Re: garden.com
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] garden.com
- From: G* O*
- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 07:22:23 -0500
At 10:10 AM 12/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings, all! Have any of you had any experiences with this
>site--chatting, shopping, just browsing around? They even claim you can
>keep an on-line garden journal and/or design a garden using their
>software. I'd be interested in knowing what you all think of it, being
>somewhat inexperienced about websites.
>
>www.garden.com
>
>
Bobbi,
I've been participating in the garden chatroom for the last few years. It
is, IMHO, the best chat room on the Web. Great people, great conversations
(though not always about gardening), and "weeds" are quickly recognized and
dealt with.
I've also ordered from them a couple of times. The orders came direct from
the suppliers (mine were bulbs and they came straight from McClure and
Zimmerman). In one case, a shipment arrived irreparably bad..I called G.com
and the order was replaced immediately with apologies. As with all sites
like this, their products are only as good as their suppliers, so you may
still have problems (Suppose, for example, the bulbs had come from Mich
Bulb Co.!), but on the whole I am pleased. And I imagine there is a way
tofind out who the supplier is for your particular product.
I've never tried the landscape feature..just no time.
Gerry
P.S., if you have trouble getting into the chat room through garden.com,
try <http://www.hortmag.com> Same room, and sometimes easier to get in on.
>Bobbi Diehl
>Bloomington, IN
>zone 5/6
>
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