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We’ve had a nice early season storm this year. It will soften the ground and is a really nice start. Hopefully lots more to come this winter. Even though we have had what feels like a winter storm it is still fall. With the rain we had and still fall, if you have not done your fall fertilizing yet you should do it as soon as possible. Some trees are starting to show fall color but you can still get the fertilizing done. This fertilizing is important because it gives plants a good boost and also gives them stored food for winter. Next spring they will use that stored food for growth as soon as the weather warms. A balanced fertilizer is good for amost everything in the landscape. Citrus trees would like a citrus fertilizer and this should be the last application for them for the season. Don’t feed them in the winter. Rhododendrons and azaleas should not be fertilized now unless it is with a bloom fertilizer. This will help give more blooms next spring. The same could be used on Dogwoods if you have one that does not want to bloom well. It may help. After this …

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August is a good time to start planning for the fall planting and if it is not too warm you can get a jump on the fall planting season. Remember that fall is the best time for planting trees and shrubs. Especially trees. I know the ground is hard after the summer but if you start a hole and soak it and then dig a little more and soak it, pretty soon the hole you need for the tree or shrub is done and it is a fairly painless way to dig a hole. Continue to water deeply for the balance of the summer and into fall and be sure that if mulch you added at the beginning of the summer is getting thin, add more to keep the moisture you are applying in the ground. Bare Root Fruit Tree List I now have the Bare Root Fruit Tree list for bare root 2017 completed and available. The list is of all that will be in January of 2017. Click on the link following and you can look at it and hopefully print it if you like. Plan out your orchard. If you want to reserve trees for the bare …

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May 2016 marks 31 years in business for us. My parents, Richard and Cecilia Rice started the business in 1985. Richard Rice (Dad) passed away in 2005. Mrs. Rice (Mom) is still here almost every day. She is now moving out of the customer service capacity at the nursery. She has had some health issues this past fall which have caused some eyesight issues for her so she will no longer be writing up customer orders. She will be in a capacity of doing some of the maintenance chores around here she enjoys and also enjoys talking to folks. But myself and those who work here will be the ones waiting on customers. I hope all our customers understand and can appreciate mom’s new capacity here at the nursery that she and dad started. May is turning out to be another beautiful spring month. Not hot except for a couple of warm days and a little rain and long range forecats indicate a little more to come. It’s a great time to do some gardening and planting. Check your watering systems and make sure all drippers and sprinklers are working. Don’t want to find out a dripper is not working …

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Dwarf Citrus Trees $32.95 each Cara Cara Navel Orange Washington Navel Orange Trovita Orange Improved Meyer Lemon Buddhas Hand Semi Dwarf Citrus Tree $34.50 each Tarocco Blood Orange Oro Blanco Grapefruit Star Ruby Grapefruit Eureka Lemon Meyer Lemon Vaelncia Orange Washington Navel Orange Owari Satsuma Mandarine Clementine Mandarin Dancy Tangerine Bearrs Lime Mexican Lime Nagami Kumquat Avocados $33.95 each Bacon Avocado Mexicola Avocado Zutano Avocado

Bare Root Season Continues Through February 28th. Fruit Tree Pruning Classes February 6th & 7th at 10 am both days Potato Planting Class February 6th at Noon. FREE COFFEE AND HOT CHOCOLATE DURING BARE ROOT SEASON FRUIT TREES Standard Fruit Trees $19.00 with a few exceptions. Semi Dwarf Fruit Trees $21.00 with a few exceptions. The selection is still good. At the end of the month we pot up what is left. Once they are potted they will not be available until late spring or fall and the price is higher. ROSES Bush and climber roses $15.95. Bare Root. In container $19.95 24″ Patio Tree Roses $27.50 36″ Tree Roses $38.00 We also have bare root lilacs and shade trees and berries available as well. Remember, bare root season ends February 28th. After that bare root trees are no longer available. We begin potting them at that time. CITRUS TREES We will be getting citrus trees the first or second week of March. Weather depending. We will not bring them in if we are still having hard freezes. Seed Potatoes are now in. Plant them now and harvest potatoes later in the spring. We eill be having a potato planting …

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