Azle Store:                                         
2/15/2012

Black sex link pullets
Rhode Island Red pullets
Buff Orpington pullets
Barred Rock pullets
Sil Wyandotte pullets
Ameraucana pullets

2/22/12
Ameraucana pullets
Buckeye pullets
Delaware pullets
Dominique pullets
Silver-gray dorking pullets
Salmon faverolle pullets
Black giant pullets

2/29/12
Ideal 236 pullets
Black sex link pullets
Production red pullets
Black australorp pullets
Std astd cochin pullets
Ancona pullets
Bronze turkey straight runs
White turkey straight runs

Benbrook Store:
Buff Orpington
Bared Rocks
Rhode Island Reds
Ameraucana

Camp Bowie Store:
Assorted Pullets
Bantums
Ducks

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Here are some items you can plant now: onions, seed potatoes, turnips, collards, spinach, broccoli, beets, asparagus, cabbage, kale and more. These vegetables can be planted by seed or from plants.  There is nothing better than home grown vegetables.

We have a great supply of organic products to add to your gardens:

• Cow Manure
• Cotton Burr Compost
• Organic Compost
• Top Soils and more  

If space is an issue, try a raised garden.  Russell’s has a greatRaised Bed Mix to use in any raised bed. Raised bed garden kits are available in the stores. Raised Bed Mix can also be used for potted plants and flowerbeds.

Remember, the average last freeze date for this area is around March 13th.  Take care to cover your items if and when our weather drops.

With all the warm weather, now is the best time to apply a pre-emergence weed control.  You can use the organic Corn Gluten meal or a chemical product such as Dimension to help control weeds in your lawns.  The sooner you apply, the better weed control you will have.  Remember to apply again in late April or early May for summer weed control, and again in September.

Between the January rain and expected rainfall for February, our area should have a good pecan and fruit tree crop this year.  Remember to spray fruit and pecan trees regularly to help prevent insect and disease problems.  You can find additional information on spraying for fruit and nut trees at the Texas Cooperative Extension Service website.  They just posted a new guide.

Looking for gardening projects?  Consider these:

• Prune rose bushes back halfway
• Prune fruit trees and grapevines
• Thin out small branches on crape myrtles.  Do not top crape myrtles

Don’t forget the Fort Worth Cactus Succulent Society meeting on February 21, at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm.

Mike

Happy New Year and welcome to the 2012 garden season.  My goal for this newsletter is to give the most up-to-date and timely information for this gardening season.   With that said let me get started.  December brought us some much needed rain and mild temperatures.   The garden soils should be ready for you to work in your compost and other organic products.  Russell Feed & Supply carries a full line of Nature’s Guide organic products to help improve the gardens and lawns.  View Nature’s Guide website for product information http://natures-guide.com.

Once the soil is ready to plant stop by our stores ad pick up your onion plants, potato seeds, and fresh bulk and package seeds.  January is the time to start working on your gardens.  Here is a quick guide:

• Plant Onions  Jan. 5^th, English Peas Jan.19^th and Spinach Jan. 19^th
• Spray fruit and pecan trees with a Horticulture oil / All Season Spray
• Prune fruit trees
• Prune off damaged and weak tree limbs
• Plant fruit trees, pecan trees, grape and berry plants
• Fescue and Rye grass seed can still be planted

The average rainfall for January is 1.90” so have rain barrels set up and ready to catch every drop, the plants my need the water later in the year.  For information on water resources check out Dotty Woodson with Texas AgriLife Extension http://dallas.tamu.edu/faculty-and-staff/extension-program-specialists/dotty-woodson

The DFW area has many gardening and plant societies to join.  If you want more information on what you like to grow, consider contacting one of the societies. If you are a member of a plant or gardening societies and want to post your meeting dates,  please contact me on or around the 20th of each month.  If there is a garden or plant question you would like answered, feel free to send it to me.  mike@russellfeedandsupply.com

Next Cactus and Succulent meeting will be February 21^st at 7:00 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.

Russell Feed & Supply Crowley
1621 N. Crowley Road
Crowley, TX
Phone: 817-297-9756

Vaccination Station

Vaccination Station is a mobile, low cost pet vaccination and heartworm-testing clinic. Vaccination Station has been providing affordable dog and cat vaccinations, heartworm tests, and heartworm preventative for over eighteen years. Vaccination Station also provides vaccinations for ferrets.

