Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night wondering if the retirement you have chosen might just be a bit overboard. So last night that is just what happened. I woke up, thinking 750 tulips! What on earth am I thinking! It is bad enough that I have just ordered 21 peonies, that will have to be planted this autumn, but really, do I need to plant 750 tulips? Will I be able to market 750 tulips? Who can say not to tulips. They are one of the most exquisite flowers, no, regal flowers out there I think. Next to peonies and roses and sweet peas….and all the other flowers when they bloom. I mean, look at this springs partial haul. Can one have too many tulips?
To err on the wise side, I am holding off on the tulip order for a week or two. I still have time and hopefully some of the best will still be available when common sense reigns.
It looks as though I have never picked a sweet pea here at the farm. They are flowering like crazy. Last week I picked about 250 for Tuesday, Friday I had picked another 400. I know because I bundle them in units of 25 and go from there. I try to harvest every morning before the sun hits the flowers, put them in fresh water and into the fridge to hold them for you. For all of this, they don’t have a long vase life. I wish I could make it better, but seeing how fast and furious they are coming in maybe that is a good thing? What doesn’t go on Tuesday or Fridays gets composted just because they just don’t have the shelf life. But just look at them!
So you might be asking what is coming on at the farm. Well…Snapdragons for sure, bachelor buttons, eucalyptus in small amounts and the zinnias are starting to show bud as well as some of the dahlias. I think it will be a few weeks yet before I am picking the dahlias fully. Patience. It is a virtue. I am told.
I will leave you with last Friday’s door arrangement which is now gracing my screen porch. Stay safe, and look forward to seeing you all soon at the open garden gate.
PS, we have changed the blog so when you go to the menu and hit subscribers portfolio, you will see some of the photos that you have been sending me of your flower arrangements. Cool heh.