Featured kew gardens Items
Ubergirl Necklace

Strong will, strong heart, strong mind... you're an UberGirl! Wear the title with the help of this super necklace. Fitted on an 18" sterling silver chain, the pendant is created from solid sterling silver. Includes lobster claw clasp. Handmade in the USA.

Price: 45.99

Toscana Cast-Stone Garden Plaque

Inspired by the love of Mediterrean gardens and classical European imagery, 'Toscana is an original sculptural work individually reproduced by the artist in cast stone. A patina finish adds a rich luster and aged look to the plaque and emphasizes the depth of the relief. Individually cast, sealed and finished in California; ready to hang.

Price: 42.99

Vinyl Record Coasters

Designer Jeff Davis has put another spin on recycling by rescuing vintage LPs and turning them into very cool coaster sets! Each coaster is created from an actual vinyl LP record and has the original label intact. The coasters are protected from moisture with a clear mylar seal. Each set includes a clear case and 6 coasters in a wide variety of artists/bands. Made in the USA.

Price: 17.99

Handblown Glass Salt & Pepper Shaker Set - 'Black & White Sheep'

This whimsical pairing will certainly bring a smile to your table! Each shaker is individually handblown (no molds used) in Oregon using high-quality glass and hand-mixed colors. Topped with corrosion-resistant metal caps, this delicate shaker set provides the perfect touch of functional art in any kitchen! Set includes 1 white sheep and 1 black sheep.

Price: 63.99

Twining Pea Earrings

Our artist creates a fanciful play on nature's graceful artistry with her solid sterling silver twining pea earrings. Lustrous freshwater pearls accent the young curly tendrils of a pea plant and feature sterling silver fishhook findings. Available with white or green pearls. Handcrafted in the USA.

Price: 59.99

The Best kew gardens Articles on Wine
Gardening Pest Control Tips For Davisville

There are many out of the box insect controls for Davisville Pa. This article tells of some of the best low cost and environmentally friendly ways of controlling pest insects.
Put up a bat box. A single bat can eat 1000 or more mosquitoes in a single night.
Put up bird boxes. Baby birds need to be feed insects. They can't digest grain. Thus an increase in birds will mean a decrease in the insect population.
Create a habitat for lizards. Bring them home if you see one and release it near a rock wall.
When on a walk in the fall, if you see a praying mantis nest, bring it home and place in on one of your shrubs. It is a great beneficial insect.
Bring home frogs and toads if your landscape has a suitable place for these critters. They can eat countless bugs in a day.
Catch a skunk that is a a friends home in a have a heart trap. Place a blanket over the trap and slowly bring home the skunk in the back of your truck and release it near your property. These smelling old timers love grubs and cutworms.
Don't kill your snakes. These slithering reptiles eat mice, bugs, and beetles. Yes, the gardeners worst pest. Do you hate Japanese Beetles? Give them away. Always remember to give away your beetles. Never place a beetle trap on your own property unless all residents of your area are attempting to control beetles. The reason is that you will most likely attract more beetles to your landscape than you destroy. If you are trap minded the best idea is to give them away.

Yes, It is better to give than to receive. This old motto is even good for Japanese beetles.

Japanese Beetles can be controlled with traps that lore the beetle with food and sex attractants. These are generally a bag trap that one hangs 4-5 feet off the ground. It is never a good idea to place them near your plants that they will eat. So I simply suggest give them to your neighbor at Christmas!!! If you want, hang the trap on open space area trees near your property. Thus the beetles will be detected away from your property.
What we do on the farm is we hang the trap on branches of a tree that overhangs our pond and open up the bottom. The little critters fall into the pound and our fish clean them up. What a way to recycle and not have to empty the traps.
Some of the effected popular flowers and trees favored by the beetles are:
annual asters
astilbe
canna
cosmos
daylilly
delphinium
hollyhoch
iris
marigold
peony
roses
zinnia
Linden trees
purple plums

When you sign up on our web site to our mailing list, you will receive more of our unusual gardening and landscape tips along with many free tree and plant offerings from our surpluses that we have.
Go to our web site at seedlingsrus
This is a copy of my most recent email newsletter. This was an overwhelming success.
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January 2006
The Early Bird Gets the Worm---Don't Delay
Free Tree Day

Jan. 28th is a Free Higan Weeping Cherry Tree Day
Greetings!
January 28, 2006 is free Weeping Higan Cherry Tree Day.....All members of our email club can receive a free Higan Weeping Cherry when you bring your pickup to our 5275 West Swamp Rd. Fountainville Pa. location. These trees are 10-12' tall and in 24" baskets. These trees must be picked up on the 28th, before 5pm. sorry, no rain checks. There is a limit of one per family and you must have been a member on or before January 27, 2006 of our email club.
Sincerely,
Bill Hirst
Free Tree Day

Jan. 28th, 2006 is Free Tree Day
5275 W. Swamp Rd.
Fountainville, Pennsylvania 18923
January 28, 2006
8:00AM-5:00PM

Reasons to Come to this Event
We are selling 150 acres of our nursery and we must liquidate many trees and plants. Some of of plants are in quantities that would supply us for many years of sales. But we can't move that number of trees. Thus they will be either sold at a discount, destroyed, or given away. I like the last option. Thus if you bring your pickup to the farm today, Saturday the 28th, we will give away 1 free Higan Weeping cherry to each email newsletter subscriber to Highland Hill Farm that picks up the tree by 5PM. Sorry you must be have be signed up by Jan. 27th, to qualify. There are no rain checks. These trees are in 24 and 28 inch baskets and are app. 10-14' tall. We will help load them in your pickup.
We have a total of 75 trees ready to give away while the supply lasts. All other trees and plants are 20% off today.
Driving Directions to the Farm

Highland Hill Farm
5275 W. Swamp Rd. Rt. 313
Fountainville, Pennsylvania 18923
myhirst@yahoo
seedlingsrus We will have other free tree offerings each month. So keep in touch.

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Within 15 minutes of this email being sent people started to arrive to make selections. We would have had no customers on this day. Yet we sold enough other stock to make this offering possible. We gave away 52 trees and this was even covered by the press showing up and giving us exposure in local papers.

About the Author

Bill has been growing trees and plants in Pennsylvania for over 25 years. His web sites include seedlingsrus huntingrelics and zone5trees

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