When I visited this beautiful town, it was mid-October. The Harvest season had just begun, and there were a lot of rumors that some growers had already sold a few pounds! However, mother nature had not been very kind. Luckily, the California wildfires missed this town, but a nearby town was not so lucky. Although there was no property loss, some growers lost hundreds of plants – an entire season’s work lost in flames.
Once the fires calmed down, then the frost came. Indian summers hit the mountains, and many growers lost plants that were mere weeks from harvest. Suddenly “Where am I vacationing next?” became “How am I going to pay my trimmers”? The tension was thick, and everyone was eager to get their flowers safely under cover – but they had to finish growing first.
