Field & Garden

Do you need a break? To continue performing everyone needs time to refuel. For me, marrying into a family that observes Sundays as a day of rest played a significant role in my business success. Looking back I see how it gave me down space to become better.

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We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription.

Lisa's course, Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More!

Dave's course, Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More!

Recommended Podcast: Discover the Word

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The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer. This one was guest hosted by Dave Dowling of Ball/ColorLink. Dave is also a former flower farmer and the instructor for our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More. Dave is always happy to share his knowledge with our listeners! Here, he answers questions about many different flowers, including peonies, campanula, flowering kale, stock, calla lilies, eucalyptus, and many more.

Other topics mentioned:

• Best cut-flower varieties of Baptisia, Ninebark, and Smokebush

• Selling flowers to restaurants

• Eucalyptus growing tips

• Celosia high tunnel growing

• Butterfly ranunculus harvesting

• Best perennials for newer growers

• Didiscus planting

• Ethylene-sensitive plants

• Obedient plant

• Bronze Fennel

• Alliums

• Using beneficial insects to treat aphids

• Deer-resistant perennials

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Dave's Online Course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More!

Ball/Colorlink: Wholesale Plant, Bulb, & Seed Supplier

Lisa's Online Course: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More!

Ellen's Online Course: Florist School Online: Growing Your Business with Local Flower Sourcing

Lisa's Book, Cool Flowers

The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram

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The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!

Now is the time for big-picture planning for next spring: where and when. As I am shuffling our gardens again, I am excited to embark on a smaller garden that produces more.

I know where I am planting Cool Flowers and when I should plant which leads me backward to mark the calendar with when I start transplants, have seeds on hand, get beds ready, etc.

Take a minute to review the book and related resources to plan for the biggest season of the year, spring.

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The ⁠Field and Garden Podcast⁠ is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!

Little did I know that being afraid to sell my first flowers was actually the gift that prepared me for a career of success. Becoming a strong, confident seller was not what I thought, it was the result of becoming a prepared and professional flower farmer that led me to selling success.

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We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription.

Lisa's course, Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More!

Ellen's online Mini-Workshop: Preparing to Sell to Florists

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The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!

This episode features a takeover of our popular weekly live Q&A session on Instagram, called Ask a Flower Farmer. This one was guest hosted by Dave Dowling of Ball/ColorLink. Dave is also a former flower farmer and the instructor for our online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More. Dave has such a wealth of knowledge to share! He answers questions about many different flowers, including ranunculus, sunflowers, clarkia, celosia, peonies, amaranth, and tulips.

Other topics mentioned:

• High Tunnel Growing Tips, privacy Screen Trees

• Cooler Storage of Ranunculus, Sunflowers, Lilies

• Harvesting of Sweet William, Clarkia, Ranunculus

• Seedling Care for Celosia, Amaranth

• Seedling Care under Grow Lights

• Fertilizing Ranunculus

• Tulip Growing/Tulip Fire

• Tree Peonies

• Icelandic Poppy Germination

• Peony Disbudding

• Planting Gladiolus over Daffodils

• Butterfly Ranunculus

• Mother's Day Prep & Organization

• Scouting for Thrips, Aphids, and Tarnish Plant Bugs

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Dave's Online Course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More!

Ball/Colorlink: Wholesale Plant, Bulb, & Seed Supplier

The Gardener's Workshop on Instagram

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The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!

Lisa was recently featured on The joegardener® Show podcast, joining host Joe Lamp'l to discuss the concept of succession planting with flowers. Topics covered include:

• Spreading out & making the best use of your resources
• Maximizing your harvest over time
• Flowers that thrive late summer into fall
• How starting seeds indoors in soil blocks benefits your farm or garden

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Full The joegardener® Show Episode #315 Podcast & Blog Post Available Here

Products: Silage Tarp, Warm Season Flower Seeds, Flower Support Netting

Soil Blocking Mix Recipe & Instructions

Book: The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman

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The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!

Join Lisa Z. and Dave Dowling as they talk about some big improvements and changes to Dave's online school! These changes benefit both current owners of the course and prospective students alike, check them out!

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Available Now! Dave's online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More!

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The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!

This episode is an encore presentation of a chat with my friend and student Nicole Pitt of Flower Hill Farm. Nicole farms in Boonville, New York on the land of her childhood (and current) home. A former TV news reporter/anchor, Nicole is now in her fifth year of cut flower production, selling through a CSA, to florists, and at her newly opened nursery. In this interview, we talked about how she got into flowers, the challenges faced as she grows her business, and what the future may hold for Flower Hill Farm. Nicole's story demonstrates how investing in education and applying it to your business's needs as it grows can be the foundation of success.

Originally aired as Field & Garden episode #146

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Lisa's online course: Flower Farming School Online: The Basics, Annual Crops, Marketing, and More!

Dave's online course: Flower Farming School Online: Bulbs, Perennials, Woodies, and More!

The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!

Do you refer to yourself as a flower farmer or a cut flower grower? I wonder if our verbal preference is a reflection of our subconscious focus. Either way, I believe telling our story has far more reach and impact in the future than we can imagine. Tell your story often, because it will go way beyond you. ~Lisa

P.S. Stay tuned until the end for a special message from Charissa. :)

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Lisa's Flower Farming School Online - available now!

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The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!

As I am facing the struggle of realigning my business priorities as my book project is wrapping up, I am revisiting class one in Flower Farming School Online which is helping me so much. It is making me take a look at what I'm doing with my business day and what I may need to do to take the next step. If you are overwhelmed in business or looking for your next move, these steps will flush out your path.

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We are so happy about our partnership with the Growing For Market Magazine! A tremendous resource. Use the coupon code: WORKSHOP to get 25% off any print or digital subscription.

Lisa's Flower Farming School Online - available now!

Shop the TGW Online Store for all your seeds and supplies!

Sign up to receive our weekly Farm News!

The Field and Garden Podcast is produced by Lisa Mason Ziegler, award-winning 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 media!