Flower Picking
Flower Picking in the Isles of Scilly Flower Picking in the Isles of Scilly A day among the narcissi fields with a rag-tag crew of islanders Tried my hand at Flower Picking today. The crew I worked with were a rag tag bunch of guys with good stories and a variety of quirks and unique experiences that they willingly shared with me. One guy, Dan, a Boat Captain in the Summer season, said "Ámerican? Don't they do this on the chain gangs in Louisiana prisons...picking flowers I mean"... Apparently I got high marks as I lasted the full day...The back breaking work sometimes has people quit as quickly as 40 minutes! The beautiful narcissi fields surrounded by protective hedges that ...