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Barefoot Blossom Farm Local family flower farm in Ortonville Michigan.
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03/29/2025

Drum Roll please 🥁….. The Barefoot Blossom Farm people’s choice dahlia of the year is: MAI TAI. It was a close race and between Instagram and Facebook, with a cut off of 1:30pm, Mai Tai won by only 2 votes!!
Our dahlia tuber sale went live this morning and there are still some of each left!! Although one is pretty close to selling out already.
Thank you for partaking in the fun with us. I really enjoyed seeing all of your comments again and having the online interaction.
Let me leave you quick with some thing’s I love about Mai Tai. She blooms early compared to other dahlias. She sends out a lot of long sturdy stems and this is important when you want cut flowers. Her colors are perfect when we head in to fall. She is everyone’s favorite come September when dahlias are in their prime. I just love her. 🩷🧡💛 Snag a tuber or two for yourself at our sale!

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03/28/2025

Round 4–closed..see final results…We made it to the final 2! This was a combination of votes from Instagram and Facebook. Let’s look at your finalists:
Mai Tai- this was one of my first dahlias and I have never lost sight of her being one of my favorites. You can see my sister chose her as one of the focal flowers for all the wedding flower decorating. We pretty much designed around that flower and one other. She reminds you of all things tropical and who doesn’t want that!!
Wine Eyed Jill-She is much different than Mai Tai as her color can variate as the season goes on. She starts more towards this deep purple with the eyed center and more towards fall she ends as a light Lemon with wine eye still. I absolutely adore her and love using her in bouquets.
All right it is up to you to pick the Barefoot Blossom Farm dahlia of the year. Again this was narrowed down from a panel of 10 of our best producers of tubers, flowers and those that hold up the best in storage.
Who will it be??? Vote 👇 below!!

03/28/2025

I forgot to tell you guys about something!!!! Last week we released an event to our email subscribers and there are only a couple spots left!! This is a new event we have never done before and I am so excited to truly use my teaching skills and teach you how to grow your own cut flower garden.
Do you see all the flowers in these beautiful pics of Juliana? We will be sowing these seeds together. I will grow them for you in my indoor greenhouse and you will come pick them up 6 weeks later when they are ready to plant. You will have enough plants to make a very large cutting garden and even get to pick out some dahlia tubers as well. That’s right your very own little flower garden to enjoy. It will be gorgeous!!
At the workshop, You will learn how to soil block and take a tour of our indoor greenhouse. I will show you the basics of how I got started and what you need to try this on your own in the future.
Book your spot now to come to the farm on April 19th where we will be sowing the seeds of a whimsical summer full of many beautiful bouquets.
(Small workshop of only 10 people)

https://www.barefootblossomfarm.com/event-details/lets-grow-a-cut-flower-garden-together

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03/28/2025

Round 3–We have it down to 4 finalists and are they ever lovely!! I have included additional pictures of each so you can see them in different ways. They are all so magnificent for various reasons. I don’t want to sway you one way or another at this point so I hope the pics are helping!! While scrolling through my camera roll I found so many amazing color combinations. I can’t wait to get your opinions on those next!
Tomorrow we will have our final two. Please vote for only 1 below.👇

03/26/2025

Round Two- We went from the top 16 to your top 8. If you’re new to this we are finding the publics top favorite dahlia amongst our strongest growers and tuber survivors. We keep these flowers alive year round in some form. This time you may only pick 1. PLEASE PLACE YOUR CHOICE IN THE COMMENTS BELOW 👇. On Thursday in round three we will dig in to the top 4. We will look at more pics of them.
Thanks for voting!! This is fun. I really enjoyed seeing your first set of answers.❤️

03/26/2025

Round 1—CLOSED… see round 2…We’d like your insight!! These are our top dahlias grown here on Barefoot Blossom Farm. What that means is that they produce the best and store the best through winter. Now we would like your help to see which ones you like the best. Let’s find THE FAN FAVORITE. Round one you may vote for your top two below.👇 PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT WITH YOUR TOP TWO. ❤️and 👍🏻 dont work on pics becase some people do more than two.
Wednesday we will narrow 16 down to 8.
Oh and all these beauties will be available in our sale Saturday. Make sure you are on our email list so you know what time is starts. Limited tubers of some varieties.

