august
Summer is in full swing! It’s that time of year when the prolific summer blooms like zinnias, cosmos, and dahlias begin bursting forth after the sweet peas and poppies begin to slow down. Our chickens have started producing their first eggs (which will be available wherever our flowers are sold) and we are preparing three kids to go back to school- much to their dismay.
We’re trying to get in all the trips, camps, and swimming we can handle while still managing the flower farm. Admittedly, it’s been a little difficult. Unlike the kids, Jason and I don’t get summers off from our day jobs and as a result the farm has been a little weedier and overgrown lately . BUT we’re still producing beautiful blooms and it’s still my favorite time of day to get out and harvest stems first thing in the morning.
What’s blooming on the farm?
Zinnias have been coming up in droves, we planted “dahlia bloomed” variety but I’m rather certain that was incorrectly labeled. We also have cute “early bird” varieties popping up, and they’re some of my favorite!
Bright and colorful zinnias!
Dusty Miller is looking so good right now though I’m really eager for longer stems, as they are right now, I find them ALMOST impossible to use in arrangements.
Dahlias! Another exciting bloom, though these have come with some real pest challenges. An especially fun one is it seems that grasshoppers are primarily interested in eating the BLOOM heads and not so much any other part. However, we’ve found a great organic way to deal with them and they’ve definitely given us more of a break.
False Queen Anne’s Lace
This is quickly becoming one of my favorites, it’s so light and airy and easy to maintain. It’s such a good filler flower and a hit with florists.
Sweet Peas are still going strong but also beginning to form seed pods, I’m very excited to begin collecting the seeds for next year!
Scabiosa. Our perennial scabiosa seems to be cropping up with another flush since spring. We planted these from small plants (not seeds) and were able to harvest a ton of medium length stems but since then they’ve been a little quiet, however in the last few days we’ve been getting some great new long stems! This is exciting because these are some of my favorite supporting flowers, they have such a lovely color and super long vase life!
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I’ve am so excited about the coming weeks where we’ll be planting out cold hardy annuals and perennials like, yarrow, larkspur, sedum, several mint varieties, and greek oregano! There are some great things happening from now until fall, feel free to join our news letter to stay up to date and as always, thank you for your support, we couldn’t do it without you!