From Corn To Flowers and Loving It...

StandardNET/Standard-Examiner: "FARR WEST -- At least 100 wreaths hang on the walls at Lyle Dabb's produce stand, ready for the taking.

But the wreath that folks want to buy today is the one still taking shape on Dabb's worktable.

It's an autumn-looking concoction of golden corn tassel, orange safflower and yellow statice. As Dabb assembles one for a customer, others step up to ask for one just like it.

That's the way it is -- whatever he's working on is the most popular item, says Dabb, piecing clumps of plants together with his tanned and dirt-soiled hands.

'As long as we've got the wreath of the day going, we might as well make it,' the Farr West farmer says, starting in on another.

Of course, if you'd rather have something else, just look around. Dozens and dozens of wreaths of all descriptions -- flowery or plain, sleek or bushy, frilly or bare -- cover nearby sheds and chicken coops and dangle from tree branches."

This is a great article and one florists like me love to read, farmers growing flowers, we need them all especially when they have a love of it.

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Take care
Carmel

CTBaird