Otto Farm

06/19/2025

Friday will be your chance to stop to smell the flowers! At the farmstand on Petersen Road! Fresh locally grown with out chemicals..😍

06/13/2025

Flower Friday is tomorrow at the farm stand on Petersen Road!!! 😁

06/12/2025

Flower bouquets for the weekend.... Peonies!!! Friday at the Farm Stand on Petersen Road....🥰

06/10/2025

Looks like Friday will be a flower day!!! Pick up your bouquet at the farm stand on Petersen Road!!! 😍

05/21/2025

We had frost last week!!! I now know why they call this month May…. It may rain, it may snow, it may be frosty all in the same day… so far, we have only had frost one day this month… fingers crossed that we are done with the cold stuff. The hardy annual flowers are doing well; I was planting snapdragons in the rain and the earth was warm! Just the way they like it! Although I still dont know where I am going to plant all the seedlings which I have started! 😊 I have planted over 550 dahlia tubers, soooo exciting, lots of blooms coming your way!

05/11/2025

05/09/2025

Oh Yeah! this little tool with the auger has saved me alot of time! I can drill the holes and plant 100 tubers in under two hours! I am excited to see the green sprouts peaking thru the soil. In the meantime there are still flower seedlings to get into the ground, mulch to be added, weeds to be pulled... oh and I have to put the stakes in the ground for the netting! I have a big check list! 😍

04/30/2025

Get this party started! Actually it is more like a marathon! I have unpacked the dahlia tubers which were stored in containers in the garage; there are more than 600 viable tubers that will need to find some soil! Good thing I have the handy dandy auger for drilling the planting holes! The plan is to get them in the ground before the 15th of May, although I still have a couple beds that need some work. Wish me luck! 😏

04/28/2025

I have been enjoying all the warm sunshine while prepping the flower beds for planting. Some of the edge boards have been replaced, rototilled the soil and added composted manure to the beds.

I have transplanted some of the cool loving seedlings; Dara, bupleurum and Snapdragon. I hope I have enough room for all of the seedlings….good thing I have a dirt patch out back that I can use for the extras! When you save your own seeds it is easy to get carried away planting!! 😍😍😍

04/23/2025

Finally the tulips are starting to bloom....another frosty morning but my "cool" flower seedlings are loving the temperatures with the sunshine! 😍