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09/22/2024

I’ll be sad when these blooms are done, but the urge to hibernate is creeping in. Anybody else?

08/30/2024

Dahlia’s are starting to come on a bit stronger & they’re lovely.

I have no idea which is which without a serious deep dive, except for the last one which is a seedling bloom from a packet of Bee’s Choice.

07/30/2024

These are sucking my soul out of me.

That is all. 😂

(it’s also a bit dramatic, not quite THAT bad but they are pretty obnoxious).

07/23/2024

ammobium (winged everlasting) getting a little hydration and then I’ll hang them to dry in a little bit.

07/16/2024

The roses are blooming, the roses are blooming!

Pictured here are Top Cream, Sweet Spirit, Sweet Mademoiselle and Sunbelt Savannah.

07/09/2024

This pink lavender is beautiful when the flowers pop.

05/24/2024

I started putting in the first of 21 roses last night ✨

What’s your favorite color rose?

05/14/2024

Ranunculus & anemone love cool temps and need a long (90 days before they begin flowering) cool growing season, but not too warm (around 75 degrees) or they go dormant.

About as fussy as Goldilocks about her porridge, chair and bed.

I love them but I don’t know how much of them I’ll grow in the future because of all this fussing.

Do you think they’re worth it?

05/12/2024

Prairie smoke blooms at sunrise

05/05/2024

Red Anemone (Anemone multifida)
The prettiest blue green foliage and small delicate red blooms. A native perennial found across much of the United States. It likes dry soil and sun or part-sun.

It would be so pretty with a planting of prairie smoke.

What’s your favorite spring blooming native plant?

03/01/2024

One of my favorite backyard finds in summer are the tree frogs. I think they’re sticky toes, nighttime calls and incredible camouflage are amazing.

We find these guys in damp places all around the house - flower pots, under loose siding, inside the hose reel. Sometimes at night they’re on the back slider door catching bugs if we leave the light on.

Do you find them (or hear their trills?) around your yard?

I’ve been considering reaching out to and holding a workshop to make some frog houses this spring - any takers?

02/09/2024

Last year I tried starting rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) from seed and got zero starts. They’re so pretty though, I think I’ll try again this time though I will winter sow some seeds. The flowers are beautiful, though fleeting, but I really love their seed pods.

02/06/2024

Winterthyme.

02/04/2024

Of all the friends that visit our backyard with a flutter, a scurry, a hop or a slither, our tree frog friends are my favorite.

02/01/2024

We planted a few prairie smoke plants two years ago and I was super excited but the first summer, no blooms. The second summer we got a small series of blooms. The flowers themselves are small and hang down towards the ground, but the seed head is pictured here with those wispy pieces and that pink color. They’re so unusual and a favorite of mine.

I’m currently stratifying seeds to grow out some starts. Is this a plant you’d like in your yard?

01/30/2024

Sage, winter edition

01/29/2024

It’s almost poppy season.

The papery thin petals and vibrant colors. The bright yellow bits of pollen. They don’t make great cut flowers but their seed pods are one of my favorites for dried florals. I’m growing a new variety this year that’s supposed to produce an extra large seed pod and I can’t wait.

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Mount Pleasant, MI
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+19896214056

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http://www.thistledownherbfarm.com/

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It’s the season of spreading tiny bundles of life far and wide before settling in for a long winter nap. #michigangardener #midmichigan #centralmichigan #michiganflowerfarmer #plantnative

The delicate balance within an ecosystem is truly incredible. The decomposers and the bacteria, the plants and the insects, the weather and the soil and the animals. All living with one another & positively or negatively affecting one another. This morning this earthworms movement caught my eye & I watched him for a minute (this video is sped up 4x the real speed haha). How an earthworm moves through the world, how they ‘see’ through vibrations and how they find food without a nose or eyes - it’s amazing to consider how many different organisms have evolved with different ways to survive and thrive. And how they’re all part of a community. This video reminded me of a favorite children’s book of ours, “They All Saw A Cat” by Brendan Wenzel. Have you read it? If so, did you love it? #GardenBiodiversity #GardenComposition #TheyAllSawACat #MichiganGarden #MichiganGardener #MidMichigan #HerbFarm #slowFlowers #everlastingflowers #PlantNative

These micro soil blocks are great for starting small seeds, especially those with longer or more variable germination rates. Tricks to making them hold well - a good soil mix without chunks & packing your blocker tightly. 18 cups Pro Mix BX with Mycorrhizae 12 cups potting soil 6 cups compost 1/4 cup bone meal 1/4 cup greensand Mix well and then mix with water in approximately a 3 parts blocking mix to 1 part water ratio. Give or take depending on the starting moisture rates of your materials. The Pro Mix is a peat-based product and because of environmental sustainability this is less desirable. In the future I’m planning to do some side-by-side growing trials with a few alternatives to assess for germination/growth/blocking efficacy and will hopefully move away from the use of peat.