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I was helping my son this weekend in completing his honeydew list by mowing his lawn for him while he completed other tasks around the house. A couple of his trees that I had to mow around just …
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Jim Boxberger
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7/8/22
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July already, where has the time gone? Now on to summer vacations, if you can afford the gas. But before you galavant around the country make sure you have things taken care of at home as far as your …
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Jim Boxberger
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7/1/22
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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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