06/03/2026
What’s happening on the farm this week?
The last of our new flowering shrub perennials have gone in the ground, the new hot wire fence is up on plot #2, dahlias have been pinched (promotes branching), another 150 dahlias went in the ground, and we will start harvesting later this week for the Westside Market - Springfield. Our beautiful feverfew, bupleurum, and orlaya are blooming, but will hold in the cooler just fine until market. We should also have fresh bundles of our lavender at the market - never sprayed with anything. So if you love to make or create with fresh lavender - find us early at the market! The market is 2-5 pm. We will be arriving by noon and are often selling flowers before 1 pm as people start browsing. Consider this your warning 😆
We also started planting our pumpkins. Back in 2023 we had a gorgeous pumpkin crop, but the last two years have quite honestly been trash. We had such little rain (pumpkins love water) the last couple years over summer and watering by hand in the back of our property has proven to be too much for us. The pumpkins always kind of take a back seat to our flowers and only the strong will survive 😆
I hope you enjoy reading these updates - both the victories and the losses. I hope by sharing these details and realities that it connects you more to what we’re doing and helps you realize how special locally grown flowers really are. What we are creating is *a lot* of work and most days we are chasing daylight. Chet and I both work 36-40 hours elsewhere each week. We are constantly learning by trial and error, but each year we hope to improve and to continue to bring you unique things you can’t pick up anywhere else 🫶🏼
