tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17163503237685565422024-03-18T22:51:34.596-04:00Crazy Plant LadyAll about my gardening obsession and my charity project for Children's Miracle Network (CMN).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-23641029507796993822014-05-20T20:00:00.000-04:002014-05-20T20:00:56.782-04:00Introducing Plant Wagon 2.0 (Plant Wagon 1.0 was a 2003 Kia Sedona with racks installed inside; it died nearly 2 years ago).<br />
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Since I refused to destroy the interior of the new van by installing shelves, I've only been able to carry 24 trays of plants in the van (on a tarp with seats removed or stowed in floor).<br />
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V2.0 is a 5x8 utility trailer that I built upon. In the trailer alone I can haul 72 trays (10"x20") of plants or at least 4 dozen 10" hangers.<br />
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The picture above is a whopping 96 trays of donated plants from Packard Farm.Aaron (worker bee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01930263709438346239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-85127465242206581402014-05-20T17:12:00.002-04:002014-05-20T17:14:17.032-04:00Been a busy 2 weeks here at plant sale central, We have met a lot of nice people and sold a lot of plants. Aaron made me a new plant hauler It is a converted trailer that can hold a staggering 96 flats of plants. You can see pics on facebook at CrazyPlantLady for Children's Hospital page It's pretty sweet. We are in to week 4 and doing well. a little behind the pace to make our goal but I think this weekend will be a big push forward. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crazyplantlady.org?ref=br_tf"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-67155139724129055212014-05-12T07:04:00.001-04:002014-05-12T07:14:04.294-04:00
We had a Banner weekend at the plant sale. This one weekend we raised around $3600.00 Thank you for your very generous support.
We had Awesome donations EACH DAY of annuals and veggies from Lori Packard at Packard Farm in Brockton <a href="http://https://www.facebook.com/pages/Packard-Farm/162981893719972"></a> , She donated approx 115 flats of items and 3 dozen hanging plants this weekend alone. I get a lot of credit for the plant sale, but Lori deserves just as much credit if not more than me! I could not do it without her.
We got a nice donation from Pleasant View Gardens in NH. They grow the Proven Winners series of plants. They donated 7 hangers and 4 trays of herbs.
We have had wonderful volunteers from Massachusetts Master Gardener Association <a href="http://http://massmastergardeners.org/"></a> each day at the sale from 11-5. They have been super kind, helpful, professional, knowledgeable, and friendly! They are pretty much going to be there each day of the sale so come by and get your plant questions answered!
Of course Marlene the magnificent has been there every day providing direction, spirit and enthusiasm and embarrassing stories about me.
It was Mothers Day weekend and for MY mothers day gift I got to have help from my son Evan and my daughter Abby.
Plus Mr Crazy Plant Lady Aaron..again someone else who does not get enough credit for all he does to make the sale work. He collects most of the donations, does all my IT and web work, Opens the sale each Friday and closes it each Sunday. Puts up with dirt in the kitchen, my anxious moments about what is growing (or not) and his willingness to embrace and make happen my crazy idea of a Costco sized plant sale.
