Spring 1996
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Installing a wildflower field or meadow is best done in either Early Spring or Late Summer, when temperatures aren't so hot that seed dries out, water is plentiful from natural rains and the plants have a chance for a foothold for next year's growth and display.
Instead of using hay or straw, try ground-up Peat Moss as a mulch to hold-in moisture, feed the seed with nutrients and fool the birds (who see straw and a meal of seed just below the chaff). Simply crumble the peat by hand and broadcast, or lightly shovel it over the newly-sown seed. Straw must be raked-off or it'll rot the new shoots; Peat is absorbed, feeds and disappears quickly into the new plants' system.
Our Wildflower Mixes come in several formulations: Roadside, Meadow, Hummingbird & Butterfly and Cutting. We'll help you select the right one(s) for your specific application. Just ask.
Garden Center Is Available For Meetings & Tours
If your Civic Group, Garden Club or Organization would like a warm, cozy place to meet this anytime, our Garden Center is open for both tours and meetings, Monday through Saturday, at no charge. Arrangements can be made by calling the Garden Center Office at 1-800-828-3405 or FAX us at (717) 246- 2170. We can accomodate 20 with our chairs, more if you bring your own chairs. And since the entire facility is on one level with easy access ramps, wheelchairs and elderly people are easily accomodated.
The complex is also available for Weddings and other functions on a cost- per-event basis. Up to 300 can be accomodated. Catering, entertainment and refreshments can be arranged. Or you can provide you own ambiance. Once again, please make all inquiries directly to the Garden Center Office at 1-800- 828-3405.
Healthy Ponds.
The Clearing-Up Of Common "Untruths"
Other Water Garden Companies Have Told.
Upon hearing of these "stories" told to our customers, we just can't resist clearing-up some of other peoples' cloudy statements:
Bio-Filter-In-A-Box-In-The-Pond. No such thing. It is a Rube Goldberg contraption that some companies and people scam you with. A true Bio-Filter uses lava rock (or charcoal) as a filtering and trapping medium and is home to bacteria (an actual mini ecosystem) that the fish need in their gills to live. It is most commonly the waterfall tub where deadly ammonia-turned-semi-deadly- more...
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Little Gems.
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Healthy Ponds.
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1996 Workshops & Seminars Schedule
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Clear Ponds.
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Fertilizing Gardens
Year 'Round Container Herb Gardens
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