What is that saying about March? “In like a lion and out like a lamb.” At this point, I hope that is true. We woke up to 2 inches of snow and decided not to open last week. That gave me time to start the newsletter. It
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Ah, blessed sunshine has been so welcome after the deluge we received. I believe Middletown is close to its seasonal average, and as long as we get some more rain, we are not looking too shabby. The wind can stay away as its drying effect is not
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We order bareroot roses from Star Roses and Plants and Weeks Roses. Shipments are due around the first of February. We sell them bareroot for a limited time and pot the rest for sale through the year. We do run out of varieties as the year progresses.
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Plant varieties ordered from Dave Wilson Nursery for 2023: Braeburn Apple Superb late season fruit: very crisp and tangy, more flavorful than Granny Smith. Excellent keeper. Green with dark red blush. October-November harvest. Discovered in New Zealand in 1952, grown in U.S. since 1980s. 700 hours. Proven
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All the leaves have fallen off most of my trees. Has winter finally come? Last week we set some record daytime highs, but today it barely made it out of the 40s at the nursery. Nighttime temps have been consistently in the mid 20’s now. At least
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How about that! Cooler weather and Fall conditions have arrived. Here at the nursery, we have been pretty close to a killing frost 2 nights now. There is frost damage on the squash plants in the lower greenhouse/growing area, but not in the retail area yet. We
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Notices: October 8: Closing at 2pm for Staff function October 31st:Trick or Treat 2-5 pm Here we are into the last quarter of 2022. Another year of now normal, abnormal weather, including cloudbursts this month bringing over three inches of rain to some places, temperatures in the teens this
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Notice: Open 10-2 Labor Day. Labor Day weekend is upon us, and it looks like our weather will be roasting. UGH! I was hoping for cooler weather as my tomatoes do so much better in the Fall. Besides the heat causing the pollen to be non-viable (see
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Here we are in the 8th month of 2022. We are in the transition time between the ending of summer plants and before cool season plants become available. It is also a time of continued heat stress on plants, but the days are not as long, so
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CLOSED 4th of July How about that! Halfway through 2022 already and into the ‘dog days’ of summer. Good news, though. Just about all those great summer-blooming perennials that grace our yards for years to come are here. We are talking Russian Sage, Black-eyed Susans like ‘Indian
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