by Jennie Love | Jul 9, 2020 | Farming, Regenerative Agriculture/No-Till
I was recently asked to chat “on the record” about my use of living walkways at the farm over on No-Till Growers podcast. In preparation for that, I jotted down some notes on a discarded brown-paper bouquet sleeve while I ate my (always hurried) lunch and...
by Jennie Love | Jul 6, 2020 | Farming, Regenerative Agriculture/No-Till
As a follow up to my last post, No-Till Flowers Farming: The First Step to Regenerative Flower Farming, here are some practical lessons on no-till farming, be it flowers or other crops. Important to note is that we use the “deep mulch system” here at Love...
by Jennie Love | Jul 3, 2020 | Farming, Regenerative Agriculture/No-Till
I originally adopted the no-till approach to farming out of necessity. Well, desperation, really. An intensely rainy spring in 2018 kept me from being able to till the soil as usual and meant the only way to get transplants in the ground was to skip the tilling and...
by Jennie Love | Jun 15, 2020 | Farming
Love ‘n Fresh Flowers is looking for an energetic and detail-oriented individual to fill an Autumn Apprenticeship at our flower farm during the busy late summer and autumn seasons. This apprenticeship is a great opportunity for an individual passionate about getting...
by Jennie Love | Apr 19, 2020 | Designing, Featured
Philadelphia Contactless Flower Delivery Introducing our new Philadelphia contactless flower delivery service, called Porch Petals! In response to Covid19, we wanted to bring our local community a sense of hope and a way to express their love and support for family...
by Jennie Love | Mar 31, 2020 | Farming, Personal
A teacher I know recently said to reassure her students stuck at home, “We get to do something that has never been done before. How cool is that?!” Now that’s a master of silver linings right there, a skill I deeply admire! I’ve been trying to spot silver lining...
by Jennie Love | Mar 23, 2020 | Designing, Farming
I was recently asked to provide a list of some of my favorite podcasts for members of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG). In making the list, I thought it would be good to share this flowers and farming podcast playlist with anyone who is feeling...
by Jennie Love | Mar 16, 2020 | Designing, Farming
Announcing “Boost Bouquets” Through Our New Flower Club Who’s feeling stressed and anxious these days? “Everyone,” would be my guess. I know that I am as a small business owner whose ability to sustain the livelihood of myself and my staff is becoming harder with each...
by Jennie Love | Mar 11, 2020 | Crop Profiles, Farming
Crop Profile: Foxgloves Foxgloves, or Digitalis, are one of my favorite flowers to grow at our flower farm in Philadelphia. Reminiscent of adorable fairy hats, they’re easy to grow from seed, highly productive, repeat bloom during the summer, and usually bloom...
by Jennie Love | Feb 21, 2020 | Farming
Recently I was remembering back to 2009 as I was going into my second growing season as a flower farmer. I just had a tiny community garden plot that year that totaled a grand 1,682 square feet. But from that garden, I managed to grow enough flowers to go to two...
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