The pack of zinnia seeds was almost $4, so this isn't off some rare flower that only grows outside a little village in Japan or Norway. But that's not the half of it. When i looked in the pack, there was like 10 seeds - okay, am being facetious, but comeon... Back in the day, the little packs actually contained enough seeds, that when you opened the pack, you didn't have to strain your eyeballs, to make sure the pack actually had seeds within.
Another memory i recall, was receiving seed catalogs in the mail. All kinds of seeds and bulbs to anticipate over, while outside, the february snows drifted where you just shoveled. The last gardening catalog that came in the mail, was just for equipment - no seeds, and certainly no bulbs.
Last year, went over to the gardening center and was looking at a rosebush. It was $30. That's a bit much, and i wanted to plant two of them. Needless to say, that wasn't happening.
You can take cuttings of roses. They are called own root roses. If you see one in someone's yard ask if you can take a piece. I just put them outside in sandy soil with a large plastic soda bottle overtop to hold moisture. Plenty of shrubs can be grown this way. Cotoneaster,holly,euonymous,boxwood.
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous, i will certsinly look into that. Thankyou much ;)
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