So now that December is in full swing it is time to have the pretty lights on outside at night. Timers are so necessary to turn them on and off. To me it saves electricity in the middle of the night when only a few people are out and about like crazy greenhouse guys delivering [...]
The Baldwin Greenhouse had a wonderful open house on November 25th. We had Santa and Mrs. Claus visit, the Baldwin Queens Court, and a coloring contest (which we had over 65 entries). Rochel was busy making up our new floral designs for Christmas this year. She so far has made four new ones and they are: Frosty's Magic Hat, [...]
Just in time for the Valentines holiday we get bedazzled by a really cold winter system. Today we had 3 people say how happy they were to come in out of the cold, frosty, chilling wind and soak up the warm moist greenhouse air. We got to show off the plants for this weekend, and [...]
In my personal life last year of 2015 had some traumatic events unfold. I guess it gets to a point where we take every day as it comes and do the best we can. The list of things to get accomplished is there, and we take the most prioritized item first and hope to get [...]
Every once and a while a new creature comes to visit the greenhouse. During the first part of January a white weasel began helping eradicate the mice around here. He was a beautiful animal with beady, black, inquisitive little eyes. The tip of the tail was a blop of black and he was very graceful [...]
During this time of year the best laid plans of deliveries of plant material comes to fruition. Back in July and August I consult with suppliers and everyone here at the greenhouse about when to have certain plant shipments made. A careful web of days and weeks of spaced out deliveries means some planting is [...]
So Christmas has come to a close, the trees are finding their places outside of the home, the lights are off, and the deep cold of January is striking at us with the below zero temperatures. The busy rush of the holidays seemed like such a blur with trying to visit all of the family [...]
So , most everyone will participate in a Christmas gathering of some sort. Exchanging of gifts, a wonderful meal, being surrounded by our family is always nice. Its amazing to see how life changes as we grow up and see the years go by.... the reaction to these events , seeing the end of one year, [...]
It can be very difficult to know how much product to bring in or produce at the various holidays. This year it looks like we are pretty close on the correct greens such as wreaths and garland and trees. I didn't know that 3 new people were going to set up tree stands this year. [...]
This first week of December usually is busy with many shipments of poinsettias to all areas. The truth is that already we have shipped out the same amount if not more as a pre-finished plant. This means that there are other greenhouses or places that will buy poinsettias back in September and October that we have [...]