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BY VALERIE MYERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 6, 2021
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Gus Picardo and his wife, Mary Picardo, pose for a photo in their backyard greenhouse, March 19. The couple got ahead on their gardening because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jack Hanrahan/Erie Times-News via AP)
Moms Are Special
Gus and Mary Picardo have been eating their own homegrown lettuce since February.
By mid-March, they had tomatoes growing on more than four dozen healthy plants. Their fig trees were bearing fruit while most of the region’s figs were still buried to protect them from the cold. And their perennials and annuals grew stoutly from seed even when temperatures dropped below freezing.
Greenhouse gardening: Getting a head start on growing season
By VALERIE MYERS, Erie Times-NewsMay 1, 2021 GMT
ERIE, Pa. (AP) Gus and Mary Picardo have been eating their own homegrown lettuce since February.
By mid-March, they had tomatoes growing on more than four dozen healthy plants. Their fig trees were bearing fruit while most of the region’s figs were still buried to protect them from the cold. And their perennials and annuals grew stoutly from seed even when temperatures dropped below freezing.
The Millcreek Township couple got a head start on their garden when they stayed home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They generally spend three months each winter in Florida.
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