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April 16, 2015
Ready to Start a Garden? Dig In!
Many people are nervous about starting a garden because they are afraid they will fail. It’s a lot of work. As a gardener you will spend hours enduring heat and bugs, bending and kneeling in the dirt, planting, weeding, watering, pruning, staking, and harvesting your crops. But take heart! Your efforts will pay off in…
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January 07, 2015
Create a Winter Garden to Cheer Up Your Dark Days
Plants are mankind’s best friends. They are beautiful. They provide sustenance for body and soul. They recycle our carbon dioxide and turn it into oxygen. Quite simply put, we humans would quickly disappear from the face of the earth if totally deprived of green life.
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October 13, 2014
Five Reasons to Eat Local Apples
New York is a great state for apples. And whether you pick your own, grow your own, or enjoy making the rounds of the area’s many orchards, this is a wonderful time of year for apple lovers.
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August 27, 2014
What’s a Summer Without Zucchini?
Whatever else you have planted in your garden this summer, I hope you threw a few zucchini seeds into the ground. Really, a few! This summer standby is a prolific producer. If you got excited and planted the entire packet of zucchini seeds, get ready to see a lot of green.
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July 30, 2014
A Return to Nature and Sanity
What is it about a garden that works so well to improve one’s mood? Well, first there is the warmth of the sunshine. Mmmm…already you are relaxing! Add the music of birdsong, fragrant flowers, a cooling breeze—paradise.
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July 23, 2014
Cooperative Extension Lends a Helping Hand
Interested in gardening but not born with a green thumb? Or maybe you are a skilled grower on the brink of a big project and just looking for a little guidance. Either way, it’s good to know you have a nearby knowledgebase that can offer an assist.
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