Spacing your flowers can get overwhelming. You have your list of flowers you want to grow, but now what? If you don’t have enough space to give each variety its own row you have to figure out which varieties can be grown together. When I’m planning, I look at three main factors when it comes […]
Plant Spacing and Crop Placement View Recipe »
This is my favorite part! The reason you’re growing a flower garden is going to have a lot to do with how you start this next step. If you’re experimenting or growing for yourself, start by selecting some of your favorite flowers. Knowing you’ll love the flowers you’re growing, it will bring you so much
Choose your flower varieties View Recipe »
If this is your first year growing, or your first year incorporating cut flowers, be sure to asses the area you have to work with before you start ordering seeds! I’ve made the mistake before of ordering my seeds up front and then having to work backwards to try to fit everything in. It cost
Map out your growing area View Recipe »
I was already thinking about the 2023 growing season last summer so when I sat down to reflect on this past year and put my vision board together I saw a lot more “hows” than “whats”. Warm colors and quiet landscapes drew me in more than anything. I know that I want to do more
Reflect then Decide: 2023 Vision View Recipe »
With the field tucked away under a couple feet of snow and the greenhouse at the top of the priority list, there has been so much going on behind the scenes. With the exception of some perennial placement, all of the rows for next year have been planned out. There have been some changes made
New Year. New Focus. New Hopes. View Recipe »
Looking back on 2022, my first season growing cut flowers, I can hardly wrap my head around it. When I take a quiet moment to reflect on everything that has happened this past year and think about all the new opportunities and boundless blessings, I have a hard time believing any of it really happened.
First Year in Review View Recipe »
Zinnias were an absolute roller coaster to grow. I loved how quickly and efficiently they germinated when started from seed. I loved how easily they hardened off and rooted when planted out in the field. They bloomed in abundance once the heat of summer settled in. But I hated how they looked. That first wave
Zinnias | A Little Love-Hate View Recipe »
I’m still in the whirlwind of my first season of growing flowers. And even though there are so many species and varieties that have yet to bloom, I have become completely obsessed with sweet peas! I was a little late planting them out this year since there were irrigation and soil amendment related delays. It
Sweet Peas Round Up | Year 1 View Recipe »
Winter 2021 I signed up to take Floret’s online workshop. The topic for the first week of the class was “Getting Clear.” This included goal-setting and creating a vision board. This subject made me a little nervous because I only knew that I wanted to do something with flowers. At the time, my goals were
Creating a Vision Board View Recipe »