Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
After a dry spell, we’ve just
had some much needed showers.
RED WING SHOES
COMFORT
NEVER QUITS
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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
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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
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MILLERSBURG
Tall Pines
Country Store
796 Kessler Rd
717-362-3024
(voice mail only)
QUARRYVILLE
Books Shoe Service
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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
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