Peony: Old Fashion Flower with Staying Power
I regret to admit as a teenager my earliest memories of peonies are deciding whether to mow over the big peony flowers that tumbled into the path of my [...]
Propagation
As a grower, you sow hundreds, even millions of unique seeds. Whether you're using the latest planter equipment or planting by hand, organization is the key to your [...]
Why Automate?
According to Richard Jones, Editor of the Greenhouse Grower, one of the many issues growers are faced with is the cost of labor. Automation is the solution to many [...]
Value Stream Mapping – A LEAN Manufacturing Approach to Minimizing Waste
Above is what each of several production process lines look like before implementing automation & LEAN processes. Does your look the same? Hand labeling is a waste of [...]
When Herbicides Hit Your Flowers
What to do when Weed Killers become FLOWER Killers: We invest our labor, expenses, and passion into our landscape, flower, and vegetable gardens with expectations of horticultural success! [...]