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Nematode Nick's Landscaping |
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A Beautiful Yard Naturally |
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Organic Thymes |
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Welcome to our first edition of the Organic Thymes. Leslie and I are very excited about the upcoming year and all of the new things we are planning. First and foremost we have brought our son Travis on board to help with our expansion. Travis is a graduate of Samuel Clemens High School and has been helping us on an as needed basis since we started our business 5 years ago. Travis is very knowledgeable and we are excited about his joining us full time. Nematode Nick’s will continue to offer our all Natural Lawn Treatment and our Picture Perfect Landscapes. This January we are starting up our landscape maintenance program Mow Better, (cutting, edging and more) for those who are too busy to do it themselves, and Landscapes to Go. This is for people who need help with landscape design but are willing to do the labor themselves. For more details check out our website. www.nematodenick.com |
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$10 OFF YOUR FIRST “MOW BETTER” SERVICE Schedule your service today! Spring has sprung, fall has fell. Fire ants are back, I want to yell!!! For fire ant control Use beneficial Nematodes or Green Lights Fire Ant Control with Conserve for control in your entire lawn. I recommend Gardenvile’s Aunti Fuego for spot treatment. |
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Nematode Nick’s Landscaping |
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January 1st 2009 |
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Plant of the Season |
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Low maintenance perennial with large, showy, high quality fuchsia-colored flowers. Improved sterile hybrid so it's in almost constant bloom summer till frost. A very refined H. moscheutos type; tolerates alkaline soils. Hardiness: Zone 5 Exposure: Full sun Size: Height 4 feet tall, 4 feet wide Bloom Time: Summer till frost. |
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Flare Rose Mallow Hibiscus |
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Proper mulching of new plants and existing plants will go a long way to keeping your plants healthy. Proper mulching stabilizes moisture and temperature. In most cases adding a layer of mulch 3 to 4 inches deep is desirable. Be sure to keep the mulch pulled away from the trunk or stem of the plants. |
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Sunday January 18, 2:00 pm |
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Events |
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Gazacho Cold Mexican soup. 1 cup finely chopped and peeled tomato 1 cup each: finely chopped green pepper, celery and cucumber 1 cup finely chopped onion 1 tsp. snipped cilantro (more or less to taste) 1 tsp. snipped parsley 1 tsp. snipped garlic chives 1 tsp. finely minced garlic 2 tbsp. white wine vinegar 2 tbsp. olive oil 1 tsp salt Freshly ground pepper to taste 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1 46 oz. can tomato juice Combine all ingredients in a stainless steel or glass bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill at least 4 hours. Keeps up to 4 days in refrigerator. |
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I am so excited about our new venture into to the journalistic world of newsletters. I have received many newsletters in my life and have always enjoyed reading them. Although some may disagree with me, I especially enjoy getting Christmas newsletters. My mother was the Queen of the Christmas letters and set the standard for me. I’ll try not to let her down in my attempt at writing my article for Organic Thymes. My experience with herbs has been mostly in the area of growing them not necessarily using them. I grow them because they are pretty in the garden and most of the herbs I’ve grown have been for medicinal reasons not necessarily for cooking. Those who know me, (and have heard Nick whine about ) know that I do not like to cook I am trying to change that as I have become a big fan of Rachael Ray and she makes it look so easy. I’ll let you know how that turns out. When growing herbs it is important to remember that there are different types of herbs based on the time of year they grow best. In this article I want to discuss cool weather herbs. Cool weather herbs grow best during the late fall or early spring. With care and attention they have been known to survive a mild winter. Examples: parsley, cilantro, dill, and chamomile. Unfortunately, most nurseries offer herb starts only in the spring without taking into consideration the best time of year for individual herbs. My favorite of the cool herbs is cilantro. Cilantro is a member of the parsley family and is what gives salsas and picante sauces that extra zing. Plant cilantro after the last frost, in well drained soil and in full sun. It is not necessary to fertilize cilantro. (and most herbs) This just encourages flower production which in turn causes the plant to go to seed. Once the plant has gone to seed, it dies. Try to pinch back the flowers as they appear and harvest the leaves often to keep the plant producing. My mother was an accomplished gourmet cook, author of nine cookbooks and loved using herbs in all her recipes. I grew up at her side, learning from the best. (Yes, I know I said I didn’t like to cook. I can cook and am pretty good at it, I just don’t like to.) So it is only fitting that I use one of her recipes. My mother was an accomplished gourmet cook, author of nine cookbooks and loved using herbs in all her recipes. I grew up by her side, learning from the best. So it is only fitting that I use one of her recipes. |
