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The Flowering Farmhouse 👩‍🌾 Flower Farmer & Cut Flower Educator
Helping others start & grow a cut flower 💐 garden

10/08/2026

This is a dahlia that we first grew from seed in 2023, and we have been growing it out ever since. It is a pink dahlia with long stems and produces lots of blooms. We are considering releasing this one in our winter tuber sale. What do you think? Would you want to grow this one in your garden?

Every October there comes a morning when I catch myself checking the forecast and secretly hoping for frost, and for yea...
10/08/2026

Every October there comes a morning when I catch myself checking the forecast and secretly hoping for frost, and for years I felt a little guilty about that, because it seemed like betraying the very flowers I spent all year growing. Flower farmers have a name for that morning, and we call it Frostmas, the moment you finally get to exhale and put the garden or the farm to bed after giving it everything you had. The work is not over when it comes, there are still tubers to dig and beds to clean, but it feels like a real changing of seasons, and I have stopped apologizing for looking forward to it. Tell me honestly, are you waiting for Frostmas too?

This dahlia seedling is one that I don't know if we will ever release, but it still holds a special place in my heart. T...
10/01/2026

This dahlia seedling is one that I don't know if we will ever release, but it still holds a special place in my heart. This one is TFF Tony G, named after my late father-in-law, a true Sicilian and jazz legend. It was only fitting that this bicolor red and white dahlia be named after him to honor his Italian roots. Tony "Grandpa/Papa G” used to come out to Oregon to hang out with our daughter over Mother's Day while I would plant the dahlias.

A few seedlings 🌱 blooming in our field. Do any of these grab your attention? Which is your favorite?
09/28/2026

A few seedlings 🌱 blooming in our field. Do any of these grab your attention? Which is your favorite?

I was hustling to harvest today and not excited about the rain when my employee said to me, "Oh my goodness, look at tha...
09/25/2026

I was hustling to harvest today and not excited about the rain when my employee said to me, "Oh my goodness, look at that rainbow!" It literally stopped me in my tracks, and it was so beautiful. I was so focused on seeing how fast I could harvest that I can't believe I almost missed this double rainbow.

Oftentimes, we get so busy living our lives and trying to move on to the next thing that we forget to be present in the moment. I'm so grateful this rainbow made me pause and slow down for a moment today. 🌈

What is something you are grateful for?

The perfect start to fall: harvesting buckets of dahlias for our final CSA week of the season. Pictured here: 20th Ave S...
09/23/2026

The perfect start to fall: harvesting buckets of dahlias for our final CSA week of the season.

Pictured here: 20th Ave Softer Peach, TFF unnamed seedling, and TFF Sleeping Beauty.

How did you spend the first day of fall?

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