Monthly Archives for August 2007
Anti-spam and lost comments
When you comment on this new WordPress blog for the first time it will ask me to approve your comment. Once its approved for the first time you shouldn’t have to have approval for comments after that. Its is a … Continue reading
Hines nursery post still getting comments!
I love the “most recent comment section”. It helps bring to life past posts that are still commented on but would be missed by anyone else but me. The post on Hines Nurseries troubles is one such post. Here we … Continue reading
The economy again.
No sooner than I write the last post on having fun I read this from Open Register. According to the post “The Deloitte Research Leading Index fell to 2.67% this month, prompting a forecast of weak spending in the coming … Continue reading
Having Fun
Having fun with the granddaughter at Lake Tahoe There are so many things that occupy any given workday at the nursery. Paperwork, paying bills, answering the phone, writing the next newsletter, watering, weeding, pest control, talking with customers, talking with … Continue reading
Another one bites the dust.
Another small garden center closes in Placerville. Carters Nursery owner Dale Carter has decided to retire. With Sleepy Hollow closing last year, and Carters this year there are no longer any garden centers in the county seat! Oh, there is … Continue reading
Update on whats up here.
I seem to be figuring out this new WordPress system, yet I still have lots of questions. If you have used WordPress.com it is an amazingly simple system to use. What we did was take WordPress.org and download it onto … Continue reading
Changes with the blog
We are making changes to the blog. While we are doing that you may find yourself re-directed to the new blog under construction, or even our home page for the nursery. This change over from Blogger to WordPress is giving … Continue reading
The era of the citizen journalist
A while back I was interviewed by a trade magazine about blogging. One question was whether garden centers should monitor the internet for negative reviews. My answer was no, just get in on the conversation and occasionally Google you name … Continue reading
Small wineries and nurseries are a lot alike.
Small wineries and nurseries have a lot in common. How do you get them into your facility? You can buy plants at Home Depot or Wal Mart just like you can buy wine at BevMo or Costco. You don’t even … Continue reading
Keep your options open.
Keeping you options open is a good idea for the small garden center. What you thought you would be about when you started may not be what you are about now. This story from the Macon Telegraph on Green leaf … Continue reading
