That shop sounds like HEAVEN! :) Do they have a website?
“I also got some good intel on greenhouses & nurseries in the area.”
We should do that as a subject one month - extolling the virtues of our favorite Garden Centers...even though I grow most of what I need from seed, and hang out at Walmart WAY too much in the Spring. :)
I’m just hoping to duplicate the STEAL OF A DEAL I got on the Proven Winners hanging baskets of a few years back. $50 baskets that I got for $10 each!
They do have a website, but don’t show what I described, just some general statements.
One greenhouse a cousin suggested we go to when it opens has changed hands. The ladies at the general store ‘made a face’ when I mentioned it .... prices have all but doubled under the new management. They had some other suggestions & the country market barely 10 minutes down the road will have herbs & flowers when the weather warms up. Of course, Walmart is 7 minutes away - they have a lot of their garden stuff (mulch, soil, pavers, etc.) already out in the parking lot.
It appears Clyde (JD 920) will be here next month. My brother is going to service it & trailer it for me. I offered to let him keep it to mow our part of the property this coming mowing season, but he said he got his mower running well (a new carburetor helped!) so he’s more comfortable using his mower. Clyde will make short work of the fields & Little Red, being smaller, will be more nimble around the trees & landscaping in the yard.
The paving guy is coming tomorrow to see if it’s dry enough to do some grading & prep work for asphalt later this spring. About 2/3 of our existing driveway will be removed & replaced plus the new loop in the front will get pavement. It’s going to be a huge project, but the company has been in business for 69 years & the owner is a bit of a perfectionist so I know they will do a good job.