This week I had a good reminder of valuable resources that go underutilitized everyday. These resources are not the clean water or air we have here in Sullivan County, but the …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/24/22
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Thirty-nine years ago when I first started in my father’s store, Liberty Agway, selling soil, we only had a few types. There was topsoil, potting soil, cow manure and peat moss. If you wanted …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/17/22
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The "No Mow May" campaign was a success. I have collected a new hive of bees this past weekend at the store, which is one hundred percent more bees than I collected all of last year.
Right …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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6/10/22
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Recently a customer came in to tell me a tale about their experience ordering plants online.
The following is the description of what sounds like a nice fall flowering perennial to complement …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/3/22
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Well, we are getting towards the end of May and the Memorial Day Weekend is upon us.
Like many of you, I plan on having friends over for the holiday weekend so my lawn had to be mowed. With the …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/27/22
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Welcome to summer, or so it feels. Once again we are on a roller coaster of spring weather. We had spring weather this week, mid-summer weather this weekend and back to spring weather next week. At …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/20/22
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After the frosty start we had to the week, it is nice to see that the weather is improving and warmer days are in the forecast for the next week or so.
That doesn’t mean that you …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/13/22
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Since we are endorsing the “No Mow May” movement and everyone is going to have dandelions blooming this week, I thought I would let you know of a few uses for dandelions.
I got a …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/6/22
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The days are getting warmer, the grass is turning greener and in some cases taller, too. We all strive to have a green well manicured lawn puting down lime, fertilizer and weed killers.
I …
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Jim Boxberger Jr. • Monticello Farm Home & Garden
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4/29/22
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Happy Earth Day to all and Happy Birthday to my Aunt Judy too. But I am not going to talk about Earth Day this week, instead I will tell you a little bit about seed starting.
I was suppose to be …
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Jim Boxberger
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4/22/22
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With the nice weather this week, we have totally transformed our garden center from winter storage mode to spring sales mode. I even had a chance to finally get our straw bale garden together.
I …
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Jim Boxberger
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4/15/22
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Before coming up with the Siberian Centipede idea last week, I was going to be writing about a real predator that is already out this year, Ticks. With the change in season, ticks are on the hunt for …
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Jim Boxberger
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4/8/22
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