They may be coming, but it’s only because someone has been pouring her love and alfalfa tablets into dozens of rows and thousands of divots. Countless trays of seedlings, having been under the light in the Seed Shack for months, are now being planted. This has been going on for a couple of weeks now, and now we can begin the joyful anticipation of the colorful results. Pray for rain…and a bit of well-deserved rest.
You’d be surprised how many seed trays it takes to fill all of the holes, in every row, of just a 1/4 acre of our flower farm. Many of you are quite aware of the work and the hours required to find a permanent home for each of the thousands of seedlings that have been germinating under the lights in the Seed Shack. Labor of love? Absolutely!
We kicked off the 2025 season of market appearances this past Saturday in Oberlin, OH. Occupying booth 13, the freshest spring boukays were available to all comers at the Oberlin Farmers Market…now in session every Saturday throughout the summer. Y’all stop by now, hear?
Lotsa rain lately. Over the past two weeks, we’ve had quite the variety of stormy, wet weather. And, since much of our farm is situated on some of the lowest topography in the area, there has been considerable thought and effort given to the implementation of various irrigation/drainage engineering practices. Sometimes, though, the best idea is to just grab a hoe and start trenching.
What’s up, ditches?
I suppose if we composted any left-over seven-layer burritos, we could also add them to this rich agri-melange that you see here. The formal term for this type of garden preparation is hügelkultur. Which, loosely-translated means “seven-layers of the finest materials that a flower seedling could ever hope to be planted in”…or something like that. We’re currently waiting for the first six layers to settle before adding the seventh.
YUM!!!
When I walk though the rows of daffodils, I am constantly amazed at the different types and shapes of these amazing, spring beauties. Varieties that I never saw when I was a kid. And you can enjoy the beautiful spectrum of the season’s finest daffodils as we feature them in just about all of the hand-crafted boukays that are being crafted in our Seed Shack. Many of these boukays are now appearing, for a limited time, on the BouKart during the Easter Weekend.
That’s the tall and short of it!
When one of our subscription customers asked us if we could deliver her weekly boukay to a deserving, anonymous recipient at a local senior living facility, we were only too pleased to spread the smiles around. Now, which resident would most benefit from this handful of joy? We left that decision in the hands (literally) of this pleasantly-surprised activities director.
Our job here is done…until next week!
Kicking off the 2025 season, these garden-direct boukays are now available on the BouKart. Your spring faves, and we’re tickled to bring them to you. Swing on by this weekend. They don’t get any fresher.
Well, the waiting is over…and with a BANG! After a few warm and rainy late March days, here we are on March 31st, and the colors are popping throughout the garden. Not quite the Skagit Valley, but we’re tickled anyway.
BTW…you can start placing your orders for Seasonal Boukays and our subscription-based Bud Club. Away we go.
You know what makes a great flower farm? FLOWERS!!!
Spring has sprung, the grass is ris'. I wonder where the flowers is!
Sure, we know it was an OG Winter, but for Pete’s sake….bloom already!
Meanwhile, we have the promise of imminent tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, etc. And, a reminder that our God is sovereign.
Meet the new addition to the flower farm. Affectionately called the Seed Shack, it dropped just before Thanksgiving and we finished outfitting it last month. With it, we are able to consolidate activities that took place in other areas around the farm; seed germination, assembly and production, administration, etc. It’s an answer to a flower farmer’s prayers. But please, don’t call it a “she shed”. It’s the…
Seed Shack, baby, Seed Shack
Kay is conducting a clearance! She’s clearing out all of last season’s stock, and making room for the 2025 Spring arrivals. (Otherwise referred to as preparing the flower farm for seeding and planting.) Weeding, raking, mulching, hügeling, and general muddy wackiness. A few weeks from now, you’ll get to enjoy the colorful results of the hard work happening now. We can’t wait to see all of our friends this season. In the meantime, I better put down my camera and pick up the other rake!
We’d like to thanks the hundreds of friends, customers, vendors, and supporters of our bloomin’ business for a tremendously successful 9-week run at the Vermilion Market-in the-Park. Of course we’ll be back next summer…Lord willing. Although we contended with quite an array of dynamic weather conditions, the denizens of the market blessed us in every way. Shout out to Karen and Richard Kime!
We now return to our regularly-scheduled September-thru-October run at the Oberlin Farmers’ Market…already in progress!
We’ve had a great run at the Oberlin Farmer’s Market…and we’ll be back there in September. But for now, and every Saturday through August, come see us at the Vermilion Market-in-the-Park. Need more information? https://www.mainstreetvermilion.org/mip
Look at the first arrivals for 2023. A variety of Daffodils, Hyacinths, Tulips, and friends. We’re off and running. Look for Kay at the Oberlin Winter Market this Saturday, April 15th. Do your taxes first, though!
…it’s March. And, why not? We’ve just lived through the wettest and windiest Winter in quite some time, here in North Central Ohio. Warm enough, also, to bring those daffs and tulips right out for a peek. Then…the 2nd substantial snowfall of the season. We were so happy with our our new hoops…and so were the 4 inches of snow the other day. Not to worry, this is just the preseason.
