About

Rob & Olive - the "way we were"

The authors:

Owners of the Violet Barn, in Naples, New York.

Life is about choices, doing what we think is right at the time, accepting the consequences, and makng the best of them.  Obviously, we haven’t always been as happy (and never again as young) as we were in this photo, but that’s all part of the process in getting to where we are today.  We wouldn’t change a thing.

One purpose of these pages is to share some of this love of plants with others.  Another is to raise and discuss topics that we find ourselves talking about throught the day.  You’ll find that when it comes to plants, we have an opinion on most everything.  After all, it’s all that we do, most all of the time (this can make us an otherwise dull couple to many people). 

Another purpose is to educate.  Having others working for us, most of whom come here with little knowledge the plants we grow, means that, by necessity, we’ve become educators.   We’ve learned a lot just by having to show others how it should be done.  Doing it a business means doing it properly and efficiently.  When we can, we’ll pass along some of these hints. 

Of course, you can educate us.  If you have a better way, tell us.  We all can learn.