Get excited!

New Happenings: Look for our commercial on channel 7 during the 12-1pm newscast starting today; Monday through Friday for the next two weeks through June 11.

Herb Recipes: Dill

TOMATOES WITH FRESH DILL

6 lg. ripe tomatoes

1/4 c. olive oil

1/4 c. minced fresh dill or 2 tbsp. dried

1 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

Cut tomatoes into wedges. Toss with remaining ingredients. Makes 8 servings.

VEGETABLE DILL DIP

1 cup sour cream

1 cup mayonnaise

1 tbsp. dill weed

1 tsp. parsley flakes

1 tsp. seasoned salt

1 tsp. Accent (optional)

1 tsp. minced onion

dash garlic powder

Mix all ingredients together thoroughly. Ready to eat immediately, but tastes best after setting about an hour to let spices mingle.

OPEN HOUSE

We are officially open for the 2010 season this Saturday May 1st! We have some fun things planned for the happy occasion!

Herb Talk and Recipes at 11:00am

"Take a walk on the wild side"

Wildflower talk at 1:00

Potting Shed -

Children (12 and under) can pot a Marigold or Pepper plant to take home FREE! Adults can participate too! Just bring in a container to plant, our knowledgeable staff will assist you with your plant selection, purchase your plants we will supply the soil and your on your way!

UPCOMING EVENTS

APRIL 2010

Look for Eckert's Greenhouse at the Spring Home and Garden Show at the Rock Financial Showplace April 9-11, booth 1551-1559.

April 17th Eckert's Celebrates Earth Day with the Sterling Heights Nature Center from 12-2 stop by and go GREEN!

Earth Day Week at Eckert's Greenhouse April 23-25. Area school children will be coming into the greenhouse to learn about Earth Day and to tour the greenhouse and see what we are doing to go GREEN!

Join Eckert's Greenhouse in Rochester April 23-25, for MI Earth Day fest, Michigan's largest Green and wellness event.

MAY 2010

May 9 Eckert's Greenhouse will be joining the Junior League of Birmingham for the Dash to Destiny 5k and 1 mile walk.

ON GOING

Seed to Feed Program in conjunction with Forgotten Harvest. Please contact the greenhouse to register to receive vegetable seeds to grow and send the harvest to Forgotten Harvest.

586-979-2409

The Weekender

Introducing the homeowner version of the
H2O Labor Saver:

The "Weekender"

The Weekender is the only lifetime hanging basket on the market with a removable liner. Why a removable liner? It makes clean up easier and you can swap out the liners for quick changes! The biggest benefit of the Weekender is it will save thousands of single use plastic containers (traditional hanging baskets) from going to the landfill. Improving our carbon footprint! This plastic is also recyclable!

Available in 5 colors -

Also visit our new Facebook page (click on the badge on the right). For more information go to our website and click on the Weekender tab.

Happy Holidays From Eckert's!!!

Eckert's Greenhouse has a large inventory of poinsettia's available.

Our poinsettia's come in many different colors.

All that glitters isn't necessarily gold! Choose from several colors of glitter.

Outdoor decor also available.

We are also available to decorate munincipal and comercial properties.

Recipe #2

Lemon Basil Bowties (4 servings) 1 pound bowtie or other short pasta 1/2 cup packed fresh lemon Basil leaves chopped 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil Grated peel of one lemon 3/4 cup pine nuts toasted Salt 1 1/2 cups cottage cheese or ricatta cheese 1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the pasta until al dente; drain. 2. Transfer the pasta to a large serving bowl and toss with the olive oil. Add the toasted pine nuts, cottage cheese, basil and lemon peel and toss. Season to taste with salt.