Field and Garden with Lisa Mason Ziegler

By Lisa Mason ZieglerLeisure Home & Garden

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Field and Garden with Lisa Mason Ziegler episodes

May 10, 2022 #134: The Full Circle of Flower Farming
As we are heading into the season here on my little flower farm, I’m reminded just how deep it is about to become as the flowers, the heat, and those weeds are about to get going. Walk with me as I look at the layers of a cutting garden and how I have learned to enjoy the journey.
Links & Mentions:
Bachelor Button Seed Mixes from The Gardener’s Workshop
Excited about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription.
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
Sunny Meadows Flower Farm: Website Instagram TikTok
Bio360 Product Page with Install Videos
Dave Dowling’s 6-week course, Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies and More! Enrollment begins June 9th, 2022, More Info & Join the waitlist
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

34 min
May 07, 2022#133: The Past, Present and Future of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm
Steve and Gretel Adams have become very well-known in the cut flower growing world. They went from homesteading market gardeners on a quarter-acre plot to “rock star” cut-flower producers with over 17 greenhouses and 20 employees! Have you ever wondered how they got their start? How Sunny Meadows Flower Farm came to be? In this interview they talk through the progression of their business, including:
Specializing in certain crops

The fear of hiring and managing employees

Scaling up over time

Quality of life investments & finding balance

The future of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm
This episode is packed with great business and general life advice!
Links & Mentions:
Book: The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook
Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoops & Greenhouses
More from Sunny Meadows Flower Farm: Website Instagram TikTok
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!
39 min
May 05, 2022 #132: Keeper Clubhouse Clips (Succession Planting and Zinnias!)
Today I have more "keeper clips" from Clubhouse for you! Lisa hosts a chat called The Flower Farmer Show on the Clubhouse app each Wednesday to cover various flower farming and flower business topics. In today’s episode, I'm sharing clips of Lisa covering the topics of Succession Planting and the 411 on Zinnias! She offers some great tips here that can make a BIG difference for your farm or garden, so I hope you enjoy!
Succession Planting for Consistent Supply: Succession planting annual plants is how we plan for a consistent supply of high-quality flowers, herbs, and vegetables throughout the season. This method of planting also helps you manage common problems like severe weather events and pest or disease outbreaks.
Let’s Talk Zinnias!: Here’s the 411 on Zinnias! Lisa runs through her method of growing them from start to finish, including harvesting and post-harvest care, plus descriptions of the varieties that she grows.
Sign up: TGW Free Weekly Farm E-Newsletter
Blog: Zinnia Talk
Are you on the Clubhouse phone app? Join Lisa's club, called Flower Farming, to be notified when she schedules new chats!
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!
37 min
May 03, 2022#131: Bug Talk: Ants on Peonies with Lisa & Rhonda
Ants on peonies…did you know they are beneficial? Ants patrol the blooms for the sweet nectar and inadvertently protect the nectar and the blooms from pests in their greediness!
Why do we find ants on peonies? Because of all the sweet nectar they produce! Peonies have extrafloral nectaries (EFN) - they exude nectar from other parts of the plant beyond the inside of the flower. Ants feed on this nectar, which becomes more plentiful closer to blooming.
Ants are not garden pests, they are hard workers with lots of garden duties! Ants are predators of garden pests, they aerate the soil, and perform cleanup of decomposing debris. Rhonda encourages you to observe ants in your garden to see what they’re doing, as different types of ants have different jobs. Lisa and Rhonda briefly discuss the differences between native and non-native insects, and how humans affect the spread of non-natives.
Lisa talks about peony harvesting on her farm and shares some great peony tips from Dave Dowling:
Peony buds can be held in a cooler at 34 degrees for at least a couple of weeks. To store them in water in a cooler, harvest blooms at the “marshmallow stage.”

Quality and quantity of blooms for next year depend on water intake in July/August of this year, so make sure your peonies get enough water in summer, irrigating if needed.

Leave as much stem and foliage on the plants as possible so that plants continue to gather energy through the season. Lisa only cuts up to 24” stems no matter how tall her peonies are.
Links & Mentions:
The Gardener’s Workshop Free Resources Library
Dave Dowling’s 6-week course, Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies and More! More Info & Join the waitlist
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!
28 min
April 30, 2022 #130: Local Color Flowers - A Design Studio’s Year Month-by-Month with Ellen Frost
My fascination with Ellen Frost’s local flower sourcing design studio model, Local Color Flowers, began years ago when we first met. Every flower farmer needs an Ellen on their customer list!
Local Color Flowers is located in Baltimore, Maryland. She buys all her flowers from growers within 100 miles of the shop, and she does it year-round. Let’s walk through a year, month-by-month of what is going on in Ellen’s studio plus what they are buying. Please see the PDF link below for the full outline.
Links & Mentions
PDF: A Designer's Month-to-Month (What they buy)
Request Ellen’s Dried Wreath Webinar
Connect with Ellen on Instagram: Local Color Flowers Florist Buying Local Flowers
Learn about Ellen’s Course Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!

