A Grower Perspective

If you want to read a great piece about creating stress-relieving outdoor spaces, check out this article in today's (7/23/09) Register-Guard's Home & Garden special section:

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Do you feel like taking the whole summer off and lolling around on a chaise lounge, berry picking, swimming in the perfect swimming hole, hanging out with friends and not having a timeline for anything?  I do.  But for some reason being a grown up has gotten in the way of summers like this.  I have thought of a way to bring this about on a daily basis in a small way, just to have that summertime feeling.  The name of my program is One a Day.   You don't need to reserve this for summer only; you can do it all year round.  So all you do is try one new thing a day; a new food, a new way to drive home or maybe a new mode of transportation, visit a new place in your town or city, be the tourist of your own town.  You can do this is your home as well, add a bouquet of garden flowers, move your furniture around, eat outside sitting on the ground with a picnic cloth, go meet your neighbors you've been meaning to get to know, paint a wall, get some watercolors and paint anything.  My sister, when she was around ten, would clean her room at the beginning of summer, put up a canvas tent in the side yard and move out until school started again.   Have some fun.   As you are going around, stop into our nursery for your first time or just to say hello if you've been here many times before.  We'd like to see you.  We'd like to be your One a Day.

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I often say this to people I know but I want to say it publicly.  Pleasant Hill Nursery has the most amazing group of people working here.  Every day I feel pride and gratitude for the employees that make up our team.  They are passionate about what they do.  They care about the customers we have.  And they treat our business as if it were their own.  As a business owner, what more can you ask? 

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 I haven't had much time at home. Yesterday I was preparing our home for out-of-town company. I planned to serve dinner on our back deck so needed to get out there to clean things up. I realized that I had sorely neglected my beautiful patio containers. Lack of water and attention had left those plants droopy and looking out of sorts from the heat. I drenched them good and they quickly started to look better. By this morning, they had perked back up - nearly back to how they looked before.

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  When is a good time to plant? This is a common question that I am asked by customers and random people at cookouts and dinner parties. Many people think that you only plant in fall or spring. In my experience this isn't the case. I have planted in July and August and the plants have grown and done well. If you plant in summer the key is to water the root ball once every three days to the point of saturation. I usually turn the hose on very low and lay it at the base of the plant and let it run for about an hour. This allows for a deep watering that will sustain the plant through the warm summer days. With a little fastidiousness you can plant when you are inspired and not by the seasons.

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