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"I try to get everything to bloom as long as possible," said Angela Gow, 57, while tending the flowers in front of the apartment building where she lives with her cat, Topaz, in Enfield, N.H., Wednesday, August 28, 2019. She moved to the building three years ago and her simple container garden has grown to encompass the parking lot at the corner of Main Street and Shaker Hill Road. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Lifelong gardener transforms a corner of Enfield Village

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 6, 2019

Karen Gritzke, right, studies Joshua Jordan, 12, when sketching a portrait of him at the Plainfield plant sale on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Plainfield, N.H. Sophia Jordan, Joshua's sister looks on during the process. The plant sale, is a fundraiser for the Plainfield Community Church. The children's father is the pastor of the church. All three live in Plainfield. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Plant sales attract growers and buyers

by Sarah Earle Valley News Staff WriterMay 25, 2019

While visiting outside the home she shares with her son Mathew Rice, middle, in North Hartland, Vt., Sharon Rice, 77, right, reacts to the news from her next-door neighbor Gina Adams, 68, that students in her Mid-Vermont Christian School first grade class sighted an indigo bunting earlier in the day, Thursday, May 16, 2019. "I love this place," said Sharon Rice, who bonds over gardening with Adams. "The neighbors are so good to us." (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Bird is the word

by Staff Report May 17, 2019

The town of Hartford is having a potato growing contest that will end in September, with a festival, games, food and awards in various potato categories. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Hartford’s villages square off in potato growing contest

by Sarah Earle Valley News Staff WriterMay 14, 2019

Tom Curren and Kathy Neustadt of Danbury, N.H., look over young Merrimack Wonder Pepper plants at Elmwood Farm in Danbury on Sunday, April 28, 2019. Stanley and Samantha Phelps, owners of the farm, are growing about 100 of the rare pepper plants. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprintedor used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Danbury couple brings Merrimack Wonder Pepper back to life

by Sarah Earle Valley News Staff WriterApril 30, 2019

Jamie Cole, left, plants boxwood while Steph Keating adds mulch to the lawn in front of Rogers House in Lebanon, N.H., on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The two work for MJS Landscape and say they are back to redo what they did last year. (Valley News - Joseph Ressler) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Spring planting in Lebanon

by Staff Report April 25, 2019

Sherry Papineau, of Wilder, Vt., builds a flower bouquet at Roberts Flowers of Hanover in Hanover, N.H., on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Papineau is working temporarily at the shop, just for the busy Valentine's Day rush. "It sounded like fun, and they took me on," she said. "There's cheerful people, and I love the smell in here." (Valley News - Joseph Ressler) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Building a bouquet for Valentine’s Day in Hanover

by Staff Report February 13, 2019

Matthew Clayton, of Sharon, Vt., shops in the greenhouse of the Gardener's Supply Company in Lebanon, N.H., on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. "We're getting some things ready for the garden this spring," said Clayton. "It's nice to think of it in the middle of everything being frozen and dead." (Valley News - Joseph Ressler) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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by Staff Report February 1, 2019

Christina Chow, 16, of Norwich, Vt., cuts weeds in the flower garden at the Cedar Circle Farms in East Thetford, Vt., on Sunday, July 22, 2018. Chow started working at the farm at the beginning of summer and enjoys the mindfulness her tasks require. (Valley News - August Frank) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Garden of Your Mind

by Staff Report August 1, 2018

Violet Jackson, 7, of Sunapee, N.H., feeds her sister Audrey, 1, a blueberry while standing among bushes that were planted in 1976 at Bartletts Blueberry Farm in Newport, N.H., on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Violet and her family come to the blueberry farm once a week to collect berries they will use for oatmeal, pancakes, scones and biscuits. Bartletts is currently about a third of the way through blueberry season, with the end usually coming towards the end of August. (Valley News - August Frank) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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The Taste of Summer

by Staff Report July 31, 2018