Monthly Newsletters
August 2021
Greetings from STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS! The Summer season is moving along quickly as we enter the month of August. The Sunflowers are soaking in the abundant sunshine and the Dahlia blooms are beginning to burst forth.
July 2021
Greetings from STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS! Summertime is here and the heat is on. Warm days have become hot days. The flowers are growing well despite a lack of rain over the past few weeks. The days seem long as we start harvesting when the sun rises in order to beat the heat and…
June 2021
Greetings from STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS! The last two months have been some of the busiest for our farm. In addition to the normal springtime activities, we were blessed with an abundance of orders for Mother’s Day as well as providing florals for two weddings.
March 2021
Greetings from STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS! As the weather begins to warm (and hopefully dry out a little), we are beginning to ramp up activities here on the farm. In addition to caring for the Anemones, Ranunculus and hardy annuals already in the ground, we are busy with seed starting a variety of perennials and other annuals for the upcoming season.
February 2021
Greetings from STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS! This time of year is important for a Flower Farm to get organized and prepared for the upcoming season of blooms. The weather has been wet and cold the first part of 2021, but this has not stopped us from completing the many farm chores that need to be done during winter months.
January 2021
Greetings and Happy 2021 to all! As most of you experienced, 2020 was an unexpected and challenging year. As a small family flower farm, we would like to express our gratitude to all those who supported small local businesses such as ours. From the many individuals who ordered a custom arrangement to the brides who selected us to provide their wedding florals, we thank you.
Greetings from STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS. During these long hot summer days, flower farming is in full swing and much like a football team, we run “two-a-days” with our harvesting. Our first harvest begins as the sun is just cresting over the horizon (or at least we hope to start that early, but usually after the first cup of coffee).
July 2020
June 2019
May was a very busy and hot month. We encountered a bit of a dry spell here in NC. Harvesting was fast and furious as we tried to beat the heat of the day and watering also became a key part of our daily routine. The hot weather was a blessing in some ways as certain varieties of flowers grew vigorously; however, it looks like certain varieties of weeds were growing faster which kept us on our toes.
May 2019
Greetings from STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS. Warmer Spring weather is here and activities around the farm have shifted into high gear. Every day is a full day filled with all sorts of tasks like starting seeds, weeding beds, transplanting seedlings, watering and harvesting.
April 2019
Now that Spring has officially begun, our flowers are beginning to awake and really start growing. The month of March was a month brimming with an abundance of activities, keeping us busy almost every day. The first major accomplishment of the month was the startup of our flower cooler. We continued to prepare our planting areas, focusing on our summer garden where we plan to grow our Dahlias and newly arrived Lisianthus.
March 2019
Who is ready for some drier weather? Like most of the country, we have been having a very wet winter. In some ways, this is a good situation to have because it forces us to take care of the many indoor projects that have been piling up like sorting seed packets, planning out future beds and ordering supplies for the year. But for a flower farm, too much rain is not a pleasant happening as it makes a muddy mess when trying to prepare fields and plant new trees and shrubs.
February 2019
January 2019 has flown by and this slower time of the year will soon be behind us. Over the past month, we have been spending much of our time keeping watch over the fields of ranunculus, anemones and other hardy annuals. Rain and high winds have been keeping us on our toes. Now as February is about to begin, it looks like extreme temperature changes may be another challenge we face in protecting the sprouting plants and flowers from freezing temperatures at night.
This is the first edition of a monthly newsletter to share what is happening here at STILL WATERS FARM AND GARDENS located in Hickory, NC. See some of our highlights from 2018 and learn what we are doing on the farm.