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Everpine & Petal, Fairmount, GA (2024)

07/29/2023

Still a little damp. It's too hot to pick flowers today so I figured I should paint them instead ❣️

A print of this will be available soon on our flower cart.

07/27/2023

Happy hump-day ya'll! We're officially half way through the weekend and there's nothing more lovely than a bucket of blooms to celebrate with. I don't know about you, but this heat wave has me picking autumn colored blooms even though I don't want summer to end just yet!

A little update for those who can't wait to see our cart overflowing again: we'll be selling arrangements and gifts for teachers on back-to-back school week. We feel deeply moved by the weight of responsibly our school teachers carry throughout the year. I know I wouldn't be the artist I am today without the love and encouragement from the teachers who shaped my skills along the way.

I hope you'll stop by and see us soon! A little side note: you can STILL buy bouquets of flowers from our farm even if you don't see our cart sitting out. Don't hesitate to message me so we can make plans for me to deliver arrangements to you or have you meet me so you can snag some to take home (or gift to someone else).

07/23/2023

A bouquet of happiness for all of you this morning 🤗. I haven't been feeling well and I spent the majority of the past two days sleeping. Today I feel refreshed, ready to sit down and dip my brushes into water. 🥰

07/19/2023

Good morning vibes 😌 our lotus has bloomed! Another one is fixing to bloom as well! What a beauty 🥰😍

07/17/2023

Home sweet home ❤️☺️

07/17/2023

The bluejays are playing tag in my field tonight. They like to swoop over my head and scold me. During the day this field is my domain but at night... The frogs, the bunnies, and the mice like to play. There are thousands of blooms here. I spent a long time dead heading things but there's still more to give. I find new flowers popping up almost daily. The rudibeckia has dainty open petals now. The sunflowers have just produced another bloom. The Dalilah's are just beginning to produce a showy display... but I have to be patient. It's the hardest part. Waiting, feeding them, trimming so they don't fizzle out. It's a lot of work to keep them going until autumn but it's worth it. The bull frogs sing because they have a home here. The pollen feeds the bees and the more we take from this field... the more the flowers give back. Over and over again. Spreading joy, feeding the souls, and nourishing bellies.

There's magic in working WITH nature instead of against it. I still have things I don't see coming up, but that's the beauty of being patient. You find value in being surprised by the bounty.

The lotus flower buckets are producing tadpoles in heavy supply. Any day now until our most recent buds decide to show off to the hummingbirds and dragonflies. It's coming. Patience.

07/16/2023

Come see us from 4-7 pm at the Southern Creamery Co. Today! Gorgeous farm fresh blooms, watercolor cards and paintings are available too. The creamery closes at 6:30 but we'll be hanging out here until 7 so stop on by and support your local flower farmer & local small town coffee shop too! Working hard on making donations to nursing homes and hospitals soon. If you have any vases, mason jars, old coffee cans and so on, feel free to swing by and drop them off with me so we can spread the love 😘 🤗.

07/16/2023

Getting arrangements ready to open up our flower cart this evening. We'll be outside the Southern Creamery Co. around 3 or 4 pm today until about 7 or 8 PM. I hope you'll come out and see us!

07/15/2023

Fresh flower delivery to a selfless friend who injured herself and STILL made time to donate vases to us! Thanks so much Erika for your contribution. Get well soon!

07/14/2023

What a week this week has been!! Yet today is Friday and we made it through. YOU made it through too! I get to spend some time with my favorite people today and I'm gearing up to open my stand this weekend! I hope you'll come by to see me, rain or shine. We'll be at the Southern Creamery Co. selling bouquets of love with a smile 🤗

07/08/2023

Yesterday was a difficult day for me but it proved that a little kindness can put bad days into perspective. A wonderful friend who understands my love language gifted me a gorgeous bouquet of sunflowers from her garden WITH an Everpine & Petal vase donation! Suddenly my difficult day didn't seem quite so heavy. I was able to give God control over things that were out of my hands.

