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Blooms Because Flower Farm Our mission is to Spark Joy, Ignite Hope, and Spread Love through flowers!

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY!Continuing along the scientific / experimentation theme, one important task to complete each fall (or...
01/24/2025

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY!
Continuing along the scientific / experimentation theme, one important task to complete each fall (or winter) is to get a soil test done!

By sending soil off to the lab every 1-3 years, you can learn what nutrients are missing. They’ll even provide fertilizer recommendations so you know exactly what you need to do to have happy, healthy plants come spring.

The plants are looking happy and heathy so that means we’ll have fresh, local flowers before you know it!
01/22/2025

The plants are looking happy and heathy so that means we’ll have fresh, local flowers before you know it!

Flower deliveries are postponed this week so the flowers and I don’t have to get out in the cold but the indoor hyacinth...
01/21/2025

Flower deliveries are postponed this week so the flowers and I don’t have to get out in the cold but the indoor hyacinths are still coming along! 😍 It looks like one of them might make two flowers and another is starting to turn pink!

The ones is water (instead of soil) look like they’re almost ready to come out of the fridge! I’ve never seen a hyacinth in person and hear that they smell amazing so I can’t wait!

Another weekend of covering the plant babies. Having the new garden section lit is a life saver! I can wait until the wi...
01/20/2025

Another weekend of covering the plant babies. Having the new garden section lit is a life saver! I can wait until the wind dies down to cover everything which makes it MUCH easier.

This weekend I also surrounded the alley flowers in chicken wire because the rabbits found them 🙄 waskally wabbits! 😛

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY 🥶FRIGID🥶 EDITION 🤣While it’s quite warm today, I’m not looking forward to the next few days! Cold is ...
01/17/2025

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY 🥶FRIGID🥶 EDITION 🤣

While it’s quite warm today, I’m not looking forward to the next few days! Cold is only ok if there’s also snow IMO 😉
Luckily flowers are tougher than they look!!

Many perennials like yarrow, echinacea, black-eyed-Susan, dianthus, and campanula are ok at -10 and below! Just look at this sweet 2” tall snapdragon that was completely fine left uncovered last week 🥹

Unfortunately ranunculus & anemones don’t like it in the 20s so they’re definitely getting covered again! A few tips for covering your plants:

- Make sure the cloth touches the ground! This helps the soil warm everything under the cover.

- Don’t let plastic touch your plants; while plastic may seem like a good idea it’s actually tricky to work with and can do more harm than good. I’d recommend sticking to frost cloth and sheets if you can.

- Last but not least: Don’t freak out if things look bad after you uncover them. Wait until spring, they might come back! 💪

Good luck & stay warm everyone!!

Hyacinths are coming along and should bloom in time for Valentine’s Day 🙏 and we have the first sprouts of 2025! These a...
01/16/2025

Hyacinths are coming along and should bloom in time for Valentine’s Day 🙏 and we have the first sprouts of 2025! These are “Paper Daisy”, a new variety I’m trialing this year 😍

(photo of flowers from Johnny’s Seeds)

Thank y’all for giving me a reason to play with flowers even in January 😍 The paperwhites (adorable white accent flowers...
01/14/2025

Thank y’all for giving me a reason to play with flowers even in January 😍

The paperwhites (adorable white accent flowers) were grown indoors and bloomed right on schedule 🎉

The day got away from me so I’m posting later than usual but in case you’ve been worried, the plant babies are fine 😊 AN...
01/14/2025

The day got away from me so I’m posting later than usual but in case you’ve been worried, the plant babies are fine 😊 AND my experiment to grow inside in the winter is working! I can’t wait to grow even more inside next year 😍

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY!!Flower farming is at least 50% experimentation 😅 I grew these stock plants in our sun room in the ho...
01/10/2025

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY!!
Flower farming is at least 50% experimentation 😅

I grew these stock plants in our sun room in the hopes that they’d bloom in mid-December… As you can see, while they’re very happy looking, they definitely are NOT blooming. Next up, I’m going to move them to a cooler spot with lights on timers to see if I can get them to bloom in January instead 🤷‍♀️

At the very least, it’s been fun experimenting with various indoor plants and bulbs this winter! And it also helps me get my plant fix in while everything else is dormant 😅

01/09/2025

Confession: I hate making videos 😅 but it’s been way too long since I’ve given you a garden tour so please deal with the terrible editing and enjoy this quick tour that I filmed last week!

👋 I’m starting to think about Valentine’s Day and I could use your opinion!! I’m hoping to be able to open up a few more...
01/08/2025

👋 I’m starting to think about Valentine’s Day and I could use your opinion!!
I’m hoping to be able to open up a few more Spring Flower Packs. At Christmas, they come with an ornament but what should they come with for Valentines Day?

Is just a card ok?
Rose scented shower steamers / pamper stuff?
Pressed flower jewelry (like last year)?
Chocolates?

