SEEDS & WEEDS: The Funniest Things People Have Said About GARDENING

THE FUNNIEST THINGS PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT GARDENING 47
Big bags
It’s been a tradition among veteran gardeners to migrate every spring to
the local garden supply store or big box retailer to fill up trunks and back
seats and flatbeds with bags of stuff — topsoil, potting mix, raised garden
mix, mulch, and so on.
A few rare death-or-glory souls take their chances with sphagnum
moss.
The bags lie stacked on wooden pallets in the parking lot. Big, 50-
pound plastic bags — too unwieldy to put on a shopping cart, wheel
inside, and
take through
the checkout
line.
So the
stores have
abandoned
that
procedure.
“Just tell
us now many
bags you’re
taking,” they