Good evening! After a lovely breakfast and visit with my mom and daughter I manged to get a few more seeds in the dirt! So exciting! 101 Bells of Ireland and 48 more Carnations, a second planting of carnations from 3 weeks ago were just promoted to a new growing lamp. You can scoot over …
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Sweet Peas Are Fussy – I Don’t Do Fussy Well
Sweet Peas.....why did I decide to do them? I'm a bit embarrassed to say I may have drank some of the Kool-Aid that Floret Farm was dishing out. It's not a bad thing, it just is. She was hooked on them, she made it sound so sweet and fabulous, I thought I'd give it a …
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Non-Florist Flower Farmer
I do not want to go on a rant this early in the blessed am, but I do want to state something that is important...I'm not a florist. I have no intentions of doing weddings. I've recently seen some of the latest and greatest "popular" floral designs and have found I am not a fan. …
Winter Storm 2019
Woke up this morning to some great snow drifts! I was like a little kid scrambling out of bed to check on the snow! We took a hike out to the back of our 40 acres! Windy! Snowy! Beautiful! Hope everyone is staying warm & dry! What are some of your favorite snow day memories …
Desperately Seeking Light
The sweet peas were transplanted in the living room last night, they were outgrowing their tiny planters! It's amazing the power that seeds have, how alive they can be! All reaching for the light from the double doors to the frozen patio. The ones in this picture are ones that haven't been transplanted yet!! I …
Extreme Carnage – Graphic Content – Seeds Matter
My carnations & sweet peas from Floret are just too precious to lose over non-invited guests....sorry....it tough to do, but it needed to happen đĸđâšī¸
Mystery Seeds in Unexpected Places
It's not a big mystery ((any longer)) as to what the seeds are - the mystery is HOW they got where they are currently thriving! Originally I didn't know what they were! My husband and I have some very interesting Theories as to how they arrived. One of them involves mice wearing cloaks & masks, …
Winter Finally Arrives!
It's Annie's second winter! She loves snow!! When I talk about micro-climate, this is what I mean. Our friends to the South (Bellingham, 20 miles away) are getting snow, but not frigid winds that come out of Frazer Valley. We had an ice storm that lasted five days last year. It was beautiful and amazing …
Maybe I’m Not Cut Out For This….
I walked into the laundry room this morning to check on my babies....I made a horrible scoffing noise. My husband was standing behind me and told me that I should be nicer to them, because they know what I'm saying to them. I was super careful with my seeds - at least I thought I …
Confession Time….
I peeked at my trays today....3 days after I planted! Noticed something odd sticking out of the carnation tray....pulled it out and realized it was a sweet pea that had somehow managed to get into the tray. How do I know this for sure? Because i looked at my sweet peas after I pulled the …
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