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Fall plantings for Spring Blooms
October and November is a great time to plant root stock for bountiful blooms that will arrive in early Spring. Be sure to add the...

Charmaine Turbow
Nov 13, 20242 min read


Lights, Camera, & Action!
Two years ago, I decided to get behind the camera and share our farm with the world. A month later and a couple degrees of separation, we...

Charmaine Turbow
Oct 7, 20243 min read


October Garden Reminders
Cooler weather starts to trigger a myriad of change in the garden. Behold-- "Fall is really here!!" Take note of a few things to take...

Charmaine Turbow
Oct 2, 20241 min read


Tips for making beautiful arrangements and bouquets
It's not hard to take beautiful blooms and make them into exceptional works of art! Enjoy some tips from the head farmette of Turbow Farms

Charmaine Turbow
Sep 6, 20241 min read


How to plant Ranunculus and Anemones
THIS IS A FALL/AUTUMN GARDEN ACTIVITY!! Get ready to dig along in the dirt with us for some beautiful Spring blooms!! Ranunculus and...

Charmaine Turbow
Sep 2, 20245 min read


August & September Garden Reminders
It is an amazing and busy time of the year for us here at our farm. We are ramping up our summer blooms and trying to enjoy the last bits...

Charmaine Turbow
Aug 17, 20242 min read


Top 5 Summer Fillers
What do we love the most about the following summer fillers?? They are quite drought tolerant and can grow on our farm with little to no...

Charmaine Turbow
Jun 30, 20242 min read


June/July Garden reminders
Welcome to the JUNE GAP! This is the time when Spring blooms are burning out and Summer blooms are just starting to ramp. So before we...

Charmaine Turbow
Jun 30, 20243 min read


Propagating Chrysanthemums
By late Fall, I'm exhausted just like 99% of all the other plants around me. I'm ready to throw everything into the compost and take a...

Charmaine Turbow
Jun 30, 20243 min read


Collecting Seeds
I remember the first few years of starting the farm. Piles of seed packets were spread across my desk and I chuckled, thinking I had...

Charmaine Turbow
Jun 30, 20242 min read


May Garden Reminders
Here's a quick list of garden reminder for the month of May in zone 9b

Charmaine Turbow
May 6, 20242 min read


How to care for fresh cut flowers
One of life's little pleasures is to bring the garden indoors with fresh cut flowers. It's so lovely to watch the transformation of buds...

Charmaine Turbow
May 4, 20243 min read


April Garden Reminders
Quick reminders and tasks for the garden for the month of April.

Charmaine Turbow
Apr 5, 20242 min read


Essential Tips for Harvesting Flowers
Say "NO" to wilted flowers and say"YES" to longer stem lengths and flowers that last! When it comes to harvesting flowers, having optimal...

Charmaine Turbow
Apr 2, 20242 min read


Trendiest Spring Flowers
When it comes to cracking the code on what is trendy, we ask "What screams "lush, ruffly, and "WOW!?" Pantone color Peach Fuzz was...

Charmaine Turbow
Feb 27, 20242 min read


March Garden Reminders
Kissed with little bit of rain and sunshine, the garden begins to awaken from the drab of winter. Early Spring is one of my most favorite...

Charmaine Turbow
Feb 27, 20243 min read


February Garden Reminders
In zone 9b our cool winter weather is short-lived. This year especially, we have only had a handful of mornings where we have been...

Charmaine Turbow
Jan 24, 20243 min read


What makes a good cut flower?
"To cut flower, or not to cut flower? That is the question." All flowers are not built the same. When it comes to selecting which...

Charmaine Turbow
Jan 12, 20241 min read


January Garden Reminders
It is time to dig into the dirt with the turn of the new year! Weather is relatively mild in zone 9 and January is a great time to take...

Charmaine Turbow
Jan 11, 20242 min read


Essential Garden Tools
Here's a short list (and some pointers) of tools that we have found to be truly essential to running our microfarm. "Tried and true,"...

Charmaine Turbow
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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