Dear Customers,           As February slips away into the past, we get daily closer to the season of spring.  By the end of this week, we will usher in March and with it – be it lion or lamb, the welcome appearance of bulbs poking their heads timidly out of the snow.  The days are…

Dear Customers,              This is the time of year when winter really begins to weigh on me.  Sure, we’ve made it through January and most of February, but Spring is still just a distant dot on the horizon.  My mailbox is jammed full of seed catalogs nearly every day, but it’s way too early to…

Dear Customers,             At the end of this week is THE day that commemorates “love”.  It’s a celebration of love and romance often accompanied by the exchange of gifts, greeting cards and other expressions of affection.  When we were in grade school, back in the 1960’s it wasn’t uncommon to decorate an old shoe box…

Dear Customers,            February is notable for a couple of things.  The first “notable” happened yesterday in Punxsutawney, just down the road a bit.  While it’s sometimes fun to imagine Winter ending sooner rather than later, that woodchuck is about as accurate as anyone else who makes their living trying to predict the weather.  Read…