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	Spring 1998	Click below to receive the print version!

Home Site Map Guided Tour Website News What's New? Corporate Products Workshops Newsletter Ongoing Projects Trough Gardens Water Gardens Alpine Perennials Hardy Cactus Warranty Affiliations Awards Reviews DIY Greenhouse IPM Composting Reviews Horticulture Links USDA Zones Weather Reports FAQs Register Me Consulting Service Advertising Employment Visitors John's Journal Contact Us	Tropical Cactus. Over 100 large, rare, unusual and hard-to-find specimens are on display and for sale in the Main Greenhouse. (My personal collection is for viewing only.) There are almost 200 - 4" and 6" pots of cactus and related succulents for sale; many never before seen in this area, and almost all are true collector's items. Some very choice plants are available for the discriminating cactus collector, or for those who want a truly well-grown, long-lasting specimen that they can be proud of for many years to come. They're identified by botanic name, priced accordingly and on display in the Main Greenhouse. www.gdnctr.com Mousepads Available If you're a computer user - and many of our customers and friends are these days - we have a beautiful <" thick, 8 >" x 7 >" www.gdnctr.com mousepad available at no charge with any purchase of $25 or more. Stop at the Garden Center's Front Desk and inquire. Limit one per customer per purchase. Supplies are limited and when they're gone, they're gone. In the event you haven't been to our corporate website, the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address is right there on the pad, with our distinctive logo, so any time you're on the Net, drop by the virtual garden center and catch up on what's happening here. Don't forget to pet the kitty while you're here. Just rub your browser; Pickles will know it's you. Getting The Garden Ready So many things to do. First, de-mulch the plants you heavily mulched in the Fall. This lets warmth back into the cold ground, wakes-up the plants' root systems, and lets in air, water and fertilizers more easily. Also, the new shoots have an easier time of surfacing and growing. De-mulch all of the tree trunks, if you did extra mulch them last Fall. Hopefully, you didn't burlap or wrap any shrubs. If you did or felt like you had to, the shrub should be living further south. Use a Premium Dark Bark Mulch to a depth of 2", just to dress-off the existing and new plants. Remember, there's still plenty of old mulch rotting down and improving the soils below; no need to pile it on too heavily. And 2" more in the Fall will complete the cycle. Any of last year's compost available? Use it now around plants. It's free and a perfect 1-1-1 fertilizer. Fertilize? In our terrible soils? Certainly. Read on, McDuff. There are two other short articles in here on doing just that. Time to choose and plant. Make sure all danger of frost is past (April 21st or so) and have at it for another Gardening Season. Happy Gardening in 1998!	In This Issue: Page1: 8th Annual Open House York Area Pet Bird Club Show Hardy Cactus. Page2: Tropical Cactus. www.gdnctr.com Mousepads Available Getting The Garden Ready Page3: Early Season Bloomers Alpine Trough Gardens. Little Gems. Page4: Wildflowers - Do It Now Garden Center Is Available For Meetings & Tours 1998 Workshop Schedule Page5: 1998 Workshop Schedule...continued Page6: 1998 Workshop Schedule...continued Page7: Clear Ponds. Page8: Fertilizing Evergreens & Conifers Fertilizing Gardens Page9: Year 'Round Container Herb Gardens INTERESTING INFORMATION IN THE NEXT ISSUE: Spring - Summer - Fall Hours: