Nettie started with a selection of seed that farmers needed and all the feed products that most home owners needed as well, as in those days, almost everyone had their own livestock.  Over the years, as her business grew and her product selection diversified, the space around her had to grow as well.  She rented more and more of the old storefront from the Sydney Stevens family until finally she negotiated a purchase price and bought the whole property in the early 1950’s.  She continued to add property through those early years, even though they (eventually her husband sold his dairy and came to work for Nettie) could barely afford to keep things running.  Nettie had a vision of what her business and property could eventually do, and she saved every penny and worked hard to keep adding the necessary pieces to allow her business to grow.  Over time, she expanded her business to even include a Garrett Freight Lines commercial shipping division to supplement the retail location.

Nettie worked right up until the day she passed away (in 1976), leaving the business in the capable hands of her two children, Clyde and Bud.  Clyde supervised the retail part of the business and Bud supervised the freight delivery.  Over the years, the Seed & Feed had changed names (Anderson’s Seed & Feed), expanded into more garden business, and had diversified to the extent that pet supplies and holiday décor was as much a part of the business as the seed and feed.  In 1989, Clyde purchased Bud’s share of the business and successfully ran the store until he sold it to his son Mark and his wife Ronnette in 1999.