03/25/2025

Everyone got a quick refresher training today on spotting eyes and they all took turns helping for a little today. Spotting the eyes and going through every bin is taking time but we are getting closer.(I spy a very messy floor🤣. I also spy two old people with their readers on using a very bright light but man was it helpful AND we just happen to be wearing our BBF shirts!)

The third picture shows a very healthy tuber with multiple sprouting eyes!! We love this!

Tomorrow we are going to start a poll of WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DAHLIA? Help us to see what the people like best by voting for your favorites . We include a good variety of what will be available in the sale on Saturday. It’s also great for us to see what we should grow more of based on your responses so we love when you give us feedback. So let’s start with this—-are you a pastel or bold color person?? Let us know 👇 below.

03/23/2025

Dahlia Tuber Sale is coming!! I have been working over this weekend and will continue this week going through every single dahlia in storage by hand. This is what buying from a small farm gets you, meticulous attention to detail. I make sure every tuber is in great shape and has a viable eye. See I don’t want to send you anything that I know won’t grow and I don’t want to short us for the dahlia field, so this step is really important. It is time consuming and our kitchen is a mess, but this week it will get done and by Saturday we will be ready for our first sale. The time will be released to our email subscribers so make sure you are on the list. You can check the varieties we think will be available by visiting our site.
www.barefootblossomfarm.com

What is your favorite kind of dahlia? (Don’t ask me this question because I could never answer just one, or two or three!🤪)

03/20/2025

I don’t really care what temperature it is today or that it snowed!! It’s finally Spring. Spring may just be my favorite season or close tie to summer. I am just giddy with excitement for everything to pop and bloom. That excitement is just infectious. I also just love the way you feel on a day like yesterday when you truly appreciate the warm temps after a long Michigan winter. It’s so joyous.
Can you look past the mud of Spring to see all its amazing qualities?

03/06/2025

What pops out to you here??
Is it the lovely ranunculus?
Is it the empty mason jar?
Is it the oversized business card?
OR is it the two silly dogs running in the background who often photo bomb most of my photos?
Look carefully you will often notice at least a piece of them in my pics or videos.

I can’t wait to see those ruffly lisianthus’ blooming again. Right now they are tiny specs of green growing in my basement. They are the slowest growing annual we grow.

03/04/2025

Dahlia Tips….
There is nothing worse than paying good money for a dahlia tuber than having it look nothing like what you expected! Many factors can affect its looks but number one is temperature. I always try to buy my tubers from people with a similar growing climate to my own. This way I know that when I am looking at their pictures and reading their comments I can expect a similar outcome.
If I choose to purchase from someone in a much different growing zone I do a lot of research on the dahlia first and I don’t get my hopes too high for the first growing season.

Have you grown something and had it not turn out the way you expected?

03/03/2025

Scream it!! March!!!! By the end of this month Spring will have arrived, our time will have sprung forward and things will be growing and sprouting like crazy!! That is 3 WINS!!
Just today I peeked in on my ranunculus and they not only survived the frigid winter, they are already sprouting. Many do not plant them until the next couple weeks but for the last two years I have been planting in early December/late November before the ground freezes and they do fabulous. That time of year works better for me. This time of year is more busy at my school job so it is what I prefer.
Ranunculus are an atypical flower as they are better picked once they have opened and closed a couple of times. This will give you a larger flower with a vase life of up to 14 days. The hardest part is waiting to pick them. I always squish their little heads gently and if they feel like a marshmallow I know they are ready to be picked.
If you have never grown ranunculus I challenge you to try these early beauties! What’s great about them is the deer leave them be and they provide more than one stem unlike the tulip. They do take a hike though as soon as temps stay consistently over 75. They don’t like heat.
You can find these spring beauties in our Spring Bouquet Subscriptions. We have these up on our website currently.
Any questions about ranunculus?

02/26/2025

It won't be long now till we are jumping in the flowers and collecting armfuls of daffodils. The spring air yesterday sure filled me with the utmost joy and excitement for the days to come. So much joy we have decided to release a few more of our Spring and Tulip Subscriptions.
Pick up is available on the Farm, in Lake Orion and in Clarkston .
Please head over to our website for more details!!
https://www.barefootblossomfarm.com/bouquet-subscriptions

Did you get outside today and enjoy the warm Michigan air? We took so long of a walk in the evening we had to call our son and his girlfriend to come pick us up!!! 😂 (It was getting too dark!)

