Pansies, lots of pansies!

We grow thousands of pansies every year in different sizes and styles of pots. Here are the seedlings just starting to pop. These seedlings are slightly bigger, probably about a week old.

Some trays on the bench in our propagating house.

(an especially warm greenhouse with underbench heat and more humidity.)

These pansies are ready to plant. Each tray holds 288 plants so as you can see, there are alot of little plants here!

This greenhouse is 144 ft. long and is filled with pansy pots from one end to the other. They will be ready to ship in March sometime.

Don't forget to fill out our poll. We'd like to hear what your favourite herb is!

Lots happening here!

Paperwhites just about ready to pop! These last quite a while inside. There are also mini daffodils, hyacinths and tulips popping up to bring spring into your home! An early crop of Columbine (officially known as Aquilegia) These are Osteospermum plants. They came as an unrooted cutting but are now growing roots beautifully. Yes, these are ivy/cascading geraniums! They are beautiful little plants and will be potted in the next week or two.

Ivy, ivy and more ivy! We've taken two batches of cutting and they are growing nicely in our Huron Ridge soil mixture.

Spring Fundraising

If you are looking for a fundraising idea for your organization, school, or athletic club - check us out! Go to our website www.huronridge.ca and click on fundraising for more information. We have a variety of items to pick from and do our best to assure you top quality products.

Have you been planning?

Now is the time to pour over those gardening magazines, seed catalogues and perennial plant books from the library! When the weather is dull and we can't be outside, we might as well dream of spring! We would like to hear from you if you are looking for a particular vegetable, herb or flower. Perhaps we will still have time to start that plant for you. Just comment on this blog or send us an email at info@huronridge.ca We want to grow what you, our customers want. Happy planning!

Planting time

This week and last week we've been planting pansies. We'll be planting them for awhile because they are planted as singles in 4" pots as well as mutliples in hanging baskets, ovals and square pots. The plants in this picture are singles in a 4" pot. Planting has been going fairly smoothly considering the cold snap we're having. The greenhouse is a fairly nice environment to be in but can be cool at times. We've been using lots of solid fuel this week! It takes Kevin a little longer to move snow, pots and soil around due to fuel lines freezing up and equipment being cold. We will definitely welcome the warmer, milder weather when it comes.

Pictures for our snowbirds

These pictures are for Dave and Carol who are

in Florida at the moment. I thought they should

see what fun we're having! Thank goodness for the wonderful tractor we have this year!

Enjoy the pictures!

Walking out of the winter weather

Lace up your walking shoes and come walk at Huron Ridge! We invite you to come Tuesdays and Fridays from 10-4 to walk our sidewalks.

This begins in January and carries through until the end of March. You can enjoy the fragrance of flowering primula and be invigorated as you watch spring begin to grow in the greenhouse. Every week there are changes as pots and hanging basket are planted and plants are seeded.

There's no charge, we view this as a way to give back to our community.

A New Year is here!

Hello! I trust you had a lovely holiday. Some of you are likely glad to be getting back into routine on this Monday morning. I sent my kids off to school with a twinge of regret as I do love having them around. Some might find that weird but it's true! It will be good for them to hit the books again and exercise their brains. :)

We layed out some new after school rules last night so we'll see how the week goes. Anyway, on to other things.

Our latest crop, primula, is beginning to bloom and brighten up the dull, grey benches. It is quite a picture when they are blooming vivaciously. The first plants will be heading to Ontario Flower Growers today and could show up in grocery stores, flower shops or a corner variety store. We sell them for $1.99, a nice little pick me up for someone and the bonus is they can be planted outside in the spring! They overwinter in most areas coming back year after year. The yellow ones smell wonderful too!