May 20th Photo Garden Tour
It’s May 20th! Here’s what the Turnstone Farm flower field looks like today.
The garden is almost 75% planted! I brought on an employee for the summer (super excited!) and we’re making fast work of getting the flower babies in the ground. Here’s strawflower with a good view of my drip line irrigation system.
Dahlias are in! My designated dahlia bed at my 16th Ave plot is full. But not to worry - I’m opening a NEW plot in Rogers Park and will have space for many more :)
Note - if you’re planting dahlias, don’t forget to label the plant. I just cut leftover yogurt containers into strips, write the name with a grease pen (marker may wear off by the end of the season - I learned the hard way), and attach to the base.
Garlic - one of my all time favorite plants to grow! And I dedicated a precious full bed to it this year. If you haven’t grown this, you must. It’s something you plant in the fall, so don’t forget to mark your calendars to order seed garlic in late summer.
The tulips are SO CLOSE! I’m out there everyday checking the bloom status. Once they start blooming it happens fast! Just seeing these wavy and elegant leaves makes me so happy.
I put in 25 peonies last fall! Full disclosure - I am a peony NEWBIE. You can follow me along as I learn to grow this beauty. WIN #1 - they ALL survived the winter.
A handful of these were specialty and heirloom varieties from my farming friends at https://www.lyndakerfarms.com/. SO excited!!! Brides - be ready to be majorly wowed.
June 15th Two Minute Garden Tour
As the days grow longer the garden is slowly coming along. Every year there is a point a few weeks after transplanting out that everything really starts to take off!
Here you can see that in the first part of the video. Most of these plants were planted over a month ago. And they’re getting huge!!
I finished planting (or at least filled all the beds) a couple weeks ago. Now I’ll just fill in as things get cut.
I had a super successful tulip harvest this year and sold every bloom through my home delivery program (and one wedding). What fun!! Thanks to EVERYONE who supported the roll out of home deliveries :) I’m planning to continue it through the summer as long as I have blooms available after my subscription customers are taken care of :)
So without further delay - here is my digital June 15th garden tour!
May 12th Two Minute Garden Tour!
This summer I’m inviting you to join my digital garden tours! I’ll walk you through the garden (2 minutes at a time) to showcase what’s up on the farm.
Here’s my first one, taken on May 12th. About half the garden is planted and irrigation is set up.
The garden always looks a little worrisome this time of year. Plants get a bit shocked going in the ground and every year I worry!
But I promise, by my next tour, things will have perked up and in no time I’ll be sharing some gorgeous blooms with you!
Enjoy :)