Our mission is to make quality vaccinations and heartworm prevention available to all pet owners at a reasonable price.

Services include:
Rabies and all other vaccinations for dogs and cats
Heartworm testing for dogs
Heartworm prevention for dogs and cats
Revolution for cats
Advantage Multi & Sentinel for dogs’ felas and heartworms
Comfortis & Capstar flea control
Profender for cats

Pricing:
Rabies Vaccination $11
All other vaccinations given at discount prices

Dog Combo $42
Rabies – DHP – Parvo – Bordetella

Dog Combo Plus $56
Rabies – DHP – Parvo – Bordetella – Lepto

Dog Works $60
Rabies – DHP – Parvo – Bordetella – Heartworm test

Super Dog $74
Rabies – DHP – Parvo – Bordetella – Heartworm test & Lyme

Cat Basic $ 25
Rabies – FVRCP

Cat Combo $38
Rabies – FVRCP – Feline Leukemia

Cat Works $62
Rabies – FVRCP – Feline Leukemia – FIP

RX – Heartworm Preventatives available at discount prices

Heartworm Test (occult) $20

HomeAgain Microchip $35 – includes registration

FREE DOG DIG! (weather permitting)

The clinics accept cash, checks, credit and debit cards.  Free rabies vaccinations for the pets of fireman, teachers & law enforcement officers with picture I.D.

Please direct any questions concerning all other clinics to operation vaccination at 877-494-1001 or visit their website, Vaccination Station.

The “Don’t Forget to Feed Me” pet food pantry is hosting their annual Valentines Pet Food drive this month.   You’ll find donation boxes in all Russell Feed & Supply stores this month.  All donations stay within our community.  Please consider making a donation this month while visiting our stores.

Don’t Forget to Feed Me pet food pantry strives to give families the option of keeping their pet well nourished during difficult times.  A generous lead grant from the Amon G. Carter Foundations launched Don’t Forget to Feed Me with a public awareness campaign in the fall of 2008 and an inaugural Valenties pet food drive in 2009.

The mission is simple, to keep families and their companion animals together by providing pet food to those who are economically disadvantaged.  Find out more on their website.

Speaking of stock shows February 17^th and 18^th is the Tarrant County Junior Livestock show. I encourage you to attend. It’s the only time most of our area youths will ever be involved in livestock feeding, grooming and showing. Mark you calendars, the sale will be at noon on February 18^th.

Some good news to pass along to you.  I am pleased to report we have lowered prices on Range Cubes and Molasses Tubs!  Hopefully you have taken advantage of these new prices.  We expect this trend to continue.

Valentines Day is around the corner and the Don’t Forget to Feed Me pet food pantry will be hosting their annual Valentines Pet Food drive this month. Look for donation boxes in all our stores.  Remember, all donations stay within our community, please consider making a donation to this worthy cause.

On a personal note, February marks the beginning of our daughter Megan’s junior year of college softball. Good luck to the Trinity University softball team this year. Go Tigers!!  

Hay Report February 2012

We started the year the same way we ended it, wet!  January 2012 was the second wettest January ever, and we are thankful for the rain. The unseasonably warm winter has taken the pressure off  the hay supply side. While growers haven’t lowered hay prices, they don’t appear to be holding onto inventories for higher prices.

At this time the 10 day forecast doesn’t show any severe weather.  I expect we will have a very cold spell about mid February and then we hopefully jump into spring.

There was a hay auction this past month. The first one I had ever heard of.  Keep this in mind, always do your homework and research local hay prices.  I was surprised to see some hay selling for more than our retail prices.  Must have been some good auctioneering to accomplish that!  I expect to hear of more hay auctions in the future.

Round Bales: Sold our last local rolls of round bales a couple of weeks ago. We are purchasing round bale hay out of Florida once again.  The quality has been decent, just wish the rolls were a bit larger.

2 String Coastal: We are shipping our last inventory to stores this week. Don’t expect anymore until mid-May.

2 String Alfalfa: We are out and don’t plan on having any in stock until the April timeframe.  The last we priced, our cost was $16.00 a bale.  Consider the 3 String Alfalfa, it’s a better value.