02/25/2025

Some people hold flowers while others wear them!

This is my daughter Juliana’s senior year so when we went dress shopping for her Snowcoming dance we knew it couldn’t be just any dress! This dress certainly stood out among all the others. My only regret in all our haste of the day was I didn’t get any pics of her alone or any of the back of her! 😢 So sad. We had flowers picked out to match the dress and put in her hair and ran out of time for that as well. That happens when you host events at your home. So much to do!! We will miss these soon!

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02/16/2025

Every time you purchase a bouquet from us, you purchase HOURS of work in one bouquet. Here is what goes in to one of our $20-25 Bouquets:
-Seed Purchase
-Seed Starting Soil - We use Dairy Doo from Healthy Futures Organic Feed Supply
-Tray, Germination Lid, Heat Mat, Lights and Fan to germinate and grow the seeds.
- Swiftblocker Commercial Soil Blocker to make the soil blocks to hold the seeds
-Hours of Watering
-Foop fertilizer
-Acclimating the plants to outside
-Planting the plants
-Weeding time
-Pinching time (when required)
- Harvest time
-Hand arranging of bouquet
-Paper wrap Cut/Fold
-Attach flower food/business card
- Place in cooler until ready for customer
-Drive time to drop (when necessary)
-Greet customers when able to

This list is just the details that go into the actual bouquets. It does not mention the behind the scenes hours spent on advertising, sales, photography, promotion and social media.

Ask yourself if your grocery store/Costco/Trader Joe is pouring this much effort in to your bouquet?

We will be releasing a few more of our Spring Subscriptions and Tulip Subscriptions in the next week. We would love your support of our small farm. Keep you posted.

📷Thanks to one of our flower subscribers.❤️

02/14/2025

Sending love from us to you on this Valentine’s Day. While we did not offer flowers for this holiday we are growing for one of the next big one: Mothers Day.

Are you Team Flowers or Team Chocolate?

02/14/2025

Well it’s that magical time of year when you can spot both baked goods and dirt brownies on our counter all at the same time.
Through the years my practices have gotten better as I now do the dirty part in our garage that I have destroyed (looks like a dirt jungle of all things flower farming.). After the soil blocks have been created I bring all the hand crafted soil blocks/dirt brownies inside to place each seed one by one. I wish there was a fast way of doing this but there is not without expensive machinery. Today I used my tool to help me plant a little more efficiently and I will say it did prevent one great thing, a whole lot less dirt in my mouth! I typically use a tooth pick that I continue to rewet and end up eating just a little dirt along the way. I know you know the saying; “God made dirt and dirt don’t hurt! Put it in your mouth and let it work.” At least that is what we used to say when we were kids and something fell on the ground we wanted to eat.🤣
Well after about 5 hours my second succession of lisianthus were planted and on the heating mats. The first succession is just over a month old and still super tiny. They are the slowest growing annual that we grow. They take a long time to reach maturity.
The garden centers are being stocked at your local stores and our local nursery is doing a greenhouse tour on Saturday. Start planning your summer garden or get out and learn something new. We are headed to Wojos on Saturday to breath that amazing greenhouse air. I love the smell of fresh soil and plants!!

02/13/2025

Some flowers tell a story. Zinnias do that for me. They remind me of my older sister. Unfortunately she has never seen the flower farm in person as we lost her to a very long battle with cancer about a year before I knew most of you or began meeting you because of the farm.
She LOVED zinnias and helped me to grow fond of them as well over the years. One of my favorite parts of visiting her home in the summer was seeing all her beautiful flowers she would grow on her back deck or this really big butterfly bush she had right next to the house that was always loaded when you walked up. She also was able to keep some of my Grandmas roses alive and thriving on the side of her house. This was always a special sight. Needless to say she had a green thumb and loved to grow.

