Happy Friday y’all!

We’ve got poppy plants in the ground! Not all of 'em, but about ten thousand babies are in their new soil and they look great. We feel giddy with potential.

We’re also giddy with enthusiasm for our big Mum Show on November 14th in downtown Comer! It’s the only official business thing we’ve ever done just for fun, and I’m telling ya that the team is having a lot of fun planning it. It’s basically just a big goofball event for flower lovers and party people of a certain vintage. All vintages welcome.

There’s gonna be handmade ribbons to award hand curated flowers next to hands filled with beverages and snacks, next to the skilled hands of DJ Alyssa DeHayes’d and Confused who’ll be spinning actual wax for your grooving pleasure. All our fun friends are coming and guests will be invited (but not obligated) to participate in a little flower art, vote on Best in Show, enter the raffle to win an armload of flowers, learn from Rachel’s superlatives which flower is “most likely to…”, and not take anything (least of all ourselves) too seriously.

Not to make light though of the magnificence of the flowers, they are pretty incredible. We’ve got a bunch of new varieties this year and did a lot of disbudding to create a lot of really really big and gorgeous flowers. You likely haven’t seen flowers like this before, unless you frequent the mum show circuit. There will be some disbud mums for sale too if you catch the spirit, but that’s a side note. The main event is the event. If you’re nearby, you should come have some fun.

If disbudding is unfamiliar to you, it's basically the process of taking off dozens of buds and side branches from a plant to leave 1 to 3 flowering sites that get all of the energy that would’ve otherwise gone to the now phantom limbs.  That results in a cartoon version of the original flower that is just 10 times bigger and often, absolutely stunning.  I can’t claim any credit, but all the ladies on the farm (office team included) were taking shifts in that tunnel constantly for 6 weeks, fastidiously disbudding their hearts out.  It was a lot of work that went into humans collaborating with nature to create these lovely pieces of living art, so I think that’s why everyone out here is so excited to share the results with others.  It's just pretty.  It’s like a version of sculpture, but with a living organism.  If you like pretty things or are a hobby grower, show grower, or just the gardener who wants to dance a 2-step with nature to collaborate on something beautiful, this event and process is highly recommended. You can find our recommended mum varieties for disbudding here.

We'll be selling a limited amount of our Jefferson Park disbud flowers in the Farm Store this weekend, along with our regular bundles of fresh cut mums. Come on over, peruse the store, and pick up your fresh flowers for the week!

Oh, I mentioned poppies, but totally neglected to mention that for all of you planners, expert gift givers, florists, and event designers, we are introducing something new and exciting and long awaited to our website very soon. We are adding pre-purchasing options for months in advance for our spring poppy bundles. No longer will you have to wait for the last minute posting to secure flowers for your gift. We’re removing the stress from sending a gift box of flowers or planning for your poppy focused wedding or event. You can lock in the date months in advance to guarantee flowers for your special dinner or special someone’s birthday, or baby shower, wedding, or anniversary. Tell a flower friend and help us spread the word! Poppies are the absolute best and truly sustainable poppies that last a long time are almost impossible to find, so we’re planting more than ever to try and make them more available to more people this coming spring.

Speaking of flowers, we just listed our gorgeous chrysanthemum bundles and they are already starting to sell out, so grab yours ASAP!  We’ve also pre-listed Gratitude bundles for your Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, or Native American Heritage Day.  We truly offer the most sustainable flowers you can buy to be shipped in the U.S., so if having poison free flowers next to your food means something to you, get 'em from your sustainably certified local grower, or shipped from us.

We’re also just about to collab on a big mum cutting giveaway, so if you wanna throw your hat in the ring to get some free plants, stay tuned. We’ll be back with more details in 2 shakes.

Lastly, If you forgot to click the link to get details to the show, you can do it here.

Have a great weekend!

Farmer Steve