Is there a listing somewhere of members who sell their bulbs? Marie Tolleson, Az > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:00:09 -0500 > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > From: jwaddick@kc.rr.com > Subject: Re: [pbs] Garden News - OT - Nursery closings > > >That would include your local bulb growers, Jim? Hint, hint. > > > >--Russell, taking a break from harvesting/replanting bulbs > > > >At 12:16 AM 8/18/2010, you wrote: > > > >> Support your local growers. > >> > >> Jim W. > > > >Russell Stafford > >Odyssey Bulbs > >http://www.odysseybulbs.com/ > > Dear Russell, > I hate to mention a specific commercial grower by name > (ahem......Odyssey Bulbs), but PBS has a number of grower/members who > rely on customers who are alerted from these pages. Just this week a > number of the PBS Family of growers offered Sinningia tubiflora > options to an eager customer/member. > > It is not that long ago that Seneca Hills Nursery and > Asiatica Nursery closed their doors. > > If we, the dedicated gardeners don't buy from these > independent growers, they have no choice but to close shop and leave > the avid gardeners to the dregs of Big Box and 'Home Improvement" > garden centers. > > So I'll amend my former statement "Support your local growers > and especially friends of PBS". > > That's what makes PBS so great: members, whether growers or > gardeners rely on each other for support, information and friendship, > among other things. > > Thanks Russell. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/