Flower trickle down...

Valentine's Day. It's among us. If you've ever thought about complaining about the price of a bouquet of flowers for your dear loved ones, I would suggest one thing. SUCK IT UP AND BUY THE SHIT. Here's the break down of the whole process from grower to you:

1. Grower - Farms, processing, machinery, sales, people.

(sometimes broker)

2. Wholesale - Transport to warehouse, processing, sales, people.

3. Store - Flower shop, grocery stores, people.

4. You.

This whole process can include many, many people. That is the one thing they all include. Growing flowers in your own personal garden takes work. It takes attention, love, and nurturing. Imagine doing that for millions and millions in a farm. After that, they have to be cut, checked, packaged, and shipped. Then, they go to a wholesale house that checks them, cuts and processes them all over again. After they have repacked them, shipped them, then delivered them, they are received by the place you buy them from, where guess what? They are examined, processed, cut again, and designed into pretty little arrangements. Sounds like a bitch of a process. That is exactly what it is. Celebrate love with flowers, just don't bitch about the price.