Happy New Year!

A little something to warm you up on this final day of 2018! One of my favorite custom plantings of the year! Happy New Year!

Spiced Orange Potpourri

Drying oranges purchased from our neighborhood FFA kids! These are the oranges we use in our Spiced Orange Potpourri! It’s everyone’s favorite!

Merry Christmas!

Popping in to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! We’ve spent the last few months working on some major projects, updating our technology (not my thing) and making big plans for the 2019 growing season. Can’t wait to share them with you! Thank you for your your continued love and support! Merry Christmas and God’s blessings in the New Year!

Thank You!

A huge thank you to everyone who attended and assisted with last week’s Fall Open House! We are grateful for the support you give us, our artists, farmers and Trinity Lutheran Church’s Comfort Dog Ministry. We’ve spent this past week catching up on harvest! Lots of beautiful blooms, grasses, vegetables and there’s more to come! Our second planting of Sunflowers and Zinnias should be ready to harvest next week!

Final Day Of Our Fall Open House!

It’s the final day of our Fall Open House! Come celebrate this gorgeous day on the flower farm with us! Beautiful mums for only $8.99, lots of unusual succulents, freeze dried florals, pumpkins, gourds, garden art and vintage treasures! We’re open from 10 to 4. Hope to see you!

The Fun Continues!

The fun continues! Fall Open House today from 9 to 5 and Sunday from 10 to 4! Gorgeous mums only $8.99! Pumpkins, gourds, squash, a great selection of succulents, freeze-dried florals, garden art, vintage treasures and so much more! Lunch and refreshments served today to benefit Trinity Lutheran Church’s Comfort Dog Ministry! Bring your camera! The hummingbirds are loving all our blooms!

Fall Open House! Bring Your Camera!

It’s time for our Fall Open House! Bring your camera! We have some great places to get fall photos of the kiddos and the hummingbirds are having a blast out here! September 6th through 9th...Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9 to 5 and Sunday from 10 to 4. Locally grown pumpkins, gourds, squash and other farmer’s market goodies! Freeze-dried florals, furniture, garden art, vintage treasures, lots of succulents, veggie plants for your fall garden, local raw honey and beautiful fall-blooming mums grown right here on the flower farm! Lunch and refreshments served Thursday through Saturday to benefit Trinity Lutheran Church’s Comfort Dog program.

It’s Fall Open House Week!

It’s Fall Open House week! Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9 to 5 and Sunday from 10 to 4! Gorgeous freeze-dried florals, vintage treasures, garden art, pumpkins, gourds and beautiful mums grown right here on the flower farm! Lunch and refreshments served Thursday through Saturday to benefit Trinity Lutherans’s Comfort Dog program. Come meet Katie Comfort Dog! Katie and her team have a very special place in our hearts!

Lilacs!

I know I’m supposed to be working on pieces for our Fall Open House (September 6th through 9th) but I could no longer resist these beautiful lilacs harvested and freeze-dried from my favorite shrub!

Fall Open House Details!

Join us for our Fall Open House! September 6, 7, 8 and 9! Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9 to 5 and Sunday from 10 to 4! Custom designed and freeze-dried wreaths and arrangements, furniture, garden art, original prints, vintage treasures, pumpkins, gourds and fall bloomers! Lunch and refreshments will be served Thursday through Saturday to benefit Trinity Lutheran Church’s Comfort Dog program. Come meet Katie Comfort Dog! Hope to see you! Lots of new treasures and designs!

Passiflora Caerulea

A pretty little bloom from the flower farm to brighten your rainy Monday morning...Passiflora Caerulea!

New Creations!

Some of this week’s creations! Vintage tea pots and milk glass containers spilling over with blooms harvested and preserved from our gardens!

A Sneak Peek!

A sneak peek at the gorgeous blooms in our gift shop...all grown and preserved right here on the flower farm!

Autumn Boutique

Join us for our Autumn Boutique September 6, 7, 8 and 9! Thursday through Saturday from 9 to 5 and Sunday from 10 to 4. Custom designed and freeze-dried wreaths and arrangements! Furniture, garden art, original prints and vintage treasures! Pumpkins, gourds and fall bloomers! Lunch and refreshments served Thursday through Saturday to benefit Trinity Lutheran Church’s Comfort Dog Program. Come meet Katie Comfort Dog!

An Incredible Harvest!

An incredible harvest from the veggie garden today. Ken picked while I processed:

14 quarts of green beans pressure canned 

4 quarts of green beans frozen for Instant Pot recipes

6 quarts of cauliflower frozen

1 quart of ‘Fooled You’ peppers diced and frozen

The tomatoes are finally beginning to ripen. They’re not pretty but they are absolutely delicious! This gorgeous head of cabbage will be sauerkraut but it’s going to have to wait until tomorrow...we’re tired! 🙂 Dinner tonight is a grilled mostly grass fed steak from a local family farm served with cucumbers, tomatoes, green beans and a kale salad from our garden. I am in heaven!

