What to Do This Week
- November
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Bill Cary’s idea of a good weekend is to dig in a few dozen bulbs, turn the compost pile, pull weeds for a couple of hours and fill the car twice with
new annuals from the nursery. He grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8
acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn’t have more meadow and less lawn.
E-mail Bill Cary at wcary@lohud.com
Nov. 19
Spring Valley: Become Acquainted with Rockland County’s Water Birds. Speaker: [...]
A note from Barbara Cohen:
“Sunday, November 15, 2009
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Location:
Petals and Stems FLorist, 77 Rt. 59, Monsey, NY
The Flower Morah
Petals and Stems announces Flower design classes for children 10-16
By popular demand, Floral Design instructor, Barbara Cohen will be teaching the carnation flower cube at Petals and Stems on Sunday, November 15 at 3:30 PM-4:30 PM. [...]
From Katherine Powis at NYBG:
Tuesday, November 10
Farm City: The Education
of an Urban Farmer
Reading, Slides and Signing
Novella Carpenter grows fruit and vegetables on a vacant lot and shares them with her neighbors. She also raises (and dispatches) chicken, ducks and rabbits. Meet Novella and hear her gritty, sometimes brutal, tale of farm life on the mean [...]
From Nick Leshi at NYBG:
“Celebrate Veterans’ Day at The New York Botanical Garden
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Enjoy Family Programming, Free Grounds Admission, and Veterans’ Discount
On November 11, experience fall events, beautiful exhibitions, and family activities at The New York Botanical Garden.
Grounds admission is free for all visitors throughout the day and United States Veterans receive $5 [...]
At this time of year, the dietary habits of your hungry deer are beginning to change. For winter, they move away from grasses and green stuff toward woodier plants, like trees and shrubs.
It’s a good time of year to respray these kinds of plants with deer repellents. Many of these commercial sprays have cold-temperature restrictions [...]
A note from Sandy Morrissey, a great birder (and gardener) in Hartsdale; her photos:
“Hi Bill,
I, too, am enjoying many blooming plants in my fall garden – even now in November.
A favorite – and one that many may not have – is pineapple sage (Salvia elegans). It does not bloom until late October but it is [...]
From Helle Raheem and the Bedford Audubon Society:
“Nature Hike at Hunt-Parker Sanctuary With Tait Johansson
Tuesday, November 10, 8 a.m.–10 a.m. Meet at Bylane Farm, 35 Todd Road, Goldens Bridge.
Join Bedford Audubon naturalist Tait Johansson for a walk through the sanctuary’s meadows and woods. This walk will focus on identification of trees and shrubs. Bring binoculars; [...]
Ask the master gardeners
Q: I have never had a problem with deer, but now they occasionally come into my garden. With all the deer repellents available on the market, I am not sure which one to use.
A: The deer population has reached an all-time high. These attractive creatures are invading suburban areas at a fast [...]
Perennials: Continue planting bulbs. Mulch loosely with leaves or straw. Protect from squirrel foraging with plastic fruit boxes, screening or soak them in a deer repellent. A scattering of mothballs might help, too. It is too soon to mulch beds, but collect fallen oak leaves and pine needles to use later, after the ground freezes.
Flowers: [...]
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