by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Mar 30, 2020 | Cut Flower Gardening
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 fuzzy? You can have it right outside your backdoor. “Why plant flowers?” is a question I hear often....
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | May 28, 2019 | Cut Flower Gardening
Think you have no space for a cutting garden or it’s to late to plant? Think again. I’m sharing some facts about the home cutting garden. It is smaller than you think at 3’ x 10’ or smaller and depending on where you garden, you can plant a warm-season cutting...
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 25, 2019 | Grandma’s Garden
We have corn, beans, squash, beets and peas all planted and going strong in the garden. Our tomato ( about 200!!) and cucumber transplants are lined up like soldiers in a marching band just waiting to get their planting orders. Our vegetable patch is turning...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Apr 25, 2019 | Happening on a Flower Farm with Lisa Mason Ziegler, Lisa Live
This week on Lisa Live! I’m sharing the great success I had with my container gardens last season and the steps I followed. The book I mention is Jessica Wallister Container Gardening Complete. Enjoy! Founder of The Gardener’s Workshop and Flower Farming School...
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 | Feb 16, 2019 | Cut Flower Gardening
Did you know that you control the size of the flower heads on the sunflowers you grow? Interested in growing a gigantic sunflower for the birds to feast on or the perfect smaller head for a bouquet? You can and it is easy to boot. First, a quick lesson on the...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Mar 2, 2017 | Cut Flower Gardening
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 is in our top 5 best selling cut flowers and as a retailer we sell more zinnia seeds than any...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Jun 22, 2016 | Flower Farming
What happens or doesn’t happen in the month of June sets the path of your garden for the entire season. You have a whole month to make the coming season a pleasure or a pain in the neck. The choice is yours! Plant on and forever enjoy! It is not too late to start...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Apr 29, 2015 | Cut Flower Gardening
Most of us have dreamed of the beautiful cut flowers a backyard garden can provide for our home, but the secret that lingers in that garden is known only by a few. My sister Suzanne and I discovered this secret when we started making gift bouquets. We took the extra...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Jan 9, 2015 | Stories and Such
A story from my past: Celosia “Amazon” is a flower that I have grown for several years. It is one of those great staple flowers in the garden that is so reliable and uniform I just plain take it for granted. It is tall, growing over 8 feet in our garden. A single...
by Lisa Mason Ziegler | Jun 10, 2012 | Cut Flower Gardening
We are heading into high season here at the end of June. We are knee deep in: zinnias, ageratum, plume celosia, cockscombs, grasses, rudbeckias, false queen annes lace, feverfew, sweet william, and the lisianthus is on the verge of starting! Oh yeah, and the lilies...