What’s growing right now?
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Winter solstice tomorrow. It’s been a bountiful year and different from the last. Some things I’ll do again, others probably not (I’m looking at you mouse melons – cute, but they were a trap for mites and not even that tasty). Still getting a few greens and parsely, especially out of the greenhouse, which is…
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It’s amazing to me how some plants are just unbothered in cold temperatures. We’ve had many nights in the 20s recently, and some in the low ‘teens, but these hardy things have managed to keep green leaves and even flower. In spite of a slowed metabolism, there must be powerful compounds keeping the cells from…
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The numbers are in, and New York City officially just saw it’s driest October in 150 years. We are on drought watch, when plants should be conserving energy and peacefully going to sleep, they might just faint without changing color. If you have tried to water a garden here recently, you probably saw water pooling…
Dale Hoagland Gardens 