October 2010 – Around the Nursery

Well, Willy and I just returned from a garden show last week that was held in Baltimore. First time Willy had been east of the Rockies. Weather was very pleasant. We were searching for good deals, unique & new items.

So, it looks like we might just be the “Gazing Ball Capital of Tehachapi”!

It just sort of happened. While in Baltimore, we spotted a great line of gazing balls and picked up several different varieties. Then we picked up two additional lines from other manufactures. When I arrived back home and excitedly tell my wife, Melissa, what Willy and I had purchased at the garden show, she tells me that at the gift show she attended, she too bought a ‘few’ gazing globes! – Ahh, the more the merrier!

Aside from the gorgeous gazing balls, we also found some great indoor/outdoor wall art and some very interesting, decorative windmills; in fact, these windmills are unlike any we’ve had before! As the wind blows, the first set of blades turn clockwise. When the breeze gets to the second set of blades, it turns them counterclockwise. So, you have two sets of decorative blades turning at the same speed but in different directions. These are sure to be a very unique addition to your garden!

The nursery is bringing in a wide range a fall items.

In addition to our 4″ and 1 gal mums we also have the 14″ cache size. There will be mini-hay bales, corn stalks, gourds, Indian corn and pumpkins. The pumpkins will range in size from basketballs all the way up to 90 pounds!

Lastly, our favorite set of organic fertilizers, manufactured by Dr. Earth is now going to be accompanied by their own unique line of soils. The beneficial microbes and Mycorrhizae are now protected with the hydrating effects of aloe. More to come later…

It went very well at the Baltimore Garden Show and we are very excited about all the new, cool, lines we picked up. We will be sure to introduce each of them to you as their arrival dates get closer.

Articles of interest this month:

Fall Planting Tips

Valuable To-do’s this Fall

Tehachapi Pumpkin Patch

See Our October Specials

Thanks so much for taking the time to see what we have going on,

P.S. If you didn’t prune your Lilac back in June then please don’t do it until after it finishes blooming in 2011. If you prune it between now and then you will be cutting off 90% of next Spring’s blooms – ouch!

Here is the sunset our last night in Baltimore, enjoy!