HeyJaredField Notes from an Urban Farmer
Stories and lessons from a woman-run flower farm—growing blooms, building community, and running a small business rooted in the soil.
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The Art of Building a Mixed Bouquet (opens the original)
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Mixed bouquets are our bread and butter.Long before we had the Flower Shop, I was schlepping buckets of flowers to pop-ups and farmers’ markets, filling subscriptions, and making tons of bouquets for our amazing customers.Field Notes from an Urban Farmer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="email-input" name="ema
What We’re Doing About El Niño (opens the original)
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As a farmer, I pay close attention to the weather.I check the Farmers’ Almanac, NOAA, the Weather Channel, and our local stations. Sometimes, I admit, I get a little lazy about it because farming in Long Beach, California, doesn’t come with a huge amount of weather variance. December and January lows typically stay in the 50s. Our hottest months are July through September, when highs usually hover in the mid-80s. We haven’t had a real frost in about three years.Our average annual rainfall is som
Why We Invite People to Pick Their Own Flowers (opens the original)
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This is our fourth year hosting U-Pick, and it has become one of my favorite farm traditions. There’s something magical about watching people wander through the flower fields, taking their time to select the perfect bloom, slowing down enough to notice the colors, the bees, and the joy of choosing each stem by hand. It’s a beautiful way to celebrate summer and all of its abundance.Ironically, summer can be one of the hardest seasons for a flower farm. The flowers are at their peak, but customers
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