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Greenhouse pics week 5

18 years ago

We started the week planting and putting geraniums online.

Geranium greenhouse first thing Monday morning.

Here's Jeff, myself, and Denise setting them out.

The same greenhouse by noon tuesday.

How do we fill all those pots with soil? Lucy does it for us. Lucy is a pot filler. Empty flats are set on on side, and the filled ones come off the other end. Karen, Denise and Laurie are running Lucy. Why Lucy? She can fill a tray every 2 seconds so it reminds us of Lucille Ball and Ethel in the episode where they're working at the conveyor belt in the chocolate factory.

Not all plant shipments make it to us in good shape. Apparently some people at FedEx don't get the whole arrow always points up concept.

Some of the greenhouses from the outside. Looking from here in the back row there are 5 greenhouse and in the near row there are 4 including the uncovered one in the foreground.

This is a new variety of Nemesia for us this year. Fruit punch.

Blossom says "Thanks for the treat, Uncle Ron".

Thanks for looking.

Ron

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Comments (22)

nodakgal
18 years ago
Boy you don't know how much I am loving these pics!! It reminds me spring WILL come! lol
That Blossom is such a sweet thing!!!
Thank you so much Ron!
czech_chick
18 years ago
Great educational and informative pictures...

Love learning how greenhouses operate!

Thanks Ron!

~ Carol ~
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glenda_al
18 years ago
Wishing you success!
Looking great!
mcmann
18 years ago
Thanks for posting the photos. I can't imagine what your heating bill is like.
whidbeykathy
18 years ago
Thanks, so interesting to watch it taking shape! Very informative too! " Pat/ pat, good dog Blossom" for me..
Linda Wayman
18 years ago
Thanks so much Ron for sharing with us. It's all very interesting, then as a bonus we get to see pictures of that sweetheart, Blossom.
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ronm80
18 years ago
Love to see your greenhouse pictures. Do you'll ship plants, sell to other nurseries or sell to the general public? So nice to see Blossom again.
lydia1959
18 years ago
Great pics as always!!
grammahony
18 years ago
Thanks Ron, it's always interesting to see how it works. I could max out my credit card there. Hugs to Blossom.
Leslie
donna_oh
18 years ago
This is so interesting!

Thx Ron

Donna (^_^)
pawsitive_gw
18 years ago
Thanks, Ron, what a treat!!
bunny_lover
18 years ago
I can't wait to see all those plants blooming! What a sight it will be!
liz
18 years ago
Whatever would you do without Blossom supervising???...LOL...These are such great pics...I have a new found respect for greenhouse keepers!!
ont_gal
18 years ago
Thank you for helping me thru yet another Ontario snowday Ron...I look forward to your threads of the greenhouse.

Looks like the Fed ex'd plants are portulaca(???)
grinch_gut
18 years ago
Love looking at your pics. That is so cool to see how everything is done...Stacy
summer_tx
18 years ago
Oh how I love seeing these pictures Ron. I'm a greenhouse junkie. Everything looks like it's coming together so nicely. Wish I had the rejects, I'd 'try' to revive them. I've always been for the underdog ya know. LOL Blossom looks like the perfect little partner.
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
18 years ago
Very cool pictures! Blossom is such a hard worker! LOL.

Gayle
dibby
18 years ago
Thanks again, Ron, I'm loving these pictures.
jaybird
18 years ago
Thanks for posting Ron...and hugs to Blossom!!!
User
18 years ago
Thank you Ron! I look forward to your posts of the greenhouses. With another good month of winter weather to go through, seeing all these lovely plants helps feed my need to garden right now.
More please!
mrsmarv
18 years ago
Great pics, Ron. In the first one there are what looks like wires coming out of feeder lines. I'm guessing they're watering tubes? I see the hoses on the sides of the benches. Am I correct?
And, as usual, Blossom is looking lovely. She has the perfect name.
Nora
ronf_gw
Original Author
18 years ago
You're right, Nora, the larger black tubes are feeder lines and the small ones are individual water lines for the plants. A lead weight goes on the end of each one when it's placed in the pot. The hoses are used to water hanging baskets that will be placed above the geraniums. They're just laying there to get warmed and straightened in the sun.
The "FedEx plants" are Bidens. They're very vigorous and most of them we were able to salvage. Soon they'll get small yellow flowers.
Joel doesn't ship any plants. At least not yet. About 90% of the sales are retail and 10% wholesale.
Thanks for looking.

Ron

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