Jean-Talon market is still open
Jean-Talon market is still operating, although with plexi around the cash registers as elsewhere. I had been wondering whether the dealers in seedling plants would be able to open: these operators of gardening centres are frustrated that big-box stores can offer many of the seasonal products they would be offering – if they were allowed to open.
Chris 18:38 on 2020-04-09 Permalink
I hope they can reopen. I’m hoping for a return of Victory Gardens.
JaneyB 19:16 on 2020-04-09 Permalink
Those gardening centers should be driving slowly down residential streets with pickup trucks full of bedding plants. In the olden days, farmers used to sell their wares from trucks as they drove down streets because women were too busy with kids to go to a store. They still do this in NDG during strawberry season. They sell everything they’ve got. Also, how is it that Lufa Farms can organize food delivery yet these garden centres cannot organize bedding plant delivery in a neighbourhood-centric way that minimizes costs? Mystifying. They should have been doing that for years already – the city is full of car-less balcony folks.
Tim S. 09:55 on 2020-04-10 Permalink
Great idea, JaneyB. I just got my seeds through mail order this week, having ordered them about three weeks earlier. There’s a notice on the seller’s website about massively increased demand, but they’re still open because they’re considered part of the national food supply.