Gifts for your favorite gardener
If you think it’s too early to start holiday shopping, take a look around. Stores have been putting out their holiday displays even before Halloween. If, in October, you were to stand at one of the department store endcaps and look down the length of the row, you likely would have seen Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas displays taking up individual sections of the same aisle. You may even have been one of those who complained the stores were pushing the holidays down our throats way too early, but at the same time, you couldn’t help but take a peek while you mentally began your own shopping list. Shopping for the gardener in your life can be difficult this time of year. In discount stores, garden centers are torn down to make room for holiday displays. Where we once shopped for seeds and fertilizers, we are now perusing tree lights and ornaments.
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