Greenhouse Journal: Day
4 and 5
Day 4 - It is bitter cold
today. Walking into the warmth of the greenhouse is an unexpected joy. Before I
could get into the greenhouse I had to run a few errands. Finally I sign into work
at 1:00. I go into Greenhouse 2 and find a huge shipment of plants laid out on
the planting benches. I follow the directions and start to plant geraniums in
6” pots and in 4” pots. The plants are in different colors like splash,
lavender, white, dark red, and light pink. When I am finished I begin planting
two different dahlias in both pot sizes.
Right now everything is
planted in House 2 because it is too cold to work in Greenhouse 5. The rest of
the plant order will go into that house tomorrow. I continue all my planting
assignment, determined to finish them off.
I sign out at 5:00. I
feel good knowing that we put a dent into the plant shipment. This shipment was
a late one. Tomorrow will be another day and another challenge.
Day 5 - I arrive and sign in at
the greenhouse, and start planting Spikes in Greenhouse 4. When I finish, I go
over to Greenhouse 5. I need to bring over the plug trays and plant labels with
me. Finally I am ready to start all the planting and there is a lot of head of
me. I plant in 4” terra cotta pots. I work from 9-3:30, only taking a 15 minute
break. I am determined to finish the shipment before I sign out.
By the end of the day,
I have planted: Duranta, three different types of Sweet Potato Vine, Verbena in
twisted pink and deep purple, Superbells, Cleome, Dahlia, Helichrysum, light
pink Double Impatiens, Ipomoea, two different varieties of Lobelia, and two
types of Angelonia, Scaveola, and Lantana.
I enjoy that I am in
the warmth of the greenhouse, and that I am working alone with music playing on
the radio. Every once in a while I will come across a small plug with the
beginning of a small bud, blooming. That bud is amazing to see, and another
perk of working in the greenhouse.
At 3:30, I look around
and to my amazement: I have planted the entire shipment of plants. I water in
the plants, clean up, and sign out. I am tired but pleased with my day. Next
week, more plants will arrive and they will be planted in flats. Flats are the
small cell and each flat contains at least 32 plants. I also know that I will
be filling the cells with the soil, unless someone else does it for me.
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