Raising Flowers and Horses
Cheerful and Resilient: The Power of the Seasonal Landscape
There is nothing like going away to help me appreciate my home and my farm. It is always hard to get ready to leave, to make all the arrangements necessary to keep the farm going, but the time away only energizes for the season ahead. This trip was no different. Seeing the power of the seasonal landscape in a far different setting was a powerful reminder to look for its magic at home.
Welcome
Welcome to Cool Breeze Farm, home to flowers and horses. The flower farm started in 2022 when Marnie retired from teaching and felt a strong need to create something. Habitat is what she decided to create! We took a one acre hay field and slowly began planting perennials and annuals that would provide a healthy home for native birds and insects.
Thinking about summer flowers in January
January is a funny time to be writing a newsletter about a flower farm, but it is also the time of year that I think about New Year resolutions and heading into my second season of growing cut flowers, it is potentially an opportunity for many goals and resolutions. Resolutions are something I have always embraced. It is my family’s tradition to gather round on New Year’s Eve and read last year’s resolutions and make new ones for the coming year. We always self-assess which ones we feel like we’ve achieved. I’ve usually fallen far short!