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Greetings!
With the new season comes a new look for our email newsletter! Let us know what you think by dropping an email to beiersgreenhouse@beiersgreenhouse.com or just by hitting reply. We love to hear from our friends! Today we're doing an editorial preview of the e-newsletter. We'll have tons of great articles and information for you again this season, so just a little taste today. Scroll down or click here to read details of our coupon offerings for this season. Keep opening these emails... These offers are EXCLUSIVELY for our email newsletter subscribers. |
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Announcements
Grand Re-Opening Celebration: Sunday, April 25
We're getting geared up for Sunday, April 25, and we already have a few plants blooming! Mark this day on your calendars--we're looking forward to seeing you.
Get Your Gift Certificates Early Beier's Greenhouse sells gift certificates all year through our website! Get your gift certificates the quick and easy way by clicking here. (Scroll down a little when you get there.) We'll drop your gift cards in the mail right away so you're all ready for opening day. Order Your Native Plants and Trees Now: Deadline is April 30 The Southwest Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has just released the brochure for their annual native plant and tree sale. Full details and contact information is in this newsletter--click down to the " Perennial Landscape" section.
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The Herbal Landscape
Herbs Are Delicious, Nutritious, and Healthy
Can you identify the plant pictured at the right? It's a baby epazote, growing happily in our greenhouse last season. Don't know what an epazote is? We'll teach you about this plant and many more right in this column.
Beier's will carry a number of varieties of herbs again this year: basils, thymes, mints, rosemaries, lavendars, oreganoes, and many, many others. Each has its own growing likes and dislikes, so read this column every week to discover how to grow successful herbs--whether it's a little pot of basil or a large spread of every kind of herb imaginable. We'll have tips on how to use them, and not always for eating pleasure.
How about a little taste of rosemary? Click here to read the Beier's Buzz growing rosemary article from last year's email newsletter series.
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The Perennial Landscape
SWCD Annual Native Plant and Tree Sale
It's that time again! The Southwest Soil and Water Conservation District sells plants and trees native to our area every spring. Trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses and sedges are all available, along with seed mixes designed just for the Itasca County area.
Orders must be received by April 30, 2010 for pickup May 20th and 21st. The brochure and order form can be downloaded from www.itascaswcd.org.
Check out this website for great information about shoreline planting, wetlands, and forestry in general. There is also information on how to get your soil tested. Haven't had your soil tested? Get it done--your fruits, vegetables, flowers and trees will thank you!
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The Edible Landscape
Veggies and Fruits Make Summer Delicious
We love flowers, but there's something satisfying about growing your own veggies and fruits to enjoy out of hand or during dark winter days. This column tells you everything you need to know about growing food, from onions to apples.
Square foot and raised bed gardening are big trends. This column guides you through the tricks to successful "small" gardens with "big" yields. Coming soon we'll have a series dedicated just to building a raised bed, filling it with soil, choosing plants, and tending the little garden all summer.
How about a quick taste of rhubarb? Click here to read the Beier's Buzz rhubarb article from last year's newsletter series.
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The 5th Dimension
Beyond Plants: Everything Else You Need to Know
Lawns. Garden sheds. Fencing. Protection from deer. Composting. Garden knick knacks. Tools, tips and tricks that make living in the outdoors easier and more beautiful. The 5th Dimension column covers all these topics and so many more.
Want a taste of compost? We don't mean literally! Click here to read the Beier's Buzz composting article from last year's newsletter series.
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The Beautiful Landscape
Flowers, Flowers, and More Flowers
Now we get to the fun stuff! The Beautiful Landscape column covers annual flowers, and there are a whole lot of them! How to lay out a flower garden, soil amendments, deadheading, controlling bugs, water and fertilizer, container and bed plantings, we could go on and on.
Stay tuned to this column in the near future as we offer a series on flower garden designs, from the French potager style to the wild and wooly cottage garden style. This is good stuff!
Want a taste of the beautiful landscape? Click here to read the Beier's Buzz yellow and orange flower garden article from last year's newsletter series.
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Today's Recipe
Marinated Mushrooms
6-8 Servings
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 pounds mushrooms
Wipe the mushrooms clean with a paper towel or rinse briefly under cold running water. Remove hardened stems and quarter large mushrooms.
Whisk together the lemon juice, salt, garlic, pepper, basil, and oregano in a small bowl. Gradually add the olive oil in a thin stream, whisking constantly. Put the mushrooms in a large bowl and add the marinade. Toss to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 24 hours. Allow to come to room temperature before serving.
Recipe courtesy of Beier's Greenhouse. Adapted from Emeril's Potluck by Emeril Lagasse. New York: William Morrow, 2004.
March 14, 2010
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Thank you for your time! We appreciate our customers so much. Feel free to email any time, for any reason!
Have a wonderful week, Bonnie and the whole Beier's Greenhouse team
www.beiersgreenhouse.com
beiersgreenhouse@beiersgreenhouse.com
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