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Flower Farming Business
Flower farming is a journey and the business side is the nuts a bolts often overlooked.
For all the dreamers and fellow flower farmers, let’s get down into the business side of flower farming!
There’s a lot to learn in the first year of flower farming. Here are our top 5 things we wish we knew our first year growing (twice over!).
Finances
Farm Happenings
Get caught up with what’s been happening around the farm!
A spring wedding where Tahoe meets roaring 20s at the historical Valhalla Tahoe.
Every New Year a word is placed upon my heart. A word that seems to encompass the coming lessons and goals for the coming year. A theme that we throughout our lives and in Sierra Flower Farm. Read to find out what this word is for 2020! Who knows? Perhaps it is one you need too!
It’s time to think ahead and put some roots down… peony roots that is!
In the midst of the fall chaos we needed some much needed family time but we had much to do to be able to make that weekend trip happen!
The 2019 season has been filled with highs and lows and loops like a terrible roller coaster. At last, here is our full update for this past season, the good, the bad and the gloriousness of local flower farming in the high desert on an unloved piece of dirt.
With every end comes a new beginning. Come meet the new home of Sierra Flower Farm and join us on the journey of taking a patch of dirt and transforming it into a thriving urban micro flower farm!
First came marriage then.... bowls and flowers?! Read about a special collaboration with the hubs, Graham Chase Woodturning.
Nitty Gritty
Let’s get some dirt under our finger nails and get into the nitty gritty of flower farming!
Pre-sprouting anemone & ranunculus corms is a must-do task to better ensure a bountiful spring!
A deeper understanding of these terms and concepts will provide you with the information you need to know when to seed start for your microclimate!
Getting seeds to germinate can be one of the most nerve-racking parts of flower farming. Let’s get down to the nitty gritty of troubleshooting lack of or spotty seed germination to squash panic and get healthy seedlings!
If you want to be a flower farmer you need to start with sowing some seeds!
Spring has sprung and we have some hungry pollinators! Find out was spring blooms we grow (and you can too!) that double as amazing cut flowers that the pollinators love!
Let’s take for the first step in growing some spring beauties: Ranunculus and Anemones. We need to wake them up by plumping them up!
Learn how to make your own soaking corm system that can double as a compost tea brewer!
As an active flower farm with a new property comes new obstacles. Before we snuggle spring bulbs or plant babies into our new soil there was something big we had to tackle first: the built up herbicides. Watch us in action and pick up a few tips along the way in why and how we decided to detox our soil!
Our lungs are burning with all this smoke but what does this mean for our gardens?
Find out our top 5 must grow flowers in your vegetable garden this year!
Get ahead of these nasty buggers before they chomp your garden to bits, plus, you most likely have the ingredients in your kitchen!
Flower Spotlight
Grab a cozy blanket and a cup of tea and let’s chat about some of our favorite blooming beauties!
It may not smell like a rose but it sure is as pretty as one! Read about the rose of spring.
Let’s get down to how to successfully grow Sweet Peas and why they deserve a spot in your cut flower field!