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All about herbs |
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Recipe |
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Going Green |
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I am asked what going green means to me. I can sum it up simply. Going Green is restoring God’s balance in our environment. Since World War II when the Chemical Revolution started, man has been using chemicals for a quick fix on just about everything. Instant gratification is not necessarily a good thing. Using chemicals in the soil has robbed the soil of important nutrients. Foods today are generally less nutritious than the same foods 50 years ago. Chemical fertilizers do not add any thing back to the soil. God intended for plants to get their nutrients from the decaying organic matter that occurs naturally. This “compost” is loaded with nutrients which replenishes the soil. Compost increases the microbial activity in the soil. These microbes break down the leaves, twigs, dead animals etc. into the nutrients the plants use to produce their food. Chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides deplete the microbes and in time will kill the soil. Going Green is the smart and safe way to live. Contact Nematode Nick’s to show you how to restore God’s balance to your environment. |
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Organic Products |
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Not just for lawns! 7-2-2 is a wonderful tree and plant fertilizer. Premium Lawn Fertilizer 7-2-2 is a time-tested formulation with Houactinate, bat guano, urea, feather meal, K-mag, molasses, humate and other natural ingredients. Prized among homeowners and professionals alike as a natural, slow release fertilizer. Use at the rate of 10 lbs per 1,000 sq. ft. For best results always water it in to quickly stimulate all the beneficial soil life. |
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Testimonial |
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Joke |
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How do you tell a weed from a valuable plant? If you pull on it and it comes out easily it is a valuable plant. |
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I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden. ~John Erskine |
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Many of you may have wondered how Neemy became the logo for Nematode Nicks. We must first explain how Nick became “Nematode Nick”. At the nursery where Nick got his start, several of the employees were having a discussion about giving Nick an appropriate nickname to use in the article Nick was writing for the nursery’s monthly newsletter. Nick was starting the new organic landscaping program for the nursery and his monthly article was to promote this new program. Several suggestions were made, naturally, some not so appropriate. Nothing was decided at that time but when the newsletter came out that next month, there was Nick’s article signed by “Nematode Nick”. I guess the owner made an executive decision. Nick has been “Nematode Nick” ever since. When the time came for Nick to open his own business, we needed an appropriate logo to go with the name. We found a picture of a worm in a graphics program on line and colored it green. We liked what we saw but something was missing. When Nick was working at the nursery he always wore a safari hat for protection from the sun. By chance he found a red one in a catalog and that hat became his trademark. Other employees at the nursery would tell customers looking for Nick out in the yard to “Look for the guy in the red hat“. The red hat was what was missing on the green worm. We found another graphic on line, put in on the worm’s head and “Neemy” was born. |
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History of Neemy |
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We were extremely pleased with the landscaping Nick designed for us. We have a small and unusual shaped yard in our new home, and Nick's creativity transformed it into a paradise of color and foilage. The various palm trees and flowers create a tropical mood and the koi pond is a relaxing diversion tucked away in the corner. Our yard actually seems bigger with the depth created by the strategic placement of the trees and flower beds. One year later, all of the plants are thriving and have grown beyond our expectations. The work done was excellent and top quality and finished in the promised time. Nick's vast knowledge of the local area's climate and environment allowed him to recommend the best plants and trees for our particular area and we were pleased with his organic approach to landscaping. We would not hesitate to recommend Nick to any of our friends and family for their landscaping needs." --Marc and Jennifer Caudill |