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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-05-10, Page 10'!111111l4!1;i Page 10 Times -Advocate, May 10,1995 dr- -00 IIIV1P PA iia ■ AfiAUI' 111mal 111 Mil 111 rsiiriiirs v■■V 641 MIMI Tar • la woo telt 111111 LL 1 THESE EXPERTS HELP YOU- WITH SERVICE AND ADVICE Flowers and plants of all varieties ready to go at Huron Ridge Acres ZURICH - -After more than 22 years in business, Dave Steckle of Hu- ron Ridge Acres says, "Customer satisfaction is a high priority for us in providing everything needed by the do -it yourself home gardener and flower admirer. Steckle, along with his wife Carol and son Kevin started with a 2,000 square foot greenhouse operation in 1973. This has now grown to 40,000 square feet of inside growing area. The staff has grown to five or six per- sons all summer long with another dozen employed in the present peak season until at (east the middle of June. Asked how many plants do you have at any one time, he replied, " I don't have a clue, but it's likely well over a million." In addition to retail sales at their R.R. 2, Zurich location, Huron Ridge Acres wholesales to the Ontario Flower Growers Co -Op twice a week all year round.. Flowering wall bags. OTARDIARILT Mulching Mowers FREE*ITIL FALL!! FROM $559 Plus FREE Blade Available now with No Interest', No Money Dowr and No Payments until September 21. 1995 when you qualify for the TROY-BILP Easy Pay Plan! • Mow up to 40% FASTER with no clippings to bag, collect or • FREE Fertilizer - dispose of. Clippings are mulched • Convenient back into your lawn single lever as FREE fertilizer. height adjustment. • Variety of powered and push models. • Exclusive 7 -Year Warranty (ask for details) •Wen you ,se the Easy Payment resolvne credit panthere h no down payment mor credo pua6hed customers and the rarest reQWed payment 'or any month T. be'ess man the monthly payment noted. based on the snbe purchase d the PartKuar mode al Pr 20 9% ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE and current SAVINGS OFFER A finance chatge of TA% Is imposed on to average day balance atoms/ each money dark period \4rtmum 'nonny payment 52000 4 that much owed N0 Snare charees 4 you,pa5 the entre amount +Alan 25 days of your hist biding statement Temp of the Easy Payment Pan. oKhdng ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE are subfect to charge 30 any tune HURRY: OFFER ENDS 31/5/95 020995 Garden Way. Inc O�•CStfi-Z95 U HURON TRACTOR 305 Main St. N., ini Exeter, Ontario & Lawn Equipment (519) 235-1939 London Blyth Hwy. #2 East 523-4244 519-285-3845 i MICHELIN XH4 A revolutionary 4 -season tire. Guaranteed 130,000km. WITH A 130,000 km t GUARAaTEE, THESE GO A LONG WAY, HAUGH TIRE Inc. 265 Thames Rd. East, Exeter 1 1 Steckle says, "I leave each Monday and Wednesday afternoon at 5 p.m. with a 17 foot truck loaded with plants at least five layers deep. I'm usual- ly back by midnight. Included in each load could be 300 hanging baskets five to six hundred four -inch pots and a couple of hundred flats of bedding plants." He added, " The Toronto wholesale market sure extends our sales sea- son. It takes care of the valleys in the demand for our products. This time of the year we also supply bedding plants to area grocery stores and other outlets. The owner continued, "We have all kinds of annual and perennial flow- ers. It's a great advantage for the customer to come right to the grow- er.They get a better selection right at the source. Access to all greenhouses is now available without going outside." - - The optimum temperature for most flowers and plants in the greenhous- es is 65 to 70 degrees with a few cooler crops such as pansies, primula and dianthus more comfortable at 55 to 60 degrees. Wednesday of last week, Huron Ridge Acres workers were transplanting tomato plants which will be ready for the gardener in about three weeks. In July, poinsettia root cutting are started for the Christmas trade and by the end of November, Easter lilies are started. Pansies and kale are stat:ted soon for the fall market. Many of the spring seedings are started at Christ- mas time. Available now is a wide variety of vegetable and flowering bedding plants along with foliage plants for interior decorations. The selection of perennials is one of the largest in Huron county. Out in full instant colour for Mothers Day will be geraniums, hanging baskets, wall bags and a wide variety of other flowers. Huron Ridge Acres takes great pride in the quality, variety and competi- tive pricing of all their nursery stock. ?hese include shade trees, fruit trees, evergreen shrubs, flowering trees and bushes, potted rose bushes and. ground covers. The Huron Ridge Acres Garden Centre has peat moss, potting soils, bark chips and mulch, fertilizers and chemicals and a full line of organic ferti- lizers and pesticides. Huron Ridge also operates a full service florist shop at 21 Goshen street north in Zurich with always a good selection of fresh flowers at competitive prices and artificial arrangements to choose from custom made to your colour specifications. During November and December, poinsettias are featured at Huron Ridge Acres and can be seen at the annual Open House, held on the last — weekend of November. Special spring hours are now in effect until June 15. Open hours will be weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dur- ing May, only, the centre will be open on Sundays from 1.30 to 5 p.m. Hume RidgeAcres is4lecated aseksnd shelf miles west; then three ate# a half miles north of Zurich. :Arvolp ere0r�r..• w/tas/.. •77111111b1/1.10.1.1m• 00000 11. HURON RIMS 5Z Greenhouse Plant Growers Since 1973 Choose aforrrigift for Mm's Day from oµr huge sdection Flowering Rot to $1295 gi 95 Hanging Baskets sae ■ Flowering Reg to $14.95 12 05 Wall Ba • Sale ■ The Quality and Selection you expect when you buy direct from the grower HURON RIDGE ACRES Inc. The Steckle Family 1 1/2 mjles west, then 3 1/2 miles north of Zurich RR. 2 Zurich 565-2122 Mon. - Fri. 8 a.rn. - 8 p.rn. Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday 1:30 - 5 p.m. EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE. TAKE ONE FOR A TEST DRIVE. H :1 baskets on the wa . If you were buying a new car, chances are you would want to take it fora test drive first, so wouldn't it make sense for you to take that new lawn or garden tractor for a test drive too Your \Vhite Outdoor Power dealer thinks so, and he's always prepared to give you that chance. So, why not take him up on his offer. fake a test drive today. Then take him up on his other offer. 5.9% Financing... but it's only for a limited time so you'll have to hurry. `r 7"4: fir Ma;•`y'.. Esther Qlrlgerlch transplanting tomatoes. Sales & Service Phone (519) 236-4934 Fax (519)236.7330 22 Main Street, E., Zurich vats.. Hwy. 4 and 83, Exeter 235-0262 TUE GARDEN UENTRE Iiifitttlkastir Hanging Baskets Q99 tioSt.7 • For all your planting needs President's Choice Blackearth Dara. Steckle displaying a hanging basket. Top Soil 25 L. 48 Patio Pots Open: Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.