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1 posted on 02/15/2010 7:10:14 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

They need to shift to fruit and food producing stock. Ornamentals will continue to decline, but the market for plantings able to feed the family will only increase - given that you have sound, reliable stock. Forget the multigraft ‘Wonder Fruit’ trees that produce every kind of popular apple and bananas, cherries and pomegranates besides. Just like seeds, fruiting stock is going to see greater pressure from good suppliers.

My $0.02.


37 posted on 02/15/2010 9:00:46 AM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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About four years ago, a palm tree nursery got started not far away.....judging by the layout and size, it appears the people were targeting commercial developers, with all the new home developments going in.

The place looks like a ghost town....just like all the unfinished housing tracts.

42 posted on 02/15/2010 9:15:09 AM PST by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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Good grief, with the number of people trying veggie gardening, you’d think that this wouldn’t be a problem.


44 posted on 02/15/2010 9:24:12 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

A good idea might be to emphasize growing an herb garden.

Herbs are so expensive in the store, and God only knows where they come from.

More herbs are cold hardy than a lot of people realize. I just looked into it myself and found that as least half of the spices I use for cooking are cold hardly, so I decided to order some plants and start a small section of the graden as an herb garden.

If I had known that you sold stuff through mail order, I would have ordered from you, but I put the order in some time ago so it’s kind of too late to give you the business now.


57 posted on 02/15/2010 9:59:12 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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“Niklas, who had to file bankruptcy after losing almost half his sales when his primary retailer was bought out.”

This statement is a bit confusing to me. If his primary business, the retail, was sold, wouldn’t that lead to him losing sales that were associated with that side of his business?

Either way, Mr. Niklas, please call the Dave Ramsey show...


74 posted on 02/15/2010 11:57:50 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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Nurseries are laying off employees, cutting costs and foregoing new buildings and equipment.

Awwwww! Do all the illegal gardners have to go back to Mexico now?

88 posted on 02/15/2010 2:57:56 PM PST by Gaffer ("Profling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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