Power to the Flowers

Whenever it is time for harvest on Thursdays, Rich always gives me the wonderful task of cutting flowers for arrangements. I think he has realized how much I enjoy this part of harvest.


Gorgeous Zinnias are blooming all around the farm!

It is one of my favorite jobs because there are very few guidelines- as long as the flower is pretty enough to give to your mother or lover, then it is perfect for arrangements. He also encourages picking flowers and leafy plants (for extra girth in the arrangements) that are interesting and different.. The other day I cut some flowering dill and cilantro!

After harvesting the flowers and placing them into some buckets, we bring them back to the Southside Community Land Trust office and arrange the flowers ourselves. Rich likes to put a bunch of different flowers into beer bottles, creating a wild flower look.





Sean and I have been competing with the flower arrangements- we each make the same amount of arrangements and then see how many of ours are able to sell. Sean has been winning :P Rich and Patricia joined today and we all made one arrangement each. Rich's arrangement looked fantastic, you can tell he has been doing them for a couple years...

We will see tomorrow whose sold!