by Blue Gables | Apr 13, 2021
So much of what we do at Blue Gables Farm is an exercise in faith. When you plant, there are numerous variables that you can’t control — weather, disease, pests and markets. When you plant in the fall with an eye to the following spring, there is even...
by Blue Gables | Dec 22, 2020
Most plants look pretty dead by late December, and for plant lovers, it can be a bleak time of year when eyes get hungry to see anything green. Hellebores check that box. We grow hellebores for their early spring blooms, but we appreciate their steadfastness in the...
by Blue Gables | Nov 22, 2020
We planted about a thousand tulip bulbs this week. It was an act of faith in both the future and the cycle of life. It was done with an eye to a spring that will come after a winter that isn’t yet upon us. The bulbs themselves are little balls of potential, stuffed...
by Blue Gables | Oct 10, 2020
Ask any flower farmer and they’ll tell you zinnias are amazing flowers. They crank out blooms with long stems in a tremendous variety of colors and petal textures. We don’t know what we would do without our zinnias. Cut and Come Again The more you cut from a zinnia...
by Blue Gables | May 23, 2020
We make no secret of the fact that we forage on our own land for wildflowers to enhance the market bouquets that we sell. Our land includes a 4-acre meadow with a pretty diverse plant stock. Depending on the season, we find flowers, greenery and woodies that add...
by Blue Gables | Mar 17, 2020
F1 Hybrid Seeds The “F1” on seeds and plants means it is a “first child” or unique offspring created by human intervention — the selective cross-breeding of two different species. The resulting plants and seeds are referred to hybrids. ...
