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Cool Flowers: Sowing Seeds in the Garden
There is no better group of flower seeds to try your hand at sowing in the garden than those cool-season hardy annuals that we call Cool Flowers. Many of them...
Facebook Live: Overcoming Challenges to Become ...
What’s stopping you from becoming a flower farmer? Dave and I discuss how we overcame the challenges we faced and more. What is your “I can’t start my business because…..”...
Pipe Dreams and the Land of the Giants!
Some Cool Flowers bunches on their way to a supermarket customer. I never dreamed my little urban farm could serve supermarkets. Stepping outside of my comfort zone was tough, but...
Weed-Free Seedbeds
My weed-free seedbed of Bachelor Buttons. Seeds planted directly in the garden and hoed weekly–now it is ready for mulch. If you want weed-free seedbeds for next spring—you better hop...
A Lack of customers is not why flower farms fail….
There have been concerns expressed over all the new interest in commercial flower farming. Seasoned and new farmers are wondering: are there enough customers to go around? I say without...
Where do those flowers come from?
Who grew the flowers in that arrangement your daughter sent to you on Mother’s Day or that bouquet you picked up at the supermarket? Most of us don’t give it...