
Do you enjoy strolling through the local garden center to see what is new like I do? All the major chains like Lowe's Home Depot, Wal-Mart and Target all have the garden departments with a wide variety of plants, pots, rocks, soils, fertilizers and garden tools.As wide of a variety that these chains possess they never seem to carry exactly what I'm looking for. For example, why empty out the wallet on a plant at a specialty garden store when one of the big boxes sells something 'close' at about half the price?I've been working on a plant watering project lately and wanted to find some LECA rocks (Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate) to replant some houseplants in. This project will be removing houseplants from soil and completely replacing the media with rock all in an effort to simplify house plant care. Basically creating a simple self-watering container for the plant to grow in.There is a Super Wal-Mart and Home Depot within 5 minutes of where I live and a Lowe's 20 minutes away. The Wal-Mart and Home Depot are huge stores. After spending some time in each of the garden departments they do carry a good array of basics. In
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