Wonder if it is the lack of seed crops or the shift to OP seeds that started this, or maybe something else entirely, what's you opinion?
I hope and pray that many of you have gotten your OP seeds and that your crops produce for your next seasons seeds. There are a lot of factors that affect this, so when seeds are plentiful collect all you can, because the next season they may not be there. This is one of the pitfalls of not buying your seeds and instead depending on your crops to perform well. This is why I deal with a local grower( MT) that raises all OP crops, she even has greenhouses to overwinter crops that don't seed until the following season such as cabbage, carrots, parsnips, etc....Happy Gardening folks and baby those plants other than for your produce, you want seeds too.
Seed company sells out, hundreds out of work
Reporter - Jason
Hibbs
Story Created: May 18, 2012 at 8:22 PM CDT
Story
Updated: May 18, 2012 at 10:48 PM CDT
FULTON, Ky. — Terminated: a large
employer lets almost everyone go and the community can't believe how they did
it. Employees returned to the job after lunch only to learn they no longer have
a job.
It happened just after noon Friday at the 53-year-old Ferry Morse Seed
Factory in Fulton, Kentucky.
A company spokesperson had no comment but
people in the community had plenty to say about the way the company let workers
go.
Jiffy Products owned and operated the factory. But now,
Massachusetts-based Plantation Products owns the home and garden division of
Jiffy, and in turn, owns Ferry Morse.
While they won't tell us their
plans for the Fulton factory, they made it clear they don't want nearly all the
workers who depend on the garden-growing company to feed their
families.
The company that started sending seeds in the mail seven
generations ago hand-delivered a letter to nearly 200 factory workers just after
lunch. It stated their position was terminated, effective immediately.
"I
can't believe that, because things were going so great," said Fulton resident
Judy Green. "People had been there a long time."
Economic Development
Director Eddy Crittendon said he was caught off guard like everyone else and is
surprised the company gave no notice.
"There's folks who've been employed out
there for thirty to forty years, have given their whole life to the company," he
said.
More:http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/home/ticke...152115545.html
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
MT weather, it changes quick!
Oh well my stuff in the greenhouse is covered with floating row covers and the stuff in the garden is all cold weather crops so no worries and besides it's time released moisture*wink* This is why knowing how Montana weather acts that we've held off planting the tomatoes, peppers, okra and some of the seed crops. Our last freeze date for our zone is May 29th. Never a boring moment in Montana, that's for sure! LOL!! Our pastures should green up real quick once we warm up again. Our overnight temp was 31F, yes chilly enough we had a fire in the ole' wood cookstove to take off the chill and again this morning.
Heading to the city to pick up our grandkids for an overnight visit, we'll have to play indoors because everything is VERY muddy, but I'm not complaining at all. :o)
It was funny to see the reaction of the animals this morning it went something like this; Hoss( our steer) was bellering, the goats looked totally discussed and wanted to be fed in their barn, the meat chicks hit the door and skidded to a stop, saying What the heck is that stuff?, the laying hens and turkey refused to step outside their coop, the barn cats just wanted food, for energy since they've long since shedded their winter coats and promptly headed back to the barn to sleep on their full stomaches in the hay all huddled together. Two of our dogs ran out as if they were kids and the newest dog( our rescued mutt) tip toed around like he didn't want to get his feet wet, LOL!!! Animals are so much fun, especially if you take the time to see they all have their own personalities :o)
Enjoy your holiday weekend everyone.
Friday, May 25, 2012
I just can't believe how time flies! We've been busy with getting our garden beds finished, we converted to all raised beds( really they are just mounded) and getting everything planted that we can at this point. We were so dry it was getting scary, but praise God, it's rained 1+inches since last night and it's still a good steady down pour now. This will spurn on the weeds, but I'm ready!
We've enjoyed a bountiful crop of asparagus, rhubarb, lettuce, kale , chard and radishes now for several weeks. These crops ( other than aparagus and rhubarb)were all started in the greenhouse the end of March. We've held off planting tomatoes, peppers and warm loving plants and have instead transplanted them into larger pots and kept in the greenhouse until we're past our last frost date, which is the end of this month!
