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SPRING 2011 NEWSLETTER

Please stop in our retail store and bulk materials division on 9763 Old State Road. "If we do not have what you need, we will get it!", and of course, as we have expressed and lived up to for many years, "Our word, is our word!", what we say we will do. You can rest assured on this promise!

Celebrate the agriculture industry of Northern Ohio at the GEAUGA COUNTY MAPLE FESTIVAL in Chardon, Ohio starting April 28, 2011 thru May 1, 2011

CHECK OUT GEAUGA PARKS SYSTEMwww.geaugaparksdistrict.org or call 440-286-9516LOTS OF SPRINGTIME THINGS TO DO!

LAKE METROPARKwww.lakemetroparks.com440-639-PARK (7275)ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO TO CELEBRATE THE SEASONS!

DON'T FORGET LOCAL Pancake Breakfasts!

Mapledale Farm, Inc. is backed by 29 years of experience, well trained and dedicated employees, excellently maintained trucks and equipment ready to serve. We provide services for both residential and commercial all over Northeast Ohio.

Don't forget Spring Cleanup!We can schedule cleanup for you

in just one call! If you enjoy doing spring cleanup, these are some early spring chores that you can do before the official landscaping/ gardening season begins:

To correct tunnels and mounds of dirt left by moles and gophers, it is best to use a metal rake to level, then the area should be tamped. Later in the season the soil can be reseeded.

Correcting tunnels made by moles and gophers:

Cleaning birdhouses:

Spring Flowering Bulbs:

Mapledale sells flower and vegetable seeds

To prepare for the coming season, thebirdhouses can be inspected; check tomake sure they are sturdy and stable, clean their feeders and fill with fresh

seed, scrub birdbaths with water and bleach mix and refill with water. And, if you are really ambitious, make a pile of nesting materials to lend a helping hand to our feathered friends.

Often times, if temperatures suddenly drop, the early spring blooming bulbs may turn brown. But, not to worry, thebulbs themselves are fine and will bloom on time. Keep in mind this spring; it may help you to map out where your bulbs are as to not destroy them when you begin planting annuals and perennials.We recommend the following for spring floweringbulbs: Dahlia, Gladiolus, Calla Lilies, Lily, Canna Lily, Begonia, Caladium, Anemone Blanda, Naked Ladies, Starflower Bulbs, Queen Fabiola, Elephant Ears, Purple Shamrock bulbs, etc.

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Think Spring! Landscape Supplies:We all look forward to spring...and re-mulching...Mulches are great sources of compost, weed control, and aesthetic character. Some of you already may have started thinking about mulching your beds. To best determine how much mulch is necessary for your landscape this year, you can measure the depth of the already existing mulch. If it is a finer mulch there is a good possibility it has either decomposed or has washed away by heavy precipitation. With a rake, try to "fluff" your beds, use a ruler to measure what the depth of mulch to "top dress" your landscape beds.Feel free to contact Chris or Jim, our bulk sales supervisors, here at Mapledale.

Dyed mulches are available in colors of dark brown, black and red. These mulches are generally made from a process of grinding up slab wood and hardwood pallets, that have had the nails removed, and then the mulch is dyed with vegetable based dyes in vats of the various colors.

Gravels have many applications that require the use of various sizes, and types of mixtures to accomplish the desired, required and specific results. Larger gravel stones approximately fist size are designated as #1, #2 and #3, and are normally used for the base layer of driveways. The #57 gravel is usually placed over the base gravel to fill in, and to create a smoother surface. Limestone finer gravels, such as #10 can be mixed with #57 or added to the final top layer to create a binding, harder and smoother surface for the drive. Gravels are used for berm and road bed requirements and as fill materials for many applications.

In addition to the wood mulches, Mapledale Farm, Inc. offers mulches created from rubber. These products are used for playgrounds surfaces and do not break down and do not fade. This rubber mulch provides a cleaner and softer surface as compared to gravel, dirt, and most wood mulches. This product can be used for residential and commercial applications as well. Rubber mulch is more expensive initially than natural wood mulch, however, this realistically-tectured ground cover, made from 100% recycled, ground-up rubber products, will not fade, rot, compress, or lose its original beauty, even after years of exposure to the elements. Though it is more expensive when you first purchase it, the fact is, that over a number of years it is cost effective because of its durability.

Organic Hardwood Bark Mulch, is exactly that. Hardwood Bark Mulch is the outer layer taken from hardwood trees such as maple, oak, cherry, hickory and other types of hardwood. The rich brown color of hardwood bark mulch is the natural occurring color. There is no brown dye added to the natural mulch. It is processed by being shredded or ground up to provide a finer consistency.

In addition to mulches, Mapledale processes and sells: compost, leaf humus, screened and unscreened topsoil, fill dirt, fill sand, mason sand and various sizes of gravel. These materials are available at our bulk materials location on 9763 Old State Road.

In addition to our bulk materials of mulch, gravel and hard surface supplies, Mapledale Farm, Inc. offers a fullline of commercial turf-care products at wholesaleprices for you do it yourselfers. We sell many bagged products such as potting soil, softener salt, ice-melter, fertilizer,seed, and Baccto bagged gardening products and many other landscaping and construction materials.We also provide PVC pipes and fittings, culverts, ground cloth, weed control, straw, and landscaping tools. Mapledale also carries the Century precast steps in a variety of sizes.

In addition to bulk supplies, our other services include landscaping maintenance, design and installation, snowplowing, ice control and snow removal.

