The End of Our Season –

We are ending our season on a high note, we just supplied flowers for a local rehearsal dinner. Our flowers are starting to die down, yet we still had enough. Buckets of assorted flowers were picked, then arranged into vases. Each vase was arranged with a collection of flowers from the cultivated flowers bed and our wildflower field. The final product was beautiful.
 
Unlike last year when we learned about the different variations of cut flowers and how to grow them, this year we learned about the impact of weather on farming. Flowers need both rain and sun, one might even say a natural balance between the two. Each region or growing zone has plants that grow well for that zone based on soil type and weather patterns. 
 
What do we do when the weather patterns change? 
 
Our soil in Virginia is mostly a clay soil, enriched by organic matter. This soil prefers a slow soaking rain. Rain that seeps into the grow gradually, seeping deeper to feed longer tap roots. What we are now experiencing however are torrential downpours. The type of rain from tropical zones. These tropical zones have sandy soil which allow for the rain to be absorbed very quickly. Torrential tropical rains in our zone cannot be absorbed quickly by our clay soil which then results in flooding. 
 
We are lucky our flowers beds were accidently planted on a slight hill, which allows for run off. Last weekend we were forced to remain closed due to extremely soggy ground. This weekend rain is in the forecast again and with the reduction of flowers for the season we say goodbye for the summer. 
 
We have planted an assortment of spring flowers and will open on select weekends when those flowers are blooming. Our Summer season will open around the beginning of June. Check our website for days and hours.