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| Mary and Kate |
2012 is starting out in full swing at Boyerts. A Common question we get is “What’s happens at Boyerts in January and February?” The answer to that question is, All Kinds of exciting things! One of my favorite things about this time of year is calving season at the farm. As of today we have 4 bull calves and 1 heifer calf born, and seventeen more little one on the way. Our Nubian goat LaVerne had twin girls we named Mary and Kate. All of the babies are doing well.
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| One of our new calves |
Winter is also the time we do all of our ordering and planning for the year. From the gift shop items, Christmas and fall materials as well as garden center supplies, pottery, soils, mulches, and seeds for both production and retail. We use this time to do educational and training seminars for the greenhouse and garden center. We also look for some highly motivated garden loving individuals to join our team for the spring season. In the greenhouse we just finished our second set of geranium cuttings, and planted our first set in 4.5” pots for spring sales. We seeded some early tomatoes, peppers, and an early crop of lettuce. In December we planted our Fuchsia hanging baskets. The 550 hanging basket ferns we planted in September are coming along nicely. Pansies are just starting to fill out their pots and a few buds are popping up. Spring is on the Way!
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| Cheerful Pansies Brighten Winter Days |
This week we will be planting our wave petunia and ivy geranium hanging baskets, spikes, asparagus fern, vinca vine, pentas, and millet. By the third week of February we will be in full swing planting as fast as our fingers will let us. Stop by for a breath of spring, the scent of warm soil, and some winter blues therapy. Who needs to go to Florida?
Spreading Joy, One plant at a time,
Mike and Patti Boyert ~*
