Do you have piles of dried flowers waiting to be used but have already exhausted your creativity making dried flower decorations, magnets, wreaths, and more? Handmade bird feeder wreaths are the perfect way to use up dried flowers and attract birds to your home during the long, ... Continue Reading
The Answer to Your Chicken-Keeping Prayers: The Chickcozy Automatic Coop Door
Chicken keeping is lots of fun in the summer. But then it becomes winter, and now you have to take care of your chickens at -40ºC/F. Charging out to the chicken coop in extreme temperatures is obviously not fun, but doing it multiple times a day is even worse. That's where ... Continue Reading
Overwintering Chickens in a Cold Climate
It had been a successful year of raising chickens. Scratch that. It had actually been a terrible year because we were so unprepared for predators that we only had three chickens going into the winter. Thankfully, an insulated shed was already on the property, and that would be ... Continue Reading
Why We Free Range Chickens in Our Garden for Healthier Plants
Bringing home new baby chicks feels a lot like bringing home a human baby. As you leave the hatchery (or hospital, in the case of a human baby), you have the distinct feeling of... "They're letting ME take this home? Am I responsible enough for this?" We've all felt this way at ... Continue Reading
Why Are My Dahlias Not Blooming?!
It feels like you did everything right, yet your dahlia buds are still not opening. Day after day, you walk down your rows of cut flowers and stand in front of your dahlia plants, asking Why aren't my dahlias thriving? Why did my dahlias not flower? How do I get my dahlias to ... Continue Reading
10+ Best Greens & Fillers for Cold Climate Flower Farmers
If, for some reason, I had to flower farm on a desert island (that happened to be in a cold climate!), and I could only grow ten (or so) greens and fillers, these are the flowers I would arrange with. These are my ride-or-die cut flowers--the ones I turn to most that enable me to ... Continue Reading
You’re Planting It Wrong (How to Plant a Hardy Fruit Orchard So Your Trees Don’t Die)
Two years ago, before we moved to the acreage, we planted a bunch of hardy fruit trees. We were so excited that we bought all these fancy varieties of apples, pears, and apricots. We planted them and watered them with care, only to discover two years later that almost all of them ... Continue Reading
10+ Best Cut Flowers for Farmer Florists
If you flower farm in a short season like I do in Zone 3, you might already have some favourite cut flowers that you grow. While it can be difficult for cold climate flower farmers to grow all the flowers they love most, the ten flowers in the list below are some of my favourites ... Continue Reading
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