Nitty Gritty: Wreath Making for the Flower-Farmer-Florist

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Nitty Gritty: Transplanting out seedlings

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Starting your home garden

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Pre-sprouting ranunculus & anemone corms

Pre-sprouting anemone & ranunculus corms is a must-do task to better ensure a bountiful spring!

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Demystifying when to seed start for the flower farmer

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!

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Nitty Gritty: Troubleshooting seed germination for the flower farmer

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!

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Seed Starting for the Flower Farmer

If you want to be a flower farmer you need to start with sowing some seeds!

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Save The Bees: Spring Edition

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!

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Pre-soaking Anemone and Ranunculus Corms

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!

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How to Make Your Own Anemone & Ranunculus Corm Soaking/Compost Tea Brewing System

Learn how to make your own soaking corm system that can double as a compost tea brewer!

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Nitty Gritty: Detoxing the Soil

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!