VIDEO Flower Show turnout strong
TROY — Cake displays, a wider selection of winery vendors and a realistic farm animal scene were some of the new features at the 23rd annual Capital District Garden and Flower Show, held at Hudson Valley Community College this weekend, which also included workshops and the annual floral and landscaping design contests.
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This comprehensive two-volume book constitutes an in-depth course in ecological garden design. Written in a passionate, clear, and engaging style, it integrates the vision and ecology of forest gardening with practical design, establishment, and management strategies. While Edible Forest Gardens was written as an integrated whole, each volume can stand alone as valuable learning tools and references. Volume One begins with an overview of the ecological and cultural context for forest gardening in modern North America. It also lays out a holistic vision that guides the study of forest ecology that follows. This ecological exploration forms the bulk of Volume One, and offers clear and specific direction for forest garden design and management. Three forest garden case studies ground the concepts discussed in the book and bring them life. Volume One concludes with colorful descriptions of forest gardening’s “Top 100″ species, and useful listings of informa… More >>
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William Alexander had a simple dream of having a vegetable garden and small orchard in his backyard. It was a dream that would lead to life-and-death battles with groundhogs, webworms, and weeds; midnight expeditions in the dead of winter to dig up fresh thyme; skirmishes with neighbors who feed the vermin (i.e., deer); the near electrocution of the tree man; and the pity of his wife and children.
When Alexander decided to run a cost-benefit analysis, adding up everything from the Havahart animal trap ($60) to the Velcro tomato wraps ($5) to the steel edging ($1,200), then amortizing it over the life of his garden, it came as quite a shock to learn that it cost him a staggering $64 to grow each tomato.
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Plants for free: Grow your own
Propagation is “multiplication by natural reproduction,” according to the dictionary. It might also be defined as “all the plants you want for free.”
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Our grandparents did it. And their grandparents before them. In fact, saving seeds is as old as gardening itself. Why then is it such a neglected component of gardening today? Many say that because seeds from catologs are so cheap we don’t need to save our own. Have you figured out lately what you spend on seeds each year to grow the same plant? (And doesn’t it seem to be a little more each year?) Now multiply that figure by the number of years you expect to have a garden. Adds up, doesn’t it? But even if it still doesn’t seem like a lot, the bottom line is that it’s money you just don’t have to spend! Let Marc Rogers introduce you to the world of seed saving, where you will save money, strengthen your plant strains, and find a new appreciation and understanding of your garden…. More >>
Saving Seeds: The Gardener’s Guide to Growing and Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds
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It is with the object of stimulating the cultivation of gardens still more beautiful than those generally to be met with that the present volume has been written. It has not been thought necessary to repeat in each case the times when the seeds of the various flowers and plants are to be sown…. More >>
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