It’s easy for me to be a scrooge about Christmas. I don’t get to see any of my family and that makes me sad for most of December but dang it . . why do they have to fill the stores with Christmas beginning November 1?
I had a little disaster with my seed container. Several months ago when I was starting seeds for the greenhouse, I left the whole container under the carport without the lid on it and we had a blowing rain and a lot of my seeds were ruined.
Vince tilled up a pretty good spot in the garden and now that the grasshoppers are gone enough that it’s safe to plant, I wanted some additional varieties of carrots and beets. I first went to Home Depot, and if my memory serves me correctly, they’ve always had seeds throughout the year. In this area, there are so many things that can be planted even in the winter. The entire area, really a huge chunk of the store is totally Christmas! I asked if they had the seeds somewhere else in the store. No .. they have no seeds!
Then I went to Walmart where I also remembered them having a small selection of seeds this time of year. Nope, everything garden related is moved out and it’s all Christmas!
I guess I’m baffled that this is such a small town and both Home Depot and Walmart have hundreds of artificial trees. Don’t people keep those and re-use them? Honestly, if half the people in this county bought new trees, I think they would still have some left after Christmas.
I hope I’m the only one looking for seeds because there are none to be found. I have enough to get by and I have kale and spinach I can plant if I run out of beet, carrot and lettuce seeds. I already planted turnips and have brussels sprouts I can plant. I’ve not had much luck with brussels sprouts here (same with broccoli and cauliflower). We go from 80° days to 20° nights and back and forth all winter and that’s hard on those cold weather crops.
Whether I needed seeds or not, I don’t like seeing Christmas decorations in the store before Thanksgiving! But, I don’t guess they asked me my opinion, did they? 🙂
Dorothy Matheson says
If you come anywhere close to Elgin there is a wonderful garden center on 95 North that has seeds year around. Well most kinds. Some they run out of and do not reorder till time to plant next time. Bulk seeds so not costly.
I can get you carrots and mail to you easily enough.
Quilterbea says
I agree, no Christmas until we have had the opportunity to properly celebrate Thanksgiving!!!
Sue in Desert Hills (Phoenix), AZ (formerly in Scottsdale, AZ) says
We went to our favorite fast food place the day after Halloween and they had Christmas music playing. When I filled out the customer survey, I was sure to tell them to STOP (yes I used all caps) playing the Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. When we were there yesterday we noticed that they had other music playing. I guess I wasn’t the only person complaining!
Linda in NE says
The stores there don’t put Christmas out until Nov. 1? Wow! The stores around here start putting it out before the end of August. It’s ridiculous!
pat says
People has forgotten the meaning OF Christmas.
The stores are very greedy for that money.
I think they should wait till the 1st of December.
rattie4fun says
I’m with you Judy. I would like to enjoy Halloween, and then Thanksgiving before I hear all that Christmas music. I decided this year to make your fruitcake recipe – but as I searched your blog – I see that it’s really CJ’s. Unfortunately – the links on your blog no longer connect to a recipe. Judy would it be too much trouble to send it to me? I’ve been wanting to make it for the longest time.
Bon says
Here they had Christmas stuff before Halloween
Janet Bland says
We were driving west from the North Carolina coast today and we saw a flat bed full of cut Christmas trees. They will be nothing but firewood by Christmas day.
Jannette B. says
I’m Canadian, so Thanksgiving day has come and gone. I’m just thankful that they waited until after Remembrance day / Veteran’s day…
pattilynn9 says
Amazon has seeds. Not sure if they have what you need, but it’s worth a look.
I hate the early Christmas displays/sales too…they’re trying to squeeze every penny out of their customers.
The Eclectic Abuela says
Baker Creek Farm is terrific–based in Mansfield, MO–home of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Their catalog is a work of art!
http://www.rareseeds.com
Rebecca in SoCal says
Well…at least it’s a reminder to get your shopping done NOW for everything you need for the next couple months! (I learned that from you, Judy.)
wanda j says
Yes it is Christmas in July here . Now don’t go looking for any lawn stuff either. I had problems finding fertlizer even. I go to feed stores now to get seeds due to no one ever has any this time of year. They don’t have pansies, stock or other cool weather plants to plant and forget veggies. These big box stores have no idea what we do or grown in Texas. I don’;t think they care. It is like coats we don’t wear heavy stuff but maybe once or twice in February our coldest month. But like you said” they don’t care who are we or what we can or can’t grow?”