Friday, July 27, 2018


Why it matters that you're choosing farm field-grown, organic flowers...

Those pretty flowers above are field-grown without chemicals. They came to life from mostly organic or at least untreated seeds, in organic potting mix made from cow manure and peat moss and vermiculite, a very small rock. They were fertilized with fermented fish parts, and organic minerals, and hand-planted in soil that has had cow manure, and cover crop biomass added to it. 

We have no bactericides, or synthetic nitrates or weed or insect killers running into the water supply and residing in the soil on our farm. Insects love these flowers - we leave a portion of them in fields to feast upon. We have giant bumblebees, honeybees, hummingbirds, monarchs and countless other birds and beneficial insects flying around our fields and little piece of land constantly.

Our flowers are hand-harvested into clean buckets with no preservative added except a little non-chlorine bleach residue leftover from cleaning. They are put into the cooler to take out the field heat, and kept there for a maximum of three days when they are put into beautiful, handmade small-batch mixes or single-variety bunches and delivered to stores. Most flowers are delivered within a day of being harvested. So they're really fresh. Depending on how they're cared for, they will last up to three weeks. If their water is not changed, they will die much sooner because there is no bactericide in the water killing the bacteria that builds up from the fresh flowers.

We mostly use kraft paper sleeves because we try to use as little plastic as possible in our farm business. It's one of our tenets. The paper sleeves are also a symbol - they mean that these are happy flowers that you can feel good about. These flowers are grown by a family that cares about the environment, and wants to make it better, and produce a beautiful, quality product that is beautiful and healthy.

Most of our flowers are not produced in a greenhouse or completely controlled environment. They may have a few wind blemishes here or there, and they may have a slight curve in a stem occasionally. This comes complimentary with the "flowers that are field-grown on a family farm with love" package. You're welcome. :) 

Thank you ever so much for supporting our family flower farm. Hopefully you know that when you choose to buy our flowers, you are buying so much more. The flowers are just a vehicle - a part of the process to build healthy soil and water, and beneficial animal life while making a little living for our family. That's what you're buying when you choose our local, field-grown flowers. Health for the land and the people. Way to go. We love you!

xo
J,M+E 

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