After years of constantly building, fixing, and trying to stay one step ahead on the flower farm, this spring feels a little different. Between blooming peonies, morning walks through the fields, and a slightly unexpected decision to take up golf, I’ve been thinking a lot about hobbies, slowing down, and learning how to enjoy the life you worked so hard to create.
What do you do when something you’re building feels like it’s not working? A real story from our Cape May flower farm on mindset, persistence, and what changed everything.
From binge-watching The Traitors and Alone during an Arctic blast to delaying early plantings on the farm, here’s how winter reality TV unexpectedly reinforced the mental resilience required in flower farming — and why sowing summer seeds in February is the ultimate act of hope.
What a Velcro dachshund can teach us about living in the moment — and how growing seasonal flowers in Cape May, NJ is really about noticing what’s blooming right now.
When a complicated winter storm hit Cape May, we had to make some fast decisions to protect our overwintering flowers—especially our ranunculus. Snow, rain, and freezing temperatures made it a true farm gamble, and this is what we learned.
A reflection from a Cape May flower farm on winter, rest, and why “rotting” might actually be nature’s most important season. Winter isn’t lazy—it’s strategic.