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A few pics of a lovely Sunday at the Plant sale.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-42051748351034392902014-05-04T08:32:00.003-04:002014-05-05T05:48:38.478-04:00This is the 2014 plant cataloge for the perennials I have at home and the tomatoes I have grown for the sale,<br />
Not all the plant are immediately. If you are looking for a specific plant please email me mtarver "at"crazyplantlady"dot"org replace the parentheses with the @ symbol and the . symbol<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-52102369208593986312014-05-04T07:06:00.000-04:002014-05-04T07:06:20.861-04:00Woo hoo,<br />
It is May 4th, the 3rd day of the plant sale is today. Opening weekend is always a little rocky -getting re organized,back in the flow and getting the procedures down again but it is getting there slowly but surely.<br />
We have all ready had 8 Massachusetts Master gardeners association volunteers.. here is a link to their help page <a href="http://www.masshort.org/expert-advice" target="_blank">www.masshort.org/expert-advice</a> They have been GREAT ! So enthusiastic about the cause and so very knowledgeable! We are very fortunate to have them. And the best news is we expect to have them almost every weekend! So come down and bring your plant and garden questions! Maybe buy a plant while you are here~!<br />
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Marlene the Magnificent is back and is giving it her all to help us! She is enthusiastically being our circus barker and drawing in the crowds! Helping sell plants,helping me do math( HA HA! If you know me you know it is not my best ability and I am likely to give you the wrong change with out her help! ) And being our all around right hand! I was telling the story of how we were lucky enough to have Marlene find us...she saw a post on <a href="http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/neweng/" target="_blank">Garden Web new England Gardening forum</a> and walked in to Costco in Avon where we hold the sale. She had some pots and potting soil. She wanted to know how she could help..and now for 5 years she has been my cheerleader,sounding board,spark plug and best friend.<br />
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I wish I had thought to take pictures of opening weekend..but I have not...I will do that today and share them with you tonight.<br />
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We have tried to have a kid project this weekend that has failed badly.... there are just not enough kids coming by... we were having them plant a sunflower seed for any donation.<br />
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We are missing our Costco Sing Guru Eric D and will be happy to see him back from a well earned<br />
vacation on Monday so we can get a few needed signs printed!<br />
We need a sign for our super sponsor fairy godmother Lori Packard at Packard farms in Brockton <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Packard-Farm/162981893719972" target="_blank">Packard Farm Facebook page</a> is here if you need directions! Lori generously donates 90% of all our blooming annuals and veggies. She is a rock star and we are lucky to have her!<br />
So far she has given us: Pansys,petunias,cosmos,snapdragons alyssum,,lettuces,beets,broccoli,parsley,cauliflower,purple cabbage,onions,pansy hangers,and tomatos we have early girl and sweet 100's at the moment. Who know what she will donate next? Come by and find out!<br />
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We have a selection if perennials as well.. assorted Hostas,sedums,neptas,asiatic lilly, some forsythia shrubs,perennial allysum,bugbane,silvernettle . to name a few. I have 100's of perennials that will be making their way to the sale over the coming weeks..some are just to small so sell now since the weather has been so unhelpful.. So if you are looking for something specific just comment here or email me mtarver@crazyplantlady.org and ask!<br />
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We will have hangers from Proven Winners for Mothers day weekend..( hurry these are limited) and the week after that we should have heirloom tomatoes and basil and HOT peppers.<br />
We are not on track yet to meet our fundraising goal..so If you could pray for us to do so that would be awesome! <br />
I will see ya tonight with some pictures! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-89322626949010202412014-04-06T14:58:00.003-04:002014-04-06T14:58:50.570-04:00Marlene cme down today!! We winter sowed :<br />
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ashaleigh tomato<br />
barlow jap tomato<br />
roughwood golden plum tomato<br />
hawkins tomato<br />
rio grande tomato<br />
Italian market wonder<br />
jet star tomato<br />
Morgtage lifter tomato<br />
rideau sweet tomato<br />
Canadian Hem tomato<br />
Tommy toe tomato<br />
wes tomato<br />
dr lyle tomato<br />
emma pink tomato<br />
Casino tomato<br />
grubs mystery green tomato<br />
casino chips tomato<br />
african queen tomato<br />
daniels tomato<br />
dwarf champion improved tomato<br />
matt wild cherry tomato<br />
saras grandmas tomato <br />
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Mimosa pudica<br />
Blackberry lilly<br />
Mexican hat<br />
