You’ve nurtured your annuals all summer long, but you know that it won’t be long now before we have a frost in the Buffalo area that will mark the end of these lovely plants. In the how-to video below, Anne, a Buffalo gardener, shows you how to take cuttings inside for the winter so...
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It’s officially autumn in Buffalo. Whether you’re a beginner and want to start a garden for the first time or you’re an experienced gardener and want to start new beds, now is the time to do it. Mark Van Buren, owner of Zehr’s on the Lake, offers four big reasons why it’s actually better...
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Gardeners don’t think of plants as moving creatures. After all, plants can’t pull up their roots and scoot over to a more pleasant spot in the garden. But plants do move. Plants stretch and bow and bend as they search for light, and they move in other ways, too. Unfortunately for us, their movements...
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Print this page and take the coupon to Perry’s Nurseries, 5203 Seneca St., West Seneca, to receive half off trees and shrubs. The coupon is valid from Sept. 23 through Nov. 10, 2011. This is a special coupon for readers of Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com! (If you’d like to print the coupon by itself, here’s how you...
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You need to do a little planning when choosing a tree for your garden or yard. Unlike a smaller plant, you can’t move a tree each year trying to find the perfect location. You need to pick the right tree for your yard, and the right spot for your tree. We talked to Curt...
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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County is offering the Master Gardener Training Program this fall. You don’t need to be a resident of Niagara County to participate in this program. These classes provide participants with basic training in a variety of horticultural subjects using class lectures, group discussion questions, quizzes and hands-on activities in...
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Here’s a question I got from Diane, a reader: “I would love it if you would settle a long-standing debate regarding roses in the Western New York area. Cut them down in fall or spring?” Lillian Stiegler, president of the Western New York Rose Society, responds, “You don’t prune your roses in the fall. The only...
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Garden mums aren’t annuals, but they’re not exactly perennials, either. They will come back next year– if you take the proper steps and are lucky. “They’re called garden mums (rather than perennial or hardy mums) because sometimes they don’t winter over,” explained Ron Heimiller, president and head grower at Heimiller Greenhouses in Newfane. Whether...
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Sometimes as I write a story, I find that I have a great nugget of information, but it just doesn’t fit in well with the rest of the story. These nuggets are too good to waste, so I’ve pulled together three tips to help you enjoy your garden during the fall. Fall Gardening Tip...
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A lot of you have asked where you can get red worms for composting. In an April article, we told you that Buffalo Reuse was planning to sell worms for composting. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like they’ll have a stock available anytime soon, so your best bet is to go to a bait shop....
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