Back Again!
I got to work in a funky mood this afternoon due to stress and whatnot of life. After a while I decided to clean petunia hangers outside and listen to Mark and Tony chitchat. Oh my god did I laugh... well on the inside, I'm not a big laugher, but I was smiling for sure. There they were, just two middle-aged men goofing around and laughing at one another... nothing but contagious let me tell you. Soon enough my cranky mood was alleviated.
Tonight there is an expected frost - the last of the season we hope. Since it was a slow night, customer-wise, I got to help the boys (aka my bosses and other coworkers) cover all the plants outside: roses, perennials, herbs, etc. The greenhouses are also closed up. This kind of thing, protecting for an impending frost, annoys one of my bosses a great deal because of the monotonous bringing things in/out and the covering/uncovering. But the couple of the hours of aggravation saves us thousands in plants. We can't have our whole business freezing!
I had to keep the stand open until our normal hours "in case a team comes," for ice-cream that is. I had one little boy dressed in a baseball uniform run in for a Moosetracks cone and that was it. But he was so cute! I'm always impressed when little kids are so polite when ordering ice-cream or whatever and I try to remember to tell their parents so. I imagine that they feel a bit of pride when someone recognizes their hard work. 'Please' and 'thank you' go a llloooonnnggg way.
So many of our plants are looking fabulous now. We're getting our cemetery logs out tomorrow, just in time for Memorial Day. I know a lot of my customers have been asking about them. The log boxes are nice, especially when Mrs decorates them. Oh the compliments I get on how nice everything looks. I wish I could share the credit, but really everything happens across the street in the "Employees Only" greenhouses. You could say I'm more in the maintenance department of the decorated pots - just keeping them clean and watered and presentable.
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Once I get settled in to my home after graduation, I'll unpack my camera and try to get some pictures up on this blog so I can actually share my work with you all. The sunsets are so pretty and I can't wait to get some pictures here.
Tomorrow's weather has a High of 74 and a Nightly Low of 47.
Remember to cover your plants tonight!!
See you again,
Chelsea
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18 May 2009
10 May 2009
Mother's Day and an Introduction
Today was my first day back at 'The Farm' since finishing school. Sure, I still have odds and ends to tie up before graduation but what really matters is that I got to run around outdoors all day!
As you know, this is Mother's Day weekend and as you may not know, it is one of our busiest weekends all year. Probably the second busiest. You could definitely tell that today was all about the mothers. There were husbands buying for wives and moms, kids asking what kind of flower they ought to get, and moms out spending some quality time alone preparing for the season. "All I want to do is get some planting done today" was basically what every lone woman was telling me. What joy they must have also playing in the dirt and instilling bursts of color and beauty throughout their spaces. It doesn't have to be Mother's Day for my customers to walk into one of the greenhouses and feel inspired. At least I hope they're feeling inspired. I know I do, even when I have to pick up the trash and weeds, (somebody has to keep it all clean!).
To honor our mom customers, the Farm was giving all mothers a free small ice-cream cone. There was plenty of gratitude from these moms who, on their "day off" (the mothers out there are thinking, "yeah, right"), brought their kids down for a cone and found out that they got one just for being themselves. I had very few refusals.
The people I work with and for are what truly make my job special. From the Big Bosses (Mr and Mrs), to the coworker who returns after a long winter, to the little kid learning currency patiently counting out quarters and nickels; and yes, even the adolescents who decide that this is the year to tackle the problem of authority, even if that authority is merely asking you what kind of ice-cream you want. I've grown up here, year after year finding pieces of myself in the people I meet, the skills I learn, and the problems I overcome. It's amazing that what was once a hope to work at the Farm became "Oh my God, I have a job there!" which then led me to the feeling of having a second home.
A scattered writing for my first entry but I hope you stick around.
Tomorrow's weather looks like partly cloudy with a high of 67. My kind of day! Unfortunately, I won't be at work again until the weekend so check back then for another update.
And of course, Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!!
Have a nice day!
-Chelsea
As you know, this is Mother's Day weekend and as you may not know, it is one of our busiest weekends all year. Probably the second busiest. You could definitely tell that today was all about the mothers. There were husbands buying for wives and moms, kids asking what kind of flower they ought to get, and moms out spending some quality time alone preparing for the season. "All I want to do is get some planting done today" was basically what every lone woman was telling me. What joy they must have also playing in the dirt and instilling bursts of color and beauty throughout their spaces. It doesn't have to be Mother's Day for my customers to walk into one of the greenhouses and feel inspired. At least I hope they're feeling inspired. I know I do, even when I have to pick up the trash and weeds, (somebody has to keep it all clean!).
To honor our mom customers, the Farm was giving all mothers a free small ice-cream cone. There was plenty of gratitude from these moms who, on their "day off" (the mothers out there are thinking, "yeah, right"), brought their kids down for a cone and found out that they got one just for being themselves. I had very few refusals.
The people I work with and for are what truly make my job special. From the Big Bosses (Mr and Mrs), to the coworker who returns after a long winter, to the little kid learning currency patiently counting out quarters and nickels; and yes, even the adolescents who decide that this is the year to tackle the problem of authority, even if that authority is merely asking you what kind of ice-cream you want. I've grown up here, year after year finding pieces of myself in the people I meet, the skills I learn, and the problems I overcome. It's amazing that what was once a hope to work at the Farm became "Oh my God, I have a job there!" which then led me to the feeling of having a second home.
A scattered writing for my first entry but I hope you stick around.
Tomorrow's weather looks like partly cloudy with a high of 67. My kind of day! Unfortunately, I won't be at work again until the weekend so check back then for another update.
And of course, Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!!
Have a nice day!
-Chelsea
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