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Featured Quote: "My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view."
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Yamagami’s Fall Garden Fair
Visit Yamagami’s Fall Garden Fair on Saturday, September 19th and Sunday, September 20th to meet experts in many garden fields! They will be at tables  throughout the nursery to answer questions, plus, each will have a raffle prize to give away! It’s FREE! Harvest great ideas, free samples and maybe even a raffle prize or two!
Fun for everyone is the FREE Apple Tasting with apples from Hillview Farm in Watsonville Saturday, Sept. 19th at noon and Sunday, Sept. 20th at 1 PM
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Fall Is for Planting! Let these garden experts help you in all phases of your fall garden projects.
Start right for success!
• Kerri Gardener of Kelloggs (supplier of Gardner & Bloome and Dr, Earth) will be here Saturday, Sept. 19th from 10 AM to noon and 1 PM to 3 PM to suggest organic soil amendments and fertilizers for your garden success.
Interested in vegetable gardening?
• Lindsay Del Carlo from Renee’s Garden Seed will be here Saturday, Sept. 19th from 10 AM to noon to suggest flower and vegetable seed varieties for fall
planting.
• Sarah Machado of Upstarts, organic seedling grower, will be here Saturday, Sept. 19th from 10 AM to noon with suggestions for vegetables to plant now.
Interested in Native Plants?
• Mike Craib of Suncrest Nursery will be here Sunday, Sept. 20th from 11 AM to 1 PM to suggest California and Australia native plants for your garden. This is the best time to plant them!
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Interested in Container Gardens?
• A representative from Earthbox will be here Saturday, Sept. 19th from 10 AM to noon and 1 PM to 3 PM.
• Bruce Bowling from Kawahara, Color Growers, will be here Saturday Sept. 19th from 10 AM to noon and from 1 PM to 3 PM to demonstrate color bowl planting and suggest cool season color.
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Interested in Bulbs?
• Mark Hopkins from Simple Pleasures, Bulb importer, will be here Sunday, Sept 20th from 11 AM to 1 PM to suggest spring glory for your garden.
Interested in Landscape Plants?
• Dave Kirby from Monrovia will be here Sunday, Sept. 20th from 11 AM to 1 PM to suggest distinctively better plants for your landscape.
Interested in Fruit Trees?
• Nancy Garrison, local fruit expert, will be here Saturday, Sept. 19th 10 AM to noon and 1 PM to 3 PM, and here again on Sunday, Sept 20th from 11 AM to 1 PM to suggest which fruit trees to order now for planting this winter.
• Roger and Deanna van Klaveren from Generation Growers, Citrus Growers, will be here Sunday, Sept. 20th from 11 AM to 1 PM to help you choose citrus for your garden.
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Interested in Roses?
• Steve Bening from Star Roses will be here Saturday, Sept. 19th from 11 AM to 1 PM to talk about the new roses as well as answer your rose questions.
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Got Garden Pests?
• Annie Joseph from Our Water, Our World will be here Sunday, Sept. 20th from 11 AM to 1 PM to suggest earth-friendly pest control practices.
Got Water Questions and Concerns?
• Rosalie Sears, from the Santa Clara Valley Water District, will be here Saturday, Sept. 19th 10 AM to noon and 1 PM to 3 PM, and here again on Sunday, Sept 20th from 11 AM to 1 PM to talk about programs ad rebates for homeowners and how to use water wisely.
• Sam Sullivan from Dramm Watering tools will be here on Sunday, Sept. 20th from 11 AM to 1 PM to show what’s new and useful for watering your garden.
Interested in Garden Art?
• Joe Milner from A. Silvestri Statuary will be here Saturday, Sept. 19th from 1 PM to 3 PM. He will offer a 20% discount on all special orders while he is here.
Be sure to join us for all the fun! |
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With well over 100 people sampling tomatoes in a 2 hour period, our tasting was a big success! Out of the 31 varieties we sampled, two sweet cherry types were, once again, the big crowd pleasers. 'Isis Candy' and 'Sweet Baby Girl,' both red cherry types, came in first and second. Kids love them! We offered both of these varieties last year and will continue to do so.
