Hi flower friends!
This week has been quite the swing of temperature emotions. From a deep hard freeze to a balmy 70 degree Saturday. I am not going to complain! While I am not too sad about the first frost, I am quite thankful that the Lord gave us a couple more warm days to get farm chores done.
Even though first frost is here, that doesn’t actually mean anything on a flower farm. We have weeks left of work to do but all of it is now preparing for the 2024 season. There are many flowers called “cool hardy annuals” that can be planted in the fall, overwintered in tunnels to bloom beautifully in the spring. Along with these annuals there are the classic tulips, ranunculus, anemones, and daffodils that get planted. That is a lot of planting!
With the wonderful growth and support we experienced this year, we have decided to expand our offerings and quantities next year. It is a little bit scary planting a couple thousands plants right now but Lord willing they will survive the winter for all of us to enjoy together come spring time.
Some of the flowers we have planted so far are Larkspur (pictured above), buplerum, and snapdragons. Hopefully next week we will have the high tunnel finished and I will get to work planting over 1,000 ranunculus. Stay tuned for updates on that!
Soli deo gloria,
Alex
Soo exciting!!! Where do you order your seeds from & peonies? My daughter is wanting to grow a flower farm for her 4-H project!
How exciting! I get our seeds from Johnny’s Seeds. Peonies I buy wholesale in really large quantities so I would stick to a local nursery as a source for smaller amounts.
Ahhh, to be able to grow peonies! Our farm is in the sw boot of Louisiana and they just do not love our heat or humidity. But I am so looking forward to growing tulips and daffodils again!