McShane's Nursery
March Newsletter
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Spring is almost here!
There is no question that life is never more apparent than in the spring. Plants push new growth and with it comes an indescribable energy that gardeners and landscapers know well. Here at McShane's we celebrate this energy and stand well prepared to help you fuel its success.
This month I turn 40 years old and with this milestone on the horizon I am more appreciative than ever for our amazing customers, family, and friends! You help me celebrate the world of gardening and landscape according to McShane's, and for that I am truly grateful.
Small business and community go hand in hand that is exactly why I decided to run for re-election to the Salinas City Council. For those intersted in finding out more, please visit www.electmcshane.com We appreciate you choosing to shop local and look forward to giving you great service and expert advice this spring!
- Steve
Steve McShane
Owner/General Manager
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Sat.- 8am-5pm
Sun. - 10am-4pm (Starting March 23)
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." - Charles Dickens
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What's New at McShanes Nursery
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Drought Tolerant Landscaping Seminar
presented by Steve McShane
Monterey Home and Garden Expo
Sunday, March 9 at 12:45pm
What better way to get ready for Spring then with the Inspired Home Expo of Monterey! Join McShane's Nursery at the Expo and stop by our booth to find out how you can have a successful garden during this California drought! Our very own Steve McShane is giving a presentation on Drought Tolerant Landscaping at 12:45pm Sunday. Admission to all seminars and the Expo is FREE! About the Monterey Home and Garden Expo: This year's Expo is bringing together home, garden and gourmet professionals to help you live a gourmet lifestyle in the home of your dreams. The expo also features home improvement seminars, live cooking demonstrations, and wine and gourmet food tastings! The Wine & Gourmet Food Garden offers tastings from a superb collection of local wineries and restaurants. Wine tasting is $5 at the Gourmet Garden entrance. Come to the Inspired Home Expo of Monterey to make sure you have all the resources you need to make your home beautiful, no matter what your style or budget. The expo offers resources, tips, seminars and ideas on building, decorating and organizing your home. Admission is FREE! Get ready to get INSPIRED! |
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Spring is in the Air at McShane's!
 Roses & Fruit Trees - McShane's Nursery has the largest selection of both roses and fruit trees along the central coast.
 Blueberries - We have "Bountiful Blue" Blueberry now in stock. Take advantage of our great special:
Buy two, get one free
 Mulberries - Black Pakistani Variety. Consider a beautiful "weeping" variety. Delicious, fleshy, succulent mulberries are rich source of numerous health-benefiting plant derived anti-oxidants, minerals and vitamins
 Kiwi Vines - Just in! Don't forget you need both a male and a female to get fruit! The kiwi, originally called the Chinese gooseberry and later the "sunny peach", was renamed the kiwi by New Zealand natives after their national bird. There are over 400 varieties of this fuzzy fruit, which grows off of vines on a trellis, much like grapes are cultivated. |
Tomatoes, Veggies, Peppers, Squash!!!
Get your spring garden started early in order to reap the rewards.
Don't forget your E.B. Stone Tomato and Vegetable fertilizer and tomato cages. Don't forget to build your soil now. Add Master Nursery Brand "Black Forest" as a mulch along with E. B. Stone Organic Tomato and Vegetable Fertilizer.
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Ladybugs and Earthworms Have Arrived!
Ladybugs: $9.99 for hundreds of them.
Ladybugs, also called lady beetles or ladybird beetles, are a very beneficial group. They are natural enemies of many insects, especially aphids and other sap feeders. A single lady beetle may eat as many as 5,000 aphids in its lifetime. Ladybugs are voracious predators of harmful garden pests, mainly aphids, but they will also eat other small, soft-bodied insect larvae, insect eggs, and mites. Beneficial garden ladybugs for controlling pests in your garden are the most popular and widely used beneficial insects for commercial and home use.
Red Worms: $15.99 for hundreds of them.
Red worms improve water filtration rates and absorption rates helping the soil to drain better. Less runoff equals less watering and less erosion. The tunneling activity improves soil aeration, porosity, and permeability. Red worms also increase moisture absorption and moisture available to plants. Castings absorb water faster than soil, castings hold more water than equivalent amounts of soil.
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Pavers
McShane's Nursery has pavers. We recommend using Cal Stone (locally manufactured) pavers. (in stock now) Did you know they are three times the strength of concrete? We offer large quantity discounts.
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Micro Bark
Try our new micro-bark. It is truly great stuff for your garden... and don't forget the weed fabric. McShane's Nursery will deliver and spread bark!!! Call now us now (831)455-1876
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Weed Fabric
Cover your flowerbed with a fabric specially made for landscapes. Lay rocks or tree bark over the fabric to prevent weeds from cropping up. We offer large quantity discounts.
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In-House Charge Accounts at McShane's
 We want to help make your next project run as smoothly and quickly as possible. McShane's Nursery now does in-house charge accounts. Applications are available at the nursery and are processed as quickly as 2 days!
For more information call one of our garden experts today: (831)455-1876
View: List of Recommended Contractors
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Spring Cleaning
for your Pond!
Empty that filter and don't forget to fertilize those plants you cut back. It is also crucial to check your pump. How is the pump functioning? Need any assistance? We can help!
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Need Pond Service?
