Farm Fresh Flowers
Here it is February 16, slightly more than half way through the month, and halfway to spring. But who is counting the days to the spring equinox? Two sure sign of spring here at the farm is the Witch Hazel in full bloom, despite wicked cold evening temperatures, and the baby ranunculus that are being coddled in the little greenhouse. My first trial, can I grow them here with little effort? They are looking good, but time will tell.
Well, we are currently being inundated by some of the sloppiest weather possible with rain, sleet, and sometimes snow so what is there to do for our gardens? Sitting by the warm wood stove and dream, of course.
We have met with our friendly heavy equipment guy, Garth, and have some really mind-blowing ideas of how to improve our garden space. In a nutshell, come May we hope to essentially double what flower garden beds we have and erect a new hoop house right next to the gardens. This will require massive boulder moving and fence relocation along with site work. On the plus side, we have a pond close by for irrigation and we’ve already cleared out trees so there is plenty of light. Fingers crossed.
As we are in the depths of winter, there is nothing going on in the flower garden. That being said, we have done a fair bit of preparation last year and we plan on doing some garden bed extension once the season permits. It has been a long time in coming and the flower bed layout still needs fine tuning.
Still, seeds have been purchased and I am so excited to make this all happen!
A wonderful adventure is in store for both you and me. After nearly forty years in gardening, from working at Woodman’s in the 1970s to semi-formally retiring last year, I have begun a new chapter in my life. I have now returned to my first love in horticulture, flowers!
Now this is Year One in my new business, Flowers at Lottarock, and I am sure there is going to be starts, stops, stumbles and bumbles. I ask for your patience as I get this whole shebang up and running. Fingers crossed, here we go!