Fresh Cuts March 17

Clearwater tulips

The bright clear skies have really boosted the tulip and hyacinth harvest and the greenhouse looks like another world.  A world warm and rich and green--it is absolutely delightful to be in the greenhouse.

Yellow tulips--maybe "Big Smile"

Red Impression

The first parrot tulip--seriously the first so there are not a lot just now.

We have an excellent assortment of tulips in many colors:  white, yellow,  peach and red.  And more colors ripening each day.  The hyacinths have EXPLODED and we have plenty in pink, yellow and blue.

Our first physical delivery to Sun Valley is Monday.  I look forward to seeing each of you then.  Our good friends at Go-fer It are happy to deliver Monday-Friday if you are in Driggs or Jackson.  Just give us a call or drop an email or text--yeah-we are so connected!  Ha, ha.

Please consult your email and fax  for full availability.

Fresh Cuts

I love hyacinths--like lime green pine cones or miniature clusters of bananas emerging from the soil, their heavenly scent fills every room and their saturated hues feed my color-starved eyes.

We have them in abundance this week and it is my pleasure to harvest them each day.

We have them in pink...

yellow...

and blue.

We also have tulips!

RT gets the bulk of the heavy work pulling tulips, it's a bit like harvesting carrots.  We pull up the entire bulb.

We do not re-use the bulbs so if you are in charge of a municipal park or public area nearby and want to collect the bulbs for landscaping you can comment on this post.  A friend in charge of recycling our spent bulbs and will contact you.

From the ground, slipped into a sleeve and right into water.

Off to the barn for a conditioning rest in the cooler and they are ready for delivery to your door.

We have pink, salmon, apricot, orange and white tulips this week.  Colors and varieties are abundant, but not limitless.  As always, we will do our best to accommodate your order.  Please check your fax and email for current availability.

What's Fresh April 30, 2012

How about a field trip?  This week I invite you on a virtual tour of  Bindweed.  Please enjoy field shots of what we are harvesting this week.

Crab apple blossoms

Lilac

 

Muscari aka grape hyacinth

 

 

Giant hyacinth

Sweet peas

 

Thermopsis

 

Icelandic Poppies

Tahiti daffodils, double and fragrant.

LA hybrid Lilies

Tulips

in red, orange, mango, pink, purple and white.

Bridal Crown daffodils, super fragrant, multiple heads on one stem.

Thank you for coming.

Please check your fax and email for full availability.

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.