Weeks July 29th - August 9th by Dylan Howlett With the vacating absence of our fearless leader, Jeff Rowley, the horticulture technician summer work crew had a week to crack down and be responsible for completing our large list of duties free of his watchful eye. Visits from Mr. Pascoe and Lucas kept us on track, but all in all, the group did well on its own, collaborating good team work and friendly dispositions. It was nice to have Jeff return the following week. This week began with a slightly groggy Tuesday morning, having recently come back from a wonderfully long civic holiday weekend. By lunchtime we were roaring to go again!

             A Flowering Castor Bean Plant!There is a beautiful contrast between the deep green-purple foliage.

This past weekend’s duties went to J-Dawg (Jess Shields) and DMC (Dylan Mcleod). Amongst the list of tasks they were to complete, pinching of the Poinsettia crop was of utmost importance! Five plants of each cultivar we separated from the group and distinguished by blue tags. We are allowing these plants to grow very large, similar to their true size in their native habitat.

Our group had the pleasure of attaching spaghetti driplines to the table, allowing for a much easier and equally distributed watering and fertilizing of our Poinsettia crop.

Courtney and Hilary had a blast removing a portion of greenhouse shade cloth. No ladder was too big or heights too high for these girls. Safety first - three points of contact ladies!