It’s middle of January in cold snowy Vermont. Most people are reveling in skiing, snow boarding, sledding, snowball fights, ice skating and snowmen, not us. Here at The Painted Tulip it’s time to start our season. We always start with anenomes and ranunculus. Though it’s freezing now by end of February, it’s warm enough […]
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Flower Farmers Journal: Free Calendar Pages.
A few years ago, demands for dahlia flowers became overwhelming. Me and my team developed a simple delivery chart to make sure every customer could be supplied with what they need. This morphed into a super helpful calender that I print for my self every year. Each week has 2 pages a delivery page and […]
Flower Farmers Journal: A New Season 2020
photo credit: Jennifer Langille It’s that time of year everyone’s starting fresh. It’s exciting as a farmer because it means the beginning of trying out new plans that have been rolling around in the head for the past year. Every season we grow, learning from what we did right and wrong. It often takes […]
Flower Farmers Journal: Dahlias, Digging, Curing and Storing
This fall we created 3 videos about how we dig, cure and store dahlia tubers (you will find below). Every person has there own little tips and trends, here are a few of ours. Everyones storage facility is different and you need to figure out what works for you. Trial & error is unfortunately the […]
Flower Farmers Journal: Reflecting on 2018
Spring, summer and fall are such a whirlwind for flower and vegetable farmers. Winter is the time to review notes and look towards next year. I am so grateful for this few month break to refuel and think. 2018 started out strong as many seasons do. By the time July hits I am so […]
How to Grow Dahlias
My first few years growing dahlias were ultimately unsuccessful. I grew healthy plants, but they would never bloom. It wasn’t until I met a 2nd generation flower farmer, John La Salle, that my dahlias started flourishing. Much of the dahlia-related knowledge he shared with me is outlined below. When living in New England, especially in […]
Flower Farmers Journal: January’s Deep Freeze
Jaunuary is always the coldest month of the year here in Vermont, making it also the most restful month of the year. This year many states are battling record colds they are not used to dealing with. I am noticing there have been many questions about survival of tender perennial plants on flower farming […]
Farmer Florist Journal: GROWING YOUR WEDDING BUSINESS
Recently a farmer florist asked me, “How do you grow your wedding business?” I thought this would make an informative blog post. I have been working in this industry for 15 years now. When I started I charged very low prices. I didn’t know any better, and it got my name out there. As time has […]