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Mother’s Day Party!
Volume Issue May 2016
GoodSeed Farm & Garden is under new
management, but our Mother’s Day Party tradi-
tion continues! We’ll still host a gathering of
mothers and daughters, grandmothers and
grandkids, mothers-in-law and mothers-to-be,
at GoodSeed Farm for our 19th annual Country
Garden Mothers Day Party.
Another GoodSeed Farm tradition is a
FREE gift plant for every mom. This year it’s
the exciting new “Sparkle & Shine” Rose Bush
from Weeks Roses! We’ll be giving away 1200
cute little rose bushes, one for every mother, no
strings attached, and our friends from the
Waynoka Garden Club will be manning the
plant giveaway table.
COME HUNGRY! Our breakfast menu
includes sausage & egg sandwiches, hot ham &
egg sandwiches, coffee and donuts. Estel New-
berry’s “Big E BBQ”, will be serving melt-in-
your-mouth ribeye sandwiches, half-pound
steak burgers, pulled chicken sandwiches, and an affordable kids menu. We’ll have plenty of unadvertised specials on
plants at their peak, perfect for Mom, with specials on stunning combination planters and baskets. Vegetable gardeners
will love our healthy Amish-grown local vegetable plants. Ken’s Unique Birdhouses will be back with their hand-
made “found item” creations.
Our party starts Friday morning May 12th at 9AM, continuing
9AM to 6PM all three days including Mother’s Day Sunday. If
you’re new to the GoodSeed Farm community, it can be the start of a
wonderful family Mother’s Day tradition for you and your family. Oth-
erwise, welcome back!
GoodSeed Farm Hours:
Monday through Saturday 9AM-7PM Sunday 10AM-6PM
Growing With Us
May 2017
One of the joys of life is the calm-
ing effect of being around plants and
animals. It’s well known that a walk in
the woods, or even a stroll around
your flower garden, is a wonderful way to lower your stress level. Experts may disagree about why, but there’s no
doubt that being around plants and flowers is good for the soul.
The same goes for cats and dogs. Needy, demanding cats (aren’t they?) and friendly, happy dogs are just the thing
to take your mind off your troubles. Having them around, touching and talking to them, taking care of their daily
needs is very satisfying and fulfilling.
Like pets, gardens reflect their owners. People who nurture plants tend to be kinder, gentler, and more generous. In
almost twenty years at the garden center, I’ve marveled at how friendly, generous and mellow most gardeners are, and
how few everyday hassles disrupt the calm atmosphere of our garden center.
Perhaps that’s why we’ve rarely had to obsess about shoplifting, credit card fraud, counterfeit bills and other such
concerns, the way big-boxes and conveniences stores seem to always do. We’ve had the luxury of assuming our cus-
tomers are honest and well-meaning, and treating them accordingly. It would be a real drag if we had to treat all our
customers like criminals just in case they might be one.
Now that I spend most of my days landscaping, I’ve been thinking a lot about “tough love”. That’s when the best
thing you can do for a plant is drastic pruning, or digging up and dividing, or even culling and thinning because things
are just too crowded. Most people are afraid to give plants a “tough love haircut” even though it might be just what the
plant needs most.
Plants and pets hold a life lesson. When they’re young and growing, they often need guidance and discipline so
that they can reach their full potential. It’s no kindness to put off the day of reckoning, for fear of harming them. Eve-
ry day I see problems that could have been easily fixed, with just a little bit of “tough love” during the formative
years.
Giving plants and pets that little bit of well-timed correction, and seeing them grow strong, healthy and happy as a
result, is one of the most satisfying aspects of life. It’s your gift to the world around you, and to yourself.
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People,
Pets &
Plants
“Steve’s Soapbox”
Sarah’s Perennial Pick: “Banana Cream” Shasta Daisy
Shasta daisies are some of the most reliable, trouble-free and fast-growing perennials
you can add to you garden, and they can provide armloads of cut flowers over a long
season! “Banana Cream” from Proven Winners is a new long-blooming Shasta Daisy
with flowers that begin bright lemon-yellow and gradually turn ivory cream. The blooms
are huge, with an extra row of petals that give a fuller appearance. Flow-
ers can last 2 weeks or more in the vase. Butterflies flock to 'Banana
Cream', adding further bright color to the display.
