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The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles Series

This series is brought to you by TheGardenersWorkshop.com. Cool-Season Flower Chronicle Videos Below ⇓   ⇓   ⇓   ⇓ Listen to each week’s vide...
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The Magic and Beauty of Farm Tours

This summer, Lisa is hosting an open garden and warehouse day on Saturday, June 29th, 2024.  If you have the opportunity to visit, it will be one ...
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Cover Crops For Small Farms & Gardens

The benefits of cover cropping far outweigh the head scratching that goes into trying to figure out how to work them into a small farm crop rotati...
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  • The Cool-Season Flower Chronicles Series

    Lisa Mason Ziegler

    This series is brought to you by TheGardenersWorkshop.com. Cool-Season Flower Chronicle Videos Below ⇓   ⇓   ⇓   ⇓ Listen to each week’s videos as a podcast HERE. Week 1: The Cool...

  • Growing Great Zinnias

    Lisa 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...

  • The Magic and Beauty of Farm Tours

    Anne Gettys Morgan

    This summer, Lisa is hosting an open garden and warehouse day on Saturday, June 29th, 2024.  If you have the opportunity to visit, it will be one of the best...

  • Cover Crops For Small Farms & Gardens

    Lisa Mason Ziegler

    The benefits of cover cropping far outweigh the head scratching that goes into trying to figure out how to work them into a small farm crop rotation. The magic moment...

  • Video: How to Install & Use Bio360 Biodegradabl...

    Lisa Mason Ziegler

    Prevent overheating seedlings: When daytime temperatures are above 80°F, install the film with the light side up. When daytime temperatures are below 80°F, install the film with the black side...

  • My Habits During The “No-Harvest” Season 

    Lisa Mason Ziegler

    During the summer season, I have a pretty structured week. I work Monday through Friday, never on Sunday, and rarely on Saturday. My typical work day begins at 6 am...

  • A North Star Idea

    Lisa Mason Ziegler

    It was the 2016 ASCFG meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The conference kicked off with welcoming words from Dale Deppe. You may think you don’t know of him, but I’m...

  • The TGW Snapdragon Seed Mixes Story

    Lisa Mason Ziegler

    I’ve grown well over a million stems of snapdragons since I started my flower farming business in 1998. Throughout the years my relationship with this flower has had a lot...

  • Rooster Peppers: A Cut Above

    Lisa Mason Ziegler

    It was one of the earliest ASCFG conferences I attended. I was kind of a loner (hard to believe, right?) and I hadn’t connected yet with anyone so I would...

  • Anne’s Take: The War On Weeds

    Anne Gettys Morgan

    Weeds…no one likes them and we don’t want to talk about them. No matter what beautiful flowers we are proudly growing, somewhere else there’s a patch of weeds laughing and...

  • Celebrating Celosia

    Anne Gettys Morgan

    If there’s one flower that loves the heat of summer it’s celosia. Everyone should grow it – from the home gardener looking to add a unique flower to their garden...

  • My Flower Farming “Insurance Policy” - Floral S...

    Anne Gettys Morgan

    Whether you’re a home gardener or a cut flower farmer, you’ll need some form of support to grow beautiful cut flowers with straight stems. You’ve made it this far with...

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I write about organic gardening, flower farming, and business. What started out as a family garden back in 1996 has grown into so much more! I never imagined that it would lead to an urban commercial farm, an online garden shop, becoming an author, traveling the country teaching, and now online courses!
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