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Last week I was away a couple of days at a buying show for lawn and garden products for next spring. Usually this just means buying items in advance that we know we will need and getting an extra …
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Jim Boxberger
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9/23/22
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Back in February when Russia invaded Ukraine was when I first wrote about the high price of fertilizers this year and the reason why. Ukraine was a major fertilizer manufacturing hub for all of …
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Jim Boxberger
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9/16/22
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So, we have already had a com- plete month’s rain with the storm earlier this week. Now imagine that was snow, we would be shov- eling out for a week.
Plan for winter now, so that you …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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9/9/22
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August was such a dry month, I never had to mow my lawn. The grass just didn’t grow with the high heat and dry conditions, even with the occasional afternoon thunderstorm. Unfortunately, hay …
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Jim Boxberger
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9/2/22
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August is the month when most people take a vacation, be- fore the kids go back to school. If you are lucky enough to be able to get away with the high fuel prices and inflation, check out …
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Jim Boxberger
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8/26/22
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Driving to and from work this week, I couldn’t help but notice that there are some leaves starting to fall due to the hot weather we have been having. Not only is it hot, but it is dry too. …
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Jim Boxberger
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8/19/22
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Finally some relief from the heat, but there is still a lot of summer left, so the heat will be back. While your’re watering your plants everyday, don’t forget to check your …
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Jim Boxberger
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8/12/22
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Welcome to August, hot and humid, just in time to go on vacation. But if you are not lucky enough to be able to go on vacation, you have to deal with this heat everyday at work.
At least …
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Jim Boxberger
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8/5/22
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Last week I wrote about Roundup, with it's active ingredient Glyphosate, and how it is getting into our foodsource.
In a recent independant lab test of popular breakfast cereals, …
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Jim Boxberger
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7/29/22
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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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