start something new

Sometime last year Coupeville lost its only hardware store and the community felt the loss. I can tell you I was in that hardware store at least twice a week. Now a quick run to the hardware store takes a 20-minute drive either way, each way. That's an hour of your time just for some screws or a paintbrush. A small town should have a hardware store, don't you think?

“Rain Shadow Nursery & Hardware” has a nice ring to it. Opening Friday, November 15, 2024, Coupeville will get its hardware store back. Sure it will be a small hardware store but we hope it will serve the community well.

We will stock hand tools and painting supplies, some plumbing and electrical repair products, light bulbs and extension cords, nails screws, and other fasteners. And yes we will have duct tape and glue and hopefully everything you might need.

Not so much change but more like additions to the nursery. In the next month or so we will announce some new things and additions to what we do and sell here at Rain Shadow Nursery.

Can’t say too much right now other then we are hoping to fill a much needed hole in the community. We can also say we are extrealy excited and can’t wait to show you what we have planed. For now we may drop a hit here and there. Fallow us to learn more.

It's that time of year again when we start seeing signs of fall. Now is the time to get ahead of the game and start planning what and how to prepare your garden for the upcoming winter. Here is a great article about what should be done. https://kellogggarden.com/blog/gardening/end-of-summer-garden-clean-up/

What the heck is a Kokedama ball? Kokedama (Japanese for "moss ball") is a style of potting up plants in a ball of moss and displaying them in a dish or suspended in the air. The style comes from a centuries-old tradition of exhibiting the exposed root ball of a bonsai specimen on a plate to highlight its elegant root system. As time passed, moss would accumulate on the roots, enhancing the display.