Both these companies have been bought out by the Westland group, It seems
such a shame as Marshalls are one of the best companies around.

.................................Leslie

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:16:01 +0100, "Leslie"
wrote:

It seems such a shame as Marshalls are one of the best companies around.

They were, quality has gone down a bit recently and we've had a couple
of instances of packets containing the wrong seeds - like Nigella in a
packet that was supposed to be Fennel.
I hope Westland can bring themselves to allow seedspersons to run the
thing rather than accountants and will bring it back to what it was.

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Rod

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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:38:36 +0100, Rod
wrote:

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:16:01 +0100, "Leslie"
wrote:

It seems such a shame as Marshalls are one of the best companies around.

They were, quality has gone down a bit recently and we've had a couple
of instances of packets containing the wrong seeds - like Nigella in a
packet that was supposed to be Fennel.
I hope Westland can bring themselves to allow seedspersons to run the
thing rather than accountants and will bring it back to what it was.

Ah...that might well explain why my hanging basket full of seed grown
'Tumbler' tomato plants looks a bit, well, bloody stupid - consisting
as it does of what appears to be half a dozen full sized shrub tomato
plants ( possibly Gardener's Delight ).

Tumbling? No...more like hanging on desperately under the weight.

Regards,



--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:16:01 +0100, "Leslie"
wrote:

~Both these companies have been bought out by the Westland group, It seems
~such a shame as Marshalls are one of the best companies around.
~
~ .................................Leslie
~
~
Bummer.

But at least we can hope that their "currently being redeveloped" for
over a year website will now be redone properly to allow online sales
again.

jane, glad she already has all the soft fruit bushes she needs

--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!

"jane" wrote in message
...
: On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:16:01 +0100, "Leslie"
: wrote:
:
: ~Both these companies have been bought out by the Westland group, It seems
: ~such a shame as Marshalls are one of the best companies around.
: ~
: ~ .................................Leslie
: ~
: ~
: Bummer.
:
: But at least we can hope that their "currently being redeveloped" for
: over a year website will now be redone properly to allow online sales
: again.
:
: jane, glad she already has all the soft fruit bushes she needs
:
: --
: jane

Yes I know, it's a real pain not being able to order online and it never
changes