Free shipping is so hard to resist.
I’ve placed a few orders for bulbs, more, probably, than I have the energy to plant, but after each order, I found a coupon (or was e-mailed a coupon) for free shipping, and so the madness continued.
I’ve been doing well resisting all the pretty flowers on my facebook feed (hint: if you want prettier things in your feed than the discord our current political climate brings, start googling bulb and seed companies). Then today, I got a coupon in the mail for free shipping this weekend on a $15 order.
What to do? What to do?
I could, of course, do nothing but, oh — free shipping!
So, what will it be?
Orange lilies?
Purple lilies?
Poppies?
Iris?
Peach-colored tulips and narcissus?
Or something else?
I’ve already ordered tulips and daffodils, anemones and bluebells, and a variety pack that include crocuses and a few allium.
As you can see, I don’t really need anything, but . . .
Free shipping!
(The photos come from the bulb company and are used without permission. I presume they won’t mind since this is free advertising, so let’s hope I’m right so I don’t end up with a hefty plagiarism fine that would negate the benefits of free shipping.)
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September 29, 2019 at 12:18 am
You sound like you’re well stocked with spring-flowering bulbs. Maybe it’s the perfect opportunity to get some later-blooming ones. I have a few daylilies, but the poppies would tempt me. I need to get my garlic planted, but seem to be procrastinating. My guilty weakness yesterday was free eBooks from the BookBub website. I haven’t visited the site in ages, but I took my Kindle with me on a recent holiday and had finished everything I had on it. I bought one new book from Amazon and then couldn’t resist wandering over to BookBub to see what they had. Now have so much to read I may never get the garlic planted this fall!
September 29, 2019 at 9:21 am
I have a lot to read, too — books from a giveaway at the library. And of course, I am perpetually getting new books. It’s what I’ve been doing — reading. Now I need to find other things to do. But still, reading! I think the bulbs I already have will give me three months of flowers. Or so the catalog says. I do have some poppy seeds, but I think I should get the roots, too, since I have never done well with seeds. Still, I will throw the seeds out there this fall and see what happens. (Apparently, they need a freeze cycle before they will take hold.)
September 29, 2019 at 1:38 pm
I like free shipping when I’m buying wine–oh, and books, too.
September 29, 2019 at 1:40 pm
Always a good thing!
September 30, 2019 at 8:07 am
If they come after you, you can argue false advertising because all those flowers are touched up beyond belief. I’ve been gardening since I was 15 and nothing you could plant looks that good in real life. But you knew that. 🙂
September 30, 2019 at 10:12 am
Yes. I knew. I especially like when they show a photo of flowers all blooming together, when they use the flowering at different times as a selling point. It would be nice, though, if I could have a small section of flowers that looked half as good as theirs. I’m always grateful if I get even a few blooms.