Part 1 - St. Lawrence Nursery

I posted earlier about planting my four new fruit trees. Well, this is where they came from. St. Lawrence Nursery, located on the outskirts of Potsdam, specializes in cold climate fruit trees and what they call "edible landscaping." This is how it appears from the road and I realized that I'd driven by previously, just thinking this was someone's farm:

There is a small sign at the road, but I'd missed that on previous trips:

I drove in and parked. A worker directed me to the office, where I asked if I could walk around and take pictures for my blog. Unlike some others of whom I've asked that question, they seemed happy with idea and gave me the freedom to walk anywhere I'd like:

I began at the base of a giant windmill, just outside the office:

And yes, I do mean giant. This is flat country with lots of wind which is where I got the title for this blog:

A man and his toddler were petting a friendly barn cat, while an old Lab lounged lazily behind them:

Out back I began to see sapling trees planted:

There was a greenhouse of sorts, but I suspected that was for the owners' pleasure and not a part of the business:

There was a Buddha statue:

I could tell that the snow cover hadn't been gone for long as evidenced by the overturned lawn chairs and other debris:

I found large plots of carefully marked tree saplings planted in neat rows:

And a real greenhouse, though it seemed to have been used mostly for storage. But there was still more to St. Lawrence Nursery, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: