Viewing post #825815 by drdawg

Ah, a Master Gardener too. I just hosted our regional Master Gardener's at the house this morning. They wanted to tour my greenhouses and see how my (small) tropical plant business developed. The "tour/talk" was supposed to take an hour. I finally had to chase them all away after 2 1/2 hours. I just told them it was lunch time. They could not believe that I had so many plants now outside (and a couple of hundred yet to "re-locate"), that a week ago were all in greenhouses and on my enclosed porch. One fellow kept asking, when I showed them another grouping of a hundred or so plants: "Did you have to move these all outside too?". Finally after the third time answering that same question, another Master Gardener chimed in and said: "Ed, every plant you see has been moved outside". It was really funny. I think they all pretty much decided two things about me: # 1 - I am nuts, spending so much time and effort on this when I am supposed to be retired, and # 2 - It is truly a labor of love what I do. They are probably right on both counts!

Well, back outside. I just finished lunch and now have plants to move.