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November/December, 2013 – Upstate Gardeners’ Journal

Interested in My D&C Columns?

Of course you are. You can find them in one convenient place: Here. —Jane

Ear to the Ground November-December 2013

Rich Finzer’s article on invasive woody species in the last issue caused quite a stir. One reader questioned whether Mr. Finzer was really talking about Russian olive, Elaeagnus angustifolia, or if he meant autumn olive, E. umbellata. Below, another reader disagrees with two native plants being lumped in with invasive aliens. Keep those letters coming. …

Woodies, Pots, and Winter: Why and How

Story and photos by Michelle Sutton Recently, I visited several small artsy towns seeking to photograph woody plants that are overwintering in pots or elevated planters in front of restaurants, galleries, and yoga studios. I had the impression that many of the successes were happy accidents; someone had a little boxwood or dwarf Alberta spruce, …

Winter Sowing, a Gardener’s Winter Delight

By Trudi Davidoff About ten years ago, I began sowing seeds outdoors in winter as a practical solution to a problem I had, which was lots of seeds and no place to sow them. An avid seed trader, I visited seed trading forums and exchanged open-pollinated seed saved from my own garden for other people’s …

2013 Winter Photo Contest Winners

Grand prize Untitled by Mary Shelsby Prize: A $50 gift certificate from Wayside Garden Center, where you can get anything from large-caliper trees to the new rage in houseplants, kokedama. Winner: Scenes category Untitled, University of Rochester campus By Corinna Vannozzi Prize: a $35 gift certificate to the Asa Ransom House Country Inn in Clarence, …

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