Re: so Kitty---

Kitty,
By exotic I meant things that grow in wet loamy soil ... which I have none. I also don't grow much that like shade.
It sounds so exotic to read what all you sale.
Tricia

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center" <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] so Kitty---


... Here in Ok we can't grow all the exotic things that you can
grow at least not so abundantly.

I'm assuming, Tricia, that you were directing that toward someone else,
because exotics are certainly not easy here in Zone 5, neIN.


 What does grow well I can't give away fast enough ...

Same here.  I don't have enough friends who care much about gardening.
That's why the sale works for me.


I root pruned about 10 starts of Passion vine ...
I have several requests for them but I don't know if I can charge them.
I would say that it is hard to charge if you don't actually have a
structured sale. I have friends whom I'd be happy to give plants and have
done so, but when they come to my sale, they pay. Any other time, I don't
like to take payment. However, if these requests you have for your passion
vine are from friends of friends, not real friends of yours, but people who
have heard through the grapevine about your generosity, well, I think in
those cases you could say upfront something like, "Oh yes, I'll be having
about a dozen of those ready in May. I planned to trade them for other
things I want. What do you have to trade?" If they have nothing you want,
you might say then that you'd take $x in lieu of trade.

... I wish I had the courage and energy to try it
If you want to try a plant sale, you could and should start on a small
scale. I can sell 500 pots only because I've built it to this point.
People already know about it. I have regulars. Start small - maybe 40
pots, have the sale at the same time as your neighborhood has a garage
sale - something that will bring traffic. Don't knock yourself out trying
to do it all in spring. Pot up in September and sink or cover the pots.
This yields well-rooted, durable plants. And half your work is already done
come spring.

Kitty



----- Original Message ----- From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] so Kitty---


I think it is wonderful and I wish I had the courage and energy to try it
myself.  I hate to throw away anything... and can't give enough of my

extra

stuff away.  Here in Ok we can't grow all the exotic things that you can
grow at least not so abundantly.  What does grow well I can't give away

fast
enough ... but then I see other people still buy it at the stores.
I root pruned about 10 starts of Passion vine today that are coming up in
the wrong places. I have several requests for them but I don't know if I
can charge them.
Tricia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
<4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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"
>> <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
>> 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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