Day 1089 Bonanza it wasn’t

3rd August 2020

We had to drive to Hamilton to collect a dresser Kelli found on Marketplace.

I’m getting used to the various routes we take, always ready to grab the wheel when she spies a Trump placard in someone’s garden and wants to drive over it.

The dresser wasn’t anything special, plain white that I’m sure we can turn into something different and sell quickly.

I suggested whilst we we out to find a garden centre that might have grasses for our new metal troughs.

A quick tap on the GPS and discovered one just six minutes away.

Well the Ponderosa garden centre was not the centre of anyone’s universe. It took us a while to find the entrance. When we eventually did a young Mexican lad almost died of shock that any customers had found the place.

He led us into one large greenhouse with a massive fan trying unsuccessfully to suck the hot air out. Inside there was a sad selection of plants that obviously no one wanted. He led us through a dark area to another hot house that had even less selection. In a last attempt to tempt us into buying something he led us past a small dispatch area where two more Mexican were picking dead leaves off some small bushes due to be shipped out.

The whole place had a creepy air about it, mainly due to the lack of any other customers.

The dark areas reminded us of a horror film where unsuspecting visitors were never seen again.

If I heard the sound of a chainsaw start up, we’d be out of there at light speed.

We decided that the garden centre in Holland was a much better bet for the things we wanted.

Sure enough the selection was great and in a short time we had amassed a varied stack of grasses. But isn’t dirt so expensive? Well gardening is bloody expensive, I hope the stuff doesn’t die.

When we got back Kelli couldn’t wait to fill the first trough. I got some spare dirt from the back garden to supplement what we had bought, and just as well because the six bags was just enough.

We carried on and removed another two diseased bushes ready for the next trough to be set in position.

We were waiting for a customer to collect the project piece we had finished to their choice.

The time went by, they were having dinner in Douglas stopping at our place on their way back. By nine thirty we gave up hope of that happening, so I guess it will be on Marketplace tomorrow.