Wendalane Farms » Plants

Leaning Towards Sunflowers

Bob — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:53:50 +0000

It’s always neat to watch Sunflowers track the sun. After they’ve established themselves and get to a certain size you’ll see the heads always pointing towards the sun. Here the sun is going down and you can see the sunflower head dipping down as it goes.

Lily Almost

Bob — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:34:25 +0000

There are lilies throughout the farm wherever Jen has found the desire to plant them. She knows better than I which colour is going to jump out when they go from bud to bloom. My guess for these is yellow, but I’ll probably be incorrect.

Hostas

Bob — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:30:05 +0000

We’ve used hostas for quite some time now in our bouquets as greenery or filler. It’s always a joy to watch them go from little spikes coming out of the ground to full bushy leafiness in a short four weeks. All that and without needing much sun either as they are a shade loving plant. Each year our supply seems to grow as new varieties come out.

Plants Galore

Bob — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:05:39 +0000

We continue to transplant daily. The time of year is changing however, and it is easy to work in the greenhouse for a while and then feel “done” for the day. In the next week we’ll turn our attention to spring clean up of the entire property. The winter wind has a habit of blowing things into the strangest places.

Transplanting

Bob — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:46:45 +0000

Transplanting is in full swing. We pull the baby plants from their plugs and put them into larger plug sheets or pots. This will be their last artificial home for the next few weeks and then they’ll go right into the ground.

First Rows

Bob — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:25:24 +0000

The first rows of the year have been planted. Some seeds actually require it to be quite cool in order to germinate, and conditions were right to get two rows seeded this past Saturday. Sunday morning an early rain moistened the soil and the seeds and we’ll see plants peeking out in a couple weeks.

Green is Good

Bob — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:46:09 +0000

At this time of year when everything outside is quite brown and grey it’s pretty evident that green is good. These are baby black eyed susans. Our little plants all start out looking the same, but around the second or third week they start to take on their own distinct leaf forms. Now we can tell the difference between them without looking at the labels.

Early Risers

Bob — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:21:10 +0000

It is most likely their proximity to the house (and its warmth) that causes these daffodils to be our earliest risers every year. They poked their heads out a couple of days ago during a warm spell. Last night the temperature dropped back to -12C, which may have made them reconsider coming out so early.