Favorite Things #7

Favorite Things #7

For many a flower farmer, one of the most tedious tasks is washing the flower buckets. As stems sit in water, hydrating, bacteria and fungi develop. This is often apparent in the gross water you find in a vase after flowers have expired. If those buckets are not...
A New Hutch

A New Hutch

Today I thought I’d share a little glimpse inside our home because we have a new addition in our mudroom that has everything to do with what we are growing and doing outside. Part of our renovation was making the previous kitchen a mudroom as we didn’t...
Lavender

Lavender

We have 5 rows of lavender planted on the east side of the garden and for the month of June it’s a place of beauty, a favorite hangout for the bees, and a perfumery for the entire garden- especially if it’s humid! We planted each row (varieties are:...
Highs and Lows

Highs and Lows

Throughout my children’s lives we’ve somehow managed to eat dinner together almost every single night, sometimes it was on the early side and many times it was on the later side, but it was a priority for our family. Often we would share highs and lows of...
Easter Weekend

Easter Weekend

We were lucky enough to have beautiful weather this past Easter weekend. The cherry trees, magnolias, narcissus and forsythia are all blooming and I can’t get enough of them. This spring, I’ve longed for some color so the yellows, pinks and chartreuse...
Our 2nd Holiday Market

Our 2nd Holiday Market

This past weekend, we held our 2nd Holiday Market in the barn! All week I watched the weather as the chances of rain kept creeping up and up until finally it was at 100% chance of rain. Sure enough, we woke up to raindrops on the windows and we had a fairly steady...