Our trained staff is ready to come to your home or business and check on your pond. Our in house "Pond Doctor" will be able to give recommendations on how to best get your pond or water feature in tip-top shape again. Simply call / email our Pond Department Manager, Jeramey McAffery to set up an appointment at: jeramey@mcshanesnursery.com or Call 831-455-1876
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Meet Jeremiah
The New Resident Bull Frog in the McShane's Nursery Pond!
Make sure to stop by our demonstration pond here at the nursery to check out our latest friend! We also added 2 more pond turtles! Be sure to come in and say "hi"!
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Landscape Design Department
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Landscaping Design Tips
 Study the sun and wind patterns.
You might want to place a patio on the west side of the house, but it will get lots of afternoon sun, which means dinnertime in August won't be relaxing -- just hot. And wind whistling around a corner will quickly extinguish a fire pit. Those are common mistakes in landscape design for beginners. Your design should take into account what the sun and wind do at different times of the day and year.
Work around a focal point. 
Any good garden design has a focal point or series of focal points, and it's an easy principle to put in place in landscape design for beginners. That may be a sculpture or a stunning plant, a tree, or a series of shrubs. The point is to draw your eye and move it through the landscape.
Let Our Landscaping Designers Help You!
McShane's Nursery offers garden coaching for reasonable rates. Need sketches? Designs on the go? Hire our certified designers by the hour to design the perfect garden getaway.
Winter $20 off discount extended through March!!
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Water Wise Gardening Tips
 Mulch your Garden! A two- to four-inch layer of mulch also evens out temperature extremes, keep soil cool on hot days and warm on cool days. It also prevents soil from crusting, allowing better water penetration. Take a cue from nature and choose one of many organic mulches that add great visual texture to your landscape, such as shredded bark or chips, wood grindings, compost, aged sawdust or even low-growing ground cover. Inorganic mulches, such as gravel or rock, let the most water in and are frequently used with plants susceptible to crown rot.  Mycorrhizae your Garden!
The word mycorrhizae (pronounced My-cor-rye-zay) refers to a group of fungi which form a mutually beneficial relationship with many plants. These fungi grow either inside of a plant's roots or attach to the surface of a root. The fungi benefits from the plant's food and nutrients and in turn send their hyphae (like small roots) out into the surrounding soil to absorb nutrients and water.
So, mycorrhizae actually enhance a plant's ability to take up nutrients and water. Because of this, research has shown that the presence of mycorrhizae also help plants deal with drought and some diseases.
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| Upcoming Events at McShane's Nursery |
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Super Succulent Workshop
Saturday, March 15 - 1:30pm
Looking for a care-free house plant? Even care-free in the garden? Succulents are the way to go! Let our specialists walk you through the care and upkeep of succulents. These hardy plants are not only interesting in appearance but easy to maintain, too.
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Flagstone and Pavers Workshop
Saturday, March 29 - 1:30pm
FREE Flagstone and Pavers Workshop at McShane's Nursery. Come learn how to get started on your backyard oasis! Bring questions you have and ask our experts... We are here to help you!
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FREE Disease and Pest Control Screening
Saturday March 9th and 22nd, 10am-2pm
Join us for this FREE Pest & Disease Screening down at McShane's Nursery.
This is a unique opportunity to bring in samples of plant material that does not seem to be doing well. Our experts will identify pests, disease, and deficiencies in order to get your garden going again. Be sure to bring your sample in a sealed container or ziploc baggie!
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| Did You Know? - Fun Garden Facts |
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Save Money!
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Strength in Onions
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Cricket Forecast
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Planting just 3 shade trees around your home can save between $100 and $250 per year in energy costs! 1
Best choices for aiding inside temperature are deciduous trees, which shade the house from the sun in summer, but allow the sun to penetrate during winter. Evergreens are a good choice for blocking cold northern winds.
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Ancient Egyptian laborers ate onions to give them strength while building the pyramids!
The Allium genus is one of the largest plant genera in the world, with over 1,250 species. Onions are also one of the oldest vegetables used as a food source. Historical citations list onions as a leading ingredient for infertility, impotence, headache, hair loss, and in muscle liniments.
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You can tell the temperature outside by listening to a cricket!
Count the number of chirps in 15 seconds, then add 37. The sum will be the approximation of temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. The male cricket does most of the singing by rubbing his wings together, usually to attract a female, but often to sound an alert when danger is near.
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Slow Cooker Apple Crisp
An Updated Twist on an Old Fashioned Favorite
Ingredients
1 Cup All-purpose flour
1/2 Cup Light brown sugar
1 Cup White sugar, separated
1 Teaspoon Ground cinammon
1/4 Teaspoon Ground nutmeg
1 Pinch of salt
1/2 Cup Butter (1 stick, cut into pieces)
1 Cup Chopped walnuts
1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
1/2 Teaspoon Ground ginger
6 Cups Apple cored, chopped (peeled if desired)
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
Directions
Step One
Mix flour, brown sugar, ½ cup of white sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl
Step Two
Combine butter in with the mixture using a fork or your fingers until coarse crumbs form. Stir in walnuts and set aside
Step Three
Whisk together 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, ginger, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Step Four
Place the apples in the bottom of the slow-cooker, then stir in the cornstarch mixture; toss with lemon juice
Step Five
Sprinkle the walnut crumb topping (step 1 mixture) over the top.
Step Six
Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours or LOW for 4 hours, until apples are tender.
Step Seven
After cooking time is complete, uncover the slow cooker to allow the topping to harden for about an hour. We serve this dish with vanilla ice cream!
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McShane's Nursery and Landscape Supply | (831) 455-1876
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