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Time to feed and tidy up

The air is cooler. Clouds are darker. Plants are losing their summer luster. Fall flowers are beginning to bloom. Now is the time to get ready for spring! Right?

Getting Ready
Perennial plants are always getting ready for the next season. In the spring, they are getting ready to grow and flower. In the summer, they are in full swing with blooms and leaves. By fall, they are storing food in their roots, getting ready to go dormant. In the winter, perennial plants are reading gardening books to find out who their new neighbors will be.

You can help perennials get ready for spring by feeding them in the fall and doing a few maintenance tricks. This advice is for all perennials – flowering plants, shrubs, trees and even lawns. For specific instructions on exotic plants, contact your local nursery or county horticultural extension agent for help.
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I don’t know where the summer went, but it’s gone. Never mind that the temperatures are still on the high side and most leaves are still on the trees, we’re looking forward to pumpkins and warm sweaters and cocoa – rewards for a busy summer.

There are a lot of things we need to do to prepare for cooler weather. Or I should just spit it out: Winter’s coming! 

• Cleaning out the coat closet should be a family affair – and soon. Have your children try on last year’s coats and cold weather gear, then make a list of what needs to be replaced. There’s little more frustrating than discovering on the first snowy day that Junior’s snow boots don’t fit anymore.
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Instant insulation for $20!

When I was little and my grandfather was building our home “up in the sticks” of rural Massachusetts, we lived in three rooms plus an enclosed porch while the second phase was being added onto the back. It would become another two bedrooms and a bathroom, but for one winter I recall, it was enclosed but not insulated or finished, so an army surplus blanket hung in the roughed-in doorway at one back corner of the kitchen.
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Lehman’s recently sent out an email to members of the Countrylife.net forums and the LehmansLife email list introducing an exciting new Forum. Here is part of that email.
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Recently Amish Country Television Featured Lehman’s. In the interview Glenda Lehman Ervin talks about the store and our recent expansion. I would like to thank Peter at HolmesGrown entertainment Amish Country Television ACTV.

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