The Farmer Bailey Blog

Finding the Fun in Flower Farming

Gardening for pleasure fights mid-season burnout and reconnects us to the joy of flower farming.

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Order Now for Fall Shipping

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

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Happy PRIDE from Farmer Bailey

We hope that your month was filled with joy, laughter, and love.

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Bailey's Bookshelf: Post Harvest Handling of Cut Flowers and Greens

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

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Meet Thomas, Farmer Bailey's Director of Operations

Director of Operations Thomas McCurdy oversees day-to-day activities of the business–and then creates Bailey's Instagram Live cocktail. 

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WATCH: Fall Planting for Spring Flowers

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

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Fall Planting for Spring Blooms

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

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Show Us Your Scoop Scabiosa and Win!

Enter to win a free tray of Scoop Scabiosa in the #FarmerBaileyScoopContest, now through July 31, 2023.

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WATCH: Growing Scoop Scabiosa, Veronica, Gypsophila & More

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

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Growing Scoop Scabiosa, Live

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

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Meet Felicia, your Director of Customer Experience

Think of the Farmer Bailey team as your friends with experience in flower farming, floral design, sales and entrepreneurship. We exist to help you succeed!

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WATCH: Profitable Flower Farming

Learn how strategically narrowing your focus and calling in help from day one will  grow your profits.

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Available Now: Gerberas

This is your last chance to order top of the line cutting strains of Gerberas in 2023.

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WATCH: Post Harvest Science and Secrets

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

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Post Harvest Science & Secrets

Join Farmer Bailey on Instagram Live this Wednesday, May 10 for a short class on the science and secrets of post harvest care. 

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WATCH: Takin' Care of Business for Flower Farmers

What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started out?

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25% Off Vernalized Garden Perennials

Perennial "Big Burly" plugs are overwintered, putting on spring growth and ready to ship.  

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Bailey's Bookshelf: The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook

Drawing on his 30-plus years of experience operating Cate Farm in Vermont, Richard Wiswall breaks down how to manage finances, crops and staff–while turning a profit. 

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From Buds to Flowers with Muckland Hops

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

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April 26 Instagram Live: Real Talk on the Flower Biz

Farmer Bailey is back on Instagram Live for an open and honest discussion about the business of flower farming, for new and established growers alike.

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WATCH: Flower Quality on Instagram Live

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.

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Farmer-Florist Profile: Linda Doan of Aunt Willie's Wildflowers

"Take advantage of all the good gifts and good people flowers can bring into your life."

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Sunday Inspiration: Champagne Bubbles Poppy

Have Champagne Bubbles for breakfast.

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April 12 Instagram Live: Flower Quality

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.

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