It takes so little effort to let someone know how much we care about them and make their day a little lighter. I can't wait to use these vases to bless others.

Our Dalilah's are popping up like crazy. They're getting ready to bloom and I'm finding new things in the garden almost daily.

If you know of a hospital or nursing home that will gladly accept donations in a nearby area, please reach out to me with contact information. I'm making a list of places to spread some sunshine.

In the meantime, keep those donations coming! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the donation Anita 🥰 I'll be sharing pictures really soon of these vases full of blooms and on their way to spread joy to others.

07/07/2023

Morning bounty! Hello Gorgeous 😍

07/05/2023

Happy 247th Birthday to the country my husband fought for. We may not always agree as citizens but may we all be forever passionate, uniquely diverse, and willing to defend her until there is no breath left within our lungs to do so. 🥳🎉🥰🎊

07/04/2023

A chaos bouquet, picked lovingly in our field by 3 sweet little neighbor girls 🥰. The first of many arrangements to come!

06/30/2023

Hey neighbors in Fairmount, Calhoun, ranger and so on... I'd like to do a donation drive for flower vases. One of my biggest goals for Everpine & Petal this year is to donate arrangements to nursing homes, hospitals, and people who need a pick-me-up. So if you have some mason jars, yoo-hoo bottles, salt shakers, old coffee mugs, floral vases and so on... Please reach out to me and consider donating them to help us share bouquets of love to others. 💕 💐

Our flower field is taking off and summer bouquets will be getting started in about a week!!

06/23/2023

Petals so heavy from this morning's rain storm that I actually had to help hold them up. Pure perfection regardless 😍

06/21/2023

Today was a magnificent day for the first lotus of the season to open up 🥰. She had opened wider earlier this morning but I couldn't snag a picture then because I was being whisked away to another neurology appointment. The good news is I'll be home tomorrow so I'll snag some more magical images then. 💗💘💐

06/14/2023

It's pouring outside today but there's nothing better than juicy peaches and fresh bouquets from the garden 🥰. Not everything is coming up yet but the lotus have flower buds on them, the water lilies are blooming, and the rain is causing a jump in growth ❣️. Days like today have me cozy under the blankets with a good book and a hot cup of tea in my hands.

05/23/2023

Ya'll know how much we've come to love our bees right? Did you know that bees work so hard to keep the hive running that only the queen has a longer lifespan? Average foragers only live about a month long. Their wings wear out from beating so fast until it causes them to pass on. A few weeks ago Nikolai found such a bee clinging to the side of our hive. He knew the bee wasn't going to live. He scooped the tiny creature into his hands and spent the day gathering flowers to help feed her. She couldn't fly anymore. He held her as she passed and sobbed in my arms when she wasn't moving anymore. He buried her underneath one of our rose bushes. It was a moment of bitter sweetness. My son has a kind heart and he made her last day special. He still points to our roses and remembers his dear friend.

05/18/2023

Our peonies are officially opening and I have the most gorgeous double petal roses on the rise... I fully plan on making a knock-your-socks-off bouquet for this weekend. Message me if you want it! $40.00 WITH a vase and this arrangement will be like nothing you've ever seen before 😘💐

05/18/2023

Our peony might open today and our lotus leaves are massive 😍

05/17/2023

Two days of rainstorms has the flower field hopping into overdrive. The poppies are pushing their way open and the peonies are on the brink of blossoming. My yellow roses have been pruned and are ready for flower food, my tender pink roses have also been cut back, and we have cosmos that I left to reseed over winter that are starting to show off already 🥰. I didn't even snag pictures of the lotus tubers. Their leaves are rising from their bins and have grown bigger than my face 😅.

05/14/2023

Head over to the Southern Creamery Co. for our farm fresh bouquets! ❤️🥰

05/14/2023

The flower field is covered in delicate seedlings. They're popping up with tender leaves reaching towards the sky as if to say "here I am!"

