Monthly Archives for November 2006
It’s Mandarin Season.
Driving through Auburn on down to Newcastle to pick up a maple tree for a customer I passed this old orange grove on Taylor Rd. Taylor Rd. follows the old Lincoln Highway which was the main highway over the Donner … Continue reading
Winter comes knocking.
Winter has finally reached the foothills. There is frost with temps in the mid-thirties. It will start reaching about 50°F this afternoon. Suppose to be a big storm brewing off the coast that will spread rain over the area and … Continue reading
When the garden industry should not blog.
Just got the latest issue of Nursery Retailer Magazine in the mail. This is a magazine for the independent garden center. The Publisher, Jeff Morey writes “Yeah, I know what your thinking, ‘Another editorial where the writer has little to … Continue reading
Fall in the Sierra Foothills.
Now that we are living just outside Placerville we have a 12 mile commute to the nursery. It takes about 20 minutes if you don’t get stuck behind a big truck or horse trailer. The drive takes us right through … Continue reading
Fall at the Garden Center.
We have started to get goodies for the gift shop. We will have a children section with tools, bug viewers, stepping stone kits, paint a birdhouse, etc. we will also have a chair and a shelf of reference books concerning … Continue reading
The blogging nurseryman blogs again!
I can’t believe my last post was the third. Where does the time go? The rainy season has started here in northern California. We had about an inch of rain yesterday. The rest of the week looks dry through the … Continue reading
Less plant disease with "Messenger"?
My friend Saul, who writes a garden column for the Auburn Journal asked if I had heard of a product that he is writing about called “Messenger†by Eden Bio-Science. He had visited a grower of Camellias who had been … Continue reading
