The Farmer Bailey Blog

Are plugs an expensive shortcut or an important input for a successful flower farm?

Act fast to add brand new Campanula 'Evergreen', 'Mont Blanc' and 'Kilimanjaro' to your farm.

Bailey thinks like a plant to troubleshoot common problems in cut flower crops like Asters, Cosmos, Snapdragons, Stock and annual Phlox.

When Christy Muck of Wild Blossom Hollow posted her glorious Didiscus harvest on Instagram, we had to reach out to learn more about how she did it.

Join Bailey on Instagram Live for an in-depth chat about Fall Planted Perennials, Wednesday August 23 at 9am PT/Noon ET/5pm GMT.

Val and Bailey dive into the many reasons why all flower farmers should join the ASCFG, whose mission is education and connection.

We're pursuing pleasure while planting posies.

Your favorite cool season flower plugs are now restocked at farmerbailey.com. 

This practical, essential guide teaches you how to get the most out of your cut flowers with proper postharvest handling.

Farmer Bailey Hale teaches how to grow the most popular fall-planted cut flower crops from plugs in this one-hour talk.

Wondering when to plant your Snapdragons, Campanula, Digitalis, Poppies, and Delphinium in the fall? Tune in on Wednesday! 

Scoop Scabiosa, Focal Scoop and Bon Bon Scoop have revolutionized the use of Scabiosa as a cut flower.

Scoop Scabiosa, Focal Scoop and BonBon Scoop are fluffy, lush, dramatically larger than their predecessors, and almost too productive to keep up with harvesting!

This one-hour video recording is a crash course on getting the most out of your cut flower crops.

Colleen and Orca Bates grow Lisianthus and Delphinium alongside cannabis and hops at Muckland Farm.

Learn how to up-level your flower quality and how to price your stems in this one-hour video created for specialty cut flower growers and farmers.

Increasing your price per stem has an instant, powerful impact on your profit margin and topline revenue. But how do you command a premium price? By improving your flower quality.

Mustard is a well understood biofumigant effective against fusarium and other soil pests. 

Farmer Bailey talked everything plugs in this March 22 Instagram Live session, with an emphasis on caring for and transplanting the perennial plugs many of you are currently receiving. 

That long anticipated moment has arrived. Your plugs have been delivered! Now what?

Don’t panic! Our "Big Burly" perennials arrive in a dormant state. 

Join Farmer Bailey on Wednesday, March 22 for an Instagram Live session with Q&A.

Moluccella laevis can be tricky to germinate, so it's worth it to leave it to the experts.

Learn techniques to grow the best possible Snapdragons, Campanula, Stock and Poppies in this one-hour video.