Another Beautiful Bloom!

A beautiful beginning to a gorgeous spring day! Another bloom on our ‘Night Blooming Cereus Orchid Cactus’...and there are many more to come! If you are a morning visitor to the flower farm you might be able to see this one in person! We’ll have a limited amount of plants available for sale. Spring Open House May 4, 5 and 6!

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day from the flower farm! We are grateful to all of you who support us and other businesses who choose to raise their products in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner. It matters! Looking forward to our Spring Open House! May 4, 5 and 6th! Lots of new treasures! You won’t want to miss this one!

Ladybug Love!

The ladies have arrived! These are true Ladybugs that were harvested by hand in the higher altitudes of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. A sea of Ladybugs overwinter in these mountains. In the spring they migrate down to the lower altitudes in search of food and water. 4500 of them are now living happily in our greenhouse! These Ladybugs will lay clusters of their yellow eggs on the underside of plant leaves. The larvae that will hatch resembles more of a small alligator than a ladybug and will consume even more bad bugs than an adult. The larvae will pupate and an adult ladybug will emerge (see photo lower right). We are grateful for Mother Nature’s gifts that help us maintain our gardens in a safe and sustainable manner!

Praying Mantis

Be sure to watch for Praying Mantis egg sacs when doing your spring garden cleanup! Praying Mantis are beneficial insects. They eat the bad guys and help to keep our gardens pesticide free. When the weather warms, 150 to 250 babies will hatch from this sac. Our native Praying Mantis are brown and grow to about 3 inches long. The Chinese Mantis are green and grow much larger. Some grow so large they have been known to eat a hummingbird. We discovered his sac when harvesting our Pussywillow. It is now in our greenhouse where it will soon be joined by several thousand ladybugs. Spring Open House May 4, 5 and 6!

Spiced Orange Potpourri

Spiced Orange is our very own blend of botanicals and is filled with the fragrance of orange, cinnamon and cloves! We purchase the oranges from our local FFA kids and dry them exclusively for this potpourri!

Crazytunias!

Hello, Gorgeous! We tested some Crazytunias in containers last year because we loved the color combos. They all did great including the plant a rabbit ate for lunch! This variety is ‘Moonstruck’. We’ll post a picture of ‘Mandeville’ when it begins to bloom.

Our First Harvest!

Bringing in our first harvest before the snowflakes begin to fall again!

A Little Color!

A little color from the greenhouse! Can’t wait to start planting these babies!

Dear Mother Nature...

The patio furniture is coming out! Mother Nature, we’re just going to do this with or without you!

A Fun Fact!

A fun fact about the cotton we use in our arrangements! It’s all grown right here on the flower farm! We’ll also have some cotton plants available in the greenhouse this spring!

A Vintage Touch...

I inherited my mother-in-laws collection of vintage coffee pots. She used every single one and I treasure them. When I happen upon one at an auction it makes me smile and it usually comes home with me. They’re so fun to design with! These are filled with dried artichokes, okra, chili peppers, cinnamon sticks and faux eggs. A perfect addition to a vintage kitchen!

Tomatoes!

We have tomatoes in the greenhouse! Only a few plants available this spring!

New! Hand Tied Bouquets!

New in the shop this spring! Our hand tied bouquets are perfect for adding a touch of spring to that empty vase on your table! Each bloom has been harvested and preserved from our gardens. A customer purchased several of them last week for her daughter’s country wedding. She is going to add ribbons to the stems for bridesmaids bouquets and put others in Mason jars for table centerpieces. What a great idea and cost effective, too! Prices range from $12.99 to $19.99!

Freeze-Dried Blooms

Getting excited for some spring and summer blooms? Here you go! These are all flowers grown in our gardens and preserved with our freeze-dry technology! Our Spring Open House is May 4, 5 and 6! Mark your calendar!