The journal
Notes from the field
What we are sowing, cutting and learning on two acres of flowers, one season at a time.
Lifting the dahlia tubers
The first frost blackened the dahlias on Tuesday. Here is how we lift, label and store four hundred tubers for next year.
Dahlias · Autumn
Why we gave up floral foam
Floral foam is a plastic that never breaks down. We arrange everything in chicken wire, moss and jars instead, and the flowers like it better.
Arranging
Sowing hardy annuals in autumn
Sow cornflowers, ammi and sweet peas now and they flower weeks earlier next year, on stronger plants. Our list and how we do it.
Growing · Seeds
The Seed Letter
One letter a month from the farm. Never more.