February

February 17, 2010

Hello! Hooray for the longer days!

Let's plant some seeds...
At the end of this newsletter, click the Seminars icon to view a list of the remaining free Tuesday night seminars. We are sorry, but Urban Vegetable Gardening Advanced is now full.

The Beginner class is only about 6 or 7 shy of full, so get in while the gettin's good. We are considering adding a class on April 13th called Small Scale Water Features. Emilie Liepa will show how you can build and maintain a small water feature all by yourself, or maybe with a friend. We thought it would be lovely to have a pond, waterfall or fountain, good for our obsession with frogs, etc. If you would be interested in attending this seminar, please let us know via email as soon as possible, and we will make it happen. Otherwise, we will hold this class for next year's seminar season.

In other news, we are now carrying Fresh Cut, Locally and Sustainably Grown Flowers by Artemesia! They will be available every weekend, Friday through Monday. The flowers are grown in Minnesota by Len Busch. Read more about their history and growing practices here.

The store is beginning to thaw and a huge selection of seeds and seed starting paraphernalia await you. Onions, leeks, eggplant, endive and escarole are planted as early as 12 weeks before average last spring frost, which in our area is May 10 -15.

Here is a comprehensive list of vegetable and herb planting times.

WINTER/SPRING SEMINARS 2010 As always, FREE of charge. Click the Seminar icon to the right for more information; it's been great to reconnect with our customers and to meet new ones! All classes held Tuesday evenings at 7pm.

NEW LOCALE:   Right across the street from Mother Earth Gardens, at the Riverview Wine Bar, 3747 42nd Ave S. Mpls, MN 55406.

Classes are free,  but we need to know numbers, as seating is limited!

To sign up:   e-mail us at info@motherearthgarden.com, or call us: 612.724.2296.