$35 seems cheap for a gorgeous locally grown bouquet like that! I really appreciate the info you shared about why local flowers are more expensive; it's changed my approach to buying flowers.
Hi! I wanted to drop you a note to say Thank You! . So much of how you manage are things we’ve been doing long term. I’d been thinking that I needed to get online and learn all new ways. And I have learned a great deal from your videos! Yet you have encouraged me soooo much, underscoring how the methods we use are viable… they have worked well for us, but I’ve felt a little “behind the times “ …but it’s just be remixed into new ways … thank you for all you share. I feel so encouraged! ❤
I always figured homegrown flowers needed to be priced high because the growers needed to make a living. I didn’t even factor in the mainstream imported flowers! I think this weekend I’ll go buy a bouquet locally. ❤️
I actually think your price is excellent value for money. Here in the UK the supermarket bouquets are mainly greenery with 2-3 statement flowers then some smaller (cheaper) blooms as fillers for a similar price bracket. Plus yours are absolutely beautiful and have inspired me to grow more flowers than I normally would. Thank you.
Beautiful bouquets! I love your simple and speedy technique in putting the flowers together and still come up with lovely bouquets. Some growers/florists express their hate of yellows but you just showed how these lovely and cheerful bouquets prove otherwise. And thanks for raising awareness on labor and environmental standards in flower farming. On another thing, can you please share where you bought your hat and overall? 😃 Thank you again for your efforts in producing these great videos!❤
Thank you so much! It’s taken several years to really get it nailed down! The hat unfortunately was a secondhand buy but the overalls are almost always dovetail workwear! Discount code here: dovetailworkwear.com/pages/welcome-mavens?dt_id=133437&BLOSSOMANDBRANCHFARM&Maven&
Bri, my dahlias are struggling this year. several of them are still only about 3 inches above the ground. They just aren't growing I also noticed one was super sad looking and so I dug it up to find out it had crown gall 😭 I thought I had caught all of them that had that. I think this year I will be buying tubers from a local grower and getting some from my SIL. Everything this year where I live ( very specifically my house, My SIL is only 20mins from me and her garden is light years ahead of mine) I started lemon mint bee balm back in May it's still so tiny I'm not even sure it's going to get tall enough before September to even use. This year I am learning soooooooo much about growing flowers thanks to your channel. So thank you so much for all your amazing work. I know it's hard to keep up with it all as I also have four kids I home school.
Oh shoot! Dividing from your own stock or buying rooted cuttings is another way to get around the fall so common in imports. I think many of us have had rough springs leading to slow growth in summer, try doing bee balm earlier and plant out a few weeks before last frost next year!
Thank you! I’ll have to ask my supplier for my order history so I can find the varietal name! Yes I’m so thankful for the temp control, we’ve tried a lot in the barn to cool but it’s just too far away from our power source to make it work!
Great idea and beautiful bouquets! :) You know, I've noticed that my peonies growing in partial shade flowered almost ten days later (I'm in zone 4a) than the ones on the sunny side. I've also noticed that the heavily mulched plants went out of dormancy later. I think that if you can combine two factors, you can have some peonies flowering 2-3 weeks later than the rest. Only you need to mulch them in the spring, right after the snow melts - this way, you will preserve cold. Otherwise, they will probably bloom even earlier because the ground will stay warmer over the winter. But probably in this way, it is possible to make them bloom earlier (like you are doing with dahlias) and protect them with a floating row cover (2oz) from the last frost if needed.
Boy, do those bouquets make me want to have a cutting garden. I just moved to this house in mid-April. I thought I would make a flower garden, but I just couldn't swing it this year. But there are quite a number of flowers along the fences and other edges. I was going to cut some, but it turns out they're all pollinator friendly -- cone flowers, rudbeckia, beardtongue. I gather even daylilies are pollinator friendly. So I've been leaving them be.
Beautiful flowers. I actually think its fair priced. The little bouquet at grocery store already 17-20 and it has only 2-3 roses and rest is "regular flowers". Thanks for sharing.
Wow! My dahlias have started to bud, but had to chop them off because the plant is still so small. Yours look great! Mine are in grow bags, I don't think I could overwinter them
Your bouquets look great! I’ve got some peonies in my fridge right now and the zinnias are in bloom. Dahlias are still coming along. I’ll have to try some bouquet mixes. What rubberband size and brand do you use? I bought some #19 from Office Depot and they break so easily. Thank you!
I would love to buy on of the Blossom & Branch trucker hats that you are usually wearing! I didn’t see any on your website… but I love it so much and would totally wear one all the time! : ) will you be selling them at any time?
We live in a high desert climate with extreme temperature fluctuations. Our nighttime temps stay in the 30’s - low 40’s until the end of June ( we were covering for a freeze warning several nights the end of June ) , even though the daytime temperatures are in the 70’s and 80’s . Then in July it escalates to the 90’s and even 100 degrees. How would I winter dahlia tubers over in this climate ? When would I safely uncover the mulch ? Also , we have an earwig infestation that has been decimating my dahlias this year , so the winter mulch concerns me with providing the conditions to keep the ear wigs hidden and multiplying . Any feed back would be greatly appreciated!!
Watch our overwintering dahlias video for more, we are also high desert (semi arid) so probably very similar to what we would do as we see similar temps! I typically don’t remove mulch until just before last frost for the reasons you list here (truly I gradually remove it the couple weeks just before but not totally until after frost threat)!
Local bouquets last longer. I usually have an abundance of flowers for my own use but purchased some flowers from the store and they didn't last that long. Putrid is the word that comes to mind.
I think it’s funny how you talk about the disadvantages like they’re not problematic in terms of human rights. It was just the weird way you said it sounds like you wish you could underpay your workers.
Sorry if my wording bothered you. I pay my workers $30 to $50 an hour and they’ve worked with me for five years. you misinterpreted what I’m saying. I often speak out on the poor treatment of the workers in these flower farms abroad. My comment was also referring subtly to the fact that many flower farms do unpaid “volunteering” opportunities that are illegal and taking advantage of workers happens even here in the US.
Love the economics infomation. It's hard to reach people's thinking on how we, in the US, have all the products available to us yr round. I grow a lot of green beans, soy beans, shelling beans and give them away when I've filled my storage needs. The state of our politics is making hard to have a simple conversation on sustainable (affordable) businesses 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