By July there will be things growing over every square inch. The lotus tubers are ready to be fed again and we have lilies that are waiting to be clipped for arrangements.

Come to Southern Creamery Co. tomorrow for some last minute mother's day shopping. I'll be selling pre-made arrangements at the counter inside with beautiful vases that are ready to be taken home.

Pick up a cup of coffee or tea for the fur mama, the adopted momma, the aunt who acted like a second mama, the teachers who mothered your kiddos, the mamas of babies who are at rest in Jesus's arms, the women who deserved to be mamas, or that special woman in your life who always picked up the phone whenever you called.

Happy mother's day to all. ❤️ Humankind wouldn't survive without you!

05/12/2023

Happy What-the-Flower-Friday!

If you've never seen these before or you've seen them and considered picking them for arrangements but didn't know what they were... allow me to enlighten you.

These are called Angel trumpet Vines. Their unique shape actually makes them a less effective food source for bees. As a cut flower, they're highly toxic to people and most animals. The only exception to the rule are the humming birds who adore them.

Many flowers toxic to humans are still used in arrangements so long as they don't cause skin irritation and aren't being eaten. Unfortunately trumpet Vines are far more dangerous than that.

Every part of this plant is highly toxic. Sap touching skin can cause irritation and a rash. Even the pollen once inhaled can cause a multitude of scary symptoms such as muscle weakness, blindness, and elevated heart rates. Yet if the plant is ingested symptoms become increasingly urgent. They move on to hallucinations, fevers, cause many to lose the ability to urinate, and so much more.

The species is invasive, often wrapping itself around tree branches to take down foliage. It's capable of withstanding frost, poor soil conditions, and can mature within six months to a year. As beautiful as they look... It's best to keep them as far away as possible and it's important to never use them in floral arrangements. Something as simple as a breeze catching their scent can cause enough damage to warrant an emergency room visit.

These bad boys are often found in wooded areas, on hiking paths, and in gardens. The seeds are easily dropped by birds and once you have them, they're difficult to eradicate. Know your flowers friends and stay safe!

05/11/2023

It's ALWAYS a good day when new blooms are making their way up! The ranunculus just started popping, the roses are beginning to thrive as temperatures in north Georgia warm, and I found a flower that I've been waiting on for ages! This autumn I carefully planned to add more poppies. They don't actually do well when they have petals on them but if you wait for the flowers to drop... you'll be rewarded with unique seedpods that will make a floral arrangement go from average to over the top! I ordered a special type of poppy with big blooms and unusual seed pods this year and I've searched the garden for them to no avail until I found them thriving this afternoon! I can't wait to share pictures when they open but for now... enjoy some new pink arrangements. Our farm cat (Pumpkin) decided to photo bomb the florals but he's too cute not to share. ❤️🥰🤗

Side note * I have a limited amount of mother's day bouquets. They won't be in our stand yet because we're still waiting for more blooms to make an appearance... but if you want something you won't find in a grocery store for your hard working mamas... I'm your girl so send me a message!

05/08/2023

My husband: hey babes! Your bulbs arrived. Are you gladiolia?
Me: I'm SUPER gladiola! I can't wait to get the final order put in.
My husband: 🙄 That's ranunculus!
Me: 😅 I've never been so proud of you 🤣

05/08/2023

There are scattered thunderstorms on the agenda today. I have a handful of dishes sitting in my kitchen sink (I swear it was empty yesterday), a mountain of clean laundry to fold, half accomplished project piles, weeding to tackle, and seeds to finish organizing. Yet, I've decided those things can wait. Wait until I finish my hot cup of tea before it gets cold, wait until my body feels up to the task, or just wait until I'm mentally prepared to take them on. So if you're feeling guilty about all the things you could be doing... I hope you'll think of me, this post, and prioritize waiting. ☔ 🌧️ ⛈️

05/02/2023

Since I grow my own flowers and I'm constantly foraging and learning... there are moments when I come across something new. A wildflower I haven't seen, a tree that hasn't flowered before, and I've had to do a little research to find out what something is so I can use it in an arrangement.