The shop is continuing to progress again, we've save enough to purchase the metal for both ends of the building and enough for the meter box so we can have the 3 phase power hooked up in June. It's crazy what all of these items cost, the two ends( enough metal for both was almost $900 and the 3 phase meter box( not the inside breaker box, that's more yet!) was $479, thankfully the power company is hooking it all up for free in June( they used to charge by the foot) The metal for the whole building(30x60x12) will cost approx. $5K That is why we're doing it, pay as we go and not financing it with a bank loan! When it's complete we'll be debt free and ready to make some $$, instead of paying on a loan for years. We've had problems with a neighbor through this whole process, beginning in Oct when we planted posts, everything was handles by our town's zoning comittee and we thought done and over with but..... not so He's now involved our state government, claiming we're in the floodway, which we aren't and even if we were the town's ordinances say that barns, garages, silos, shed and whatnot are allowed as long as they are anchored down( our pole barn is cemented in posts and will have a 6" thick cement floor.The ordinace says it only aplies to residencial. What it is all about is that he doesn't want any businesses in our town and he doesn't like the location of our shop and is doing everything possible to stop it, even desperate measures such as calling the state in. What's fun about it all is that he's implicating himself because he has a home,( trailer house), a rental on his property that is in the floodway and that is forbidden by the ordinace of our town be cause it it is residence and it MUST be secured down and it's of course NOT! He also didn't complain about a garage next door that again IS in the floodway and it is stick built and on a slab( so not secured down either) and he never said or made a complaint on that neighbor. Everyone in town is shaking their head about how he's acting about all of this, it's really ridiculous! This is a neighbor who we've helped by swathed and baled his pastures two years in a row, helped load up HUGE logs from trees they had taken down in their yard, shared produce with, as well as were what we thought friendly and on a first name basis with, guess we were wrong! He didn't appreciate a good neighbor, so we'll see how much he'll miss the helping hand now because we certainly won't go out of our way to help him again. It's gottern to the point we've considered talking to a lawyer about sending his a letter stating he's looking at a harrasment suit if he doesn't let up and that's saying something because we don't wish to be do that, but it's frustrating to no end and we'd hope it would put an end to it all, still thinking it over though. :o(
I need to get pictures of our progress and all that's happening around her, it's just finding the time to do that! LOL! I'll be finished with my EMT testing and book work tonight, then it';s just hands on work, preparing for the National test. With all the reading, online work and classroom time there isn't much time to get the normal chores done around here and of course I'm not as young as I once was and I tire more easily!*sigh* I feel like my head is going to explode from all the info I've had to absorb but I am retaining it and that was a worry for me!*wink*
Everything is growing well, despite our dry weather, the fruit crops all look like they''l produce well this season and the garden produce is all off to a wonderful start. The deer are already grazing, so we need to take some measures to keep them out of the grapes and strawberries but it's doable and we have enough scraps and supplies to get it done. :o)
Looking forward to the longer weekend, maybe, just maybe we'll get caught up on chores and whatnot. My house is a dusty mess( of course that is my least favorite chore too*wink*) and I'd like to get some meat canned, in prep for butchering chickens and making more room in the freezer. I've been working on canning dried beans, for easier convience, especially since we're all so busy these days.
Here is a picture that really spoke to my heart, it is what we're supposed to remember and pray for this Memorial Day and of course remembering our lost loved ones as well. Praying your weekend is blessed and productive :o)
We've enjoyed a bountiful crop of asparagus, rhubarb, lettuce, kale , chard and radishes now for several weeks. These crops ( other than aparagus and rhubarb)were all started in the greenhouse the end of March. We've held off planting tomatoes, peppers and warm loving plants and have instead transplanted them into larger pots and kept in the greenhouse until we're past our last frost date, which is the end of this month!
The shop is continuing to progress again, we've save enough to purchase the metal for both ends of the building and enough for the meter box so we can have the 3 phase power hooked up in June. It's crazy what all of these items cost, the two ends( enough metal for both was almost $900 and the 3 phase meter box( not the inside breaker box, that's more yet!) was $479, thankfully the power company is hooking it all up for free in June( they used to charge by the foot) The metal for the whole building(30x60x12) will cost approx. $5K That is why we're doing it, pay as we go and not financing it with a bank loan! When it's complete we'll be debt free and ready to make some $$, instead of paying on a loan for years. We've had problems with a neighbor through this whole process, beginning in Oct when we planted posts, everything was handles by our town's zoning comittee and we thought done and over with but..... not so He's now involved our state government, claiming we're in the floodway, which we aren't and even if we were the town's ordinances say that barns, garages, silos, shed and whatnot are allowed as long as they are anchored down( our pole barn is cemented in posts and will have a 6" thick cement floor.The ordinace says it only aplies to residencial. What it is all about is that he doesn't want any businesses in our town and he doesn't like the location of our shop and is doing everything possible to stop it, even desperate measures such as calling the state in. What's fun about it all is that he's implicating himself because he has a home,( trailer house), a rental on his property that is in the floodway and that is forbidden by the ordinace of our town be cause it it is residence and it MUST be secured down and it's of course NOT! He also didn't complain about a garage next door that again IS in the floodway and it is stick built and on a slab( so not secured down either) and he never said or made a complaint on that neighbor. Everyone in town is shaking their head about how he's acting about all of this, it's really ridiculous! This is a neighbor who we've helped by swathed and baled his pastures two years in a row, helped load up HUGE logs from trees they had taken down in their yard, shared produce with, as well as were what we thought friendly and on a first name basis with, guess we were wrong! He didn't appreciate a good neighbor, so we'll see how much he'll miss the helping hand now because we certainly won't go out of our way to help him again. It's gottern to the point we've considered talking to a lawyer about sending his a letter stating he's looking at a harrasment suit if he doesn't let up and that's saying something because we don't wish to be do that, but it's frustrating to no end and we'd hope it would put an end to it all, still thinking it over though. :o(
I need to get pictures of our progress and all that's happening around her, it's just finding the time to do that! LOL! I'll be finished with my EMT testing and book work tonight, then it';s just hands on work, preparing for the National test. With all the reading, online work and classroom time there isn't much time to get the normal chores done around here and of course I'm not as young as I once was and I tire more easily!*sigh* I feel like my head is going to explode from all the info I've had to absorb but I am retaining it and that was a worry for me!*wink*
Everything is growing well, despite our dry weather, the fruit crops all look like they''l produce well this season and the garden produce is all off to a wonderful start. The deer are already grazing, so we need to take some measures to keep them out of the grapes and strawberries but it's doable and we have enough scraps and supplies to get it done. :o)
Looking forward to the longer weekend, maybe, just maybe we'll get caught up on chores and whatnot. My house is a dusty mess( of course that is my least favorite chore too*wink*) and I'd like to get some meat canned, in prep for butchering chickens and making more room in the freezer. I've been working on canning dried beans, for easier convience, especially since we're all so busy these days.
Here is a picture that really spoke to my heart, it is what we're supposed to remember and pray for this Memorial Day and of course remembering our lost loved ones as well. Praying your weekend is blessed and productive :o)
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