Crop 244 July Issue of Flowering Shrub Farm Pictures; January February March April May 1 to 15 May 16 to 31 June 1 to 7 June 8 to 14 June 15 to 21 June 22 to 30 July August September October November December The whole idea of my web site is for you to be able to examine what we have for sale before having to drive to the plant sale location at 40 Voorheesville Ave in Voorheesville, NY 12186. These pictures show what we are doing this month to prepare for the upcoming or ongoing plant sale. Click on the picture and it may open a larger version with more detail. Last edited 07/30/2011
In July we take cuttings from roses and root them. Customers make appointments and come buy roses, espalier trained fruit trees, blueberry bushes and more. They call ahead to my cell phone at 518-526-9101 so I know they are close, then I can walk in from the fields or the greenhouse before they arrive. I spend lots of time taking cuttings from roses, training espalier, weeding, watering and building new structures.
One of these pictures will show a closeup of the sign among the plants and it will show the quantity available for sale in a 7 gallon pot for $30 on a green dot or in a 15 gallon for $50 on a yellow dot. The other picture may show a closeup of the flower or plants growing in the field. No colored dot means none for sale yet even though we may be growing fifty or more. We dont sell Roses or Lilacs until they have flowered or are flowering proving the variety.
As plants bloom in July I will show them here on this web page and maybe you'll come buy them. I will overwrite these pictures with actual dated pictures as I take them. Part of my job is to walk around taking pictures that I post here. Of course I am also watering and pinching or washing off insects.
Occasionally a customer will email me a request for further availability information. My reaction is usually to overwrite the sign picture with that days sign picture and send them a link. When a customer buys a plant I replace the green dot with a new one that reflects the new quantities then take a new picture.
The number on the green dot shows how many were in stock as of that date.
The number on the green dot shows how many of this variety I have for sale in a seven gallon pot for $30 as of the date on the sign, a yellow dot would be in a 15 gallon pot for $50, and a red or orange dot would be a 25 gallon for $100. Most of our plants are in 7 gallon pots. Blueberry bushes in a 3 gallon pot are $10 each, a rose in the same pot though would still be $30. Rooted cuttings in a 3 gallon pot are $10 per rooted cutting (I may place as many as 3 rooted cuttings in a 3 gallon together until they develop enough that they need their own pot, If one dies leaving 2, the pot of cuttings would be $20).
If I get down to only one in stock I may opt to keep it so I can propagate more.
No green dot? I probably have as many as 5 that just haven't flowered yet, verifying the variety. So, they aren't for sale yet. But I'll probably still take cuttings to propagate.
Pictures of plants are at the top of the page and us doing chores at the bottom.
The plants in the background are those mentioned on the sign so you might want to study the foliage in the background.
I will over write these pictures with better ones as the month continues, adding additional pictures of other plants flowering. So you might want to revisit this page, reloading it to ensure you see the latest pictures. As plants are sold I change the number on the green dot. So the plant sign pictured with a recent date, one or more were probably sold then.
Smart people buy plants in bloom and we at the flowering shrub farm are open only when plants that we grow are flowering.
Potential customers subscribe to my free picture-newsletter where they can see pictures of our plants growing in the fields or available at the plant sale.
Subscribers may receive a list of the plants currently blooming and additional captions for these pictures along with a link to the page in an email twice in May and four times in June (the rest of the year its once a month).
When customers see something they like they come buy it.
In July we are continuing to prune our espalier trained fruit trees for sale. The quantity for sale in 7 gallon pots for $30 is noted with a sharpie marker on a green dot. If its a yellow dot its in a 15 gallon pot for $50.
Blueberry bushes will be at the plant sale when they are 1 year old or older. I add additional varieties each year, then as I take pictures, over write those in the catalog while adding them here.
As friends, relatives, etc. work at the flowering shrub farm I add pictures of them at the bottom of each monthly newsletter.
During July I remove the faded flowers and fruits from many of the repeat blooming roses I sell and give them a handfull each of Espoma Rose Tone. I carefully remove as little as possible so there aren't any gaping pruning scars to attract mining insects. But we are also taking cuttings to root.
The last of the lilacs in training are being moved into the transitional area where they will remain until they form multiple stems. In a year or two, when the spreading foliage requires the pots to be spaced they will be moved onto drip lines in the upper field.
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About the ALL-PICTURE-NEWSLETTER by andyvancleve
Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; January February March April May 6 to 16 May 20 to 31 June 4 to 7 June 8 to 9 June 11 to 13 June 16 to 25 July August September October November December
Potential Customers subscribe. Each month I send them the latest email link to the newsletter, information as to what is blooming and sometimes an update telling them when I am open.
When they see something they like they come buy it in bloom.
We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me.