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Winter is the perfect time to plan your garden
When putting together a plan for their outdoor spaces, folks who want the best results will typically use a landscape designer. In many cases folks hire a designer to serve as a consultant as an in between. Without q uestion, hiring a professional for direction is the way to go.
A landscape design includes "handscape plan"and "planting plan" component. Ultimately, the plans will specify the materials that the installing contractor will need to use. Would like to read more about choosing a landscape design? Just click here and read a great article on landscape design.
Landscape design is one of the most exciting ways to create a more livable home or commercial property. The right design is easier than you think and I encourage you to get planning today! We have great landscape design services right here at McShane's! Read a little more about the services we offer right here. And landscape design in 20% off the month of February here at McShane's! Come to the class on January 30th or February 6th and find out more about this great offer!
Here is to your garden!
Steve McShane
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February classes are as follows:
There will be weekly pruning classes on every Saturday during the month of February. Rose pruning classes are at 10:30 and fruit tree pruning classes are at 1:30.Edible garden specialist Christa Jennings will be on hand to answer all your fruit tree questions! We will be offering a full schedule of Garden Club classes on top of our regular pruning classes. You can also watch a video by Steve McShane on pruning if you just click right here!
Garden Landscape and Design Consultation Clinic- February 6th 2:00 pm - This great class will have all three of our great landscape designers here to help you with your garden and landscaping questions. Want to read up on Landscape Design? Just click here!
Flagstone and Pavers Workshop- February 13th- 2:00 pm- Our very own flagstone and paver specialist Jose Samanez will be here to tell you about how wonderful flagstone and pavers are and how easy it is to obtain the great look they provide at your own home. He will also help you with all your questions about pavers and flagstone. Steve wrote a great article on pavers, just click here to read all about them.
All About Orchids Workshops- February 20th- 2:00 pm- This workshop will teach you temperatures, light, fertilizer, watering and more so your orchid will flower again and again. You can always read up on care of Orchids before the workshop by clicking here.
Annual Apple Tree Grafting Workshop- February 27th 2:00 pm - This is our most popular workshop and is absolutely wonderful. Space is limited to 50 people, please call to reserve your spot!
Please call Morgan Martinez at 831-455-1876 to RSVP for these great classesDid you miss a class that you really wanted to attend?? Don't worry many of our classes are filmed and posted on our website just click here to watch them. |
February, although the shortest month, can seem unbearably long to gardeners who can't wait to get their hands dirty again. While there are few outdoor gardening activities to do this month, indoors, gardeners can keep busy caring for houseplants, planning the garden, and dreaming about the arrival of spring!
*Outdoors, periodically take a walk around your yard to check protective mulches around trees and flower beds. Check out a great flyer about what to do during the winter in your garden just by clicking here
*Check stored bulbs, tubers and corms. Discard any that are soft or diseased. You can buy new ones, that will be healthy and ready to go!
*Late winter is the time to prune your fruit trees and roses. Look over your plants now and remove dead, dying, or diseased of the tree or rose. Need more help with pruning fruit trees? Just click here and read a great article about pruning your fruit trees! Steve McShane and edible gardening specialist Christa Jennings use Growtech pruners. We sold out for a while but we just received a new shipment!
*This year plan to grow at least one new vegetable that you've never grown before; it may be better than what you are already growing.
* Fertilize fruit trees before spring so you have an optimum spring
*Check all five growing factors if your house plants are not growing well. Light, temperature, nutrients, moisture, and humidity must be favorable to provide good growth. To learn more about indoor plants read this great article by just clicking here.
* Check out the new roses and fruit trees we have. Everything is ready to plant and going to look great for spring!
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City Councilman Emilio Martinez from Watsonville sent us this GREAT recipe for guacamole. We loved it when we tried it but the best news is avocados are abundant in healthy raw fat, fiber, vitamin K, folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin C!
This great dip does not have any extra sour cream or anything, ju  st pure vegetables and fruits that you can grow in your own garden!
Chunky Guacamole Recipe
Serves
4-6
Ingredients:
3 large ripe avocados
1 small red onion, finely chopped
2 small tomatoes, finely diced
Juice of 1 lemon or lime
Handful of chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Sea salt, to taste
Jalapenos, to taste
Directions:
Scoop flesh of ripe avocados into a large bowl. Add all other ingredients and mash lightly with a fork. Mash just enough to evenly distribute ingredients and break down avocado into chunky portions. If you want good texture, don't mash too much; mash just enough to evenly distribute the ingredients and break down the avocados into chunky portions. Grab some chips and enjoy! |
Do you love our newsletter? Well you can be a part of it! Send your great recipes that have ingredients that are fresh and that you love to sp@mcshanesnursery.com!
Pass on our great Garden Club newsletters to your friends and have them sign up at www.mcshanesnursery.com!
We are also trying to make sure the word is out about McShane's! Do you use Yelp? Well if you do write a review! We love getting our name out in the tri-county area!
Be a Guest Gardener in the Garden Club newsletter!
Gardeners love to learn from other gardeners "over the fence." We would love to include advice or even an article from one of our readers!
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 As many of our guests at McShane's nursery know we have a family of animals that we love. Shamus the parrot has been with us now for 3 years. We decided to give Shamus some new friends and we brought in two Guinea pigs. In the month of January we had a contest on naming these new family members. We would like to congratulate Katie Lee and Alex Taylor! They won the contest with the names Bon Bon and Meatball! Come check out our new furry friends here at McShane's!
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Landscape design is off 20% percent this month. Take advantage of our free work shop and then receive an 20% off when you come in and use a McShane's Landscape Designer.
Want a pond in your backyard but not sure where to start? Laguna Pond Kits are easy
to set-up and work. Laguna Pond Kits are
designed to be low in maintenance, and look beautiful whether used as a
water garden or small koi pond. These great kits are 20% this month only come on in and take a look. Read up on ponds by clicking right here!
Valentine's day is just around the corner and we have the best gifts for your other half. From heart topiaries to great gifts in our greenhouse McShane'e has it all! Do you want to send your honey a surprise? We also now have an online store! Check it out here and see what great gifts you can send to friends and family!
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Congratulations to Ann Ruiz!! She got the answer right of "ginger" to last weeks question which was:
"What has been clinically demonstrated to work twice as well as Dramamine for fighting motion sickness, with no side effects?"
This weeks question is:
During the War between the States, doctors in the Union army routinely used this kind of juice to clean gunshot wounds, and General Grant, deprived of it, sent a testy memo to the War Department : "I will not move my troops without ______!"
Have fun and good luck!
The rules of the game are simple.
We ask one trivia question a month. Please send all answers to sp@mcshanesnursery.com, with your full name. Prize: A $10 McShane's Gift Certificate. One winner per newsletter.The winner will be announced in McShane's next online newsletter.Winner must bring an ID to the nursery to claim the prize. Prize must be picked up in person with in 2 weeks. Employees are not eligible for this contest.
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