GARDENING—5:30 p.m. “Seed Saving: The Art and Science.” Free and open to the public. Pre-registration encouraged. Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners, 123 Lake Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-2536 or https://www.facebook.com/events/940448911661001/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D…
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GARDENING—6:30 p.m. “Creating a Deer-resistant Garden.” Presented by Susan Lettis with the Oneonta Garden Club. St. James Church Hall, 305 Main Street, Oneonta. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1432953102313655&set=a.617556033853370…
TASTING—5:30 p.m. “Tomato-Palooza.” Learn about the Vegetable Varieties Garden Trials and then participate in a tomato tasting-event. Free and open to the public. Pre-registration encouraged. Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners, 123 Lake Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-2536 or https://www.facebook.com/events/1748184159789950/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D…
HISTORICAL SOCIETY—6:30 p.m. Presentation, “Kitchen Garden/Dooryard Garden.” Great for gardeners of all levels to learn about this historical staple. Watch a tutorial on the “Square Foot” garden and enjoy historical salad dressings. Presented by the Hartwick Historical Society at Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 County Road 11, Hartwick. (607) 293-7530 or https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1366340308868643&set=a.508745254628157…
As long as we are here, we will garden. We just need to pare down to what is more manageable. We spent so many years adding gardens that taking them out does leave a bit of a bitter taste. But life is all about change, about waxing and waning...…
Two weeks after I would normally plant next year’s garlic crop, I realized I had completely forgotten. I cannot recall ever forgetting such a staple of our routine up here on the hill. I mean, routine is everything. Fortunately, my source was more than happy to supply me with what I needed.…
If I see an empty spot, I fill it. So what if it is impossible to get to the lone zucchini in the corner (which, by the way, I had to sneak in after being told NOT to plant any) without bushwhacking my way through the bushy, overbearing haricots verts overshadowing a row of lettuce, itself shadowed and obscured by another row of beans.…
GARDEN—5-6:30 p.m.; doors open at 4:30 p.m. “Evenings in the Garden: Space Saving Gardening Techniques.” Learn about potato towers and the square-foot garden with the Otsego County Master Gardeners. Cornell Cooperative Extension, 123 Lake Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-2536 ext. 235 or https://cceschoharie-otsego.org/events/2025/05/21/space-saving-gardening-techniques…
There is a connection between pea planting and the buffoonery we witness daily in the name of curtailing government spending. There should not be. When Thoreau planted his beans on the banks of Walden Pond, he could go about with a clear head.…
Gardening is a labor of love, but over time the labor part trumps the love part—knees ache faster, arthritic digits stiffen, lower backs get creaky. We are committed to sitting down and making the hard cuts. We no longer need the quantities we’ve become accustomed to.…
