Margie's Ethics

Honestly, it's hard for me to give a description of what I'm doing because everybody can do it if you put your heart into it.  

I work with an honest mind and a humble heart with a touched of perfectionism! 

I praise God for the things I do because without Him I can't do anything!

In every job I have worked at, (before being a part of the Red Oak Nursery) I always put my heart, mind and soul into my job -  not the monetary behind it. Of course, I need the money but you have to give the best work possible.

This is my greatest satisfaction and accomplishment and joy in everything I do; it might be working in the office, flipping burgers, or cleaning, & now -in the nursery; I'm doing bookkeeping, planting, trimming, pulling plants order and etc....

I said no one can duplicate the work I do unless you have these personal attributes:   

love, hard work, honest with a free  spirit flowing around you that gives you positive attitudes and heart that is always longing for perfection [meaning no short cuts]. 

 And

give thanks to WHOM these attributes come from that evolve around you.

Ahhhh...the corn crop - a staple for
the food animals, the table & the stable.

And so . . .

This explains Why I became A Grower.

 Simply stated -

"It’s the family business."

 

Dad
in the
Florida orange grove
with
his
best
friend.

 Like all immigrants to America, opportunity and a “better life” were the objectives.

Once allowed to step ashore, some of us remained in the cities while others ventured into the western regions of this vast country. 

 The beckoning open lands,  believed  to be uncultivated and unowned, invited the white Europeans, hungry for land, to claim a portion for their very own.

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone worked.

                            Beast of burden -
            

for work & pleasure

There was dining al fresco
and there was leisure.

Replicating the lifestyle
 recently abandoned in the old country,
they set about vigorously clearing
the forest to create open spaces
necessary for growing crops -
first feed the family & livestock
 & then to sell.

Taking great pride in their
accomplishments,
photography documented all.

From growing watermelons...

Red

  Oak

  Nursery

The fields,
the barns,
the farm houses,
the live stock,
the harvested crops,
the equipment,
and
the children
were repeatedly
photographed
in an effort
to estabish
&
preserve
the credibility
of their success
for generations to come.

became the reality it is today...