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Writing About Plants... 



Alan Eves 



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...Way back 



in March 1990, 



I decided that every 



effort would be 



made to maximize 



every bit of business 



that came into our 



garden center. 



riting about plants is the farthest 

 thing from my mind right now. I'm 

 tired and worn from a lo-oong, strenu- 

 ous season of retailing, landscaping, 

 dealing with customers and employ- 

 ees. Oh yes — and growing thousands 

 of poinsettias, mums, geraniums, 

 annuals. ..and selling multitudes of 

 very.. .heavy. ..nursery stock. 



For me, January and February is a 

 time to sink back and do other things 

 else besides work my buns off. Things 

 1 ike skiing, making improvements on 

 ■"This Old Farm House," drawing, and 

 pla>n'ng my trumpet. And it's kind of 

 fun to see if I can actually keep up 

 with the cleaning and organizing. I 

 also like to spend time with friends 

 and relatives and my dog, and my 

 friend's relatives, and my friend's 

 relatives' dog. 



This January is particularly welcome 

 after last season. Whv? 



■Well. ..way back in March, 1990, I 

 decided that every effort would be 

 made to maximize every bit of busi- 

 ness that came into our garden cen- 

 ter. 



As a result, it was the best year we 

 ever had. In the face of a recession, 

 that's an accomplishment! It is a tre- 

 mendous amount of work to do your 

 job the way it should be done, at all 

 times, without fail: i.e. — answering 

 the mountain of customer calls day -in 

 and day-out, working out employee 

 problems, growing crops, selling 

 nursery stock, planting nursery 

 stock — all. ..season. ..long. 



Prefinished crops and happy , healthy 

 employees is the way to go. You're 

 crui si n' when you can turn over bench 

 space multitudes of times and keep 

 the same help ft-om one year to the 

 next — and stay the heck out of their 

 way. 



Well, I'm sure some of you are quite 

 busy this time of year growing gera- 

 niums, Easter lilies, roses, etc. With 

 that in mind, I will sign off and con- 

 tinue my search for that perfect bump 

 run on the slopes. 



(P.S. Thanks for growing top quality 

 crops and doing your best possible 

 job.) 



Alan Eves is the owner of Garden of 

 Eves Greenhouses, 192 Breakfast 

 Hill Road, Greenland, NH 03840. 

 Telephone: (603) 436-3581. •'*• 



THE Plants MAN 



Alan Eves 



