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Gardening With Peter Bowden: Beginning Begonias
Begonias need a big head start. A thorough watering wakes them up. Starting a season of non-stop flowering! The dish side goes up. While it might seem too early to ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Growing Cat Grass
Cat grass sprouted but not ready to eat yet. Among the new seed packs that arrive at the garden center you’ll be able to find some cat grass. Often this ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Protecting Perennials
Trim boughs from the tree with your loppers then layer them like roof shingles to protect your garden beds. Lack of snow during the depths of winter can cause big ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Brighten up a winter home with Amaryllis flowers
Amaryllis bulb: Size matters so go large! You just might be giving or receiving an Amaryllis bulb as a gift during the holidays. If so, lucky you! This is the ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Wild Bird Feeding
Add black sunflower for calories Winter is just around the corner and it’s time to get our bird feeding stations ready. Nothing livens up a cold winter day like wild ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Foliar Flourishes
Chlorophyll fades and underlying colors show There’s no place on earth that provides a better show of autumnal awesomeness than the northeastern United States. We have the good fortune to ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: How to Root Plant Cuttings
Spring seems like a distant dream right about now but there is one gardening project I can enjoy now...I can root some cuttings. Every fall, a few of out favorite ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: “A Tree Ever Green”
The symbolism and use of trees as decorations at this time of year are far older than many of us suspect. It is known, for instance, that pre-Christian Romans displayed ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: The Urban Legend of the Poisonous Poinsettia
Every year I encounter someone visiting the garden center who will not consider purchasing a poinsettia because they believe that their cat or dog is going to eat it and ...
Holiday Happy Hour: Pairing the Perfect Wine, Cocktail, or Aperitif with Saratoga Wine & Spirits
As things start to return to normal for this holiday season, many people are excited to return to their Thanksgiving traditions. It has been a long year, and soon family ...
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