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A quick buzz...
Greetings from Bonnie and all of us at Beier's. We have two important announcements before we get down to business. And, don't forget to scroll down for your next recipe!
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Important Announcement #1
Due to the cool spring, we've extended the deadline for our Beautiful Garden Contest to July 15, 2008.
Bring pictures of your past or current gardens to the greenhouse by the deadline, or email them to beiersgreenhouse@beiersgreenhouse.com. |
Important Announcement #2
We're having a "Perennial Party" on July 15! Now, there are lots of reasons for you to stop by the greenhouse at ANY TIME that Tuesday. Here's a taste:
- Some kind of spectacular sale* 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
- Master Gardener Dissertation 11 a.m.
- Hot dogs and root beer floats 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
- Beautiful Garden Contest Judging** 5 p.m.
- Master Gardener Dissertation 6 p.m.
Please register in advance for the "Dissertations" because we have some wonderful suprises for those who do. Call (218) 244-6691 and leave a message.
Oh, there's more, but we can't reveal everything at once! Just keep an eye on your emails.
*Bonnie's still cooking up the details on the spectacular sale... stay tuned
**Who better to judge a beautiful garden than our customers?
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Herbs Instead of Pesticides
The ultimate in "green" gardening
Herbs are for more than just making your food extra wonderful. Put in strategic places in your vegetable garden, herbs can repel certain kinds of insects without the use of harmful chemicals.
Try planting these herbs and flowers in your garden as preventative measures. If you get a really bad infestation, go to chemicals, but these plants can help prevent problems.
Bold indicates you can find the plants or seeds at Beier's Greenhouse.
- Ants: Pennyroyal, spearmint, southernwood, tansy
- Aphids: Garlic, chives and other onions, coriander, anise, nasturtium and petunia around fruit trees
- Borer: garlic, onion, tansy
- Cabbage moth: mint, hyssop, rosemary, southernwood, thyme, sage, celery, catnip, nasturtium
- Colorado potato beetle: green beans, horseradish, dead nettle, flax, catnip, coriander, tansy, nasturtium
- Cucumber beetle: tansy, radish
- Cutworm: tansy
- Flea beetle: wormwood, mint, catnip, interplant crops with tomato
- Japanese beetle: garlic, larkspur, tansy, rue, white geranium
- Leafhopper: petunia, geranium
- Mexican bean beetle: marigold, potato, rosemary, savory, petunia
- Mites: garlic, onion, chives
- Nematodes: marigold, salvia, dahlia, calendula, asparagus
- Rose chafer: geranium, petunia, onion
- Slug: rosemary, wormwood
- Squash bug: tansy, nasturtium, catnip
- Tomato hornworm: borage, marigold, opal basil
- Whitefly: nasturtium, marigold
Petunias, marigolds and geraniums can be planted in a border around the
garden or trees. If you want the benefit of catnip without
digging it out of your garden for years to come, put in a large clay
pot and place nearby. For other pest preventers, thoughtful
interplanting of vegetables can help with the process.
Using
herbs and flowers in this way can keep your garden "green" and prevent
tears when you find your prized tomato plant cut off at the root by
some nasty bug!
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| Rosemary Roasted New Potatoes
Serves 4-6
2 lbs new potatoes
2 tsp oil
2 tbsp fresh rosemary
salt, pepper and paprika
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Leave potatoes whole or cut into similar sized chunks. Place the potatoes in a large pan of cold water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and drain immediately. Drizzle the oil over the potatoes and shake the pan to coat them evenly.
Tip the potatoes into a shallow roasting pan. Sprinkle with the chopped rosemary, salt, pepper and paprika. Roast for 30 minutes or until crisp.
Recipe courtesy Beier's Greenhouse. Adapted from The Ultimate Low Cholesterol Low Fat Cookbook by Christine France. Copyright 1996 by Anness Publishing, London, UK. |
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Thanks for your time! We appreciate our customers so much. Drop by anytime to visit.
Sincerely,
Bonnie and the whole Beier's Greenhouse team |
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