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Have an excess of plastic seedling pots? Call the nursery and see if they'll take them back for reuse/recycling.
11:44 AM May 28th
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Get on mailing lists, join clubs, get in on the nursery buzz for sales & deals.
11:42 AM May 28th
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Keep your receipts in case something like a tree dies. Have a conversation with the garden center employee about it.
11:38 AM May 28th
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A potted plant in bloom is using up all its energy on blooming & not on establishing roots.
11:35 AM May 28th
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Plants in pots should have a lot of roots, but not be *all* roots. Watch out if it's got spirally roots around the bottom.
11:30 AM May 28th
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If you can't get the help you need at a garden center, don't buy. Do research and find help elsewhere.
11:28 AM May 28th
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Don't take things from other people's carts. You're at risk if you have good taste in plants.
11:24 AM May 28th
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Don't incite the ire of garden center employees by overdressing, smoking, dressing like a garden freak, stealing tags...
11:23 AM May 28th
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Garden center employees are you best resource. More so at mom & pop places-- they garden, they know their stuff.
11:18 AM May 28th
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Spend some time doing recon-- visit a couple nurseries and see where the deals are.
11:17 AM May 28th
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Bring photos of your empty spaces, bring data, bring measuring tape-- get help.
11:16 AM May 28th
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Make a list before you go to the nursery & stick to it.
11:14 AM May 28th
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Don't go near a nursery anytime near Mother's Day. Just wait until after. More parking, less crank, post-frost date
11:14 AM May 28th
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Use caution when approaching nursery workers. They're hot. But not like that.
11:13 AM May 28th
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Looking forward to Nursery School this afternoon thanks to @. Perfect lunch break.
10:27 AM May 28th
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@ At check-out with ten/ pots already: a freebie/ Mystery beans. Sweet.
12:36 PM May 27th
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@ I'm sure too many/ tomatoes is a fiction./ I own a canner.
12:30 PM May 27th
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@ Faced with twelve seedings/ I think "infinite plot space"/ and bring home the lot.
12:27 PM May 27th
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RT @ Win a scholarship to Nursery School w/a haiku about buying plantsDeadline 3:30 EST
12:21 PM May 27th
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tales of square foot gardening in "When the Engineer Gardens"
11:01 AM May 4th
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- Name Jenn Kelley
- Location Chicago
- Bio Chicago-style gardening (tomatoes, peppers, relish, mustard...)
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