Ohio Barn Flower Farm

Field prep is going well. Last fall I applied about an inch of mushroom compost and covered that with leaves from the yard then let that "soak" in over the winter. Today, I put down some fertilizer and tilled it in. Next I need to spread about an inch or two of leaf compost seen in the pic here being dumped from the truck. Once I spread the compost I will cover with the Sunbelt ground cover for weed suppression. The ground cover needs holes for the plants and to do that I created a 9x9 template and started to use it to burn holes. It works good but I ran out of day light. I will take another pick soon when I am done with the first strip. BTW, 100 feet of cover rolled out on the driveway looks much longer than out in the field. 100 feet is going to be a ton of flowers. I can't wait! 9x9 template positioned on the ground cover ready to burn holes Leaf Compost from the Mulch Man The field after fertilizer worked in ready for more compost and ground ...

I will be planting soon and was worried that the ground would be too wet to work but I did a test today and was pleased to see that all is good! I can’t wait to post pics of flowers.

Building tray tables. This is the prototype, I think it will do. Three more to go! I hope that will give me enough space for all the trays. I mistakenly thought shelf space in the germination station was going to be an issue, but they don’t stay in there that long. They all park in the greenhouse for a good while before going out in the field.