Important Dates:

July 1, 2025: Next subscriber giveaway drawing.

July 9^th 2025: Community Farm Alliance (CFA) is coming to Loving Farm to talk with us about agrotourism, one of our favorite topics. Registration is open and participation is free of charge. The program will include a brief tour of our farm, followed by a presentation by Kati Bowman from KCARD to talk about ways to increase the success of agrotourism on Kentucky farms. We are looking forward to hearing what she has to share with us! Feel free to share the links to this event from your socials or via email. It is open to anyone with an interested in this topic.

While weeding this week I was trying to turn my thoughts towards ideas to help get our flowers into more hands, offer an immersive experience, and be affordable to everyone. We are excited to announce the 2025 bouquet trade! For the remainder of the season, we will be offering a medium market bouquet (10-15 dollar value) for 30 minutes of weeding here at the farm. All we ask is for you to sign our volunteer waiver form, ya know, because it is a farm. Send us an email (lovingfarm134@gmail.com), call or text to set up a time! We will have the flowers bunched up for you upon your arrival, show you what needs weeded the most at the moment, and leave you to it. I suspect availability and need will fluctuate, so look out for updates.

Perriee was able to make a trip to Frankfort this week to drop off some flowers for the shop. It was sort of a cluster because I thought I could cancel a doctor’s appointment in Northern Kentucky the day we planned to go to KFM. The doctor’s office called the morning we planned to do our drop off and talked me back into coming. So, as soon as Perriee pulled in upon her return to the farm, I hopped in the hatchback with my now customary arrangement for the front desk folks at the cancer center and made my way up the AA Highway to Edgewood.

Let me tell you, those folks at the check-in desk know how to take care of a jar of flowers! On my way out, one of the ladies asked if I was the person who brought the flowers. Upon my affirmation, she and I chatted for a moment about the different blooms in the jar, and she pointed out how much the red clover reminder her of her childhood. My attention was distracted as my gaze reached the opposite side of the desk, where I noticed the flowers I brought from the week prior were still there and they looked AMAZING! The other person at the desk shared that she had been removing the tired flowers as they transitioned, rearranging the remaining ones. Of course I stole a picture of them before leaving. My flower-farmer heart was glowing.

We will be up that way again this Friday, June 20 if you need a bouquet for the weekend. We can probably drop it off at Ronnie’s corner market in Covington for you to pickup there anytime after 12:15 or so. I can let you know for sure when you place your order via phone, text, or email.

The week culminated with the installation of our drip irrigation system. With the help of our dear friend from farm school, who drove down from Cincinnati for the day to lend a hand and moral support, the water line is laid and the flowers are going to love it! It still needs a deep dive into how the timer functions but it works and it looks so official. Having Nettie with us to help out was exactly what we needed to overcome this impossible task and I think we all felt really accomplished coming out of it. What a gift.

Shout out to the Kentucky Farm Launch for sharing the knowledge on how to put it all together. It came in a well organized box of pieces and parts that would have been overwhelming had Perriee not been to the class where they practiced putting one together. That experience was just enough, in conjunction with a question we had about some fittings which did not hold up our progress at all. One of the teachers offered to be a phone-a-friend if we got stuck. It was so satisfying.

Several times throughout the day during the project and again after turning in for some sleep, well after midnight, it really dawned on me how good I felt, both physically and mentally, however exhausted I was. Again, to everyone who pitched in their time, thoughts, some food, bought some flowers, or whatever this week, thank you. It has all been so healing. We could not imagine getting through this period of our history with anyone else.