a Join WNED PBS live in the studio audience for the premiere of their new gardening program, Now We’re Gardening LIVE! The format is similar to the popular “Now We’re Cooking LIVE” shows. While WNED has done other original gardening series such as Garden Wisdom for WNY and Southern Ontario, this is the first time the station has done a gardening show with a live studio audience. Readers of Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com can get a discount on tickets for the live show. See…
Stop weeds now, plus more on how forsythia rules our gardens
by Connie Oswald Stofko Wait until the forsythia blooms. That’s a rule of thumb for many gardening tasks in Western New York. For example, you shouldn’t prune your roses until you see forsythia blooming in your neighborhood, according to this tip from the the Western New York Rose Society. The forsythias are blooming now, or will bloom soon, in Western New York. “This is when the soil is warming up and things are popping up outside,” said David Clark, CNLP, who was honored…
The suspense continues in our prize drawing
by Connie Oswald Stofko There are literally thousands of people out there waiting to hear who won our drawing for a gardening prize package worth approximately $525! But not all of the three winners who were chosen at random have responded. That means I move on to the next name on the list. If you are a winner, I will send you an email with the information. If it’s you, please respond promptly so you can get your prizes! __________…
Gardens look like April, not March: weather in WNY
by Connie Oswald Stofko Does it seem that your crocuses, daffodils or other plants are budding—even blooming—early this year? “There’s no question about it,” said John Farfaglia, extension educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Niagara County. “We are ahead of where we would normally be. It looks like April instead of March.” The Southern Tier has also seen warmer temperatures than usual, said said Kelly McDonald, executive director and Master Gardener at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Cattaraugus County. While it’s…