Events
POP UP PLANT FAIR
Autumn Gardening at it’s Best
Blossom Hill Farmer’s Market
Sunday October 16,
9AM to 2PM
FALL Open Greenhouse Sale | Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 9AM to 4PM
Perennial and annual herbs and vegetables for the herb garden.
All on sale at 30 - 50% off market price. Some adoptions available. Our address is 1495 Cole Road, Aromas.
We suggest you use Google Maps and not your GPS which tends to take you the very back way. You can access Cole Road off south or north bound Highway 101. Our house and greenhouses are 1.5 miles from 101 on your right. Coming from the West, you will come through Aromas. Please do not call – no one is near the phone.
CULINARY HERB WORKSHOP
Roger Reynold's Nursery
Saturday, July 16, 2011, 1 - 3 PM
Pamela Mason, Cole Canyon Farm, will conduct an informal workshop at Roger Reynolds Nursery on the selection, growing, harvesting and preserving of culinary herbs. Participants may select from a large inventory of organic herbs to create their own windowbox herb garden. Roger Reynold's provides tools and potting soil.
The workshop is free.
Pamela Mason
Cole Canyon Farm
May Garden Tour And Spring Sale | May 7, 2011
Greetings Gardeners
Cole Canyon Farm is proud to be a sponsor and a participant in the Aromas Country Garden Tour on May 7 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Our greenhouses are chocked full of tomato seedlings, squash and cucumber starts, culinary herbs, scented geraniums, and more. Most plants will be ON SALE for 10% off the market price. So come visit and take advantage of the Aromas Country Garden Tour to spy on some truly unique gardens in a very special little community. If you want to take the whole tour, you can purchase tickets at the Aromas Grange on the day of the event. If you just want to visit us, then come here directly – no charge. Our address is 1495 Cole Road, Aromas.
We suggest you use google maps and not your gps which tends to take you the very back way. You can access Cole Road off south or north bound Highway 101. Our house and greenhouses are 1.5 miles from 101 on your right. Coming from the West, you will come through Aromas. Please do not call – no one is near the phone.
We will have a good selection of Mothers’ Day Patio Bowls filled with lush culinary herbs! And a Love Potion or two if you need something for your sweetie.
BIG Plant Sale - 9/20/2010
Come on out to Cole Canyon Farm and SAVE 30% - 50% off Farmers' Market prices for:
3" seasonal vegetable seedlings including heirloom lettuces, Asian greens, broccoli, chard, kale and more
3" and 5" culinary, perennial herb plants including Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano, Marjoram, Sage, and more
5" and gallon Old World herbs such as Comfry, Chaste Tree, Mugwort, Red Clover and more
One and Two Gallon scented geraniums and perennial peppers
There are so many plants that thrive in our long Central Coast growing season. Many can be harvested within weeks; other need the dark days of January to develop energy for spring and early summer bloom. There will be lots of folks on hand to advise you on which plants will work best in your growing environment.
A few benches are placed strategically for your comfort and a little peace and quiet while you are here.
Remember: If we forget how to grow our own food - others will decide what we eat.
Mark your calendar for this special Monterey Master Gardeners
annual event.
If you are a little far afield, this will make an unique and enjoyable 'day trip'. And you'll get to take a peek into all these lovely gardens!
Pamela Mason
MB Master Gardener
Class of '99
The Monterey Bay Master Gardeners present the 13th Annual Masters Tour on Sept, 25, 10 – 2:00. This year’s theme is “From Garden to Table: A Harvest of Food and Flowers”. This self-guided tour of seven gardens from La Selva Beach to the Westside of Santa Cruz will provide you with dozens of ideas for growing food and flowers in your own garden, no matter how big or small. There is also a café for a wonderful outdoor lunch, a book shoppe, artist gallery. All proceeds support our children’s school garden grant program.
Buy tickets and café lunch at this link: www.montereybaymatergardeners.org
Plant Testing Program
Each season, Cole Canyon Farm tests vegetable plants that may be added to our sales inventory in future years. We ask gardeners in our sales area (Carmel Valley to Pleasanton in the East Bay up through San Francisco) to test these new plants (new to us) in gardens that are located in sunny, warm, inland locations as well as foggier, coastal sites. The selected plants may be tested in ground gardens, in raised beds, and sometimes in containers. All growers are asked to:
- Grow organically, using only organic pesticides and fertilizers
- Fill out a Grower Form (available here as a download)
- Keep a growing journal, and
- Take a photo if possible at some point in the plants life span.
We select the plants to be tested and provide them to the growers.
If you would like to participate, please sign up for our monthly newsletter and stay tuned for our next call for Test Gardeners. It is really fun, it is not a competition, and you get to eat the fresh, delicious produce that you grow from these plants.
Our Spring Plant Testing Program 2010 is underway and we are accepting no more participants. Plants being tested include:
Winter Squash: American Tondo
Pumpkin: Knuckle Head
Winter Squash: Marina Di Chioggia
Winter Squash: Long Island Cheese
Winter Squash: Naples Long
Tomato: Nepal
Tomato: Australia
Tomato: Black Ethiopian
Tomato: Carmello
Tomato: Early Wonder
Tomato: Indian Moon
Tomato: Jaune C. Pigeon
Tomato: Old Wyandotte
Tomato: Dona
Next plant testing will take place in late summer and may include Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Broccoli, and more! Check in with us in July or August.
Page updated:
October 7, 2011