Monthly Archives for May 2006
Amador Flower Farm
Since the nursery is closed Monday’s it’s a chance for Monica and I to decompress. We decided to head to the wine country in the Shenandoah Valley, Amador county. It’s a great drive through El Dorado’s south county, where there … Continue reading
Cybergardening News
Got some great news about our garden center website www.thegoldengecko.com. The Sacramento Bee’s Home and Garden Section editor Dan Vierria, mentioned our web page as one of the best nursery websites in The Greater Sacramento Area. Best nursery Web siteHonorable … Continue reading
Raised Bed
The raised bed that we made in our workshop in April raised bed is now planted.In the 4 by 8′ bed we planted four tomatoes, “Lemon Boy”, “Early Girl”, “Isis Candy”, and “Tangerine”. In addition we planted Peppers, “Habenero”, “Jalapeno”, … Continue reading
The "Neddle Nellies" brought their quilts to th…
The “Neddle Nellies” brought their quilts to the garden center today. They raffle off one of their quilts to benefit the local fire department. We love the quilts as they seem to fit in so well at the garden center. … Continue reading
What a weekend for the garden center. People were …
What a weekend for the garden center. People were out and about looking for gifts for mom, as well as just enjoying being outside with the nice spring weather. Lot’s of people who haven’t been to the center before were … Continue reading
Check out this post from Amy Stewart at her blog …
Check out this post from Amy Stewart at her blog Dirt: The garden industry blogs! Some interesting insights on blogs by greenhouse growers, and the Gardening for Dummies at Wal Mart. I guess worrying about demographics, and the so called … Continue reading
We celebrated our 2nd Anniversary Saturday. We h…
We celebrated our 2nd Anniversary Saturday. We had White Bear Studio demonstrating his pottery techniques, BBQ for everyone, two shopping sprees given away, as well as a chance for savings on the days purchases for everyone. The best part was … Continue reading
