2010 July Garden Tips

Sent July 21, 2010

Bright and sunny is the day
Green and lush are the fields
Flowers are perky so come and sit
And tell me something to add to my wit.

Hello,

I'm hosting self-guided garden tours of my flower gardens this summer. I would love to share my lovely gardens with you in July and August on Friday and Saturday 11 am to 2 pm.

You can come and walk through the flower gardens. Then sit a spell, and just enjoy the splendor, while you sip a glass of lemonade or ice water.

July Dates: 23-24, 30-31
August Dates: 6-7, 13-14, 20-21

The Antique Loft will be open too!

I'm Picking Fresh Daily . . .

Organic Green Beans

Organic Yellow Beans

Organic Cucumbers

Organic Cabbage

Organic Leaf Lettuce

Organic Green Onions

Organic Beets

Organic Kohlrabi

Organic Shallots

Organic Onions - Red and Yellow

Organic Carrots

Organic Green Peppers

Organic Hot Peppers

Organic Potatoes

Organic Dill

Organic Cilantro

Organic Basil

Organic Parsley

You can order . . .

Pickling cucumbers

Beets for pickling

Green beans for freezing and canning

Yellow beans for freezing and canning

Cases of peaches

Time to Fill your Willow Basket with . . .

Home Grown Sweet Corn (It's Ready!)

Home Grown Zucchini (green or yellow)

Home Grown Slicing Tomatoes

Home Grown Baby Red Potatoes

Indiana Muskmelon

Indiana Watermelon

Washington Cherries

Washington Apricots

California Nectarines

California Plums

Organic Bananas

Georgia Peaches

Garlic from Gilroy, California, the garlic capital of the world!

NEW! Breads from MainStreet Bakery of Edina. The breads are fabulous, a lot of grains!

Honey from my farm by Scott's Bees & Honey

Local new crop Maple Syrup from East Bay Sugarbush of Waconia

NEW! Tea from Tea District - Natural and Organic - It's a Winner!

When you care enough to Eat the Very Best, ask Donna!

See you soon!
Donna

Gardening Tips

It's time to fertilize your flower beds. Use Jacks, I sell this. Be sure to keep dead-heading your flowers. Hoe up the soil aournd them in your flower beds.

It's important to feed your flower containers too. Prune back long stems as that helps flowers keep blooming. Petunia baskets can be pruned back 1/3 or so, then feed.

If your coleus want to seed out, pinch the seed off. This keeps the plant looking better.

Hydrangea blossoms can soon be cut, when they turn green. Put in a pail of water for a day (out of the sun). Then hang them up to dry in the garage. See photo at right.

When you care enough to Grow the Very Best, Ask Donna!