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takes a selling trip at least once a week with a truck load of plants and rarely do they return with very many plants left.
“We usually sell out the greenhouse so we can start all over again,” Alther said. Still, Smoot and /Jther are surprised by how many people know nothing about Sunnywen or the greenhouse.
The six full-time employees, including Smoot, work to maintain the farm while the owners are absent, but Smoot talks to them two to three times a week about the farm’s operations.
The property already has one pond, but another pond with an island is now filling up. Smoot built a bridge with an arc out of redwood to the island where a gazebo will be built. There are also plans to raise Arabian horses on the pasture surrounding the pond.
Smoot surveys the well-kept land and crops with a definite air of pride and contentment. Bom and raised in Rappahannock, he has worked on different farms in the county throughout his life. Although he admits he knows little about horses and has little time for the greenhouse, the rest of the work on the farm falls under his expert guidance.
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