Roots and Shoots: Giving Thanks for the Harvest

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

Gratitude for the vegetables, the soil, the worms and the spring

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Roots and Shoots: What’s Lurking in Your Garden?

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

Early detection, rapid response

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Roots and Shoots: How Local Farmers Coped With Drought

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan November 4, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Organic growing makes it easier

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Roots and Shoots: October Gardening = Spring Results

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

Grow veggies with row covers, a hoop house or a cold frame

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Roots and Shoots: Weather Extremes

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan October 7, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Rain, rain, don’t go away

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Roots and Shoots: Turning Away Invasive Plants

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan October 1, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Native plants are an alternative

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Roots and Shoots: Why Buy Soil When You Make it?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan September 24, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Compost works wonders in raised beds

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Roots and Shoots: Life in the Hudson — Water Chestnut’s Impact

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

Wash boats to stop the spread of invasive species

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Roots and Shoots: Plant Invader in the Hudson

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

Water chestnut, or Trapa natans, prefers freshwater

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Roots and Shoots: Weather Is on Our Minds

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

Questions from readers about the garden

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Roots and Shoots: A 3-Year-Old’s Birthday Gift — A Butterfly Garden

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan August 19, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Mom asks guests to bring a plant as a present

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Roots and Shoots: Bad Bug, Interesting Story

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

Beware the hornworm

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Roots and Shoots: What to Do in the Garden Now

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

Be on the look-out for Asian long-horned beetles

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Roots and Shoots: Following the International Trail of a Turtle

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

South African parasitologist visits Barrett Pond

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Roots and Shoots: Get to Know Your Leafy Neighbors

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

Trees can affect your health, well-being and even income

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Roots and Shoots: One Hundred Years of Roses

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

Richard Szypula tends to Rosa Dorothy Perkins

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Roots and Shoots: Sowing Seeds for Fall Harvest

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan July 9, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Also, be smart about watering

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Roots and Shoots: Things to Do in the Garden Now

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

Seek out inspiration

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Roots and Shoots: Phragmites Are Moving Up the Mountain

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan June 24, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Nasty invader in areas drier than typical wetland habitat

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Roots and Shoots: Foliage and So Much More

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

Zshawn Sullivan’s work produces gardener envy

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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

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

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