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EMAIL: ttsdaly@carlnet.org Plant & Gardening Items Available on my Main Web SiteSEEDS (Perennials, Annuals, Herbs, Vegetables) DAYILY SEEDS PLANTS (large, varied collection of perennials) IRISES LILIES
My name is Teresa Daly. The purpose of my website is to offer good seed and healthy plants at a very affordable price. I started enjoying flowers about nine years ago after moving into the home in which I now live. There were several perennials already in place such as peonies, iris, old fashioned bleeding heart, old fashioned lilac and several varieties of tulips, crocus, daffodils and a couple very very fragrant old fashioned roses that only bloom for 3 to 4 weeks in the spring. As a child, my parents (and their parents before them) always gardened. So every year we had fresh vegetables and I learned by watching (and having to help - which at that time I really didn't like!). But we never really had many flowers.
From the flowers I began growing, I made arrangements as gifts and to just give to people. I also enjoyed crafting. I began drying flowers and making craft projects. Someone said, "hey, why don't you sell your cut flowers at the 'farmers market'". So I gave it a try. I really enjoyed it, and the people really liked my cut flower arrangements and my craft items. Then as I began starting more plants from seed, I had too many plants. I began potting them in styrefoam cups, punching holes in the bottom of the cups for drainage. People were buying my plants. I tried to start as many 'unusual' plants as possible.
I grow all the plants and seeds here on my property that I sell. Therefore I am very familiar with the plants and their flowering habits. I also abandon any of those that I really don't feel are up-to-stuff or worth keeping. However, some I just keep because they are requested, and like myself, some people just need to try them for themselves. I have had to pay very high prices for some of the seeds and plants that I have purchased. Some of those expensive items I was very disappointed that I had paid such a high price. So I hope to offer to you seeds and plants at a very affordable price.
SOME OF MY FAVORITE SITES T's Flowers & Things | Dave's Garden | Garden Web
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When I moved to my current home, I began a vegetable garden. I found a store that carried flower seed (and vegetables) at 10 packets for $1.00. I began direct sowing seeds into my vegetable garden and around the house. I received National Gardening Magazine from my mother-in-law. I really enjoyed the magazine and got interested more and more in perennial flowers (and other flowers and bulbs). I enjoyed the 'Seed Swap' column and began doing a little swapping, plus ordered several mail order catalogs such as Burpee, Thompson & Morgan and Park Seed from ads in the magazine. I was also given several flower books. I began reading and reading all I could find about plants, their names, their form with height, color spread, and especially "how to" propogate them. I began testing as much seed as possible and making germination notes. I also practiced propogation by cuttings, layering, etc. 
I joined a local garden club. The garden club holds an annual 'garden fair' every year. I began selling my plants at the 'garden fair'. Then my business began to grow. I'm still enjoying it very much, and it's still growing! 