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Flower Care

Rinse and re-cut the stems.

Choose a clean vase; fill with lukewarm, clean water.

Add flower food, dissolving water before arranging flowers.

Place in a cool spot, away from ripening fruit and sunny windows.

Change the water at least every 2 days (every day is better).

Check every day, removing wilted stems; top up water if needed.

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Sunflowers and sunsets- coming this summer. Init

Sunflowers and sunsets- coming this summer.
Initially I was thinking of a small, 20x40 patch of sunflowers, but Shane took the opportunity to break a really big ‘patch’, probably just shy of an acre.
We had fun flinging the black oil sunflower seeds all over, and I’m hoping they grow a lot taller than my attempt at a patch last year which only grew about 1-2’ tall, thanks to the lack of rain.
My second photo is the same area from last summer, it has such a magical golden hour light in this area.
Who is excited for photo sessions in the sunflower field??
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May 18/22 📖 The biennial and perennials are lo

May 18/22 📖
The biennial and perennials are looking good in the garden, and we’ve been working hard to get them all weeded.
These sweet William are one of my favourites; they are a tall double mix, and bloom in their second year. Their long lasting, fragrant and beautiful flowers are a welcome filler flower that shows up in June.
My Lady’s Mantle is looking really nice too, which is nice because I thought I might have killed them after moving them last year and then it was so dry. This is their 3rd year and I’m hoping I finally get some usable stems off of them.
I lost most of my globe thistle (echinops) that I started from seed last year, but I also ordered in new bare roots this spring so I’ll be looking forward to them next year.
Perennials take a couple years to get established but once they do they add unique flowers earlier in the season that most annuals.
What are your favourite biennials or perennials in the garden?

May 15/22 📖 The sweet peas finally got in the

May 15/22 📖
The sweet peas finally got in the ground yesterday; I was delayed waiting for wooden boxes that will make trimming up the grass path easier, without cutting down my plants.
We also harvested a whole bunch of Exotic Emperor tulips- some of which I had let open too much, so I’ll be enjoying them for myself.
More tulips are starting to show signs of buds, which is exciting yet also terrifying. When the tulip harvests begin it is all consuming, 3-4x a day harvesting, especially when we have hot weather.
So I’ve been hustling to get my cold hardy transplants in- I just have feverfew to finish tomorrow 💪.
If you don’t want to miss out on 5 months of Saskatchewan grown flowers, the monthly bouquet subscriptions are still open on our website for Biggar, Battleford and Unity; pick up or delivery options available. First up will be some luscious, specialty tulips 🌷
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May 12/22 📖 The snapdragons went in the groun

May 12/22 📖
The snapdragons went in the ground today; almost 1400+ seedlings in 11 different colours/varieties.
Looking back at my journal, I also planted snapdragons on this date last year- and here I thought I was behind schedule 😆.
By late June and early July these guys should be pumping out the blooms.
I’m trialing a new pink variety and also a soft yellow that hopefully lives up the product photo. No highlighter yellow this year!!
There are so many different varieties, bloom periods, and colours to choose from it can be extremely overwhelming when it comes to ordering seed. Especially when they are all so beautiful.
Maybe next year I’ll pare down the varieties again; I would love to have less varieties but more of them.
I still cringe a bit when I think back to my first year when I planted maybe 25 snapdragons.

May 11/22 Being away from the farm on a sunny day

May 11/22
Being away from the farm on a sunny day is a little bit stressful for me; normally I’m watering throughout the day both in the greenhouse and the plants hardening off outside.
It can get wicked hot in the greenhouse, and outside the plants can dry out quicker in the wind.
We were gone from home yesterday, and didn’t get back until after dark due to some incoming flight delays.
I watered up as best as I could and the outside plants, some of which just got booted outside, were covered with some shade cloth to filter some of that bright spring sun.
I checked the temperatures and the greenhouse had a high of 44C (the sensor is right at the windows, but that’s also where some of my baby plants are too!)
Watering this morning everything was still hydrated and healthy, but it does give a gal a bit of anxiety worrying about seedlings frying when there is nothing you can do about it.
On the road home last night, we had a wicked lightning storm, but alas we didn’t end up with any moisture- maybe this weekend 🤞

May 10/22 Farm Journal The first buds on Exotic E

May 10/22 Farm Journal
The first buds on Exotic Emperor tulips are forming- they are always one of the first tulips to bloom. Some varieties aren’t even above the ground yet.
The alliums, garlic, daffodils and perennials are starting to wake up and poke through the ground.
I was expecting to have daffodils blooming before tulips, but maybe this year they will be blooming at the same time.
I’m chipping away at my direct sown flowers- larkspur went in yesterday, and tonight it was bread seed poppies and nigella. There’s still wheat, bupleurum, and sweet peas to go in. Zinnias will go in at the beginning of June.
We’ve been working away at weeding too, some of those stinkers are already in flower ready to make more seeds and trouble later on.
The trees are just about leafed out and I can’t wait for a feast of green everywhere I look.
The rain clouds came in today, but we didn’t receive anything. So the sprinklers are on the newly sown beds, and hopefully we’ll get some rain this weekend.
Does it feel like spring where you are?

While being fully aware of Mother’s Day from a b

While being fully aware of Mother’s Day from a business perspective, I was completely oblivious on a personal level this year.
Normally I have cards bought and mailed them out well in advance, and have bought small gifts too.
But it just occurred to me last night falling asleep that I have missed the opportunity to send cards and buy gifts.
We’ll make our phone calls and in person visits, but it’s always nice to get a card in the mail too.
The last two weeks have been very busy on the farm, working through the project list but sometimes there’s not enough brain capacity for all the things going on in life- I guess I forgot to write a post it note for this.
If you’re a late planner for Mother’s Day, like me, our 5 Month Bouquet Subscription for Biggar, Battleford and Unity is available in our shop, and while I can’t get you a physical gift certificate, I can email you a digital one if you wanted one.
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Just over a month and half to go before these beau

Just over a month and half to go before these beautiful ranunculus are blooming again.
Last year was very disappointing for my ranunculus. The extremely hot spring shortened their bloom time by several weeks; these flowers love cool temps and shut down when it is consistently hot.
And I also decided to save 1/2 of my plants for a fall succession. So I had less ranunculus for spring blooms than I should have.
But not this year!! We are going to be swimming in ranunculus! A couple thousand plants in every colour, and I doubled up on these beautiful salmon colour.
Who is excited for June ranunculus?
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Our Monthly Bouquet Subscription from May to Septe

Our Monthly Bouquet Subscription from May to September makes a great gift for Mother's Day. Pickup or delivery to Biggar, Battleford, and Unity.
Check out our website for more details.
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