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Tips for Growing Sunflowers in Alaska.
When I first started farming I was only going to grow a few sunflowers but soon realized a “little bit” simply wasn’t an option. There are 70 different species “cultivars” of these sunny beauties ranging from the mammoth huge to daisy sizes in colors of the classic yellow, oranges, reds, plums, and two-toned. A sunflower for everyone. Each year we…
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When the frost comes
The first few weeks of November I had the privilege of partaking in a floral creative online writing class offered by Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers. What a delight. My goal was to improve my overall writing style without losing my fun, life-loving voice. I feel I achieved my goal. Plus I realized I love to take people on a…
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Growing Beautiful Blooms in Alaska
I started with Dahlias, a row of sweetpeas, and some sunflowers, each one in remembrance of someone I love. At the time they were the only varieties I was going to farm. I thought how special to have a symbolic but simple business model. Well we all know how that worked out for me. I ended up diving deep into…
