One more soil note :)

17 years ago

Yesterday I checked with my local nursery-

he will sell a bale [3.8 compressed cubic feet] of his own specially-made soil for $20.00.

Cost wise it works out about the same as a 15-lb bag of store-bought for $7.00- which, as many of us have seen, is chancy as far as quality.

I am not in need of any more soil for WS'ing, but if I were, or later for containers, I would go in with someone and buy a bale.

It is fine stuff! You can put your hand in it and feel how light and porous it is.

Plus if you buy from a local nursery you are supporting an individual, instead of a corporation. This particular person has been in the same location for 50 years, and that makes me feel good about spending my money with him.

Plus he remembers me from year to year (even tho I am hardly a big buyer - about 2 Rosemary's a year. lol)

I get the same meticulous attention from him as someone who is dropping a couple of hundred dollars.

ellen

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MLcom
17 years ago
Ellen today my feedstore shocked me. I asked them for some pro mix and Kale seeds not out on display yet. Also pipped in "broken bags are ok, I got a bag in the truck and can put the soil in it".

Well they gave me a opened bag of promix 3.8 size yahooo!!!

Now of couse they want some winter sown peppers and tomatoes for this goodie.

ML
ellenr22 - NJ - Zone 6b/7a
Original Author
17 years ago
Sounds like a deal! :)

we're in the same zone-
where is this feedstore?
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nancy_drew
17 years ago
We have a greenhouse and garden center right next door to our complex. This company also does our snow plowing and lawn maintenance. Gosh I wish liked those people, but I don't, and frankly they don't like me very much either.

I hope to someday eliminate our need for their annuals and cut down on our need for their mowing considerably. I would also like to teach them the difference between shrubs and bushes. Why does everything have to be square?? Have any of you ever seen a square Rose of Sharon or square Lilac bush? Perhaps they could stand to learn a little but about when to start whackin' at 'em too! God help the landscraper who happens to take a whack my Rose of Sharon...

Besides learning a lesson on patience for uneducated "landscrapers", I also need to learn more about guerrilla gardening. I had some planned out, but some of you are really, really good at it!