Globe amaranth<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-42898622607906429502014-03-30T12:29:00.000-04:002014-03-30T12:29:09.513-04:00Seeds to trade: The following seeds have been donated to the plant sale and I can not use them. Hoping to trade for seeds I can use<br />
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<li>vinca pacifica x P mix Xmas in July (ball seed)
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<li>Verbena Quartz x P red eye (ball seed)
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<li>lettuce Great lakes 659 (ball seed)
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<li>vinca pacifica x p magaenta (ball seed)
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<li>polygonum pink pin heads ( ball seed)
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<li> strawflower King red (ball seed)
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<li>pansy matrix sunrise (ball seed)
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<li>Vinca cooler raspberry (ball seed)
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<li>cleome queen mix (ball seed)
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<li>grass carex color grass Amazon mist ( ball seed)
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<li>alyssum wonderland pink (ball seed)
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<li>portulaca tequila orange (ball seed)
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<li>portulaca margarita cream (ball seed)
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<li>portulaca sundial scarlet (ball seed)
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<li>petunia yellow pop rocks (ball seed)
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<li>Marigold African Atlantis (ball seed)
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<li>petunia madness mix merlot (ball seed)
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<li>alyssum wonderland purple deep (ball seed)
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<li>slyddum Easter Bonnet lavender (ball seed)
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<li>portulaca sundial orange (ball seed)
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<li>portulaca sundial pink (ball seed)
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<li>petunia dreams burgundy (ball seed)
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<li>portulaca Sundial peppermint (ball seed)
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<li>alyssum wonderland lavender(ball seed)
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<li>impatiens super elfin x p mix bold (}ball seed)
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<li>Vinca:(Park Seed)
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<li>pacifica dark red
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<li>pacifica deep orchid
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<li>Petunia:(Park seed)
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<li> Debonair dusty rose
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<li>pink vein
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<li>celosia amigo scarlet (park seed)
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<li>Cactus ornamental blend (park seed)
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<li>Salvia patio pink (park seed)
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<li>Salvia Splendens Bon fire (park seed)
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<li>Petunia bella true rose hybrid (park seed)
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<li>Nicotina saratog rose(park seed)
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<li>Nicotiana perfume Lilac (park seed)
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<li>Pansy ideal lion lemon hybrid (park seed)
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<li>Marigold Big O boy mix (burpee)
</li>
<li>Marigold flagstaff (burpee)
</li>
<li>zinnia profusion orange (burpee)
</li>
<li>lobelia crystal palace (burpee)
</li>
<li>nemophila baby blue eyes (burpee)
</li>
</ul>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-73986833896527106482014-03-30T10:28:00.001-04:002014-03-30T10:28:51.168-04:00Getting busy around here ..so busy I forgot to post lat Sunday when I planted some more stuff under lights...<br />
I planted<br />
Mortgage Lifter Tomato<br />
Italian Market Wonder Tomato<br />
Peron Sprayless Tomato<br />
and Giant Belgium.<br />
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I plan on winter sowing some more stuff today Like tomatoes, I start a bunch under lights to have ready for May 1st and Winter Sow the rest for the the 15th or so of May. They do not fetch as much money as they are not as big as the ones grown under lights ..but man are they tough little plants.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-7768111184446217482014-03-18T11:18:00.001-04:002014-03-18T14:54:44.387-04:00Thanks for looking. Hope you can help<br />
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Thanks for following the link to my blog. Please read the letters below (links to printable documents included) to learn more about the plant sale and how you can help. <br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1XIOwYQ0kVkX2RrVmJ5ZU0wOGc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Information about Children's Hospital Plant sale</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-33012896721366605512014-03-16T12:19:00.000-04:002014-03-16T15:05:37.209-04:00Ok a Sunday to myself and I winter sowed the following<br />
