This handy little go to store is Canadian and while there is a retail location on my way to work they are also apparently very shipping friendly too! Christmas shopping is a pleasure; people send me lists of what they want from Lee Valley. I walk in with a list and a clerk organizes my shopping, bing, bang, boom! For gardeners and woodworkers there are all kinds of treasures to find. Service is terrific and the staff know their products.
Richters Herbs every winter we trek up to Uxbridge and wander the greenhouse. I buy some seeds and we are inspired. They have a terrific selection of books about herbs and all kinds of neat seeds to try. The website has a great question and answer section (under growzone).They have an excellent reputation for their mail order business as well. We've found their seeds germinate above expected rates and love the variety of things we can get.
Veseys the first place I ordered from back in the winter of 2007 getting seeds for our garden. All the way out on PEI I have never had any problems with them. I wouldn't order potatoes from them again (heavy to ship) but Dad and Jean order my fall birthday bulbs from them every year, our mantis tiller came from there and I suspect this year's blueberries will come from there too! Their greenhouse looks pretty tempting as well!
The County Store a local business in Picton we find ourselves getting all kinds of things here. Jeans, gloves, seed potatoes, seeds, our gate, our weather vane, local food, our chicks, tools, you name it - odds are good you can get it here.
TSC really if we had gotten nothing but the mower here it would make the list! Having a way to mow trails with the ATV is just amazing. We spent years driving by a TSC on the highway and I thought it was an outlet for The Shopping Channel. Then one day we went in the one in Belleville. The hook was instant. Cool buckets, feed, tools, and more - it's the kind of place you learn from as you wander the aisles listening to people.
Canadian Tire Our fail safe store since we started camping way back before we'd even noticed the school house. It's the one flyer we both check every week. We've bought cutlery, kitchen stuff, sports stuff, plants, pet stuff (Kizmet's heated bed!), paint, tools, car stuff, solar chargers, solar lights, and more.
Neither Big T nor I are big shoppers but these are some of our favourite spots to spend our hard earned money!
