Where to find us/ Important dates:
August 1st 2026: Next email subscriber giveaway winner chosen!
August 7, 2026: Next Fresh Friday Market on 2nd Street in Maysville, Kentucky. 6:00 pm- 9:00 pm. Please come see us. Go eat dinner at Babz Bistro or Sol and Sage, or Hippie Burger then come shop the market. It can be a whole thing. These markets have been pretty slow so it would be amazing to see some people come through and support the vendors.
September 3, 2026: OAK Field Day at Loving Farm where we will be talking about the development of a filter strip along the railroad track in addition to other ways we incorporate conservation on our farm. It is free to attend and our favorite vegan food cart will be here selling her delicious food. Be ready to NERD OUT!
Save the date: Saturday, September 26th. To celebrate the harvest moon, we are teaming up with Graceful Serenity Yoga for a half day retreat hosted here at the farm filled with flower crown crafting, yoga, herbal tea and a soundbath!
Hello Flower Lovers!
Did you know that July is cut flower month in Kentucky? The UK Center for Crop Diversification puts out lots of good info about it each year. Flower farmers across the commonwealth are so fortunate to have their support during the “summer slowdown” every season.
Perriee and I have tried a few “hustles” throughout the years, and so far, flower farming has been the thing that seems to be working out the best. Years ago, we tried hosting meatball dinners through a supper club site, where we made an amazing cheesecake dessert that was delicious, but it just never caught on and cost us as much as the tickets did. Perriee had a t-shirt business that we loved, but did not get the traction it needed. Airbnb was good for a time in Newport, but got weird when the “producers” moved in and did not want to move out. Let us know if you want more on THAT story. After listening to the Living Homegrown Podcast way back in 2017 we heard the episode with Erin Benzakein from Floret Flowers and thought, huh… maybe we can grow flowers for a living? And here we are. Somehow it is working. By somehow, I mean because of people like you who support us.
The flower field is lush with life right now. There are so many healthy plants acting as hosts for so many amazing pollinators right now. Although it is technically our 2nd year farming full time, this is really the first year both of us have been able to focus on it, so we are still learning the day-to-day operations of it all. I feel like the growing and designing corners of are going pretty well. We need to figure out the sales part a little more.
I am going to tell you the good things that happened this week:
We installed the exhaust fan in the drying room. It is not the most beautiful, but the labor was free, if you get my meaning.
Winter-sown lisianthus are blooming.
Some blooms were delivered to a couple of our favorite Northern Kentucky spots on Friday. We are always so appreciative of the support!
Our second wedding of the season, a late October day, has been secured. We are so excited to design for it. Perriee seeded another round of sunflowers in the event that the weather permits their arrival. This one was agreed upon in advance that Mother Nature might decide on an early frost, so there could be dried flowers involved, but they will all be locally grown right here on our farm and beautiful.
The farm is being tidied up in preparation for a bouquet making day next weekend! The flower field is showing off, so the timing is perfect. The weather looks amazing too. To decorate a bit, Perriee and I are going to do a little design practice on the deck to get our chops warmed up for the August wedding.
We wanted to get some beef from Masters Acres so I arranged a pickup of some stuff from our neighbors at the farmers market to force me to go. We came home with so many amazing things and got to say hi to everyone. Our haul included the gifts for some people that my neighbor made for us (I can’t say what is is because they might see it!), some beautiful summer squash, microgreens, a cute little cabbage, a dozen ears of corn, and of course, a roast and some ground beef.
I picked up a slew of garden-fresh cucumbers and got to have a little visit with some friends.
The A/C is hanging in through another heat wave.
We processed our garlic and roasted the few “bad bulbs”. It was a great year for garlic.
The brewery offered for us to have our flowers there for sale again. We are so lucky to have their support. Get your beer local, get your flowers local. Get your veg local. Get you meat local. Let us know if you think you can’t (from wherever you live) and we will help you figure it out. Pinky promise.
Pride and flock update: Howard’s drake feather fell out, thank heavens. Dayz, the 8 year old is still making eggs, if you can believe it. George came home with a bum leg so is making sure no one sleeps at night, telling us he wants out. We think with some rest, he should recover ok.
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