Monthly Archives for October 2008
October sales, attitude, and our LinkedIn group
October has been a good month for sales. Up from last year. We did have some deep discounting with some of our plants. People are shopping for plants, but it seems right now you have to offer them at reduced … Continue reading
Open yourself to the possibilities
We are working on our new project, “Miss Monica’s Garden Valley Pre-School and Daycare”. I have had to move my vegetable garden to make way for a playground for the kids. Over all the nursery will shrink by about 10 … Continue reading
The not so victorious “Victory Garden”
Here is an update on The Victory Garden in San Francisco. We read about it at Garden Rant, where Amy rightly said it was a publicity stunt as opposed to a real attempt to encourage sustainability. She said, “Any Friends … Continue reading
The passionate few
We have a e-newsletter that we send out to just over 900 e-mail addresses. You sign up for the e-mail either at our web page, a forwarded e-news, or at the nursery by writing your e-mail down, which we then … Continue reading
Small is cool, again.
The other day Seth Godin ran an post titled, “Maybe you can’t make money doing what you love.” He say’s, “That blog you’ve built, the one with a lot of traffic… perhaps it can’t be monetized. That non-profit you work … Continue reading
Staring a new business, part two.
I wanted to fill you in on our latest venture, the daycare preschool we are opening. My friend Sid worries about burn out and the stress of running a child care center. Monica ran a day care for two years, … Continue reading
Open a nursery now?
We have been getting ready for our 4th Annual Scarecrow Contest and Pleasure Faire. We have local vendors and artists as well as the scarecrow contest. I’ll cook hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. It’s suppose to be about … Continue reading
Recession proof?
You have heard in the past how the garden center business is recession proof? Is that true today? I certainly don’t think so, but we are here and the circumstances we face may be different than other garden centers face. … Continue reading
