Do Your Check Your Seed Packets When They Arrive?
Okiedawn OK Zone 7
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Comments (34)Ice cream pails are the best way to get ice cream!! In MN we can get ice cream in 4, 5 or 6 quart buckets. I remember when my sister moved to Kansas, back in 1978, and she couldn't find ice cream buckets/pails in the grocery store. She liked to store things in them so all of us in MN saved them for her. When she hauled out one in front of a neighbor and/or co-worker they stood there and stared. They were in awe, so then the collecting started for a lot of folks. They finally have buckets there....See MoreSo when will YOUR mail orders arrive???
Comments (14)I found out that one of the items I ordered from Big Dipper, a couple of Gaillardia 'Oranges and Lemons' will not be included in my shipment. Their policy is if anything is not ready when your order is scheduled for shipment, they delete it from your order and just don't charge you for that item. They won't ship it later, or hold the rest of the order. Of course, this was the main thing I placed the order for, so I was disappointed. I went to the local garden center to see if they were carrying it this year. They weren't, but of course I had to pick up a few things anyway, just to console myself, LOL! I've started planting out some of my winter sown things. They've been outside from the beginning, so I think they will be able to handle a frost or two. I also planted out the things from the local garden center, since those were already hardened off. I'll probably harden the mail order stuff off for a few days, then plant them. It's all perennials that are harder for this zone, so they should be fine....See MoreWhere do you get your tomato seeds from? And when?
Comments (17)I use Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds. Most seeds come in a minimum packet size of 250 seeds except some expensive hybrids that come in 100 seed packets. You can get better prices on the hybrids elsewhere, but for open pollinated tomato seeds you get 250 seeds (actually most packs have about 280 seeds) for about twice to three times the price of what other dealers would charge for 20 to 50 seeds. They sell 7000 varieties of flower and vegetable and herb seeds, and their catalog is about an inch thick, but no pretty pictures. Shipping is a flat $5.95. but once you order from them they will keep sending you free shipping offers. A lot of packets, but not all, have the germination test data on them, which very few other vendors provide. So if you are growing plants for sale and need a lot of seeds they are a good place to buy from, but if you are only going to start a couple of plants better to go to one of the retail vendors, even though your per seed price would be much higher. Shipping is very fast and so far they have had everything in stock, all my orders arrived in four to six business days from when I ordered the seeds....See MoreIs Your Meal Ready When Your Thanksgiving Guests Arrive?
Comments (33)jewelis- I wasn't referring to her response but to the letter writer who said by the time dinner is served (when they've been there for 2-3 hours) they are all ready to go home. Marilyn, I'm going to chalk it up to different people behave differently. It was my grandmother who instilled in me the belief that it was rude to "eat and run" so to speak. It's worked out okay for me since my husband's 101 year old grandma never wanted us to leave right away either. She always wanted to see her great grand babies. Come to think of it, she may not have cared if WE were there, just the babies. ;)...See MoreOkiedawn OK Zone 7
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