Hazels In the Greenhouse

Just a quick note- our initial round of hazel production for the season is filling the tables in the all-season greenhouse, and pretty close to on schedule. I'll try to post a picture or two soon. Lots to do prepping for the short course, handling spring plant orders, training a new secretary, preparing for attempts to actually get sufficiently capitalized to do all this stuff, keeping the plants growing, and so on!

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