Week 9: Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2025
In an effort to catch up on weekly posts I’m reminding myself - keep it short, Liisa! Brevity, in writing, has always been a challenge for me. And another conundrum? What if there’s nothing of interest to write about? Well, write about that!
Week nine was, well, pretty uninteresting on the flower farming front. The rest of the ranunculus and anemone were soaked and planted in a shallow layer of soil to sprout before planting out on the March break. I also worked on a Bread Hag dried flower bouquet order, which are now available at their Soo Market booth on Saturdays. And what about posting my own dried florals in the Shop? Sigh. They’ll get there, eventually. I’m notoriously bad for updating that page; I always seem to run into technical hurdles that completely deflate me. If only I had a storefront…
(That being said, if you’re looking for dried florals {bunches or bouquets} and you don’t see them in the Shop, just reach out. Custom orders are some of my favourite things to do!
Aside from home life and mom duties, I was busy starting some of the cooler loving annuals in week nine; both pink and white dianthus were started, as well as the first round of Bupleurum, Salpiglossis, German chamomile (for apothecary use!) and some old snapdragon seeds, just because I wanted to see if they’d germinate. Early summer snapdragons are one of the flowers I am NOT growing this year, instead focusing on September snapdragons in darker colours. I did that last year as an experiment and discovered that late-season snapdragons experience little to no bug pressure and had longer, stronger stems than their early summer counterparts. And while I love the light, romantic early snapdragon colours they’re one flower that consistently stress me out because the bugs love them - both for eating and laying eggs on. (No thanks.)
So, there’s our week nine update - short and sweet. We’re into March now, and this is when my time management skills get pulled out of seasonal storage and put to the test. (Ha!) I begin to rely heavily on daily to-do lists to keep me on track/schedule. Today’s list includes: start white/pink statice, ageratum, celosia (x3) and peppers. With that said, time to get sowing! See you, friends.
~ Liisa
