Wendalane Farms

life on our flower farm

Don’t Step on the Flowers

Bob | July 5, 2009

So between the kids, dog, cats, guests, and wildlife we often get the question about flowers getting stepped on. Yes it happens. The solution so far works great, we simply grow more than we need and don’t sweat it when it happens.

Heave Ho

Bob | March 13, 2009

Frost has a habit of damaging things slowly.  Every spring a quick tour of the property will reveal certain things that have gotten heaved.  Sometimes it’s part of the barn floor, sometimes a patio stone.  This time the left post of the gate to the backyard seems to have gone up a couple inches.  In [...]

Flood Damage

Bob | March 3, 2009

Our property has a great deal of flood plain that is routinely covered in water in the late winter and early spring. The danger of having the river flood its banks this time of year is that we can have water quickly turn to ice, and then try to float away. This can [...]