Flower Forecast: Lilies
Dear all: It’s Valentine’s weekend, and while I arrange roses from the Portland wholesale market I’m daydreaming about my own […]
WOW. Mother’s Day Recap/Thank You!
Locally grown flowers were more popular than ever in Lewis County on Mother's Day 2022
Flower forecast: Poppies return
Icelandic poppies are just starting to bloom in the Pacific Northwest.
Valentine’s Day Approacheth
Dear all – I like my flowers best. But my flowers don’t grow in February, and every year I don’t […]
Double Tulip Colors
Double tulips don’t behave like the single Easter-egg tulips we all know best. Unlike singles, they expand, change, and preen […]
farmstand flowers for March 29th – Balm of Gilead
I remember my first Northwest spring. Every walk became a search for the source of a mysterious and captivating scent, […]
It’s Spring – lambs and flowers time
Meet Dot. She’s a big fan of local flowers (for breakfast) and the smallest lamb we’ve had here. She’s a […]
flowers in snow
Yesterday we battened down the hatches – covering everything in the high tunnels with frost blanket, winterproofing the chickens and […]
Muddy colors
Earl Grey larkspur, Mollie Rilestone sweet peas and Rosanne Brown lisianthus are examples of a floral trend of muted, “muddy,” […]
Sunshine/Rain
We are deep in the dark season right now in the Pacific Northwest. I can’t complain – we’ve actually had […]
Reading flowers –
Humans alter the world around us. Everything we touch and change to fit into our world becomes an artifact. We […]