June 2012 Produce Parable
by Adam Calder, Produce Manager

Some of you may recall the large cement flower gardens Wheatsfield had out in front of the store the first year or so after our expansion. Those things were beasts, a little too large for the size of our parking lot. With much sadness, we decided to remove those flower gardens but they were never far from our minds.

A couple of months ago there was a great DIY (Do It Yourself) article in the Organic Gardening magazine we sell at Wheatsfield. The article showed easy step-by-step instructions and pictures detailing how to make wooden raised beds for gardening. With the help of my roommates, we ended up with two great looking raised beds in our front yard, beds which are now full of a variety of happily growing flowers. The ease and low cost of their construction coupled with their attractiveness when complete and full of plants prompted me to show the DIY article to my supervisor. She showed it to our general manager, and everyone agreed Wheatsfield needed to build a couple of these out back. read more