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LIVE CHRISTMAS TREES

By Paul Larson|2014-12-05T21:00:57+00:00December 5th, 2014|Categories: Advice/How-To|Tags: celebrate, christmas, gardening, guide, holidays, how-to, important, information, instructions, live, nursery, pine trees, plants, potting, sale, special, sprucedale gardens, trees, xmas|

HOW TO PLANT YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE: These trees are living plants and need to be treated as such. Their natural time of dormancy (winter rest period) must be accommodated to ensure good health and growth next year. 1. CHOOSE THE PLANTING SITE: Dig the hole, removing the soil and storing about half of the soil in [...]

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JOYCE’S PIE CRUST

By Paul Larson|2014-10-31T12:21:18+00:00October 31st, 2014|Categories: Advice/How-To|Tags: baking, cooking, crust, delicious, directions, family, from scratch, home made, ingredients, instructions, pie, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, recipe, sprucedale gardens|

Just in time for Thanksgiving, make a pie from scratch to impress your friends and family! MOM'S PIE CRUST (Makes 2 crusts) Ingredients: 2 cups flour (and extra flour for rolling out dough) 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 HEAPING tablespoons Crisco shortening (2 tablespoons for each spoonful) 5 tablespoons cold water (use a tiny bit more if using whole [...]