seedlings

This is the time of year when we are constantly rotating plants. Stick cuttings and hurry them along so the next batch can go under the mist. Sow seeds and hurry them on for the next week's list! There's a small backlog of plants waiting for potting at the moment but I was waiting to turn the heat on in the next greenhouse. Fuel costs are killing us this year. The plants look great and stock is healthy and fully recovered from the December freezing incident that happened while I was in Guatemala.



Ahhhh, Guatemala, just thinking about it soothes me. We had great adventures this trip, night time cross country buses, boat ride down the Rio Dulce, amazing meals at the Rosa in Livingston. When we got back to Atitlan we found an apartment and were able to go to market and get all the pineapple, avocado, fresh beautiful veggies and fruits that we wanted. Our little yard was beautifully tended by an elderly man. We had orange, tangerine, lemon, lime and grapefruit trees.

This year the dahlias came in looking the best I've ever seen them. They get started early so they can be already blooming by the time they go in the garden in May. They are easy but hog a lot of space. If the weather cooperates we can get them outside with remay and then replant that space with more tender annuals. The bananas and colocasias came in looking very fine this year also. Last year they were shipped during a freeze and they were all a bust. Well back to the work at hand.