Gaura lindheimeri aka wand flower<br />
daisy Becky /Shasta<br />
sacbiosa columbaria aka pincushion flower pink mist<br />
rudbeckia hirta aka glorisoa daisy autum colors<br />
matusmurae color purple<br />
babys breath<br />
echinacea aka purple cone flower<br />
carnation chabaud picotee fantasy mix<br />
holly hock zebrina<br />
dianthus baby doll mix<br />
dianthus sweet willam mix<br />
hollyhock dwarf queeny mixed<br />
mimosa pudica aka <span class="st"> <i>sensitive plant</i></span><br />
<span class="st"><i>acer palmatum dissectum greenleaf cut leaf Japanese maple </i></span><br />
Then for fun I sowed some more hot peppers:<br />
Moruga scorpion brain strain<br />
orange Habanero<br />
and ghost Bih Bhut jolokia<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-81744811890211544112014-02-12T16:00:00.001-05:002014-02-12T16:00:14.217-05:00busy day here at casa de coocoo. With Marlene's wonderful help I sowed bunch of seeds to go under lights<br /><br />
Mariglobe tomato<br />
Eva Ball purple tomato<br />
cowlicks brandywine<br />
brandywine yellow<br />
pinkshipper tomato<br />
green brandy tomato <br />
mcclintocks big pink<br />
top sirloin<br />
terahune... <br />
warren's yellow cherry<br />
rufus carrigan's mexican pink<br />
liz burt<br />
cheetham's potato leaf<br />
tasmanian chocolate<br />
spudakee<br />
german johnson<br />
ohio red 1884 purple<br />
black mountain pink<br />
norcarlina pink<br />
granny cantrell<br />
lithuanian<br />
pasilla bajio pepper<br />
sandia<br />
thai<br />
cayenne<br />
rellenos hot pepper <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-89160706529993149562014-02-09T08:54:00.001-05:002014-02-09T08:54:31.958-05:00Just an FYI: We are going to have the potting party Sunday April 27th.<br />
<br />
What's the potting party ? The potting party is a group work day that we make in to a party with food,drinks,music ,jumpy houses and activities for the kids.When YOU can come out and help me get ready for the plant sale by helping me: groom plants, pot them up in to bigger pots,and do other things needed to get the plants ready for the big event<br />
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This years party is about a week later then normal due to Easter Sunday.So I am really going to need a lot of help. Please consider coming, bring a friend,bring a hand trowel,garden gloves,and your favorite alcoholic beverages. I provide the food, and everything else!<br />
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The sale will kick off on Friday May 2nd. and run every Friday, Sat, Sunday in May as well as Thursday May 29th<br />
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Can't make the potting party? We could use you to volunteer to spend a few hours at the plant sale helping water plants,picking up donations of plants,or selling plants. Yo do not have to have a lot of knowledge about plants to sell the plants. I provide detail plant descriptions that cover most basic questions,I try and pair up non experienced plant people with plant smart people.So do not worry if you are not a garden guru, we just need nice people to come spend some time with us,,is that you?! Plus you, as our volunteer will get a one day free shopping pass ( a $55.00 value ) to Costco in Avon MA and lunch at the Costco food court.<br />
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Hope to see you then!<br />
Love The CrazyPlantLady and family<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-43495987888239379032014-02-05T13:16:00.002-05:002014-02-05T13:16:47.322-05:00just another winter sowing update today I sowed 23 containers( with the help of Angela P! thanks for the milk jugs!)<br />
<br />
I planted the following seeds:<br />
Common Milk weed<br />
Yellow Coneflower<br />
Aquilegia McKana's Giant's<br />
Yarrow white<br />
Heliotrope Marine<br />
Aquillegia tower Blue Light<br />
Carnation "Can Can" scarlet<br />
dianthus fringed pinks<br />
Purple Echinacea<br />
gaillardia Goblin (again)<br />
Hot Papya Coneflower(again)<br />
dianthus rainbow loveliness mix<br />
Hot Lava coneflower (Again)<br />
Tomato soup coneflower(again) <br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-80258510966761390762014-01-22T19:15:00.001-05:002014-01-22T19:16:06.816-05:00I lost a post on what Marlene and I planted. This is to recreate that list<br />
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Triple curled parsley<br />
Italian parsley<br />
Cat nip<br />
german chamomile<br />
winter thyme<br />
lemon balm<br />
sweeet marjoram<br />
bouquet Dill<br />
garlic chives<br />
russian tarragon<br />
lupin blue purple<br />
giant parsley of Napoli<br />
french rosemary<br />
savory<br />
sedum autumn joy<br />
centaurea montan blue<br />
geum avens<br />
lobelia cardinalis red flowers<br />
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I know there was more but I am not finding the seed packets and the jugs are under 10 inches of snow so I can't check ... I'll update this when i can find the jugs I know we totaled 56 jugs that day <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-33354682800459174412014-01-20T12:39:00.001-05:002014-01-20T12:42:34.665-05:00more winter sowing here today today I sowed:<br />
