May Day ~ May 1st
Gathering flowers and branches has long been a tradition and "bringing in the May" is a popular activity on May 1. Today baskets are often filled with flowers and then placed on people's doorsteps or tied to the door handle, as they ring the doorbell and dash away before they are caught. You can keep the May Day spirit alive yourself by making a special May Day basket or using any small basket to fill with flowers to give to a friend.
Delightful and fun, you can purchase small pots of flowers at Palmers to fill your baskets this year! Tie a bow or ribbon streamers onto the handle if you wish to fasten it to the door handle of a friend. These are great to place on a desk and cheer up the work place as well.
Plan Ahead
Memorial Day is only a few weeks away. Have you picked out your Red White & Blue flowers for your gardens or containers? You can order red, white and blue color pots now for guaranteed holiday delivery. Or bring your containers in to the center and we'll help you pick out the right plants and flowers for your light and watering conditions. We also offer potting services so you can leave them with us and usually pick them up within 48 hours.
Farmers Almanac May 2009
1 Most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant, and other above ground crops. Plant seed beds and flower gardens.2-6 A barren period. Favorable for killing plant pests, cultivating, or taking a short vacation.
7-8 Excellent time for planting corn, beans, peppers, and other above ground crops. Favorable time for sowing hay, fodder crops, and grains. Plant flowers.
9-11 Plant carrots, beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops at this time. Cabbage, lettuce, and other leafy vegetables will do well. Plant seed beds.
12-13 Do no planting.
14-15 Plant late beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, and other root crops.
16-18 Kill plant pests on these barren days.
19-20 Favorable days for planting root crops. Also good for vine crops that can be planted now. Set strawberry plants.
21-22 Poor planting, fine for cultivating or spraying.
23-24 First day good for planting root crops. Second day favorable for planting beans, corn, cotton, tomatoes, peppers, and other above ground crops.
25-26 Any seed started now will tend to rot.
27-28 Most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant, and other above ground crops. Plant seed beds and flower gardens.
29-31 A barren period. Good for killing plant pests, cultivating, or taking a short vacation.
source: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home_garden/gardening
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