There's an excellent butcher in Mt Airy with delicious locally-raised meat, super fresh eggs, even great frozen veg's and sometimes pints of oysters. They are open until noon on Saturday. You'd have to bring a cooler with ice, but might be worth a stop. Even if Jim just wants ground beef for his spaghetti sauce, he'll make a run out there. Price is higher than Aldi's or Walmart, but you can taste the difference in flavor.
http://www.wagnersmeats.com/
At one point last spring,
@RickM mentioned ordering polymer moisture crystals. Did you get some? Do you have extra? Small or medium size? I like a mixture of both for planting shrubs and long-lived perennials (the big ones persist a few more years). Looking at the dense patches of stilt grass in our lawn, I think I'm going to have some big bare spots to reseed in spring... scratching in some small crystals may help with that.
Also, does anybody need Extreme black sharpie markers (best I've found for writing labels UV and water resistant, last for years for me) or silver/gold metallic Sharpie markers (for writing on black nursery pots, legible for at least a couple years outside in the sun... if you write on dirty pots, you need 2 so you can switch between them)?? I know some people swear by certain paint markers or even good old pencil... I also have 1.3mm mechanical pencils I can get, the extra wide point is good for writing on mini-blinds. Sometimes I use Extreme Sharpie on the front for the plant name and pencil for details on the curved (and slightly protected) back. Pencil also works on zinc labels, haven't tried it on the colored ones, but I have zinc labels from 15+ years ago where the front laser label has finally faded but I can still see the pencil on the back.
To sum up, if you need Extreme Black Sharpie markers, Gold or Silver metallic Sharpie markers, or 1.3 mm mechanical pencils, I can get them... usually for about $1. Since I buy in big packs, it's a much better price than buying 1 or 2 on your own. I can also split a pack of clear laser address labels, best I've found for applying printed labels to those zinc garden markers. LMK if interested, and I'll put them on my trade list. Just leave the $ on my plant pile.
