Thrill your loved ones while supporting our great local businesses this holiday season! Here are gift ideas from some of our favorite Central PA food and garden folks.
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Local Greats for Holiday Gifting
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Gifts for Gardeners and Giggles
Gifts for gardeners can be practical or fun. Here are some ideas for holiday giving.
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Gifts for Gardeners 2010
Many gardeners wholeheartedly support local food initiatives, organic gardening methods and backyard homesteading. Here are some ideas for you for your Holiday gift lists.
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Warm Up To Biochar For Better Soil
Wood scraps are turned into charcoal, rather than burned to ash, resulting in the black gold known as BIOCHAR.
Garden Makeover Tips; Video2
Action highlights include Wendy offering great ideas for gathering hardscape materials on a budget and Erica single-handedly protecting edibles from an onslaught of rampant weeds. Me? I dig some holes.
Garden Video at PRG
Check out a video of Laura in her garden. (Shhhh… but she rambles on about three sister plantings and makes her friend eat a raw bean!) She’s not sure we should make this public because she was petrified the entire time but… here goes!
Autumn Garden Late Show
An addition of a few plants can up the interest in your autumn garden well into the season. Perennials like Amsonia and Tricyrtis, and Anenome, as well as annuals that did cool temperatures or rely on foliage for interest, keep your gardens rocking even after Halloween.
Bulb Planting Time
Bulbs are little treasures to be buried, while sugar plum wishes dance in our heads. Garden fantasies about the “hello spring!” display are one of the dreams that pull us through winter.
Garden Photography from our Community
Great gardeners and great photographers abound in PA. Here are the winning photographs from the Highland Gardens facebook photo contest. Thanks to photographer Carl Socolow for his help in judging the entries. Enjoy!
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Local Gardener Gifts, Greetings 2
by Laura Mathews · December 7, 2010
Find the best gifts while supporting local business. Here are some of my favorite West Shore haunts that offer great gift options and keep you AWAY from the mall.