Second Saturday!

We’ve been blessed with a beautiful Sunflower harvest! In addition to our freeze-dry technology we use our Sandvac machine to preserve some of our blooms. The flowers are pre-treated, carefully buried in silica gel then placed in the machine under a vacuum with heat. The result is a flower that looks like it’s been freshly picked from the garden! Tomorrow is our August Second Saturday! Stop by to check out our harvest and see what’s blooming in the gardens! We’ll be open from 9 to 4! Looking forward to seeing you!

Perfect Timing!

Perfect timing! The country sprinkler watered all of our newly planted fall crops in the veggie garden!

Onion Harvest!

Candy, Walla Walla and Red Bull onion seeds sown in flats in the greenhouse on January 30, transplanted into the garden in May and harvested today. We’re estimating well over 100 lbs.!

A Morning Walk

Monday morning walk through the gardens...enjoying the fragrance and the blooms!

‘Jade’ Green Beans

One of today’s projects...’Jade’ green beans! We have 3 quarts fermenting, 7 quarts pressure canned and 2 quarts in the freezer for Instant Pot meals! This variety is prolific! Many more to come!

‘Snow Crown’ Cauliflower

Harvesting our first heads of ‘Snow Crown’ Cauliflower! It’s done very well in the garden...especially taking into consideration the extreme temperature swings we’ve experienced this season. We’re replanting this area with new plants with hope for a second crop!

Lifesaver Plant

Huernia Zebrina (Lifesaver Plant) blooming in our greenhouse!

Malibar Spinach

The Malibar Spinach is going crazy in our veggie garden! Last night we steamed it with some diced onion for zero minutes in the Instant Pot...then tossed it with a little butter, salt, pepper and lime juice. Delicious!

Loving Life On The Flower Farm

Night Blooming Cereus Cactus

Six of these gorgeous blooms on the patio this morning...Night Blooming Cereus Cactus!

Cicada Killer Wasp

Cicada Killer Wasp with it’s prey. They seem to be in abundance this year!

Northern Sea Oats

Part of today’s harvest on the flower farm! These gorgeous bunches of Northern Sea Oats are drying and will soon be ready to use in our dried wreaths and arrangements!

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who came out for our garden tour! Tonight...we’re mowing, pulling some weeds and taking a minute to catch our breath. The sky above is beautiful! Counting blessings!

Garden Tour From 9 To 3 Today!

It’s going to be a beautiful Saturday for our Mid-Summer Flower Farm Garden Tour! We’ll be open until 3 today! Enjoy a glass of lemonade while you check out our blooms, gift shop, granary and greenhouse! Lots of beautiful succulents! Looking forward to seeing you!

Mid-Summer Flower Farm Garden Tour Today And Tomorrow

Mid-Summer Flower Farm Garden Tour today and tomorrow from 9 to 3! Enjoy a glass of lemonade while you tour our gardens, gift shop, granary and greenhouse. Hope to see you!

Join Us Tomorrow And Saturday!

We’re excited to be hosting our first Mid-Summer Flower Farm Garden Tour tomorrow and Saturday from 9 to 3! Enjoy a glass of lemonade while you tour the gardens and visit our shop, granary and greenhouse! Lots of beautiful blooms, new treasures and succulents! Hope to see you!

Mid-Summer Flower Farm Garden Tour

We’re excited to be hosting our first Mid-Summer Flower Farm Garden Tour this Friday and Saturday from 9 to 3! Enjoy a glass of lemonade while you tour the gardens and visit our shop, granary and greenhouse! Lots of beautiful blooms, new treasures and succulents! Hope to see you!

Sharing Is Caring

Sharing our dill with the pollinators. 

From Farm To Table In So Many Ways!

Fast forward from May 18 to July 3...the veggie garden is thriving! We are currently harvesting Hakurei turnips, onions and kale. The tomatoes and green beans are blooming and the broccoli and cabbage are forming heads. In anticipation of a second harvest, we’ve sown the seeds of Blue Vates Kale, Rubicon Napa Cabbage, Snow Crown Cauliflower and KK Cross Cabbage. We also use this garden space to grow the Big Smile sunflowers that we preserve and use in the arrangements in our gift shop. From our flower farm to the table in so many ways...because life should be beautiful and delicious!

Plumeria

Our Plumeria plants are beginning to bloom and it looks like there will be many more to come! This plant has grown a seed pod. It’s going to be a project that will require a bit of patience. We’ll have to wait a few months for the pod to dry and turn brown then we’ll remove the seeds and plant them. Hopefully we’ll have some Nebraska-born Plumeria plants! I just love all of our little experiments!

