January 2008 Organic Farming & Gardening Supplies

Windcrest Farm Newsletter www.windcrestorganics.com

Available at Matthews Farmer's Market on Feb. 2nd

Baby Rudolf Radishes
Dried Mushrooms
 

 

Organic Gardening Supplies Available

 
CLEARANCE ITEMS
 
(Delivery available to the Matthews Market  on 2/2 by arrangement on Clearance Items)
Greetings!
 
Spring is just around the corner and we are planting seeds in the greenhouse and hoophouse. If you are like us, you have been browsing the seed catalogs or at least longing for the taste of the first "real" tomato of the year.
 
As many of you know, we not only offer vegetable, fruit, herb, and flower plants & produce, but we also offer organic farming and gardening supplies for market and home gardeners. Whether you are building soil fertility on several acres or trying to keep pests off your favorite houseplants, we have soil amendments, pest management supplies, animal suppliments and more for farmers and gardeners who want to use products approved for organic gardening.
 
Shipping costs are a major contributor to the rising prices on everything. Many items that farmers and gardeners need come in 10, 25, and 50 lbs. bags and can mean spending approx. $1 per pound on a single item for shipping! In an effort to control shipping costs, we compile our orders to take advantage of a better shipping rate and pass the savings on to you. Last year we were able to reduce the average shipping price per pound to $0.10. We invite you to take a look at our Spring 2008 Organic Farming & Gardening Supplies catalog and take advantage of shipping cost savings on our Feb. 15th order. If you have any questions about any of these products, please contact us. We are happy to help!
Edible Landscaping: Blueberries, Blackberries, Red Raspberries & Grapes
 
It may be too early to plant tomatoes and basil, but it's a great time to plant berries and grapes. We are taking orders now for delivery of these North Carolina naturally grown blueberry, blackberry, red raspberry and grape plants. Plants will be available on March 1st. SPECIAL - Prepay for your order and receive a 5% discount!
 
Star, O'Neil, Tif Blue, Brightwell, Premier, Legacy, Duke
 
1 Gallon - $9.00   2 Gallon - $15.00
 
Seedless Grapes
Thompson, Red Flame, Concord
 
5 Gallon - $15.00
 
Red Raspberries - Heritage Everbearing (Winner of the 2004 Outstanding Fruit Cultivar Award by the American Society of Horticultural Sciences) 
 
1 Gallon - $12.00
 
Blackberries - Arapaho Thornless - a self-supporting blackberry plant that ripens in the last of May - earlier than any other thornless variety. The berry of the Arapaho Blackberry is tasty, firm and a hardy variety for North Carolina.
 
1 Gallon - $12.00
 
Plants will be available for pickup at the Matthews Community Farmer's Market on March 1st or by appointment at Windcrest Farm, Monroe.
 
To place your order, click here.
Events - Open (Green)House
Please plan on joining us at the farm on April 5th from 10:00 to 5:00 for our Spring Open (Green)house. We will have lots of vegetable, herb and flower plants available and plenty of spring fever to spread around. Please look for more information on this event and a list of the plant varieties we will have available for 2008 in your email box soon!
It's not too late to let us know if there are particular varieties of plants your are interested in for 2008. We enjoy discovering new plants each year and get inspiration not only for the luscious pictures in the seed catalogs but from people who have seen or heard about a marvelous plant and are anxious to try it in their own gardens.
 
Still growing,
 
Mary Roberts
Windcrest Farm
 
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

-Douglas Jerrould
 

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