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Bettencourt Acres in the Millwaukee, Wisconsin area
During our most recent visit to family in Milwaukee, they pointed out to us
a funny newspaper article about Ernest Bettencourt and his orchid business (see link below). His hobby bloomed; business has not http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=485043 This is my favorite part of the article: snip Bettencourt smiles cheerfully. "Sometimes we break even," he says. "And when we don't, I just pay the bill." "We," by the way, is just Bettencourt. Bettencourt and a few stray cats, who when it comes to manual labor, are unreliable, at best. /snip In December 2004 I had posted an account of my visit to the greenhouse of Ernest Bettencourt in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area -- see http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...307d6582e10277 The ideas of repotting once a month and yanking out healthy leaves to get rid of aerial roots still make me shudder, but overall I really enjoyed the visit and Mr. Bettencourts certainly was a very friendly, knowledgeable and interesting vendor. However, Al's Orchid Greenhouse is a more comfortable place for my tastes (I am really glad that his aliens and wenches and not nearly stray cats cause enough havoc, so that he could not possibly succeed in meticulous organization). Best, Joanna |
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