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landscape, it comes to the buyer in 

 seven parts — five frame pieces, two 

 completed ends — to be connected 

 with plastic push bolts. 



Mike sees a market for the Hum- 

 bug Mini-Greenhouse among peo- 

 ple like him and his wife who want 

 an early start on their gardening. 

 He hopes to sell it through area re- 

 tail garden centers. For information, 

 contact Michael Scott at Humbug Manu- 

 facturing Company, PO Box 541, North 

 Hampton, NH 03862. The phone num- 

 ber is 603-964-1115. 



Gateway Gardens 



A new garden center has risen out- 

 side Concord. Gateway Gardens, 

 co-owned and operated by Kirk 

 Weyant and Sue Englund, both fa- 

 miliar to the New Hampshire green 

 industry, will open for business in 

 late April and have its official 

 Grand Opening on Mothers' Day. 



The first customers will see two 

 Rough Brothers houses (30x80 and 

 30x70), one connected to a 40x70 

 barn. 



One house is full (on March first) 

 of geraniums, impatience, and 

 some "jumbo mixed hangers." 

 More plants will follow — Kirk and 

 Sue plan to have a broad selection 

 (over 300 types) of perennials and 

 150 types of herbs, as well as nurs- 

 ery stock. 



The big barn — 35 feet to the 

 peak, with 13-foot-wide doors at ei- 

 ther end — will be "filled with ev- 

 erything from dried flowers to 

 books to tools;" there will be a 

 children's section. 



There's parking for 30 cars 

 ("that's on pavement; there's 

 plenty more room on the grass.") 

 and Kirk feels Gateway Garden's 

 location and wide range of prod- 

 ucts will fill the spaces. 



Gateway Gardens, 430 Loudon 

 Road, Concord, is located on Route 

 9 about a half-mile from where it 

 turns off from Route 393/4/202. The 

 phone number is 603-229-0655. 



Legislative Update 



The bills concerned with pesti- 

 cides and pesticide control board 



HOW ABOUT HERBS 



Not every gardener has a sunny space for herbs, so customers 

 may sometimes ask for herbs that do well in the shade. 

 ANGELICA (Angelica arcfiangelica) is the first that comes to mind. An 

 Imposing three-to-five foot presence, with large flower umbels, It's 

 considered a biennial, but will live for three or four years if not al- 

 lowed to set seed. If it does set seed and conditions are right, 

 small seedlings will quickly appear. 



BEE BALM [Monarda didyma) is a perennial that likes partial shade 

 and moist rich soil. It needs good air circulation. Bees and hum- 

 mingbirds love It; the leaves make a nice tea and the flowers are 

 edible as well. 



CHERVAL (Antfiriscus cerefolium) is a hardy annual with dainty fern- 

 like foliage and tiny white flowers. It prefers moist, rich, well- 

 drained soil In partial shade or dappled sunlight. Leaves have a 

 delicate anise flavor. 



LEMON BALM (Melissa officinalis) will adapt to shade. It will grow as 

 a less compact plant, but its flavor will still be a refreshing minty 

 lemon. 



LOVAGE (Levisticum officinale) looks and smells like an overgrown cel- 

 ery plant. It will do well In partial shade with plenty of moisture 

 and good (and preferably well-Ilmed) soil. It can grow up to seven 

 feet and Is a fine substitute for celery In cooking. 



SWEET CICELY (Myrrftis odorata) Is an excellent shade plant with 

 leaves like ferns and umbels of white flowers followed by bright 

 green seeds. It can take full shade and the anise-flavored leaves, 

 stems, seeds, and roots are all good to eat. 



SWEET WOODRUFF (Galium odoratum), with its whorls of slender 

 leaves and white flowers held high. Is a good ground cover. It's a 

 key ingredient of old-time May wine and, when dried, smells like 

 new-mown hay. It likes partial shade and rich, moist, acidic soil. 



The shade gardener should avoid the deepest shade (under heavy 

 tree cover or in building shadows where the sun Is blocked all day). 

 The herbs mentioned here do need more light than you would find, 

 for example, in woods or under large lawn trees. Your customer, 

 with the shady garden may need a little more help and advice, 

 but Is Just as eager to grow herbs as the gardener who grows in the 

 sun. ^ 



Tanya \ackson. a well-known area herbalist, can be reached at 603-431-6774. 



seem to be at various points in 

 legislative process. House Bill 

 1185, allowing the pesticide board 

 to establish a fee for services, will 

 probably pass; House Bills 1512-FN 

 and 1533, enlarging the member- 

 ship of the Board and adding a 



citizens' advisory committee, will 

 probably be modified and com- 

 bined into one proposal; repeal of 

 last session's bill preempting local 

 regulation of pesticide use will 

 probably not happen. 



Two bills dealing with Workers' 



APRIL /MAY 1994 



