December 23, 2014

December 23, 2104

Wishing you all a relaxing holiday – now that the trees are all gone!  And a no-pest New Year!

Scouting in the winter?  Well, if you are bringing in wholesale precuts, you should be looking them over well as they come in.  It is a possible route for introduction and movement of pests – some of which we don’t have yet or don’t have throughout the state.  It takes a little time but can save a lot of work in the long run!

And the Greenhouse guys are doing a little marketing work for you.  Chris Beytes of GrowerTalks does an annual survey of his neighborhood to gauge purchases of plants for decorating through the year.  This year he did a ‘Greens Report’.  Check out his findings!

My mom’s tree is up, my tree is up, my brother’s tree is up!  Pretty soon I will be sitting under one of them with a cup of tea and a book, reading by Christmas tree light – one of my favorite activities!

See you in the new year!

December 2, 2014

December 2, 2014

Hooray—or Sigh—depending on your point of view—December is upon us. With enough snow to get us in the mood and now warm enough to not keep us inside!

Lots of great publicity for NY growers —just through the Ithaca Journal! I’m sure there is more elsewhere! All Western Evergreens and Christmas Tree Farm: I like the picture of Don Griffing on the outside of the fence. Hmmm . . . Molyneaux’s Plantation and Tree Farm: Since it mentions ladybugs, I figure it counts as IPM!

Need videos on picking a real tree for your website? Scroll down to the bottom on this link.
OK—It’s not IPM either. But if you can’t sell ‘em, you won’t grow ‘em.

I’ll probably put this one in again when you all have more time to be reading emails and checking out Powerpoint videos. But just in case you have a minute now—a nice 3 powerpoint series from Pennsylvania on scouting through the growing season. Hope you have lots of customers coming in and trees going out! Have a great week!