B-Rant

- submitted by b-team on 08/06/2007

Managing Your Garden Center Expectations

Ask Burbia -- A Burbia Q & A

Question--Dear Burbia: I recently moved from New Jersey. When I went to my new garden store looking for some grass seed, and discovered that they carried 113 different types of seed and 87 types of lawn fertilizer, I was stunned. What's going on?
--Jack, Lafayette CA

Answer--Dear Jack: You had every reason to be stunned...at such a limited inventory. Our guess is, if you had asked the store manager, he'd almost certainly have explained that the other several hundred seed and fertilzer products were on back order and would be available later in the week. In this kind of circumstance and staggering disappointment, it's best to take a breath -- to realize that people are trying their best -- and to return to the store in a few days when stocks are back to normal. ...read more rants

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Any store with less than

- submitted by Anonymous on 08/06/2007

Any store with less than 1000 different seed filos isn't a garden store. Might as well go to an ice creamstore.

i prefer to black top my

- submitted by bballer on 08/06/2007

i prefer to black top my lawn, a big basketball court out front.

There are so many different

- submitted by naturalist on 08/06/2007

There are so many different seeds and fertilizerss and such, who knows what the differences are. I leave my grass alone and it's been just fine.

I'm sick of all the people

- submitted by Anonymous on 08/06/2007

I'm sick of all the people who have to have the perfect green lawn. It's stupid and a waste of time. I could care less. And then everybody competes to see who has the best lawn, MY God, don't people have more important things toi do?

I agree. So many are

- submitted by shrinker on 08/06/2007

I agree. So many are obsessed withl their lawns. If they spent as much time with their children as they did on their lawns we'd have a lot more happy well adjusted kids.

Man across street from us

- submitted by cheatingischeating on 08/06/2007

Man across street from us actually painted his lawn. He denies it but my husband and I saw him doing it late at night. Couple weeks later another house our street had a lawn that looked at logt greener than ithad before. We've got the local lawn cheaters going on around us.

I hate4 going into lawn

- submitted by Anonymous on 08/06/2007

I hate4 going into lawn stores. I'm clueless and am happy to stay that way but they make you feel guilty you don't know more. I've got enough to do without worrying what kind of plant foodi'm supposed to get for my bushes and all that. I love my yard, patchy grass and all.

Lawn obsessives are the

- submitted by Anonymous on 08/07/2007

Lawn obsessives are the worst Get a life or get out, that'ss my view. lol

Wasting time on lawn care is

- submitted by calgy on 08/07/2007

Wasting time on lawn care is a waste. Give me a volley ball net out front and I'm cool for school. Peace and calm!