Here we are at nearly the middle of September, it still feels like summer some days but the nights are certainly cooling down and the days are certainly getting shorter. I know, I know, the daylight length is getting shorter, not the days. Details. I can tell that it is changing, I am starting to pull the flowers that are done, some are getting a trim in hope that I will have fresh flowers into mid October, some flowers like the dahlias are coming into their own and are looking bold and beautiful.
The mornings are damp, if not wet, with dew which makes flower harvesting challenging before I leave for my other jobs. I need to let them dry before they go into the cooler so they don’t rot and get moldy, and some mornings that can be very difficult. If it is cool I will harvest and leave them in their buckets to hydrate and then put them away when I get home. Some flowers and foliage don’t like being damp and chilly and they will start to pout, but the dahlias just keep on coming in strong.
What else is starting to come in are the chrysanthemums. This is an experiment for me. I am trying to grow some heirloom varieties this year, seeing if I can do it and give you flowers longer in the season, but honestly, I am getting “end of the season” flower burnout. I will see how they do, how much more work they will be and most of all how well they will be received by you my flower people and go from there.
It is good to see them showing color right now. Possibly flowers for Friday. We will see.
Last week’s 2″ of rain was a blessing. That and having fixed the filter on the irrigation system. The water actually flows now. Everything has been reboosted and is so much happier and that is what I want, happy flowers.
Buckets of flowers are still being harvested, I have plenty for you to choose from so you can create your own masterpiece, we can create a masterpiece together or you can just grab and go.
Steve is going to be away the next two weeks on an amazing photoshoot so your visits to the flower farm will be more welcome and necessary so I don’t go crazier? That also being said, he won’t be here to edit me or do the welcome as he has been doing. This will be interesting. I have to learn how to send these posts…
Until next week, (if everything works out on posting the blog). Flower on! Allie