Deb,

There is so much to learn in this business of flower farming isn’t there? And I love the lesson you shared about the little girls. That is just so special. I think somedays I’ve learned so much in the flower garden. Patience, being the biggest lesson these days! 🙂

Love your flowers and your style.

Hugs from your flower farmer friend!

– Dori, the Ranch Farmgirl –

I love your sink display. I sell honey products at a local market and I am always trying to cute up my booth. I have a lovely table my father made for me for old barn wood for the honey I sell, but this year I started selling soap, scrubs, etc and am still trying to find the perfect display for that. I also love your logo!

Congratulations !! Everything looks stunning, and such great teamwork you have. I would definitely buy a bunch or two if I was there 😉

So happy for you Deb. Your flowers look stunning. I love the combinations. Great soul lifter 🙂

Yay! How fun! That was always my favorite part of the farmers mkt, was visiting and getting to know the other local vendors. I do miss it. I am so glad you are doing well with your flowers. I knew you would. They are just beautiful. God BLess you friend. Neta

Deb, I always love your flowers. They make me smile and remember all the flowers my mom grew each summer in New York. Your dream just get coming to fruition more and more. You need to write a book about flowers and antiques. I would definitely look forward to reading it. Hope to visit your little shop again someday.
Lots of Hugs
Merrilyn

Deb that sink is so appealing, I think I told you in your last blogpost. I’m glad you had a good time and your daughter looks just like you! Such fun! I’ll get up there someday! Sandi from across the Bay!

Lovely ideas! Your so creative..here they sell flowers cheaper. Try using $9.99. Love vintage!

Deb
You’re flowers look so happy-I want a bunch please!!!

You are keeping the dream alive !! I am impressed with your farmgirl creativity!! You are inspiring 🙂
xo

We moved from TN back to OH last winter. The high kitchen ceilings in our new home begged a large sign of sorts. I am a chicken lover (but don’t have real ones yet) so, my kitchen decor has a chicken theme. All that to say, I made a large 48 x 28, stenciled, FARM FRESH EGGS, sign on barn wood from the 1800’s. It is weathered with some of the original faded white paint. So, I pulled out all my old tools and decided to do stenciled signs for our large flea market that is open 4 days a week. Then….I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to delay my new enterprise. I’m doing well and ready for my project. You more than achieved your romantic farmgirl theme – love your setup. Always get inspiration from your blog. Farmgirl sister #6244

I love it ALL, Deb! Your story, your logo, your set up, everything! I think you are going to do great at the market and you will definitely be remembered. I, too, am in the beginning stages of a small business. I became a certified Cottage Food Processor, baking cakes and pastries from our home. It wasn’t really something I aspired to do but it just happened. My first order was a multi tiered wedding cake and once word got out, it spread! I now do a weekly “special” and everyone picks up on Friday afternoons. I’m not sure where this is going but I’ll take the ride till we get there! P.S. be prepared for people wanting to buy your props!!!!

I&v;#1782e been absent for some time, but now I remember why I used to love this web site. Thank you, I¡¦ll try and check back more often. How frequently you update your site?

Love the pictures….cute chicken coop….garden is beUtiful too . Im jealous….wanting a chicken. Coop!

Thanks for sharing !! Great pix and great design. Maybe you could draw up your chicken coop plans and have them available to download for a nominal fee ? Sounds like all your experience would be appreciated by newcomers to chicken keeping! 🙂

Hi Deb,

What a great job they did on the hen house! 🙂 We get a lot of enquiries on our flower cart and recently I asked my son-in-law (who built it) if it was hard seeing it copied and he said, “No. It is the best compliment that so many people want to copy it.” I really liked that! So, you can consider it a huge compliment that so many folks want to copy your hen house… I sure want to!!! We are actually in the beginning stages of designing ours and I keep having my husband look at yours! 🙂

This was a great post and I loved looking at Donna’s blog. Isn’t it a great day when you meet new friends?!

Hugs,

Dori

Deb,

I love both your hen house AND your potting shed! Beautiful! What an inspiration.

Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole (Suburban Farmgirl)

Thank you Deb for sharing you idea, measurements and all the details of your hen house. I loved yours and now mine too. What a wonderful post from you. I enjoyed it so much. I made the strawberry rhubarb jelly and have a jar for you. Thought I would have it when you came by, but time really flew by. I’ll bet you gardens are looking wonderful about now. I was thinking how there was nothing there when we came by and how we looked at your seeds. Why does summer go so quickly?
Thank you again for your kindness and down home farm girl friendship!

Is it possible to buy one of the calendars? Id love to buy
One. My mother had relatives. From Massachusett and. And Maine. Love. The lighthouses..

Truly amazing photos and stories. What an interesting place, you are so lucky!

Can anyone tell me where to get a calendar?

Thanks for the great posting. We love rhubarb combined with other fruits too. I have never heard of small pearl Tapioca, thanks for the heads up on that – going to the market today so will look for the right one – your pie made me salivate – so must make one. God bless.

