Alrighty then...due to illness, I'll try again next week as far as using this blog to let you know what's new. I can tell you, quickly, there are lots of new veggie starts (cukes, squash and pumpkins are here at last) and we've restocked most of the tomatoes, though 'Sungold' may be gone for the season.
Other than that, plenty of new perennials (hardy geraniums and salvias in bloom!), plenty of new annual color and inside, you'll find our best selection of pots yet! Lots of new styles and colors and a variety of sizes.
Okay, I'm goin' back to bed.
Jay ~
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
This poor, neglected thing! I suppose it's good news, really, that we haven't had time to update the blog for more than two months - and thanks to you good people for that! Despite the crappiest Seattle spring in living memory (and now just off a 90° heat wave), we are succeeding beyond all expectations. Your support has been incredible.
While catching my breath about a month ago I had the wild idea that we should have a weekly "fresh sheet", kinda like a restaurant. We start getting faxes from our growers on Wednesday night and it continues through Saturday night; generally speaking I have to fax our orders in by Monday morning. Some of them confirm, some don't, but at any rate we have a pretty good idea what's coming in any given week by Monday at noon or so. I think that would be a sensible use of the blog, don't you? We have a lot of plant collectors in our customer base and this would be a great way to give you a heads-up on the rare or unusual things that are coming in. Don't hold our feet to the fire - the vagaries of missed faxes, crop failures and delivery snafus take a near-weekly toll! - but as an overall guide I think it would be of interest to some of you and useful for us as well.
Don't forget we have an active Wish Book at the store and we love hunting down that particular something you're after! Varying rates of success with that but I'm always amazed how often it works. We've got great resources, and you shouldn't hesitate to ask. How can we find what you want if we don't know what it is?
Send an email to info@emeraldcitygardens.com if you would like to join our email list. We won't spam you very often but there are two compelling reasons to join:
1. A "frequent flyer" card that becomes a $20 gift certificate when you complete your journey down the Yellow Brick Road and
2. Special members-only savings in the form of paperless coupons - i.e., a password or phrase that gives you discounts on selected items. "The slug dies at dawn" was a recent winner for those seeking 25% off on Sluggo products and "I'm here for the Emerald City needle exchange program" gave big savings on conifers. It's fun, it's free, we don't sell our list and the biggest complaint we're hearing from people is that we don't spam them enough. High praise indeed.
Anyway: stay tuned. If you haven't checked in here in a while, I'm sorry it took us this long to breathe life back into the thing. Check back soon!
Jay ~
While catching my breath about a month ago I had the wild idea that we should have a weekly "fresh sheet", kinda like a restaurant. We start getting faxes from our growers on Wednesday night and it continues through Saturday night; generally speaking I have to fax our orders in by Monday morning. Some of them confirm, some don't, but at any rate we have a pretty good idea what's coming in any given week by Monday at noon or so. I think that would be a sensible use of the blog, don't you? We have a lot of plant collectors in our customer base and this would be a great way to give you a heads-up on the rare or unusual things that are coming in. Don't hold our feet to the fire - the vagaries of missed faxes, crop failures and delivery snafus take a near-weekly toll! - but as an overall guide I think it would be of interest to some of you and useful for us as well.
Don't forget we have an active Wish Book at the store and we love hunting down that particular something you're after! Varying rates of success with that but I'm always amazed how often it works. We've got great resources, and you shouldn't hesitate to ask. How can we find what you want if we don't know what it is?
Send an email to info@emeraldcitygardens.com if you would like to join our email list. We won't spam you very often but there are two compelling reasons to join:
1. A "frequent flyer" card that becomes a $20 gift certificate when you complete your journey down the Yellow Brick Road and
2. Special members-only savings in the form of paperless coupons - i.e., a password or phrase that gives you discounts on selected items. "The slug dies at dawn" was a recent winner for those seeking 25% off on Sluggo products and "I'm here for the Emerald City needle exchange program" gave big savings on conifers. It's fun, it's free, we don't sell our list and the biggest complaint we're hearing from people is that we don't spam them enough. High praise indeed.
Anyway: stay tuned. If you haven't checked in here in a while, I'm sorry it took us this long to breathe life back into the thing. Check back soon!
Jay ~
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