You may have noticed that the variety of vegetables available at your local garden center is becoming a bit slim these days. There are a couple of reasons for this, but one of the main reasons is a consolidation of the vegetable supplier market or rather a consolidation of the suppliers of seeds for those vegetables. In order for your local garden center to produce vegetables for sale, they must first buy those seeds from a national producer of seeds or bulk supplier. As with most things today, profits drive the market and as the suppliers of seeds were bought out or went out of business, we were left with a few suppliers who looked at their product lines and decided to reduce the offerings they supplied. This allowed them to improve their bottom line and as one of only a few suppliers, they were able to force the market to change in the direction of fewer products. This is not good for those who garden and enjoy the variety that nature supplies....(see article here)...
The Redgage Photo of the day....A dragonfly....
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