This Centre started as a private garden that they were able to expand upon and to turn vacant land behind the house into growing beds. They bring in new plants and some varieties of plants each year but grow many of their own to sell. In many cases, if you call or e-mail the owner beforehand, she will go out the morning you are coming and dig up a fresh plant to sell to you. The larger centres stay open all year round although only for a few days a week in the winter usually. A lot of places have big sales right now but my experience has been that planting things from nurseries this time of year is too late for them to get really settled. I've heard others say they have no problem but not me. If I divide my own established plants they will usually do okay as they are going into the same soil in the same conditions or into pots that I'll bury in the garden soil for the winter for a spring sale. The weather is very unpredictable this time of year. It's summer but leaves are turning bright orange with cooler nights and all of a sudden it will be fall. Right now it's only 24 C out but because of 70% humidity it feels like 30 C. It's to be 17 C overnight and tomorrow 28 C but will feel like 35 C. When it feels like 30 C or more, I can't go outside or try to do anything because of my heart condition. We are to have similar daytime temps for the next 2 weeks but it will drop to 14 C and below by the 10th (a week and a half from now). 14 = 57 F, 17 = 63 F, 24 = 75 F, 30 = 86 F, and 35 = 95 F.
