A Little Bit About Me . . .
Hello, I'm Onalee and I thought some of you may want to know a little about me . . . .
I'm a true native Floridian, as was my mother - my dad came to Florida on vacation from Missouri in the late 50's and decided to stay - he'd had enough of the cold! My mother died in childbirth and I was raised by my very hard working and loving Dad. Here we are in 1966:
My Dad never went on another vacation, but thanks to wonderful family friends (thanks Brenda and Doug!), I got to go on numerous camping trips across the country as a child and developed a real love of nature.
Not too long ago, my husband and I got the opportunity to travel to Alaska - WOW! If you've never been, I highly recommend putting that on your 'to see' list!
So, how did I start selling seeds and plants? Well, I think it all comes back to my love of nature and my Dad's work ethic - he taught me to never waste anything (he was the ORIGINAL king of recycling, trust me!), so when the plants that I loved started producing seeds, I just couldn't let them fall on the ground, I knew there had to be something I could do with them so they wouldn't be wasted.
Then I discovered Ebay and selling on the internet, that was in 2002. I started with a few seeds from the plants in my yard and as I added more plants, I added more seeds. I'm not a 'professional' gardener or even a master gardener, I'm just a regular gardener and plant lover sharing the flowers and plants that I love and that I find easy to grow (because I don't have time to dote on plants!) with other plant lovers like you!
I still live in central Florida with my husband, my Australian Shepherd, "Bob", (meet Bob), my Blue and Gold Macaw ("Parakeen"), our small herd of Katahdin/Dorper hair sheep - and, of course, all my plants!
| My mailing address is:
Onalee Israel
PO Box 9012
Brooksville, FL 34604
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My Email Address is:
onalee@aol.com
Email me with your questions!
I WILL answer your emails! |
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