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lobelia cardinalis red flowerd<br />
lupin blue purple<br />
campanula cup and saucer mix<br />
playcodon grandiflora balloon flower<br />
coneflower Tomato soup<br />
coneflower Hot Lava<br />
coneflower Hot papaya<br />
monarda ruby red<br />
gaillardia goblin<br />
<br />
I received a seed donation from Baker Seeds in the mail this week! <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-23336915682166620852014-01-15T09:28:00.002-05:002014-01-15T09:28:39.926-05:00 Donations so far:<br />
<br />
Baker Creek seed company: seeds<br />
Ball Hort: seeds<br />
F.M Shumacker: tree seeds<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-56931460368431530402014-01-11T18:18:00.000-05:002014-01-22T19:25:01.647-05:00<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
am planning a charity plant sale to benefit Children's Hospital
Boston to be held this May 2014. I would
like your assistance.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
have successfully facilitated this plant sale since May 2009. and
raised $33,000.00 Costco in Avon donates the space for the sale<br />I hope to raise $15,000 in 2014. I am attempting
to grow a great deal of the plants at my home without the benefit of
a greenhouse.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This
year's goal is going to take a lot more plants and I am looking
forward to the challenge of growing them. </span></span>
<br />
<ul><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
am asking for your support in donating</span></span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">any
plant material ,</span></span><br />
</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">propagation
supplies (seeds,light carts,trays, plug cells, starting mix, plant
tags,,fertilizer seed mats, etc., etc.) </span></span>
<br />
</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Any
staff that would like to spend a few hours sharing their knowledge
of plants at the sale.( they will get a one day shopping pass to
Costco Avon)</span></span><br />
</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Any
items or advice you think would be helpful in this endeavor..
would be welcome as well. </span></span>
<br />
</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Costco
Avon will provide one extra large Children s Miracle Network Balloon
with your business information for any donation worth $500.00 at
retail.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
5 Costco locations in MA and NH partnering with the Children's
Miracle Network raised over $140,000 for Boston Children 's Hospital
in 2013. Please join us in helping a great cause that has a
tremendous impact on the lives of so many Children and Families. </span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You
may call Shannon Collins, Warehouse Manager, or Carlos Marketing
Manager at <a href="tel:508-232-4000" target="_blank" value="+15082324000">508-232-4000</a> to verify this request.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank
you for your help in this matter. </span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Michelle
Tarver</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="tel:508-386-0759" target="_blank" value="+15083860759">508-386-0759</a>
( home)</span></span><br />
<a href="tel:774-273-0020" target="_blank" value="+17742730020">774-273-0020</a> ( cell)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-47320563673447671542014-01-08T06:32:00.000-05:002014-01-20T12:45:29.912-05:00So with the help of my right hand lady Marlene this past Saturday we planted 56 milk jugs of mainly herbs with a select few flowers thrown in . We had to be picky about what flowers to do with the few remaining jugs that were left after starting all the herbs.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-33127866955585263262014-01-04T11:57:00.000-05:002014-01-04T11:57:01.220-05:00Just stopping by to blow the dust off the blog.... WE WILL be having a plant sale for 2014. Come join the fun. pop by the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/CrazyPlantLady-for-Childrens-Hospital-Boston-CMNH/278609422192023 and stay tuned for lots of updates<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-29238725469180607392012-06-08T15:12:00.002-04:002012-06-08T15:12:31.551-04:00Popping in to say... we raised over $33,000 for the Hospital when you add the plant money to the money Costco in Avon raised! ( The plant sale did about $9,500.00) Soo WHOO HOO.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-4837309075594925002012-05-28T07:47:00.001-04:002012-05-28T07:47:05.246-04:00The following is a piece Beverly Beckham of the
Boston Globe wrote about the plant sale. She spoke primarily to Evan,
and we briefly met. She wrote this with what she learned from Evan so
it's good but incomplete...she was not told about the army of people
this takes to make work.<br />
<br />
<br />
She called me an ordinary person doing extraordinary things...And I am
not doing anything great... If we had talked I would have told her about
all of you. I could not do this without a LOT of help, If you are
