Jones Family Greenhouse

06/21/2026

We are having our LAMONT COUNTY FOOD BANK tray sale again. All proceeds to the Food bank. (we will also have a can for personal donations)/4107 #

We have had 4" of rain so far and more coming so we are surrounded by water, (with 3 pumps running) and there is water over the sidewalks in the greenhouse. You won't get your vehicle stuck because we have a paved driveway, and our parking lot is a good gravel one (with big puddles).

How it works: you buy a tray for $20, and fill it with plants one layer deep. Minimum value is $36, Maximum value is #107, depending on how you fill it.

10" hangers are $15 each or 2/$20
12" hangers (7 colors in each pot of million bells) $35

Bring your boots. I will update if it dries up.

06/14/2026

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06/12/2026

The time has finally arrived.
We are switching over to "SALE" mode.

All plants on tables and racks are BUY ONE GET ONE FREE.
Hangers that were $27 are now $20
Hangers that were $45 are now $40.

Still good selection of flowers, many veggies, strawberries, herbs, etc.

06/07/2026

Traffic kind of slowed down during the rainy time, so we have a good selection of plants left.
Quite a few tomatoes with plants of different sizes, lots of herbs, strawberries, peppers, cucs, squashes etc.

A good selection of lovely flowers as well as hanging baskets.

Hurry on over!!

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04/29/2026

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04/29/2026

We are opening on Friday, May 1. The old hours stand: 10 am to 6 pm, 7 days a week.
Google times may not be updated since it can take a day or two after I edit them. I don't want to remove "temporarily closed" before opening day.

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04/22/2026

Opening day will be Friday, May 1, come rain or come shine.

Bring your rubber boots--we are under water at the moment from snow melt and last night's rain.

And it is expected to snow again for the next 3 days.

Here is a photo of my garden (the sump pump is going, moving the water to the ditch in the corner, which is lower,

And if you look closely at the second photo, near the spruce trees, you can see that we have some guests who are loving the water in our driveway.

04/10/2026

Remember that soil temperature is not air temperature.
It can take several days to several weeks for soil temp. to catch up to air temp.
The top 2-4 inches will fluctuate as the air fluctuates.
Wet soil takes longer to heat up than drier soil.

04/10/2026

Here is a sneak peek at our coleus plants.
1. The Wizard Mix bedding plant kinds that prefer shade or part shade. The plants are growing nicely and now need to be cut back so they don't get long and lanky. Since not all the seedlings in the cells survived the transplant, I will root a few of the trimmings to fill in the gaps.
2. My favorite collection of the Sun Coleus. These get big, look great as the Thriller in a mixed pot, and they don't mind the sun.
3. A new (to us) sun coleus variety called "Skeletal". I love this one.

And the 1500 strawberry plants that I was muttering about planting a week and a half ago. Planting strawberry roots is my least favorite greenhouse activity. But they are doing well