Spring In View
The dark days are fading away and spring seems to be in view. According to meteorologists, spring in the mid-Atlantic is arriving about three weeks early. I can see by…
Grown with Love
The dark days are fading away and spring seems to be in view. According to meteorologists, spring in the mid-Atlantic is arriving about three weeks early. I can see by…
As I begin my 5th season flower farming, I wanted to look back and tell the story of Celadon Hill in bite size chunks via pictures and captions. I began…
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…
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!…
When you grow flowers, you are a witness to little wonders. By far, the most exciting thing this month was finding a monarch chrysalis and watching the transformation into a…
Tomatoes, squash, peppers, corn and flowers! Gardens all around are brimming with abundance. Crested celosia aka cockscomb aka “brains” love the heat. August brings our first big flush. There are…
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…
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…
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…
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…