Salt Farm Flowers

12/07/2023

Did you know that Corgis often nap with their legs in the air? For Wally, the back position is a fav but on rare occasions he will side nap. Try as I may, I can’t snap him sleeping, he always catches me taking his picture. I guess a farm dog is always on guard, even in the off season.

12/04/2023

And just like that, our 2023 season has come to a close! Thanks to all those who participated in our Holiday open house and the arrangement workshop in the studio. A special thanks to Chelsie for sharing her designing skills. And many thanks to the rest of the flower team for getting this all together, you are what has powered this flower adventure every step of the way! Of course, we are grateful to our flower community, you make all our efforts worthwhile. Your kindness and support not only makes us smile but brings us joy. And to be truthful, motivates us to grow better every year. Can’t wait to show you what we have planned for 2024!

12/01/2023

Our Holiday Arrangement workshop is still available! This medley of greens and other long lasting textures will put you in the spirit of the season. Chelsie will be your creative guide in our cozy studio. Light refreshments included. Link is in our bio.

11/30/2023

The details: Sunday at 1pm is our holiday arrangement workshop. Preregistration is required as space is limited in our cozy studio (green building). From noon to 4pm in the barn, we will have our holiday shop. We have premade wreaths and floral ornaments and also DIY items for your own home decorating - greens, pine cones, dried florals.
And if Sunday doesn’t work for you, you can find our wreaths on Saturday and combine some good food with your wreath decision making. Lots of holiday cheer is in the air!

11/29/2023

We are busy prepping for our holiday shop on Sunday. And there is still time to sign up for the holiday arrangement workshop at 1pm. It will be held in our cozy studio and will include everything you need to create a long lasting arrangement! Link to website in bio.

11/28/2023

We are gearing up for the holidays and our pop up shop is next Sunday, December 3rd from noon until 4pm! We also have a holiday arrangement workshop that same day starting at 1pm. Registration for the workshop is required since space is limited. Check out our webpage for workshop info.

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11/18/2023

A look back to remind us of why we divide dahlias!

11/17/2023

This is a good visual of why we divide our dahlias. The stem at the top has the original Mother tuber attached to it and the other tubers you see are all new growth this season. There are at least 10, if not more, new plants potential which makes our efforts well worth it!

11/14/2023

The last step for our field tulips is mulching with straw. It insulates them from the extreme winter temperatures should we have them and also protects them from any freeze/thaw cycles (and potential heaving) which is more common for us.

11/13/2023

Mark your calendars, our holiday pop up shop at the farm is coming! Sunday afternoon, December 3rd, we will have the shop and a special workshop for a holiday arrangement - details coming soon!

11/11/2023

Great teamwork yesterday! 3900 tulips are in the ground. (Yay!) We created a trough with the BCS, then used composite edging to hold the sides (less expensive than wood). Covered with gro mix for later ease of harvest. And this mix will stay in the field after harvest. We rotate the row each year. The varieties should give us blooms throughout May and early June. Can’t wait for that spring color!

11/10/2023

One of the hardest fall chores is digging the dahlias. It needs to be done carefully to keep them intact without any broken necks. Then we load them in crates and park them in the studio until we start washing and dividing. It’s a dirty job that has big rewards, primarily all our stock for next year - with extras!

11/07/2023

Always inspirational to see the mum show - they push the possibilities of what flowers can do - such masters of the plant world!

11/03/2023

Thanks to everyone who dropped off our buckets and crates! We have black and white buckets that are out there and appreciate all who spotted them and helped to find their way back to us! We do our best to collect them after events but sometimes they are tucked away and get missed. So if you see any, let us know and we will pick them up. But if you can drop them off at the barn - that would be lovely too! We can reuse them! Thank you!!

11/01/2023

Now the real work begins! The dahlias are cut back and tagged. Then we lift the fabric and roll it up for next year. Next will be the digging and dividing - getting the tubers ready for next year is hard work but well worth it. It gives us the numbers we need to grow with some extras to sell. Look for those to be posted in January. Another season gone by with prep for the next one to come.

10/27/2023

While much of what we are doing on the farm right now involves taking things apart for the winter, the tunnels are a different story. One in particular has new plantings, part of our overwintering and getting a jump on spring as outlined by library. We have done this a few years now with success. Planted are snapdragons, bupleurum, dusty miller, dianthus and foxglove.

10/26/2023

got some time away in the city and visited his bff, Bounce. The break was good for him and thanks to all who helped him as we did a bit of traveling. Now we are back at our fall chore list, getting ready for the next season. Thanks goes out to our farm crew too, we couldn’t have done it without them!

10/13/2023

This is the last two days for our little flower cart of the season - today and tomorrow! As a special thanks we will have little lisianthus bouquets. And if you have any of our jars kicking around, would love for you to drop them off. Thanks so much for your support, our season has been enriched because of our flower community.

10/12/2023

Tomorrow! Friday and also Saturday $5 lisianthus bouquets on our flower cart starting at 9am. Our end of season “thank you” to our flower community. This is our last weekend for flowers and we appreciate all the support that you gave us!

10/11/2023

Our dahlias are really blooming! But soon, we will be cutting them back and digging the tubers. We won’t wait for frost, as long as they have been in the ground for 120 days, the tubers are mature enough to store.

