EXCELLENT! I went past the Target on Baseline/Gilbert last night and got Kellogs Cactus/Succulent potting mix for .99 a bag. 12QT bags. The garden area was locked up (where the plants are) but everyting I could see had the 50% off sale. You can bet I will be dropping by there this morning! Susie

I scored big time there today!! I hit the one in Camden SC, the manager of the Garden center was there, I asked if she had any clearance plants. She said they were clearing out summer stock for inventory and literally followed me around with a sharpie marking down the plants. I left with a pickup full of plants!! LOL all I went in for was a bag of Annual Winter Rye seed. I came home with 2 new palms about 4 ft tall, a Bird of Paradise about 4 to 5 ft tall, Brugs, Sweedish Ivy, a few mums at regular price but still a bargain, some succulents for in the house, a nice peach hibiscus, and several others I need to look up and research just because I liked them. I also picked up 2 bags of MG potting soil and some cactus soil. I left the store for $80! I had 3 carts full of plants! The only thing I couldn't talk her out of was a nice medium sized Sago Palm that was putting out a new flush. And I made a great connection in the process, she was an very nice lady as well as very knowledgeable about plants and an avid gardner! What a wonderful shopping trip!! I'll be going back to this Lowes on a regular basis from now on! :-)

Hey SPF, I was there today and did the same thing you did. The reason HD doesn't do it is that they don't OWN the plants, they RENT the space on consignment so they couldn't care less if the plants die or not, or get sold. Lowe's, on the other hand, owns the stuff and wants to make what they can on it.... I still have an HRC in a bucket for you but I don't see where the maters are growing...I have five of them that are 75 days old and only 8" tall! Thought I'd wait a few more weeks to see if they are worth messing with or not. Tom

You never know what deals you might find! I haven't been going to Goodwill as much lately and sometimes I wonder what I'm missing but I figure what I don't know won't bother me. I did stop in last week just to check if they had a pair of snowboots in Dan's size, thinking it a longshot at this time of year, but there they were. Only $3. The size was missing but they also had a pair one size smaller and I just compared them sole to sole.