It's that time again - time to start thinking about winter sowing! Hooray! I'm so excited! In the past, I've only winter sowed using milk jugs and other containers. Last year, I ended up with well over 200 bottles sitting in the backyard - it was a complete mess! This year, I've decided to try…
Continue reading ➞ The Beginning of the Winter Sowing Season
Luckily, I was finally able to finish planting the hardy annual cut flower seedlings into the hoophouse. Though most of these flowers are annuals, I did include some biennial flowers under cover, as well. Here's hoping for a beautiful spring and summer.
CHECK OUT OUR SOAP SUBSCRIPTION AND 50% OFF SALE! CLICK HERE! I've had a long and troubled relationship with snapdragons. Snapdragons have always been one of those flowers that just wouldn't grow the way I wanted. I've seen those "real" flower farms, with rows and rows of tall snapdragons - I wanted that! Over the…
Continue reading ➞ Growing Snapdragons from Seed – Cut Flower Farm
CHECK OUT OUR SOAP SUBSCRIPTION AND 50% OFF SALE! CLICK HERE! I'll be the first to admit that love-in-a-mist has never been one of my "must have" flowers. Having never grown it before, I didn't really know what to expect the first time I grew it. I mean, I knew that it was weird and…
Continue reading ➞ Growing Love in a Mist Nigella Flowers – Cut Flower Garden
Since first growing feverfew, it has quickly become one of my absolute favorite flowers. Not only are they insanely easy to grow, but their cold tolerance makes them a sure winner for the cut flower farm (and home flower garden). Though feverfew is often grown as an annual, many actually consider it to be a…
Continue reading ➞ Growing Feverfew Flowers from Seed – Cut Flower Farm
I feel like I've been saying it for months now, but I'm so far behind. In a perfect world, the hoophouse would have been planted and ready for winter back in October. Between the weather and the busy thanksgiving holiday - it just didn't happen. I was finally able to get things situated last weekend.…
Every year, I plant florist mums. I'm terrible at growing them, but I can't resist. They're so beautiful, and they always bloom when nothing else does. However, each year, I always neglect them. They grow quite slowly early in the season and soon they become lost in the weeds. The same thing happened this year,…
Continue reading ➞ The Forgotten Chrysanthemums – Cut Flower Farm
It's no secret that roselle has long been one of my favorite plants. Though it has many uses, I personally love to grow it for use in the cut flower garden. Today, I'll be saving some roselle seeds for next year. The process is super easy. I save seeds for many different types of flowers…
Continue reading ➞ Saving Roselle Seeds – Cut Flower Farm
I first became interested in growing snowdrops after writing an article about them on the Gardening Know How website. Did you know that I'm a contributing writer there? Anyhow, before that article, I really didn't know anything about them. After finding out that they're an early spring bloom (also prone to some naturalization), I knew…
