July
4th: Closed for Independence Day
Tilapia Basics: Clean and Quick At-Home Fish Farming
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Raising these hearty, healthy fish is easy and fun! And it doesn't have to be messy! With their quick life cycles, you'll learn how to raise fish that are far superior (and far more affordable) than anything in stores. A very environmentally friendly class, you'll learn how to turn your tilapia into fertilizer for your yard, as well
Composting: 90 Minutes and No Waste
Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
We've got tips--from benign to taboo--on what can be composted. Are you in? Whether you're interested in simple form composting or vermiculture (composting using worms), this class will teach you how to start, maintain and expand your composting production. Items you never thought of can be composted! Post-it notes, human hair, and even urine can be sanitarily composted. Learn more at this interesting class!
Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms in the Garden
Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
In our first fungi class, you'll learn how to incorporate edible and medicinal mushrooms into the flow of your garden. Instructor Sam "the mushroom man" will give instruction on establishing outdoor beds, fungal recycling, and how fungi can be utilized to increase your gardens moisture holding capacity.
To get a preview of Sam's methods, check out his tutorials
For a full list, click here. All classes held at City Farmers Nursery. If we've overlooked a class you'd enjoy, drop us an email and let us know: events@cityfarmersnursery.com
Gardeners Hollow Leg
Now you don't have to keep your hands to yourself with the
Gardeners Hollow Leg. Giving you the freedom to move around the yard with ease, this new product is "a fabric sack attached to a belt that is worn while you are working in the garden doing light pruning, dead-heading, spot-weeding, and general neatening. It's handy for fruit and produce harvesting, too". We currently have them in stock and they retail for $29.95.
Organic Slug Remedy
For those of you who are tired of sharing your beer in effort to keep slugs and snails away, we carry Organic "Sluggo" by Monterey. It's a-okay for veggies and easier to part with than your favorite brew... especially during summer!
Bark Alternative: Local, Affordable and Made from 100% Recycled Materials
If you're looking for affordable weed control and ground cover, you've got to check out our "BTB: Better-than-Bark". The recycled woodtrimmings of local pine trees, this walk-on bark substitute sells for less than a quarter of the price of traditional bark, is brought in from a local independent tree-trimming service and is a perfect natural ground covering that keeps weeds at bay. It's what we cover our grounds with at the nursery and sells for $12 per yard and much less for smaller amounts (bring your own container or bag). Delivery available.
Sweet Music: Concerts in the Garden 8/22 @4pm
Concerts in the Garden will kick off Sunday, August 22nd at 4pm. We'll be open extra hours that Sunday: from 9am-6pm. Bring your own cool beverages and enjoy our newly built Concert in the Garden Stage in the shade. Nearby is the children's play area so you'll be able to bring the whole family!
Groups interested in similar events can contact us here: events@cityfarmersnursery.com
In the Heart of the City: Vote for Your Favorite Nursery
"San Diego's Best 2010" seeks your vote today!
This year is the FIRST year there's been a "Nurseries and Garden Centers" category in Sign on San Diego's "San Diego's Best" ballot. Vote City Farmers as San Diego's Best Nursery.
Vote once per day, per computer from anywhere in the US. Your daily vote for us (or any nursery) means this new category will continue, promoting nurseries all over town!
