Meet Frankie

Who would have thought we would find a monkey at a garden center. I discovered a new garden center yesterday, well new to me anyhow.  It's not one you are just going to happen to drive by... you need to know it's there as it's about a mile off the main road, on the way to LaVernia.  I had the address in my phone, which I used to confirm I was heading in the right direction.

The Front Porch Garden Center I discovered through a post on Facebook.  Samantha the owner of the garden center posted some plants I thought I needed to check out.  I got Zoé to go with me this morning, and boy were we impressed.  There was a good variety of plants and trees and succulents too.  She also is a dealer for FoxFarm soils.  It was so much more than I expected, and I was very pleased that I thought of Zoé  to go with me.

Besides being a really neat garden center it was almost like a mini-zoo.  Well not really, but there was a fabulous monkey named Frankie. She was on a leash, but that was only to keep her from wandering off I think as she was super friendly and loved being picked up and cuddled.  You can see her long tail wrapped around me.  Behind us there was a hen house with several chickens.  Across the pathway there was another big cage... it had some birds, maybe doves.  There were a couple small poodles and another terrier type dog. 

Samantha is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to all the plants she has available as well as answers to questions about amending soil, etc.  Overall it was an awesome discovery.