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Fall Colors!

10/12/2013

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Another great surprise on the farm was realizing the bounty of beautiful flowers that bloom well into the cool autumn season. We sort of stumbled onto this during our first year thanks to occasional and random scattering of flower seeds here and there. We cut and regularly mixed in our flowers with wildflowers to offer bouquets and individual flowers at the farm stand.

Since many store-bought flowers are grown in far flung places and treated with a variety of chemicals, it is important to develop a local and sustainable approach to the cut flower industry. Due their many benefits, including attracting pollinators and beneficial insects, we plan to integrate more flower varieties into the crop rotation for next year. 
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