Alaska Stems

06/08/2024

Packing for market!!

06/08/2024

Annnnnnd...it's STILL tulip season around here. Holy smokes, we still have a variety that HASN'T BLOOMED. this go down as the very longest tulip season ever! Which means, my flower friends, that I will be dragging myself with buckets upon buckets to the tomorrow! I may be kinda jetlagged and haggard, but these beauties are too beautiful not to share!

05/31/2024

Okay, I said only one Farmers Market, BUT with this cold weather the tulips just keep coming!! I'm heading to DC tonight for work, but the kids and my mom will be selling pre-made tulip bunches at the p tomorrow!

05/27/2024

The party continues!

05/25/2024

At the today slinging !

05/19/2024

We're home from an incredibly fabulous one night cabin trip to celebrate the end of school. And now, it's tulip time! More tulips will be at save u more in Homer later this morning, they are available to order on the Alaska food hub, subscriptions are going out tomorrow, and I'm hoping to be at the farmers market in Homer on Saturday!

05/14/2024

Happy graduation to our high schoolers and 6th graders today! I just stocked Save U More with tulips!!

05/07/2024

Alaska Stems tulips now for sale at Save U More in Homer!

05/05/2024

It's tulip time!!

01/01/2024

Happy 2024 ya'll! A blog post up on the website, with updates for big changes in the year ahead.

Hello Stems Family and Friends - It’s been a minute! It’s 9PM on New Year’s Eve in Homer. The girls are in bed after watching a fantastic fireworks display from the comfort of our deck. Definitely not as grand as being there in person, but a lot simpler. And I’m going to be honest, we kind o...

09/30/2023

Last official of the season, and last market for Stems!
It's raining and grey, but there is some sunshine to be found in these blooms!!

09/16/2023

Happy fall, all! Family and I got home yesterday afternoon from a really wonderful 10-day trip to Maine. We got to spend some wonderful time with family and friends, and we look forward to making it an annual sojourn. Coming home, it's clearly solidly fall. I'm welcoming the change of tone in the landscape around us, beginning to be dominated by browns, yellows, reds. The farm is still slowly moving along, and still we don't have enough flowers to meet our weekly subscriptions plus the farmers market. 2023 has been the most challenging growing year of my 11-year farming life. Huge massive thanks, appreciation, and respect for Madra and all the work she's done here this season and continues to do! And to Scott for all of his top notch horse care in our absence! So I guess this is largely an appreciation post for Alaska, for Homer, for Madre and Scott, and for our community. It's good to be home. And while we miss the abundance of blooms from previous years, I still can't help but look around and be proud of what has grown!

09/08/2023

We're up in Northern Maine enjoying lake life at my dad's! Although the flower season has been slow all summer, it's getting even slower. Madra is NOT going to be at the this Saturday, but we did list flowers on the - ordering behind at noon on Friday!

07/26/2023

Our first Wednesday market of the season! We got a little bit of sunshine, and Madra will be slinging some flowers from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.!
(It's a bit blustery down here - added bonus you can get away from those pesky little black flies 🌬️🌞😎)

07/07/2023

A small hit of blue sky, in an otherwise very cloudy and cool summer. And wet, did I mention wet? It's been such a bummer to go through every day pretty much just saying no to people, we just haven't had the flowers to sell yet. This week we're going to eek through a farmer's market (I'd come early if you want flowers!), and we're on week two of our subscriptions. We've been able to meet our weekly clients for the last 2 weeks. It's not a July like I've seen before in my 11 years of flower farming here, but hey, we still live in a pretty beautiful place and I sure am glad it's not excessively hot nor humid. I know we aren't the only ones dealing with unfavorable weather, and honestly we probably have the best deal of it all.... You can always add more layers, but you can only take so much off when it's too hot. Neither extreme is real good for growing plants, however! At any rate, this is mostly a post of appreciation for all of you farmers out there, and all of you patient and kind flower lovers!!

06/03/2023

Sadie and I are prepping a LOT of final tulips for ya'll at tomorrow's
Make sure to stop by and say hi!

05/12/2023

We have SUCH a great tulip team this year!! Madra, River, and Jen are killing it with these awesome blooms. We're keeping SaveUMore stocked in Homer, Anchorage can pick up bunches at New Sagaya/City Market, vase deliveries are going out on the daily (but not Sundays!), we're nearing the third week of our tulip subscription, and people are stopping by to grab bunches straight from the farm. It's a fully chaotic, and incredibly vibrant and wonderful, time of the year!

05/10/2023

Tulip drop with New Sagaya & City Market in Anchorage!
Tulips are our only flowers that leave the Kenai Peninsula, and only for an incredibly short window. The turn & burn drive up is a little brutal, but it's so worth it 🌷

04/11/2023

Our tickets are selling like hotcakes! The lucky takes all: a Traeger Grills smoker courtesy of Ulmer's Drug & Hardware, a trip for two, over $1,000 to local food producers here in . Get yours today at The Homer Bookstore, Homer Saw & Cycle, or, if you're an Alaskan resident, on our website. and - win, win!


Alaska Salt Co.
Alaska Stems
Blood Sweat & Food Farms LLC
Homer Hilltop Farm
Jakolof Bay Oyster Co.
The Classic Cook
Twitter Creek Gardens
Two Sisters Bakery
Will Grow Farm

03/20/2023

Starting seeds, starting spring!

03/18/2023

March newsletter from the farm!

We are SO excited to have a full time Farm Manager this season! She starts next month and I can’t wait to introduce her to you all.

11/27/2022

2023 tulip subscriptions (and early-late-full summer subscriptions) are now available!
Link in our profile

11/03/2022

Cover crops in the high tunnels! Germination was a little spotty, but I’m delighted to have a cover crop on these beds.
Note: the door blew open and a couple of full size horses spent some number of overnight hours eating it down shortly after this picture was taken. But still….😬🙄🤣

10/24/2022

The really truly last harvest of the season!

10/09/2022

We’re still waiting on the majority of our tulips, but I have a couple thousand to start with! What a beautiful, blustery day- yikes!!

10/07/2022

A lifetime isn’t long enough for the beauty of this world
and the responsibilities of your life.

Scatter your flowers over the graves, and walk away.
Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance.

In the glare of your mind, be modest.
And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling.

Mary Oliver, The Leaf and the Cloud: A Poem

10/06/2022

Autumn skies on the farm. 🍁

09/17/2022

Serious autumn vibes around here. We’re done at the Market for the season, but still have a handful of blooms if you’re looking for some fall fresh beauty!
~Text or message me if your in Homer~ I have a limited number of $20 mixed bouquets and $10 bunches of sunflowers available this weekend.

09/10/2022

A rare ray of sun! We’re getting ready to head to the farmers market under some lovely blue skies.

08/07/2022

Early August morning harvest. Asters, daucus, Madame butterfly snaps. A much needed calm feeling