Re: News

How far do the HD computers look for products in other stores?  This one had 4 skids of them.  It is Homer Glen, IL
   
  Donna
  

Zemuly Sanders <zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
  I always thought Witches Broom was a virus.
zem
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] News


> Witches broom of what plant? Or is that a cultivar name?
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna" 
> To: 
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 8:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] News
>
>
>> Congrats on the promo... hopefully they don't work you to hard. So did
>> you bring the cats there or did they find out you were working there and
>> decided they would be welcome with the cat lady LOL!
>>
>>
>>
>> I stopped into our local HD yesterday. They need you! Lotsa plants, too
>> bad no one watered them. Seems they expanded on how many plants they are
>> carrying this year.
>>
>>
>> witches broom. Interesting plant when blooming, but the skids of them
>> that weren't looked kinda weedy but it might have been thru neglect.
>> Anyone grow this? Loved the ONE that was blooming. Sorry, that is the
>> only name on the tag I remember....
>>
>>
>> Donna
>>
>>
>> Zemuly Sanders wrote:
>> I gave that (the collar idea) a lot of thought. I did get Alphonse a
>> collar, but it's black with reflective silver trim. He is a long-haired
>> kitty -- white with black spots and a huge black tail. He sometimes lays 
>> on
>> the checkstand and plays with the customers while they are attemptingn to
>> take merchandise out of their baskets. We have had only one complaint 
>> since
>> the cats moved in last fall.
>> zem
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kitty"
>> To:
>> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 2:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] News
>>
>>
>>> Congrats! That's wonderful about the promotion.
>>> The HD near my house is closing, but we have another across town.
>>>
>>> Great about the cats. Do they wear orange collars?
>>>
>>> Kitty
>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Zemuly Sanders"
>>> To: "gardenchat"
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 1:42 PM
>>> Subject: [CHAT] News
>>>
>>>
>>>> My good friend and sometimes supervisor at The Home Depot has been
>>>> transferred
>>>> to Lompoc, CA. Actually, her husband has been transferred, and she is
>>>> going
>>>> with him. The result is that I will be the new livegoods manager for 
>>>> the
>>>> store. I know from experience that the paperwork part of the job will
>>>> only
>>>> involve following a predetermined protocol. The really fun part is
>>>> working
>>>> with all those plants and the customers who come to buy them. For the
>>>> past
>>>> two years we have gotten all our annuals from a Tennessee grower, and
>>>> this
>>>> year a lot of them were grown at the greenhouses of my good friend, and
>>>> former
>>>> employer, here in LaGrange. In fact, I met Lynda Young at Sunnycreek.
>>>> It's
>>>> owner is also the regional salesmanager for Pope's, which is in
>>>> Merryville,
>>>> TN. I know my new position will be a good fit because I already know 
>>>> all
>>>> the
>>>> vendors, and I've met the growers, too. I'm looking forward to having a
>>>> very
>>>> good time. I think I told you all about the cats that had come to live
>>>> at the
>>>> HD garden center. Well, one in particular has become a real celebrity.
>>>> He
>>>> greets all our customers, and they have donated lots of food. Everybody
>>>> at
>>>> the store likes the cats, and the employees donated enough money to get
>>>> the
>>>> male neutered . This Wednesday the little female, who was a lot shyer,
>>>> and
>>>> harder to tame, than her littermate, is getting spayed thanks to more
>>>> employee
>>>> contributions. The Animal Protection Association in Memphis only 
>>>> charged
>>>> $40
>>>> to neuter Alphonse and give him his basic shots. Hermione will only 
>>>> cost
>>>> $45.
>>>> I am very grateful. The cats saved the store several thousand dollars 
>>>> in
>>>> mouse and bird damage over the winter.
>>>> zem
>>>> zone 7
>>>> West TN
>>>>
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