Rubber mulch is available in colors of black, green and redwood, blue and cypress and other earth tones. To contain the rubber mulch in specific areas of application, rubber border timbers are available. These border timbers are also made of recycled rubber that is flexible; this allows for the shaping of the containment border to create a curved, clean and well-maintained look. Mats and tree rings made of recycled rubber are also available in different colors.

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Construction:

Some of the other services we provide:

Mapledale Farm, Inc. provides complete landscape design and installation services for many landscape projects throughout northern Ohio. Many of our projects incorporate paver stone installations for patios, sidewalks, drives and stone walls to preserve and accent landscape projects. Decorative pavers and wall stone can provide a very unique, creative and distinctive design that will make your particular landscape installation stunning and unique to enhance your home or business. Our design team can help you create your landscape from a sketch to a complete install

Don't forget we have natural spring water and purified distilled water from Sunrise Springs WaterCompany!

Stone Wall:

Winter Pruning Trick:

A dry natural stone stacked wall refers to a wall that is not mortared in place, like a homemade wall created from field stone, or rocks from a creek. A dry natural stone stacked wall usually shifts during severe weather. For the most part, dry natural stone stacked walls simply need a little readjusting. Readjusting the wall can be accomplished by rearranging larger stones with smallerones. It does not require much effort and will boost the aesthetics. If you want a virtually maintenance free wall, we sell astonishingly affordable, Belgard or Unilock outdoor hardscape, which makes the ideal home investment.

For the "Do-It-Yourselfers": Due to the heavy precipitation and ground heaving, though outthe winter, the walking path orstepping stones will become uneven. To correct this problem, the stones need to be picked up and soil, gravel or sand needs to be added to level out the stones.

If you have not had the time to prune your garden or landscape, there is still time!Examine the tree or bush you desire to prune, decide what the desired shape of the tree is and observe the tree at different perspectives. You may wish to mark the limbs before you prune them. This way, you can get a better visual of what the tree or shrub will look like when you are finished. You need to do your pruning before any buds appear.

Fixing uneven stepping stones:

Cut back ornamentalgrasses to about 6 inches tall

Cut back perennials(a plant that lives formore than two years)to almost groundlevel

Remove dead woodand suckers from trees and shrubs, evergreen anddeciduous

Plant dormant trees and shrubs

Move dormant plants

Dig and divideemerging perennials

Remove leaves from the bottom of ponds,or other water features

Clean gutters to prevent water from drowning plants below

Now is the time to...

Please contact Gene,our maintenancesupervisor, for any

lawn or turf care needs.

Lance, our construction supervisor, and his team can design, install and maintain a unique and customized water feature or pond that fits most any budget to make your backyard more beautiful and tranquil.

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P.O.BOX 85 • 9763 OLD STATE ROAD • CHARDON, OHIO 44024

phone:440.286.3389fax:440.286.7572www.mapledale.org

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"Our Word is Our Word"

Enjoy these Maple Syrup Recipes!

Maple Apple Crisp

Maple Syrup Muffins Maple Pecan Pie Deluxe

Mapledale's Sugarhouse is a seventh generation, family owned and operated sugarbush. With the help of our dedicated people, we are able to produce the highest quality pure Geauga Maple Syrup available.Our maple syrup is available at our store in Hambden Township.

Grease bottom of 13"X9" glass bakingdish with butter flavored Crisco. Cover bottom with maple syrup. Peel and slice apples (best to use 2 different kinds of apples, good also to use granny smiths). Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, mix 2/3 cup flour, 2/3 cup of brown sugar, 2/3cup of oatmeal, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 - 2/3 cup of butter flavored Crisco. Blend well, cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees until done. (Should be lightly browned on top) May have to baste with hot maple syrup from bottom of baking dish. Serve with cream.

Ingredients

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How to Make It:

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease 8 muffin cups. Soften margarine and blend in sugar and salt. Add dry ingredients and blend with pastry cutter until crumbly. Mix in oats. Blend milk and syrup together and pour over dry ingredients stirring only until just combined. Put into muffin tin.Bake for 20 minutes.

Combine butter, sugar and maple syrup together for glaze. Cool muffins slightly and spread glaze over tops.

•1 C water•1 tbsp. dried skim milk•1 tsp. salt•6 tbsp. maple syrup (at room temperature)•2 C whole wheat bread flour•1 C white bread flour•1 tsp. yeast•3 ounces walnuts roughly chopped

•1 C maple syrup•2/3 C sugar•3 eggs•1/4 C melted butter•1 tsp. vanilla•1 C coarsely chopped pecans•1 9-inch purchased or homemade pie shell

•1/4 C margarine•1/2 C sugar•1 teaspoon salt•1-1/4 C flour•1/2 C milk•2 teaspoons baking powder•3/4 C rolled oats•1/2 C maple syrup

Glaze Ingredients•1 Tablespoon butter•1/2 C icing sugar•1 Tablespoon maple syrup

Place ingredients in the order given in your bread machine's instructions. Add the walnuts when your machine beeps which is usually after the first five minutes when you add items like raisins.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, beat together maple syrup, sugar, eggs, melted butter adn vanilla with an electric mixer until slightly thickened, about 2 or 3 minutes. Stir in chopped pecans and pour mixture into the prepared pie shell. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a knife poked into the center of the filling comes out clean. Let cool completely before serving.

Maple Syrup Walnut Bread