Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser After a dry spell, we’ve just had some much needed showers. RED WING SHOES COMFORT NEVER QUITS mism WORK HARD ALLENSVILLE Allensville Shoe Shop Fisher Harness & Box 7 State Route Shoe Shop Star Route, Box 47 HONEY BROOK Brandywine Shoe Shop Box 156 Rt. 2 1620 Cambridge Rd. KUTZTOWN Waynes Dry Goods 271-273 W. Main St. 215-683-7686 Now I am hoping that the seeds that I put in the garden will Fitting You Right Is Our #1 Priority. MADISONBURG MAR' Zimmerman Harness RD 2 Box 36 814-793-3961 Lost Creek Shoe Shop RD #1 Box 88 finally sprout. Most of my Mow ers are grown from seed and so they bloom later in the summer. June is the month of roses and some of ours did not make it through the winter. However, my old-fashioned double pink rose looks fine. When I was planting peanuts in our garden, I saw a blue bird but it was not a bluebird but rather an Indigo Bunting. It is entirely blue and does not have a chestnut brown breast as blue birds do. Occasionally, we see American Goldfinch in our near by meadow. My husband made a :nsbur< MILLERSBURG Tall Pines Country Store 796 Kessler Rd 717-362-3024 (voice mail only) QUARRYVILLE Books Shoe Service •SUSS REil^lSN'C fi^J|#ES' UgS? REHRRR; SB Leo’s Shoe Store Godfrey St. 717-933-8169 birdbath out of recycled material and the birds really use it so that we must constantly refill it. Recently we had the privilege of touring the Reist Seed Company in Mt. Joy. This com pany has been in the Reist fami ly for three generations. At the present time it has evolved into a major producer of popcorn. They contract 2,000 acres in Ohio and haul it to Lancaster County in a 26-ton dump truck. It goes through many screenings FIELD PRIN' Red Wing Shoe Store 237 Baltimore Pike 215-544-1664 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 5, 1999-811 to removed cracked grains, tiny stones, and other dirt. Finally it is bagged in 2,100-pound white plastic bags to be trucked to a processor. The computerized equipment is quite expensive. The grandchildren helped to make hills and plant seeds of cantaloupe, pumpkins and squash. Of course, they look for ward to the candy that I keep in the glove compartment of my car for them. Why, they’ve even helped themselves to some when I didn’t even know it Made in U.S.A.
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