Happy New Year!
Indeed it might be an
extra happy 2016 for winter as temperatures are still relatively mild
especially compared to last year.
The relentless bitter
cold was rough on some of the stock in storage last year and now it seems to be
fungus problems that are creating more extra work.
The new batches of flower
cuttings are rooting nicely and already must be transplanted which will free up
room for more unrooted cuttings.
An especially bright spot
is the cost of natural gas used to heat the greenhouses as usage is much lower
than normal, as well as the price.
Formerly in the winter of
2007, the cost was more than 13.00 per MCF when figuring in transportation and
applicable taxes.
Wow, the cost is about
3.50 per MCF today!
Unfortunately the
electric cost with all of the fees and cost recovery charges is not good news
in that such charges added more than $80 to the bill for December that relates
to 327 kilowatt hours used for pumping irrigation water to storage for later
use.
January is a great time
to look at all of the new catalogs and internet listings of all the new plants
and seeds for 2016.
Already many of the
orders for 2017 are already placed with various nursery vendors. As they say, time does fly!
Tom
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