Monthly Archives for August 2011
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Turns out my last post “Make your message easy to spread”, was my 2500 (or 2049th according to some web page that count’s them up) post at this blog. Doesn’t matter, it’s a lot. It got me thinking about how … Continue reading
Make your message easy to spread
One of the coolest logo’s of any garden center is Sloat’s Garden Centers in The San Francisco Bay Area. This chain has been in business since 1958 and takes it’s name from the site of the original store on Sloat … Continue reading
Authenticity vs. fiction in the garden
The Dig, Drop, and Done Bulb Ladies post sure hit a nerve. As a juxtaposition I want tell you about another company that is creating buzz in a different way. Baker Seed is a company I have written about before … Continue reading
Bulbs and The Dig, Drop, and Done Ladies
Back in February we reported on a new bulb campaign designed to revitalize the depressed bulb market. It was there where we talked about how, “the Royal Trade Association for Nursery Stock and Flower Bulbs headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands has … Continue reading
Back from The IGC Show in Chicago
The IGC show in Chicago was great fun. I had a chance to meet many of the people whom I interact with online. Jeff and Cheryl Morey who organize the show treated myself and our Facebook Group well. A highlight … Continue reading
“Hi, we’re from Plant Watch and would like to look around…”
We operate a retail garden center where we don’t do a lot of our own propagating. Many of our plants are from wholesale growers who in turn often get their cuttings from a branding company. Apparently there is concern that … Continue reading
Compost tea serves up controversy
We have started brewing and selling compost tea at our garden center. Never having brewed or used it I though it would be fun to see what happened. So we have been applying it in my vegetable garden as a … Continue reading