Banana Cream Daisy is a compact grower with disease resistant,
dark green foliage. Plants rapidly spread in your garden, becoming a
large colony that shrugs off drought and neglect once it’s established. If
the first blooms of the season are cut or deadheaded promptly, the side-
shoots bud heavily and keep the show going from late spring through
autumn. That's an incredible span for any plant, and much longer than
most Shastas! Feeding with Flower-Tone helps Banana Cream flower
more heavily.
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Gardening is for kids!
Have you noticed the huge sandbox we added to our garden center this spring? How about the “Kids Garden”? We want GoodSeed Farm to be fun for the entire family, and here’s a down payment on some of our plans:
We’ve set aside a raised bed garden just for kids. Choose a flower and plant it, then check on it each time you come to GoodSeed Farm. We’ll keep it watered and fed, so you can pick the blooms during future visits. Sound like fun? And there’s the sandbox. We’ve only had it for a few weeks, and already it’s become a mag-net for kids of all ages. Check it out next time you’re here!
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Join Us For the Garden Expo!
On Saturday, June 3rd we’ll present our third annual
GoodSeed Garden Expo and you’re invited! Admission
is FREE, and so is lunch! Our featured speaker this year
will be Danielle Thompson, Education and Wildlife Spe-
cialist with the Brown County Soil and Water Conserva-
tion District. Danielle is a fountain of knowledge about
flower pollination, and she’ll present lots of ideas for
home gardeners who want to attract pollinators to
your gardens. Martin McAllister from The Nature Con-
servancy will follow up with a presentation on pollinators
in the wild.
We started our Expo to provide a learning experience
for our customers and showcase our favorite products.
We’ll have a “mini-trade show”, interesting speakers,
product experts, door prizes and garden center specials,
plus FREE Nathan’s hot dogs and lemonade served by
Estel Newberry’s Big “E” BBQ. Some of our key sup-
pliers will be on hand to display, educate and assist our
customers.
We’ll have informative seminars, including sessions
on pollination, raised bed gardening and other hot topics.
Our suppliers will be bringing plenty of free samples, plus
prizes you’ll have a chance to win. Anyone bringing an
empty bucket can get a free sample of GoodSeed Garden
Mix, our revolutionary bulk soil for raised beds.
It would be a pleasure to see you on June 3rd. Whether
you spend the day with us or just stop in for a few hours;
we promise you’ll learn a lot and have a good time!
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Raised Beds Without Carpentry!
You probably already know the benefits of raised bed gardening. Less weeding, less bending over, and no more
soil compaction around your plants. Perfect drainage because excess water can seep out the bottom. Healthy plants
out of reach of rabbits. Containers that sit on top of the ground, filled with fancy soil, and never mind tilling all the
space between boxes.
How can you make this happen quickly
and easily? We all fantasize about having a
complete “square foot garden” with enough
raised beds to provide the perfect environment
for all our vegetables, herbs, and fruit plants.
The ugly fact is that it takes a pile of lumber
and hardware, and many weekends of time to
even make a dent. Spring is upon us and
there’s pressure to get our cool weather vege-
tables (Brussels sprouts, celery, cabbage, let-
tuce and onions) in the ground NOW.
Before you spend and pile of money at the
lumberyard, or worse yet, abandon your gar-
dening dreams until next year when you’re
“ready”, here’s a quick and easy solution to
raised beds instantly: “Smart Pots”.
Smart pots are durable, reusable fabric
raised beds you can set up in seconds, fill with just the right soil mix, and create an instant raised bed garden for
less than it would cost to build one out of pressure-treated wood. They provide perfect drainage, allow plant roots to
breathe, and soak up the sun to warm the soil quickly so plants will thrive.
Think about it. Rather than changing the chemistry and texture of the earth’s crust (your yard), simply unfold
these terrific, foot-deep fabric planters, fill with just the right growing mix for the specific plants you’re trying to
grow, and then plant. Done.
For acid-loving plants like blueberries and strawberries, fill your Smart Pots with “Pine Magic”, the same stuff
that commercial growers use to make custom potting mixes for growing in containers. Herbs just love soilless mix-
es like ProMix or Miracle Gro potting soil. Vegetables like tomatoes and peppers prefer topsoil enriched with
mushroom compost. You can grow huge potatoes and sweet potatoes in well-rotted compost from your pile.
