Hector “Buck” and Shirley LaVigne sort through flowers at LaVigne’s Greenhouse, on the corner of Hemlock and Ludington streets in Iron Mountain. They are open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The business has been in operation since 1977. They have a variety of locally grown flowers, vegetables and herbs; last year, they added a few succulents. Buck’s father, Albert LaVigne, had started the business growing tomatoes in a hothouse one block up at 1100 W. Ludington St. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)

Mike LaVigne waters a section of the more than 3,000 tomato plants he grew for LaVigne's Greenhouse. Mike helps his parents with operations and grows many of the plants. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)