Gardening

🌿A New Year Begins at Summer Rain Farm Happy New Year to my fellow flower lovers! As we welcome January, the farm has settled into a quieter rhythm — one that invites reflection, planning, and dreaming of the seasons ahead. ❄️ What’s Happening Around Our Farm Flowers Sleeping Under Snow During this cold month of January, our tulip bulbs and daffodils are tucked safely beneath a white blanket of snow. This period of cold is essential — it allows the bulbs to rest and develop

The farm stand has been up and running since Mother's Day weekend! We started with just Friday afternoons and Saturday morning. We are now open most days of the week for flowers! Farm stand Wrapped Bouquets Our bouquets are a mixture of focal, spike, airy and foliage florals. We have dahlias, zinnias, sunflowers, gladiolus, sweet peas, cosmos, celosia and mints this summer season. The colours are amazing and the fragrance is delightful! Wrapped bouquets Honey, beeswax and li

Summer Rain Farm stand goals for this year are to have enough items to draw a crowd to our farm. I’ve had this goal in the back of my mind since we started having bees in 2015. We have 2 hives of bees that gather nectar from nearby wildflowers. Summer Rain Farm harvests the honey every fall making sure to leave enough for the bees to overwinter. Our honey is delicious and we put it in 1 kg and 500 ml jars. Now I’m ready to bring something of even more value to the farm. Summ

We were a little slow to put in our orchard. We started this in our third year of ownership. we did have one fully grown apple tree from previous owners but it needed to be renovated slowly although we did get apples from it. Planning and research First, check your growing zone. It's no sense trying to grow something that doesn't work in your area like lemons in the north although that would be great to have! Find a reputable nursery to buy your plants from, either online or

Our property had some fencing for horses that the previous owners had put up and enclosed about 2 acres. We decided to devide this area into 2 pastures allowing us to rotate the horses as the grass grew. This was a good start. We added a third acre parcel later as well as another half acre temporary field. This is still an ongoing issue. Types of fencing We used wood fencing with electric rope, chest high to prevent the horses from chewing or pushing against the wood. The ele

So you've found your little(or big) slice of heaven. Congratulations! You've moved in and looked at all that space. What can you do with it now? I'm going to list some ideas for you to pick and choose what interests you most. A few things should be first if your looking down the road. These are just general suggestions. I will go more in depth for each suggestion in later posts. Check in the categories for updates. List of ideas Orchards should be planted first as they take a