Spring is slowly sneaking up on us in NE Ohio! Two weeks ago…the spring peepers began their late-afternoon chorus. Today I noticed the Kingfisher is back. In addition to the big guy who patrols our middle pond, there is a
When did the winter get so busy for nurserymen? We need an extra month in the winter to get our work done!
During January, CENTS and the 85th OSU Short Course provided a lively week. Sunday Night at Barley’s Brewery
In October, 2012, we camped near Assateague National Seashore on the eastern shore of Maryland. We saw fewer wild horses than our last visit two years ago, but this time there were no mosquitoes! Lots of native bayberry. The area
I love to sell trees! It makes me feel like I’m doing something good for the customer, the community and the environment.
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides Height 60′, spread: 25-30′. Completely hardy in Northern Ohio.
I sneak over to the wholesale office sometimes because I can be near the copier and FAX machine. Also, I get to see what they’re up to in ‘wholesale’. The office is really a house that used to belong to
What a busy Fall!
Many of our greenhouses have white poly on them and we’re preparing to do our ‘hardwood cuttings’ of things like Juniper, Boxwood and Arborvitae. We’ll stick these cuttings by Christmas and they’ll stay in the sand-flats
This was the last week for most of our student workers and we’re going to miss them! We’ve had good crews and not-so-good crews over the years…several hundred local students have stood in line in front of the Gilson time
Spring at last!
Pretending to sail the WindStar during our cruise of the Aegean and Adriatic in 2007.
I read somewhere that Spring travels north at 16 miles a day. It’s not here yet, but there are signs that it’s getting close…maybe Cincinnati