Today is the last day of business for the nursery as now we will close down until March 1st except for opening on Saturdays for our Winter Seminar series of educational garden topics. While repairs, maintenance and clean up is the norm in winter, the greenhouse… 
Even though the dark days of winter have arrived, the good news is that the days will now progressively get longer culminating in the summer solstice on June 21st. The short duration of light during the day coupled with low temperatures serves well to keep plants on… 
This year has been a surprise at the nursery as cut trees have seen a bump in sales as evidenced by the few trees left in the sales yard. Even with the so-called “shortage” reported in the news, trees are still around at garden centers and cut-your-own operations…. 
As the days seem to grow shorter and darker in early December, the three banks of installation of solar panels still produce electricity although not enough to offset the nursery usage. The most recent installation is that on the market-office complex which will be… 
With the nice weather of last week and this past week, chores around the nursery have been easy to accomplish. The plantings have still been going on in the botanical garden while about 3000 cuttings from Mexico and Guatemala have been stuck into their rooting plugs…
