Planting Frenzy!

            The days are getting longer and hopefully the temperatures will catch up.  We are planting as fast our fingers will move.  This week we finished taking our last set of geranium cuttings, cut back our ivy geranium hanging baskets one last time, and sowed another round of vegetable seeds.  We finished planting all our bare root fruits and berries and perennials for the spring.  We are transplanting marigolds, dahlias, dianthus, cosmos and snapdragons in the greenhouses at our farm.  In the next 2 weeks we will have all the greenhouses filled. 

We are continuing to plant our famous combination pots and hanging baskets, as well as work on special order planters as they come in.  Many people will bring in their containers for us to fill now to give a jump start to spring.  Come walk through our greenhouse, feel the sunshine and enjoy the smell of fresh soil and plants.  Spring is just around the corner!

Busy Days at Boyerts!

Ivey Geranium Hanging Baskets

Wow – busy days in the greenhouse. Our green thumbs are working overtime planting.  To date we have 3,000 Hanging Baskets planted.  This week we are planting large bulb dahlias, cannas, wave petunias, proven winner petunias, verbena, million bells, etc., as well as bedding geraniums. 

Stock Geraniums

The 1^st week of March is when we do our last round of geranium cuttings.  We take cuttings of our stock plants which we started in September.  We will do a lot of moving of plants from one greenhouse to the next as they grow and require different temperatures or spacing.  With high gas prices we make the most out of our greenhouse space.


 

Bluebird Center

Birding Supplies

The birds are still active at our feeders.  Now is the time when they start a few of their mating rituals and begin looking for nesting boxes.  Make sure that your houses and nesting boxes have been cleaned and put back up so that the birds can settle down to start a family.  Blue birds are actively looking for a nesting spot now, so if you want them to be part of your backyard bird sanctuary you need to make sure you have a blue bird house and it is up properly.  Provide a platform feeder with a Fruit and Berry mixed seed, adding in a few Meal Worms and you have the perfect blend to attract Blue birds (and the Robins will appreciate it as well).  Up the Black Oil Sunflower seed and cut back a little on the millet in your feeders.  Watch for male birds to be passing a seed or berry off to a female trying to win her over.