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Category: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers

Tulips

Beth Published: April 21, 2022 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · Local Flowers · no till · Small Scale Farming · Spring · Tulips

The tulips are here! This month has been one long tulip pull. Chilly weather with many nights dipping below freezing has kept the tulip harvest very slow.  Exotic Emperor tulips…

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Waking Up

Beth Published: March 15, 2022 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · Local Flowers · no till · Seed Starting · Small Scale Farming · Spring

It’s that time of year when everything is waking up! Stems of perennial plants are being forced up through the cold soil in search of warm sun.   Pussy willow is…

Freeze!

Beth Published: November 21, 2021 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · Fall · Local Flowers · no till · Small Scale Farming · soil test · Tulips

Crested celosia frosted.

Fall Color!

Beth Published: October 19, 2021 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · dahlia · Fall · Local Flowers · market bouquets · Small Scale Farming

Our field grown season is wrapping up with a bang! A showcase of color, texture and abundance bringing beauty to fall weddings, homecoming dances, and celebrations.  We’ve been busy providing…

Oh the humidity!

Beth Published: August 18, 2021 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · farmers market · Small Scale Farming · summer · wholesale sales

It’s been hot, hazy and humid this month and some flowers thrive in these conditions! Dahlias are native to the mountains of Mexico and the blooms start to get going…

Summer Break

Beth Published: July 21, 2021 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · Local Flowers · market bouquets · Perennials · Small Scale Farming · summer

It’s July and the weather in the Mid Atlantic is hazy, hot and humid. Some call it a “lull” with not many events, vacations and days spent searching for ways…

Buds and Sprouts

Beth Published: March 18, 2021 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · Local Flowers · no till · Seed Starting · Small Scale Farming · Spring

Seedlings are growing and getting ready for some outside time (harden off) then will be planted into prepared beds. Daffodils, Tulips, Muscari and Hellebores are starting to emerge. The warmer…

Winding Down

Beth Published: October 12, 2020 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · dahlia · Fall · Local Flowers · Seed Starting · Small Scale Farming

The nights are cooler, everything is slowing down and the days are getting shorter.  The last of the succession planting of cosmos, sunflower and marigolds are just coming into bloom…

It’s all about the soil

Beth Published: March 11, 2020 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · Local Flowers · no till · Small Scale Farming · Spring

In March, it’s all about the soil! 8 yards of compost from Veterans Compost!  Soil health is vital to creating biodiversity and sustainability. We practice “no-till” methods, cover crop planting…

Rest

Beth Published: December 11, 2019 Categories: Bed Prep for Planting Flowers · Flower Farm Community · Local Flowers · Small Scale Farming · Winter

We are all sleeping a little more these days, both the flower beds and me! Anyone will tell you, rest is key to growth.  “I wonder if the snow loves…

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