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: Low Till Farming
As many of you may know, “no till” farming is the new phrase being thrown around. If you grow root crops or dahlias that involve digging and uprooting lots of earth and many old weed seeds, no till is not an option, but lower till is. At The Painted Tulip I am working on being […]
Painted Tulip Interview on Flirty Fleurs
In 2013 Flirty Flowers Started interviewing small localvore flower growers who design events with their own flowers. It launched with the post “Insight into a Small Growerʼs World” by Andrea Gagnon, a Virginia flower grower and owner of LynnVale Farms. Image of LynnVale Flower Farm Andrea captured the passion of flower growers in her […]