Questions like... what's the vase life on this? Is it safe to handle? Can it be eaten? Are things that are super important to know.

My husband made up a phrase today for this very dilemma and he dubbed it "What the flower?!"

In other words... what on God's green earth is that?! Sometimes it takes me a few days to properly hunt down the type and variety of flower (which drives my husband bonkers). While I enjoy a good puzzle and some quality detective work, my husband gets tired of listening to me talk about how annoyed I am when I can't find the answers I'm seeking.

If I'm feeling really adventurous, I'll do some experimenting. I handle it with my own hands, and try popping it into a vase to see how it goes. Don't follow that advice, it's really not the brightest idea.

Other times I KNOW what something is but I've never used it before. Yet in research, I learn how to utilize something I previously didn't see value in. So I'm going to share some "What the flower" moments with you in my WTFlower bouquet.

The flowering tree I'm holding in my hand (third picture) is a type of wild Privet. It's been growing on my farm for a long time and where I live, it's pretty invasive. It's not the best tree to keep around... unless you plan on chopping it up. However, as a cut flower... it's perfection! It smells a lot like a lilac and is often grown in nurseries specifically for the late blooming flower stems it produces towards the end of spring. It's utilized by florists and it's been on my farm forever but I had no idea what it was!

Honeysuckle is a flowering vine I've known all my life. Chances are, you've seen it too. They not only smell incredible, but they are a wonderful food source for honey bees (and people)! What I didn't realize is they also have a pretty amazing vase life. If you cut them early in the morning or late in the evening, dip them straight into water, and let them sit in a cool/dark space for a couple of hours... they can last up to ten days in a vase. If you're feeling hungry you can suck up the nectar yourself. They're quite delicious.

Lastly, you've probably seen buttercups growing in fields where cattle and horses graze. They're extremely toxic to pregnant mares but as a cut flower... they're pretty forgiving! If you bring a bucket of cool water with you, clip them from the base of their shoots and tuck them away to keep them hydrated... they will last up to a week or more in a vase. Just be sure to keep them out of direct sunlight.

05/01/2023

The field has been completely tilled. I couldn't be more thankful to my neighbor who helped us tackle this project in less than half the time it normally would have taken us to do it by hand. The flowers have been seeded, and we have blooms already attempting to show off in other areas. I have a few more bulbs and seeds being delivered... some roses and climbers to plant too. Our hydrangeas are budding, and the lotus and water lilies are making amazing headway. It's now a waiting game, which is my favorite part. When the mass of the workload has been finished and all that's left is to witness the fruitfulness of our hands. We will sleep well tonight knowing the flowers have been tucked away into darkness until they're ready to burst into the light. 🥰❤️

I can hardly wait to bring our arrangements into town again and deliver them to you. My biggest accomplishment this year will be in delivering fresh flowers to nursing homes and hospitals. So if you see our stand up, I hope you'll come support us so we can spread the love and joy to others.

04/30/2023

About 150 give or take Dahlia tubers have been tucked away to be seen in late summer and Nikolai found the cutest little frog hanging out on my water lily. 🥰💐

04/30/2023

Did you know you can eat dahlia tubers and petals? Different colored dahlias have different flavors and the tubers have the consistency of a baked potato or sometimes similar to celery. They're best when you peel their skin first because the peel can be bitter but the rest of them is delicious and very good for you. 😋 So if you have some nonviable tubers like this one or if you want to add a little color to your salad, try cooking with them instead. 💐 🤤

* Side note the same is true about lotus flowers as well!

04/29/2023

If you don't need a truck to visit your bestie... You're missing out 🤣😅.

