The Violet Barn

This week was the first for "spring shipping". Over the weekend, we sort orders (see an earlier post), then Monday morning our staff gets busy "wrapping" plants and boxing orders. They get stacked in the hallway leading from our growing area into our "work" room. UPS on the left, USPS on the right--just by coincidence, this week, 139 boxes on each side! UPS just picked up theirs, and we're about to take the others to the local post office. All done by Tuesday afternoon. Whew!

Our local club, the AVGS of Rochester held its annual display and sale this past weekend. We are a small club, but all of our members helped to make this a success, by entering plants and/or by helping at the event. A fun time for all involved!

Not an African violet, but we do grow a number of hoyas as well. This is Hoya affinis. We've been patiently waiting for this one to bloom, as we've heard good things about it. It has huge blooms--each one about 2" in diameter (the umbel is far larger), and a very waxy red. It's fragrant, but not strongly so. It's grown in a west facing window in one of our growing areas. We are propagating it and will have some for sale in the future.