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I can’t believe it is already time to send out another newsletter. Time is just flying by. The weather has us all guessing, going from hot early to cold late. We had hail last week, and add the cold, wet nights, our cucumber starts took a big

Closed Easter Sunday March just plain got away from me. I did not expect to have so much to do so early in the year, like watering every day when we had all our bare root to pot, veggie starts to do, and plugs and baskets to

Spring is coming! Winter hours are over, beginning March 1. Back to 9-5, rain days 10-4. We are in that changeable time of year between true spring and winter. I just spent a good part of February in Southeast Asia and came back to snow on the

Happy New Year 2026 As I write this, we are experiencing above normal temps. I saw the Western Weather website marked January 16 as a record high for Middletown. This is typical La Niña weather for the Southwest. We have also had periods of super wet. This

We finally dropped down low enough to get some noticeable frost. I have lived here a few years now, and our first killing frost is coming later and later. It still was not enough to kill off our summer annuals, but we are getting closer. We have

Winter Hours Nov-Feb 10-4 pm Big changes are happening at the first of this month. We are going back to standard time on November 2nd, and any time change up or down always messes with our systems. More importantly for us is that winter hours begin on

Customer Appreciation is this Saturday, Oct 4th. Join us in celebrating our 21st anniversary and save 25% off our entire inventory. The Master Gardener Help Desk will be here, and we will have a drawing for a big wind chime and gift certificates. There will be a

It is ‘Fall’! Prime planting time in California. Yes, we are still going to have some hot days, but September into October are the best times to plant most trees, shrubs, and hardy perennials. We have the full assortment of summer and fall bloomers in stock now.

Another month has flown by, and fall planting time is fast approaching. Although I am somewhat out of the loop as to when school starts up again, I believe it is soon. Many of you will be shopping for school clothes and supplies in the coming weeks,

We are so grateful that June has stayed fairly mild in comparison to the last couple of years. They are even predicting July 4th to be in the high 80’s. Wow. That has translated into our best June sales in quite a while. The nursery racks and