04/25/2023

Rob: If I had a million dollars!
Me: If I had a million dollars, I'd buy me a tractor
Rob: Not just any kind of tractor... A John Deere with a service warranty
🎹 🤣

04/25/2023

Brunch with this handsome man. His new nickname is nubs... Kinda like hubby but with missing letters for his missing limb 😜

04/25/2023

When my husband and I were younger and we went through one crisis after the next, people would say awful things to us all the time.

Things such as "Wow, you sure pi**ed God off."

"What kind of vibes are you releasing that's making the universe so angry with you?"

In other words, "What did you do?"

The truth is, if you live long enough you'll go through tough times too. It doesn't have anything to do with pi***ng off a higher power. Bad things happen to everyone and it's often consecutively.

There are people who couldn't handle the cards we were dealt. Yet there's been people we've met who've struggled far more. It becomes easier to be thankful for your lot in life when realizing there's a human being somewhere you probably wouldn't want to trade places with.

The good news about going through hard times is the strength you gain. Take seedlings for example, if you didn't bury them in darkness... they wouldn't feel pressured to bloom. If they remained exactly as they were, they couldn't provide nourishment or joy to others.

You can wish to stay exactly as you are or you can make honey out of terrible situations. It all boils down to how you choose to react. It's important to process things, to feel every emotion, and to cry it out... it's equally important to pull up your boot straps and get tougher.

My wonderful husband had a chainsaw accident today and after getting a bunch of internal and external stitches... he put his boots back on and got back to work.

Forever my inspiration to carry on and always the soldier he once was. 🪖💐

04/21/2023

I did it you guys! I fed our hive all by myself 😅💪! Bees are fragile and intimidating especially when there's a lot more of them than there is of me. I moved the hive back a foot and we are slowly inching them towards the garden while they continue to get established. I had to cut a hole into the top of the hive box and pop a container of sugar water into it for them... They were a little annoyed with me for doing that. A group of worker bees flew out and raced towards me like "hey lady! We just got this new house! Don't mess with us!" but they soon calmed down and they were happy to be getting fed while we wait for summer blooms.

I'm already learning a lot and I spent several hours researching bees yesterday.

Did you know that it only takes TEN minutes to train bees to smell an illness in human beings?! They have a more powerful sense of smell than dogs do and I had no idea! 😲

04/19/2023

As promised, I wanted to share a Bee-utiful update with all of you about the swarm of bees that showed up on my farm last weekend and stuck around.

My neighbor knew one of the bee keepers in my town. He heard about my plight to save the bees and drove out to see me yesterday afternoon.

The bees somehow had lost their Queen but thankfully to his amazing knowledge and quick thinking... He brought over a bee box so I didn't have to wait for mine to show up in the mail (I have seizures I was diagnosed with recently... I'm not allowed to drive to pick anything up).

We think the bees lost their queen during a storm we had which is why the swarm stuck around and hung out on my tree for days. 🥰🐝

Today he's stopping by and delivering some larva that will help the hive make a new queen on their own. The hive is so large that when my bee box finally arrives... They're going to need it. 🥹🤗

It was too spectacular not to share... So here's a video of the breathtaking scene. This morning ALL the bees had moved into the nook (bee box) and we will be moving them into my flower field in the sunshine.

I had never met this wonderful "bee man" before. He has been a beekeeper for almost 40 years. He was delighted to teach me some things and as it turned out... He knew who I was! He saw the posts made about my flower cart that had been shared around town.

He told me it's important to their survival for new people to be taught how to take care of them and that they couldn't have ended up anywhere better. He said he loved my flower cart and it was a perfect fit.

So I hope you enjoyed this wonderful adventure and I'm so excited to read everything I can get my hands on to help me save our bees 🐝🥰

04/18/2023

Our sleepy honey bees are just starting to wake up this morning and the first Iris of the season bloomed last night. Such a blessing to wake up to these beauties on our farm. 🥰

04/17/2023

My husband got tired of me talking about the arrival of bees on our farm and ordered a bee box for me 😅🐝🥰

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