SMALL TOWNS: Kiel couple finds joy in selling hostas [Video]

KIEL, Wis. (WBAY) – It’s safe to say a Manitowoc County couple has a love for hostas — and by hostas, we mean a lot of them

Originally, they were looking for a simple, little retirement business, but it’s blossomed into much more than that.

This week in Small Towns, we visit Pondside Gardens.

On 14 beautiful acres a few miles outside Kiel, Dennis Lenz is headed for the woods behind his home.

He needs to do some rototilling because soon, more hostas will arrive and need to be planted.

“Now actually as old as we are, we’re getting bigger, every month we always get around 700 to 1,000 in, we sell a lot of stuff here,” says Dennis.

Initially, that wasn’t necessarily the plan.

But after Dennis and his wife Diane retired 20 years ago, they realized they needed something to do.

“Started thinking what the hell are we going to do with ourselves, can’t just sit and watch TV or go to the …