Sarah Daken 2/11/24 Sarah Daken 2/11/24

all roads lead to money

Getting outside funding for a small agricultural business is painful but necessary and the process needs to change.

Sarah Daken 1/6/24 Sarah Daken 1/6/24

Getting Crafty and why Art is essential

Why Flower crafting is not just fun … it’s necessary.

Sarah Daken 11/13/23 Sarah Daken 11/13/23

Writers Block and other random musings about 2023

Free association the 2023 flower season … and other things.

Tom Precht 4/30/23 Tom Precht 4/30/23

A life of our own choosing and parenting ... can they peacefully co-exist?

This is the one. The hardest and easiest blog I’ve ever written.

Sarah Daken 2/28/23 Sarah Daken 2/28/23

Now we Grow ...

Sarah Daken 2/1/23 Sarah Daken 2/1/23

The Dirty truth about valentine’s day

Tom Precht 3/3/21 Tom Precht 3/3/21

The Future of Sustainable Floriculture!

The future of sustainable floriculture is upon us!

Tom Precht 9/30/20 Tom Precht 9/30/20

Politics and what CoVid is teaching us

We’re nearing the end of the season, a time of contradictory emotions; we’re exhausted but don’t want to see the beautiful flowers go either.

Tom Precht 9/22/20 Tom Precht 9/22/20

And just like that... it's coming to a close

We’re nearing the end of the season, a time of contradictory emotions; we’re exhausted but don’t want to see the beautiful flowers go either.

Tom Precht 9/9/20 Tom Precht 9/9/20

Nature does nothing in vain

To gaze at a fully bloomed Dahlia might make one think there is some cosmic force at work in the natural world, sculpting near perfection out of petals and stems.

Tom Precht 9/1/20 Tom Precht 9/1/20

Growing expansion has begun

We can’t wait to grow all the “things” and especially the unique hard to find items that make people swoon. We live for that!

Tom Precht 8/18/20 Tom Precht 8/18/20

Check your soil, like you check your oil

Treat your soil like a fine automobile that you want to last forever. Check it’s health often, and make improvements constantly, it pays you back 100 fold!

Tom Precht 8/12/20 Tom Precht 8/12/20

Let's have some real talk

The struggle is real…

Tom Precht 8/4/20 Tom Precht 8/4/20

Farming while married

They say running a business with a partner is like being in another marriage, except for it’s really not, unless you’re actually married.

Tom Precht 7/28/20 Tom Precht 7/28/20

Who is the customer?

We’ve said it before but we’ll say it again, flower people are some of the nicest people we’ve met in a long time. Both farmers and floral designers are so generous and collaborative. But floral designers have a special place in our hearts.

Tom Precht 7/22/20 Tom Precht 7/22/20

Community is Key

We would not be the flower farming duo that we are today without the help of a stellar community of people. Read about how Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers fame helped us as well as other associations and groups and made us feel welcome in the floral world!

Tom Precht 7/15/20 Tom Precht 7/15/20

It ain't easy being green...

You need a lot of help in this world to start a business and that goes double if you are a green business. We found the best possible fit for that assistance in a local non-profit, Bethesda Green. Read about how we came to find them and how they have helped us beyond anything we could imagine.