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A Sustainable Farm
When I’m asked to describe Passalongs Farm, I often say that it is a no-till, regenerative, sustainable, net zero farm and business! These are all descriptors that I’m very proud to own, but it sounds like a lot of jargon to you or maybe you think I’m just trying to pull the marketing wool over your eyes. These are words that people like to throw around, after all, and in some cases pretty much anyone can make these claims with no real changes to their farming practices. I’m not trying to greenwash. Let me explain. No-till farm Regenerative agriculture Sustainably grown, sustainable business Net Zero
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2020 Flower Failure Report!
I don’t think I’ve ever documented my growing failures before, which is funny, because there have been A LOT of them. I think I’ve been embarrassed and I haven’t wanted my clients to think I’m sloppy or I don’t know what I’m doing. But when I think about it, I doubt my clients ever see the end result of these growing failures, since if I’m flowering a wedding or creating a custom bouquet I will do everything I need to – including purchasing wholesale flowers or from other farmers – to get them what I’ve promised. With that in mind, I’m hoping documenting this stuff will help other growers –…
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Farm, flowers, and work work work work work work…2019 in review
2019, for me, was a year of work! Which is not a bad thing! If you’re doing work you love, you’re hardly working, am I right? Maybe. This was a year of exponential growth here at Passalongs Farm. I almost tripled my wedding work. I more than tripled my growing area. I built a studio that had electricity, air conditioning and heat!! I stopped doing farmers’ markets (mostly) but doubled the flowers I sold by the road. I hired people to help me! (That was a big step.) I put more money into my farm, but bought more product elsewhere. I started a reflowering project, where I re-made flowers from…
