|
www.touchofnature.com
- Fall
2001 Catalog
- Download
(578K)
NOW!
Pot
Collections - Browse our selections of great container bulbs!
Bearded Iris - Over 45 Varieties
~ Check out our Vendor
Special, Grower's Choice, as low as $2.00 each!
Bulbs & Perennials Suitable for
Naturalizing
NEW - Testimonials
from our Customers! Read what others are saying about our products
and service!
Plant
Hardiness Zones
Music CD's
Previous Issues of
Happy Gardening Newsletter
Garden PHOTO Contest
Search
for Bulbs & Perennials on our site!
- $$$$ Fundraising $$$$
- Needing to
raise money for your non-profit organization? 55% profit!
- Have gardening questions? Ask us!
Contact us at:
- Touch of Nature, Inc.
- www.touchofnature.com
- 1475 Buford Drive
- Suite 403-306
- Lawrenceville, GA 30043
- Phone: 770-237-0993
- 800-438-9309 Code 02
- Fax: 770-237-0993
- info@touchofnature.com
|
|
Hello Happy
Gardeners & Happy Labor Day Weekend,
We hope you are looking forward to a relaxing holiday weekend to
rejuvenate and prepare for the Fall ahead! This issue of
the Happy Gardening Newsletter presents container planting and patio
gardens as an alternative to typical gardening. Also, our
eighth winner of the photo contest is announced and our gardening tip is
below. Our Bearded
Iris special has expired, but we still have a great selection to
choose from...we are also offering a Grower's
Choice special where you can get these spectacular plants as low as
$2.00 each. Finally, browse our selection of great
container bulbs...you won't go wrong with these varieties at
discount prices when ordered as a collection!** We would love to hear our reader's thoughts about our
newsletter...what you would be interested in reading about and any
suggestions you may have for future issues and offers. Please send
your comments to info@touchofnature.com
and let us know how we are doing!
 |
Container Planting and Patio
Gardens
The pending question: How do you bring the garden to
the gardener? The answer: Simple.....plant in
containers! This is a handy solution for those people who
live in apartments and for those who have problems working the
soil at ground level. Pots and containers on tables or
benches offer a new dimension to the gardening enthusiast
allowing them to bask in their efforts at close range.
|
|
|
When using containers, choose one that is large enough.
Plants need room to grow and it is better to have one too large
than too small. Also, keep in mind how tall the plant is
going to be...rule of thumb - the container should be the width
of about half the height.
Make sure that the container you choose also has a hole or
holes in the bottom to ensure proper drainage of excess
water from the pot. If it has a large hole, cover it with
some pieces of broken pots or gravel to keep the soil in.
Plant bulbs about half as close as you would out in the
garden...this makes for a fuller look since you are closer to
it. Need a suggestion on what to plant...browse
our collections of bulbs suitable for planting in
containers!
Container gardening does require a bit more work...you will
need to:
|
|
- Water more frequently since they do dry out quicker
- More frequent applications of fertilizer since part will
leak out of the pot
- More grooming and deadheading since you are closer to the
flowers...keep them neat and tidy and pinch out growing tips
which will also promote branching out.
|
|
|
With clay pots, you will need to water more frequently as well
than with plastic pots. However, clay pots are more
attractive than plastic ones.
If the top of the soil in your pot turns white, you have a
build up of salt in your soil. You will need to flush the
salt (which was in your fertilizer) out of the dirt by watering
it thoroughly and letting the water drain out of the pot.
Also, when creating window boxes, make sure they look
attractive from the outside as well as from the inside.
Use height sparingly and concentrate mainly on hanging type
plants. Here again, presentation is the key and,
therefore, maintenance is important.
Besides plants and bulbs, you can also grow herbs and
vegetables in containers. Don't be afraid to plant several
different herbs in the same pot...fresh herbs will bring a
different dimension to your cooking!
|
|
. |
|
Garden PHOTO Contest: (How
to Enter) |
|
Our eighth winner in Touch of Nature's
Garden PHOTO Contest is Mary Ann Wright from Santa Maria,
California.
Click here to see
her photo of an extremely colorful sweet potato vine. By the way,
Mary wins a $20.00 gift
certificate redeemable for any items in our catalogs...you can
too...just send in your photos today! |
|
. |
|
Touch
of Nature's Gardening
Tip |
|
Inspect your flowerbeds
and potential areas for flowerbeds and start preparing the soil
for the flowerbulbs, perennials and plants that will shortly
make that area their new home. We'll have some more
detailed tips on this in our next newsletter.
If your tip is being used in our
newsletter, you will receive a $10.00 gift certificate also
redeemable for any items in our catalogs! Email
us your tip today!
|
|
. |
|
Fall 2001
Catalog Download
(578K)
Fall 2001 Catalog  |
|
We have a feature that will
allow you to download our entire Fall 2001 Bulb &
Perennial Catalog complete with pricing information and growing
instructions. This feature uses the Adobe Acrobat Reader
which you can download for free if you don't already have it. For
Fall, all orders over $50.00 receive 10
FREE Yellow Daffodils and, when you sign our guestbook, you will get
a 10% discount on your first
online order. Remember to order early to ensure
availability!
If you need or want a copy mailed to you, send us an email at
info@touchofnature.com
with your address and we will be happy to send it to you! |
 |
 |
We hope that some of these items will find a home in your garden, on
your patio, on your balcony or in your home. You can rest assured
that your order will have our fullest attention and we know that you
will be pleased with the quality results.
Until next time when our newsletter will introduce Little Buddies for the
Garden, Happy
Gardening!
- Bert Leek
- Touch of Nature, Inc.
P.S. Don't forget to tell your gardening friends about Touch of
Nature...we can add them to our newsletter subscription list for free by
sending their email address to info@touchofnature.com
or having them register here.
|
