US (MN): Last plant out the door is the end
In fact, it's down to the last hours for Eagle Landscaping Greenhouse and Nursery south of Brainerd. After three decades of growing plants from seed and working long hours at least six days a week, Wes and Carol Urdahl say their bodies are telling them it's time to take a break. Wes Urdahl used to carry three hanging baskets in each arm from one greenhouse to another.
"Now I can barely get one pushed up there," Wes Urdahl said of hanging the plants overhead for display. At the end of the day, tendonitis in his heel makes walking less desireable. Carol Urdahl often spends most of her day watering plants and then is up until 2:30 a.m. doing the paperwork and accounting. One hot day, she was up until 2:30 a.m. and then back up at 6:30 a.m. to water plants.
"I do it for love," Carol Urdahl said and smiled. "He couldn't pay me to do this."
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