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Say You Saw it in The Monadnock Shopper News, August 15 – August 21, 201814
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DUE TO DEMANDSPECIAL PRICING
EXTENDED until theend of SEPTEMBER
ANNUAL CLEANING Regularly $15000
With Coupon $13000
SAVE $2000Expires September 30, 2018
Peter Forcier Ray Thibeault Kevin White
Summer PlantBlow Out Sale Continues!ANNUALS & PERENNIALS
25-75% OFF*excludes all new fall annuals & perennials
108 Hinsdale Road • Northfield, MAOpen Daily 8:30 am-5:00 pm • 413-498-2208
www.fafgrowers.com • Visit us on Facebook
FIVE ACRE FARM
INVENTORY BLOWOUT SALE!
50% OFFTREES &SHRUBS
ORIGINAL PRICES50% OFF
StatuaryPottery
Fairy Garden SuppliesGazing Globes
Bagged Soil ProductsWindchimesBird Baths
Garden Flags
STORE CLOSINGSUNDAY, AUGUST 26TH 1046 Rt. 12, Westmoreland, NH • 603-399-8454
Mon.-Fri. 9-5, Sat. 9-1 • www.treehuggerfarms.com
Treehugger Farms, Inc.Fuel
Assistance Welcome
Wood, Gas & Pellet
Stoves by
FULL MEASURE • FAST, FRIENDLY DELIVERY
DEBARKED SEMI SEASONED
USDA INSECT FREE KILN DRIED ALWAYS AVAILABLE
SEASONYOUR OWN AND SAVE!
BARK MULCH • STUMP GRINDING • BRUSH MOWING
DANA’SCONTAINERSERVICE
603-352-5981danasrolloffdumpsters.com
Variety of rolloff dumpster sizes
Clean-out servicesFully Insured
STONE WALLSRebuild • Repair • New
Retaining & Free Standing • Single-Faced & Double-FacedBuilding Foundations • Building Facades
Munichiello MasonryAl Munichiello 603-204-1701 [email protected]
24 Hr. Service • Fully Insured
Cell: 603-355-0208 Home: 603-352-1205
www.chrislaneenterprises.com
Tree Work • Crane Work • ChippingStorm Damage Cleanup • Pruning
Stump Grinding • Cabling
603-357-4347•www.cheshireshedandgazebo.com
Ask about our RENT TO OWN Program
A DreamSpace for Your
Place!
ROUTE 12 • SWANZEY Across from Toyota Volvo
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Chimney Sweeping • Construction • ReliningRepairs • Installations • Inspections • WaterproofingServing the Monadnock Region for over 37 Years(603) 357-4159 • www.chimneynh.com • [email protected]
THE CHIMNEY SPECIALISTS, INC.
CheshireGroundsPreservation
Driveways - Hard Pack & GravelLawn Maintenance
One time or every timeGrounds Maintenance
Field Mowing, Brush HogLoader, Back Hoe Work
Snowplowing
CGP
603-585-3040Serving Cheshire & Western Hillsborough Counties
We started the shed, gazebo and horse barn business twenty years ago. Over that time we have evolved into an Amish destination location by offering fine interior furniture, exterior furniture, drying racks, canned goods, copper topped cupolas and weather vanes, brooms, chicken
coops and, new this year, greenhouses for your back yard!
Everything we have at our location is made by the Amish. We have over forty Amish families proudly represented in our shop and on our
grounds. People frequently come her to buy a shed but leave with a lot more!!
Located at 1835 Rt. 12, Westmoreland, NH
Open Tues. – Sunday 10AM - 5 PM Call (603) 399-4470 or visit our website:
www.millbrookfarm.com
We started the shed, gazebo and horse barn business twenty years ago. Over that time we have evolved into an Amish destination location by offering fine interior furniture, exterior furniture, drying racks, canned goods, copper topped cupolas and weather vanes, brooms, chicken
coops and, new this year, greenhouses for your back yard!
Everything we have at our location is made by the Amish. We have over forty Amish families proudly represented in our shop and on our
grounds. People frequently come her to buy a shed but leave with a lot more!!
