Even with the snow last Sunday, the much warmer temperatures are such a
welcome relief. Even so, Old Man Winter still reminded us who is yet boss
with the low temperatures this Friday morning.
Transplanting in the annual flower greenhouse is continuing at a feverish
pace as delayed shipments of young plants and our own rooted cuttings are
transplanted. Then next week another batch of unrooted perennial cuttings,
Sun Harmony impatiens, ground covers and dahlias arrive. If all this isn’t
enough, at least two thousand geranium cuttings have to be taken and then
prepared to be stuck into 6 packs that will be placed on small rubber tubes
through which hot water circulates in order to give the cuttings “bottom”
heat so that they will form roots. Then at least 2 shipments of perennial
plants must be potted this week along with about a thousand roses arriving.
Oh what fun t is trying to sandwich everything together while still
plowing snow and conducting seminars!
This weeks seminar will be an informative talk on the growing and many uses
of gourds by Marlene Bolea. My guest this week on Ready, Set, Grow on WAKR
1590 am will be Carol Zeh talking about warblers as they return from their
winter quarters to Ohio. After Carol’s Warbler presentation on March 14th,
we’ll finish up with the “What’s New for 2015" seminar on the first day of
spring.
Let’s all cheer up as it looks as though the cold weather is on the run. Now
it’s California’s turn for heavy snow in the mountains and a slow, steady
rain for a couple of weeks to end the lousy drought!
Tom
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