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    Home gardening

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    Getting that garden summer ready
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    Getting that garden summer ready
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    May 06, 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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    The versatile and hardy forsythia
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    Apr 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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    Grow your own using seed libraries
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    Grow your own using seed libraries
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    Apr 22, 2025
    Today is Earth Day. Interested in planting a garden or supporting pollinators this year? Two local libraries have just what you need to get started. W...
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    The garden’s unsung hero
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    The garden’s unsung hero
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    Apr 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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    ‘Round the Square: The mayflowers are back
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: The mayflowers are back
    Apr 16, 2025
    MAYFLOWERS: Joe Cucuzza called us from Lewis Run to tell us the mayflowers are blooming behind the old Valley Hunt Club. His family has an annual trad...
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    Don’t start that garden cleanup just yet
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    Don’t start that garden cleanup just yet
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    Apr 08, 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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    ‘Round the Square: March and renewal, part 1 of 2
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: March and renewal, part 1 of 2
    Mar 26, 2025
    MARCH: March is filled with symbols that remind us of renewals. “The cheerful bloom, the daffodil, symbolizes new beginnings and hope, while the aquam...
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    Snowdrops herald renewal
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    Snowdrops herald renewal
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    Mar 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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    Bookworm
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    Bookworm
    ?Black Girls Gardening: Empowering Stories and Garden Wisdom for Healing and Flourishing in Nature? by Amber Grossman c.2025, Chronicle Books $26.95 240 pages 
    Mar 24, 2025
    In a way, it’s kind of a little miracle. You place tiny little seeds in dirt – DIRT! – and you keep it damp. Wait a week or so, and something grows. W...
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    ‘Round the Square: Spring is here!
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Spring is here!
    Mar 20, 2025
    SPRING: Spring is here! The snow and ice are disappearing, and soon the beautiful colors of nature will be everywhere. Sure, by about September we’ll ...
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    ‘Round the Square: Frogs will look through ice, twice
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Frogs will look through ice, twice
    Mar 19, 2025
    YELLOW: When you think about harbingers of spring, does the lovely yellow forsythia bush make your list? It does for the Farmers Almanac.”Forsythia ar...
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    Lenten rose among earliest bloomers
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    Lenten rose among earliest bloomers
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Gardener 
    Mar 13, 2025
    I have always been curious about plants called the Christmas rose and another called the Lenten rose. They are herbaceous (die back to the soil and re...
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    Webinar on soil fertility, garden layout
    Local News, News
    Webinar on soil fertility, garden layout
    Mar 04, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — For those deciding where to start their garden or orchard, Penn State Extension is offering a webinar, “Living on a Few Acres: Soil ...
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    Herb garden a pleasant winter project
    Lifestyles, Local News, News
    Herb garden a pleasant winter project
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    Jan 03, 2025
    The amount of daylight is slowly getting longer. My African violets are all in bloom, my rabbit’s foot fern has put up a new frond and my paperwhites ...
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    Paperwhites lend a touch of spring
    Lifestyles
    Paperwhites lend a touch of spring
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Gardener 
    Dec 26, 2024
    A nice little project for the days and weeks after the holidays is planting paperwhite bulbs. Planting these lovely flowers is good for those quiet da...
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    Amaryllis by next holiday season
    Lifestyles
    Amaryllis by next holiday season
    REBECCA NORTON RYAN Penn State Extension Master Gardener 
    Nov 29, 2024
    The amaryllis is one of our most beautiful holiday plants. If you are new to growing amaryllis the easiest way to get started is to purchase one of th...
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    Local & Social
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    Kiwanis Kapers up for international award
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    Kiwanis Kapers up for international award
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    May 16, 2025
    Kiwanis Kapers, Bradford’s local variety show cum fundraiser, has been going strong for 67 years. Next, the project will shine in an international spo...
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    Final parade meeting set
    Local News, News
    Final parade meeting set
    May 16, 2025
    A final meeting for the Memorial Day parade will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Bradford VFW. Members of the VFW and American Legion should attend. ...
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    Furry fans in the front row
    Local News, News, Online Features
    Furry fans in the front row
    May 16, 2025
    A few furry fans pulled up a seat in the front row of a Bradford Regional Little League major baseball game in Custer City on Thursday, as the Graves'...
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    ‘Fill the Cart’ to fill empty plates
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    ‘Fill the Cart’ to fill empty plates
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    May 16, 2025
    With high prices at the grocery store, more people than ever before are turning to local food banks for help. Many food banks struggle to get donation...
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    Zontians award scholarships
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    Zontians award scholarships
    Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
    May 16, 2025
    The Zonta Club of Bradford has awarded its Ruth B. Fisher Scholarship to four outstanding young ladies who will soon graduate from Bradford Area High ...
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    Student news
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    Student news
    May 16, 2025
    NASHVILLE — Mary Cerroni of Ridgway, Pa. , was one of 6,912 undergraduate students to qualify for the Belmont University Dean's List for the spring 20...
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