The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, 2nd Edition
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From taking cuttings to winning new customers, this is the guide to growing beautiful organic flowers for enjoyment or profit
Over 75,000 copies sold!
The first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers helped thousands of small growers start successful cut-flower businesses. This expanded and thoroughly revised second edition has become equally influential for backyard novices and experienced growers alike.
New sections in this edition include:
Utilizing greenhousesRecommendations for flower cultivarsPost-harvest handling
Also updated is the acclaimed resource directory, complete with sources of seeds, plants and supplies, and expert information on organic production under the National Organic Program.
For the beginner and backyard gardener, there is an extensive section on the basics, including:
Variety selectionSoil preparationPlanting, cultivation & harvestFloral design
For the commercial grower, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition includes information about:
Larger-scale productionAdvice about selling to florists, wholesalers, and supermarketsUnderstanding the wedding and farmers market customers
This updated edition also includes revised profiles of successful growers, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the operation of some of the most cutting-edge flower farmers in the country. Because of the extensive revisions and enhanced content, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition is essential reading for those already in the flower business, as well as those who dream of growing flowers for enjoyment or profit.
From the Publisher
Includes Step-by-Step Illustrations (like these instructions for double-digging)!
Step One
First, spread an inch or so of compost over the entire garden surface. Working in a line the length of your garden, remove the top layer of soil and compost, creating a trench the depth of your spade. Put the soil in a wheelbarrow or on a tarp nearby.
Step Two
Standing in the trench you have just dug, plunge a spading fork into the lower layer of soil. Wiggle and rock the fork to loosen the soil. Better still, buy a broadfork, which is a wide fork with double handles. To use it, insert the tines into the soil, push down on the fork with your foot, and pull back on the handles—this simple action loosens the soil without turning it over.
Step Three
Start the next trench beside the first. This time, when you remove the top layer of soil, drop it into the first trench you created, breaking up the clods as much as possible. Again, use the spading fork or broadfork to loosen the lower soil. Keep trenching and loosening the lower layer of soil until you have reached the end of your garden. Then fill in the final trench with the soil you reserved in the wheelbarrow or on the tarp.
From the Introduction
“One reason to grow flowers organically: You’re growing them at your home, in the place where your children play, where you entertain friends, where you yourself come for solace and respite. A flower garden should be a place that nourishes your soul, not a place where you have to feel cautious and tense. In the organic flower garden, you will be free to enjoy your flowers with all your senses, and to experience the true joy of gardening that comes from working as a partner with nature. . . . With flowers, familiarity is sure to lead to love. And with the right heart, anyone can grow beautiful flowers.”
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Publisher : Chelsea Green; Revised and updated second edition (March 18, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 284 pages
ISBN-10 : 1933392657
ISBN-13 : 978-1933392653
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 7.9 x 0.6 x 9.9 inches
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