Important dates:

November 29: Small Business Saturday at Turtleback Ridge Brewery 2-6: Come make your own wreath or purchase one from us all ready to hang! Shop our catnip kickers and other goodies we will have along with the other vendors who will be there. I also know there is a potluck there, where you can bring your turkey day leftovers, reinvented for another party! Click for IG post.

December 1: Monthly email subscription giveaway drawing!

December 9 and 10 we are hosting two separate hand-tied evergreen wreath making classes where you will go home with your very own design to get you through the winter months. We have white pine and forsythia in abundance. We will try to make one this week to post on social media to show you what we have in mind. There are still spots available at each session, both taking place from 2:00-5:00 PM, setting up in the greenhouse or the Flower Studio, depending on the weather. Rest assured, there will be fresh baked bread involved. Register here!

April 25^th, 2026: Third Annual Earth Day Celebration at Loving Farm! Mark your calendars. We will be having a day filled with fun and music, food and makers!

Hi Flowerers!

Another jam packed week has passed and we are so happy to report that we spent a good part of it doing the things we love: cutting and arranging flowers and planting things. It is always so nice to have affirming moments that you are doing what is right for your life. We did have non-flowery activities too, returning unused flower cooler supplies to the big-box store, but we powered through and it was well worth the trip. Upon getting the receipt to bring with us for the return, we realized we were accidentally charged for 15 sheets and only took 5, so we had to hang around for a bit until the manager who could review the footage came back from lunch to confirm our story. Yay for a win for technology!

The ranunculus are peeking out of thier pots and kale has been moved to its larger home. Fifty bulbs of garlic are in the ground, 30 mixed into the strawberries and another 20 on the back hill behind the house. This is the first time we have fertilized it, adding feather meal post planting (I believe it is recommended to amend ahead of time, but this is reality). All is covered with straw and off they go into the winter! We could have a harvest of about 400 bulbs, which will provide enough to keep for seed, enough for us to eat and some to sell. The garlic harvest this summer was one of our best, with lots of healthy, storeable bulbs that we ended up being able to use as seed. It was an underdog of a win, for sure.

Speaking of selling some produce, we would love to expand our flower operations to include a produce outlet. Consequently, we started brainstorming after attending the Woodhill International Market Farm to Fork Fundraiser Event this weekend. We happen to have a strip of winter wheat on the back hill, perfectly suited for a medium sized CSA garden spot of one crop. We just need to decide what to rotate through it? Arugula, lettuce, and spinach sound awesome. So do collards, beets, and sweet potatoes. I will admit that we suffer from a touch of imposter syndrome, declaring that we can grow a small crop of a food besides garlic, but I think it is time that we give it a shot. Historically, our veg production has been limited to a few of any one thing, nothing substantial. After our class at UK this year, we do feel we acquired a lot of learnings to get us through it, plus we have a greenhouse well suited to baby some cold weather seedlings to get a bit of a jump start on something.

That farm to fork was amazing, by the way. We met some new folks, had great conversation, ate delicious food, and connected with people we had been wanting to say “hi” to, including the etymologist we met last winter who we asked to come do a walk and talk at Earth Day this coming April. Who would love to take a stroll in the field with a bug expert? I would. That is for sure. We have also since asked for our dear friend and artist at Presa Ceramics to sell her beautiful handmade creations as well as locked in our coffee bean roaster to come with her beans and brew. It is shaping up to be a beautiful, relaxing day with the earth and with one another. Make sure to look at our Support Local Links page for more info on Presa and MJs.

I did get a chance to put together a nice example of a hand tied winter wreath which is in the picture below. That is a great example of what we will be working with at our December 9 and 10 workshops on the farm. We were so fortunate to inherit such mature forsythia bushes and white pine that lend themselves beautifully to holiday wreath ingredients. There will be snacks, if you are a carbavore. Perriee will be making some bread to serve with some sort of local jam to go with a hot bevvy.

Pride Update (meow): Gray has been eating her medicine like a champ. It sure looks like a lifetime of antibiotic in that bottle, but she has not missed a dose yet. Perriee is really good at mixing it in so she enjoys it. Oscar took his first trip to the Flower Studio in his baby wrap. He was not too keen on it, until we stepped outside into the fresh air. It felt a lot nicer on his body to transport him back and forth, allowing for less of a grip on him, and more of a gentle support. I got up early on Sunday morning to find George quietly sitting on the deep freezer, soaking wet and caked with mud. Our best guess is that he fell in the creek and managed to get out and back home. We rinsed him off in the tub and tucked him in on a heating pad with a towel for a bit to warm him up. His secret door has been cut off for the time being while he recuperates. We are so grateful he was able to get home. Spay and neuter please. This rescue is full.