Re: garden show

That really is pushing it Donna. About 6 yrs ago Lowes here had cheap big bags of bareroot named daylilies about now. They stacked em high and heat built up in the bags - they composted right there in the store because no one would buy them. That spring we started our MG nursery and I thought that those daylillies would be a good early start for the next year, but they didn't carry them again.
Meijers always puts well-rooted 4 inch pots on sale 1/2 price in late March to kick-start the season. I run over there the minute I see the ad on Sunday am. I pot them up to gallons that are well-rooted by the end of April for my plant sale. I pay about $1.25 and sell for $3 to $4 depending on variety. This increases the variety I'm able to dig from my yard for my sale. Usually none of them are anything I want for myself, but they usually have some varieties I can easily resell.
I agree that it is way too early, but for the tight budget it can be a boon if you have a place to keep them. 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 
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Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] garden show



I love attending garden shows this time of the year and 'smelling' green.
They start next weekend around here for the next month or so....

BUT.... I
got an ad for a sort of chain store this week.... they have their PLANTS on 
sale.... geraniums, stella de'oro, flowering clematis, boxwoods, spirea,
lilac, cypress, purple fountain grass..... DUH!... this is zone 5, everything 
is frozen and we are having a major winter storm this weekend.... they are
REALLY rushing the season this year.....I am looking at holding some of these plants for close to three months before they could be put in the ground here 
based on our last frost date..... geesh.

Donna


----- Original Message ----
From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Saturday,
February 24, 2007 7:58:24 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] garden show


I've received
many ads in the mail for the Vita Mix over the years but as I
recall, it's a
pricey mixer.  Does look nice though.
Our H&G show starts Thursday.  I've got
about 100 bulbs to package this
wekend for it, fortunately made the
label/fact sheets in advance.  There are
far fewer hort speakers this year,
but I hope to get most of my MG ed hours
in on Saturday.  MGs get into the
show free but there's still parking to pay
for.

I also have to coordinate
and write orders for about 10 of our display
gardens this weekend.  Once
again, several did not bother to hand theirs in
by the deadline, though they
had 6 weeks to figure out what they wanted.
When we all met in January, I
gave a presentation on some of the plants we
are offering in the MG nursery
next year and I was surprised that they put
many of those plants on their
wish lists.  That will make my ordering easier
since the nursery plants were
ordered last September.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent:
Friday, February 23, 2007 10:19 PM
Subject: [CHAT] garden show



My husband

and I went tonight to the Home and Garden show in OKC.  I told

them of our

Horticulture Society membership which they didn't take but

offered us a

senior citizen price, $5.00.  I must need to touch up our

hair
color.

:-)

We enjoyed it even though it was more home stuff than garden stuff...


still

fun in February to see some garden landscapes.  Some really nice


waterfalls

and creeks... loved the see through Plexiglas that you can walk

across the

running water.
Paul James is to speak tomorrow...
We just

bought a  Vita-Mix  that they were showing all these great

recipes.
She

made a tortilla soup with just hot water, fresh vegetables.  That sold

me

alone but then she made raspberry sorbet, peanut butter, fresh fruit



smoothie, vegetable drink, chocolate/ Carmel banana ice cream, banana ice



cream, and fresh salsa.  We were going to eat before we went home but this



was more than enough to take care of us.  I can't wait to use it at our



Master Gardener meeting in March.  We have a speaker that is going to talk



on Organic gardening and I am in charge of refreshments.  I plan to make



the tortilla

soup and one of the ice creams.  Does anyone have any recipes

ideas to

share
or any experience with a Vita Mix?

Tricia



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