Farm Boss Flowers

07/23/2024

🍋 The citrus aroma from these jars from the Ms Burns Lemon Basil is heavenly!
🕵️‍♀️ I spy basil, celosia, sunnies, amaranthus, Persian cress and cosmos!

Cannot wait for the zinnias and Marigolds!

Some thank you jars going out to friends tomorrow!

Crossing my fingers for opening up the You-Pick in a couple weeks! 🙏🏻

07/22/2024

A few bouquets heading out to there next destination!

07/15/2024

I temporarily stepped back from various responsibilities during the past week to focus on relishing moments with my family as we adapt to our new dynamics as a party of six. 💖

The garden has changed immensely due to the constant presence of sunshine and heat! 🌞 🥵 Can’t wait to update you all but in the meantime, you will find me with my kiddos!

06/26/2024

Can you spot the difference? Direct seeded cosmos verse seeds started indoors and transplanted?

The left two rows are cosmos started indoors and on the right are seeds planted directly into the ground.

The main reason to start plants early is to be able to get blooms earlier, especially if you have a shorter growing season!

06/26/2024

Gardening, a labor of love 🌱💚
Took advantage of this rain free day and succession planted sunflowers 🌻
My helpers were troopers in this heat! 🥵
We had frequent popsicle breaks; which this 38week pregnant lady did not mind one bit! 😋

06/20/2024

Join me walking through my garden. Giving it a daily inspection and plants a good pinching to promote branching.
After excessive amounts of rain, not looking too shabby. There is still hope 😜🤞🏻🙏🏻

06/12/2024

6-10-2024 Garden is in the ground! 👏🏼

I may have shed a few tears and proclaimed to the heavenly skies that this garden season is a total bust due to weather BUT I have continued to move forward and push back my anticipated schedule timeframe and accept some things are out of my control! 🤦🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️

Will it survive all this forecasted rain? Time will tell! 🌧️

I will continue to succession plant sunflowers and do my garden dance 💃 🪴🤣

06/01/2024

⛈️I have been MIA the last few weeks- not because I have been busy planting the garden but watching the almost 6 inches of rain fall, broke my foot, and well just life.
⛈️⛈️The rain has made it difficult to plant crops and flowers. I have three of the 15 rows left to plant and need to start on a second succession of sunnies. But gonna wait out the next week rain forecast!
⛈️⛈️⛈️I am still hopeful BUT anxious that my plans and timing of harvest may be pushed back. I always try to believe there is a reason for everything. Maybe God is trying to help me have a later start to season due to Baby #4 due date in July. 💁🏼‍♀️
⛈️⛈️⛈️⛈️ But for now, enjoy the little Kill Deer nest that has found refuge of the garden! 🪺

05/09/2024

🌷Trial tulips and daffodils are cracking open, a Mother's Day bouquet for the kitchen table!

🌷To ALL the motherly figures out there,
I see you and appreciate you!
You are loved!

04/23/2024

This will be my 8th year keeping bees! 🐝 I bee-lieve that they are so critical to our earth and its trees, plants, crops and flowers for pollination. The movement of pollen between plants is necessary for fertilization and reproduction!
Thank a bee, they are responsible for 1/3 of the food we eat!

04/21/2024

Guess what is coming tomorrow !?!?
🐝 🐝

04/14/2024

The likelihood of Hubby noticing the unfolded laundry basket is similar to Hubby noticing the new fluorescent 'house'….. right?!? 😏
🌱 🌱🌱➡️🪴🪴🪴➡️💐🌷🌻

04/12/2024

Enjoyed my time teaching the kiddos how to plant and take care of flowers!
🏫 📚 🌱

Ms. Sara’s PreK class finished their unit on plants. We want to Thank Rachel Schlomka at Daggetts for donating sunflower LEGO kits and Jill Bednar from Boss Lady Flowers for coming to our class and showing us how to plant and care for our sunflowers.

04/08/2024

My two supervisors of Farm Boss Flowers making sure I don’t drop any seeds or miss any plant cells 🐶 🌱 🐶

03/26/2024

A sneak peak of flowers that will be in the garden 💐

03/13/2024

I forgot I planted a small plot of tulips this year!🤦🏼‍♀️
A nice little surprise as I was staking out my 2024 garden rows
🌷 🌷 🌷

02/25/2024

Coming off my first summer flower season, I had so many plans and expectations for the
‘Off-season’ of summer flowers- collabs with other small businesses, wreath making and bird suet classes, just to name a few.

However, we found out we were blessed with kiddo #4 🥰
… AND got Covid, lost loved ones, RSV, ear infections, flu….

I was really disappointed in myself for not feeling well with the pregnancy, on top of dealing with everything else. I felt I had let myself down by not crossing things off my to do list and comparing myself to other similar small scale flower farms. 💐

God has a funny way of showing you that you need to slow down and be present.
I realized I need to grow my small business naturally and organically- keeping that balance of family, farming, work and personal life.