10/09/2023

Japanese anemone ‘Honorine Jobert’ is in its glory this time of year. While it takes a little time to get established, once it does, the blooms keep coming for weeks!

10/07/2023

On our foggy mornings this week, the Fire Magic dahlias have brightened the scenery!

10/06/2023

Buckets of flowers are going out the door this weekend. DIY events that have taken on the colors of the fall season!

10/03/2023

Here is a quick peek of our process of making bouquets. After cutting the stems that contain the elements of a bouquet, we lay them out on the tables in the order in which they will be assembled. We record the number of stems on the board for reference then mock one up. If it meets the test, the rest of them will come together. The bouquet season is winding down and we thank you all for supporting local flowers!

10/02/2023

If you are looking for a late season bloom to brighten the landscape, this is the one. Montauk daisy is a shrub that doesn’t do much until almost October, then it sends a cheery goodbye to summer.

09/27/2023

When our seeded flats of strawflowers didn’t germinate well, we ordered plugs. It was late and the only variety available was Mohave. It is a bushy variety that grows 14 to 16 ins long. While ours didn’t grow that long which is most likely from planting them late, they are prolific! And we will dry a bunch of them. We will most likely plant them again next year since they did well in this difficult growing season.

09/26/2023

Yesterday we found another chrysalis and this one was on a lisianthus! The bigger mystery for us is that it was in our high tunnel which is far from our milkweed patch. How did it get there??

09/25/2023

Last week when cutting for a wedding, we found a chrysalis in the Baptisia. So we hung it in a small vase in the studio. Over the weekend, it darkened and we placed it in our window box greenery since we would not be there to release it outside. Happy to report that it did emerge and we found it yesterday, drying its wings. What a season, two chrysalis found and now two new monarchs! Feeling so fortunate!

09/23/2023

Last week the creative team had the pleasure of designing a floral lapel. Floral artists have been using k-tape or athletic tape to make wearables for a few years now and we had some in our supplies. The process is pretty straight forward and we used a base of leaves then applied the florals using Oasis floral adhesive. Like our wrist corsages, the possibilities are endless! We are thankful for the opportunity to be able to create something different and share it at such a joyous event!

09/22/2023

We will continue to put out jars on Friday and Saturday for the next few weeks! If you have any empty jars at home from here, we would use them again. You can leave them in the bottoms shelf of the cart. Thanks for your support of local flowers!

09/22/2023

Making the rounds with the ever vigilant Wally! He just loves riding in the RTV.

09/21/2023

This ceremony setting is the combination of our arrangements as well as our DIY bride. We love what they did!

09/19/2023

Picked a few lisianthus yesterday!

09/18/2023

This is the time of year that we assess what grew well for us and what didn’t then plan for next year. By the end of October, all our plugs and bulbs will be preordered for next season! It is done that early. And a few things will be tweaked along the way. Of course there are changes during the season as crop failures happen both with our suppliers and our own seed starting. Then there is the occasional but rare situation when your crate of bulbs which has been on a timed schedule all season, makes a tour of the country and arrives two weeks late! So we adjust and move on and find a place for them. They did not like their travels and grew a bit shorter but are still beautiful. So we make our plans for the new season and hope that everything falls into place as time goes on.

09/16/2023

So now we wait, events were canceled or adjusted and flowers are out the door. MOFGA provided important information about tunnels and they are closed and ready. All loose things outside have been gathered and stored. Post tropical Lee still has hurricane force wind gusts and lots of rain, we are feeling some of the effects now. So we will stay inside until the worst is over. The chrysalis that we found in a cutting of Baptisia yesterday is a reminder that at times, we need to stay put. Beautiful things can happen when you do and hoping that this time is one of them. Hoping for the best for our fellow farmers and all our neighbors here as well as in Eastern Canada. Stay safe everyone!

09/14/2023

It is that time of the season when we are calling our flower buckets home! And as everyone in coastal Maine is prepping for the storm, this is the time to drop them off at the farm or let us know where we can pick them up. There are several hundred (yes, that many!) out in the community especially at rental places. Not only can we use them but more importantly, we don’t want to see them become storm debris in our beautiful part of the world.

09/13/2023

Lisianthus, each season we try a new shade and see how it works for color. It is not easy to develop a new shade in the flower world and it takes many years. Megalo Orchid is one that we think is a keeper. What purple shades have worked for you?

09/12/2023

It’s that time of year that we are discovering chrysalis in the garden, so be sure to be on the lookout. We have them in the farm and this one we spotted in a local garden that just released. Consider adding pollinator friendly plants to your landscape for next year and use only sustainable practices so they survive.

09/08/2023

We continue to assess what dahlias grow best for us and how many we need in each palette. Certainly, what someone wants for their event influences that. But since we are limited to approx 1000 dahlias, we want the best choices. It is a journey of colors and types that deliver. We love them all! Our goal is to grow more of fewer types so that we have plenty to work with when designing. At the end of the season, we will make some tough choices and report back.

09/07/2023

Zinnias! They don’t get enough credit. Each year there are more varieties that are being introduced and we hope to add them to our line up. In arrangements, they serve in a supporting role and add depth and interest to them. We love them! The Queen series, as shown here, is so fun but we are really looking forward to the more blushy shades that will be released in the next year or two. With all the swings in weather, this is one flower that keeps producing and it’s a keeper.