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  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 Lousiana prisons...picking flowers I mean'... Apparently I got high marks as I lasted the full day...The back braking work sometimes has people quit as quickly as 40 minutes! The Isles of Scilly are patchworked with tiny fields surrounded by high protective hedges that, during the winter, are filled with flowers. Over a dozen different varieties of narcissi are grown on the Islands which bloom much earlier than in other parts of the UK, thanks to the temperate climate. The first flowers are cut in October, depending on the weather of course, and the last in March, giving a good winter crop and making flowers the main agricultural product on the Islands. The flowers are picked whil...

Isles of Scilly: Electric Paradise ISLES OF SCILLY Electric Paradise at Land's End Atlantic Paradise Just 28 miles off the Cornish coast lies Britain's most extraordinary archipelago - the Isles of Scilly. Five inhabited islands and countless uninhabited rocks scattered across the Atlantic like jewels thrown by ancient gods. This is where England ends and magic begins . Here, time moves differently. The Gulf Stream kisses these shores with subtropical warmth , creating a climate so mild that palm trees and exotic flowers bloom year-round. It's like discovering a piece of Mediterranean paradise in the wild Atlantic. 🏝️ ISLAND MAGIC 140 islands and rocks, only 5 inhabited. Each one a unique world waiting to be explored, from bustling St. M...