Shade garden bloom: Steigerwalds craft lush backyard oasis
ELKINS PARK Pa Tom Steigerwald turns a neglected yard into a cottage shade garden with hostas ferns salvia and angel’s trumpet. Experts note shade gardening offers easier care while shade nursery owner Eva Jones promotes hosta diversity and varieties. The couple share tips on soil moisture and planting in clusters around arbors and a pond with goldfish and frogs.
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Elkins Park
Tom Steigerwald
Patrice Steigerwald
Martin
Chalfont
Eva Jones
Jones
Joppa
Delaware Valley Hosta Society
Gardening in the dark tips for shade gardens
John D. Martin urges following the right plant in the right place adage for shade gardening. He advises homework online with books and extension agents, reading plant labels, using leaf mulch to evaluate options, and noting mail order plants are often small. Knight Ridder
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John D. Martin
Delaware Valley College
Martin
Tom
Dairy Farm Tour Heads to Pennsylvania in July
A two day dairy farm tour travels July 11 12 from Ohio through Wellsboro to Cove Mountain Farm near Wellsboro and New Holland. Glenn Moyer and family pioneered grazing dairy leasing from American Farmland Trust and now run 320 cows with a New Zealand style rotary milking parlor. Registration 55 by June 30 with lodging at Country Squire Inn 60 to 65 plus tax.
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Glenn Moyer
Wellsboro
Somerset
Bedford
Cove Mountain
American Farmland Trust
Cove Mountain Farm
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Trust
Moyers
Glen
Matt
Moyer Farm
New Holland
Country Squire Motor Inn
Lancaster
Hershey
Hershey Museum
Janice Brill
Whitney Road
Wellington
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Lorain County Dairy Auction Committee
Lorain County
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Iris
Hostas
Don Mould
Stru
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Tree Moving & Sales
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