The next few favorites were 'Hillbilly' (a striped beefsteak heirloom), 'Neves Azorean Red' (a red beefsteak) and 'Cherokee Chocolate' (a "black" beefsteak). 'Hillbilly' has long been a staff favorite. 'Cherokee Chocolate' we offered this year because it scored so highly in our 2008 tomato tasting.
 'Neves Azorean Red,' however, is new to us. We will plan to offer it as a plant next year. It was developed by Anthony Neves with seed from the Azores, hence its name. It offers good yields of tasty fruit weighing 1 to 3 lbs. Be sure to try one in your garden next year!
We also offered 10 peppers to taste ranging from 'Gypsy,' a sweet pepper, to 'Fatali,' a nuclear blast. Only a few were brave (foolish?) enough to try 'Fatali,' and they rated it highly. Most popular were 'New Mex' and 'Villancho,' both in the medium range. We will offer all three again next year.
All in all it was a fun time for everyone!
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A Happy Customer's Tomato Forest
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We were thrilled to get this e-mail from another happy customer. You can tell by the pictures that despite our wacky summer weather, with the right advice and products success can be yours, too! Lorena Gorsche is Yamagami’s staff member who gave the good advice.
Subject: My Tomato Forest
Hi Lorena
Thanks you for all your great tips to make this year Tomato harvest bountiful. As I told you I had to grow good tomatoes this year because they are Faye's favorite food. This has been the best crop in the over 25 years I have been growing tomatoes. These are not tomato plants, they are over 6 foot tomato trees.
Thank you!!!!!
Dave and Faye Jackson
We encourage you to share your inspirational success stories and photographs. Email them to InfoCenter@YamagamisNursery.com and let us know if you are willing to let us publish them. We will not print last names or addresses unless you request it. |
Pumpkinmania Update: Growing Season Coming to an End
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Godfather Al is happy to report that Sir Galahad has continued to grow a little in length, if not in width. He is attaining a richer orange color every day so we know his growing season is coming to an end.
We’re all looking forward to the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off on October 10th. Author and radio personality Bob Tanem will be our official judge once again. There will be a prize for every pumpkin entry that weighs in heavier than our own Sir Galahad. It’s a great show for the whole family!
Go to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Cupertino-CA/Yamagamis-Nursery-Garden-Center/63172657808 for more frequent updates and photos.
Send us reports of your own pumpkin growing experiences and photos to InfoCenter@YamagamisNursery.com to share with our readers. |
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Editor’s note: This article is from the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s latest mailing. We are reprinting it here to provide this information to all of our customers. We encourage you to attend our Fall Garden Fair to speak with Rosalie Sears of the SCVWD about programs and rebates available to homeowners.
End of Summer Water Update!
 As summer draws to a close, some of you may be thinking that your time to conserve is over. While summer is typically our peak water usage period, which makes conserving water critical, in order to reach our long term conservation goals we need to reduce our water use year round.
For the last six months the Santa Clara Valley Water District has been asking that we all cut back our water use by 15 percent. And while our conservation numbers have been improving, to date we’ve only reached a 9 percent reduction in water use. With three years of drought behind us and uncertain water supply conditions in our future, that’s just not enough.
There are many ways to conserve water year round, but one of the best ways to jump start water conservation is with a free Water-Wise House Call for your home.
During a Water-Wise House Call, the technician:
- checks your toilet for leaks and replaces toilet flapper valves if needed;
- measures your showerhead flow rates and installs free showerheads if needed;
- measures faucet flow rates and provides aerators for kitchens and bathrooms.
The survey’s focus then shifts to outdoor water use and the technician then:
- evaluates the efficiency of your irrigation system;
- provides you with a personalized irrigation schedule;
- identifies overspray, broken or mismatched sprinkler heads, high water pressure and other problems;
- provides water conservation rebate program materials and water-wise landscaping tips from the pros.
