Flower Farmer

February 22, 2013 by Kendra 8 Comments

Flowers have started coming into the house again. Since moving here, I have this ridiculous dream that someday I will be a flower farmer. I call it ridiculous because I’m certain that it would be a tremendous amount of work, as though I didn’t already have enough to do around here. I even went so far recently as to message a woman I know who owned a flower shop if she knew anyone who would buy my flowers. There are hundreds of narcissus and snow drops here. Rows and rows of them. Immediately upon hearing her encouraging reply I realized, what was I thinking? Flowers need to be picked in the early morning and adding things to my morning routine of getting three kids out the door is not a good idea.

So for now I simply enjoy them. And wistfully read Floret Flower Farm’s blog.

A few months ago I ordered The Flower Farmer, which is a great book if you too are flower crazy. I learned that daffodils & narcissus shouldn’t be cut, but rather you grab them at their base and pull. You get another inch or two of stem doing that. Also you need to seer the ends to seal in the sap. So that I did.

Another flower tip I learned many years back is that denture tablets are your best friends when it comes to cleaning vases. For vases that are too narrow to clean, just drop a denture tablet in it, fill with warm water and let sit overnight. The next morning your vase will be clean!

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Karen says

February 22, 2013 at 9:52 am

Your flowers are beautiful! Thanks for the denture tablet tip…I try to swirl rice in mine, but it never works. Now I know what to do!

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Ellie says

February 22, 2013 at 7:21 pm

What does it mean to “seer” the ends? How do you do it?

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- asonomagarden says
  
  February 25, 2013 at 2:06 pm
  
  Ellie, I put the ends in a flame for a few seconds, it keeps the sap in the stem instead of running out.
  
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KimH says

February 23, 2013 at 3:58 am

Thanks for the denture tablet trick. I’ve done all sorts of things over the years.. sometimes it works, sometimes, not so great.. 😉

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julieadolf says

February 23, 2013 at 8:47 pm

I have to laugh–I just wrote a post recently about dreaming of owning a flower farm and stalking Erin’s website and blog at Floret! Great minds think alike, right?! Your blooms are lovely. I’m soaking 20 varieties of sweet pea seeds to plant in my new cutting garden tomorrow. So happy for flowers to come back into our house, too! Enjoy your lovely blooms.

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Janet Salyers says

February 24, 2013 at 12:29 pm

oh,the flower pics are just what I needed today. With all the snow here ,can spring be far away?

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bridget says

March 9, 2013 at 1:46 am

Ah the joy of Spring flowers.

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