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Old 12-15-2006, 08:10 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I have a friend here who owns a health club in Alabama. She drives back and forth between here and there a few times a month to check on her business. She goes right by TyTy. She knew I was into plants, and she was thinking about buying some fruit trees. She asked me about TyTy.
I told her I had never bought anything from them, but that they had a website that looked like it should have been the begining to a weird jungle porno flick with all these muscle shirted tattooed guys posing with plants in various scenarios and whatnot (the website they have NOW is NOTHING like the one they USED to have 3-4 years ago), and that the general concensus among serious mail order gardeners was that their plants and prices might not be as "hot" as the guys thought that they were.. She laughed and said everytime she drove by those self same guys were out "farming around" in their little muscle tees. She thought it might be worth the time just to stop and see what was going on there from the standpoint of checking out the rather surreal surroundings, even if not for the fruit trees.

I have a greenhouse, but its probably too large for you to consider. Its 36 x 48 feet and a permanent structure. Its a rainforest habitat kept at a minimum in winter of 55F. Has big exhaust fans, a big propane heater, cooling pads for summer, etc. There's a pond and a 20 ft stream with a waterfall and a small still pool. I only have one banana in there, Musa Okinawa. Took all the others out and planted them in the yard, they are hardy here and I needed the space. Everything is planted into theground, like a botanical garden.
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