Blog

Growing Great Zinnias

June 1, 2024Lisa Mason Ziegler

The first cuts of the season for the Benary’s Giants. Growing great zinnias is easy. Hands down zinnias are the favorite garden flower for many. As a flower farmer, it...

Gardening Lifestyle Leads to Success

January 5, 2021Lisa Mason Ziegler

When I walk our golden retriever Tuc around the farm each morning I use that time to make mental notes of places in my garden that need me later that...

Spring Harvest 2020

April 13, 2020Lisa Mason Ziegler

Glad you decided to join me in the garden for one of my first harvests from our Cool Flowers garden. As you will see, with the craziness of this season,...

Why Plant Flowers?

March 30, 2020Lisa Mason Ziegler

Our 3-by-10 foot cutting garden seed collection is split in half to frame the front of our sweet farm building. How are you feeling looking at this photo? Warm and...

The Joy of the Tiny Cutting Garden

May 28, 2019Lisa Mason Ziegler

Zinnias are the all-time favorite summer cut flower. Think you have no space for a cutting garden or it’s to late to plant? Think again. I’m sharing some facts about...

How to Grow Sunflowers, Big or Small Blooms?

February 16, 2019Lisa Mason Ziegler

A load of ProCut Orange sunflowers heading to a commercial customer. Did you know that you control the size of the flower heads on the sunflowers you grow? Interested in growing...

Shop