TDN Newsletter 02-02-18

February 2, 2018 Dear Gardening Friends, It's nearly Valentine's Day, and that seems like a perfect time to invite you all to our February Open House!! Please plan to join us on  Saturday, February 10th 10am until 4pm at the Two Dog Home Nursery 914 S. Cloverdale Ave. Los Angeles  90036 Please bring your gardening friends, but not your pets!   Street parking is available.  Refreshments will be served! No Appointment Needed Call for more info: 323-422-3835 Click HERE for Details REMINDER: TOMATO PRE-ORDERING IS NOW OPEN!! We're getting our list ready... how about you?!   Please click HERE to check out the 2018 line-up!! We're busy as bees here at the Nursery preparing for the 2018 Spring Season! Thousands of Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplants, Basil, Cucumbers, etc., have been sown, with so much more to come.  Soon we'll sow the first rounds of my beloved Green Beans!   Yay, I cannot wait!! We're very happy to announce that the 2018 "Spring/Summer Veggies" website page is now fully updated and LIVE!! Along with 12 New Tomato Varieties, we've also added 8 New Veggies including: 3 New Sweet Peppers 1 new Hot Pepper 1 new Super Hot Pepper 1 new Eggplant 1 new Summer Squash 1 new Pole Bean ...and returning by Popular Demand, Cucamelons!! Please check out the full line-up HERE!   Mark your calendars for March 10th & 11th!! and join us for the biggest event of our year!! Annual Spring Kick-Off Sale & Food Drive!!   Saturday & Sunday 10am - 4pm Your Donation of canned or dried food (Grains, Tuna, Dry Beans, Peanut Butter) gets you into the Sale, where you'll receive 10% off EVERYTHING:  all Certified Organic Seedlings, Soils, EarthBoxes, Smart Pots, Fertilizers, and beautiful Fruit Trees & Berry Bushes!   At the close of the weekend, Two Dog Nursery will also donate 5% of the Sale profits to the Food Bank!      Last year, you made us proud with the huge haul of  donations you brought!  Let's do it again this year, friends... the L.A. Regional Food Bank does awesome work, and now, more than ever, they really need our help!!   Announcing 2018 Strawberries!! This year, Two Dog is proud to offer two fabulous varieties of Strawberries.  They are available NOW for Pre-Order on our website!  We expect them to be ready for pick up in the next week or two.   Read all about them  & put in your orders here!!   Mara des Bois & Sequoia  AND... we now have 4 types of amazingly healthy bare root Bramble Berries: Heritage Red Raspberry, Fall Gold Raspberry, Triple Crown Thornless Blackberry & Olallieberry.  PLUS ... we also have a new batch of 3 varieties of gorgeous Blueberry bushes which are loaded with fruit!  Well, that’s it for now, Friends... We do hope you can join us for our February Open House next Saturday, the 10th ... good garden chat, some refreshments, and another chance to buy some of our current offerings such as Organic Kale, Lettuces, Spinach, Chard, Beets, Arugula, Broccolini, Peas, Herbs, Edible Flowers, Strawberries, bare root Blackberries & Raspberries, Blueberries and Seed Potatoes... sounds like a nice day to us! Please have a look at the Spring/Summer Veggie page, the Strawberries & Bramble Berries, and the Heirloom Tomato page to see what's happening at Two Dog.  We look forward to seeing you soon!    Many thanks, as always, Garden On!   Jo Anne, Alex, Lalo & Charlie