Garden Overwhelm: 8 Tips to Help You Cope When Garden Tasks Feel Like A Burden

Cutting sunflowers in small flower field

Gardening should be fun, not cause stress. Follow these 8 tips to deal with garden overwhelm and whip your unruly garden into shape!

Wreaths and Gift Cards. #GiveThanks.

Today we rolled out two new items in our online store.  First, our 2020 Winter Wreath line just went live.  Second, we now offer electronic Gift Cards that you can purchase and gift to your friends, loved ones, or even yourself! These cards are good for workshops, CSA subscription purchases, bouquets, arrangements, consultations and anything […]

Top 12 Garden Tools for Christmas 2020

With Christmas 2020 fast-approaching, be sure to add my top 12 picks for gardening tools to your wish list. These are my tried and true favorite tools and go-to items when I am in the garden. I’m sure you’ll love them, too. Note: This post contains affiliate links, which means I’ll get a small commission […]

A Bittersweet Birthday

Happy Birthday! Today is a day that is bittersweet. It is Stephanie’s birthday, which gives us great cause to be happy and to celebrate! We love her! She is an amazing wife, marvelous mother, gifted gardener, fantastic florist and talented farmer. She is also extremely busy with the business of flower farming. We are lucky […]

How to Grow Ranunculus

Ranunculus are one of the most thrilling flowers for a flower grower to grow and harvest. Their unreal rose-like bloom is a thrill in the spring as it opens and fills the garden with color. I was ecstatic when I realized years ago that they could grow and even thrive in my dry, desert zone. […]

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Ellie’s Pumpkin Bread My middle daughter, Ellie, has always loved baking. Years ago, when she was just 11 years old, she learned how to make white bread. She would often take fresh, warm loaves to friends and neighbors. Soon, she was asked to bake bread for our church congregation’s weekly communion. It was something she […]

How to Install a Beligian Trellis

I love vacationing at Disneyland with my family and lately knowing it’s closed makes me miss it even more than normal. Of course I love the rides and the food and the atmosphere, but almost as much as all of that, I love the landscaping and neverending gardens. I gain so much inspiration from the […]