Nursery News - September 13, 2013

Plan now for fall gardening! Get off to a good start by attending our class, Gardening 101 for Fall. Sunday, October 6 at 10:00 am.

Also offered Sunday, September 22, 10:00 am: Raising Chickens for Fun and Food.

Please call for availability:

Plan for vegetables! Dig em up's: $2.19 each

• Brussel sprouts

• Red cabbage

• Malabar spinach

• Toscano (Tuscan) kale

• Collards

Wonderful selections of VARIETY PACKS are ready for sale.. $5.99 each

Plan for garlic! $1.69 each

• Early Italian purple

• Late Italian

• Silver rose

• Inchelium red

• Spanish roja

• German red

• Elephant

Plan for flowering bulbs! Prices vary

• Ranunculus

• Saffron (Crocus sativus)

• Daffodil

• Hyacinth

• Freesia

• Paperwhites should arrive in the near future.

Please remember that we will be closed Saturday, September 14. We will reopen Sunday, September 15, and will then resume our new normal hours of Tuesday through Sunday, 9-5.

News for the Nursery: Week of September 9, 2013

News for the week of September 8, 2013

City Farmer’s Nursery will be closed Saturday, September 14. Thank you for understanding and we apologize for any inconvenience. We will be open Sunday, September 15 and then will resume our regular hours of Tuesday through Sunday, 9-5.

If you plant in September, remember to do so in the coolest parts of the day, and keep your new plants watered!

We have some wonderful plants to suggest this week (please call to be sure of availability):

1 gallon Jerusalem artichokes: $5.99 each.

This is not an artichoke, and is native to North America! Also called a sunchoke. Blooms pretty daisy-like flowers. The tubers can be a substitute for potatoes.

1 gallon Mexican papaya: $9.99

2 gallon Moringa tree: $22.89

Also known as the tree of life.

1 gallon bay leaf: $8.99.

Can be grown as a hedge, trained as a tree, or kept in a pot. Useful in sauces, stews, and stocks. Once established, thrives with low amounts of water!

1 gallon lemon grass: $6.99.

Lemongrass has many uses, particularly in teas, soups and curries. Grows well here with a little regular water.

In the Nursery: Week of 09-01-2013

Remember, if you are going to plant anything this month, do so in the early part of the day or in the evening to reduce stress on your young plants. Provide some shade during the sunniest part of the day.

Water generously!

Available in our nursery for the week of September 1, 2013:

Call to be sure of availability!

• Assorted salad mixes: mesclun, radish leaf, arugula

• assorted spinach

• assorted kale

• chard

• beets

• assorted peas

We still have a few trays of the winter tomatoes: long keeper, tigerella and stupice.

Check out our new shipment of herbs!