The hummingbirds are still here and they’re in the fall garden! 🩷
Some crop dusting action for entertainment while seed sowing this afternoon. 🤩
Fortunately, harvesting is done for the day. Looks like sowing sunflower seeds (indoors), making bouquets, and cleaning racks for the afternoon!
The hummingbirds are coming! Check out the migration map in the link in the comments.
Here are some fun facts about hummingbirds:
💜They have amazing memories. They can remember every flower and feeder they’ve visited, as well as how long it takes for a certain flower to refill.
💜They can fly thousands of miles every year. The rufous hummingbird has the longest migration of any hummingbird species. Their annual trek covers more than 3,000 miles from Alaska and Canada to southern Mexico.
💜They can travel 500 miles in a single trip. Some ruby-throated hummingbirds fly 500 miles nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico during both spring and fall migrations.
💜They visit 1,000 flowers each day. And they consume five to eight doses of nectar per hour!
💜Their tongues have a groove in the shape of a “W.” This helps them lap up nectar easier — almost like a cat.
💜Hummers use spiderwebs to help bind their nests together. The rest of the structure is mostly made from lichen and moss.
💜A group of hummers is called a “charm.”
More on the dahlia rooted cutting process and… Beautiful flowers are coming soon! 🌷🌸🌼🌺🌻💐
Dahlias and Rooted Cuttings 🌱🌱🌱
Waking up the dahlia tubers!! 🌱🌱🌱
Snow?! I’ll be honest, I was shocked when I woke up to see the ground blanketed in soft white this morning. I don’t check the weather daily in the wintertime like I do in the growing season. But it was a pleasant surprise. I don’t mind the snow. My thought is, if it’s cold it might as well snow. ⛄️ BUT I just started a gym membership and I wasn’t particularly thrilled about getting OUT in it. I was content with just enjoying it from my window. AND I have a cold. I’ve had a sore throat, congestion, and sneezing. AND my legs are still sore from my lower body workout from two days ago. I let myself go down the “excuse” trail for just a little bit before reeling myself back in. Truth is, excuses aren’t going to get me where I need to be. They’re not going to help me reach my goals. But showing up, even when I don’t feel like it, will. Determination will. A positive mindset will. Persistence will. And so I did. My purpose and intent in working out is injury prevention and sustainability. If I want to continue doing what I love I must take care of my body. And so, Tuesday through Saturday, up until April, that’s where I’ll be, right about the time the tulips will be making their appearance. Then I’ll start up again in the fall.
These are just some of the tulip varieties that will be making their way into bouquets this spring, along with 24 additional varieties! 🌷🌷🌷
Thank you all so much for your support! It does my heart good when someone comments, “I stopped by for a bouquet today. It’s beautiful!”. It is my mission to bring joy and beauty into your life through flowers. When I first had the idea of having a roadside stand at the end of our driveway I couldn’t help but think, “How many people will actually drive out oftheir way to buy a bouquet of flowers?” There are actually quite a few of you! Thank you for making this possible! I hope you all enjoy your flowers as much as I enjoy making each one. 🩷🩷🩷This sweet visitor was feasting on the zinnia patch while I was harvesting flowers yesterday evening.Here are some fun facts about hummingbirds:💜They have amazing memories. They can remember every flower and feeder they’ve visited, as well as how long it takes for a certain flower to refill. 💜They can fly thousands of miles every year. The rufous hummingbird has the longest migration of any hummingbird species. Their annual trek covers more than 3,000 miles from Alaska and Canada to southern Mexico. 💜They can travel 500 miles in a single trip. Some ruby-throated hummingbirds fly 500 miles nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico during both spring and fall migrations. 💜They visit 1,000 flowers each day. And they consume five to eight doses of nectar per hour!💜Their tongues have a groove in the shape of a “W.” This helps them lap up nectar easier — almost like a cat.💜Hummers use spiderwebs to help bind their nests together. The rest of the structure is mostly made from lichen and moss.💜A group of hummers is called a “charm.” 🩷🩷🩷Also, I am *hoping to do a preorder on t-shirts this week! Feel free to remind me if you’d like! 😅
For those of you who made the trip out here yesterday to get flowers only to find that my farm stand was closed and for those of you who saw my previous post that it would be closed but was looking forward to getting a bouquet I just wanted to personally apologize. Thank you all for your support. I appreciate you all. 💞
This is such an exciting time of the season with so much coming into bloom. But the best part is that there’s still so much more to come!!
Too late for Easter and too early for Mother’s Day, but just in time for a rainy day. Nature doesn’t care about “being on time”. But when it arrives it’s always a good time! 🤍💛🧡💜♥️
