If there's anything that keeps me sane in this whole flower farming business, it's having a plan. In order to keep my brain from going overboard with all.the.things. I need to have a place where I keep all of the things I need to do in a logical way. Now I definitely don't have it perfected, but I'm working on it! Fall Planting is one of those to-do items that often falls to the wayside,[...]
Raise your hand if you feel like growing flowers is your all time favorite thing to do? Now, let's see those hands again, do you feel like crying every other day because you FAIL all the time. You never get the things done, your field is a mess, you're constantly behind on seed planting and the weeds are taller than the average NBA player. Anyone? I was remembering last s[...]
If you're in the Grow Flowers Facebook Group you already know this about me: I want to help all of us flower farmers learn and grow together. I believe that together we are truly better, and by working together we can do so much more to bring local flowers to our world. No one should farm alone, you included. That being said, I want to make this blog a reflection of our entire[...]
Zinnias are the standard cut flower. They’re big, easy to grow, everyone loves them and you can direct seed them. Awesomesauce. Pretty much impossible to mess up, well, for most people at least… I was so excited when I first started harvesting them last year. I even did a whole bucket of zinnia giveaway and sold them to florists. AND THEN I got the dreaded call. They had wilted. AL[...]
Y'all, I’m a huge nerd. I read obsessively. For real. I just checked my kindle history and so far I’ve read 60 books this year, not counting all of the KindleUnlimited books I don’t have access to anymore or audible books I’ve listened to. Yeah… All that to say, I take books VERRRY seriously. ??? That’s why I’ve put together this list of flower farm[...]
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