It’s been over five years since we lost her at the age of 43 and I have found/learned that grief is a crazy game that plays everyone very differently. In the beginning I was able to be strong for her children and mine burying most of my feelings. While you may think you have tucked those feelings away they creep up on you at random times, sometimes 5 years later.
This past month as I have been dealing with some of my own personal battles, I miss my friend. I miss ignoring the ugly with her and chatting all things garden or cooking or crafting. Was our relationship perfect, hell no! We, just like most families had our misunderstandings and disagreements but in the end she was always my sister and our bond was blood.
I am grateful the zinnia is so easy to grow and that it is always there each year to remind me of her and her passion for growing. If you have a special plant/flower that reminds you of someone I strongly encourage you to plant it or grow it! It will help with resolve and bring some joy!

Do you think of anyone when you garden?

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Larkspur is a FABULOUS cold hardy annual that’s loves to be seeded in your garden early when the soil is just workable. Do you know what this means?!? If you live where I do and the ground is still covered in snow or frozen you have time to pick up seeds!! Just don’t eat these seeds! This is one of many plants that is poisonous including the seeds. There are many edible plants out there but not Larkspur. Have you grown Larkspur before? #larkspur #coldhardyplants #directsow #springflowers #springplanting #flowerfarm #flowerfarmers #zone6a #growinginzone6a #michiganflowerfarm

The longer the stems, the better!! That’s always the goal when you’re growing flowers so that you can make a great cut flower bouquet. With snap dragons there are some simple things to remember to gain those LONG LEGS 🦵😝. 🪻Seeding Time - There are 4 groups of snapdragons and when you understand how and when to start these in your zone, you will gain ideal stem length. For instance Chantilly Snaps are group 1-2 which means they will not tolerate heat and prefer the colder temps to bloom. In order to get enough grow time, if you are in my zone 6a, these snaps should be started in the fall and hooped for the winter. On the opposite end Potomac snaps are group 3-4 and they will take on some of the summer heat. They prefer longer days and high light levels so if you start these too early in the winter you will not achieve the ideal stem length. 🪻Planting Time - this topic was started above because if you seed to early you essentially will plant to early likewise planting too late. It is very important to understand when your last frost date is. While snaps are somewhat cold tolerant they cannot take a freeze as new seedlings without cover. They need good acclimation to the outdoor temps and protection from the weather when they are small. 🪻Spacing - I plant my snaps 6” apart and if I have enough I put two plants in every hole. You can even double seed your cells so that the plants compete with one another for height. I plant in small soil blocks so I don’t like too many seedlings in such a cramped area. I choose to plant two of my soil blocks per 6” hole when possible. 🪻Variety - You may find over time which varieties and colors you prefer. As much as I adore the Chantilly and Butterfly Snap Dragons, I have phased them out. I prefer Potomac and Rocket although this year I am trialing some new varieties from @johnnys_seeds. Can’t wait to see how they do! Snaps remind me of being little!! Do they remind you of anyone or anythi

Did you know your daffodil bulbs are multiplying under the soil? Did you also know now is the time to safely dig them up, separate and move them to multiply your crop of them? So easy to do and good for the bulbs too! Give it a try and enjoy more daffodils in the spring! #dividingdaffodils #moredaffodils #lovemydaffodils #daffodils #springflowers #michiganflowers #michiganfreshflowers #michiganflowerfarm

Whether you choose to grow them yourself or indulge in some bouquets from us, I hope you spoil yourself more this coming year with the beauty of flowers. They sure bring on all the good feels!! “Pure happiness” is what we see at our upicks. Start planning some spring beauties now. It’s a great time to plant any bulb. Your future self will beyond thank you!What’s your favorite spring flower? #flowersbringjoy #flowersequalhappiness #growjoy #frostondahlias #michiganflowerfarm #michiganflowers #flowersinmichigan #dahlias

This was the first season that we got to create in ceramic pumpkins and wow was everyone happy!! How neat is it that they will get to make more pumpkin arrangements at home as we head towards Thanksgiving. No rotting, or oozing as the pumpkin gets old on your table. It was a win. Look at those beauties created today.❤️ Thanks to my friend at @merijoflowers for picking them up for me!! I am so grateful!!❤️ #pumpkinbouquet #pumpkinworkshop #pumpkinfun #michiganfreshflowers #michiganflowerfarm #clarkstonmi #lakeorionmi #ortonville

16 Bouquets headed to the Ortonville Farmers Market tomorrow. They are open 9-1 or until sold out.

16 lovely bouquets available at the Ortonville Farmers Market tomorrow from 9-1 or till sold out.

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