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We bought plants
May. 7th, 2010 01:20 pmToday is the first day of the Friends School Plant Sale. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
iraunink and I have been going to it for the past ... four years?
We got there very shortly after 7am and got in line. At 8am they started passing out wristbands - we were the last two in the first group of 50. Then we went off to the Keys Cafe on Raymond and had breakfast. They serve huge omelets - well, they server huge practically everything. In particular, a three egg omelet is a thin layer of egg wrapped around massive quantities of stuff (assorted veggies + hash browns, in my case) - it's just a bit longer than a dinner plate, and about two-thirds as wide. Irene had the two egg omelet, which actually was about two-thirds the size.
Then we went to the University of Minnesota Horticultural Club Plant Sale. It's much smaller. Got two six packs of annuals there.
Then it was back to the state fair grounds to wait for them to start letting people into the sale. We got out of the car about 10:40, and got in the corral for the first group to be let in. At 11am they opened the doors and let us in - we dashed around, got everything we were looking for, and were out by 11:30. Everything was 32 containers - two different daylilies (two of one kind, one of another), a flat of marigolds, three tomatoes, three hosta, four coralbells, four astilbe, one basil, one spearmint, one parsley.
And now we're home -iraunink has gone back to sleep, I'm thinking of joining her.
Nothing goes outside / in the ground until at least tomorrow afternoon - the weather people are predicting an overnight low of 35 degrees F, and heavy slushy snow, enough to accumulate on grassy areas.
kalmn - you can get your plants whenever you want - they're at our house. Give us a call. Current theory has someone home all day at least through Tuesday evening.
iraunink and I have been going to it for the past ... four years?We got there very shortly after 7am and got in line. At 8am they started passing out wristbands - we were the last two in the first group of 50. Then we went off to the Keys Cafe on Raymond and had breakfast. They serve huge omelets - well, they server huge practically everything. In particular, a three egg omelet is a thin layer of egg wrapped around massive quantities of stuff (assorted veggies + hash browns, in my case) - it's just a bit longer than a dinner plate, and about two-thirds as wide. Irene had the two egg omelet, which actually was about two-thirds the size.
Then we went to the University of Minnesota Horticultural Club Plant Sale. It's much smaller. Got two six packs of annuals there.
Then it was back to the state fair grounds to wait for them to start letting people into the sale. We got out of the car about 10:40, and got in the corral for the first group to be let in. At 11am they opened the doors and let us in - we dashed around, got everything we were looking for, and were out by 11:30. Everything was 32 containers - two different daylilies (two of one kind, one of another), a flat of marigolds, three tomatoes, three hosta, four coralbells, four astilbe, one basil, one spearmint, one parsley.
And now we're home -
iraunink has gone back to sleep, I'm thinking of joining her.Nothing goes outside / in the ground until at least tomorrow afternoon - the weather people are predicting an overnight low of 35 degrees F, and heavy slushy snow, enough to accumulate on grassy areas.
kalmn - you can get your plants whenever you want - they're at our house. Give us a call. Current theory has someone home all day at least through Tuesday evening.