Re: SG: Mosses and Websites and Winter Garden
Hello Gail,
I have a limestone sculpture I purchased about 2 years ago for the garden. It
is my hope to remember to grow moss on the stone and base this spring. I will be
using stale beer and moss in a blender, then painting all over the statue. Since
limestone is a bit porous, I fully expect to see moss on any protected crevice,
north and lesser extent on the east side.
If you have reached an income level satisfactory to you from the nursery and
are selling everything you can grow, I do not see why you would need a web page at
this time. The only reason I have one is my location. I am isolated in a small
town and can not afford to build traffic through traditional means... newspaper
adds, magazines, TV and radio. Besides I am too specialized and most would be
wasted through those mediums if I could afford them. It would be nice to one day
have the web site take over the need for a hard copy catalog, which is my largest
expense each year. If and when that day comes all will be web site and appointment
only here. Web sites are expensive, but far less so than catalog production.
I should be writing my catalog and web site now instead of playing with you
guys, but ......
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Gail Korn <gkorn@BLOOMNET.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 11:35 PM
Subject: [SG] SG: Mosses and Websites and Winter Garden
> Hi from Gail Korn in frigid northeast Nebr. Temps are heading into minus
> territory.
>
> I got mosses to grow without actually "planting" them. I just poured a can
> of beer where I wanted them to grow. Voila! They came by themselves.
>
> My nursery is in that small category, and I have not yet done a web page.
> Partly, my reason for sitting on the fence has to do with all the reasons
> Gene Bush gave(extra expense, lots to learn with little time to do it).
> And part of the reason is that I do grow my own plants and often remark
> that they are not Fritos. I can't just go make more. By the end of each
> season or before, I am sold out of nearly everything I offer. Should
> supply exceed demand, I will probably develop some kind of web presence.
>
> Gene, I try to stay out of the gardens at this time of year. I've got way
> too much else to do just trying to get the next issue of the catalog out
> and customer list updated. But I do have a dwarf conifer garden that I've
> enjoyed watching for the last 18 years. I planted most of them as babies
> the size of my fist and it has been a joy to watch them grow. In the sunny
> perennial border, I noticed that up until last week, there were blooms on
> Veronica Goodness Grows and Scabiosa Butterfly Blue. Great little troopers!
>
> Gail Korn
>
> g*@bloomnet.com
>
> g*@bloomnet.com
