It Blows Me Away What You Can Buy on Amazon
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a garden shot with Jude the Obscure (before the wind blows away)
Comments (7)Thanks, Aimee for great pics of Jude. Your bush is perfect. I had a chance to get Jude for $10 own-root, but I didn't, since he's better grafted on Dr. Huey. I'll add Jude to the list for GRAFTED roses from Regan nursery next year. I should had done that a long time ago, rather than buying fussy own-roots. I have William Shakespeare 2000 as own-root, no regrets since it's so cute like a mini-rose & bloom lots....See MoreStartle is blowing me away!
Comments (9)It looks really great. Very pretty,especially on the first picture. I am convinced that daylilies know they were going to be shovel prunned if they didn't shape up and they put forth an effort to be striking. How this happens I do not know. But it sure did happen here to lots of daylilies on the shovel watch list that bloomed wonderfully for the first time this year. So now you are going to keep it and know that it can look absolutly striking it probably will go back to a splotchy mess next year :-((...See MoreAmazon buys Whole Foods, can this work?
Comments (29)Thank you Rita. Before my son started working there we had read those stories and had also heard from people who worked in the warehouse he currently works in how awful it was. They would tell us how they worked them to the bone, made them work mandatory over time all of that. My son decided because Amazon was a big company with lots of different ways to advance and branches to try he would at least give it a try because he felt that Amazon could possibly be a career company. He decided to see if it was as bad as people say. We are glad he gave it a try because he really does like it there. What I will tell you about Amazon and why I think it gets a bad rap is because it is very very productivity based. You have to work there and work fast. There is no sitting around goofing off. When you are there they expect you to work and work at a certain productivity level. They have boards they post every day to show your productivity and who is on top. My son is very competitive and likes to work and he told me the first week he was there his goal was to make it to the top of the board every night and he did. He got compliments from the managers telling him he worked as fast or faster than people who had been there for years. His work got noticed and he has been trained for now 3 different positions. They typically don't do that until you have been there for 90 days but he has made such and impression on them they keep sending him to training for different things. His 90 days is up next week and he will be able to choose which one of those things he wants to do and will be able to switch to a full time shift. He was even made certified stretch instructor within his first 2 weeks. We laugh about that, he has his own special lanyard and badge to show it. They make the employees stretch and loosen up before they go on the floor. Some of the bad rap I think Amazon gets is from the people who go in there and want to work at their own pace and not put in anymore effort than they absolutely have too. They go in knowing they might have mandatory overtime and when they get it they complain because they don't want to work the extra hours. They get paid for their productivity too. They get an 8% pay bonus a month if their productivity is good. It isn't huge but better than nothing. As I said earlier Amazon is super efficient and one negative about that is if there is no work they will send you home. My son works nights and they will offer voluntary time off to workers. They will announce how many VTO slots they have and if people don't take them they will pick people and send them home. They also have Mandatory time off which is the same as VTO but the whole shift will be sent home and I have seen them send them home after 3 hours of working. I believe this manly happens on the night shift and this is why they will be switching my son to a different shift in the next few weeks so he will get a full 40 hours +. When he was hired he was hired as a flex shift at the time we didn't understand what that meant now we do. He is lucky that he doesn't have to depend on his paycheck to survive every week. He mainly works there for the benefits but I feel bad for people trying to take care of a family while on the Flex shift. I hope they are able to change shifts like my son. I mainly think they put new people on that shift while they are on their probation period and once they prove themselves they are put on a regular shift depending on how many hours they want to work or what is available. Those that don't do well either stay on the flex shift or quit usually....See MoreThis plant blows me away.
Comments (10)Sinningia speciosa, grrr, not Gloxinia. Gloxinia is a totally different Genus, rhizomatous, not tuberous. Anyway - if you keep them under the lights - they go through more than one cycle of blooming. After the bloom is done and the plant slowly starts to look ratty - I remove the foliage, may be put the tip cutting for rooting, may be a leaf or 2 - they do start easily, wash the tuber, dry it and put it in a plastic bag with a barely moist vermiculite. And keep the bag somewhere where it can get light. In a month or so it will send another shoot, I pot it up - and get another blooming. It s nice to have several - preferably different varieties - you always have something growing and something sleeping. One plant is good - more - is better....See Moregirlnamedgalez8a
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