City Farmers Nursery (San Diego):

I went to the nicest nursery today, the City Farmers Nursery (http://www.cityfarmersnursery.com/).  We spent quite awhile walking around it and looking at everything; it was massive!  They had a nice farm in the back, with lots of really large plants growing -- enormous swiss chard and kale!   Below you can (sort of) see they have beehives up in the corner.

The Farm

 They also had lots of animals too:  chickens, goats, turtles, fish, birds, and rabbits.  Below is a mama goat and her two kids.

Mama goat and her two kids

They had quite a few chickens (and ducks), some really pretty ones, like the black and white speckled one shown below.  If anyone knows what type of chicken that is, please let me know!  I want one!  What was also cool was that this store sold chicken feed, bales of straw, and goat and rabbit food too.  It's kind of a drive from my house, so I don't think this location is the best for me to get chicken feed (if I ever get chickens!).

Pretty black and white spotted chicken

We saw a really nice veggie growing stand, shown here, below.  It's about 5'6" tall and made of fence boards.  I just emailed my husband with this picture and said, "guess what you're building this weekend!!"  My mom wants to build one too.  Their store had tons of nice stuff in it -- decorative stuff, canning stuff, regular gardening stuff, you name it.  http://www.cityfarmersnursery.com/products/

Really nice planter stand, which I'm thinking about building

The only thing I bought from the nursery was this decorative chicken below for my garden.  Maybe it'll keep the birds and animals away from some of my plants?  Anyway, I thought it was pretty, and only $22.

The only chicken I walked away with -- heavy and decorative

What I needed to get today, but we actually bought from Home Depot, was some additional compost and peat moss, and then I was after some small ever-bearing strawberries.  I'm using them as ground cover (and for fruit!) in one area of my garden.

The strawberries I got