getting this Email YOU are my help. You make this sale possible.<br />
<br />
<br />
People like: Marlene O'Brien is my right hand woman, Thank you and bless
your crazy heart for adopting this as your pet project. Lori Packard
the fairy godmother of plants who wonderfully donated for the 3rd year
in a row van fulls of annuals and hanging baskets EACH WEEKEND in May
that make my sale look pretty and draw people in. Without her help this
would NOT work. My Dear Husband who also enables this nutty project and
is my partner in crime. He's the garden master, driver, the scheduler,
adviser and best friend. All of you Connie for your past tomato plants,
and this years seeds, Chris ditto! New England pottery. Massachusetts
Master Gardner Association for your support in manning the tables with
such knowledge and enthusiasm. And of course Costco for letting us do
the sale at all and for all the wonderful support they provide to the
sale.<br />
<br />
I could go on and on and on...but you want to hear the total we made for
2012 and get to the real story here that Beverly wrote..... So the est
for this year is around $9500.00 So in 4 years with all your love and
support we have made about $39,500 Just in plant sales. The money we
have raised this year is combined with the fund-raising efforts of
Costco Avon, and Costco Corporate matches a percent of that combined
donation. So with your help in 4 years we have done a lot of good. Thank
you. I hope I can live up to the very kind words Beverly wrote about
me.<br />
<br />
(The following article is from today's Sunday Boston Globe, Globe South section, p 6.)<br />
<br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><i>A lesson from a garden</i><br />
<br />
By Beverly Beckham</span><br />
<br />
In the book I have never written, “Everything I Need to Know, I Learned
in My Garden,” I would have a chapter called “It matters where you are
planted.”<br />
<br />
Here’s why:<br />
<br />
I bought six flats of annuals last weekend, two dazzler white impatiens,
two maestro salvia, and two raspberry parfait dianthuses. That’s 288
hardy, but very little, plants.<br />
<br />
I bought them from a woman whose name is Michelle Tarver, but who calls
herself Crazy Plant Lady because she is so crazy about plants in all
their guises that she not only grows them but also writes about them on
her website <a href="http://crazyplantlady.org/" target="_blank">crazyplantlady.org</a>, which is subtitled “Chronicles of a Productive Obsession.”<br />
<br />
I met her outside of Costco in Avon, where this North Dighton resident
has been setting up shop every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in May — not
to line her own pockets but to raise money for Boston Children’s
Hospital.<br />
<br />
Most of the plants she sells she grows herself. Her son, Evan, who
helped me load what I bought into my car, said she starts them in early
spring, watches them sprout, feeds them, and keeps them warm.<br />
<br />
Some plants she gets as donations from other gardeners, which requires
her driving all over the state to pick them up. She sends every penny
people pay her to Children’s Hospital.<br />
<br />
What she does consumes her time and is a lot of work, but here she is,
with her family and friends helping her, one more ordinary person
quietly doing an extraordinary thing.<br />
<br />
I thought of her and her teenage son with every hole I dug last Sunday. I
was careful with each tender shoot. I watered every plant right after I
patted dirt around it. And then when I finished, I connected the hose
and watered all the plants again.<br />
<br />
Despite my care in planting them and the Crazy Plant Lady’s care in
growing them, they won’t all survive. I know this. I plant flowers every
year (except for last year, which I took off).<br />
<br />
And I have learned that you can plant seemingly identical flowers one
right next to the other, and one will thrive and grow big and look
exactly like the picture on its identification tag and the other will
wither and die.<br />
<br />
What I don’t know is why.<br />
<br />
Most plants are easy to grow. And they come with descriptions so you
always know what you’ll be getting. Salvia: Fiery-red flower spikes,
dwarf plants. Dark green foliage. Grows to 10 inches.<br />
<br />
Plus, they come with directions: Use in borders, beds. How to grow: Plant in sun or part sun 10 inches apart.<br />
<br />
It should be a slam dunk. Follow the instructions, and everything you put in the ground should survive.<br />
<br />
But even in plant life there are variables. Too much sun. Not enough
sun. Sandy soil. Silty soil. Too close to a tree. Not close enough. The
morning paper lands on it. The hose uproots it. A child plucks it. An
adult steps on it. The hedgehogs devour it.<br />
<br />
I dug permanent homes for all 288 little plants that someone else grew
from seed. And I was gentle. But I saw how the soil changed every few
feet, how it was darker and richer near the trees and lighter and dryer
near the street.<br />
<br />
I felt the sun’s angle shift, too, as I moved around the yard, going from hot to warm, from sunshine to shadow.<br />
<br />
I noticed, too, how some plants absorbed the water I fed them from the hose and how with others the water just ran off.<br />
<br />
I don’t know which of the seedlings will make it and which will not.
