Of course it goes without saying that the site you are on at this very moment is, without doubt, the single most useful site to ever grace the bohemoth that is the World Wide Web.
If, however, by some minute chance, you don’t find the info you need here we thought you might like to know a couple of sites that we use here at the garden center from time to time.

• What’s That Bug – You could spend hours on this site looking at all the bugs they have on file, and the chances are there’s a photo and description of the one you’re trying to get identified!
• NC State Plant Fact Sheets – Yes, yes, you’re a Duke fan, we know, but there’s still some really useful information here, and because it’s produced in our state you know it’s pretty accurate as far as cultural information goes.
• Cornell Bird Search – Cornell’s department of Ornithology has a superb resource for trying to figure out what that bird was that you just saw.
• If All Else Fails

Got a favorite we should know about? Let us know, we would love to check it out.

Whether you knew him from The Fresh Market, where he worked for many years helping customers to their cars with their bags, or you knew him from Scott Seed Company, the garden center he ran at The Friendly Center, one thing was for sure, if you knew Clyde you knew a gentle, caring, and hard working individual.
Clyde left this world on Thursday the 16th of July, and he will be missed by his family, and by all those who have come to know and love him.

We sell quite a lot of vegetables and herbs throughout the Spring here at the garden center, and this Spring was no exception.
We discovered, however, that one couple were buying quite a lot to plant outside their recently acquired restaurant, and so we promised ourselves that we should return the favor and go and sample their cuisine some time.
Of course Spring went on and we kind of forgot all about it, but we tend not to forgot about the idea of trying some new food for very long around here!
So, recently, we sent out a scouting party (ok, ok, we just sent Linda) to pick us up some food from the Lindley Park Filling Station, with the thought that if the food was no good at least we had taken the time to patronize an establishment that had the decency to patronize ours.
Well, it turned out to be quite the opposite.
The food they serve at The Filling Station is exceptional! Every one of us had something different to eat, and every one of us were delighted at how good it tasted.
Every item tasted fresh, and the preparation was nicely done. I had the Pinecrest burger, and it was cooked to perfection!
The menu is quite extensive, and I think it’s fair to say that they have something for everyone, including a great variety of salads, burgers, sandwiches, and wraps. They also have a bar for those of you who visit when your not on the clock!
So, if you are ever over at the corner of Walker and Elam, give The Filling Station a try, I know we’ll be over there again!

So, it’s about time for us to update our radio ad, mainly because it’s really waaaay past Winter, so Nan’s part is sounding a bit irrelevant.
Well, apparently she had a bit of a hard time finding something to say and Shelly thought she may need a little bit of “encouragement”.

Yes, it’s time once again to don your earplugs, because our latest ad just went on-air.
Of course we understand that your warped curiosity may have gotten the better of you, and you just can’t resist listening to it. Just one time….

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