Floating row covers in action in winter. We have whipping wind for most of the winter and spring. Just imagine if the plants had to take that wind. Using row cover on Cool Flowers plantings can help more seeds sprout when planted in the garden, bring spring blooms a little earlier, protect seedlings from hungry Read more…
Lisa Mason Ziegler
Lisa Mason Ziegler, a home gardener turned cut-flower farmer began growing field-grown cut flowers in 1998 on less than 1 acre in Newport News, Virginia. In 2010 Lisa’s garden grew into an urban farm, now close to 3 acres. During the growing season, this farm yields thousands of stems of flowers each week. Her flowers are sold to upscale florists and through her Members-only flower market that are in their 20th year.
Cool Flowers: Sowing Seeds in the Garden
There is no better group of flower seeds to try your hand at sowing in the garden than those cool-season hardy annuals that we call Cool Flowers . Many of them are really easy to get started when planted outdoors into the cool and moist conditions of fall. First, not all seeds like to be Read more…
Facebook Live: Overcoming Challenges to Become a Flower Farmer
What’s stopping you from becoming a flower farmer? Dave and I discuss how we overcame the challenges we faced and more. What is your “I can’t start my business because…..” No experience? No cooler? No acreage? No greenhouse? No delivery vehicle? No startup money? No time? No tractor? ——No problem! Registration for our two Flower Read more…
Pipe Dreams and the Land of the Giants!
Do you have an idea sitting in the back of your mind that just won’t go away? Whenever you have a moment to sit and think… it just keeps coming back? The idea seems so impossible. Others may call it a pipe dream (something unattainable) and that may be so! Unless you decide: where there’s Read more…
Weed-Free Seedbeds
If you want weed-free seedbeds for next spring—you better hop to it now. A little work today will save much work come spring. Fall sown hardy annual seeds are some of the easiest and most rewards spring flowers to grow if you prevent the weeds! The Weed Seed Situation Garden soil has millions of weed Read more…
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