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We have been doing Senior Wednesday for awhile now, but I don’t think I ever posted it! Are you 55 or older? Then Wednesday is your day to save on everything we sell at the farm!

I know this sounds crazy, but with the cold night time temperatures this coming week, and the lack of rainfall, it is a good idea to water your gardens today. Dry soil and freezing conditions damages and kills plants! It makes me a little nervous when I have to water the lavender field in February, but I want to protect the roots!

We have avocados in stock! Bacon, Fuerte, Holiday, mexicola, Sir Prize, Stewart and Zurano. These are in hot demand, so don’t dilly dally! Also we have a citrus shipment - Eureka lemon, grapefruit,mandarins, limes, lane oranges. Other citrus, like Meyer lemon, Cara Cara and Washington navels and blood oranges in about 3 weeks.

The joy of working late in the evening in the gift shop is that I can sing along with Fleetwood Mac and believe I sound like Stevie Nicks. Two big racks of Renee's Garden Seeds ready for sale Friday morning, with a huge selection of vegetables, herbs and flowers.

The sales floor is put back together, thanks to Luis, Phillip and Dan. Now we can start bringing out new plants for spring!

I will be teaching an in depth class on herb growing on March 24th at Soul Food Farm. We will cover everything from site prep to harvesting. Follow the links to sign up!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Plants make the sweetest gifts...

Thank you to a customer with better math skills than me! CORRECTION TO STRAWBERRY PRICES - 50 cents each, 12 for $5.00!!! Please let me know if you got overcharged on Saturday!

We have bare root strawberries! Two varieties available now, June bearing Allstar, with large sweet firm fruit perfect for fresh eating and canning. Eversweet is an overbearing variety, with fruiting throughout spring, summer and fall, even in temperatures greater than 90 degrees. A good choice for hanging baskets and pots. 50 cents each or 12 for $10.00.

The sales floor hasn’t been this empty since 1994! Things are moved around for this coming weekend, but we are open for business. Next week we will have new, safe, smooth floors!

We are open, and Bless this Mess! With winter temporarily on hold we decided we may as well return to our regular hours, 9 am - 5 pm, Tuesday - Sunday. This is 3 weeks early, but with today’s 75 degree temperature, we think people will want to get out in their gardens. Second, we are in the middle of pulling apart our main retail floor, regrading and putting in new flooring. After 23 years, last years floods and many gophers, the floor has become somewhat uneven and dangerous, so since it is so dry and warm we thought this would be the perfect time to fix it! Anyway for the next 10 days it will be somewhat a mess, however plants for sale will be tucked everywhere so if you are willing to wander you will find plenty of herbs and perennials (no basil yet). And our bare root selection will not stay dormant long with this heat, so be sure to get yours soon!