Yep, another precious year sped by while we farmed and did art.Over coffee and a good hearty farm breakfast this snowy Sunday morning me and the farmhands sat around the woodstove heating our boots and thawing mittens, seriously discussing the next stage here at Mille Fleur herb and flower farm....moving the farm to the West Coast.
We all agreed we will miss the fantastic gardens we had here, the abundant fruits and the delicious vegetables, the cozy farmhouse, the wildlife, neighbors, beaches, family and friends.
So here's to the farm that kept us fit, gave us shelter and food, and provided us with a never ending display of glorious beauty for many years...may it be so kind to the future caretakers!
It truly has been "the good life"...in Maine for the past 10 years.
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Don't leave!! Don't leave!!
Hey - are those hollyhocks? Are they easy to grow?
Yes those are hollyhocks...and yes they are easy to grow!
Needs are simple keep them well fed in farm soil. Start in early spring and plant early for a fine display. Cut the flowering stalk just before it is done and they return year after year.
Use an organic or safer spray for beetles and shake beetles off in the morning into soapy water to keep the blossoms from being eaten. The more you pick early the less that come later to your garden.
Treat any rust that may show up with copper dust (avoid breathing use a mask). Also take off lower leaves when they start to go as it looks better. Burn the leaves or bury deeply in a place that you will not farm...do not compost them.
We are returning to my home state of Washington to enable us to raise a wider variety of plants and start a small catalog business. Not before summer though!
So see you in the spring...come get some hollyhock seed or seedlings as we'll have plenty to share!
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