Comments on: Cup of flowers http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/09/03/cup-of-flowers/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mike (tfb) http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/09/03/cup-of-flowers/#comment-2416 Mike (tfb) Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:14:41 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/09/03/cup-of-flowers/#comment-2416 Hey Jill: Yeah, zinnias, cosmos and all the sunflowers, including the branching ones, worked out great in my under-tended flower plot. I'll do 'em again. Gypsophilia seemed to do well on their own, also, calendula. I'll look into your suggestions for next year—this time around I tried only what I could direct seed around the beginning of June. If you're going into limited veggies to start out with, you might consider specializing in salad mix, like, true mesclun with lettuce and lots of other greens. You can get really creative making up blends, also, growing hot weather alternatives, like mixes of baby chard, beet greens, and so forth. Keeping it all balanced so there's a steady supply sounds like the type of growing that might fit well with flowers! Hey Jill: Yeah, zinnias, cosmos and all the sunflowers, including the branching ones, worked out great in my under-tended flower plot. I’ll do ‘em again. Gypsophilia seemed to do well on their own, also, calendula. I’ll look into your suggestions for next year—this time around I tried only what I could direct seed around the beginning of June.

If you’re going into limited veggies to start out with, you might consider specializing in salad mix, like, true mesclun with lettuce and lots of other greens. You can get really creative making up blends, also, growing hot weather alternatives, like mixes of baby chard, beet greens, and so forth. Keeping it all balanced so there’s a steady supply sounds like the type of growing that might fit well with flowers!

]]> By: jill http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/09/03/cup-of-flowers/#comment-2309 jill Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:38:56 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/09/03/cup-of-flowers/#comment-2309 I love your blog--I'm a flower farmer in Michigan, looking to expand into more vegetables next year, with an eye toward a CSA once my small children grow up. Anyhow, I highly recommend zinnias, cosmos, multi-branching sunflowers, dill and basil bouquets. I also throw in yarrow, snapdragons, black-eyed susans, and a few other things, as they come into bloom. But people really, really like them, and BG zinnias are so easy to grow. I love your blog–I’m a flower farmer in Michigan, looking to expand into more vegetables next year, with an eye toward a CSA once my small children grow up. Anyhow, I highly recommend zinnias, cosmos, multi-branching sunflowers, dill and basil bouquets. I also throw in yarrow, snapdragons, black-eyed susans, and a few other things, as they come into bloom. But people really, really like them, and BG zinnias are so easy to grow.

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