botany

OLEAN — The city’s second round of leaf collection is wrapping up and anticipated to be completed on or before Friday, while workers will begin a fina...

GENEVA — The invasive pigweed Palmer amaranth, first found in New York soybean fields in 2019, has been dubbed the “spotted lanternfly of weeds” for i...

This might be the big weekend for leaf peeping in what state tourism folks designate the Chautauqua-Allegheny region of New York, which includes Catta...

OLEAN — The annual fall leaves pickup is set to begin in about two weeks. The city of Olean Department of Public Works reported Tuesday that leaf coll...

OLEAN — On the south side of Mount Hermann, Jim Brady walked along the logging trails of his personal Hundred Acre Wood. As he guided more than 60 vis...

For many years gardeners have been going to nurseries every spring and fall looking for the right plant to place in their gardens. Carol Sitarski, a M...

With cooler temperatures and rain showers highlighting the first week of fall, the hills in Cattaraugus County and throughout the Southern Tier are be...

The New York Forest Owners Association will lead a fall hike Saturday above Indiana Avenue, a visit to a unique woodlot containing more than 60 wild A...

Over the last two decades, my mother has devoted herself to creating a small homestead farm in Upstate New York. I’ve had a front-row seat to the trib...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension has changed the date of its annual Soil pH Clinic from Sept. 21 to Sept. 28. It will be held from 10 to 11:30 ...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County will host its annual soil pH clinic for residents to bring in soil for a free pH test. A ga...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Nannen Arboretum at 28 Parkside Drive has seen many improvements and opportunities this summer with new trees, vine trellises, pai...

BELMONT — Laboratory tests confirm that the strain of late blight affecting tomato plants in Allegany County this summer is a strain that will have mo...

Late blight, a destructive plant disease best known for causing the Irish potato famine of the 19th century, has been confirmed in Allegany County. La...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension will host Gardening Ed Week 2024 Aug. 12-16, a five-day online series of classes designed to transform partici...

ALLEGANY — The Enchanted Mountain Garden Club of Allegany has announced Lyn Chimera as the next speaker in their EMGC Lecture Series at 2 p.m. Monday ...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension Cattaraugus County’s Master Gardener Program continues to grow with the addition of Class of 2024 gradua...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension announces an online class, “Summer Harvesting and Garden Maintenance,” will be held from 11 a.m. to noon July ...