Last updated 1/02/07
Well my friends here we go again…a little tardy start to
the order season but everything is right in line for production for 2007. The
biggest change this year is the investment of a couple thousand dollars into a
propane heater for the greenhouse. I’m hoping this will provide a steady growth
rate for my little babies. The price of kerosene doubled from ’05 to ’06 and
something had to be done!!! I expect the first batch of seeds to go in on the
16th or 17th this month, with the new heater hopefully
we’ll have nice big plants right on for March 1st. A second batch of
mostly cherries and small fruit will go in at the end of January and be ready
for shipping @ March 13th; I anticipate this is when most orders will
start shipping.
The BEST news
from 2006
I was finally lucky enough to hook up with a wonderful
woman and she has promised to help me with the packing and shipping this year.
Hopefully I can accept twice as many orders as I have the last three years and
not have to shut down the “order department” in early February like usual. But
this is no excuse to procrastinate! I have drastically changed my growing
methods, producing more of the top sellers and fewer of the deeper diversity…
for those of you who like ‘the really
cool stuff’ please
order EARLY!!!
Another eventful occurrence this year came about while
trying to come up with a ‘regular’ place where folks could come and
pick up plants that was convenient for both location and time. Most
folks are happy to drive to Boerne to save a couple bucks for freight, and the
best time for most to be out and about is weekday eves (sorry but my weekends in
the spring are for plant sales and my new family ;). So, where do I spend most of my weekday
eves after work in Boerne? Well, at The
Dodging Duck Brew house and Pub
www.dodgingduck.com of
course, a short conversation with proprietor Keith (great name eh!) Moore and
we’re set! Wednesday eves in March I’ll be at ‘The Duck’ a.k.a. ‘The Office’
from 7-9pm yackin’ about ‘maters, munchin’ on fresh baked pretzels, and
consuming all the free beer my fellow ‘mater heads care to buy me J Of course you can still pick up your plants at any of
the following plant sales and events :
Earthwise
Living Day* February 26th;
Leon Valley, Texas
Alamodome
Garden Show*
February 26th &
27th; San
Antonio
(* Complete orders may not be ready
at this time)
Zilker
Garden Festival
March 31st & April
1st; Austin,
Texas
Cibolo Mostly
Native Plant Sale April 7th; Boerne,
Texas
If you chose the “Pick up”
option and wish to, at one of these events, PLEASE remind me at your earliest
convenience. Thank you.
Please check out the new additions for this
year:
Cukes and Melons – An assortment of eclectic
finds
Growers Choice Picks – My choice of
‘mater varieties
One week to go, then on there way!!!
(from 2004)
Fat happy little spuds going out for
retail sale, but still a little smaller than I prefer to ship. Note the Potato
Leafed form in the lower right.