Maybe run-off water is good. Maybe these plants will like it near the
street. All I know is that it matters where you’re planted.<br />
<br />
Whether you’re a raspberry parfait dianthus, a dazzler white
impatiens, or the person who plants them, you need to be tended to. You
need to thrive to grow.<br />
<br />
E-mail Beverly Beckham at <a href="">bevbeckham@aol.com</a>.
<br />
<br clear="all" />
<br />
--<br />
Michelle<br />Aaron (worker bee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01930263709438346239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-22146359902115270962012-05-09T13:08:00.000-04:002012-05-09T13:08:12.732-04:00Today I'm heading out to <a href="http://www.localharvest.org/r-c-farms-simons-greenhouses-M45097" style="color: #dd6633; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 18px;">R&C Farms/Simons Greenhouses</a> (Scituate, MA) to pick up a donation for the plant sale. Thank you Ronnie Simons.Aaron (worker bee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01930263709438346239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-39664395849220728122012-05-01T16:00:00.001-04:002012-05-01T16:00:44.454-04:00This year's sale (The 4th Annual <a href="http://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/Hospital/ChildrensHospitalBoston" target="_blank">CMN</a> Plant Sale) is nearly upon us.<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>The replacement tie down anchors came in today, so the sign/banner is going up in front of <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=costco+avon+ma&fb=1&gl=us&hq=costco&hnear=0x89e483785809e15f:0x3b5d4b9e92b2600a,Avon,+MA&cid=2575658734563973492&ei=7TegT-7GC4XeggeYuKX9DQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=map-marker-link&resnum=2&ved=0CEMQrwswAQ">Costco</a>'s entrance either today or tomorrow. I'll post a picture when I get it setup.</li>
<li>The old minivan is going to be converted back into "the plant wagon" this evening or tomorrow morning; I just have to gather up all of the shelving parts (that I stored somewhere in the basement). </li>
<li>Lori Packard (of Packard Farms, Brockton, MA) is once again on-board. I'll be picking up our first van-load of flowering plants, and maybe herbs, this Thursday. </li>
<li>Friday morning I will be at Costco (9am) to setup the racks in front of the store, so Marlene can begin selling the goods when she gets there at 10am. From there I will be driving to Loudon, NH to pick up a donation from <a href="http://www.pvg.com/">Pleasant View Gardens</a>. Perhaps I can persuade them to make an additional donation later in the month. </li>
</ul>
Just a reminder that the sale is running through the month of May. The official hours of the plant sale are <b>Fri/Sat/Sun </b>from <b>11am - 5pm </b>(only 4 weekends this year, as opposed to 5 the past two years). These hours are just a guideline as we may actually start earlier and run later (depends how business is going).<br />
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BTW - A big thanks goes out to Susan G. of Newton, MA. She invited us over and contributed numerous perennials from her garden; elephant ear hostas, Black-eyed Susans, Rose Campion and Ornamental Grasses to name a few. (And thank you to Marlene for finding Susan on the Freecycle forums.)<br />
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If you know of anyone that might have something to contribute, please refer them to me. If they have perennials to divide in their gardens I can provide pots to put them in. Just let me know.Aaron (worker bee)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01930263709438346239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-23459993438784813752011-12-23T07:37:00.001-05:002011-12-23T07:37:12.407-05:00A way to join in the fun<span id="cleanprint_content">Seasons Greetings Fellow New Englanders, </span><br />
