Monthly Archives for July 2007
It seemed like a good idea.
When I drive to work I pass by this house that was just completed a year ago. The owners have put in a nice fence which I assume is to keep the kids in check. Soon afterword I noticed the … Continue reading
Welcome the the foothills of The Sierra.
I wanted to get your opinion. You have just moved here from the eastern half of the country or maybe from the ‘The City’ (San Francisco) or Los Angeles. When you moved in it was spring and there was a … Continue reading
Small in size doesn’t have to mean small in influence.
I may have shared this e-mail from a fan before, but I think it really underscores the changes taking place in the garden center business. “Mr. Pitsenberger and all at Golden Gecko, My name is Nicky O’Sullivan, living in Glanmire, … Continue reading
Helping our customers spread the word
I came across this post on e-newsletters at Katy’s “Getting to the Point Blogâ€. I thought it timely as I had been thinking about taking our twice monthly e-newsletter and making it a shorter version, but send it weekly. What … Continue reading
I’ll try to be better
I feel like a chastised kid. Reading a blog about blogging it talked about how important it is to answer your reader’s comments. I always e-mail if its a specific question someone has but I haven’t been very good at … Continue reading
Why I don’t carry the brand heavyweights
I have received a few e-mails and comments from fellow nurserypeople about how hard it is to give advice to the customer, only to see them walk out the door to the local Home Depot to buy their recommendation. This … Continue reading
The 24 hour nursery
The consumer wants information. The garden center that can supply the most amount of information in an easy to find way will win. We all know the value of an on site nursery professional that can answer a gardening question … Continue reading
California Horse Chestnut
This is one of our most miss-understood native trees, the Horse chestnut (Aesculus californica). This picture highlights why the tree is so miss-understood. It goes dormant during summer and doesn’t come out of dormancy until the rains return in fall. … Continue reading
The times they are a changing
I came across this little bit of discouraging news from the Pittsburg Post-Gazette. In an article entitled “Bloom is fading for the gardening industry†the paper paints a gloomy picture for the garden industry. According to the paper “Sales at … Continue reading
The definition of "local" is changing
A person come in yesterday with tomatoes that looked as if they had a virus. In my attempt to find out what was going on I asked her where she bought them. They were from three different stores, none from … Continue reading
