31.   Even people who scour garden centers for special varieties of full-size tomato plants will grow just about any old cherry tomato offered.

32.   Fall begins today, and spring bulbs are popping up daily in garden centers and mail-order catalogs and on Web sites.

33.   Fridays are your best bet for selection because most garden centers have just stocked up for the weekend.

34.   From then on I began snapping up every variety of hardy geranium that I could find in garden centers and catalogs.

35.   Garden centers are brimming with trees in containers or balled-and-burlapped trees, each begging for a ride home.

36.   Garden centers, and even supermarkets, are good sources for potted exotics, which are often sold as houseplants.

37.   Garden catalogs and garden centers are competing to offer the most up-to-date innovations.

38.   Garden center employees are usually very knowledgeable about what plants will grow best for your specific conditions.

39.   Garden centers, supermarkets and even hardware stores have put out their seed displays, and gardeners everywhere are looking at their calendars.

40.   Get to know the garden centers and nurseries in your area.