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Exactly What You Need for Cut Flower Gardening Success
Today, I’m going to walk through a very specific and detailed plan that harmonizes everything taught in this Garden Planning for Success series. Our Priority Goal was to grow flowers to create 15 bouquets a week from June to September. If I had only one 100’ by 4’ bed, knowing what I know about current
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Spacing Between Plants in Your Cut Flower Garden
As we continue in our Garden Planning for Success series, today we’re talking about spacing between plants in a growing area. Within your flower beds, spacing for your plants varies, but keep in mind that you can usually crowd cut flowers a bit more than you’d expect. It often helps them grow taller, too, since
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Planning a Cut Flower Garden to Effectively Use Your Space
In this Garden Planning for Success series, we’ve covered what to grow and now, let’s talk growing space! So how DO you create a garden plan that effectively uses your space? If you have at least 100 square feet to grow in (imagine a 4’x25’ space), I recommend growing focals in about 3/4’s of it.
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When to Plant in Order to Have Cut Flowers All Summer Long
We’re back to our Garden Planning for Success series, developing a spreadsheet Plan for “What to Grow” for our priority goal (????If you’re just joining now, we have links to all of the posts in this series down below.) The next step: think about WHEN to plant in order to have flowers each week. Here
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Should You Start Seeds Inside or Direct Sow Outside?
Have you ever wondered about why some growers start some seeds indoors and sow others directly into their gardens?My first year of growing, I planted even the tiniest seeds directly into the ground, and many of them blew away before they could germinate in my hard-won beds. Since then, I’ve learned a lot! Today, I’d like
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Use a Spreadsheet to Make Detailed Plans for Your Flower Garden
I have a confession to make: I am a spreadsheet girl. As we jump back into our Garden Planning for Success series, today we’re using a spreadsheet to plan “What to Grow” for our big goal (????If you’re joining now, there are links at the end to all of the posts in this series!) The
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Don’t Fall Into the Trap of Trying to Grow Everything
We’re in the middle of our Garden Planning for Success series, and I’ll dive right in where we left off yesterday. (???? If you’re just joining now, scroll down for links to all of the posts in the series.) We’re using a very specific example to talk about breaking down goals: working from big-to-small. Yesterday,
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Start Big and Work Small for Successful Garden Planning
Welcome back to our Garden Planning for Success series! We’re picking up right where we left off yesterday. The clearest way I can express how we plan (our space, schedule, crop timing, field layout, *everything*) is that we start big and work small. Start with your vision, then work backwards through the details. This type
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Winter Seed Sale!
What do all of these have in common? They’re all available in our Winter Seed Sale! We’re really excited to offer 20 seed varieties this year from our family flower farm, including more Bloomquist Dahlia Seeds, Black Scabiosa, Blue Didiscus, Caramel-Cherry Phlox, our favorite amaranths, Celosia, and ✨✨✨ Triple Wren Blends of our long-stem Sweet