Many shoppers are ditching the usual supermarket bouquets and are heading straight to boutique flower farms instead. Local ...
Well-marketed cut flowers can net existing farms an increase in income per acre compared to traditional vegetables, according to Robin Trott, a seasoned Extension educator at the University of ...
Just in time for peak planting.
As Deanna Kitchen worked in her garden in the summer of 2010, cutting an unexpected bounty of late-blooming sweet peas, she realized she had more blooms than she could use. A lot more. So, she decided ...
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Illinois farmers consider expanding cut flower operations

As interest in cut flowers grows, farmers and wholesalers are looking to add blooms to their operations or improve the ...