Is it just

 


Is it just me getting old or is Christmas getting earlier evey year.

And are Garden Centres now just retail outlets for seasonal goodies?

Every year shops display their Christmas wears for all to see earlier
and
earlier. They put up their decorations, it seems like just after
Easter.

Go to a Garden Center for something to do with gardening and what do
you find.
Millions of Christmas trees, no roots so you can't plant
them, rows of shelves
full of Christmas decorations, stacks of tacky so
called Christmas presents.

But not a seed tray, pot or compost in sight.

And to top it all, piped Christmas carols and hymns, you know the ones
you
really hate but are humming to youeself days after.
Aggggggghhhh!!!

Yup, I think its just me - getting old and sad.

All the best
Gardenjunkie




--
Gardenjunkie

 

Gardenjunkie wrote:

One good thing, IMO, is that one can get some plants that can be
hard to find.  I just found some cranberry bushes in 1-qt
containers.  Since they were on the list of plants I want, I got
them all.

Also, little hollies.  The problem with them is that there are
only females for the obvious reason.

I was kid-of hacked off when I was told that the little trees
(junipers--for that matter, most of these things need labels)
could not be planted outside.   So what is the point of getting a
living tree if that is the case?

But yeah.  I have been prowling the nurseries looking for normal
things, and there is almost nothing right now.

--
Jean B.

 



The garden centers keep perpetuating this myth that junipers can be
grown indoors. Bonsai wannabes purchase them by the thousands, then
when the tree dies, they think they can't grow bonsai. Meanwhile, the
wholesalers are raking in the money & the garden center employees
don't know the difference. I assure you, junipers cannot be grown
indoors, except under very specialized conditions for a limited amount
of time.
Iris

 

csd wrote:

Interestingly I saw another such thing and this one had more of a
label on it--still no scientific name, but stating they were hardy
down to -10F.  I had a few things I am going to try to look into
online.  Thanks for the reminder.

--
Jean B.

 



It's not just you.


I think it's people in sales.  I don't know what it is with them, but
they compulsively push their products beyond all reason.

My pet peeve is TV.  They now run commericails for their other shows
almost non-stop, right on the screen as another show is in progress.
The commerical breaks weren't enough.

This year we had Christmas stuff on the shelves in our supermarket
before Halloween.