2012 finds the folks on our farm quite well. Alexander is almost taller than me, Rebecca has adjusted well to her new school, and if the dogs would quit eating stupid things, us adults would have no worries!
We've got lots of exciting things upcoming this year, and I'll be telling you all about it upcoming newsletters, but for this issue, I thought I'd give you a taste of what happened in our greenhouse during the March Break.
8:00 am
The previous days were spent cleaning and sterilizing the greenhouse, we've filled the hanging baskets with soil-less mix, now we're just waiting for the plants to arrive!
11:15 am
John just got back from picking up the cuttings from our suppliers, 42 cases, about 10,000 cuttings in total. Enough to keep us out of trouble for a while!
11:46 am
The fun part is opening the box of course! Here we have some of the exotic "Graffiti" series geraniums. This side up really does mean this side up!
1:35 pm
Deb, Wendy, and Lana planting, planting, planting, planting... most of the cuttings go in 4½" pots, the rest are going in planters and hanging baskets. We hope to finish by Friday afternoon.
1:37 pm
Rafael came up from sunny Mexico last week. We tried to save some snow for him, but....
His family is all well, but there was a severe drought in his region -his corn crop only grew 8" tall. Here he is putting the little tags in the pots.
3:30 pm
Planting geraniums is exhausting work for a dog.
6:10 pm
After a day of planting, a cup of 'tea' hits the spot!
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