September--2011
It's Market Time again. Amazing business I have built--amazing seasons of gardening and making and selling. Always new! My workroom is filled to overflowing with flora and fauna. There is barely enough room to create arrangements for the Old City Market at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre.
Labor Day Weekend was packed with visitors--but not DBD customers. The economy is terrible so we are hunkering down hoping for some kind of turn around. Our "selling season"is so short we don't have any recovery time really.
Oh well. Here's hoping....
October--2011 The Weather was a great equilizer. Profits made one weekend lost to bad weather the next....
November--We are starting the winter garden: Quite a feat in the middle of creating arrangements, filling custom orders and packing to get to Market! I am planting strawflower, statice, and larkspur. My winter garden is so valuable due to the brilliant colors and easy (no bug) maintenance.
December--The larkspur, statice and strawflowers are tiny seedlings now. I planted just half the garden to allow for two early spring rows in March. We are just treading water at the market financially but we are enjoying ourselves thoroughly and look forward to all the hard work of getting to the market each week. We are going through to Valentine's Day this year--a six month gig as opposed to just three months....
January--I'm crazy busy making Valentine Bouquets. It's fun. I shop the local flea markets year round for white, pink or purple pottery--spend penny's for them and recycle them with gorgeous bouquets. Love it!
February--We will be heading back into the garden the second week in February.
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