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Preparing the Garden for Winter
As we move further into Fall, frost is inevitable. Once frost hits, the farm winds down and gets tucked away until spring. Below are ten...
Laura Morris
Oct 31, 2022


The Importance of Crop Rotation
As I begin planning for and dreaming about next year, one of the considerations for where I will plant flowers is crop rotation. This...
Laura Morris
Oct 24, 2022


Succession Planting x 2 + Intercropping = Happy Farm
As I look toward next year, one of the ways that I am planning for the farm in 2023 is to plan out the flower beds and make sure to take...
Laura Morris
Oct 17, 2022


Farm map for next year
As the weather turns cooler, my mind begins to move to next year and all the preparations that need to be made. One of the things I love...
Laura Morris
Oct 10, 2022


What I learned growing fall flowers
With the end of September came the end of Sourwood Creek Farm's first official subscription year. Our 2022 subscriptions were broken up...
Laura Morris
Oct 3, 2022


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...
Laura Morris
Sep 26, 2022


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 19, 2022


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 12, 2022


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
Sep 5, 2022


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 29, 2022


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 22, 2022


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 15, 2022


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 8, 2022


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
Aug 1, 2022


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 25, 2022


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 18, 2022


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 11, 2022


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
Jul 4, 2022


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 27, 2022


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 20, 2022
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