The Bradford Era

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Getting that garden summer ready
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REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
May 6, 2025
Now that temperatures are consistently in the 60-degree range it is finally time to weed, edge and mulch our perennial borders and foundation shrubs. ...
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The versatile and hardy forsythia
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REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
April 25, 2025
I always look for my forsythia bush to be some of the first flowers of spring. Blooming during Eastertide caused the shrub to be known as the Easter T...
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The garden’s unsung hero
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REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
April 17, 2025
The long-range weather forecast gives us hope that May will be the spring weather for which we have all been waiting. Our spring bulbs are blooming, t...
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Don’t start that garden cleanup just yet
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REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
April 8, 2025
In McKean County, spring weather is always a rollercoaster. Sunshine and 70 degrees one day and 30 degrees and snow squalls the next. After a long har...
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Snowdrops herald renewal
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REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
March 25, 2025
At our house no flower is more welcome than the early spring snowdrop. They are the first flower to appear in my garden often pushing their way up thr...
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