Full with Daffodiles

Selection from our garden

Well , those 80 degree days made our garden pop with daffodils. Early and late daffys are blooming and we love it. The cut flower garden tulips are flushing with color and we started picking them and designing with them. We planted our first annual crop of the season.. Sunflowers.. yup you heard it right. We are hoping for some June sunflowers. They are under plastic in the field. Calendula, Stock and Goditia are next to go in on Friday. For Nicole's personal garden.. she is weeding the asparagus and putting in 25 more crowns. We are still seeding... and transplanting from cell trays to four packs, as you can see the tomato packs. So you can come by to get some great bedding plants. Don't forget May 9th Burlington Farmers Market we will help you get your Mom the perfect flowers..whether cut..hanging basket.. or bedding plants. Or... you can always drop by the farm.

The tulips have arrived

In the greenhouse, the tulip heads are begining to grow above there leaves and have a touch of color . We will start picking in time for the weekend. Nicole is chasing the woodchuck back to his hole nightly, guarding the new tulip patch. The garden is filled with daffodiles and hyacinths. The Wild tulips , more like a crocus then a tulip, are blooming in the back bed . Here is some tulip history about this small but important flower... The Tulip Humilis Violacea , is concidered Wild tulip most like the orginal tulips from Asia Minnor. These blubs were shipped to the Netherlands as a gift amongst other edible items. The reciever thought they were to be eatten .. they turned out not to tasty and made it into the garden. Thank goodness... imagine our lives without the modern tulip. These are what today large tulips were breed out of.. Find out more by reading Tulipmainia.

A Day of First Blooms

Today the garden is opening up with scent and color. In our front bed we have Blue Hyacinth blooming. Nicole weeded and composted the front bed... nothing like a fresh start. Then wandering out to the back yard we had our first daffodil bloom today. And as you can see there are more to open in the next days and weeks. The little red tulips are opening with the white crocus. It just keeps getting better the more we garden.

Unfortunately we do not have enough flowers blooming to be at the Burlington "Winter" Market... But you can stop by the farm or order farm fresh tulips next week . Please feel free to contact us with tulip pre-orders for the next few weeks.

Keep a look out for the blooms.

The Johnnie -Jump -ups are up

I woke up the other morning to a light blanket of snow, and then two hours later it had disappeared, looking like spring again. By the end of the day I noticed more signs of life. My johnny jump-ups were blooming and another crocus variety was up. Spring is slow to come but those flowers are pushing up. We transplanted snapdragons in the cold frame greenhouse yesterday. Still seeding. Nicole received her box of seed potatoes which is a new crop for our home garden. The garlic has shoots coming up already. Hopefully the daffodils and hyacinth will be out next week. What a joy to work in the garden when that fragrant hyacinth is blooming.

Spring is on the Way

The crocus are blooming in the yard and that is a sure sign of spring. We are still seeding like crazy and the plants are growing a little more each day. Tomatoes and artichokes germinated this week. We are getting our pansies put in 4 packs for April's Burlington Farmers Market , Saturday the 18th in Memorial Auditorium. So hold out for our beautiful verities: Delta mix, Mulberry shades, Pastel mix, and orange and purple verities. We are hoping to have our fancy tulips that we are known for in cut flower bouquets, as well as posies.