On Thursday I received
a call to come in and work at the Greenhouse. I helped to trim some of the
petunias and space them out. After I went over to one of the benches and
planted up some of the succulents. There were two trays to be planted and the
job went quickly…Echeveria, a few different varieties of Sedum, Coral Carpet
and a few other succulents.
In Greenhouse 6, there
was a special order of Begonias and Zinnias waiting for me. I groaned knowing
that I had to work with the Begonias again. Like the previous Begonia order,
these would take a while to poke them out of their root-bound plug tray. I
planted up five trays of double pinks, and reds. Three of the same color plant
would go into an 8” pot. Then I went to town planting up the Zinnias. Three
plants of the same color would go into a 6” pot. I planted up five total trays
of cherry profusion, yellow, and white. The space was limited and we had to move
things around but in the end, we found places on the benches to put all these
plants. Since it was a special order…the plants would be roped off so the
public can’t buy them.
When I still had a half
tray of Zinnias to plant, I pooped out and Carol, bless her heart, planted the
remainder for me.
I signed out at 4 eager
to get home. I desperately needed to shower, get off my feet and eat something.
I needed to go back and work tomorrow. I saw 14 trays of Vinca plants waiting
on the stand for me.
The next day I signed
in and started planting by 9. I was bound and determined to put a dent in the
order. I was determined, surprised and thrilled when I was finished by 12:30! I
had planted a tray of Verbena, and the rest were Vincas in Pacifica Cherry Red,
Cora Red, Cora Lavender, Pacifica Deep Orchid, Cora Apricot, Sunstorm Blush,
and Cora Burgundy. It was a pleasure working with those beautiful ladies!
I singed out, and
stopped at my daughter’s kitchen for a minute. This turned into two hours of
doing some odd jobs there.
It was a good feeling
knowing that I still had enough steam to help out in the catering kitchen. But
the best part was cashing my biggest check from the greenhouse. Since my check
was bigger than the other two, I sprung for a round of drinks…three cold Cherry
Pepsi Colas. And my eyes were not numb from that round of drinks!
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