Friday, May 11, 2007

Suttill's Gardens


After visiting the pets for adoption at the Sangamon County animal control center,
I traveled down Ash Street and found Suttill's Gardens.
I've purchased veggies from Suttill's stand at the Old Capitol Farmers Market
but just hadn't gotton around to visiting the actual store.

Look for the truck with this sign at the Old Capitol Farmers Market.



(Note: The Old Capitol Farmer's Market starts May 16 and the grand opening is on May 23 at 10 a.m)

Suttill's Gardens is really easy to miss...or suspect that you're on someone's private property, but this is really the place to shop for fantastic flower plants and vegetable plants, seeds and more.



If you pass this mailbox, you've probably driven right past the store.


Suttill's sells heirloom tomatoes, patty pan plants (I love those!), flowers, seeds, fresh veggies, honey and more.


These tomato plants are pretty kewl.
I think they're grape tomatoes, so the weight of the fruit won't break the stems.
I didn't buy one, but I really wanted to.


They have a lot of HUGE, sturdy tomato plants.
If you want tomatoes in a hurry, get some of these.
(Not pictured)



If you're looking for plants for your garden, I strongly recommend visiting Suttill's Gardens.
I am very impressed with what they have for sale.

Blackberry plants!


Suttill's Gardens

Hard to find vegetables, flowers, seeds and more.

2201 Groth St
Springfield, IL 62703
217-744-9379

Click here for a map to this address.





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Do not drink WHAT ?


One of my favorite places to shop is the Habitat for Humanity Store here in Springfield.

Think of it as "no expectations shopping".

You never know what you'll find there.

Their stock is always changing based on what is donated.

If you're remodeling your home, replacing usable appliances, etc. please look into donating to this charity. Their website is at
www.habitatsangamon.com

4/6/08 Update:
The Habitat for Humanity re-store has a new location.

RESTORE, which sells flooring, carpeting, building supplies and other goods for Habitat for Humanity of Sangamon County, is moving to a new facility at 1514 W. Jefferson St. as of April 1, 2008.

Hours at the new location are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday
and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Their phone number is 523-2710.
Quoted from an article in the SJ-R at:

www.sj-r.com/business/stories/27353.asp

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I had to giggle when I found this item for the garden at the old restore location.


Note the warning "Do not drink".

Is this really an issue that comes up in real life?

Do people think "liquified worm poop, I wonder what that tastes like"?

"It's gotta be better than diet pop"

The website for this item is:

www.terracycle.net

More about this company here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraCycle






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Any idea what this is?

I'm guessing giant lawn mower.

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