Chief John Murphy Scholarship Dinner

This is going to make someone happy...is it YOU!

We put together this great tool box filled with lots of great tools and you could be the one taking it home. This tool box will be a part of the great donations available at the "Chief John Murphy Scholarship Fund" dinner Saturday, September 17th. The dinner is held at the Foothill Fire Station in Brownsville and benefits all of our local community. Dinner and dancing. Tickets are still available 675-0633.

Buy 3 Get 1 Free Paint Sale

3 Days Only!!

Hurry in and pick you favorite color or two or three colors!!

My favorites - Cinnamon Toast (C12-4) and Rum Raisin (c12-7)

Canning Season is HERE!!

Shelves and isles are stocked with EVERYTHING you need to give your family the best of summer throughout the year.
Pretty jars for gifts, big jars for bulk and every size in between. Come by and see our new pickling crocks, take a look at the Ball canning guide for great recipes. Ask the Ace girls at the counter what they have been canning! I did Peach-Honey Butter for the first time and it is amazing. (Even makes a good Barbecue sauce for pork chops)

Check out this new item... uses less water and heats back up faster. I tried it this year and love it!

Fall Flowers and Vegetables

Now is the perfect time to get your Fall/Winter Vegetable garden started. Plants are arriving every Wednesday. Some items we currently have are: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Green Cabbage, Red Cabbage, Kale and Chard.
This week I harvested the rest of my beets and carrots, then worked the soil in my raised bed, and added Alfalfa Meal, Steer Manure and a bag of Ocean Forest Potting Soil. I let everything sit for a couple of days (mostly because I was busy) then worked the soil one more time and planted Broccoli. My kids are so excited to see the Broccoli plants going in - they remember picking and eating it right from the garden last year.

Winter color can be very exciting. Come in and see the beautiful "Smiles" on our pretty Pansies, Violas and Chrysanthmums!!

"Micky Mouse"

Lots to choose from, come in and take a look.

What 'ya eating??

Right now in our home garden we are enjoying Zucchini, Cherry Tomatoes, (big varieties are not getting ripe with this weather), Egg Plant, Peppers, Beets, Carrots, Green Beans, Basil, Dill, Cilantro, and Parsley.

What are you enjoying?

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Summer Gardens

Here is a local garden just built this season. 8 raised beds were created from our 1" x 12" x 16' locally milled cedar. Three boards makes two 4' x 8' boxes that are 12 inches deep.
We now carry bulk soils for filling the boxes or amending your own garden space. Please email your garden photos to foothillacehardware@hotmail.com and share your success.

You have to see it...

You have to see the Garden Center to believe it!! An entire truck load of beautiful perennials and vegetable were just delivered yesterday and the garden center looks and feels like spring. Come on in and we'll help you get your dream garden started TODAY.

Free Food & No Taxes

Shelley and Erin aka "Ace Grill Gals" will be cooking it up!!

We appreciate every customer, please come by and let us thank you personally with a free lunch.

Mike, Shelley, Emma and Benjamin Mangini and the Staff of Foothill Ace Hardware

Thank YOU!

Tomatoes and Vegetables

Our Potter Valley grower "Red Tail Farms", has just delivered some amazing 4" tomatoes.

16 different varieties and all grown just for us here in the Foothills.

Thick sturdy stems with beautiful foliage. You can almost taste the salsa, pasta sauce and that BLT will be oh so yummy.

Our greenhouse is full of wonderful spring vegetables. Annual and perennial flowers are in and blooming everywhere. Our little birds have begun to nest and even the humming birds have returned. Come on in and see Spring in action.

Stop and Smell the Roses

A beautiful and fragrant shipment has just arrived here at Foothill Ace Hardware.

We have a large selection of fully budded/flowering Hybrid Tea, Grandiflora, Climber and 36" Tree Roses - Smells and Feels like Spring is really here to stay.

Come by the garden center and "Stop and Smell the Roses!!"

We also have all the supplies to plant your rose and keep it healthy.

Including special DEER Repellent!!!

