tag | gardening
February 27, 2024 | 3:08 PM
Gardeners counting the days until spring
Horticulturalist Erica Jo Shaffer with ideas on how to prepare
January 30, 2024 | 2:33 PM
Dreaming of your 2024 garden?
Horticulturalist Erica Jo Shaffer says plan now for spring
June 27, 2023 | 3:50 PM
What to know about gardening in Pennsylvania in early summer weeks
April 7, 2023 | 1:32 PM
A Pittsburgh soil-maker wants to help gardeners to stop using peat, a big carbon emitter
March 29, 2023 | 2:44 PM
Let’s talk early season planting and gardening in Pennsylvania
October 25, 2022 | 4:27 PM
Why does bark shed off trees and what are signs of unhealthy plants?
George Weigel, Garden Columnist for the Patriot-News and PennLive and retired horticulturist, said for some tree species, like kousa dogwood, sycamore, or birch, shedding is normal but for others it’s a sign of a dying or unhealthy tree.
May 28, 2020 | 7:57 PM
Smart Talk Friday: Gardening during the pandemic
Erica Jo Shaffer answers your questions and offers growing tips
By Scott LaMar/WITF March 26, 2020 | 7:44 AM
Emptier grocery shelves help cultivate a growing interest in home gardening
The gardening business used to rise during bad times and drop during good ones, said George Ball, executive chairman of Burpee,, but that has been driven more to an extreme in the last 20 years or so.