3 String Bermuda: I think the growers finally caught on to the fact that demand had softened. We bought 10 truck loads last month. Hopefully we can source enough of this product to last us awhile.

3 String Alfalfa: We have a good supply!  Give us a call and we’ll set you up.

See you around the barn.

Kenny

It’s pond and lake stocking time!

Orders preferred * Walk-up Welcome* Free Consultation

Join Russell Feed & Supply and Dunn’s Fish Farm on February 28th, from 4:30 to 5:30 at our Azle location. Dunn’s Fish Farm will deliver Channel Catfish, Large-Mouth Bass, Florida Hybrid Bass, Black Crappie, Fathead Minnows, Grass Carp, Hybrid Bluegill, Coppernose, and Redear. The Hybrid Bluegill can reach the weight of 2 1/2 to 3 pounds.

Russell Feed has all your Pond and Lake Supplies.  Turtle Traps, Fish Feeders, Liquid Pond Fertilzer, Fish Traps, Aerators, Fountains, Pond and Lake Treatments.

Russell Feed and Supply
155 SE Parkway,
Azle, TX
817-444-8815

Join us for the Natural Living Program on January 19, 7:00 pm at the Benbrook Library.  This month’s topic is spring bedding plants and organics.  Spring is around the corner, now is the time to be preparing your gardens.  Plan to attend this fun and informative program. It starts at 7:00 pm. Thursday, Jan. 19th, in the Library meeting room. Refreshments will be served.

• Helen’s in the kitchen with Tamales & Tomatoes
• Bruce from Russell Feed with early bedding plants
• Tim’s Garden Center with new organics coming in & rose class news
• Sabino Corez with news about vegetable & bed preparation

For more Information please call:

Tim’s Landscape: 817-732-6861
Russell Feed & Supply: 817-249-1061
Benbrook Nature’s Guide: 817-335-2601

This event is sponsored by Tim’s Landscape, Russell Feed, Nature’s Guide and The Benbrook Library.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.  It’s time to look forward to the start of a new year, here’s wishing for a great 2012 for everyone!  I am certain we live in the greatest area of the country right here in Fort Worth, Texas.

Speaking of Cowtown;  Teresa, Megan, and I spent News Years Eve at Riscky’s Steakhouse and then attended the Stockyards Championship Rodeo. The weather and the bulls were great and it was a lot of fun. Speaking of the Rodeo, if you would like to go, send me an e-mail with your mailing address and I will hook you up with some free tickets.

Check out our new pricing on pine shaving. With the opening of our hay/shavings barn we now have plenty of storage space, allowing us to purchase larger quantities where we can pass along the savings to you, our customers.

I am hopeful that since the Ethanol fuel tax subsidies have expired that we might see feed price’s adjust downward accordingly in the coming months.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

Its time to start thinking about your garden. We have seed potatoes and onion plants in our stores now.  Don’t wait to purchase your seed potatoes,  it looks like the supply might be short this year.  Store them in a dark closet until you get ready to plant them, around  February 14^th.

Don’t forget the Fort Worth Stock Show starts January 13 and runs thru February 4th!

Hay Report January 2012
December being warm and wet was exactly what we needed to take some pressure off the demand for hay. This has helped prolong our inventory a bit, although we do expect shortages on most of what we carry.  Let’s pray our weather for January and February will provide additional rains.

Round Bales: We have some good quality bales available now, but expect to run out of them soon.  We continue to look for additional sources. The challenges we face are the lack of quality and high prices.

2 String Coastal: Quality is very good, but supply is getting short.  December sales were twice what we expected. I fully expect the grower to raise the price 50 cents in mid-January.

2 String Alfalfa: I believe we are out until April. I looked at some today from Wisconsin, 40# bales and at best #2 quality.  They were asking $9.00 a bale, we declined it.

3 String Bermuda: We have none and don’t expect any. I call it “Grower Greed”.

3 String Alfalfa: Today we received 2 of the 6 trucks we are expecting this week. Supply and quality both look good at this time. Freight and price could be better, but at least we aren’t out.

See you around the barn,
Kenny