It pays to have local knowledge.
Yesterday between Dh and I we dug over the herb and vegetable garden beds in readiness for an Autumn planting. Given the lack of rain this summer and the dreadful heat I've decided to go for crops that will actually get watered by the rain. There's no guarantee of that in summer anymore.
Then we headed off to find some vegie plants. There is a little place locally, that sells all kinds of plants and seedlings. Trees, shrubs, flowers, creepers. And of course, vegetables. We will return next weekend. The lady said she has seedlings on the go now which will be ready for sale by then. However, we bought what we could yesterday. For a whole bank-breaking $3 we got 4 cabbage plants, 4 cauliflower plants and a pot of mixed lettuce. That's a pretty cheap eat in anyone's book...if they all survive. LOL.
This little nursery is off out of the way. There is no way anyone other than locals and personal friends of the owners would know about it. It's not on a main road. The drive is beautiful ~ past all the nurseries and other commercial growers that dot the area with their neatly plowed and plant rows and hot houses. And at the end of the drive are plants that don't cost a fortune!
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I love going to the local nurseries here as opposed to Lowes and Home Depo, all the big box stores that sell plants. The plants at the local, independent nurseries are better and cheaper, and the people know a lot about gardening. They actually shoot the breeze with you and have knowledgeable things to say about what you're buying. And did I mention the plants are cheaper? Bonus!
frances
Stunning photograph... Happy growing!
Nice - do you share your local knowledge with folks a few suburbs away???!!!
Thanks again for your wonderful help on Thursday with the books! Still working through reshelving but I am getting there :)
There's also that added bonus that if they will shoot in local conditions then they should grow to maturity and fruit in local conditions.
Rel, of course! I could even be persuaded to be tour guide ;)
It was my pleasure to work through those books with you. Oh boy was I stiff for about 3 days though! My poor legs hadn't used those muscles for quite some time, it seems. I'm sure you'll enjoy having your lounge room back.
I certainly sounds like somewhere I would like to know about. Although I generally grow all our stuff from seed sometimes you have failures that mean you simply need to buy to catch up again.
Kind Regards
Belinda
It does pay, that's a great price anywhere! It's also good to buy local and support small businesses.Hopefully they will do well for you :)
Niki
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