46 min
April 28, 2022 #129: The Future of the Cut Flower Industry: Flower Collectives
Are floral collectives the key to the future for domestic cut flower growers? This episode features a recent panel discussion about our new on-demand online course, Collectives 101: A guide for joining and selling through regional wholesale hubs, with Amelia Ihlo. Lisa is joined by Amanda Montgomery of River City Flower Exchange and Jonathan Leiss of Spring Forth Farm to gain insight into the world of floral collectives and to hear first-hand the potential value of this new course for flower farmers. Amanda and Jonathan share their experiences with this selling model and offer helpful information for those curious about the opportunity to either start a collective or join an existing one.
Links & Mentions
Hummingbird Flower Co: Website Facebook
River City Flower Exchange: Website Instagram
Spring Forth Farm: Website Facebook Instagram
Piedmont Wholesale Flowers: Website Facebook Instagram
Stemz: Website Facebook Instagram
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers Localflowers.org
Rooted Farmers: Website Instagram
On-Demand Course: Collectives 101
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!
43 min
April 26, 2022 #128: The Big Picture: A Garden and a Business
Let’s remember and keep in focus the big picture of what we are doing, how we are doing it, and why we are doing it. It’s so easy to fall into rabbit holes and to become completely derailed from our “why” we are doing this in the first place! My big picture garden considerations are: How will I tear this down? How will I maintain it day to day? Will it sell easily? On the business side of things, pausing to remember “why” I am doing all this and am I getting there helps to keep me on track.
Links & Mentions:
Excited about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any subscription.
"Bug Talk" podcasts with Lisa & Rhonda: Field & Garden episode #112, episode #121
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!
27 min
April 23, 2022#127: Ranunculus & Anemone Basics with Steve & Gretel Adams
An introduction to these showy greenhouse-grown spring blooms from Steve & Gretel Adams of Sunny Meadows Flower Farm. They cover lots of important topics, including:
When to order corms for best selection

Building relationships with your vendors

When to plant (and successions)

Best varieties for beginners

Basic growing & harvesting tips
Links & Mentions:
Request the PDF: Favorite Ranunculus & Sources
Request the PDF: Favorite Anenomes & Growing Tips
Request the PDF: Ranunculus Stages of Harvest
Flower Farming School Online: Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoops & Greenhouses
More from Sunny Meadows Flower Farm: Website Instagram TikTok
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!
42 min
April 21, 2022#126: Lisa on The Flower Podcast (finding your niche market & business model, top 5 flowers to grow)
In this episode, we're revisiting an interview that Lisa did in October 2020 on The Flower Podcast, with host Scott Shepherd. Scott and Lisa covered a broad range of topics, including:
Where Cool Flowers can be grown and how they can increase your farm's production dramatically

Marketing: finding your niche in "outside the box" selling opportunities

Understanding how learning via courses saves time and money

Creating a business model that suits your lifestyle

Lisa's Top 5 Warm-Season Annuals
Links & Mentions:
The full-length episode on The Flower Podcast
Online Courses & Schools offered by The Gardener's Workshop
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!
53 min
April 19, 2022#125: Step #1: Managing You
In this episode I am sharing the bottom line friends: you are the only one that can change the way things are going for you and your flower farming business.
If we think back to why we started our own business:
To be in control

To do things the way we think is best

To make the choices

To guide the way

To do what we want to do, when we want to do it
Now we have to exercise the muscle that can help us get there: the choices we make and how we respond to failures.
The difference between success and failure can be this simple.
Hope this gives some food for thought!
Links & Mentions:
Course: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing and More!
Book: Vegetables Love Flowers
Podcast: Jennie Love & Dave Dowling discuss Tulips
The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-wining author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers, owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, Flower Farming School Online, and the publisher of Farmer-Florist School Online and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with Lisa on social!
30 min

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Join Lisa Mason Ziegler of The Gardener's Workshop on the Field and Garden Podcast talking flower farming, cut-flower gardening, business, and all things related!