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Greenbank Farm
Category:
Liquor Stores
765 Wonn Rd
Greenbank,
Washington 98253
(360) 222-3151
We have to stop at Greenbank Farm http://www.greenbankfarm.com/shop.cfm every time we're on the...
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We have to stop at Greenbank Farm http://www.greenbankfarm.com/shop.cfm every time we're on the island just to wander through the antique store and soak in the atmosphere.
The real reason we stop, however, is to go to the cafe. Their coffee is fantastic and is only surpassed by their pies, which are incredible! Try the Loganberry pie, if only to say you ate a piece at Greenbank Farm, once the world's largest grower of Logangerries.
We had lunch there last time we visited and had some tomato bisque soup that was also fantastic.
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We recently stayed here on a girl's night out. We were very pleased with the accommodations. We...
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We recently stayed here on a girl's night out. We were very pleased with the accommodations. We had a place all to ourselves, I think it's called the "roost", so we could stay up and laugh all night without bothering anyone. When you first go into the roost, you see a small kitchen and dining area. A bedroom that sleeps two in twin beds and small bathroom are straight ahead. On the left are stairs leading to the living room. It's got a pull out bed, a master bedroom with a queen bed, an extra large closet with a cot, and a bathroom. The view from the living room was amazing, right out over the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We could watch the big ships going by. They had magazines, books, games, and satellite tv for entertainment. It's a self serve bed and breakfast. They stock the kitchen with pancake fixings, fruit, fresh baked bread, fresh eggs from chickens on site, breakfast meats, juice and coffee. You make what you want. There were seven of us and there was plenty of food. There's a full sized fridge for any additional food you want to bring. It's very peaceful, the chickens were even quiet. We definitely plan to go back!
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Greenbank Cellars Ltd
Category:
Entertainment & Arts
3112 Day Rd
Greenbank,
Washington 98253
(360) 678-3964
This is such a great place for some weekend entertainment. First off, it is a winery, so there are...
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This is such a great place for some weekend entertainment. First off, it is a winery, so there are often festivals and such for tasting (which I highly recommend - very good). There are also farmer's markets here and its a great place to buy some locally grown veggies. This winery also plays host to many other events like weddings. It really is such a relaxing place to visit and the food in the cafe is great!
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James R. Workman
Category:
Home & Garden
Greenbank,
Washington 98253
(360) 678-4921
If you are looking for someone to help you do some gardening, don't give a guy named Jim Workman a...
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If you are looking for someone to help you do some gardening, don't give a guy named Jim Workman a chance. He overcharges, he works by the hour and moves at a snails pace and he doesn't think to do simple things like amend the soil when it comes to plantings.
I hired him last year for several projects, one of them being putting a Dwarf Star Magnolia in a bed I created the year before. The soil was in perfect shape. Since I don't know a lot about flowering trees, I let him choose the tree. He came back with a Dwarf Star Magnolia (that came with a $100 price tag, and he never showed me the original invoice...did he really have to buy the most expensive tree he could find? I live in a very modest home) and it died. He was on my property quite a bit last year doing other projects (I always got sticker shock when the bill for the day's work came) and he could have checked the tree while he was standing around charging me $45 an hour to "think", and "Imagine what would be the best planting for the area we were working on".
I just called Sky Nursery in Shoreline (where he bought the tree) and this year the Star Magnolia trees are going for $49.99. I asked the gentleman at Sky if the Star Magnolia's were more expensive last year, and he said, "No, if anything, they would have been less as the price of gas has affected the price of so many other things".
So Jim Workman marks his trees up 100%!!!!!! Probably another reason not to hire him.
I called him again after about a week of not hearing back from him from my initial phone message. He said, "Oh Melinda, I was just going to call you" (yeah, right). I asked him to replace the tree since he had been back multiple times doing other jobs last year and I also took very good care of the tree, especially in the long, dry months of August.
I asked him how he planted the tree, and he said "I dug a hole and I put the tree in it". Now, I'm no expert, but I do know that you are supposed to dig a hole twice as large as the tree going into it, soften the roots that may be bound in the bottom of the bucket and that you amend the soil by putting compost, root start, and I have a huge worm bin on my property.
I hired Jim, an expert, to do a job that I am not an expert in. I asked him replace the tree, but he refused. He offered me a paltry $30 refund. He charged me an hour's time to go and pick out the tree. And then he had the nerve to say that he won't be working for me again~~right, like I would hire him to work in my yard again. So for a dead tree that cost me about $200 to have installed, I am getting a $50 refund (I negotiated him up to a whopping $50). Jim knows, just by looking at my yard that I am an above average gardener as I have a lovely yard with lost of unusual and lovely plantings....I just sometimes need help with the big stuff.
I don't believe that he has an office and that he is just a one-man-show. But, don't hire him. He takes terrible instruction and doesn't stand behind his work, and even if you give him specific instructions he does it his own way anyway...and that's not acceptable. So by being penny-wise and pound foolish, he lost a good client, because I used his services a lot last year, even though they were expensive.
Anyone out there know any good gardeners who charge reasonable rates? I need one.
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