Flower Update Week 6

March 8th, 2010

Here we are in greenhouse #1, the second greenhouse to be filled with plants. Mostly what you can see are the seed geraniums.



Back in our ivy geranium greenhouse we are in the process of putting on the wire hangers. It is a slow and tedious job. Each wire is threaded through a tiny hole, then wrapped around itself to secure it. Each basket has four wires and we have hundreds of baskets to do. We don't do them all at once, just a few everyday, and after four weeks, they'll all be done.

There is a faster way to attach the hangers. If you use plastic handles instead of the wire ones, they only have three strands each, and you just insert the end, and it snaps into place. It is about 10 times faster than the wire ones. The plastic hangers are also way cheaper than the wire ones. This is why you almost always see the plastic handles. Wire handles have one great advantage though, they look so much better. The wire hanger is practically invisible, the plastic ones are in your face with their artificial ugliness. We want our baskets to look their best, so that's why we are happy to spend a little more, to get a better basket.