I would be lying if i told you that I wasn’t slightly nervous for my second growing season with kiddo #4 coming in hot during the start of harvest. However, there’s a calmness that comes over me, knowing that it will all work out. That I will be blessed to share this adventure with one more little and show them that one can do anything their heart desires. 👩🏼‍🌾


02/03/2024

Dreaming of the new summer garden 🤩💐🤩

12/18/2023

Missing the flowers and garden on cold days like today.
Making homemade bird and chicken suet for my bird lovers gifts this holiday season! 🎄
We butchered a beef and I rendered tallow for the fat source. 🥩
I shelled dried sunflower heads for the seeds! 🌻
All indgredients simple and locally sourced 🙌🏻

10/31/2023

Woke up to some 4 inches of snow ❄️
Glad to see the birds use the sunflower area for coverage and food.
Wouldn't be a true Halloween without snow.
🎃👻🎃

10/19/2023

Today has been a productive day!
Called in the troops to help amend parts of the flowers and vegetable garden!
I think I am just as efficient with both hands free as I am while carrying a kid 😜

10/15/2023

One thing I will be doing differently next year is growing more varieties of flowers 💐 Planning for next years flower season is underway! 📝
Adding over 10 different varieties of cut flowers and fillers! 🌸
Planning the flower garden takes time and some math 😜
From calculating seeds per row, spacing of seeds and trying to time flowers to grow at certain times with certain flowers take some strategic thinking 💭
Anyone else preparing for there gardens?! 🙋🏼‍♀️

10/10/2023

10/08/2023

Today we enjoyed the sunshine ☀️
The last two weeks have been full of ear infections, sinus infections, bronchitis, a bladder infection and all things viral! 🦠
Over 8 inches of rain put a stop to any possible chance to amend the flower area without getting stuck. 🌧️
I had all these plans but not much was able to be crossed off my "to-do" list. 📝
Today, I am thankful that I was able to stroll through the garden and pick myself a bouquet. Thankful my boys are back at getting on each other's nerves and baby girl to be giggling and laughing. ✨
To my village of friends and supporters- thank you for all your help and kind gestures. It is not easy to do it all, especially when hubby is traveling for work. 🏡🏡
.. today we enjoyed the sunshine ☀️

09/28/2023

📚This morning, the oldest was up early this AM before the bus, so we did his homework.
✏️ We discussed each category in detail. When I asked him, "What do you want to do when you're older? What do you want to do for work?"
He replied, "I want to grow flowers. And drive the tractor."
✨☺️✨

09/24/2023

✨Thank You✨
I enjoyed my cut flower garden immensely this summer! To be able to share it with friends, family and community made it all the more special!
If I failed to share my appreciation and gratitude to you in person, let me start off by saying, “Thank you”!
🙏🏻Thank you for purchasing flowers for yourself, a friend or a private event.
🙏🏻Thank you for sharing my social media content to your circle of friends.
🙏🏻Thank you for your kinds words and messages of encouragement, support and guidance.
🙏🏻Thank you for driving hours or hopping on a plane to come support me at a farmers market.
It was truly a great season! For those of you that know me, this was a huge step to move forward with this passion and put myself out there on social media! 🙃
Farm Boss Flowers has made me a more confident, adventurous wife, mother and friend. It is more than selling flowers but more about finding myself, fulfilling my purpose and showing my children resilience and grit when you have success AND failures. I cannot wait to continue to learn and grow from those successes and failures- thanks for growing along with me!

Your Flower Farmer,
JB 👩🏼‍🌾

09/20/2023

We received pigs this summer and it has been a fun process for the kids! We found out they love the sunflower leaves and stalks- not so much the dried heads! So as the kids and I cut dried sunflower heads, we strip the leaves off and cut stalks!!

From beautiful cut flowers to food sources for animals- nothing will go to waste!

It's rewarding being able to repurpose so much from the animals and garden.
🍎 🥕 Extra garden produce or over ripe fruits and veggies make wonderful treats for our animals.
🥩 Some of our animals bless us with food on the table.
💩 In return, animal manure is utilized for soil health improvements.

It is amazing when everything comes full circle! ✨

09/13/2023

A beautiful way to end the season! ✨
The frost hit the farm this morning. If I could have protected all the blooms I would have. ☺️

09/11/2023

The days maybe cool and dreary but these zinnias are just heating up! 🔥
The last of the sunnies have been harvested but these color zinnias and cosmos are still blooming! 💪🏻
A bucket for a local senior living facility is out the door! A wonderful activity for residents! 💐 If you need dried sunflower heads or a bucket of flowers let me know!!

09/04/2023

The perspective of a 4 and 2.5 year old. 👀
It is refreshing to look at life through the lens of a child. They have a way of capturing the pureness of a moment.
Sometimes I feel guilty about hauling the kiddos to the Farmers Markets and making flower deliveries but when I hear "Mama, we go sell your flowers today!?", I know I am doing something right. 🙌🏻