I was over in Puyallup today so I stopped by Watson’s Greenhouse and Nursery. In a nutshell, if I ever owned a nursery center, this would be it. Not to big, not so small, and knowledgeable employees within 20 feet no matter what direction you look.
Oh, and flowers, plants, and housewares galore too. If they allowed me to camp out there and arrange displays on the weekends for free, I probably would. That is how much I am in love with the place.
I stopped by to see if their seed potatoes had arrived. And they had. In fact they had JUST arrived, which meant I was able to get the cream of the crop. This year they are selling Yukon Gold, Russet, Reds, All Blue and French Fingerlings starting at $2.49 for 2.5 pounds. Be still my Irish heart {well, actually the HH’s heart. That man does love his potatoes}.
Asparagus is also in stock – Only $1.49 per crown.
Bare root grape vines, raspberries and blackberries.
Wait, people actually BUY blackberry plants? I thought they were considered a nuisance in Western Washington {a pretty good one too if you ask me}.
And they also have a few bare root fruit trees in stock too! Ha Ha Ha. Just a few.
Actually they have pretty much everything under the moon there. So my advise is to walk into the store with cash and a set of blinders so your don’t overspend. Because you will want to buy everything in stock and take it home with you. And let me tell you from experience, it’s pretty hard to hide trees and shrubs under the bed or in the closet so your husband doesn’t see.
Not that I would know anything about that though. Nope. No Sir.
Do YOU have a favorite garden center? Please tell me it calls your name every time you drive by too.
~Mavis
P.S. I got so caught up in tossing sacks of seed potatoes in my cart, I didn’t add up how many pounds I bought exactly. And to tell you the truth, I’m still a little afraid too.
Desi says
Is that 70 lbs of potatoes. That will be so fun to grow! Potatoes galore!
Joan Blurton says
Fun times coming. Have you tried saving any of the potatoes you grow for the next planting season? I had some really small potatoes, that I’ll replant this year and see if they go.
Mavis says
I don’t think I ever have. Maybe this year?
Cecily says
I love Windmill Gardens in Sumner. They have a bistro, a pond shop, a little spa, a florist and a tea shop where you can buy loose leaf tea and all the tea things that you could want. It is similar in size to Watson’s.
Mavis says
I haven’t been there in 15 years! I’ll have to stop by next time. Thanks for the reminder. 🙂
Sherle says
Somewhere between 80 and 120 pounds I would venture to guess. That’s a whole lot of seed potatoes! 🙂
Brandy says
I am guilty of ‘just stopping by’ my favorite nursery. I have a big weakness for native plants!
Linda says
Wow are there some underneath ? You might be close to 100 lbs !! You go girl !! My favorite nursery close to me is Sperlings Nursery !
susan says
Molbaks for me, Flower World for my husband!
michelle g-b says
Oh yeah. Molbaks! If you haven’t been go! It’s in Woodinville.
Anne F. says
Looks like no one else in Puyallup will be growing potatoes this year (ha ha). That said, planting potatoes seems like a good plan if you’re trying to grow thousands of pounds of veg…heavy produce!
I have a question about seed potatoes. I’m planting a bunch this spring, but I’d like to plant for a late fall/early winter harvest too. Do you know of a way that I can keep the seed potatoes from sprouting until I’m ready to put them in the ground in July/August? Last year I tried buying them in summer and they were all sold out.
~Anne
Cecily says
You could plant a late season variety. I’m in the PNW and last year I planted Yellow Finn in April and harvested in October.
Charla Echlin says
Christianson’s here in Mount Vernon- they have everything and more! I love getting an unusual perennial each year, and they always have something I just have to have. I love growing potatoes- they are so much fun to harvest- kinda like an easter egg hunt lol! I got my potatoes last week, but my soil is nowhere near 55 degrees… patience, patience….
Diane says
I love Swanson’s. They’re in Seattle (North Ballard). They have great staff people and give free classes on the weekend.
Knitting with Olof says
I’m guilty of the big box stores that I really need to stop frequenting. I really want to support my local peeps.
heather says
Watsons was a great family outing! The kids ran around and the hubby and I browsed till our hearts content! Crazy the list we came up with.
Kerry C says
I wish I could find seed potatoes for that price. What a great buy! Do you know how many potato plants you can get out of 5 lbs of seed potatoes?