Welcome Standard Time

Well we turned the clocks back this morning and I finished putting the cutting garden to bed this afternoon. The days are now shorter and it forces me into the house at a decent hour, both are good. It’s bittersweet in so many ways, yes, the days are shorter but it means cozy time by the fire. With the days being shorter and the garden all done with cut back, maybe my wing will begin to heal. Maybe. I would love to get leaves on the beds and wood chips on the paths so spring would be easier, but we will see. I really need to get this wing to start healing.

I got a request for eight jars of posies for last Friday, and it was the night before the big freeze that took down everything but the chrysanthemums. Luckly I harvested plenty of stems to fill the order so Friday morning I had a very happy customer.

I mean who would have thought I would have had this many flowers the first week of November? Now it will just be dried flowers done to order. If you are interested in one, just drop me an email. In case you forgot it, it is flowersatlottarock@gmail.com

I know, you are wondering what am I going to do with myself now that the gardens are cut back? Well, I have leaves to spread on the beds, wood chips to add to the paths, one more tiny batch of bulbs to plants. I need to find time to study, as well as go through my seed inventory because early spring flowers will need to be sown by mid January. Then the flower growing season starts all over again starting with the ranunculus and anemone mid January, then hauling tulip crates mid January, so I need to get ready, fit and organized for all of that.

Oh, and now that the push for getting the gardens cut down, I can get back to my favorite creative floral challenge, my #windowframethursday that I try to post every Thursday on Instagram. This is a true challenge because I want to show what can be harvested from the gardens every week of the year, but I do enjoy the chance to be creative.

I haven’t given up on the wreaths yet, I know I have two people that are interested. I need to get some harvesting done next week, this week is full up somehow, but stay tuned.

So until next week, dream flowers. I do. Allie