Apologies, Apologies and did you ever wonder where the trees come from?

First of all Serena Williams gets no pass here on her lame apology. I think she is a spoiled brat. And Kanye West same thing. I am sure many of you are surprised I know of his existence. Why does he exist? Speaking of dogs of the human race, Rod Blagojevich - please dont buy his book. And why did they let his wife out of the jungle?

J Frank Schmidt Nursery of Gresham, OR, invited myself and our nursery manager, Robert Livingston to tour their nurseries. What a trip! Talk about putting two kids in a candy shop!
The many nurseries in Oregon probably produce 80-90% of all "baby trees" in the US and Canada. The growing conditions, weather, temperature, humidity and soils are the best in the US.

For us, as growers, this size plant is known as a liner. We buy them young and small in a bare root state & line them out in our fields togrow landscape size plants. Then they are sold to garden centers, municipalities etc. throughout the midwest.

The Schmidt family is a 4th generation nursery family with over 60 years experience and now produces shade trees, ornamental trees and shrubs in over 3000 acres on 9 nurseries. Their knowledge, horticultural technology, organization and production are unsurpassed in the industry. They work with most of the Arboretums and Universities across the nation to experiment with new superior plant introductions.

Our total trip consisted of a too short 54 hours with 17 hours of ground and air travel and 16 hours of touring the nurseries: learning, learning, learning how this production of millions of plants per year takes place. The Schmidt family and all their employees are the best of the best. I have to say Bob and I enjoyed eating the fresh pacific salmon as a highlight of the trip.
Yes, we did fly on 9/11. It brought back and refreshed our memories of that tragic day. God bless all of those victims and their families.

TKSR