Hundreds of varieties of field grown perennials
103 Lincoln Road
Saco, Maine
282-1174
Saco, Maine
282-1174
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My name is Kenneth Rice- welcome to my website, I built it myself (using Weebly). I'm a farmer and gardener, not a computer geek, so keep that in mind. I'm the sole proprietor of Log Cabin Perennials, a one acre nursery in Saco, Maine, 13 miles south of Portland and about six miles from the Atlantic Ocean, in agricultural climate zone 5.
The most significant change in my business is going to be a slight price hike in the spring of '22. I've had a $5 price on all pots for a number of years. A lot of folks have told me I needed to raise my prices, but I didn't want to. Multiplying by 5 and making change was really easy. Unfortunately, the price I have to pay for pots, labels, seeds, compost, superhumus, tools, and especially plugs and plants (when I do have to buy them) has increased every year- more so this past year. Shipping costs for that stuff have skyrocketed. Therefore, starting this spring, I am going to charge $6 for every pot I sell. (That's actually $5.69 plus tax). That still puts me lower by far than every other nursery that I know of, and lower than even wholesale nurseries. I hope to keep that price for the next 20 years, when I retire at 85 (hopefully). And, as usual, I take cash and checks- I DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS.
I MADE A FEW CHANGES IN 2020 DUE TO COVID 19. I WIDENED THE PATHS BETWEEN POTS AND HAD STEP OUT SPOTS TO AVOID CLOSE CONTACT, I BUILT A SELF SERVICE BOX TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHANGE AND DEPOSIT CASH OR CHECKS, AND MY OPEN HOURS WERE FROM DAYBREAK TILL DUSK. I ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS AT ONE TIME TO 10 AND I ASKED FOLKS TO WEAR FACE MASKS. IF IT WAS REAL BUSY, FOLKS COULD WANDER THROUGH MY GARDENS AND MARVEL AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK I HAD AHEAD OF ME. I WAS USUALLY IN THE GARDEN AT DAWN AND CALLED IT A DAY AFTER SUPPER, BUT YOU COULD LEAVE PAYMENT EVEN IF I WASN'T AROUND.
I don't know what's going to happen this spring. I hope this crap is mostly behind us.
My name is Kenneth Rice- welcome to my website, I built it myself (using Weebly). I'm a farmer and gardener, not a computer geek, so keep that in mind. I'm the sole proprietor of Log Cabin Perennials, a one acre nursery in Saco, Maine, 13 miles south of Portland and about six miles from the Atlantic Ocean, in agricultural climate zone 5.
The most significant change in my business is going to be a slight price hike in the spring of '22. I've had a $5 price on all pots for a number of years. A lot of folks have told me I needed to raise my prices, but I didn't want to. Multiplying by 5 and making change was really easy. Unfortunately, the price I have to pay for pots, labels, seeds, compost, superhumus, tools, and especially plugs and plants (when I do have to buy them) has increased every year- more so this past year. Shipping costs for that stuff have skyrocketed. Therefore, starting this spring, I am going to charge $6 for every pot I sell. (That's actually $5.69 plus tax). That still puts me lower by far than every other nursery that I know of, and lower than even wholesale nurseries. I hope to keep that price for the next 20 years, when I retire at 85 (hopefully). And, as usual, I take cash and checks- I DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS.
I MADE A FEW CHANGES IN 2020 DUE TO COVID 19. I WIDENED THE PATHS BETWEEN POTS AND HAD STEP OUT SPOTS TO AVOID CLOSE CONTACT, I BUILT A SELF SERVICE BOX TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHANGE AND DEPOSIT CASH OR CHECKS, AND MY OPEN HOURS WERE FROM DAYBREAK TILL DUSK. I ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS AT ONE TIME TO 10 AND I ASKED FOLKS TO WEAR FACE MASKS. IF IT WAS REAL BUSY, FOLKS COULD WANDER THROUGH MY GARDENS AND MARVEL AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK I HAD AHEAD OF ME. I WAS USUALLY IN THE GARDEN AT DAWN AND CALLED IT A DAY AFTER SUPPER, BUT YOU COULD LEAVE PAYMENT EVEN IF I WASN'T AROUND.
I don't know what's going to happen this spring. I hope this crap is mostly behind us.
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Hummingbird taking a break Anthemis tinctoria Helleborus niger
All photos were taken in my gardens using a Cannon Rebel.
All photos were taken in my gardens using a Cannon Rebel.
Background plant above is Astilbe "Visions in Pink"