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All about growing cosmos! Sunny Mary Meadow Premium Link: https://www.sunnymarymeadowcoaching.com/offers/oxvKPDSt/checkout Peddling Perishable Products: https://www.sunnymarymeadowcoaching.com/offers/nzQtGUug/checkout

https://www.sunnymarymeadowcoaching.com/offers/oxvKPDSt/checkout Alright podcast listeners…I have an ask of you. Between writing these episodes, recording, editing, uploading, and fees to even have an account, this podcast takes a lot of time, effort, and resources. I’m fortunate to have a team helping me out, but it’s time to evaluate if we are going to continue doing this. I polled a few of my m...

This week’s episode is a recap of our flower farm during one of the busiest months of the year! Peddling Perishable Products Info: https://calendly.com/sunnymarymeadow/peddling-perishable-products

This week, we talk all about Lisianthus. In 2020, I grew a total of 15 lisanthus plants. I didn’t grow any in 2021 or 2022, so in 2023 I decided to grow nearly 1700 plants. I made a few mistakes along the way. Peddling Perishable Products call:https://calendly.com/sunnymarymeadow/peddling-perishable-products

We continue with the twins from Blooming Creek as we get into part 2 of dahlias! Peddling Perishable Products signup: https://calendly.com/sunnymarymeadow/peddling-perishable-products

There is so much to unpack about dahlias, we couldn’t fit it in a single episode! Peddling Perishable Products signup: https://calendly.com/sunnymarymeadow/peddling-perishable-products

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This week’s episode talks about how we support our flowers from toppling over, causing crooked stems. Peddling Perishable Products sign up: https://calendly.com/sunnymarymeadow/peddling-perishable-products

This week we are talking about growing zinneas as cut flowers!

In this week’s episode, I talk about the difference between a bouquet and an arrangement, and what my technique is to do this.

In this week's episode, we talk about tips and tricks for harvesting flowers. We pick & process about 40 5-gallon buckets per week, and it's important to streamline the task to get it done first thing in the morning so we can keep up with the other tasks of the day.

This week's episode is all about growing cut flowers in your landscaping. Not everyone has the space to devote to a cut flower garden, so it's nice to have ingredients you can add to bouquets that you grow around your house.

I am getting married this fall to my "Chapter 2", which is something we widows call it if we are fortunate enough to find love again. I discuss the flowers I am growing for my own wedding, along with what I would grow if I were getting married different months out of the year. This week, I have a special guest: Michelle of Cider Mill Blooms in Ontario, Canada. She also grew flowers for her "Chapte...

In this episode I talk about gardening and flower farming with kids. It’s important to note, there is a difference. When running a flower business, imagine bringing your kid with you to work every day. I talk about balancing and taking turns and wearing one hat at a time. I’m sure most of you were hoping to hear some “how to” tips — but the truth is, my kids are much happier doing what they want t...

Here in MN in Zone 4B, we are in between spring flowers and summer flowers in June. It’s a lot of pulling weeds and watering flowers and waiting for things to start blooming. We are making sales when we can to keep the bills paid, but it’s very much a “work without much reward right now” season.

In this week’s episode we talk all about growing ranunculus in zone 4B. This flower was a labor of love, but totally worth it.

In this week’s episode, I talk about the drip irrigation kit I use. I discuss pros and cons to drip irrigation, along with why kits are the best way to start.

Gina shares her incredible journey with how her son, Henry Lomheim was born early due to complications from his mother’s appendectomy surgery. He made his entrance into the world at 26 weeks, 6 days and weighed 2 lbs 7.5 oz. Henry spent 87 days in the St. Cloud Hospital NICU where he learned to breathe on his own, eat, and grow. We talk about a little bit of everything, but ultimately focusing on...

In this episode, we talk about the many benefits of landscape fabric in cut flower farming. Not only does it reduce weeds, it helps with moisture retention, minuses soil disturbances, provides an easy way to space flowers, and it looks nice! The fabric I use: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SI9O9S/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_ZV5828TKTZPBQM597CBW?linkCode=ml2&tag=sunnymarymead-20

In this week's episode, I talk about cool hardy annuals and working with Mother Nature to not only get earlier blooms but spread out the work of planting and harvesting. I reference this book multiple times, so for an in-depth reference, get your copy of Cool Flowers by Lisa Mason Ziegler here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0989268810/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_6VRRJW1B8ZGPE9818F3Q?linkCode=ml2&ta...

This week we welcome Amanda Radke from rural South Dakota helping debunk confusing labels and marketing buzzwords in the agriculture industry. We talk about how it is confusing to use terms such as sustainable, as that is how farmers have been growing for decades. We talk about the confusion that end consumers get when those words aren’t used, and what exactly those practices mean. I truly hope th...

This week we talk about everything tulips! I talk about the differences in growing them for cut flower production and growing them as a hobby gardener. I discuss how and when I plant them, how I store them, and some of the varieties I order. Questions? Send me an email podcast@sunnymarymeadow.com I promised I would include my favorite tool for harvesting them by the bulb in the episode notes: http...

This episode helps you better understand what the heck it means when someone says “tender annual” or “hardy annual” and many other terms. We also talk about a few things that work well in cut flower bouquets and arrangements, like raspberry bushes, that you wouldn’t normally think of. Not every flower has a great vase life, but they don’t all have to start from seed.

Do you wear your work ethic like a badge of honor? Hard work and making sacrifices to achieve your goals is important. It’s the stepping stone to getting you where you want to be. But what happens when you get there? Do you just keep climbing? What’s your end goal? After my husband died, I have taken a long hard look at what my life looks like and decided I didn’t like what I saw. I’m talking abou...

How I produce over 5000 bouquets/year on less than 1/2 an acre. People are always expecting me to say that I grow on 5 acres or whatever, and they're shocked when I produce this many flowers on such a small space. The secret: succession planting and crop rotation. Knowing exactly the days to maturity and getting multiple harvests from the same ground. Maybe it's flowers that produce all summer lon...