Need to make this quick

This has Been for the most part a long boring summer. But the seasons are changing. I have went from a comfortable routine to a hectic schedule..finally. I have to much to do, but that is a welcome change. The weather has been great. Temperatures in the fifties at night and eighties at night. I love it. I am , however looking forward to the 50/70's. So much better than 95 with 100% humidity.......Greenhouse, greenhouse, I feel as if that is the only thing that I talk about in my posts, but it is a big part of our lives. We finally, yes finally, finished the irrigation/misting system. I(we) are happy with how it turned out. Mist for the benches and a couple of sprinklers for the rest. It was tricky to find the right equipment for such a small greenhouse, and required a fair amount of research. It will make things easier not having to water every 12 hours. As of now it is all automated. Fantastic......Lots of side work, and little time to do it. I haven't did any side work all summer(that was probably a good thing). Now, however, everybody and their brother has something for me to do. That's a good thing.....I will put some pictures up soon, as soon as I have time. Maybe by next summer....

Time to grow again

It was a good weekend. Finally the temperatures are bearable. It is even enjoyable to work in the greenhouse again. We had a chance to catch up on some things that we had been putting off. I finally managed to get the water line finished, divided some plants, and preped for the pansy and fall annuals. We had the greenhouse 1/2 filled with cactus and succulents. I had propagated so many succulents this summer, it would have been impossible to keep them all through the winter. I wish we had a heater, but the power and fuel costs are to much relative to the amount of money we make. So we needed to get rid of some, and we did. They sold like hotcakes. Now we have a lot more room...The pansy's and other stuff are growing great. It will be time to start the second batch this week. It will be the end of October before they are ready, but that's o.k......I finally sold my old truck. A guy I work with bought it. I was glad to get rid of it. I was also glad to get the much needed money. I am enjoying my new truck........ The house hunt has slowed. We haven't viewed any houses lately. There are not many houses for sale around here that are worth it, or that I (we) like. Oh well who knows............ The countdown has begun for school. Another three weeks. I am ready. Greenhouse Management, and Garden Center Management are on the schedule. I better be able to manage something after all the management classes I will be taking....That's about it. No pictures or anything..... Everybody is doing good enough. The girls are good. Anna is enjoying school, and Cathrine started a new daycare last week. Her previous daycare provider abruptly decided to quit with only a two day notice. It all worked out though. That's about it..........

Labor Day weekend

There should be more three day weekends in the year. That would be nice. This labor day was a good three day weekend. Saturday we all loaded up and took off to the cabin. It was a lot of fun, especially for the girls. The four-wheeler was there and the girls had a blast riding on it. It is nice to get away for a day or two.......The seasons will be changing soon. Oh boy. The temperatures have been bearable lately, highs only in the 80's. Soon It will be highs in the 70's, then 60's. I can't wait.........The fall annuals are growing, very slowly. I will be starting the second round of pansies next week. I have also decided to propagate some 'Nellie R. Stevens holly's, and a couple of boxwood's. I have been so lazy this year, hardly propagating any woody or perennial plants. I do however have an overwhelming collection of succulents......... School starts the first week of October, and I am taking a week of vacation the second week. I am ready for both......

B-Day

Yup, today is my 28th birthday, and I could not care less. I have never been to big on birthday's, but this year I am especially not interested. Maybe it is the age, or maybe it is how busy I am. I don't know. Maybe I will be excited at 50 when I buy a ferarri, and get a hair piece, who knows.........I have decided to do some experimenting with the fall annuals. I have planted a couple flats of pansies, ornamental cabbage and kale. It is way to hot to start them now so I am starting them inside under grow lights. I just hope that the temps start to cool down by mid-September. Very unlikely. I plan to start the main crop of winter annuals at the end of September. We are growing a lot of stuff. We have about ten different types of pansies, red bore kale, ornamental cabbage, ornamental mustard, Swiss chard, and violas. I am looking forward to the change of seasons. It has been a hot and dry summer. Not long now though........We looked at a couple more houses this weekend, this time in Adairsville. One of the houses we saw was decent. It was a ranch style on a slab, which I don't to much care for, but it was nice none the less. The search continues...........

Getting ready for fall

Oh boy it's Sunday again. I have a love hate relationship with Sundays. It's a day off, but tomorrow starts a new work week. Oh well. We accomplished something this weekend, we finally managed to run the plumbing for water in the greenhouse. We have been putting it off for some time now, mainly because if you don't have to work in the heat then don't. With our heavy schedules however, it has been harder and harder to get to the greenhouse to water twice a day. I have decided to install an irrigation/sprinkler system in the greenhouse to simplify things. It will be completely automated and low tech. It will definitely make our lives simpler. I don't really have much else............