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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Hydroponics: Is this the happily ever after part?


We’ve been married over six months and Pedro and I are as happy as two peas in a pod…Or are we? Our business requires more of our time than ever, in the face of the world economic crisis, and we had to increase our advertising budget since the purchase of flowers is considered a luxury for ordinary folk, especially in tough economic times.


\We’ve geared up our production in anticipation of Valentine’s Day and I’ve been taking bunches of flower catalogues to bed in order to get new ideas for bouquets that we can prepare in advance for the big day! We used to sell wholesale only and let the flower vendors prepare the bouquets, but that is considered a value added option, and with our overhead costs constantly rising, we figured that we should also benefit from the additional revenue, rather than allowing the flower shops to reap all the benefits.


We will have to hire some part-time help to do this, so Pedro is off to the bank today to make sure that our credit line is in place to do that. As you know, credit is increasingly difficult to get these days, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Even though the government is talking about a bailout, and the interest rates have been lowered to their lowest levels, the banks are reluctant to pass on these perks to their customers.


Thank goodness there is one company we can rely on to supply the best possible hydroponic nutrients for our Roses. And that is Advanced Nutrients. Pedro is still enthusiastic about all their products and we hear through the grapevine that they’re planning to launch a new technology, that will eliminate the necessity of taking pH and PPM readings.


Pedro is skeptical about this and he vows to continue to take such readings, even if he’s told that we don’t have to anymore with Advanced Nutrients products. He is dying to know the details and can’t wait for the product launch. He visits the Advanced Nutrients website each day, but it seems to be a closely guarded secret at the moment.


How does all this affect our marriage? After six months, he has stopped doing those little things that ensure that a wife knows she’s special and wanted. Instead of coming home with an extra fine bottle of wine, as he used to, now he comes home with a newspaper full of details of the economic downturn. Instead of putting some wrapped dark chocolate on my pillow at night, now he asks where the aspirin is before he comes to bed.


A woman notices such things and I hope that the economy improves this year, so that he can stop worrying and concentrate on making me happy. After all, isn’t that a husband’s lot?

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posted by Jill @ 10:25 AM  

1 Comments:

  • At 1:31 PM, Blogger killerm8r said…

    I heard about that new stuff from AN too. I can't wait to get my hands on some!

     

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