Today, Saturday March 3rd, is a tale of fruits and vegetables and gardening at Harper’s. Our Edible landscape class meets at 9am at our SCOTTSDALE LOCATION, and the Market On The Move Farmer’s Market is in Mesa at 8am. So if your looking to grow your own vegetable garden, or fruits
and berries, we are well stocked at both locations and the time is perfect to get that self sustaining landscape going!! If you want to support a great cause and get one of the best deals you’ll ever see in produce, come to Mesa and for $10 get more fruits and vegetables than you can carry!!
We’ll start it all off on the radio waves at 8am on 92.3fm KTAR talking about what and when to grow things from apples to zucchini. So tune in and come on in and let’s grow what we eat together!!
It’ A Veggie-Tale Day At Harper’s
Weekly Tip: Keep It Green!!
March is the “Green” month isn’t it? Well in keeping with that, don’t neglect to keep your winter lawn green by fertilizing it (probably for the last time) with a good quality lawn food like “All Seasons” 21-7-14. You may even notice with the warmer weather your dormant bermuda grass is stating to green up a bit. If that is the case applying All Seasons lawn food will help it get going even a little quicker. We are headed into party and outdoor living season and nothing makes a landscape look prettier than a beautiful green lawn-if you have one! So in keeping with St. Patrick’s Day and the “keepin’ o the green” be sure to help it along with a good fertilizing!! Remember you can bring in a copy of this blog, or print out the coupon off of the Rosie On The House website/newsletter and get 20% OFF this or other Gro Well products that are mentioned every Saturday during the Garden segment of the Rosie On The House radio show. The gardening portion of the show is from 8-9 on KTAR 92.3 fm! Tune in and green up! Good Growin’
Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It’s What We Do & Who We Are!
Saturday Is Made To Garden!
It is the perfect day, the perfect weather, and the perfect time of year to garden. We start the day off on the Rosie On The House Show at 8am talking about gardening. This week’s tip: Watch our for aphids! Brother Jeff will be doing the show this am, so tune in for great tips on what to do this weekend around the landscape. There is just about nothing you shouldn’t be doing in your garden right now: pruning,feeding,weeding,planting….the perfect time of year! We ‘re stocked up, and our team members have their gardening faces on just waiting for you to come on in and let us help you make your garden as perfect as you’d like it! Good Growin’
Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It’s What We Do & Who We Are!!
Weekly Gardening Tip: What’s Buggin’ You?
As the weather gets better and better: we like it , plants like it, but so do some unwanted visitors! Aphids seem to be the first to show up,especially on vegetable plants and almost any new growth that is popping on plants right now. In most cases they do little harm especially on trees and landscape ornamental s. In the case of young tender vegetable
plants, however, they might cause enough damage or slow growth down enough you’ll want to control them. The remedies are numerous from washing with water to using conventional pesticides and everything in between. Aphids are pretty easy to kill as they are soft bodied. We recommend using non toxic methods like ferti lome “triple action” which contains neem oil or “spinosad”. Lady bugs are a fun and effective way to control aphids as well. We will be getting our first shipment of these petite beetles this weekend! Be sure to match the remedy with the scope of the problem and use common sense when applying any product even if it is “organic” (yes I’m talking about you Rosie!). Get out and enjoy the garden, remember there is not one unless there is a gardener! Good Growin!
Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It’s What We Do & Who We Are!
3rd Saturday Garden Club Time @ Harper’s
Hard to believe it is already the 3rd Saturday of February! That being said, however, means that it is PARTY TIME,well in a gardening sort of way at Harper’s again. Our 3rd Saturday events this month are: Square Foot Gardening at both locations at 10 am. A pond cleaning and maintenance demonstration by the Pond Gnome at our Scottsdale location at the same time, and our monthly “Edible Landscape” class meets at our Mesa location at 9am.
Square foot gardening is not just a fad or trend anymore and it is so flexible of a concept you can adapt it to any size garden in just about any space- come and learn how. Or if you know how, well you can always pick up a pointer or two from the folks who have really helped make square foot gardening quite the rage-Gro Well!
If you’ve ever wanted a pond but were afraid to ask-or now that you’ve got it what do you do? Today is your lucky day. The Pond Gnome will be on hand to show you how to care,build,maintain….your pond…FREE!!
Want your shade and eat it too? Come and learn how at our edible landscape class by Justin
Roehner at Mesa at 9am. Make the best use of your garden/landscape space!!
