A Slow and Snowy Start

Even though we do our work indoors this time of year, the snow is still affecting our progress.  The photo at the left shows the view looking out the door of our greenhouse that is located on Barrow Hill Road, where we will be growing our Zonal Geraniums, our Ivy Geraniums and most of our hanging baskets.  (To get a glimpse of the plants we will be growing for this Spring Season, click on the tab "Spring Plants" located just below our Home Page logo photo.)

Snowy and icy roads and airports have slowed the shipment of both our plant plugs and liners, and our supplies.  The arrival of our pots, flats, trays and potting media was a week later than planned due to icy roads in the Mid-South in mid-January.

When they did arrive, our guys (James Ward, Norman Carter, Michael Boles and Randy Holiday) got right on top of it and started filling the pots, hanging baskets and flats, and began to get them ready to plant.

The first of our Geranium liners (what we call the rooted cuttings that we use to start the Geraniums that we grow) finally arrived, and when the weather and the road conditions permit us to get back to the greenhouse on Barrow Hill Road, we'll get started with the planting.

The green pots are ready to be planted with the Geranium liners, and the white hanging baskets are ready to be planted with the Shockwave Petunia liners.  Planting the hanging baskets should have begun this week with the planned arrival of the Petunia liners.  Our supplier informed us yesterday that shipment of the liners for the Petunias, the Ivy Geraniums, and more than a dozen other plant varieties will be delayed at least a week because of another winter storm system covering much of the country.

But, the snow will melt... the roads will clear... and we will get everything planted eventually!  The target date for opening for the Spring 2011 season in Thursday, March 31.  Until then, whenever you need a little "plant fix," just go back to our "Spring Plants" page and browse through the pictures!  And come back to check our blog often... we'll keep you posted on our progress with more photos.