by Blue Gables | Apr 8, 2022
We don’t grow Iceland Poppies because Sessy is half Icelandic, although she is. We grow them because they are beautiful, popular with our customers and bloom in early spring (now) when few other flowers are doing much of anything. Unlike Sessy, Iceland poppies did not...
by Blue Gables | Feb 27, 2022
We flower farmers were reminded this month that we are at the mercy of the weather when we discovered that our stock seedlings had frozen and died. We planted stock in landscape fabric in October and covered it with a low (“caterpillar”) tunnel made of Pex hoops and...
by Blue Gables | Sep 25, 2021
Ask any flower grower and they will tell you that dahlias are among the most popular flowers. It seems ironic or maybe it’s fitting that they are also among the most difficult to grow. They are native to Mexico where they survive outdoors as perennials from year to...
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...
