gardening

OLEAN — The first vegetables were planted Saturday in the city’s first community garden. Dozens attended the ribbon cutting for the garden at 402 W. G...

Mayor Bill Aiello has given a special thanks the Downtown Olean Beautification Committee for its perseverance and dedication to the community, as they...

Now that spring is finally here, we’re all looking forward to the wonderful signs of the season, including flowers, birds, longer days and enjoying th...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Nannen Arboretum members celebrated Arbor Day Friday with the planting of a new American larch tree. It’s called Tamarack (larix laric...

PITTSFORD (AP) — Officials in a western New York town are bidding a sad farewell to an iconic 200-year-old tree. A public ceremony is planned Monday e...

MACHIAS — Brian Andrews plans to grow around 1,100 acres of soybeans in fields across Cattaraugus County this year — about the same as in 2017. It’s n...

Mary Lu Wells, a master gardener volunteer with the Allegany County Cooperative Extension, writes: It is almost time for those woodland flowers, the s...

Modern gardening isn't just about growing plants — it's part of a movement toward personal and family wellness that includes everything from diet and ...

As modern civilization continues to develop, the issues surrounding resource depletion become more urgent with each passing day. Education on self-sus...

Flora and fauna enthusiasts may know that in order to attract native wildlife and insects to their property, they have to lure the creatures in with n...

Hints of impending spring weather might stir a desire to grow plants even in people not usually drawn in that direction. If you are one of them, yet y...

We're coming up on cherry blossom festivals, tulip time and lilac season. Here's a look at some of the places that celebrate spring flowers with festi...

With the spring gardening season ever closer, Steven Jakobi, master gardener volunteer with Allegany County Cooperative Extension, offers some advice ...

New York State is using high-tech and low-tech tools in its fight against the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, a tiny insect from East Asia that can s...

When Elvin Graham of Hastings Road in the town of Olean sent us his prediction for the first discernible snow of the season, he declared, “I'm not a m...

As a member of the beautification committee in the city of Olean, it is an honor to serve with some very knowledgeable people who are volunteering the...

We give a lot of credit to Diana Scanlon for the beautiful photograph she sent to us of a monarch butterfly on one of her zinnias in her garden on Ole...

Central New York is a prime spot for finding abundant, locally grown fruits and vegetables. You see evidence of this at the many roadside garden stand...