Oh and by the way-I’ll see you on the radio at 8am, Rosie,Romey and I invite you to tune in to 92.3fm KTAR and start your gardening day off on the right track!!
Weekly Garden Tip: Time To Prune!
We generally consider ourselves out of the woods and frost free around the middle of February or on about Valentine’s Day. So here we are and we really didn’t have much if any damaging frost this past winter so the urge to prune might not be as great. You should however remember how great those frost damage plants (if they survived) looked by the middle or end of March and really all summer after you pruned them back hard last year. Wasn’t it nice to have to continually prune them to keep the plant the right size and end up with a “sheared” ball or cube? Even though we didn’t have a hard freeze this is the time to prune back those spring and summer blooming semi tropical to tropical bushes,shrubs,and vines. Most of them bloom on “new” growth so pruning them severely now will encourage lots of tender new shoots this spring and hence lots of color. And by pruning back by at least 1/3 of the plant’s size you shouldn’t have to do too much if any pruning later in the season to keep it to size!
Be sure after you’ve pruned to fertilize so that the new growth is quick to come on and you’ll have a fantastic looking spring landscape with lots of luxuriant new growth and blooms!
Be sure to listen in Saturday am at 8 to the “in the garden” segment of the Rosie On The House show on 92.3fm KTAR. You can hear this tip and get answers to lots of garden questions! Also by printing out this tip and bringing it in or if you subscribe to our weekly newsletter the “link” to the Rosie Coupon you can save 20% Off on any one Gro Well Product!! Good Growin’
Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It’s What We Do & Who We Are!
Saturday Is Here…Yeay!!
Saturday means we get to see a lot of you we normally don’t see during the week. It means that you get to hear us on the radio w/ Rosie and Romey at 8am on 92.3fm taking calls about what is the latest thing to be doing in the garden. Saturday is a great day for a lot of reasons and we hope you’ll help us celebrate by stopping by and checking out what is new. We received pomegranates, grapes, more peppers and tomatoes just to name a few. Have a great weekend Good Growin’
Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It’s What We Do & Who We Are!
It Is Big Game Saturday!!
Every Saturday is game on for us at Harper’s. We gear our whole week to be ready for most of you who shop with us on the weekends! This Saturday is really no different. We start be going on the radio-92.3fm KTAR and do the “in the garden” segment with Rosie and Romey. Then we are ready to answer all your questions and help you create memorable gardens in person at both Harpers locations. Many Saturdays we also have a class/clinic/festival/or market to help inspire your garden talents. This Saturday we are hosting Market On The Move at our Mesa location. For a $10 donation you can load up to 60lbs of fresh, rescued
produce to have for your Super Bowl party or to share in the neighborhood. At Harper’s we can teach you how to grow it yourself or you can come in and buy it fresh!!
It is time to fertilize citrus, plant tomatoes and peppers, rose bushes…..Game On and We’re ready and waiting!!
Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It’s What We Do & Who We Are
Is Spring About To Be Sprung?
Looking at the forecast for the last few days of January and into the first week of February and it appears that Spring like weather is upon us! Be sure to tune in this morning to 92.3fm KTAR and the In The Garden Hour of the Rosie On The House Show at 8am. We’ll take your calls and answer your questions about what you should be doing in the garden this week. Planting Tomatoes is the Tip Of The Week. Old timers will tell you that the first of February is the time to start getting tomatoes in the ground. We have the plants ready for you this weekend to get started. Be sure to click on the coupon and receive 20% OFF any Gro Well product this weekend. Harper’s recommends fertilome start and grow to get your newly planted tomatoes or any new plant off to a fast start! See you on the airwaves at 8 and in the garden at Harper’s!
Good Growin’
Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It’s What We Do & Who We Are!!
Start The Long Weekend Off Right
Got a little extra time this weekend? What are you going to do with it? Start it off right by tuning in to 92.3 fm KTAR and the Garden hour of Rosie On The House at 8am this morning. We’ll be talking about roses for one and anything else you want to talk about, because you can call in and ask away!! What plant problem has been giving you fits over the last year, give us a shot, we can help!! So start the 3 day weekend-thank you Dr. King-off right. Get some plant advise then head on down to Harper’s bring that 20% OFF GROWELL coupon with you (print out yesterdays newsletter or Thursday’s facebook post) and we’ll get that garden in shape this weekend!!
