Growing Flowers

Iceland poppies are incredibly beautiful. I love their delicate, fluttery petals and their long stems which sometimes develop crazy twists and turns. Each flower is a precious treasure, all the more so because they are difficult to grow.

In the past few days, several people have asked me about irrigation for dahlias. Yes, dahlias benefit from more water than the rain you can depend on

I saw the first bee of the season yesterday. He was flying a zig zag path desperately looking for something to eat

It's March first, only a little over two months to go until the May wedding. There are some challenges with selecting garden-inspired, seasonal farm-fresh flowers in New Hampshire. Unfortunately it looks like this outside on my farm right now, not ideal for growing flowers. My farm in March In Whitman Massachusetts, south of Boston, they got 33” of snow last week, and in Providence, Rhode Island, the snow total last week of 38” broke the record set by the Blizzard of ’78. W

We want our dahlia tubers to sleep peacefully all winter then wake up plump and super healthy in the spring ready to grow and make gorgeous flowers.

Rock on, New Hampshire farmers, rock on.

Getting ready for spring in the middle of winter