What would you want?

PS - Facebook is dumb and won’t let business pages make polls 😛 so please comment below and we can brainstorm together!!

It’s subscription delivery day! I miss using my own flowers 🥲 but each of these bouquets has at least one that I grew, c...
01/07/2025

It’s subscription delivery day! I miss using my own flowers 🥲 but each of these bouquets has at least one that I grew, can you spot them? 😉

I’ll give you a hint for some of them: my first ever “forced bulbs” started blooming yesterday!

I bet you can guess what my chores were this weekend! 🥶But also, this is not a bad first flower harvest of 2025 😍
01/06/2025

I bet you can guess what my chores were this weekend! 🥶

But also, this is not a bad first flower harvest of 2025 😍

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY!Have you ever wondered how stores have Amaryllis blooming right around Christmas time? They use a tri...
01/03/2025

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY!
Have you ever wondered how stores have Amaryllis blooming right around Christmas time? They use a trick to “force bulbs” to bloom out of season by mimicking their desired blooming temperatures!

Some of the most common bulbs to “force” are Amaryllis, Paperwhites, Hyacinth, and Tulips.

I’m trying to force Paperwhites & Hyacinth now to see if I can have fresh flowers this January & February. Wish me luck!

to last May when the Campanula (aka Bellflowers) were blooming 😍 The new Campanula babies are looking great and I can...
01/02/2025

to last May when the Campanula (aka Bellflowers) were blooming 😍
The new Campanula babies are looking great and I can’t wait to see all the new colors in person!

Happy New Year!
01/01/2025

Happy New Year!

Farm Chores look a little bit different in the winter 😂 I’m trading in my farm tools for my data analytics skills this w...
12/30/2024

Farm Chores look a little bit different in the winter 😂 I’m trading in my farm tools for my data analytics skills this week 🤓 some of the fun facts from my year in review (data edition):
- 7,980 flowers harvested
- 447 bouquets of various sizes sold
- 215 bouquets donated
- The two biggest weeks of the year were the week of March 18 with 273 Ranunculus and the week of October 1 with 306 Zinnias

FLOWER [FARMER] FACT FRIDAYUnmute to hear my favorite Christmas song ♥️
12/27/2024

FLOWER [FARMER] FACT FRIDAY
Unmute to hear my favorite Christmas song ♥️

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#throwbackthursday to last April when we came back from vacation to the farm in full bloom 😍

Confession: I hate making videos 😅 but it’s been way too long since I’ve given you a garden tour so please deal with the terrible editing and enjoy this quick tour that I filmed last week! #locallygrownflowers #texascutflowers #texasflowers #flowerfarm

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY!! Even though Basil season is almost over, I wanted to share this neat trick that works on many plant / flower varieties:If part of your bouquet gets droopy: 1) Heat up some water to boiling or almost boiling 2) Put the stems in the water but try to keep the leaves etc away from the steam 3) Wait until the water reaches room temperature and VOILA!

“Turning over” the flower beds aka ripping out old plants is the hardest part of the job for me 🥺 I would much rather wait for the first frost to kill them so I don’t have to be the bad guy 😂

FLOWER FACT FRIDAY!! Different types of insects pollinate different flower shapes. While bees do land on zinnias sometimes, they much prefer “shallow tubular” flowers like this salvia. 🐝 Butterflies are more likely to land on zinnias since they have a nice, open landing spot. 🦋

❤️🧡💛🧡❤️ #grownnotflown #texascutflowers #locallygrownflowers #flowerfarm #carrolltontx

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to our first ever pumpkin decorating workshop; it was a ton of fun and I can’t wait to do it again next year!

Quick Garden update: All the zinnia successions are going strong and the first two (which were planted in the spring) are now over 5’ tall (and I have a selfie to prove it!) The newest zinnias in the alley are HUGE and are starting to go in bouquets + we have our first Dahlia of the season & the spring seedlings are happily growing in the closet 😂

As the kids go back to school and we all think about starting fresh, let this mutated zinnia remind you that being different can still be beautiful 🧡

Thank you to my incredibly thoughtful sister who saw my video from last week and shipped me this AMAZING rotating stand 😍 no more awkwardly turning the bouquet in my hands, I’m fancy now! 😉😂 THANK YOU!!

Thank you to my incredibly thoughtful sister who saw my video from last week and shipped me this AMAZING rotating stand 😍 no more awkwardly turning the bouquet in my hands, I’m fancy now! 😉😂 THANK YOU!!

One of the things that flower farmers pride themselves on & use to judge the quality of flowers is stem length. So let me just say that I’m super proud and excited about these flowers! 😁 The goal is typically 12-18” long stems but as a general rule, the longer the better! Longer stems make the flowers more versatile since you can use them in a wider range of vases or arranging styles and also show that you’re following best practices on how to farm flowers.

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