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  • How to Start Rudbeckia Seeds

    How to Start Rudbeckia Seeds

    Rudbeckia seeds transform into a beautiful flower for the cutting garden or the flower bed. They’re easy to start indoors, but they are also great to save seeds…

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  • How to Start Marigold Seeds

    How to Start Marigold Seeds

    Starting marigold seeds indoors is an easy way to produce massive quantities of these beautiful flowers. Marigolds were the first flower seed I started from seed. As backyard…

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  • Lemonade Sunflower Bouquet

    Lemonade Sunflower Bouquet

    Sunflowers are so fun. They bring the bees, turn towards the light, and grow so easy from seed. The orange hued petals are most common, but one of…

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  • Shades of Berry Bouquet

    Shades of Berry Bouquet

    With lily season winding down and summer stems starting in their peak season, while I walked the flower garden, I continued to see shades of pinks and hues…

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  • Buttercream Summer Bouquet

    Buttercream Summer Bouquet

    Walking through my flower garden, I harvested every flower with any touch of yellow, and maybe some white. I thought I could make a bouquet with every yellow…

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  • Tips on Hosting Bouquet Bars

    Tips on Hosting Bouquet Bars

    Over the past season, I tried bouquet bars in multiple locations. Bouquet bars are where the flower farmer harvests all the flowers, then offers the flowers for customers…

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