Spring is upon us. After weeks of cold, raw and damp days I think the tide has turned and we are in for great things to come. Finally, but honestly it has been so worth the wait. The narcissus are abundant, the tulips are knocking my socks off with their colors and shapes and even just a handful of flowers make a stunning posey or bouquet. The peonies are rocketing skywards, the lilacs are starting to bloom as well as the other flowering shrubs and the farm can’t be more beautiful right now.
So let’s start with tulips. The harvest has begun and I’m gathering bucket loads and storing them in the cooler to keep them perfect for you. Just look at these beauties.
Today I harvested a single lipstick pink that has fringed edges. Pair that with lilacs, or the narcissus with the pink center, oh my goodness, it doesn’t take much to have a stunning posey or an arrangement to give as a gift.
I have been crazy busy planting in the gardens. Almost all of the cool seedlings are in and, for the most part, are looking good. I might have to replant the snapdragons, maybe I was a bit over anxious, but everything else is in as well as all of the plants I had ordered during the winter. The roses are planted, the chrysanthemums are potted up to get established before they go in the ground and the hellebores are planted. The cool flowers in the tunnel have had the netting put over them so they grow straight and tall. In fact when you look at the garden the entire right side, or rather 90% of the right side is planted. I still have the dahlias to divide, pricking out the seedlings, mulching what isn’t in weed mat, getting chips in the pathways…you know, normal stuff.
So here is a test to see how well you know your flowers. Do you know what flower this is?
I know, it’s not in focus. Is it a rose, a ranunculus, a peony or a tulip? Answer at the end.
This Friday will be the last Friday that flowers will be sent down to Cranberry Meadow. I know that it has been great for me and that you wonderful flower people didn’t have to navigate the roads to come to Hancock to get flowers, but the flower selection is getting really good now, I can offer far more than just tulips. So. After Friday you will have to come to the farm. The good news is then the following week I will be beginning Tuesdays again. Pay attention to the newsletter for more updates. Besides I have really missed not seeing those of you who have been picking up at Cranberry Meadow.
What else? Ah Yes. I will be open on Mother’s Day. Stay tuned, I will give you the hours by Friday. I will have bunches and if I must say so, some beautiful bouquets.
So I think that is about it for now. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for loving my flowers as much as I do. Oh. The answer to the question. It is a tulip, but I know you got that correct.
Until next week, may you dream flowers. Allie
