About this episode

Shannon and Lyndsay discuss the current state of their flower crops, challenges faced, and insights into flower farming.

This week on The Dirt on Flowers, Shannon and Lyndsay catch up on what’s thriving, what’s struggling, and the crops they’re loving most this season. From surprisingly gorgeous tunnel-grown Bells of Ireland to statice, snaps, and all-time favorite cool flowers, they share the varieties earning permanent spots on the farm. They also get honest about disappointing peony seasons, overwintering losses, tunnel fatigue, and the reality that perennial crops still need plenty of attention and care. The conversation dives into soil health, irrigation, plasticulture, crop rotation, and the mental side of flower farming after years of unpredictable weather. Plus, they talk wedding workshop details, favorite fall-planted flowers, USPS disasters, and the flowers they’d happily never grow again. Lyndsays wedding workshop Be in the know for DirtCon 2027 If you want to dive in deeper with us each month, join our membership group - The Dirt on Flowers Insiders! So if you love the podcast and want to dig deeper with us, head over to www.thedirtonflowers.com/membership to join now. Did you love today's episode? Take a screenshot and share it in your IG stories. Don't forget to tag @dirtonflowers…

People in this episode

Hosts: Shannon Allen, Lyndsay Biehl

Topics covered

• flower farming
• crop management
• soil health
• irrigation
• wedding workshops
• seasonal flowers

Keywords

• peony
• Bells of Ireland
• flower farming
• soil health
• irrigation
• crop rotation
• wedding workshop

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dirt on Flowers, USPS

Books & works: Bells of Ireland, statice, snaps, cool flowers, peony

Places: www.thedirtonflowers.com

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