Harvesting dahlias at the farm! Photo @tbolinskicreative Check out our discussion on this topic between Heather (@borealblooms) and I on our podcast webpage sustainableflowerspodcast.libsyn.com, or read on! My first “in person” experience with dahlias was at the University of Alberta Devon Botanic Gardens, approximately 6 or so years ago (my memory is not so good...Read More

I am both excited and terrified to announce that my friend Heather, of Boreal Blooms in Cold Lake, and I, have started a podcast!  After numerous chats about life, flower farming and the world, we decided that we would try sharing our conversations and through a podcast.  With tons of help from the totally amazing...Read More

I am so excited to announce a wonderful collaboration between Meadow & Thicket Farm Flowers and Glow Juicery of Edmonton!  In celebration I made this little video, hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it! Thanks so much to Marnie and her team at Glow Juicery for their enthusiastic support and vision,...Read More

Alas here I am again, late.   Sigh.  This past week was difficult for me, for all kinds of reasons, including the fact that I have always found February very hard.  Although it may be the shortest month of the year, it always has felt like the longest month to me.  Once March arrives the days...Read More

Happy Valentine’s Day!  The fact that it is Valentine’s Day means its Wednesday and last week’s farm update is LATE!  Better late than never? I am not sure about that for most things, but perhaps a 3 day slippage on this post is forgivable? The past week was a busy one with much driving and...Read More

Quiet start, busy end.  That describes the past week.  I spent most of the start of the week working on my “availability list”, the excel spreadsheet that lists all the flowers I plan on growing this year along with their expected dates of peak bloom.  This document is critical for both my planning as well...Read More

No plan. That’s kind of how the week went. I failed to plan out my week on my big piece of Kraft paper that is pinned to my easel (yes at one time I wanted to paint, still do, but ….) as I had started to do in the weeks prior to this one. But...Read More

I can’t quite believe the third week of January is already gone. I did achieve a few of my “work” targets, just not quite on the days planned, and , well, my “self-care” targets were out the window for no good reason. My excuse for not meeting my planned goals for week 3 can’t be the...Read More

Well, as with most years, the first week of January saw good adherence to the “new plan” and resolutions, the second week, not so much.  I blame it on everything but me, of course.  But seriously, I was dogged by nausea all week and slept away a couple of the days.  Not sure if this...Read More

January 1st was not the greatest day, I was feeling quite anxious, not sure if it was because of something I ate (no I didn’t party all night, actually went to bed at 8:30!!), or because it was January 1. snipped from insta-feed of https://bemorewithless.com/soulful-simplicity/ The New Year has never been my favorite time because,...Read More