For the past few years when people ask me what I want for Christmas I ask that they make a donation to a charity. It used to be St. Jude's and I would get a very nice acknowledgement card from them. I think most large organizations do this. This year a good friend of mine got married (she is in her 50's) and although it was her first marriage, she, like me, does not need another "thing". I gave her her wedding invitation in a silver frame and a donation to the Childrens' Hospital in Boston. (She was also sort of styling her wedding on a lower scale Will and Kate version and that was along the line of what they requested as wedding gifts). <br />
In response to my "Question Impossible", along with great responses from diggerdee and diggingthedirt, gardenweed sent me a lot of perennial seeds to wintersow for Michelle's (ontheteam) Childrens' Hospital plant sale in May. I've tried wintersowing before with mixed results and was wondering if there is anyone out there who would be able to help. This is what I propose - if you're in the greater Boston area (I live in Newton) select at least 2 seed packages from the list below and wintersow them for the plant sale and "give" the plants and your time and efforts as a gift to someone this year (just include a notation in a card). As long as there are at least 20 plants (or if you pick more than 2 seeds, at least 10 plants per seed package) in the Spring, I'll come pick them up. If your wintersowing efforts are not successful, at least you tried and you'll get some experience for the future. If you succeed, you'll be donating some plants to the plant sale but also get to keep some to give the remainder to family, friends or swaps. Either way, you've given the person who has everything a gift of yourself to benefit the Childrens' Hospital. I'm trying to make this a win-win for everyone so if you're interested or have any other idea, please send me an email. <br />
Thank you for you time and patience reading my long winded message. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! <br />
Iris sibirica - Siberian iris (at least 50 seeds) <br />
Stokesia laevis 'Klaus Jelitto' - Stokes Astor (at least 25 seeds) <br />
Dianthus barbatus - Sweet William 'Sooty' (at least 50 seeds) <br />
Baptisia australis - False Indigo 'Starlite Prarieblues' (at least 50 seeds) <br />
Baptisia australis - False Indigo (at least 25 seeds) <br />
Verbascum chaixil var. album - mullein 'Milk Shake' (at least 100 seeds) <br />
Gaillardia aristata - Blanket Flower (at least 50 seeds) <br />
Lychnis coronaria - Rose Companion (at least 100 seeds) <br />
Dianthus plumarius - Cottage pinks (at least 25 seeds) <br />
Hosta 'Sieboldiana Elegans' - Plantain lily (at least 100 seeds) <br />
Leucanthemum/chrysanthemum x superbum - Shasta Daisy (at least 50 seeds) <br />
Lupinus perennis - Lupine (red) (at least 25 seeds) <br />
Penstemon digitalis - Foxglove beardtongue 'Mystica' (at least 50 seeds) <br />
Trollius ledebourli - Chinese globeflower (at least 50 seeds) <br />
Aquilegia - Columbine (mix)(at least 100 seeds) <br />
Aquilegia vulgaris - Columbine 'Winky Mix' (at least 50 seeds) <br />
Phlox paniculata - tall garden phlox mixed (at least 25 seeds) <br />
Livingstone Seed Co. - 2 packages Lupine - Russell's Prize Mix <br />
Livingstone Seed Co. - 1 package Foxglove - Gloxinaflora Mix <br />
Burpee - 2 packages Iberis sempervirens - Candytuft <br />
Burpee - 3 pacages Painted Daisy Mixed Colors - Margarita MayorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158899072287592463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1716350323768556542.post-6431846091740659462011-12-22T20:32:00.000-05:002011-12-22T20:32:24.049-05:00CMN Endorsement Letter for 2012 Sale ;)Scroll down and click on the middle of the letter below to see a full screen view of it. CrazyPlantLady.org is now specifically named in the letter. Awesome! :)<br />
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