Budding Out
Each season I try to harness the magic of forced blooms. I think I’ve finally got it! A few quick tips for forcing blooms. First, look for colored, swollen buds…
Category: Small Scale Farming
Pop of Red
Neutrals make the color red “pop” and during the gray days of December and January this could not be more true. I stumbled upon this gorgeous winterberry and it stopped…
Tucking In
November is all about transition from growing to putting the garden to bed. Everyone knows it’s time to hunker down and prepare for a long winter’s rest. Especially the ladybugs!…
Fall Color!
Fall is here with all rich gold, burgundy, orange colors all around. Our fall mixed bouquets also include Plectranthus “Silver Shield”, Asters, Cosmos and Gomphrena! Heirloom Chrysanthemums are also blooming…
Hazy, hot and humid!
The heat has arrived! July means early morning harvests and evening catch ups. It’s time to flip spring flower beds and plant for late summer and fall flowers. It’s always…
Full Bloom!
At last, the flowers are in full bloom! Cool season annual flowers seeded and planted last October started pumping out blooms at the end of May. Feverfew and Dianthus love…
May Flowers
We jumped right from April tulips to May ranunculus, amsonia, poppy and peony! Amsonia is a hardy perennial with blue starry flowers. Similar to milkweed with a milky sap in…
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…
Waking Up
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!
Crested celosia frosted.