[AmityNewsEletter] Latest news from Amity Heritage Roses - trying again!

[Tracy and Janet Sclar]



Hi Folks!

Well, by now you've probably realized we've had a software snafu with  
our newsletter list.  We apologize for unwanted emails - goodness,  
don't we all get enough of those already?

So, while we're at it...here's some news, since some of you mentioned  
that you hadn't heard from us in awhile.

1.  If you are eager to hear what's up with us then check out our new  
blog that we started earlier this year.  We're not real regular on  
it, but it does keep a better pulse on what's happening around here  
than anything else (short of moving in with us!).   It's a mishmash  
of our interests and Janet's enjoyment of writing: http:// 
www.amityheritageroses.com/blog.html

2.  Now into June already, we are still shipping spring orders of  
plants...along with many apologies.  The nearly unheard of snow this  
winter seems to have been a precursor to a very cold spring and  
anyone in this area trying to grow a crop is about two months  
behind.  Janet is a board member of the county Farm Bureau and we're  
both involved with local Farmers' Markets, so yes, misery does love  
company, and it is good to know that it's not just us!  We know  
that's not much comfort for those of you in the Southwest who wanted  
to plant in January, but if there was any doubt before, let us say it  
here, we are an agricultural business and Tracy grows these things  
himself.  Until we invest in greenhouse improvements we are dependent  
on the weather (and hurt by it when it is not cooperative).

3.  Therefore...Tracy has been expanding propagation for summer  
shipping and plans to do more of this is the coming years.  Our  
weather is more opportune for growing baby roses in spring/summer  
rather than winter/spring, so look for more summer shipping (and  
maybe fall, depending on how things go) in the future.

4.  However, we're also looking at ways to get rose plants out the  
door in January, even if they aren't our own, so changes will be  
coming for next year.  More details will come in the fall/winter  
newsletter.

5.  We intend to bite the bullet this summer/fall and put a shopping  
cart on the website and take payment up front like most other  
internet businesses do now.  Early this season we indirectly found  
out that our "Secure Order Form" was old-technology and not "secure"  
through all pathways to our email box.  We immediately stopped taking  
payment information over the internet and put up a toll-free number  
instead.  A shopping cart will save both us and customers at least  
one or two extra steps, and the plants will be able to ship  
immediately when they are ready.  There will be less cause for delay,  
and no frustration over miscommunications or garbled credit card  
digits.  It's less personal, but in the end you'll get your plants  
faster and in better condition, and that's what we're ultimately all  
about!

6.  Until then, we're still operating as usual and have about 60+  
varieties getting ready to ship in the next 3-5 weeks.  Tracy's  
recommending Darlow's Enigma (a fragrant, shade tolerant, single  
white Hybrid Musk climber to about 12' or grown as a very large  
Shrub), Tournament of Roses ("a shapely pink flower with just enough  
peach coloring to make it interesting", AARS winning Grandiflora from  
1988), and Be-Bop (a really heathy Shrub that gets a little wider  
than tall, with eye-catching red single blooms with a unique yellow  
star-shaped center).
              

Well, that's it for now.  It's been a most unusual season thus far.   
It's had its joys and headaches.  Thanks as usual for your interest  
in our plants.  There would be no AHR if it weren't for YOU!

Tracy and Janet
Amity  Rose & Garden Nursery/Amity Heritage Roses
PO Box 357
Hydesville, CA  95547
voicemail/fax: 707-768-2040, toll-free 1-877-768-2040

http://AmityHeritageRoses.com

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