Telos Rare Bulbs
Jose via pbs (Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:01:13 PST)

I couldn't agree more and I most certainly will do my part even though I have run out of space ages ago :)

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i think we can show our thanks to Diane and Robin by patronizing their nurseries.

Even if it's only a bulb or two.

I heard a quote once about small specialist nurseries.

How do you make some money with a specialist nursery?

"Start with a lot of money"

ArnoldSnow coming in NJ

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If I may add my two cents:

Diana, I find your website good enough for what it is.

Being a bulb enthusiast myself and not from US, I took time to read through the conditions (especially the international orders page).

I think your request about name and address is essential.

Please continue to offers these gems. There are hardly any place that offer so many generas and species in one place.

Greetings from Berlin,

Vlad

On Wed 17. Feb 2021 at 21:43 Diana Chapman via pbs < <mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

Thank you, Robin. It has actually taken me the best part of three

weeks just to update the availability on the web site, and I still

have the greenhouses to take care of and orders to fill. As for

hiring someone to do it, I couldn't possibly afford it, and anyway, I

tried some time back to have someone make a cd of bulbs that I would

provide to customers and it was a total nightmare, she couldn't

understand the names, couldn't spell them, even with me going over

them carefully, and I finally abandoned it. So, if my web site is

clunky and 'not modern', that's the way it is. I have rarely had any complaints about it.

Diana

Telos

A suggestion that revamping our websites that would avoid questions

and

other issues is great. But when you're a single proprietor with no

paid help and when revamping takes an incredible amount of time and

resources, it's much, much more difficult. We struggle along as best

we can and make changes as we can, but for me the last two years have

been very difficult due to family issues, a major move and other

obligations. Oh, yes, and a grandson who is no longer readily

available... Given the pandemic and the fact that we all have family,

often elderly or otherwise needing assistance, things don't happen as quickly or efficiently as they should.

Right now I'm faced with at least updating some website information

and

finding the time, let alone determining the best way to do it, can be

roadblocks in themselves.

So, these upgrades will get done, but for specialist nurseries,

these

take a lower priority than making sure we have unusual and/or rare

plants available for the plant lovers who support us. Personally, I'll

put up with clunky websites to get what I want, knowing I can't get a

plant anywhere else nearly as easily.

Robin Hansen

Hansen Nursery

In the southern wilds of Coos County, Oregon

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