The Golden Gecko Garden Center eNewsletter

Time for Fall and Winter Vegetables

These days, the garden can contain almost anything including edible flowers and be grown anywhere in the yard. Get creative and use containers, hanging baskets, as well as traditional garden plots.
Lettuce, chard, spinach, and parsley work quite well together in the flowerbed. They make crisp, fresh looking borders and edgings and can be grown in clumps among low growing perennials or annuals. Lettuces with frilled edges give a nice finish to beds of snapdragons or penstemon.

On Sale! at the Golden Gecko
Fruit Tree Pre-Order Program

If you pre-order your fruit trees anytime between now and October 31st you will receive an additional 10% off. In addition to our fruit tree list, our grower is making their entire list available for pre-order; this includes many hard to find varieties! Order and pre-pay now, and pick up in January. Quantities are limited, so now is the time to plan out your mini backyard orchard or finally get the one tree you’ve always wanted. Please stop by and pick up both of these fruit tree lists.

Pre-order fruit trees by October 31st and get an additional 10% off!

Third Annual Scarecrow Contest

Join us in celebrating fall with our third annual scarecrow contest. Whoever creates the best scarecrow will win a $250 gift card to The Golden Gecko Garden Center. Scarecrows must be made on site between the hours of 10 am to 12 noon, Saturday Oct. 20th We provide the stake to support your scarecrow, and straw to stuff it. You provide the clothing and inspiration. Scarecrows will be displayed on Marshall road for all to see! Judging will be at 12:00, Oct 20th. Register at ‘The Gecko’ before Sunday, October 14th. Great for schools, organizations, and individuals. In addition we will be serving refreshments throughout the day.
First Prize - $250 gift card to The Golden Gecko
Second Prize - $100 gift card
Third Prize - $50 gift certificate.

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Garden Calendar - October

Our Online Garden Calendar lets you know what you should be doing in your garden this month to keep everything happy and healthy.

Ask the Garden Experts!

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Q: I've tested my garden soil and I have a pH of about 5. How much lime (dolomite) would I use to raise the pH of 100 sq feet of my clay-loam garden one point? I'm getting numbers of 1 2/3 pounds to 15 pounds from various sources. Would the amount differ if I used calcium carbonate? Which is better? We plan to rototill this into the soil a couple of weeks before we plant vegetables.
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Q: I have a Liquidamber that used to have beautiful fall color. For the past few years, at least half the leaves have been turning brown and falling in August. The remaining leaves don't provide near the color they used to. Any thoughts?
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Q: My cercis canadensis was so coverered with seed pods that it was unsightly last year. There were leaves just at the end of most branches. Any ideas of what I could do to prvent this?
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