Keeping the Wheels Turning

     We are the greenhouse carts and we wanted to put in a word about ourselves, before turning in (no pun intended) for the slow season.  We are a very mobile bunch.  We keep the plants moving in the greenhouses.  It is our duty to help move the plants and deliver them to their final destination.  We carts are a very specific and select group.  We are made to exactly fit the flats used at Glacial Ridge Growers.  Our twenty-inch width and sixty-inch length allows us to transport five flats per shelf.  We can be adjusted to hold different numbers of shelves, allowing us to each carry anywhere from twenty-five to forty-five flats.  This size is the mainstay of our cart fraternity, but we also have a very specialized but much smaller number of carts called “skinny carts.” They have a very special skill and smaller size, which allows them to sneak down the narrow aisles and between benches.  We carts are the work horses of the greenhouses and during our busy season we put on many miles, helping to move the plants.
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     Right now, we are quite dormant.  It is our season of rest, after we each received our annual greasing, to keep our wheels and bearings in top shape.  We are now ready to doze off for a couple of months, resting our weary wheels until the busy season awakens us.