In the News!
New Queen Red Lime Zinnia is Here!
We love the scrumptious new Queen Red Lime Zinnia! We first grew it two years ago, then last year the seed was totally unavailable due to a crop failure. We have been anxiously waiting for it for months and I finally have the seed in my hands, we are thrilled.
It’s two-tone lime green and red zinnia that makes for a beautiful combination that is a smashing hit in bouquets and really nice in the garden.
We have had a seed collection designed around this zinnia that is called the Victorian Seed Collection that is now available. I don’t know how long the supply will last- but we are happy to have enough to plant an entire bed on the farm and some to package for sale.
Click here to view and purchase.
In the News!
The Daily Press newspaper has always been so good to us! That whole lone farmer in the midst of the city tends to make for interesting and novel news reports.
This spring has been no exception. Last week (2-9-2012) Shannon Humphrey of the Daily Press did an article in the local Newport News section all about who we are and what we do. It was really a great piece. There are a couple of typos in flower names, but you get the idea anyway!
Shannon highlighted our March 24 Organic Workshop and we really appreciate that, we are closing in on selling out of seats and the program is still 5 weeks away!
View the Feb 9 article in the Daily Press, click here.
Purchase tickets for the march 24 Organic Workshop, click here.
And then we are in the paper again Feb 16 with Kathy Van Mullekom! We are so thankful for all the local interest.
Kathy’s article in the Room and Yard section was on seed starting. Perfectly timed and also highlighted my program March 10 with the York County Master Gardener event at Tabb High School. This article went all over the country. Miami, Kansas City, and others!
View the Feb 16 article, click here.
To register for the March 10 program in York County, click here
I am Finally Back on the Regular Gardening Track!
I must apologize for not stopping to sit and write….
We have had a fabulously busy past couple weeks. In preparing for our special garden visitors (Country Gardens Magazine crew), then the actual visit for two days, then my garden had to have a major cut-down after they left because it hadn’t been harvested for a week before they came. Wow! did we have fun and was it ever so beautiful!!
Our garden was gorgeous, I don’t ever remember having so many flowers in bloom in the garden–because you know that any respectable cutting garden doesn’t have any blooming flowers in it! They should all be in buckets harvested indoors! I was quite mesmerized by it all actual.I had flocks of Goldfinches in the Zinnias like never before- they thought they had found gold!
I have a whole new respect for magazines after seeing all the amazing work and talent that goes into making a magazine story and the photos!!–it all seems so simple to the naive public eye…..but believe me it isn’t.
It takes several bodies and moving lots of stuff to get the photos that make folks say “oh, isn’t that beautiful or I would love to grow that in my garden” which is the point- right? And thank goodness for digital cameras- now you can see immediate results- was that a good photo or should we take another? Back in the day of film only cameras- you had to guess and take more photos than thought necessary because you weren’t going to get the opportunity again.
Our story is scheduled for the summer issue of 2009 in Country Gardens Magazine- this is quarterly publication magazine. Sometimes it can be hard to find in stores, if you’d like to subscribe now to be sure you don’t miss out heres the link www.bhg.com/bhg/store/product.jsp?catid=cat120004&prodid=prod80004
Glad to be back on a regular schedule and looking forward to lots of fall gardening!
Happy Summer!
Lisa Z
