Idaho Spring

"If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes," was the motto of my first cross-stitch.  Not, it is actually one of my many tattoos...totally kidding!  It is just a reality, like the last four days.
Wednesday we wake to beautiful clear skies, warm and sunny.  By noon it is so hot it is too miserable to work, it feels like August!

Ice tea and lunch on the deck.

You can feel the heat radiating in these poppies!

Thursday is much cooler, cloudy with high winds.  I focus on green house work.

Friday morning is cold and windy.  We have snow flurries on and off all morning.

(Can you see the flakes against the barn?)

It is like living inside a snow globe--seriously!?

Note the snow on the barn roof...

and the snow on the chair and field where we just planted a ton of seedlings!
Although it remained chilly the snow quickly melted.

Saturday morning was crisp but bright and

we woke to "yellow snow"!

Welcome to Idaho in the spring.

What's Fresh April 24, 2012

 Another big week for tulips at Bindweed.  We are enjoying the last flush of parrot tulips.  I did a small bouquet featuring Inzell and pink ranunculus.

(Yep, the little elf in the photo is our grand-daughter. )

The first cut of the day.

We have a beautiful assortment of tulips harvested daily.  I will load the trucks up with a variety of colors but if you desire  particular colors please call ahead or send an email.

We are also celebrating ranunculus by reducing the price.  We have an abundance and love sharing.

 Even Gracie loves Ranunculus!

We are loving the new variety of Temptress poppies--we are definitely tempted.

They are so rich in color and vigor.

The daffodils are just starting to produce outside.  Fragrant and delicate, like little ballerinas in the field.

This is the last week for grape hyacinths, harvested in bunches, they are a true hallmark of spring.



The sweet peas are just gorgeous, long, straight stems full of fragrance.

Please consult your email and fax for full availability and feel free to call or email to preorder.

What's Fresh April 16, 2012

We have waited and waited for some good weather to get in the fields and work and this week has been a killer.  The first greenhouse tulips have all been harvested and we are well into harvesting in the second greenhouse.  Actually, yesterday RT cut over 1000 tulips!  And while he was harvesting Carey and I were cleaning out the first greenhouse and making it ready for the arrival of new plants.

Carey was on the muscle end of the tulip fork, lifting out spent bulbs and I was right behind her, separating the bulbs from the soil and hauling them out.  It is killer work--we are so grateful for Carey.  I would much rather put tulips in than take them out!

So...yeah, we have tulips!

 tulips,

 tulips,

and more tulips in many assorted colors and varieties.

We also have three varieties of Parrot tulips.

 

The Ranunculus are just perfect this week and we have them in a wide assortment of colors.

A regular rainbow of ranunculus

We have poppies--

the Icelandic poppies have just started blooming.

We have hyacinths, large and small.

We have grape hyacinths in blue and white, so very fragrant and sweet.

 This is our last week for greenhouse hyacinths in purple, pink, peach and yellow.

And last, but not least...sweet peas!  

Please check your fax and email for full availability.  If you would like to reserve or pre-order specific flowers please call or email us at bindweedfarm@aol.com.

What's Fresh April 9, 2012

Have a look at our newest addition.  

No, you are not seeing double but it does look like I let RT do the laundry again and he shrunk my Sprinter!  Actually RT decided he did not need a pick-up and went shopping.  He found this little cutie called a Transit.  We will use this vehicle for smaller local deliveries and he promised that if I am very careful I could use it once in awhile when we do not have huge deliveries like this week.

 Our Easter load stretched even the limits of our big Sprinter.  As it was I had several buckets riding shot-gun.

The first greenhouse has just about been completely harvested and we are now cutting from the hoop-house, a greenhouse heated only by the sun.  This is the second wave of tulips so you will see the return of some of your favorites in the next few weeks.

We have French tulips in assorted colors.

We have three varieties of Parrot tulips.

Apricot parrot

White Parrot

 

Red Cap parrot

Ranunculus

The ranunculus are now abundant enough that we can sort in color groups.  

 We have green, yellow, white,

orange, magenta/pink, pink ruffled,

and a red assortment.

We also have an excellent assortment of hyacinths.

As always, please consult your email and fax for full availability.  Please call or email to reserve or make pre-orders.

Happy Easter!