I’m going to be honest I’m not sure if this is a hot take or not? LOL
The first year we had so much success planting tons of zinnias and dahlias and starts from nursery’s it was almost hard to fail. However going into our second summer of growing cut flowers as a small business has been eye opening to say the least HA. Tbh we got confident and planned a lot of new varieties and flowers we had no experience with even in the many years we have gardened before POPPY. On top of wierd weather, timing issues, PESTS (omg I’m going to start an I HATE APHIDs support group). Basically everything that can go wrong has for us and THATS OKAY. Just to give perspective we’ve lost almost 80% of our seed starts. I got super stressed about everything that I didn’t realize I was starting to resent the garden a little. But NEVER FEAR I don’t give up that easily!
So here’s what we’re going to do
Enjoy the small victories: we still have lots of dahlia starts, about half the zinnias, and the sweet peas are doing great!
Pivot!: instead of a primarily mid summer harvest we are planning a heavy fall harvest. We’ve started the process for organic pumpkins, sunflowers, and MARIGOLDS.
Stay true to why we started this: remembering that we love gardening and to not push what just doesn’t want to work this season. Remembering our organic practices are important to us even tho I want to blast every aphid off this planet with a strong pesticide. And to enjoy what we do have which is a home and a place to make mistakes and learn 🖤
Till next time. Happy Gardening
Vic out ✌🏽 (jk I have a wedding to prepare for today lol)
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It has been one year since we brought POPPY home!
Thank you to everyone has been on this beautiful journey with us. Can’t wait for this season! 🖤🌻
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🎶 This Ain’t Texas🎶…. So we needed a greenhouse upgrade lol.
Did you know that @harborfreight has really nice greenhouses? Neither did we. We’ve always used the flimsy Amazon ones and they always tear. This was a great update! David added a wood base to help stability and we added a Bluetooth ten gauge to keep an eye on the temp and humidity. I’ve been so scared the past couple nights that the ranunculus would freeze but this little thing did great!
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