We started this whole heirloom daffodil thing a little over 6 years ago. I got the idea that if you wanted to start some of the heirloom daffodils one of the cheapest avenues would be old home sites.
We live in the Charleston, WV area and if you travel 30 miles in just about any direction you could find old abandoned home sites sometimes with house and sometimes without. I always try to find the owners or caretakers of the property. I find that most don't really care about the flowers and more often than not they will let us go in and dig what we want.
Over the past few years I have been very fortunate to be able to dig and bring home ten's of thousands of heirloom daffodils that otherwise would eventually die out or be bulldozed over.
Sometimes you can even strike a deal with the owners. Sometimes we do a 50/50 split on the flowers. We dig and bag them and then they get half of the bulbs. This works well when you consider that sometimes you may dig a thousand or more at a time.
We have a little contest of sorts here. If you can correctly identify one
of the daffodils below we will send you 5 bulbs of that type for free. You would
need to pay the shipping charges. One (1) entry per person please.
We live in the Charleston, WV area and if you travel 30 miles in just about any direction you could find old abandoned home sites sometimes with house and sometimes without. I always try to find the owners or caretakers of the property. I find that most don't really care about the flowers and more often than not they will let us go in and dig what we want.
Over the past few years I have been very fortunate to be able to dig and bring home ten's of thousands of heirloom daffodils that otherwise would eventually die out or be bulldozed over.
Sometimes you can even strike a deal with the owners. Sometimes we do a 50/50 split on the flowers. We dig and bag them and then they get half of the bulbs. This works well when you consider that sometimes you may dig a thousand or more at a time.
We have a little contest of sorts here. If you can correctly identify one
of the daffodils below we will send you 5 bulbs of that type for free. You would
need to pay the shipping charges. One (1) entry per person please.