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November/December, 2019 – Upstate Gardeners’ Journal

Sweet potato breakfast “power bowl”

by Ellen Adams Now that fall is here, let’s change up your breakfast routine to amp up the vitaminsand increase your energy! This breakfast bowl is part of a wonderful trend in combining healthy ingredients to create a personalized meal. Add your own favorite healthy ingredients to the bowl, like mushrooms, onions, turkey sausage, or …

Foreign flowers, Rochester roots

The Eastman Museum’s annual “Dutch Connection” show shares in the struggle against winter blues Story by John Ernst; photos provided by the George Eastman Museum Just a few of the potted flowers on display during the Dutch Connection In 1895, 41-year-old George Eastman bicycled through Holland. “Two large fields that we passed were the greatest …

Almanac: November–December 2019

Winter birds

Every year, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, it amazes me how animals can survive the winters we have here. Although weather conditions are changing, the main elements needed for survival remain the same for all animals, including birds. In the winter there are three major things birds need for survival: …

Winter growing, reading, and making with kids

by Valerie Shaw It’s a chilly early winter day, there’s frost in the garden, the furnace humming expensively, and your little ones are waiting with anticipation for the next holiday, or snow day, or weekend. You may not be able to convince your kids to venture outside, but don’t worry, there’s still green-thumb fun to …

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