http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com Mother's Day weekend at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Tue, 18 May 2010 03:43:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Friday during the sale, we were visited by a KSTP Channel 5 cameraman. Here's the result of his work. Yes, that really is me in what I call my "Plant Sale regalia." Wearing wool under the t-shirt, and hoarse from laryngitis. http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/514 Well, we sold every single plant by the end of Sunday! Thanks to everyone who came and shopped, and especially to our incredible volunteers who made it all happen. The checkout line got pretty long on Sunday, but it kept moving and I believe (from what I've heard so far) was ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/513 Everything left at the Friends School Plant Sale is half price today! I walked through the whole sale last night (oops, I have to admit I didn't check the Rare Plants booth) and I'd say there are substantial quantities of many of the varieties we originally listed in all areas. ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/512 The morning line was a bit slower than usual to build up, on account of the rain. But by opening there were over a thousand hardy souls outside with umbrellas and carts of all types. It rained steadily throughout the day, to everyone's misery. (The plants that are outside were happy, ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/511 http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/510 A brief moment of rest for these middle school students, who cheerfully spent days unloading trucks, organizing plants, and generally getting things ready for the sale to open. http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/509 Up until Thursday we were doing our best to keep the crop failure list up to date. Unfortunately, I have to say that at this point the list is substantially larger than what is shown here but I don't have the time to get it posted (have to sleep to ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/505 Solanum pyracanthum (AKA Porcupine Tomato) I know that there are other gardeners who like out-of-the-ordinary plants as much as I do, but I admit that this prickly monster is a stretch. At last year's sale I bought eight tiny Firethorn plants and thoroughly enjoyed having them in my garden. Every ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/508 I was making spring rolls the other night and thought, wow, I could actually purchase all of the produce necessary for spring rolls this year from the Friends School Plant sale and grow it in my backyard! To decide that you are going to make spring rolls and then ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/507 While visiting one of the local greenhouses that supply the Friends School Plant Sale, Henry found a plant he had never seen before. But when he showed it to the head grower, she said, "Oh, those are Song's plants." Luckily for Henry, Song is the only Hmong employee at the greenhouse ... http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/archives/501