WHAT'S IT LIKE TO WORK ON A FARM??


Welcome to my work blog!



So, after some thought, I decided to start a work blog!! Over the years, friends and family seem pretty impressed upon telling them about the farm where I work. A lot of them seem shocked at the actual size of the nursery, and the quanity of product we crank out in a season. So why not keep a daily journal of what goes on here?




A day in the life on a farm



A DAILY LOOK AT LIFE ON A WHOLESALE NURSERY FARM

Friday, September 23, 2011

Hints of Autumn

Autumn is upon us once again on the farm, and noticeable color is beginning to pop up on some of our plant varieties.  Let the beauty begin!


Acer Emerald Elf

Berb Sunjoy

Berb Sunjoy

Kolkwitizia Dream Catcher

Berb Sunjoy exploding with color!

Parth quinq Engelmann Ivy

Rhus Tiger Eyes Sumac

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Fall bloomers

Hibiscus Sweet Caroline

Chasmanthium Northern Sea Oats

Leuc Becky with Bee

Elton Knight Coneflower

Friday, September 2, 2011

Eupatorium

A Monarch enjoying the flower of the Eupatorium Gateway Joe Pye Weed

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Color me Pink!

Rosa Patriot Dream
We received this bunch of roses from our Oregon farm not too long ago.  A dreamy pink, these beauties are popping with color right now!  To the left, Juniperus x Daub's Frosted add a nice green contrast to the blushing hue.  

Friday, June 17, 2011

Iris-It's spring 2011 at work!

It's growing season again, back at the farm at work!  I haven't been able to take time out of my busy schedule really to photograph everything that's been growing around here.  Today I had an opportunity to take a quick break to shoot these Iris varieties.  Unfortunately, the date setting was on the camera, which takes away from the beauty of the photograph.  I'll have to remember to check that next time.  :)




Iris Halycyon Seas


Iris Heilotrope Bouquet
Iris Sky Wings

Iris Sky Wings

Iris Ceasar's Brother

Iris Butter and Sugar

Thursday, November 18, 2010

The end of another shipping season!

The farm is near completed for winterizing!  Things look like a ghost town around the farm, now that everything is covered!

Some of the production crew covering the last of exposed plants.

Everything covered with a blanket of snow....

Brrrr!!!  Checking the fields for fallen signage.

A small hoophouse filled with perennials. 
Until next year.... goodbye farm!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

change of season

It's that time of year again!  Fall brings about lots of preparation for overwintering on our farm!  And so we begin to get ready....

Hundreds of hoops and wood await to be assembled into overwintering greenhouses, or "hoophouses".  These greenhouses will be built, covered in plastic, and will store plants in which have a harder time overwintering without some form of protection.

Bails of Sudan grass lined up... this will be used to cover our container plants once they are consolidated together and tipped.

A crew of production workers cutting our perennials.  We cut back all of our perennials in the fall, along with some of of our shrubs.

Miscanthus grass cut back.  Some are untrimmed to ship to customers with orders this fall yet.

Some of our plants are covered in plastic as well as Sudan.  Piles of plastic standing by and waiting.