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The Big House
The big greenhouse we ordered finally arrived at Zimmerman’s and the crew arrived on the farm to put it together in mid-March. Jeff unloads the component parts with Jimmy and Raymond The Zimmerman...
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Let’s Get Growing
After a long COVID winter lull, the temps are warming, the guests have returned to the B&B, and flowers are in the field.Wine Grapes & LavenderGrape Vines Arrived!After two years of soil...
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June Blooms!
Summer has arrived, and the flowers are exploding in the greenhouse! Finding my groove on cutting, conditioning, and making bouquets for the B&B and friends.
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Extreme Farming
We tend to jump into the deep end when embarking on new adventures, and farming is no different. When we moved back to the States from living overseas, I was literally Googling “how to be a farmer” on...
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First Year Flower Farming Lessons Learned
That’s a wrap on the summer flowers of 2021! I cut thousands of stems over the season in spite of making SO many mistakes. The 2021 flower season began for me in January when I seeded my first...
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Our First Farm Product
Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple SyrupWe started with a test batch using a Tobacco Barn Distillery freshly dumped bourbon barrel, and a plan cooked up by our friend Scott Sanders, also known as “the Admiral”,...
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First Lavender Harvest!
We planted over 1,000 lavender plants last year, and they were all in bloom this past June, and into July. It was a spectacular! Samantha and Cole’s wedding in June was the first to do a shoot with LB...
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New Staff for 2023
When I’m not researching and curating content for my day job as a Global Health Security Analyst for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, I’m a flower farmer! Farming was never in the plans, it...
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Look who came to visit!
This is our second year in the Farmers Market scene, and we added the Mosaic Market in Fairfax VA this year! We are there every other weekend selling our lavender products. Last Sunday we had a...
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Lavender shoots!
Warmer temps and sunny days have provided the boost to the lavender we have been waiting for! These tiny shoots will develop into the purple blooming haze of lavender in late June.
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