Re: Terra Cotta Pot Sources

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• Subject: Re: Terra Cotta Pot Sources
• From: n*@ucsd.edu (Nan Sterman)
• Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 22:04:24 -0800
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Now for a totally different suggestion -- Robert, do you go to yard sales?
I find that terra cotta pots are popular items for sale and tend to be
fairly inexpensive at yard sales.  Just be sure you wash them well before
you use them.

Nan

>Hello All
>
>Would anyone know of a mail order source for terra cotta pots? I live in
>Juneau Alaska, every spring the annual "Garden Barge" arrives with our
>annual allotment of pink flamingoes and $5.00  eight quart seedling mix
>(1/2 peat, 1/2 vermiculite, boy is someone making some margin). Anyway, the
>3,4,5, and 6 inch terra cotta pots are usually gone within an hour or two
>each spring. I am building an alpine house and wish to start collecting
>terra cotta pots for a plunge bench. Any help would be appreciated. I did
>notice that the half dozen 4" pots I snagged yesterday came from Italy. Not
>a bad bargain , manufactured and shipped form Italy to Alaska for under a
>dollar. Anyway, I am willing to wait the months it may take to have them
>shipped in bulk, if I can find a source. Thanks.
>
>Robert Tonkin
>Juneau, Alaska
>A Very Wet Zone 6

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Nan Sterman, "gardening addict"
Olivenhain, California
Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
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