I’m pooped! It was one of our busiest days since Christmas; foreshadowing of things to come, I hope!
I have tomorrow off, so I’m going to ‘The Garden Expo’ with Husband, Dad and my SIL, Kellie. Can’t wait! We’ll ditch Dad & Husband and Kel & I will get all ‘girly over gardening’ tomorrow. Husband likes to grow food, Dad just likes to mow grass, but there will be plenty of riding mowers and other gadgetry for them both to lust after. ;)
Actually, it’s partly a ‘spy mission’ to see what the competition in the area is up to; we haven’t had a booth in a few years as it’s not lucrative enough (because it falls when things are picking up for us at Jung’s) and frankly, the expo is sort of turning into a craft show. :(
BUT, I get to visit with my pal Shelley Ryan, ‘The Wisconsin Gardener’. She’s a HOOT! We got to be friends when I managed The Seed Savers Garden Store in town and we sold her videos and she did some episodes about us. I want to be her when I grow up. She’s our local ‘Martha Stewart’ but she rankles at that...she’s a total Farm Girl. :)
http://www.wpt.org/gardenexpo/index.cfm (Expo Link)
Shelley Ryan:
http://www.wpt.org/garden/details/index.cfm?content=host
Glad you had a busy day! We’ve been busy already too. People are itching to get their gardens planted. We’ve already sold a bunch of our potatoes and some seeds. Cole crops aren’t big enough yet, thanks to 2 weeks of cold cloudy weather. Got our roses—230— in Weds and wave petunias and callies for a couple hundred baskets. My wonderful crew got the roses planted and the baskets done. I’m grounded—someone has to stay in the store and wait on customers! LOL
Expo sounds great! Don’t you hate how they plan all the stuff you’d love to go to during your busy season?
The closest I get to checking out the competition is going to Walmart or Lowes! Truly, I don’t care much. I’ve got a huge loyal customer base that gets larger every year and I’ve got all I can handle! We have the best plants and service in the county , hands down. Where we are we don’t have any room to expand, so... :)
You used to manage the Seed Savers store? The one on Monroe Street? I used to walk down there between classes sometimes when I went to Edgewood HS. Cool!