Nursery in a snowstorm
Well, there’s been quite a snowstorm in upstate New York this last week, the Weather Channel reported this morning a suspected record of 146in (that’s over 12ft, 5.8m) in Redfield, NY and yesterday the New York Times ran a report on the situation in Oswego, NY. And that’s right where our friends at Seneca Hill Perennials have their wonderful nursery. They’re right in the middle of it – as you can see – although you could say they’ve been let off lightly.
“Amazingly,” owner Ellen Hornig tells me, “the greenhouses are still standing after about 2m of snow... the best part has been the steady stream of inquiries and condolences from friends near and far. But,” she sighed, “I see it's snowing again...”
Have no fear, the nursery will be up and running for the spring shipping season. And, in the meantime, take a look at their smart new website – featuring an amazing 106 newcomers to their catalog. Specialist nurseries like Seneca Hill deserve our support - and especially in times like these.
Ellen brings outrageous snow pictures when she makes it down to our Rock Garden Society meetings in Ithaca. They know how to handle snow up there in the lake effect zone. But it's got to be getting old by now. I'd gladly take a foot or two on top of our couple of inches here as we head down below zero tonight.
Posted by: Ellis Hollow | February 12, 2007 at 08:49 PM
I agree, Craig, some insulation would have been invaluable as it hit zero here not so long ago. See: http://transatlanticplantsman.typepad.com/transatlantic_plantsman/2007/02/temperature_hit.html
Posted by: Graham Rice | February 13, 2007 at 10:34 AM
Wow Graham!
I remember when I felt hard done by if we could not work for a day if we had even an inch of snow in the tropical Souther England.
I guess you are talking of days without proper work when it is like this?
How do these nurseries survive?
Posted by: Philip Voice | February 19, 2007 at 03:49 AM
Some small garden centers here in Pennsylvania survive by closing for the entire winter. The owners disappear to Florida and return in the spring to open up again!
Posted by: Graham Rice | February 19, 2007 at 02:15 PM
Some small garden centers here in Pennsylvania survive by closing for the entire winter. The owners disappear to Florida and return in the spring to open up again!
Posted by: Graham Rice | February 19, 2007 at 02:16 PM