A year or two ago I was having a difficult time and wanted to relax taking a look at what vegetable varieties were available from a local nursery (who shall remain un-named). While browsing the seed rack with another customer I told him about a few vegetable varieties that had grown well for me. Upon hearing the conversation between the other customer and I, the manager/owner of the nursery angrily told me to leave and added that I was never welcome to come back. Having purchased garden supplies from the nursery before, I left confused and upset at how I was treated.
Within a few days I came to Magic Garden Nursery to find friendly people, who care about me just as much as they care about the plants they grow.
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| I love coming here. |
The above true story is just one of many reasons why I patronize the Magic Garden Nursery. A few other reasons include some very knowledgeable staff, an inviting laid-back atmosphere and the fact that they carry a great selection of heirloom (and a few award-winning hybrid) vegetable plants that do well in my climate.
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| Just some of their vegetable starts |
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| Pepper Starts |
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| More Peppers |
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| Some Squash |
Though I remain pretty self-sufficient most of the time, occasionally I choose to splurge. Rather than growing from seed once or twice I year I buy a Celebrity Tomato plant, or a hard-to-find heirloom that is already half grown or some soil ammendments. I also enjoy browsing seed racks to find vegetable varieties that I have heard might do well in my climate.
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| The problem with Celebrity Tomato Plants in a small cage is large tomatoes |
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| Celebrity Tomatoes don't like being confined (= |
Tony Sarah, the manager, has teased me about how little I buy compared to how much I browse, but I don’t mind – because as long as they continue being kind to me I’ll keep spending my money there.
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| Ornamental Sweet Potatoes |
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| Some Pretty Orange Flower |
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| I'm no expert on flowers - here are some nice yellow ones |
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| Floral Displays are always attractive |
Wow, what a crazy store manager!! Unbelievable. I'm glad you found a good nursery that actually wants business and treats their customers accordingly!
ReplyDeleteThanks Indie - me too!
DeleteHow crazy is that nursery...really...glad to see you found a wonderful nursery...would love to find one like this with heirlooms...,ost just carry the same old hybrids...
ReplyDeleteThanks Donna. Me too. The reason that I enjoy heirloom seed is to keep myself independent from seed companies.
DeleteWonderful bat...I am in Italy!
ReplyDeleteThe sweet potato varieties I would want all to them!
Pat
Dear Pat,
DeleteI do love growing sweet potatoes. I am not familiar with sweet potatoes in Italy. What kind of sweet potatoes do you grow there?
I dont know the names of the varieties.
DeleteI see 3 types:
skin purple, light green leaves;
light brown skin and brown skin.
....is the first year that I try to grow sweet potatoes.
Pat
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