Residents of single-family homes, condos, townhouses, apartments, and mobile homes are invited to participate. The water district also offers a free Water Survey Program for businesses and schools.
When you’re thinking about how to conserve water, it’s important to remember that more than 50% of indoor household water consumption occurs in the bathroom. It’s also extremely important to find out if there are any leaks in your outdoor water usage, since more than half of the water used in an average home goes to its landscape.
For a better world, follow these water saving tips:
- Shorten your showers by just 5 minutes and save 15 gallons every time.
- Install faucet aerators and low-flow showerheads and save 16 gallons a day.
- Wait for full loads to wash clothes and dishes and save 20 gallons per load.
- Install high-efficiency toilets and save 25 gallons a day.
- Turn off the faucet while shaving or brushing your teeth and save 2 gallons per minute.
- Fix leaks and save more than 15 gallons per day, per leak.
- Water your lawn before 5 AM instead of midday and save 20 gallons every time.
- Landscape with water-wise plants and save 20 gallons a day.
- Clean sidewalks with a broom, not a hose and save 15 gallons every time.
- Apply a layer of mulch around plants to reduce moisture loss and save 20 gallons a day.
- Install drip irrigation for trees, shrubs and plants to save 20 gallons a day.
- Check the efficiency of your irrigation system. Fixing broken sprinkler heads and drip emitters saves 25 gallons a day
Residents who would like to sign up for a Water Wise House Call can call (800) 548-1882. San Jose Water Company customers should call (408) 279-7900 to schedule an appointment. To sign up for our Water Use Survey, businesses or schools can call (866) 685-2322. To learn more about our conservation programs and rebates, visit www.save20gallons.org. Remember, if we each save 20 gallons a day, together we can make a difference!
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Coming Events, Classes and Talks
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Yamagami’s Fall Garden Fair
Look for guest experts, free samples, special savings and so much more! Stay tuned for details!
Saturday, September 19th and
Sunday, September 20th |
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Apple Tasting
Don’t miss the FREE Apple Tasting, featuring apples from local grower Joe Stabile’s Hillview Farm in Watsonville. Taste 20 varieties, including 'Hudson’s Golden Gem' and 'Honey Crisp'! Yummy!
Saturday, September 19th - 12 noon
Sunday, September 20th - 1pm |
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Yamagami’s 61st Anniversary Sale
Details to come in a special e-newsletter on Tuesday, September 22nd. Stay tuned!
September 24th through
October 5th |
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October Harvest Festival at Yamagami’s Nursery
Look for daily specials in our October 1st newsletter!
October 6th through
October 31st |
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Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off
Bring your entry in between 9 and 10 AM for weighing. Come see some amazing local garden feats including our own Sir Galahad!
Saturday, October 10th - 11 AM
Weigh-in begins 10 AM |
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Apple Tasting
Sample some delicious apples grown in Watsonville. Yummy!
October 17th & 18th |
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Ivy Topiary Display
Jane Mangels from Schubert’s will show Ivy Topiaries for sale now and to order for the Holidays. Her display will also feature Primroses and Cyclamen.
Saturday, October 24th
10 AM - 3 PM |
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup crushed pineapple
Step by Step:
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in banana, milk, orange peel and extracts.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture just until moistened.
- Fold in the coconut, nuts and pineapple.
- Transfer to a greased 9" x 5" x 3" loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack
Yield: 12 servings
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Weather Courtesy of:
"The very best for your
container gardens!"
Since 1948, Yamagami's
Nursery has been committed to the promotion of beauty and the plants,
products and friendly, professional support needed to attain and
maintain that Beauty. In my parents' footsteps (and Taro Yamagami’s
before them), I promise to continue that tradition. I invite you
to visit us in the nursery and on our website, yamagamisnursery.com
for help in making your yard into a beautiful garden.
Thanks for visiting,
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Telephone:
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Address:
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