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Rant: Where have all the flower seeds gone?
Comments (12)I am the hort guy at a commercial seed company called Ivy Garth Seeds. I have worked there since its inception more than 20 yrs ago. Hazzard's is independently owned but mirrors the seed list at the Garth. There are a couple of companies that sell Ivy Garth seeds on the internet, all separate and independently owned by individuals that have duplicated the inventory on their listings and get seed packages shipped to them from the Garth whenever orders are placed at these mirror companies. I believe Hazard's puts their own label over the original print on the seed packs. They do not warehouse seeds at all. Ivy Garth gets its seeds from all of the major distributers of seeds all over the world and does the packaging, organizing and storing of it in a temperature and humidity controlled environment. The only thing companies like Hazzard's has to do is place an order at the Garth and they receive the pre packaged seed usually within a couple of days - or overnighted if it is a seed emergency! Ivy Garth Seeds only sells to commercial seed growers - nurseries and greenhouses or other seed companies. There isn't as much variety today because plant trends change and there just wasn't any real interest - or sales of some seed varieties. Any seeds that are consecutively not a good seller are not good to keep in inventory! Breeders producing seeds can have years of bad production due to climate - or wars - that will cause a variety to be put on hiatus and taken off of seed lists too. I am still in disbelief that the production of Browallia speciosa seeds has stopped due to lack of nurseries and homeowners growing it. Instead of discontinuing it they should have DOUBLED the price of the seed to make it look more desirable and then seed companies would sell a ton of it. Proven Winners sells a browallia that is cutting grown and it is the same as the seed grown variety that is no longer produced. I personally miss the diversity of seeds that used to be available commercially from the larger seed companies. We have lost some amazing plants that used to be fairly common. Some seed varieties are gone for good. It is a constant cycle, in the future there will be more seed varieties discontinued but there will be others to take their place. Probably not as many as in the past though....See MoreUnit Price - A rant and a warning
Comments (46)Here's some free tax advice, worth far more than you'll be paying for it. Taxpayers are required to make tax payments through the year (whether through withholding, quarterly payments, or both) against their accumulating tax liability. You can't simply pay nothing and then the whole thing when filing the return. Penalties are imposed for what's called "Underpayment of estimated tax" if not enough has been paid timely through the year. Because no one has a crystal ball or knows along the way whether their income will be up, down, constant, or if they'll get a huge bonus in December, there are safe haven amounts that, if paid, will protect from the imposition of penalties on any resultant underpayment determined when the return is finalized. One safe haven is having proportional payments totaling 90% of the year's tax (Ie, the balance due is less than 10% of the total). Another one for most people is to pay an amount equal to 100% (110% for those with income >$150K) of the prior year's tax. That number isn't known until your 2023 return is prepared. Use that 2023 total tax liability to target withholding for the year. Withholding amounts (and so instructions to payroll departments) are adjustable, though some employers are not flexible in that regard even though they're supposed to be....See MorePleasantly surprised! A "how nice" rant. They gave me too many....
Comments (10)Those are so nice! And I find the burrowing owls so interesting. We have a pair of barred owls in the neighborhood, charming in their own way but not nearly as cute as those babies. Enjoy them! (and I'll add Signs.com to my favorites on the chance I could possibly use them at some point)...See MorePromix rant
Comments (9)Ive had problems with fruit flies in my promix. I bought some BT to kill them. I can't say for sure they came from the promix? My beef about the promix is that it dries out too fast. Adding vermiculaite would help. I like the fact that promix has michorizae. I could cook my promix in the oven, but that would also kill all the michorhizae....See MoreRelated Professionals
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