Located at 1835 Rt. 12, Westmoreland, NH
Open Tues. – Sunday 10AM - 5 PM Call (603) 399-4470 or visit our website:
www.millbrookfarm.comLocated at 1835 Rt. 12, Westmoreland, NH
Open Tuesday - Sunday 10AM-5PMCall 603-399-4470 or visit our website: www.millbrookfarm.com
We started the shed, gazebo and horse barn business over twenty years ago.
Our standard construction in every single shed includes solid plywood on
roofs and floors - no particle board; 2x4 construction 16”OC; gable end
vents; a 30 year Architectural shingle and come completely painted.
No time to come to Westmoreland? Let US come to YOU! We’ll help you choose the perfect shed and location for
your property. Call anytime to set up a visit!!
Deb’s QUALITYLAwn CAre
603-313-2601 CellInsured/References • FREE Estimates
Lawns Mowed & Trimmed
Flowerbeds refurbished
spring & Fall CleanupsLocal Hauling & Delivery
Read the MSN online:www.shoppernews.com
August represents the waning days of summer. Daylight hours have begun to decrease as production increases in the gardens. Trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses are producing as many fruits, seeds, and offspring as possible before the growing season ends. The landscape is as busy as we are trying to manage it!
My healthy and happy white ash trees produced a heavy crop of seeds this year. The seeds are consumed by a variety of songbirds, including the grosbeak, purple finch, and red-winged blackbird. My unhappy ash trees are in a state of decline, which started several years ago during a drought. They will soon be used for firewood. A decline caused by ash yellows, drought, or disease can take several years to kill the tree, while an infestation of emerald ash borer can kill an ash tree in less than five years. The latest information on emerald ash borer, including its identification and known locations in New Hampshire, is at https://nhbugs.org/emerald-ash-borer.
My shrubs are grow-ing broader and taller this season, thanks to the early spring moisture. The red-osier dogwoods have spread to over ten feet wide and seven feet tall. Their white berries are eaten by songbirds as soon as they ripen. Robins love these berries, as do the catbirds. The catbirds eat many berries, including those from invasive species. They introduced the glossy buckthorn and multi-flora rose to my property and helped spread the Oriental bittersweet vine. One happy bittersweet vine growing through and on top of a highbush blueberry needs to be extracted without spreading the bittersweet berries. Each berry could potentially become another quick-growing vine. Information on Oriental bittersweet is at https://www.agriculture.nh.gov/publications-forms/documents/oriental-bittersweet.pdf. Many of the invasive shrubs and vines are highly adaptable to impoverished soils, dry soils, and disturbed areas, making them a troublesome addition to the naturalized landscape.
The waning days of summer are represented in the flower garden as well. The colorful red and orange blossoms of July are being replaced by the yellows and whites of August. Black-eyed Susans, goldenrods, yarrow, and Queen Anne’s lace fill the naturalized garden, abandoned fields, and roadsides. Coreopsis, the prairie coneflower, and compass plant fill the drought-tolerant garden with bright lemon-yellows, and Jerusalem artichokes offer color to the edible garden. The ornamental grasses have grown tall and will soon offer miniature flowers and decorative seed heads from late-August through the fall.
Meanwhile, at the garden’s surface, miniature perennials have started from seed. The soil is littered with columbines, lupines, Japanese painted ferns, and hostas. Transplant season is almost here! The great debate is whether to move the little plants now, while the soil is dry and easy to dig, or when precipitation is typically more predictable, such as in early fall. If I’m transplanting lupines, milkweed, or other plants with long, delicate taproots, I may opt to move them into their permanent space in August while the soil is loose, providing I am able to water them until their roots adapt to the new soil. If I don’t have time to water, I’ll wait until late September or early October, the official transplant season, when Mother Nature can water them for me. I’m happy to see that many new perennials have successfully started from seed during this year
August’s Waning Days of Summer
with below-average precipitation. It’s unfortunate, however, that the declining number of early-season pollinators in the gardens have resulted in less seeds for next year’s gardens.
Summer may begin to wind down in August, but the gardens are still colorful, fruitful, and alive with flowers, insects, butterflies, and birds. Photos are at Facebook.com/wildandwoodsy.
Janine Marr is an advanced master gardener and forester apprentice in Cheshire County. She is available for consults at [email protected].
Woods andGardens
with Janine Marr