Weld County, Colorado Greenhouses Blossom For Spring Gardening

Josh Montague describes his job as station manager at Bonnie Plants of Pierce as something similar to the reality television series “Deadliest Catch.”

While Montague’s day-to-day may not reach the intensity of crabbing on the Bering Sea, he operates under that same seasonal rush as deep sea fishermen, pushing through exhaustion to earn a year’s living in a short time window.

With spring here, so is the greenhouse season. Colorado’s $108 million gardening and bedded plant industry has been toiling away since February to have flowers, vegetables, herbs and small fruits ready for home planting and patios. The 2012 Census of Agriculture estimates Colorado’s entire floriculture industry to be worth $124 million.

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