Oh I agree with you both 100%. I do most of my heavy garden work in the late fall/winter time frame. It's the only time of year I can dig holes, move rocks and other heavy physical work without melting in the heat or getting carried away by mosquitos. I went by Home Depot to get some bags of crushed marble and they DIDN'T HAVE ANY LEFT!!!!! What the F$#%? It a rock for crying out loud! I can see not having certain plants and such, but no rocks? Fa-la-la-la-la, 'tis the season.
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tangerine-jack wrote: Oh I agree with you both 100%. I do most of my heavy garden work in the late fall/winter time frame. It's the only time of year I can dig holes, move rocks and other heavy physical work without melting in the heat or getting carried away by mosquitos. I went by Home Depot to get some bags of crushed marble and they DIDN'T HAVE ANY LEFT!!!!! What the F$#%? It a rock for crying out loud! I can see not having certain plants and such, but no rocks? Fa-la-la-la-la, 'tis the season.
Tom Trigg
Ttrig,
I can GET the stuff I need after looking around, but my point is that most places wrongly assume gardening is a spring/summer activity and quickly clear the shelves for Christmas merchandise as soon as September hits.
I was born in Sandy Eggo, earthquakes, wild fires, mud slides, tornados and hippies, no thanks. Get rid of the hippies and I might move back.
Must definitely be a regional problem -- Home Depot, Wal-mart, K-mart, Ace Hardware, and others keep their garden centers open year-round here in south-east Arizona.
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