Re: Lowes, lemons, Ms Fatma, and spaghetti

> But I do look regularly, because you never know what you'll find.
It's true.  Occasionally their buyers seem to hit on a good deal for a
desirable product.  I picked up a couple of really nice 3gal lacecap
Hydrangeas (accurately named) there a few years back for a song.  The most
notable aspect of this is that locally, even in our best nurseries, you
could not find anything but a globose variety of H.mac

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lowes, lemons, Ms Fatma, and spaghetti


> Welcome back, Melody. Lowes, HD, Wal-Mart, and Target mostly compete
> among themselves, I think, at the bottom of the business where nursery
> stock is concerned. Don't know about carpet or vinyl [don't use them].
> Occasionally, one finds plants worth purchasing there--but, bedding
> plants excepted, it's rare. Except for the variegated lemon, I haven't
> purchased anything significant from one of those stores in a long time.
> But I do look regularly, because you never know what you'll find. I buy
> way more plants at society or collector shows and sales than anywhere
> else. And they're not small business, either.
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2005, at 6:36 AM, Melody wrote:
>
> > Jim: Congrats. on the good savings on your new plant. Just as an aside
> > though, this is the problem with places like Lowe's and HD's that move
> > into areas...they undercut prices and drive small business owners out
> > of
> > business. My husband works for a small carpet/vinyl store and they were
> > furious when HD moved in for exactly this reason. Seems to be these
> > mega-stores agenda. Might be good for the consumer, but bad for small,
> > local business.
> >
> >
> >
> > Melody
> > Hills, IA  zone 5
> >
> > Work for the Lord:  the pay isn't much but the retirement is out of
> > this world!
> >
> >  --- On Fri 07/15, james singer < islandjim1@verizon.net > wrote:
> > From: james singer [mailto: islandjim1@verizon.net]
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:24:52 -0400
> > Subject: [CHAT] Lowes, lemons, Ms Fatma, and spaghetti
> >
> > Lowes opened today. This is the first one to show up on this part of
> > <br>the suncoast. So on the way home from the botanical garden, we
> > stopped <br>in. Much more organized than HD. Prices about the same,
> > though.<br><br>We found a variegated lemon--both leaves and fruit are
> > variegated; <br>flesh of the fruit is pink [think pink lemonade]--in a
> > 5-gallon pot for <br>$25.00, so we got it. It may have been mis-marked;
> > normally variegated <br>lemons that size sell for twice that price.
> > I'll
> > plant it tomorrow.<br><br>Ms Fatma is recovering from her ordeal. For
> > her first solid food meal <br>we had whole-wheat spaghetti, dressed
> > with
> > olive oil and sauced with a <br>cucumber-yoghurt concoction. In Indian
> > cuisine there is a condiment <br>made of yoghurt, shredded cucumber,
> > pressed garlic, and freshly ground <br>black pepper. In Lebanese
> > cuisine
> > there is a cold soup made of yoghurt, <br>shredded cucumber, pressed
> > garlic, and freshly ground black pepper.<br><br>Our spaghetti sauce
> > could
> >
> > have been either an Indian condiment or a <br>Lebanese soup. Ms Fatma
> > added crumbled feta to hers--there is something <br>about Turks and
> > feta
> > cheese; it seems to be a comfort food with roots <br>that go deep into
> > their national gene pool.<br><br>Island Jim<br>Southwest
> > Florida<br>27.0
> > N, 82.4 W<br>Hardiness Zone 10<br>Heat Zone 10<br>Minimum 30 F [-1
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