RE: Mail order nurseries -Reply

AMEN Sue.  One of my favorite catalogues is
Mileagers -- and they are no longer offering one --
they have a web site with a "picture of every plant"
(HA - if you call a 1/2" square of some blurry
(probably not even true) color a picture!) -- and I
find that really annoying.  Like you, I would happily
pay for certain catalogues (and do) so I can enjoy
them at my leisure.  Your synopsis of
computer/family life I'm sure is very typical and I
think *only* on line catalogues is a VERY BIG
MISTAKE.  At this point, they've lost my business.

Susan Saxton
For mine is just a little old-fashioned garden where
the flowers come together to praise the Lord and
teach all who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter
1835-1894

>>> "Pesznecker, Sue" <SPesznec@lhs.org>
01/21/99 09:11am >>>
> My biggest expense in operating a nursery are
not plants, potting
> > medium or pots, but catalogs and mailing. 

In my house, the phone and computers are on a
single line.  We have a family
rule about not tying up the lines for any reason for
longer than 20 minutes.
So spending extensive time browsing is not
possible.

Also, we all share a single computer (including my
high-school daughter, who
uses it nightly for homework).  I work days, and by
the time the chores are
done, dinner is made and cleaned up, etc., there
are maybe a precious 1-2
hours left in the evening to get everything else
done.  So, I don't have a
lot of time to sit in front of the computer, particularly
when I have to
"take a number" along with everyone else.

On the other hand, we have catalogs.  I can relax in
the living room, fire
crackling in the fireplace, snow falling outside,
gardening notebook and
catalogs at hand as I sketch out my spring veggie
garden or plan a new
perennial bed.  I can sit happily in my bed at night,
a cup of tea at my
side, and can pile the catalogs up and enjoy
looking through them.  I can
take one into the bathtub.  I can tuck one into my
briefcase for perusing at
lunchtime.  I can leave on in the car to look through
when stuck at a train
crossing.  I can carry one to my local garden shop,
comparing pictures,
prices, etc.  I can (and do) cut pictures and/or
information out of the
catalogs and paste them into my garden notebook. 
I can tear out really nice
photos or good information and tack it up above my
potting bench......  (You
get the idea!)

I love computers, I love the Internet, but I love and
want to keep my paper
catalogs.  And while free is a great price (!), I would
gladly pay a few $$
to be able to keep that catalog in hand.

Sue P.

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