November 24th, 2007 Although it is only the middle of November, the store shelves are already filling up with poinsettias. Now that’s a sure sign that the Christmas season is upon us! The holiday season is when I really miss the greenhouse industry. We used to fill three greenhouses with poinsettias of every colour imaginable, though red dominated. [...]
September 22nd, 2007 The greenhouse during construction. In previous articles I have mentioned my backyard greenhouse. It is by far the most important gardening tool I have and the source of many hours of blissful escape. From March until July, my days start or end, or, when I’m lucky, both, in the greenhouse. I don’t know what it [...]
June 30th, 2007 I remember the uproar created in 1997 when I decided to break our greenhouse and garden centre of its chemical dependency. During my formal horticultural training I learned of the dangers of the greenhouse industry’s chemicals and of their residual effects. I knew immediately I could never knowingly subject anyone, customer or worker, to those [...]
