Blog Post
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Chasing Winter Blues with Dreams of Spring
This winter has been completely different from those in past years. We're finally getting a dusting of snow here in Kentucky after all the springlike weather we had most of...
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Awaiting Spring
“No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.” —English Proverb Yes, the proverb is true. Still, all of us flower farmers and gardeners wait impatiently for spring to...
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Winter in the Garden
It may be winter, but flower farmers should be thinking spring and still tending their gardens and fields. True, during the winter, daily farm duties ease up, and we move...
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A New Beginning for the Garden
For flower farmers and home gardeners alike, the start of a new year comes with great anticipation and lots of excitement. It's the time when our passion for gardening has...
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‘Tis the Season
It's the season of celebration. It's the time for gift giving, decorating to create a warm, welcoming home where loved ones can safely gather and dreaming of the season ahead—gardening...
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Hellebores: Cold-Weather Color
As winter settles in, I begin to look forward to the colorful display that will come from one of my favorite cold-weather plants—the beautiful hellebore. Flower farmers and home gardeners...
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The Season of Amaryllis
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” —Lady Bird Johnson It's the season of the most magnificent bloom of the year—the amaryllis—and what a welcome bloom it is during the dark days...
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The Next Profitable Season
When our fall tasks come to an end here at Beehind Thyme Farm & Garden, we turn our thoughts and labor to the next profitable season—Christmas. After Thanksgiving, our farm...
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Mid November in the Garden
Daylight hours are fewer now, as are the flowers blooming in the garden and field. Work to tidy up the garden is almost complete as November takes a turn to...
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Late Autumn Checklist
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” —Albert Camus 'Tis late autumn and the leaves will soon be the only "flowers" in sight. For us gardeners...
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Planting Peonies in Fall
“Garden as though you will live forever.” —William Kent What words could be more true—and that's exactly how we like to garden here at the farm! It's November and the...
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Garden Ahead
Goodness, garden friends, can you believe we're already in the month of November? Where has the season gone? Gardens are definitely winding down. Fall leaves look like confetti scattered about...