Every year there comes a period of time when I actually can’t look at any more flowers. This past January, my eyes were actually weary of them, sumptuous seed catalogs would arrive and I had to toss them aside. It’s a natural part of the cyclical nature of this work, it’s all go go go, …
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Winter Flowers
As lovely as the flowers are that we can get imported are, we sorely miss cutting product fresh from our farm- these cafe au lait dahlias were a huge element in most of our fall weddings, love their multi-hued petals! Planting for specific weddings and events is really thrilling, and we are expanding our farm …
Saturday at Peggy Notabeart Nature Museum
Bringing honey to the Green City market with our dear friends from the Chicago Honey Co-op last weekend, my hustle went something like this: “Have you tried the summer honey from the Chicago Honey Co-op? We are the most local vendor at the green city market, with hives in Humboldt Park, Back of the Yards and …