I came into the
greenhouse on Thursday to work. Since the shipment of plants hadn’t arrived
yet, my job was to water Greenhouses 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. Watering in a
greenhouse is important and takes quite a while. I walked up and down and
watering the tray of plants on each bench and then made sure to water the
hanging baskets, or any other plant in pots that are on the ground.
Let me get this out of
the way. I don’t mind watering but I think because I am short this is a hazardous
job. Hazardous in the way that I have to position the water hose to water the
hanging baskets…the water usually runs down my arm into my arm pit. It isn’t
bad on a hot day but it is definitely a pain on a cold day. Plus, I seem to get
as much water on me – from head to toe – as the plants get.
Midway during my watering,
the water ran out. Yeah…unbelievable that water can run out in a greenhouse!
Running out of water in a greenhouse is a major crisis! And this was a crisis
because those plants were in desperate need of watering. I had to wait until
someone changed the lines. Unfortunately we had problems with Well 1 and 2, and
couldn’t use the backup water from the pond. The pond needed the broken lines
fixed.
I finished my job at
2:00 because I lost the water again. I pretty much had every plant watered,
except two benches in House 1. Someone else would wait for the pressure to
build up and they would finish those two benches.
I returned on Friday
and stated planting the 20 plug trays that were waiting for me in House 5. I
found empty spaces on the benches and worked on the 11 trays of Petunias before
I lost the water once again. I took my lunch break with the hope that by the
time I finished the water pressure would be up to par. Then I could finish the
remaining 9 trays.
I still had problems
with the water but did my best and to my astonishment, I had finished all the
plants by 2:00. I cleaned up and looked around Greenhouse 5. Everything looked
good…the established plants were blooming, and the hanging baskets looked fantastic.
After signing out, I
treated myself and bought a big, beautiful Rosemary plant. The aroma of
Rosemary filled my car and then my kitchen. Eventually, I will use the Rosemary
to bake my Rosemary bread and I will also use it to cook. But until then, the
distinctive aroma of Rosemary in my kitchen will be my reminder of things to
come.
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