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The Sacramento Bee
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Thursday, January 26, 2017
P
ella Doors and
Windows of
Northern Cali-
fornia is focused
on bringing homeowners
beautiful, innovative and
energy efficient windows
and doors. Whether you
are a contractor, architect,
designer, or homeowner,
they have a solution to fit
your needs. All of their
windows and doors are
backed by a warranty and a
local service team. They
serve all of Northern Cali-
fornia and Northern Neva-
da with Pella professionals
and showrooms near you.
They have showroom loca-
tions in Truckee, Rocklin,
Rohnert Park, Hayward,
Alamo, Fresno, Los Altos
and San Francisco.
When you choose Pella,
you're getting more than
just a window or door, you
are getting the experience
and service of local profes-
sionals who are proudly
committed to your satis-
faction. They offer com-
plete product lines of
wood, wood clad, fiber-
glass and vinyl. The Be-
tween-the-Glass blinds
and shades are Pella’s most
popular product! They also
have home security solu-
tions with Insynctive Tech-
nology that work with your
existing home automation
system. You can choose
their products with confi-
dence, knowing they're
built and backed by a
strong, family-owned
American company and a
local Pella NorCal team.
PELLA DOORS AND WINDOWS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
A solution to fit your needs
F
armer John and Eda Muller
come from farming families
that have been in agriculture
for over 100 years. They farm
in Half Moon Bay where they grow
for farmers’ markets, local restau-
rants, wholesale produce markets
and corner grocery stores.
As they say, “We only use Franchi
Seeds.Why? Because the germination
rate is so high and the plants pro-
duce excellent tasting vegetables that
are healthy and non-GMO. That
should speak for itself! “These heir-
loom seeds will grow vegetables
you’ll remember fondly from your
youth,” states Farmer John. “We
don’t know how many times our
customers have said, ‘I remember
my Nonna used to cook this chicory’
or ‘I’m so glad you carry this variety
of zucchini my Grandfather used to
grow in his garden.’ ”
These are the same seeds World
Famous “Farmer John” of Half Moon
Bay grows, and now you can too!
Shop their wide selection of seeds at
this weekend’s Home & Landscape
Expo and you won’t want to miss
their helpful workshop, Growing a
Garden with Seeds, on Friday at 4
p.m.
HEIRLOOM SEED STORE
Vegetables you’ll remember from your youth
D
ead brown
lawns are every-
where. We are
now in our fifth
year of drought and many
conscientious homeowners
have realized that water-
hungry lawns have to go.
But do you really need to
leave the dead lawn in?
NO! It can be easy and
inexpensive to make the
change to a water-wise
landscape, and this doesn’t
mean blanketing the whole
area with rock!
When you remove the
lawn and maybe put in a
pathway, create a mound,
add a dry cobble stream,
you are on your way to a
beautiful transformation.
Our local nurseries carry
large varieties of plants
that require very little wa-
ter. Depending on the
varieties of plants you
choose, you can get up to
200 plants on one drip
valve! Imagine the water
savings. It’s also necessary
to mention the other bene-
fits of losing the lawn: your
new plants will draw birds,
butterflies and healthy
insects, you will no longer
need to use chemicals to
make your lawn green and
weed free (if there is such a
thing), and mowing will be
a thing of the past.
Please join Roberta
Walker, Author and Land-
scape Designer at the
Northern California Home
& Landscape Expo where
she will be speaking on
both Saturday and Sunday.
She will be showing before
& after photos, from lawns
to no-lawns, giving you
many different possibilities
for landscape designs. She
will talk about materials,
the steps that are involved
and many other details
that are important to know.
You don’t need to live with
a dead lawn any longer.
ROBERTA WALKER
How to create a
fabulous
drought-tolerant
landscape
