Now that the snow has melted ...The snow is almost gone and the fields are muddy. But life is coming back: the tulips, daffodils, allium and hyacinth are poking up. The perennials are showing small green leaves. The lilac buds are getting plumper by the day. We are preparing our late summer fields by planning our spring cover crops. The green house is bursting with life: lilies are getting buds, seeds are germinating daily and older trays are getting ready for transplanting. We planted tomato and basil seed this week. Tomatoes we are growing: Brandywine pink, Brandywine Yellow, Cherokee Purple, Big Beef, Sungold Cherry, Moskovich and Pinneapple. All are heirlooms except Sungold.. so expect great taste when you buy these plants. Every week we are not only planting cut flower seeds but bedding plants as well. Some of our selections are: Pansies, Ganzia Kiss Mix, Nicotiana, Lobilia , Datura, Thunbugeria, Morning glories...
New additions this year: We just planted our hanging baskets with illumination apricot begonias and our anemones are putting out foliage and hopefully will beready for cut production in April/ May. The cold frame is sending up White Star of Bethlehem, and as usual the Tulips are coming up. It is shaping up to be a great year and we have a whole bunch of new perennial seeded: Sundrops, Primrose, Buddlea, Perennial Lobelia, Salmon Oriental Poppies, Red Lupin, Edilweiss, Zebra Grass... this list goes on.
