Uihlein legacy to be honored with 'sweet tree' on Arbor Day; Session to teach container gardening; Vendors invited to farmers-market workshop; Cornell to offer garden photography class.

If you live closer to the lake, the average last spring frost date can range between April 30 and May 20. But if you live in the Adirondacks, the date ranges from May 20 until the beginning of June, says Horticulture Educator Anne Lenox Barlow. So it's too soon to plant many flowers and vegetables.

Plattsburgh resident Geneveive Alvarez's cast-iron bracket elicited a variety of responses, some passionate, about what her thingamajig is.

Dividing perennials actually invigorates them -- you'll have stronger plants with more blooms if you chop them up every few years, according to gardening expert Amy Ivy.

Geneveive Alvarez has a scallop-edged cast-iron bracket, whose original use baffles most people.