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Gardening with Peter Bowden: Making the move indoors

Gardening with Peter Bowden: Making the move indoors

Soon it will be time to move any houseplants that spent the summer outside back inside for the winter. Before we do though, we’ll want to take some precautions to ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Wise watering

Gardening with Peter Bowden: Wise watering

Trickle watering for a deep drink This has been a very hot summer and  there’s a tendency to overwater potted plants and hanging baskets during hot weather.  We overcompensate when ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Deadheading

Gardening with Peter Bowden: Deadheading

Towing boats along the Waterford canals. Photo provided by The Saratoga County History Roundtable. As summer rolls along, we can begin to enjoy the fruits of our spring labor. Finally ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: June Garden

Gardening with Peter Bowden: June Garden

I sometimes find it amusing how our attitudes toward things change over time. I know we all look back at those pictures of us from the 70s, 60s and earlier ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: May Garden

Gardening with Peter Bowden: May Garden

Dig the hole wide but not too deep inally spring has arrived! This is a great time to get started on planting hardy trees and shrubs. Sadly, in my line ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Spring Bulb Care

Gardening with Peter Bowden: Spring Bulb Care

Finally the snow has melted and there are signs of life emerging from our flowerbeds. It’s amazing how the sight of fresh shoots from a clump of daffodils that we ...
This Weekend: The 50th Annual Saratoga Home & Lifestyle Show

This Weekend: The 50th Annual Saratoga Home & Lifestyle Show

Photo from past Home and Lifestyle show at the City Center presented by the Rotary Club of Saratoga. Photo provided. SARATOGA SPRINGS — The 50th annual Saratoga Home & Lifestyle ...
Community Garden Accepting Applications

Community Garden Accepting Applications

Photo of the Saratoga Springs Community Garden at Wesley via the Wesley Community website. SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs Community Garden at the Wesley Community is now accepting applications ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Now is the Time to Put up a Bluebird House

Gardening with Peter Bowden: Now is the Time to Put up a Bluebird House

I welcome any sign that spring is near. One of those signs is seeing the first bluebird of the season. Anyone who has ever seen one knows the feeling of surprise ...
Gardening with Peter Bowden: Learning Your Yard

Gardening with Peter Bowden: Learning Your Yard

It won’t be long before we’ll be heading to the garden center to purchase plants for our yards. Before you set foot in a nursery, you need to understand conditions ...

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