Have I Ever Told You?
How much I love flowers? Just in case you didn’t know, I do. I really do, and I love my little flower farm.
I was listening to a year 4 flower farmer who is changing things up for their farm, no surprise, we all do that. It is part of the growth of flower farming. But something they said struck a sad chord for me. The said that you aren’t a flower farm unless you only grow 8 crops and grow them well. Everything else is just ‘gardening’. Well, I must differ with them, because it really depends on what one’s market is, and my market is selling the variety of flowers that I do to create arrangements and bouquets that are beautiful and unusual. More gardenesque than a bunch of sunflowers, zinnias and statice. I hope this is why you love my flowers as well. Oh well. Every business is different, but they should learn about not being so arrogant and negative about other small growers.
So since I do grow so much of everything damnit, I went and ordered more plants today. The autumn rains will hopefully be coming next month which is the perfect time for planting. Lots of good root growth with less top growth stress. I ordered more peonies, only 9, and I have just enough space for them as well as a couple of late spring perennials and summer perennials. This fall I have some jiggering of the garden to do, rearranging the existing plants, removing some plants that just are’t cutting it, as well as planting the new plants. That as well as the usual autumn stuff like cutting back and putting down leaf mulch and hopefully mulching the paths with wood chip. Oh, I also ordered more hyacinths for forcing and some dutch iris to try to go along with the tulips next year. It is going to be one crowded cooler this winter.
I have been busy working on my floral work, trying to be more intentional as you know, as well as working on photographing them. So I now have Tuesdays Intentionals, and Thursdays Windowframe. This will be an interesting exercise, but fun. Come join me in the ‘fun’.
Two days later…I have last weeks #windowframethursday. This one is totally different. They were made to go to the Waterhouse Restaurant, the little one goes along with it.
Like I said, very different. I grew a handful of lilies this year, not that I am a big lily fan because they need a big vase to look their best, but I has been fun working with them.
It will be a busy week on the farm this week, playing catch up from the last few weeks extreme heat. Mowing, watering the outlying areas and maybe even finally getting around to mulching the willowery.
Steve is back, we can all breath a big sigh.
Until next week. Allie. I dream of flowers, do you?