Little Wonders
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…
Tag: Small Scale Farming
Summer Harvest
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…
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…
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…
Dormancy
On January 26th in central Maryland, the sunrise was 7:18am and the sunset is 5:18pm, marking an end to what has become known as the Persephone Period. According to an…
Cold Outside, Warm Inside!
I have loved seeing pics of Celadon Hill Paperwhites, thank you for sharing! The beauty that comes from a small bulb is amazing! After the starry white flowers bloom, I…
Wrap Up!
I simply can’t believe we are wrapping up the third season of Celadon Hill! Since 2019, we’ve grown in production space and quantity, generating up to 500 stems of annuals…
Freeze!
Crested celosia frosted.