Re: so Kitty---

Thanks, Tricia,
My sister thinks I'm nuts, but she helps me during the sale.  I suppose it's
not a lot of money for the work that goes into it, but I do enjoy it in a
masochistic sort of way.

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] so Kitty---


> Kitty,
> I was thinking of you too.... glad to know it went so well.  It sounds
like
> a lot of work but well worth it.
> Tricia
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
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> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 12:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] so Kitty---
>
>
> > Thanks for asking Donna.  I was so worried I was going to be rained out.
> > They had called for 70% chance of rain.  I priced some items Wed night
and
> > Thurs i pulled some into garage to mark because it was raining, then
more
> > Fri am when it wasn't (I had Fri & Sat off). Broke for awhile to go to a
> > job
> > interview - he said I wasn't 'trendy' enough.  Then plugged away at
> > tagging
> > the rest until about 5pm at which time it started raining, lightly.  My
> > garage was packed full of plants that I knew I could not set up the next
> > am
> > by 7:30, so I started setting up all the tables in the rain with plastic
> > to
> > protect the wooden ones.  I brought plants out to the tables until the
> > rain
> > got heavier and then covered them with dropcloths.  Rained the rest of
the
> > night.  Weatherman said rain in the morning..  Next morning, Sat, sale
> > day,
> > I got up about 4:30. Not raining.  Moved all the rest of the plants out
to
> > tables.  The display stretched about 70 feet with some of the displays
> > having 2, 3, or 4 tiers.  Then I lugged out all the heavy produce boxes
> > and
> > a few regular garage sale items. It didn't rain the entire day.  Got a
> > little chilly, then warm again, but all in all, a really nice day.
> > I sold almost everything, plantwise.  Nobody wants Blue Flag Iris, 20 of
> > which had been given to me because they hadn't sold at the MG sale.  Now
> > I'll just take the 12 left (I gave 7 away free) back to the next MG
sale.
> > Other than that, I had about a dozen plants left. Made $1150, but that
> > includes about $50-70 of regular garage sale stuff.  Still, it's a new
> > record for me.
> >
> > Then I had to work at our MG nursery all day Sunday, digging and potting
> > things for our May sale.  My dogs are barking.  My back is aching.  I'm
> > actually gald to be back at work where I can rest.  I'm pooped.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:12 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] so Kitty---
> >
> >
> >> How did your plant sale go today? Did you get rained out?
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
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