Dear Friends, HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!! We are having the sale of a lifetime this week AND IT ENDS ON SUNDAY! Please join us for a Summer Celebration of Savings. We haven't run a sale quite this large before. See the ad below... and remember it ends on Sunday!!!! Holiday Hours: We will be open with special hours on July 4th, 5th and 6th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
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!!BUG ALERT: JAPANESE BEETLES!!
As frightening as these little boogers can be, if they weren't so destructive- their distinctive iridescent luster makes them almost "pretty". Numerous phone calls, reporting their return have been coming in. The question is almost always the same. "How do we get rid of them"? Japanese Beetles are the adult stage of the White Grub which can destroy your lawn. The adults will devour your treasured plants. The best defense is the eradication of the grubs by using a season long Grub Killer or by applying the beneficial product Milky Spore. Milky Spore, once established can keep your lawn grub free for 15-20 years, AND, it's organic. To alleviate the adult pests from your prize rose bushes or fruit trees, Japenese Beetle traps are available to safely lure them away. This organic trap uses a Pheromone to attract them to the trap in which they cannot escape. This stops the life cycle of the beetle. Also, you can spray with a product called Eight (improved Sevin) and contains Permethrin. This will also kill them. So, consider Milky Spore, Japanese Beetle traps, or Eight insecticide and come visit us for help.
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Fireblight - What Can I Do?
Fireblight has gone crazy this spring. We have received many requests for advice about damaged trees. It is a serious disease of apple and pear trees. The disease can also affect ornamental pear (including Bradford and Cleveland varieties), cotoneaster, crabapple, hawthorne, mountain ash, firethorn, plum quince and spiraea. Fireblight, caused by the blight bacterium Erwinia amylovora, can affect many parts of a susceptible plant but generally noticed first on damaged leaves.
Watch a video by University of Missouri Extension Horticulture Specialist, Nathan Brandt, on how to handle fireblight by clicking the image below.
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'Bradford' and other ornamental pears have been very heavily hit. These are less-desirable species anyway, so this year's disease is a good excuse to replace them. Visit us for help in selecting a replacement to suit your needs. Note the location, the sun exposure and the soil drainage of the location where you will be planting.
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First Saturday Kids
Saturday, July 5
Bring the kids anytime between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm to play in the garden and enjoy a FREE activity! Make a water garden!
Wine Making, Bottling Saturday, July 12 from 11:00 to 1:00 Harvey Jasper will teach this class on the actions needed for the bottling stage of wine making. Anyone is welcome to come learn this step and ask questions about wine making. A handout outlining all the actions needed for each step in the wine making process will be available. Visit our event calendar at http://www.hillermann.com/events/ to check out more coming events at Hillermann's.
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Come see our hand-made custom pottery pieces! Choose from our completed items or ask us about custom designed items to suit your needs.
July Special: Kids' Pottery Class July 21-25 - 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Kids ages 10 and up are invited to a hand building/throwing class! The cost is $95.00 for the week, and will provide 4-5 take home pieces, upon completion! Last month was such a success that they're offering it AGAIN! Please call/email ahead to reserve your child's spot! 636-221-5593 or 636-584-3169 [email protected]
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Hillermann's Famers' Market
Thursdays and Fridays10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Make it!
Bake it!
Grow it!
Come buy local!
Vendors - NO CHARGE FOR BOOTH SPACE!
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Washington In Bloom
Yard of the Month Contest
Enter the Yard of the Month Contest! Washington In Bloom is offering the contest in conjunction with the America In Bloom program. The contest runs May through October. Judging will be done the first week of the month. Judging will be based on front yard areas only. Enter through the Washington Parks Office.
Click here for an entry form.
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Featured Adoptable Pet
Hello, my name is Audrey. I am a very excited and happy little 6 month old Pit Bull mix girl. I am extremely people loving, friendly and ready to learn all that you want to teach me. I am smart, active and just can't wait to have someone to shower my attention onto. I will be very happy to receive lots of love and attention in return. Come on, meet me and take me home, and let's begin making wonderful life memories.
Love, wags and kisses, Audrey
Franklin County Humane Society 1222 West Main Street, Union, MO 63084 ~ Phone: 636-583-4300 ~ Website
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Garden Center Hours:
July 4th Weekend:
Open July 4th, 5th and 6th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Summer Hours:
Monday - Saturday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
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