Category: Floriculture

Birthday Flowers on the Farm

I’m always looking for flowers that will thrive here in Bellevue and I especially appreciate drought resistant perennials. This year, I’m starting to curate flowers that are designated as “birth flowers.” Both the natural beauty and the meanings of the flowers are fun to incorporate into hand crafted gifts! As I looked around our property,…

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Spring 2019 – 3 years in the making

Hurry up! No, wait a minute. I mean – – wait three years! So here we are, almost summer 2019 and finally we have two new flowers for our bees. Columbine These perennials come in a variety of colors and shapes, all having the same leaves.   Chives And wow! Who knew chives would be…

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Picture of the Month-2018

April 2018 Honey bee gathering pollen from the first blooms of the season: candytuft May 2018 May started a very long drought season. Bees were searching hard for water, so we added these chick water stations throughout the raspberry patch. Worked great. June 2018 Our bees love thyme, which gives us the earliest blooms and…

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