Goodbye Fostine's
I was saddened to return home from a Thanksgiving jaunt to the Bay Area to find that Fostine's Nursery on Nord had become a vacant lot. Don't know when this happened, but I have have patronized them more than once over the last few years, and they were also generous enough to donate plants and seeds to school garden efforts. They will be missed. For those shopping for a new nursery, I would recommend the following local businesses, in no particular order:
The Saturday Farmer's Market (esp. for vegetable starts)
Little Red Hen
Magnolia Gift and Garden
Plant Barn
Floral Native Nursery (for native plants)
Mendon's (for folks in Paradise)
Hello Eggs
Chico Natural Foods is now selling free-range local eggs (from Orland), in bulk, at 25 cents each. Watch out, Saturday Farmer's Market--At $3.00 a dozen, that is 1/3 less than most of the vendors. Not sure how they managed to get the price so low, but you do have to bring your own empty carton. Apparently some cartons are available at times, but not on this particular visit--next time. Does anyone know much about the quality/source of these eggs?
About Me: Jeremy wears many hats, including substitute teacher, school garden educator, hike leader, youth group advisor, Gardener's Swap Meet coordinator, husband, and father. His lifelong quests include the search for the perfect burrito, and more recently, how to sprout an avocado tree from a pit.
Jeremy, This could be quite a long response but I'll keep it short. First question. Are they Organic? If they are being fed Organic feed yes, they would be a great deal. But at that price I doubt it.Seriously doubt it. Or some Farmer fell off the tractor and bumped their head.
I priced Organic feed Vs Conventional feed today.
Organic 23.95 Vs 12.40 for Conventional.
Your a smart guy. I bet you can do the math.Looks like to me Organic fed eggs are a deal at $5.00/dozen and the $3.00/dozen are pretty pricey.
Come by the booth we'll have chat.