Greetings and Happy Holidays! Sorry for the brief hiatus from garden chattering on our part. We've been as busy as Santa's elves, preparing our location for this season. We are so proud of our new look-New flooring! Fresh paint job! We are ready to greet you with the holiday spirit and our good old-fashioned friendly service. Below is a garden chatter long enough to make up for lost time, so grab your fleece throw and peppermint mocha, and enjoy!

We have fresh wreaths , noble fir with cedar and pinecones.  Available in 20",24",36" and 48"(the larger sizes are by special order only but ...

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Yes, the Dog Days of Summer are here.

    Hopefully you are enjoying the fruits of your spring plantings; such as fresh tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, cucumbers, herbs, strawberries as well as fruit from your fruit trees.  You can still plant tomatoes, herbs and we have lots of nice fruit trees and citrus trees. 

    The most beneficial thing you can do for your garden this time  of year is to Mulch, Mulch, Mulch.  This cannot be stressed enough, You and your garden will be so much less stressed and your garden stronger and healthier as well as looking neat and tidy.  ...

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     What a great time of year!  There is so much excitement in the garden.  Spring is in full swing, yet wonderful winter annuals are still to be enjoyed.  Continue to dead head Pansies, Calendulas, Stock, Snaps and Iceland Poppies to stretch their life out.

     Unfortunately , now is also the time to watch out for aphids on the new growth of many plants.  Take care of these by setting out ladybugs (we carry containers of 1500 hungry ladybugs for $9.99).  Take them from their sleeping stage out of the refrigerator and just open the container and ...

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Yipee , it's time for Spring planting!  For many of us that means a vegetable garden.  Here at the nursery we are stocked and ready for you with lots of varities of tomatoes (including many Heirloom varities) peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, squash and lots of herbs.  Click on our vegetable planting guide to the left for a list of types and planting guides.  Also www.dorights.com.  When at the nursery if you don't see what you want please ask, as we receive deliveries 3-4 times a week and always try to vary our selection.

     Even if you haven't tried growing food crops before,  jump ...

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' Winter or Spring' Every week the weather seems to change. Take advantage of some mild or even overcast days to plant or clear and prep beds for the real Spring. It is still a good time for planting Winter/Spring annuals such as Cleome, Iceland Poppies, Snapdragons, Stocks, Shirley Poppies, Nasturtiums, Pansies and Violas. Ahhh what beauty! O yeah, if you forgot to plant Sweet Pea seeds we have them already started in six-packs. This is also the time to put in Spring/Summer flowering perenniels such as Delphiniums, Foxgloves, Shasta Daisy, Hollyhocks and Santa Barbara Daisy.  If you want Blue Hydrangeas this ...

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Fall is here, and although the temperature is still warm, at night the mercury drops low enough to keep the winter crops happy.

Cold weather crops such as carrots, lettuce, broccoli, radishes, cabbage, peas, cauliflower and beets are in stock and ready to be planted and enjoyed.  If you would like to learn more about vegetable gardening, check out The Vegetable Patch and ourVegetable information sheet.  This is also the time to begin planting annuals such as snapdragons, 
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