Farmers' Market Dates and Locations Feb and March 2011

Winter Farmers' Market Dates are as Follows...

Sunday, February 27....Edgewood Park, New Haven, CT 10am- 1pm
Saturday, March 5......Wooster Square, New Haven, CT 10am- 1pm
Saturday, March 19.....Wooster Square New Haven, CT 10am- 1pm

For directions go to http://www.cityseed.org/


I'll have may types of willow, pussywillow and decorative branches for Spring!

Stay posted for up-and- coming Markets for February and March 2011

The willows are growing happily in the field, getting ready to show their late winter blooms. Farmers' market sales will run late February-March 2011 in CT. Will post schedule soon!

Holiday Design Class full!

Holiday designt class on 12/4 is now full!

Holiday Design Class with Sarah Worden Natural Design on Saturday 12/4 at UConn Torrington

Maggie at First Bloom Farm is teaming up with Sarah Worden again for the holidays for a local growing and design class at the UConn branch in Torrington, CT Saturday, 12/4, 10am-12pm...Come and learn about local flowers and design a holiday arrangement. Maggie will talk about flowers and post-harvest handling. Sarah will teach design and hands-on arranging. Together, we will emphasize the use and importance of locally and sustianable grown cut flowers! Contact UConn Master Gardener's program for more information. Space is limited!

http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu

Late fall color: buds and stems for the holidays

Late fall color in the field is beginning on curly willow and 'white' willow stems, both turning shades of red, orange and yellow with leaf drop. Bright red buds of some pussy willow varieties are the perfect holiday red for December arrangements. Red willow buds and stems are now available through the fall and winter for sale.

Waiting for willows

This time of year is anything but a let down from summer. Happy to see the frost and fall, I've always enjoyed the beauty and transition that is fall. I once heard is said that people are attracted to spaces and places where there is a transition in landscape, and new perspective on viewing change from old to new, now to next. Well, here we are now, October, surrounded by the glory of fall foliage.

The fields are transitioning too, out of the summer site in Simsbury, my focus now shifts back to the woody crops in Northfield. Posted are willow pics from the field this time of year. In a few weeks after leaf drop, the stem and bud color on some cultivars will intensify, revealing the cold weather beauty of next.

Diggin' Dahlias!

The 'summer' season is officially over in the CFS field! Light frost descended on the field a little over a week ago, taking down with it the tender stems of remaining annuals.

Last job of the season is diggin' the Dahlias tubers for winter storage...until next year CFS field!