Library Blog

It happens every year; the heat of July is so oppressive for us cool weather lovers that it forces us indoors, escaping the temperatures that seem just a little too high for human habitation.

Wait! What? Seeds don’t just simply develop from the parent plant to save for next year? Oh good grief.

Now that we’re well into the harvest side of the gardening season, this is a good time to plan some seed saving strategy.

Tis the season to reflect upon the highlights of the gardening year and preserve the seeds of your bounty for next year. Hopefully, it has been rewarding.

A novel concept in the garden lately has been “teas” of different origins. All of them have merit and are worth considering. They can be made with the supplies you have on hand or with minimal cost, and can make a difference in your garden.

It was the spring of 1944. The world was at war. Freedom hung in the balance.

The Postwar years brought a population boom to Horseheads, NY and 4 different addresses for the Horseheads Library in 18 years. According to the 1940 United States Federal Census, the Town of Horseheads had a population of 8,804.

The year is 1962: the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear annihilation, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, and Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart in Arkansas.

Pets are the new kids and plants are the new pets.

With this pandemic many people started hobbies to keep sanity and joy in a scary and uncertain world. Plants and learning about propagating plants became my new obsession.

The east facing plants are doing very well. The seedlings really love the early morning sun and chilling out in the afternoon with some shade. Some new plants have been added like Ivy and Peperomia Raindrop.

We have previously met the plants in the East and South window. This post will be about the West window and Cozy Corner plants. These plants were the first plants that came to live here.

Since the day I brought my plants here to the Horseheads Free Library I have jotted down little notes on my plants and tried to write down dates so when I got a chance to write about my plants I would have the most correct information… I had proba