Olallie Blackberry $6.95 Boysenberry, Regular $6.95 Boysenberry, Thornless $6.95 Red Raspberry, Canby $4.85 Red Raspberry, Heritage $4.85 Fall Gold Raspberry $4.85 Asparagus, U.C. 157 $9.95/bundle of 10 Artichoke, Green Globe $4.95 ea. Artichoke, Jerusalem $1.75 ea. Rhubarb, Victoria Cherry $4.00 ea. Blueberries, Figs, Pomegranates, Dogwoods, Live Christmas Trees should be in next week. I will send out an email when items arrive.
The month of October was a bit warm this year and it has taken a while for fall weather to arrive but it feels like it is finally here. Fall is the best time for planting trees and shrubs. Take advantage of the cooler weather and the soon to be a bit wetter ground if you are wanting to plant trees and shrubs. It is the perfect time for planting. Dormant Spray on Fruit Trees This month you will need to be thinking about spraying your first dormant spray on your fruit trees to prevent leaf curl. Use liquid copper and horticultural oil to spray the trees when they are dormant. Looking at the orchard here at the nursery, it looks like about 3 weeks or so and they will need their first spraying. Once the trees have lost their leaves is when you want to do your first application. You will do two more applications after for a total of three. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentines Day are easy dates to remember. But you have to watch the weather and the trees. Sometime they will not have lost all of their leaves by Thanksgiving and if we get a warm …
We have Erosion Control seed and Annual Rye seed to use to stabilize areas that were burned. We were fortunate and the fires were held about one to two miles from us. We did get evacuated and were not able to conduct business for several days, but we are now past that and open with regular hours and a full inventory for fall planting. For areas that may have been burned, we carry quick cover erosion control seed mix and annual rye seed for customers who may have been in the burn areas and need to stabilize areas for the winter. These both come up quickly and will help to stabilize burned areas for the winter. Erosion control mix is $2.60 per pound. A pound covers 1200 sq. ft. or 35 lbs. per acre. Annual Rye is $1.10 per pound and a pound covers 100 sq. ft. It is 435 lbs. per acre. We generally have a couple hundred pounds of each in stock. If you are in need of seed for erosion control, please let me know and we can order it if we don’t have it in stock and have it within a week or so. REMEMBER THAT …
BRING A DONATION AND GET 15% OFF YOUR PURCHASE We are helping two teachers from Foothill School raise donations to help those impacted by the fire in our community. I am paraphrasing what they are doing but this is it. Two Foothill School teachers will be doing a donation drop off drive thru behind the Edward Jones office on First Street in Marysville on Saturday the 14th from noon till 4 pm AND WE WILL BE ACCEPTING DONATIONS NOW THROUGH SUNDAY THE 15th. We are accepting new items from clothing, to pet supplies, to livestock equipment, kids sporting goods, household linens, any and everything you can think of that is new that will help. We will also be accepting Gift Cards and an account is being set up for cash donations. These two teachers have asked us if we can help and we are acting as a drop off location to help with the kids and others with recovery from this devastating fire. We are offering 15% off all in stock purchases now through Sunday with the donation of a new item for this cause. If you don’t need any plants, you are welcome to drop off donations anyway. Hope …
We are having some nice fall weather now after a long hot summer. Glad that is behind us. Now is the time for fall planting. FALL IS THE BEST TIME OF YEAR FOR PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS Fall fertilizing should be done now as well. If you have not done your fall fertilizing yet you should do it as soon as possible. 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 almost 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. The weather is now ideal for fall planting of trees and shrubs. Fall planted trees and shrubs develop roots through the cooler fall …
Onion Sets: Yellow, Red and White onions – $2.35 / pound, Sweet onions – $4.50 / pound. Garlic – $4.10 / pound Elephant Garlic – $9.50 / pound Shallots – $5.75 / pound All available now for fall planting. Cooler weather ahead. Shorter days, cool mornings. FALL PLANTING SEASON IS HERE. Winter vegetables are now in as well.
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. Looks like we will be cooler for a couple of weeks. Well, cooler than the summer has been so far. 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. Watering and Mulching Continue to water established plants 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. Fall Planting We have a good selection of trees and shrubs for fall planting in stock now. If you want to get a jump start and plant now, just be sure to keep the plant moist for the rest …
July started off with a little cool after a pretty warm June. There have been some temperature spikes but then it is cooling down in between. Get out early and beat the warm part of the day and do planting and landscaping early when it’s nice and cool. Many of our customers find they have the most time in the summer to do their planting. And planting in the summer is fine. Plant early in the day or in the evening if possible so it is easier on you. Plants will handle the transplant just fine but do make sure you give additional water for the first week or so after planting to make sure it is kept well hydrated. Water the new planting well and then water in with Superthrive mixed in water. This will eliminate any transplant shock that may occur. Then keep the plant moist but not soggy while it is getting it’s root system established. If you are using a timed drip system that runs for very short periods, you will need to supplement with a hose periodically. A slow trickle for an hour or two works well about once or twice a week along with …
June has gone like the rest of the spring this year as far as the weather goes. It has been very warm and then cool. We have some rain and cool weather for about another week. And looking at the long range forecast on my weather app, it looks like it will be nice. WATERING Watering becomes much more important to make sure it is done well with the warmer weather. When watering trees, be sure to give established trees a deep soak once or twice a week depending on temperatures. Newly planted should be watered daily for the first week oor so then cut back to about three times per week. Do not give short daily waterings. Give good deep soaks. A good rule to use is to give 10 gallons of water per week for every inch of trunk diameter and be sure to soak to a depth of at least 12 inches. On larger trees you’ll want to soak to a depth of 2 to 3 feet. Use slow drip and let it run long enough to soak deep. Add 3″ of mulch around your trees and shrubs to hold the moisture in the ground and not …
May 2017 marks 32 years in business for us here at Bald Mountain Nursery. My parents, Richard and Cecilia Rice started the business in 1985. Richard Rice (Dad) passed away in 2005. I joined the business in 1992 and have been fortunate enough to raise my son here and have him grow up around the business. He used to be here all the time as a kid and worked here too. Truly a family business. He’s now off on his own and living in Wisconsin. Mrs. Rice (Mom) is still here almost every day. She is supposed to now be moving out of the customer service capacity at the nursery. She still likes to do it but is not as fast at it as she used to be. She is always there to answer questions and water and tend to plants but she is not there for writing up sales. Her vision is not what it once was and she prefers to not be in that capacity any more. So 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 …
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