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Snag your apple trees at the Peace Garden (Mountain Xpress)
When other folks are planting flower bulbs for spring blooms, the Johnny Appleseeds among us are planting apple trees. A good place to get them is the Peace Garden at Pisgah View Apartments. On Sat., Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon, you can dig up and take home an apple tree for $35. It’s the garden’s “Dig Days,” and partners Bob White and Bill Whipple claim it’s a way to diversify your 401K — not ...
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Market plan may flower in spring (The Morning Call)
A long-awaited Weis supermarket might come to Upper Macungie next spring.
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Dec. 1 in Merced history: Cressey Girl opens on Broadway (Merced Sun-Star)
December 1, 1958: The excitement of opening night on Broadway will be shared by people of Cressey and Livingston tonight, when hometown girl, Pat Suzuki, will play her first starring role. Pat, known as "the little girl with the big voice," will share the spotlight with Myoshi Umeki in "the Flower Drum Song".
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Tropical snowball is showy and colorful (Miami Herald)
Name: Tropical snowball, dombeya Botanical name: Dombeya burgessiae `Seminole' Description: An African shrub that produces clusters of showy, dark pink flowers from fall through spring. The Seminole hybrid was created at the USDA Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in Miami. Leaves are somewhat heart-shaped, and old flowers turn brown and stay on the flower stalks.
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Early daffodils seen at roadside (BBC News)
The first daffodil of 280,000 bulbs planted this year is spotted by a roadside in Yeovil.
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Last independent pharmacy closing (The Citizen of Laconia)
Courtesy Photo FLOWER PHARMACY owner Bruce Rankins, center, stands with Hillary Rankins, Patti Rankins, Erica Allen and Bruce Merrill.
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Winter gems: Don't wait till spring for fresh blooms – coax paperwhites and amaryllis out now (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By VIRGINIA A. SMITH PHILADELPHIA — And you thought gardening was for gentle souls. What about forcing bulbs to bloom when they’re trying to sleep? In the case of paperwhites and amaryllis, don’t fret. They don’t sleep. Unlike spring-blooming tulips, hyacinths, crocuses and most daffodils, these holiday favorites don’t need to chill out before rooting and flowering. By simulating the ...
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Jordan lures eco-tourists with waterfalls, canyons (AP via Yahoo! News)
A trek uphill from Jordan's scorching Dead Sea shore through the towering sandstone walls of the Mujib gorge leaves you with a pulse-racing way to get back down — strap into a harness and rappel down a waterfall into a sparkling river.
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"Complete Lyrics" of Hammerstein, in Stores Now, Required Climbing Ev'ry Mountain (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
In the six-book "Complete Lyrics" series from Knopf, "The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II" - which has a Dec. 1 publication date - is the volume that might be most valuable to musical theatre fans. Hammerstein is regarded by many as the father of the modern musical.
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Coming up in your area (Observer-Tribune)
THURSDAY, Dec. 4 Volunteers are sought to join with members of the Garden Club of Long Valley at 9 a.m. to assemble evergreen centerpieces for display at the annual senior holiday party hosted by the Washington Township Recreation Department. The workshop will be in the Washington Township Senior Center in Rock Spring Park, Long Valley.
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