Gas Generator Sale

Apache AGG 8800E Gas Generator - Sale $1259.00

Electric start

Back up pull start
Large wheels for portability

Capable of continuous 8 hour run time

Fully powered control panel with volt meter.

Tri Tip Luncheon

This Benefit Luncheon will help an innocent woman recover from injuries caused by the brutal attack of Monday morning, December 27th by a heartless thug. Proceeds from this event will be used to help with the resulting medical & dental expenses. Please help us put a smile back on her face!

Menu will be: Tri-Tip Sandwich, Potato Salad / Macaroni Salad, Beans and Dessert for $8.00 per person. Meat donated by the Lake Francis Resort will be prepared by the competition BBQ Team "Slap It, Flip It, Rub it Down" Alcouffe Community Center ~ 9185 Marysville Rd, Oregon House ~Saturday, March 12th ~ 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm .For Advance Tickets Call: Cathy Monroe at 530/635-5677

This Gardener's Gift Basket and many other donations from a very caring community will be raffled on Saturday. We hope you can be there.

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Plant of the Month

The Plant of the Month

is

PRIMROSE

All 4" Primrose are on sale for

$.99 cents each

Sale Ends March 31, 2011

Starting Seeds

Starting your own seeds doesn't have to be expensive.

Seeds need light, warmth, moisture and a place to grow.

These egg shells will make great little starter pots. By cracking the egg at the smaller end instead of in the middle, I was able to create the perfect little pot, for pennies. First I poked a hole in the bottom to let the water drain, then filled each egg with seed starting mix. I planted one seed in each shell covered and watered until moist. I have placed them in a sunny window to germinate.
We will follow their progress into the garden.

Grapes

Bare Root Grapevines

50% off

Choose from Tompson, Flame, Crimson

and Autumn Royal.

All Seedless.

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Strawberry Pot

Terracotta Strawberry Planter

This type of pot also works great for herbs, succulents and annual flowers.

Planting a terracotta Strawberry pot.

1. Get the pot adequately moist. Terracotta pots will wick all of the water out of your soil unless you moisten them before planting. To do this, simply lay your pot in a tub of water for about an hour. It will soak up water so it won't suck it out of the soil later.

2. Place a piece of window screening or broken flower pot over the drainage hole so the soil doesn't leak out.

3. Fill with soil until you reach the lowest level of pockets. Insert your strawberry plants in these pockets, filling around them with soil. Make sure the crown of the plants is just above soil level.
Insert either a one-inch PVC pipe drilled with holes along its length or a cardboard tube from wrapping paper near the center of the pot, but not directly over the drainage hole. You will be using this as a watering pipe to ensure that all of the pockets get adequate moisture.

4. Continue filling to each level of pockets and inserting plants.
Stop adding soil when you get to two inches below the rim of the pot. You can add three to four plants in the top of the container, and fill in with soil around them.

5. Water everything in well. Pour water down the tube, on the soil at the top of the pot, and into each pocket (do this slowly so the water doesn't make the soil slosh out.)

6. Place your pot in a spot that gets at least six hours of sun per day. You will soon be enjoying berries on your cereal or a strawberry shortcake.

Strawberries

Looks like Summer!!
Strawberry Plants are in, also strawberry pots in 2 sizes.
Perennial garden strawberries come in three main types, defined by when they bear fruit, according to Barbara L. Bowling, author of "The berry Grower's Companion. The three types are June-bearers (also called short-days), day-neutrals and ever-bearers.

June-bearers, are the most widely grown by home gardeners. As their name implies, they produce their crop in June.
Day-neutrals, which are gaining popularity, bear a modest crop along with the June-bearers and then continue to produce fruits into the fall. Day-neutrals, though, generally do not thrive in areas that have hot summers.
Ever-bearers, which sometimes are confused with day-neutrals, bear from early summer into fall but have lower-quality berries than the day-neutrals.

In many areas, if you grow a combination of these types, you will be able to harvest your own sun-ripened strawberries from late May to October every year