Hint Hint

When you have one of these pop up over night in your back yard.

Hey we now know, that we will be entertaining the grandkids,

   --- a fair amount this coming summer!

Being Green

It's not easy being green, that is, if you want to make a living wage.

In the years 2006 to 2007, our province had the highest number of certified organic farm operations in the country. That was then, this is now,

"StatCanada's 2011 agriculture census shows a decline of 14.6 per cent in the province's organic operations."

Organic farms require a higher return on investment, since their start-up costs are much higher and continue longer than conventional farming.

The problem is, fewer people are prepared to pay a higher price point, just the have the 'Organic' label on the package.

Yep, it appears that even being green, is no longer special,
   --- actually, now its just another colour!

One More Down

Rats, apparently researchers excavating the "lost" city of Xultún in Guatemala, discovered new astronomical tables carved into the wall of a 1200-year-old building.

The doomsday predictions that are based on previously known codieces, like the famous Dresden Codex, supposedly map human history, but stop on December 21, 2012. It's sort of like the Mayans knew, that would be the last day humans would be hanging around on earth.

Well so much for predictions, you can't even have a decent uninterrupted doomsday any more.

A recently discovered table, which is 500 years older than any previously codex, and covers over 7,000 years, which is many moons farther into the future,   
   --- than this coming December 21, 2012!

Global Interview

Ok, so I'm a long way from being a TV Profesional.

Going Global

Yep, it's true we are now the weekly Gardening Guys for Global Regina TV. This morning I was interviewed by Rustie Dean, where She introduced a multi-week TV Series of Gardening Tips. Which will be presented by the two of us, then used as an added feature, during her Morning TV Weather Forecast.

I'm not sure at this point what day it will be aired, but I'm quite certain it will be fun working with her. Hey, she's a country music fan.

Of course that means it will be a busy evening. Since I need to research, and develop the weekly tip for at least three shows to tape tomorrow. In TV land several shows are taped ahead,
   --- and then presented one at a time!

Last Transplanting

Today was the last day of transplanting plugs for this season. Yep, 19,880 more plants went on the bench today.

We have a bit of space left in a couple of greenhouses, but not enough to write home about. Now we can concentrate on feeding, watering the plants, and servicing our customers.

Opps, I forgot the first load of trees and shrubs arrived early this morning. One more week and the balance of our nursery stock should be here as well, which is followed,

   ---  by Perennials and Native Plants!