Tiny Bubbles

The Latin translation for the word ‘ferment’ is ‘to boil’. This jar of dill pickle spears fermented with garlic, dill, lemon and Bay leaves will be in full fermentation-mode for our Saturday class. When I tip the jar it will literally look like it is boiling! It’s amazing to see all the bacteria hard at work creating healthy probiotic-filled foods to help support our gut health! Our Saturday class is filled but we’ll get another one scheduled soon! Happy Fermenting!

Our First Cucumber!

Our first cucumber! ‘Jackson Classic’ is a pickling-type cucumber and is perfect for growing in a container! We plant six cucumber plants into two large containers and harvest 60 to 80 cucumbers annually. ‘Jackson Classic’ is the perfect choice for fermented and refrigerator pickles. All of this home-grown goodness harvested from a very small space! Do you want to learn how to make your own fermented and probiotic-filled pickles?  Get registered  for our our June 23 ‘Lacto-Fermenting 101’class  on our website...www.tlcinthekitchen.com. 

Datura ‘Purple Petticoats’

Datura ‘Purple Petticoats’! Our first bloom of the season! It’s really rumbling out here on the flower farm! Keep your eye on the sky and stay safe!

Open Today From 9 To 4!

It’s ‘Second Saturday’! We’re open today from 9 to 4! Check out the gardens, new treasures in the shop, original garden art and lots of beautiful succulents! Final clearance on annuals! Hope to see you!

Second Saturday!

It’s time for our June ‘Second Saturday’! We’ll be open tomorrow from 9 to 4. Stop by to see what’s blooming in the gardens, check out the new treasures in the shop and the beautiful succulents in the greenhouse. For those of you who have been asking for bottle trees...we have some amazing ones right now! Hope to see you tomorrow!

A Favorite!

My favorite Iris in bloom...’Cajun Rhythm’. The fragrance is incredible!

Changing Seasons

Temperatures in the 90’s and we’re still seeing some white on the ground. Happy it’s from the Cottonwood trees and it’s not frozen!

Peony Harvest!

We’re harvesting peonies on the flower farm! These beauties are ready for the freeze dry machine. After processing, they will look like they’ve been freshly picked from the garden! Interested in our freeze dry technology? We’re always happy to show you! We’re open today from 9 to 4. We’re clearing out the greenhouse to make way for succulent propagation. Veggie 4-Pack’s only $1.00 and remaining annuals are 25% off! Stop by and say hi!

Star Of Bethlehem

About five years ago I discovered these beautiful little Star of Bethlehem plants blooming in the middle of the yard. I carefully moved them into the safety of a garden and enjoy these little heaven-sent blooms each year! We’ve made great progress in the gardens and lots of plants are beginning to bloom! We’re open Saturday from 9 to 4. Stop by and see us!

We’re Open Tomorrow From 9 To 4!

We’re open tomorrow from 9 to 4! Still a great selection of unusual annuals and hard to find vegetable plants! 20% off annuals, hanging baskets and succulents. Vegetable four-packs only $1.00. Lots of beautiful blooms popping up in our flower farm gardens, too! We’ll see you tomorrow!

A Springtime Nap

This little guy has been napping on an Aloe plant in the greenhouse all day! We’ll be open on Saturday from 9 to 4. We’re all looking forward to seeing you!

Yankee Doodle

Our ‘Yankee Doodle’ lilac is gorgeous this year! These flowers are destined for the freeze-dry machine. Watch for these beautifully preserved blooms to appear in our designs! It feels so good to be harvesting again after such a long winter! There’s lots of color beginning to appear in the landscape and we’re finally getting some work done in the gardens! We’ll be open this Saturday from 9 to 4. Stop by and check out the blooms! We’ve added some new treasures and have a great variety of unusual plants to choose from in the greenhouse!

Open Tomorrow From 9 To 4!

We’re open every Saturday in May from 9 to 4! Arrangements featuring flowers grown and freeze-dried from our gardens! Garden art, furniture, rare and unusual plants and heirloom vegetable plants! Looking forward to seeing you!

Our First Tomatoes!

Our first tomatoes! We planted these ‘Mini Belle’ cherry tomato seeds on December 21. What a treat! We’ll be open this Saturday from 9 to 4. We have a great selection of hard to find veggie plants for your garden! Looking forward to seeing you!

Expanded Hours

Thank you to everyone who attended and helped with our Spring Open House! The weather was absolutely beautiful and it was so great to see everybody! By request we’ll be expanding our hours this year! If you missed the Open House we’ll be open every Saturday in May from 9 to 4! Here’s a few of the weekend favorites! We only have two Night Blooming Cereus Orchid Cactus’ left. This plant blooms at night and the flower lasts for only a few hours in the morning. It is stunning! Apple Blossom Rosebud geraniums are an old fashioned favorite. Farfugium has green leaves dappled in yellow. It’s daisy shaped flower adds color and interest to the shade garden. Ice plant loves the sun and heat. It’s a good companion plant to succulents. We have a great variety of those, too! Stop by this Saturday!