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Jennifer Elliott

May 25, 2020 By Jennifer Elliott

Happy Memorial Day! We hope you’re enjoying this kick-off to summer! What a different year – last year we were able to give our crew the holiday off because we were so on top of our plantings, this year we’re scrambling without a crew, in a pandemic, to keep up with the harvesting while we try to set out plants and manage tractor cultivations with two toddlers in tow. 

This is probably the last week for ranunculus and anemone – they stop flowering once soil temperatures start to rise – and we’ll be sorry to see this gorgeous, productive crop go. We’ll also say goodbye to the tulips until next season, and will gather up all of the optimism we can for next year’s crop… we had a really tough season with the tulips. A strong and promising start quickly turned to anxiety as the plants started to show signs of disease during an unseasonably cold, wet April. Disease spread quickly, destroying most of our varieties. After many emails and photo swaps with a plant pathologist, it looks like we’re dealing with a couple weather-related and/or bulb-borne diseases, but plant samples are at the lab now and we’ll have confirmation soon. Luke calls growing tulips the ‘tulip gambit’ because the investment and risk are so high (and the rewards can be, too!) and we took a pretty hard hit this year. 

But, that’s farming! Nothing to do but focus on what’s ahead – sweet peas, poppies, larkspur, and more from the greenhouses, and a big field of peonies showing perfect buds!

https://tinyheartsfarm.com/2020/05/25/3998/

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May 7, 2020 By Jennifer Elliott

What a beautiful weekend! The sunshine and warmth had a huge effect on the flowers – it forced so many of the long-awaited tulip varieties open, and we were swimming in anemones and ranunculus in the greenhouse (in short sleeves!) Never mind that those two lovely spring days were sandwiched between cold and colder weather. Actually, we do mind…with every night in the 10-day forecast in the 30’s (and a few below freezing), this isn’t the welcome to May we were hoping for, especially after such a cold, wet April. Flowers do not like to sit under cold, cloudy skies for this long – we’ll be scouting closely for signs of disease until the weather lets up and we’re looking at more seasonable nights in the 50’s. We’d usually be trying to get a jump on our dahlia planting by now, too, but no chance with this forecast. In the meantime, it’s Mother’s Day week and we’ll be slammed in the barn putting together orders and arrangements with all the beautiful flowers the warm days gave us!

https://tinyheartsfarm.com/2020/05/07/3673/

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The state of tulips this week: greenhouse tulips s The state of tulips this week: greenhouse tulips starting to roll in (these ‘Apricot Delight’ are first to bloom) and field tulips looking on track to start blooming in a few weeks!
Just brought these ranunculus up to @tinyheartsflo Just brought these ranunculus up to @tinyheartsflowershop! We’ll be here til 2! 💋💋💋
Reminder! If you pre-ordered dahlia tubers to pick Reminder! If you pre-ordered dahlia tubers to pick up @tinyheartsflowershop, this is the week! We’re open until 4 today or 10 - 2 tomorrow.
I’m instant buddies with anyone else whose favor I’m instant buddies with anyone else whose favorite color is orange - we seem to be the oddballs. Anyway, I’m REALLY looking forward to this bed of butterfly ranunculus. Making the first cuts soon 🧡🧡🧡
Barefoot and picking tulips at 7 pm...homeschoolin Barefoot and picking tulips at 7 pm...homeschooling the Tiny Hearts way. George is very pleased to let you know these will be @tinyheartsflowershop this weekend.
Don’t forget, if you ordered dahlia tubers to pi Don’t forget, if you ordered dahlia tubers to pick up @tinyheartsflowershop, this is the week! We’ll be open Thursday and Friday from 10 - 4 and Saturday from 10 - 2. We also have some flowers up on the website for pre-order and will have the first (very) few bunches of ranunculus and tulips at the shop.

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