After all my rantings about the Thompson and Morgan seed company my order has finally arrived. The lady at the post office said she figures it took so long because they shipped by regular letter post - apparently that means delivered by snail. We then look for the date stamp and notice we can't find one but that the package says 'if undelivered return to .... are you ready? .... Belgium' - well no duh it takes a month and a half to get here the poor snail had to swim an ocean. I am happy to receive the cool plant seeds I ordered but disappointed that there are still two packets missing - one for me one for sis in law. We are in debate as to whether or not cancel the last two items - who knows when they would arrive. If this company would've been up front with me in the first place - that timing is not one of their priorities I would've understood, but telling me my order was on 'rush' status and then it doesn't arrive for another three weeks really cooks my bird. I definately will not order from them again via internet - you can buy their seeds almost anywhere although the selection isn't as good for unique or rare items, which is really my interest. I don't want to be the same as everyone else, or have all the same plants, I like to be different and enjoy a challenge when it comes to growing stuff that shouldn't survive here. I have had a zone six wisteria in my yard for 5 years now (I live in zone 3b), it's never produced flowers but it hasn't died, so I am ahead of the game. I will be planting some of these seeds tomorrow I think, I am going to have to do some serious rearranging of what I already have planted, and figuring out how many more lights I should (but don't) have. I also have to figure where to put all these trays of seeds/seedlings - I need a greenhouse heater - bad. The days are perfect for growing right now but the nights are too cool to not have a heater going - I learned that lesson last year, the hard way. I am a little more cautious this year and will wait until it is time to move outside.
I'm off to dream of the garden that will be.

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