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Upstate Gardeners' Journal Thanks to Lisa Judkins Plunkett for this great question!

Florist's azalea is a houseplant in this climate | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
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Question: I have this small azalea that was given to us when our daughter passed. Being as sentimental as I am, I want to keep it. The ground is way too cold to plant it now, right? Is there any way to keep it for the winter and then transplant it outside?
Yesterday at 6:13am
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal Featuring Rochester's own George Irwin & Green Roof Technologies

Business of Green - The Rooftop Garden Climbs Down a Wall - NYTimes.com
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A new technology along the lines of green roofs, called edible walls, grows vegetables, fruits and herbs on the outside walls of urban buildings.
November 20 at 3:03pm
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal There's a lot of good stuff in the newest Garden Walk Buffalo e-newsletter. It's also on the Web site. Check it out.

Garden Walk Buffalo
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Participating Buffalo residents invite you to enjoy a free, self-guided tour of more than 200 gardens, making it one of the largest Garden Walks in the country.
November 16 at 3:16pm
Maureen Ryan Baringer
Maureen Ryan Baringer
Thanks!
November 16 at 3:53pm
Catherine Smith
Catherine Smith
I didn't know about this and will be sure to travel to Buffalo next year.
November 17 at 2:02pm
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It's amazing! Though I've never been—it conflicts with my sacred Maine beach week.
November 17 at 3:35pm
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal I haven't shelled out the $2.99 for this app yet, but it looks cool, and was developed in Rochester.

Florafolio
Florafolio is an easy to use, interactive field guide to native plants of North America. This edition focuses on the stunning variety of trees, shrubs, perennials, ferns, vines, and grasses that are i...
November 16 at 2:42pm
Sonia
Sonia
Love it but I don't have an i-phone :( Will apps be available for the blackberry anytime?
November 16 at 3:22pm
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A good question. I don't know, but I will see if I can find out.
November 16 at 6:19pm
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal Did you know you can subscribe to the UGJ as a PDF delivered electronically?

Upstate Gardeners' Journal - Subscribe
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Subscriptions are $15 for one full year, 6 issues. If you wish to purchase back issues, click here. (You will have the option of adding your subscription at the bottom of the back issues page.) To give ...
November 12 at 6:03am
Maureen Ryan Baringer
Maureen Ryan Baringer
Love that! Nice Marketing!
November 12 at 9:42am
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal Been out delivering magazines, and WOW -- the sales! For example, at Aman's in Irondequoit, roses are 75% off. Not surprisingly, only a few are left.

November 3 at 5:00am
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal For those who asked about it: Here's a link to the November-December Almanac ("What to Do"). PDF format.

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October 30 at 8:17am
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal Here is an announcement from the Plantasia Landscape & Garden Show, Bufflo: Vendors wanted to sell garden merchandise ie., plants, flowers, statuary, gardening books & tools, pots, bird feeders. Plantasia, WNY’s premier landscape & garden show, March 25-March 28 at the Agri-Center. Contact 716-741-8047.

October 28 at 8:43am
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Hi Carol -- a thought -- if you sell your fertilizer to a local retailer who IS in the show, maybe you can work something out re: sharing space. Not sure who your market is. - Jane
October 30 at 5:09am
Carol Minnick
Carol Minnick
I'll consider that - thanks for the tip.
October 31 at 6:58pm
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal I just think this is so cute!

October 27 at 6:04am
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Debbie
Debbie
that's ADORABLE!!
October 27 at 4:08pm
Elizabeth Harper
Elizabeth Harper
What a face, indeed!
November 10 at 3:48pm
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal The new issue is on its way. It looks great!

October 27 at 5:38am
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Maria Walczak
Maria Walczak
great looking cover, as usual....
October 27 at 6:52am
Catherine Smith
Catherine Smith
Nothing better than conifers for year round interest.
October 27 at 11:39am
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10/14/09 Eblacker
23 new photos
October 14 at 6:48pm
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Catherine Smith
Catherine Smith
Beautiful work Chuck.
October 15 at 11:21am
Chuck Eblacker
Chuck Eblacker
Thank You Everyone...the stone is just a fieldstone from the S. tier of NY about an hour south near Almond NY...basically its sandstone that the earth keeps spitting up
October 15 at 4:13pm
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal Saw a few Eblacker projects today. Please check out the blog post, photo album, or both.

Ear to the Ground: An afternoon with Chuck
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I spent the afternoon with Chuck Eblacker checking out some of his new work and visiting an installation I've been wanting to see for quite a while.Chuck is currently creating a dry-laid stone wall at the Harley School in Brighton, and is instructing a course on the subject this semester as well. .....
October 14 at 6:40pm
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal It's Columbus Day. Have you planted your garlic?

October 12 at 6:11am
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Just Annie
Just Annie
Thanks for the reminder!
October 12 at 11:10am
Beth Cole Byrne
Beth Cole Byrne
Oh, now that I didn't know!
October 12 at 12:20pm
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal We need a good question for the November-December issue. Any suggestions?

October 11 at 1:17pm
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Gregory Tedesco
Gregory Tedesco
To ripen tomatoes put them in a paper bag with an apple, thye will ripen in a few days. Also to save them a little while wrap them in 1 layer of newspaper and put them in an open box and place them ina cool spot like a hallway. They will keep for a few weeks and ripen slowly,my grandparents do this!
October 13 at 6:42pm
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Yup -- the apple produces ethylene gas which hastens ripening, so Gregory is right -- use the apple for faster ripening, store them "loose" to stave it off. The tomatoes will produce some ethylene too so having a few of them together in the bag makes them ripen quicker than having them separate.

On the leaf issue, I still say it's situational. ... See MoreThink of it this way: In nature, leaves fall, they break down, they enrich the soil. The are naturally occurring mulch. But to Gregory's point, there are some things I wouldn't want to suffocate. Scree plants, notably, that need good drainage. As for tulips, I don't think a layer of leaves will hurt them, but I usually rake them out in the early spring anyway, just as stuff is starting to poke through. It's OK to take some and leave some; you don't have to leave the ground absolutely naked. In the vegetable garden, for instance, I would absolutely leave them.
October 14 at 6:14am
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Upstate Gardeners' Journal http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2009/10/10/colchicum-design-ideas-from-montrose-gardens/

Colchicum Design Ideas from Montrose Gardens — Cold Climate Gardening
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Many gardeners complain that it is difficult to place colchicums in the garden because of their unusual growing cycle, in which their leaves grow in the spring, die down in the summer, and then the flowers emerge in the fall. ...
October 10 at 11:13am