Dried Flower Wreath: A Tutorial
One of the most beautiful ways to display your dried flowers is in a wreath. A wreath highlights a variety of flowers or a single flower...
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Laura Morris
- Sep 19
Dried Flower Jewelry
One of my favorite things to do with dried flowers is make jewelry. Small dried flowers lend themselves to detailed jewelry in the form...
Laura Morris
- Sep 12
How to Dry Flowers
This is the second post in a series about dried or everlasting flowers. Check out the first post about what flowers I grow on the farm...
Laura Morris
- Sep 5
Flowers for Drying
When I planned out the farm last fall, one of the aspects that I considered was flowers that dry well and can be used for everlasting...
Laura Morris
- Aug 29
Thinking ahead with Dahlias
Dahlias are beautiful flowers that take some effort to maintain. If you are growing dahlias this year, depending on your zone, you should...
Laura Morris
- Aug 22
Dahlia Care
Dahlias are gorgeous flowers! It is no surprise that they have taken the gardening world by storm. Grown from tubers, dahlias come in...
Laura Morris
- Aug 15
10 Ways to Prepare Your Fall Garden
As August continues, I am looking toward the fall (and, then, winter), thinking about what preparations I need to be making on the farm....
Laura Morris
- Aug 8
Eight things I learned growing summer flowers
Yes, I know that it is still summer. Yes, I am still growing summer flowers. I divide my subscriptions into seasons, and August signals...
Laura Morris
- Aug 1
Hardy Annuals
Hardy annuals are amazing flowers that can add so much to your spring and early summer garden. Annuals live for a year, growing seeds,...
Laura Morris
- Jul 25
Flower Resources: Podcasts, classes, and social media accounts.
I am sharing a series of resources that are helpful for growing flowers. Last week, we covered books and magazines. This week, we are...
Laura Morris
- Jul 18
Flower Resources: Books & Magazines
Over the next two weeks, I will be sharing some of my most-used flower growing resources. Today, I want to focus on books and magazine...
Laura Morris
- Jul 11
Weeds: What they tell us about the soil
We established that, though weeds are often unwanted and can compete with your crop for nutrients and water, they can have multiple uses....
Laura Morris
- Jul 4
Weeds
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them." --A. A. Milne There is so much to learn about the unwanted plants that grow in our...
Laura Morris
- Jun 27
Living pathways
After writing about mulch and its uses in the garden or on the farm, it is interesting to note that there is another option for your...
Laura Morris
- Jun 20
All about mulch
One of the most important spring and summer garden tasks is to mulch. Pathways can be mulched. Flower beds can be mulched. Almost any...
Laura Morris
- Jun 13
Nine Summer Garden Tasks
By this time in the growing season, your spring seedlings are getting established and, perhaps, even beginning to bloom. Your fall...
Laura Morris
- Jun 6
What I learned growing spring flowers
It is important to me to share the ups and downs of flower farming. There is a lot of trial and error, a lot of learning on the job, and...
Laura Morris
- May 30
My favorite annuals
In this little series, we have covered all kinds of plants: perennials, biennials, shade-loving plants, sun-loving plants, and my...
Laura Morris
- May 23
Biennials
Biennial plants make up an important part of the garden. They fill a gap between annuals that last for one season and perennials that can...
Laura Morris
- May 16
Flowering shrubs
After writing about perennials that we grow on the farm, some that love shade and many that thrive in full sun, I would be remiss not to...