Instead of a “square foot garden”, imagine a “polka-dot garden” with round raised containers of various sizes,
sized just right for the plants
you’re growing. Smart pots
are almost weightless, so you
can flip the soil out when
you’re done and clean them,
eliminating insect eggs and
fungus spores.
Sound crazy? Maybe so,
but you can start growing
vegetables today without till-
ing, or even waiting another
minute for the muck in your
yard to finally dry out. Try
just one. You’ll be back to us
for more before your neigh-
bor even gets his tiller run-
ning.
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Time to Call a Professional?
Steve Boehme Owner/Designer
Building walls, patios and walks looks like fun, and stores that sell
the materials are very good at making it look easy. Before you take the
plunge, ask yourself this question: could an absolute beginner do
YOUR job, and get it perfectly right the first time?
GoodSeed Farm landscapes has a crew of certified hardscape in-
stallers, a “workshop on wheels” full of specialized tools, our own ma-
chinery and trucks, and eighteen years of design-build hardscape expe-
rience with hundreds of successful installations. We’ve made all the
mistakes, and learned from each one.
Consider having your hardscape project done by professionals...
No, these aren’t hardscapes we built. They’re just a few examples of how things can go
horribly wrong. There’s an engineering aspect to every wall job, and mistakes can be costly
or even dangerous. Paver patios and walks can be works of art that last for many decades,
or they can settle, sag, and rapidly come apart if not installed properly.
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FREE DESIGN SERVICE!
Our design-build projects begin with a meeting to look at your property and talk about what is im-
portant to you. We make a detailed site plan showing your entire property and everything on it. We use
these measurements to create a design drawing showing how we think your finished landscape should look,
and prepare a detailed spreadsheet estimate of all the costs for everything shown on the design drawing.
We work together with you and your budget to make your plan a reality. Design-build projects can be
done in phases according to your budget.
Design packages range from $150 to $950, however if you purchase the project we credit the entire cost
of the design phase against the labor cost of your job. If you divide your installation into phases, design
credits are proportional to the portion of the job you purchase.
Every GoodSeed Farm hardscape is unique; a work
of art you can be proud of and enjoy for a lifetime.
Quality hardscaping is a good investment; amateur
work is a liability. Consider improving your outdoor
living space with a custom-designed landscape and
hardscape from GoodSeed Farm.
Visit our “Before & After Gallery”
at www.goodseedfarm.com
9736 Tri-County Highway
Winchester, Ohio 45697
937-695-0350
www.goodseedfarm.com
April 1st-July 17th Spring/Summer Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-7PM, Sun-day 10AM-6PM
May 12-13-14 Country Garden Mother’s Day Party! FREE “Sparkle and Shine” rose plant for every mother. Specials, food and fun 9AM-6PM Friday, Saturday, and Mother’s Day Sunday
June 3 GoodSeed Garden Expo! Spend the day with experts on gar-dening, plants, landscaping and soils! Meet master garden-ers, plant experts, representatives from garden supply manu-facturers and The Nature Conservancy. Seminars, work-shops, exhibits, door prizes, specials, FREE samples. An out-door event tailored for home landscapers, vegetable gar-deners, lovers of plants & flowers. Rain or shine! Delicious food by Big “E” BBQ” .9AM-6PM
July 1st-17th End-of-Season End Clearance Sale: All plants deeply dis-counted. Great deals on all merchandise!
PLAN TO VISIT GOODSEED FARM OFTEN THIS SPRING! Mark your calendar so you can enjoy our special events, take ad-vantage of special savings, bring your family or friends for special
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MOTHER’S
DAY PARTY!
It’s time for our 19th
annual Country Garden
Mothers Day Party. After
eighteen years it’s an an-
nual ritual, with a FREE
gift plant for every mom.
This year it’s a Weeks
Roses “Sparkle & Shine” rose! There’s one for you.
Our party starts Friday morning May 12th, 9AM to 7
PM all three days.
So, load your mothers and daughters, grandmothers
and grandkids, mothers-in-law and mothers-to-be, into
your car and head for GoodSeed Nursery sometime be-
tween Friday morning and Mother’s Day Sunday. We’ll
miss you if you don’t come!
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