Just plain ol’ rhubarb pie for me – no strawberries. My father-in-law use to say, “you ran out of sugar huh? Love the tartness. In PA as a child we pulled and ate it right from the garden – makes me pucker and shiver to think about it.

Deb, that Rhubarb looks amazing. I’ve never tried growing it… is there any reason it wouldn’t grow here in Tennessee? Is it too hot maybe??? When we used to visit my husband’s family in Alaska this time every summer my sister in law had Rhubarb growing like you wouldn’t believe. I used to pick a huge bag full the night before we left and bring it home in my suitcase! 🙂 It was beautiful red just like yours.

I’m not sure (going to have to remember to ask my sister in law) but I think I remember that the leaves are poisonous and so they had a huge moose problem in their yard… the moose was so good that it wouldn’t touch the leaves, but would “harvest” all the Rhubarb stalks! 🙂

I do love Rhubarb-Strawberry pie. But I really love Rhubarb Strawberry jam! It’s probably my favorite.

Thanks for sharing!

– Dori –

P.S. LOVE the picture of you on the shoreline! 🙂

If it tastes great, it doesn’t matter how pretty it is! It sounds so good. I have not had a rhubarb pie in so very long.

Super post!! So far the only thing I have planted is ideas — we are in a rain, still some frosty nights, a few inches of snow pattern, so nothing will be done even this weekend. Usually we say Mother’s Day weekend is a safe time but we had 6″s that weekend and have had 5″s this week, not complaining though because it will dry up quickly once the sunny days happen. Still going to enjoy this most special time of THANK YOU to all who have stood up for our wonderful USA and for those who have been in our personal lives. God bless yall.

You and your daughter are so good looking (Oh, all right so is your dog). Living in the same type of climate as New England, I know how easy it is to get carried away at green growing things. Your choices are so beautiful. We had frost this week but now it is in the 70s. We can plant too. Happy gardening.

Just came in from planting my Tasha Tudor campanula seeds I ordered online. A friend brought me some plants from her garden (I love that), forget-me-nots, europeon ginger and blood root. I love blues and purples and found larkspur, delphinium and a balloon plant at the nursery. My perennial border looks beautiful.

I send my congratulations to Zachary and Brendan. I celebrate with you because our son earned his Eagle Scout. I know how proud a mom can be (family too). My son is now 44 and he told me that every job interview he had, they counted the award very highly. Bask in the glow.

Congratulations !!! This is a great accomplishment. I, too, am a fellow Eagle Scout mom. My son is 21 this year and still considers his Eagle an important part of his life, so much dedication, hard work, fun, and learning ! And it is not over, as I am sure he will become a Scout leader some day. :))))

I send my congratulations to Zachary and Brendan. I celebrate with you because our son earned his Eagle Scout. I know how proud a mom can be (family too). My son is now 44 and he told me that every job interview he had, they counted the award very highly. Bask in the glow.

Congratulations !!! This is a great accomplishment. I, too, am a fellow Eagle Scout mom. My son is 21 this year and still considers his Eagle an important part of his life, so much dedication, hard work, fun, and learning ! And it is not over, as I am sure he will become a Scout leader some day. :))))

I enjoyed reading your spring break post this morning. I live by a beach and have been so busy with the end of school and paperwork about my house(taxes, insurance payments due, etc.) that my mind is unsettled. You reminded me about what I always say, “All you need is love.”. And I do love the beach!

So charming, Deb! Wish I could visit you at your cottage, walk the beach and get some sand between my toes!
Happy April to you!
CJ

Enjoyed the vicarious seaside visit and to your cottage! I love it when you share this place with us! I hope you will share the other rooms with us next time. HAPPY SPRING!

So nice to follow you to the beach, what a treat. I feel you are a long lost friend I am so happy to see each time you post. I am in the southern Nevada desert and I have to say I do envy you where you are. Be well, and thank you for your posts.

Love reading your stories.I don’t get to the sea much now, but oh how I miss it and the sound of the water.I enjoy ever bit you write.Thank you
Donna Shaw

Thank you for sharing your beachy cottage. How wonderful to own a piece of heaven. I am a “water girl” at heart which is challenging living in land locked North Dakota. I like to think we have a bit of heaven too in ND, it just looks a little different. When I saw the debris photos I did wonder who had the job of cleaning that up. Bonfires are the next best thing to a beach walk. I hope you have a wonderful summer season at the cottage. Oh, and I so love your posts, especially the beach ones.

Hey Deb! I love your charming cottage by the sea. How exciting it is that all of those magazine readers will get a taste of beach living!
I won’t probably get back to Boston and the South Shore this year, but I am heading east to Charleston, SC in a few weeks! The ocean calls!

Hi Deb,
Thanks for the peek inside your adorable beach home. I have a “Girl Genius” I’d love to introduce to you! Is there an email address where I can contact you directly?
Thanks and happy spring!