When you're short on space, square foot gardening is the answer! I started planting my garden using the square foot gardening method instead of traditional rows in 2019, and I couldn't be happier with the results! But how do you start a square foot garden? And is it ... Continue Reading
How to Start a Perennial Garden
New homeowners are often terrified by their blank slate backyards filled with weeds and perennials they don't like from lifetimes of previous owners. They really want a perennial flower garden filled with plants they love that will look beautiful from spring to fall, the kind of ... Continue Reading
32 Flowers, Ground Cover, and Shrubs That Grow Under Trees
I'm going to start this post by saying that starting a garden underneath a tree can be a challenging task. You'll likely be battling shade, dry ground, and acidic conditions if you're planting underneath a coniferous tree. If you're not fully committed to this gardening ... Continue Reading
The Realities of Seed Starting
There are seed trays on every countertop space, the floor is covered in random bits of spilled soil, and the house generally looks like a small-grade tornado blew through it in recent history. Alas... It is the season for seed starting. Every year, I have these visions ... Continue Reading
How I Got Into Gardening & Growing Flowers
Though I didn't feel very lucky about it at the time, I was lucky that my parents involved me in gardening before I could even walk. The year I was born, my mom would set me with a pack-and-play beside her in the garden and weed for as long as she could before I would cry too ... Continue Reading
How to Grow Sweet Peas in a Cold Climate
Sweet peas are a flower that brings fond memories of summers spent in grandma's garden, and the smell of sweet peas is so nostalgic that everyone needs to plant just a few in their garden. Despite these warm fuzzy memories, and even though I've been told time and time again that ... Continue Reading
How to Grow Ranunculus in Zone 3 (So They Don’t Die!)
If you're growing cut flowers in your garden and hoping for some earlier spring blooms, you'll quickly realize that there aren't a lot of options for those of us in short growing seasons with cool climates. Enter ranunculus. It looks like a garden rose and brings a welcome hit of ... Continue Reading
Say Yes to Charging What Your Bouquet Is Worth (A Practical Guide for Pricing Bouquets)
Go to any flower farming Facebook group, and you’ll be inundated with questions about pricing cut flowers from new flower farmers afraid to charge what their flowers are worth. I understand the money mindset, gymnastics, and sticker shock that comes when you first start selling ... Continue Reading
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