Life is tough enough…give me a break.  Here we go again in  New Orleans.   I am sure you have seen the coverage on every national news station about Hurricane Gustav. My new favorite person to dislike, Glenn Beck at CNN, recently commented on our poor judgement of living in New Orleans.  

Anyway, we have torn apart Garden Gate in an effort to minimize our losses to wind but with the Mandatory evacuation of Orleans and Jefferson Parishes,  it appears that our ability to water will go down the drain.  I am sure we will be without power( we need the power to run the fertilizer injectors)  which will magnify the problem.  

I spent the day with one of our crews that stayed in New Orleans to make sure and take care of the necessary preparations.  We are very fortunate that these guys are so loyal to The Garden Gates and our parent company Oasis.  They are Mexican migrant workers that are on work visas in New Orleans as part of the H2B federal program.  We have been using this alternative labor source for about 10 years and it was the reason The Garden Gates remains in business today after a devastating blow from Katrina in 2005.  After the storm they were instrumental in reconstruction and I am glad to have them on my side this go around.  

I will let everyone know this, just like last time, its about dusting yourself off and standing back up after a fall.  I have plans to be here as soon as the officials will allow us to safely come into Garden Gate.

Oh..Sparky…those new French Pots that you purchased have been safely stored.

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