According to Ben Bailey, the weather guy on chanel 2, it is officially the dog days of summer. And what does a nurseryman do when the temperatures rise and sales slow down? Well he goes on vacation of course. Unfortunately, I can't tell you where I'm going, because if I do then everyone will want to go there, and they'll also bring with them their sundry bacterias and viruses and crass midwestern folkways, thus destroying the delicate cultural and ecological balance I will be fortunate enough to enjoy. I will tell you this though, I wont be at the top of the food chain,and the prospect of becomming dinner for a large predaciuos carnivore is a bit unnerving. 

                                                                   

So I need to ask all you landscapers a favor. I'm concerned that my absence will go unnoticed by my coworkers, and equally or maybe even more importantly, my boss. (who, by the way bares a slight resemblance to the predaciuos carnivore depicted above. Good thing he doesn't read this blog.) So I need everybody to come to the nursery next week and buy as many plants as you can. If work is a little hard to come by you could always re-landscape your own home. This way, they'll be so busy they'll just keep saying, "gosh, I wish Frankie where here" and they will be very happy to see me when I return.          GENIUS! 

Thanks for reading,

--Frank