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This 2022 image provided by SOW Local shows freshly cut ranunculus flowers in Oakdale, N.Y. (Chris Demchak via AP)

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If you grow your own cutting garden, you'll have beautiful flower bouquets all season long
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
Tue,06/27/23-8:51AM , 144 Reads
Every spring, I cut fragrant lilac stems from the two bushes flanking my front gate and set them in a vase indoors, where their fragrance perfumes the entire first floor better than any scented candle or diffuser could.
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This May 26, 2023, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a soaker hose system installed in a raised vegetable garden bed on Long Island, N.Y. Using soaker hoses or other drip irrigation methods instead of overhead sprinklers saves water and money, reduces waste and helps protect plant health. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

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How you water the garden can save you money, gallons and your plants, too
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
Tue,06/20/23-12:06PM , 248 Reads
Until I installed soaker hoses throughout my vegetable beds this year, I’d always watered my plants by hand, which over the years had become tiresome.
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This undated photo shows beds in a weedless vegetable garden in New Paltz, N.Y. Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada has affected air quality across vast swaths of the U.S. East and Midwest, which might have some effect on garden plants if the exposure is prolonged. (AP Photo/Lee Reich, File)

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Your garden doesn't like the wildfires, either. Here's how to help plants handle smoke and ash
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
Fri,06/09/23-11:00PM , 96 Reads
Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada drove down air quality across swaths of the Eastern U.S. this week, a problem all too familiar in many Western states.
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This June 3, 2023, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows farm-fresh strawberries and rhubarb for sale in Glen Cove, N.Y. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

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June is rhubarb picking time in the garden, so pucker up
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
Tue,06/06/23-7:23AM , 179 Reads
Years ago, when my now-grown daughter Justine was a toddler, we visited a U-pick farm where she plucked plump, ripe strawberries from a field of sprawling plants. Some made it into the basket on that sunny June day; others went directly into her mouth.
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