Archive for September, 2010
Thayer Nursery Guarantees Bug-Free Firewood
Monday, September 27th, 2010
Isn’t all firewood the same?
Absolutely not. In fact, even all kiln-dried firewood is not the same and here’s why.
Firewood must be seasoned before you can use it. When wood is first harvested it’s green, with very high moisture content. It doesn’t burn well and it may smoke, or sputter. It also can produce creosote, a black oily accretion that builds up inside chimney flues as a result of wood that doesn’t burn completely. Creosote can clog up your chimney. Seasoning dries the wood.
Kiln-dried firewood has been seasoned by drying in a kiln. With this method, as opposed to leaving the wood out to season in the elements, the firewood is placed in kilns and essentially baked at 200 degrees for three days, which forces the moisture out. The wood is then completely dry. Complete dry wood will burn more cleanly and efficiently.
So, why use Thayer Nursery kiln-dried dried firewood?
- It is guaranteed insect and insect -larvae free
- It is guaranteed disease free
- Thayer firewood is all hardwoods
- The wood is oven dried at 200 degrees for three days so moisture content is less than 25%
- It has been kept completely under cover in a wood barn on a concrete floor for its entire life – all season long
Safe and dry in the Wood Barn
You can trust that Thayer kiln-dried firewood is bug and bug-larvae-free, so it is safe to store it in your garage or basement. You can be sure that each piece will burn clean and longer, cutting down your trips to the wood pile, and you can trust that since it burns completely with very little ash and less creosote build-up, you will have less chimney cleaning to do.
Come up to the Nursery and we’ll take you on a tour of the wood barn. See for yourself how we take care of the wood that will take care of you this winter.
Fall Fashion Plants at Thayer Nursery
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Starting September 24th and going through October 1st, ‘Boston Fashion Week has served as a fertile proving ground for fashion talents and now is the ideal time of year for locals to explore new ideas and express themselves.’
This season, the Thayer Nursery Fall 2010 collections include:
Conservative Glamour: ‘return to quality and classic style- that have real staying power. streamlined simplicity in a muted color palette.’
Echinacea ‘summer skies’, Pennisetum ‘karly rose’ &
Heuchera ‘marmalade’
Eccentric Ladylike: ‘not afraid of color — lots of bold ones paired together in seemingly off combos that as a whole work wonderfully. quirky combinations with mixed prints. mixing of patterns …and pulling together disparate motifs. A perennial muse who, even in the most minimal of moments, pops up somewhere unexpectedly.
Rudbekia ‘indian summer’, Aster ‘henry 1’ & Dryopteris ‘autumn’
Bohemian Rhapsody: ‘like a posh Stevie Nicks minus the frayed edges. flowy, flowery frocks. an artier take on boho with tons of froth, frills, layers and anything that will flutter in a light breeze.’
Buddleia ‘pink delight’, Hibiscus ‘brandy punch’, Lavender ‘munstead’ & the fairy Rose
Urban Warrior: ‘prefers minimal to more, and who definitely loves a little luxe.’
Pennisetum ‘maudry’, Heuchera ‘Beaujolais’ & Echinacea ‘fatal attraction’
stop by and check out our Newest Arrivals and
make your garden one of this falls Best Dressed.
Three Stars of the Colorful Fall Garden
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Every season has its stars in the garden, and fall flowering perennials are some of the brightest performers in the cast. Often stately and tall, fall bloomers tend to show off the tones of the season, deep purples, burgundy, red and gold. Here are some sensational stars for your garden in the fall.
Chrysanthemums
The ringleaders of the fall colors, these “mums”, come in many shades of purple, pink, red, yellow and white and grace every doorstep, doorway, and garden in NE right about now.
Sedum
Sedum looks good all year, requires minimal attention and attracts few problems. Then it throws us this wonderful encore in the fall with a brilliant display of color.
Asters
Asters start popping open in late August and continue doing so until frost. You can see them in shades of pink, purple, blue and white and these airy daisy-like blossoms are truly charming.
Our fall collection has arrived, so if you want to see these beauties, and other fall show offs, stop by the nursery and say hello.
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