by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Jan 5, 2021 | Cut Flower Gardening, Happening on a Flower Farm with Lisa Mason Ziegler
I’ve tried to not take my gardening lifestyle for granted, but I think it has happened. Reading and hearing the struggles of others trying to grow a flower garden, I’m realizing that I have just been assuming that everyone lives with a garden like I do. I was...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | May 1, 2020 | Lisa Live, Seed Starting
Succession planting can change your gardening life– don’t know how to do it or what it is? Succession planting is the key to the long-haul easy care garden. Learn how I apply this to our flower and vegetable garden. Resource links to things I mention in...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Aug 19, 2019 | Stories and Such
Acting out—a sign of future greatness? Now I see it. My acting out in school was a result of so much good stuff bottled up inside that I couldn’t handle it. This is the image I see as I look back through elementary to my high school years. College? Are you kidding...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Aug 10, 2019 | Lisa Live
Late summer is the perfect time to take stock of the problem areas in your garden. They are usually very evident as extreme conditions like drought or to much rain have flushed them out.  Make a plan to tackle those areas in fall when the temperatures maybe a little...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | May 9, 2019 | Grandma’s Garden
Somehow each year, the official first warm-season planting season takes me by surprise. I attribute this to my totally involvement with growing cool-season plants. This cool-season group keeps me busy from late winter to spring and then BOOM– it’s time to...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Apr 13, 2019 | Lisa Live
This week on Lisa Live! I’m talking about: The proper time to plant warm-season annuals Steps to take if you want to plant earlier. Why we as flower farmers have to start early. As always I am answering your questions live! Founder of The Gardener’s...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Dec 31, 2015 | Organic Gardening
I didn’t set out to fill my farm with pollinators and other beneficial insects. You might say it has been a side effect of all-natural cut-flower farming. As simple as it sounds, it’s true. Just plant flowers. Don’t use pesticides–organic or...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Nov 18, 2015 | Fall/Winter Gardening
Leaf Week 2015 is on! November is always a good month on the farm for me. While it brings the end to the season, it also is full of planning and planting for spring. I am harvesting the bounty of fall, planting for spring and thinking of next summer. There is no...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Jun 28, 2015 | Organic Gardening
A great mid-summer addition to the garden is buckwheat. There is plenty of time left in the growing season to take advantage of its many benefits and it is easy to grow. Buckwheat is a cover crop you grow to benefit your garden and the creatures that live there. It...
