Re: Good weekend/new job

Andrea,
This all sounds so wonderful!  It's nice that it's a big enough operation
that you aren't out of work in the off season.  I've had my sights set on
applying at a nursery just a few blocks from my house, but it looks like
only a 9 month job.  Still, I plan to apply and see what could be worked
out.

They're really lucky to have you.

I hope you don't mind, but I shared a portion of the daylily you sent me
with a friend.  You sent such huge divisions and she was enamored when I
told her it was a night bloomer.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea Hodges" <raider843@yahoo.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Good weekend/new job


> Thanks everyone for the well wishes and congrats and kudos. I'm tired.
> LOL! I've worked behind a desk so long I forgot what it's like to move
> all day long. The first two days I spent part of each day getting
> Christmas stuff out and up for sale. OY!
>
>
> We are getting in hundreds of poinsettias next week or the next I think.
> I can't recall. I spent today cutting back #1 perennials for winter.
> It's been much warmer here than normal according to the locals. The
> nursery is nice, but it needs some direction and updating of trends. The
> manager that hired me is trying to do just that.
>
>
> The company itself is a big operation. Lots of landscaping, snow
> removal, Christmas decoration, and other contracts. I'm going to get to
> learn to operate forklifts and bobcats. Whoo hoo! I'm already enamored
> of the mini-blue ever greens. I can hardly wait til next spring and I've
> got tulips planted and there are peonies in my yard. It's all very
> exciting to me.
>
> A
>
> Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Amen to that!
>
> On 11/8/05, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center <
> 4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> >
> > Fantastic, Andrea! They're lucky to have you.
> >
> > Kitty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrea Hodges"
> > To:
> > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 8:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Good weekend/new job
> >
> >
> > > OK, I wasn't finished replying to your message.....don't know what I
did
> > > but I sent it by accident. As I was saying, it sounds like a great
> > > weekend. I have a great day.
> > >
> > >
> > > I started my new job today at Buckley's Prairie Landscaping. I had a
> > > ball. I'm so tired. Unfortunately, I didn't get to play with the
plants
> > > too much as we are starting to put out the Christmas decorations, but
> > > that's OK. It was still a lot of fun. Nice, easy going people, lots to
> > > be done, so there won't be a dull moment. Huge nursery.
> > >
> > > I think I made the right decision.
> > > A
> > > Now in Zone 5
> > >
> > > Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSR wrote:
> > > I'm glad no one from here was hurt by the tornado. Scary!
> > > I had such a good weekend. Nothing special happened. But for the last
> > month
> > > I haven't been able to do much on the weekends - I had back problems,
> > and
> > > then when that cleared up I got a horrible cold and couldn't do a lot.
> > But
> > > this weekend I felt great. I finished getting everything tender into
the
> > > greenhouse.
> > > Sure had a lot more work to do this year; because I neglected to tend
it
> > > much over the summer things grew really wild. I already mentioned the
7'
> > > tall abutilon (now much smaller); as I pulled stuff out into the lawn
I
> > had
> > > to hack off about 4 feet of branches off the geraniums too. The
bulbine
> > > frutescens that Kitty gave me kind of exploded, it's still contained
in
> > its
> > > pot but there was so much of it I broke off a bunch of sections to try
> > and
> > > root. I went to move the big spider plant (ummm...chlorophytum
comosum)
> > and
> > > discovered it had gotten so massive it broke the ceramic pot it was
in -
> > 18"
> > > wide and the same deep, about, and there was no soil left, only roots.
> > And
> > > darn it, the pot was a pretty one I bought in Mexico - of course you
> > > couldn't SEE the pot anymore, oh well. I just took some babies and
> > tossed
> > > the whole thing; in a year I'll have another one just as big. I
brought
> > in
> > > the succulents and took a bunch of cuttings to root in a few days. Oh,
> > it
> > > was good just puttering around.
> > > We have not had frost yet. Amazingly enough I still have zucchini,
> > usually
> > > by the end of September they are pooped out. When I brought in a few
for
> > > grilling on the BBQ my husband just groaned. The peppers are still out
> > > there, I picked almost 10 pounds of red and green ones which I'll have
> > to
> > do
> > > something with tonight. And the tomatoes are finally producing. They
> > were
> > > not happy all year but NOW have decided to explode with fruit. I'm
> > almost
> > > done with preserving though and I am not real fond of most recipes
using
> > > green tomatoes, too bad.
> > > Our new dog Trixie is settling in. I've never owned a dog this young
> > (she's
> > > 7 months), what a kick she is. She likes to drink out of the garden
hose
> > so
> > > the whole time I was in the greenhouse she was right there, sticking
her
> > > head in whatever plant I was trying to water. She isn't reliably
> > housebroken
> > > yet so last night was the first she spent in our bedroom, suitably
> > confined
> > > of course. She was pretty excited to be there with us and sleep was
> > elusive.
> > > Then a group of coyotes started yipping very close, so we got up to
> > check
> > on
> > > our sheep a couple times which made her even more excited. But all was
> > well
> > > and last night everyone slept just fine.
> > > My dry garden is still in bloom. I took some pictures but didn't get
> > them
> > up
> > > on the web, I'll have to do that tonight too. Everything else in the
> > > ornamental garden, except one hybrid tea rose, is winding down for the
> > > winter, but the salvias and zauschneria, even some penstemon, are
still
> > > blooming. I don't remember this from last year so it might be that the
> > rain
> > > we got in October has fooled them.
> > > Yep, it was a good weekend.
> > >
> > > Cyndi
> > >
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> > > Andrea H
> > > Petersburg, IL
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> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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