A Troy-Bilt rototiller from the 1980s is on loan from the Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway for display at the atrium at Capital Roots in the Urban Grow Center in Troy. Ever think of a question that ...

Capital Roots was founded in 1975 as a community service project of Garden Way, the former manufacturer of Troy-Bilt Rototillers. Dean Leith, then president and CEO of Garden Way, established the ...

Editor’s Note: With manufacturing jobs continuing to decline, two local companies are flourishing amid low-cost and heavily subsidized competitors from Russia to China. This two-part series examines ...

From the moment this mower was out of the box, it did not run. I tried taking it back to Menards the day after I bought it for an exchange, but because I had put gas and oil in the machine, they would ...

TROY, N.Y. >> The community is mourning the death of one of the founders of Capital District Community Gardens, now known as Capital Roots. Dean Leith, 84, passed away on Thursday with his family at ...

For the good of all mankind, I intend to scan the Owners Manual for an old Troy Bilt rototiller that I just bought. The original owner kept the manual in great condition, and my search of the ...

Dean Leith, founder of the community garden network that became Capital Roots and a man known to many as "Uncle Dean," died Thursday after decades of practicing, promoting and supporting urban ...