Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser The leisure of winter is about over, and we must think of out side work again. Our strawberry RED WING SHOES BOOTS THAT WORK OVERTIME WORK HARD ALLENSVILLE Allensville Shoe Shop ■ Fisher Harness & Box 7 State Route Shoe Shop Star Route, Box 47 HONEY BROOK Brandywine Shoe Shop 1620 Cambridge Rd. fTZT< Waynes Dry Goods 271-273 W. Main St, 215-683-7686 bed has become quite weedy. So, we worked diligently and cleaned it for spring. It may Fitting You Right Is Our #1 Priority. Zimmerman Harness RD 2 Box 36 814-793-3961 MIFFLINTOWN Lost Creek Shoe Shop RD #1 Box 88 need to be replaced as it was planted eight years ago. My husband has purchased some bluebeny bushes and is trying to dig holes for them. They like an acid soil and so will need special care. We thought that we had a Bartlett pear tree, but last fall’s harvest proved otherwise. Thus, he has bought another tree. The forsythia and pussy wil low, that I planted when we moved here, are in full bloom. I always like to put some in the house. This year my small, red tulips might not bloom around iNB BURG Tall Pines Country Store 796 Kessler Rd 717-362-3024 (voice mail only) REHRERSBURG Leo’s Shoe Store 13 Kyi Godfrey St. * S^PES 8 the mailbox as I see only leaves. I’ve been looking at the names of vegetables in the Landis Valley Museum’s “Heirloom Seed Project.” They certainly sound German - Huberschmidt ground cherry, Riesentraube tomato, and Winnigstadt cabbage. The pro ject has many herbs and orna mentals for sale too. At the museum they have planted a replica of a settler’s garden. It is a four-square raised garden with dirt paths. Here SPRINGFIELD Red Wing Shoe Store 237 Baltimore Pike 610-544-1664 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 1, 2000-811 they raise some of the heirloom seeds that can be purchased in the spring. t A youth my grandfather, John Shreiner, took me to visit Henry and George Landis whose collection started the museum. At that time they lived in the two-story frame house on the grounds. They were bachelors and had many cats living with them. They surely never realized how their collection of antiques would be used. Made in U.S.A.
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