Does anyone else have the "flower farm" dream?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not have a flower farm by any stretch of the imagination, but I do plants lots of flowers in my yard (mainly dahlias and zinnias), plus herbs to use as filler.

During peak season I think my neighbors get sick of me sending over bouquets. Good friends know they have an open invitation to cut anytime without checking in with me. My husband doesn't look twice anymore when random people are walking around the front yard looking at flowers.

If anybody mentions them to me, I always let people cut anything they want, and usually 1-2 times/year I send out a message to the neighborhood to come pick (usually after a vacation and the flowers are overwhelming me).

I do it because I like it (I like watching it all grow mainly), and being able to add a little cheer to my 'hood is an added bonus.

It is a hobby, and I save seeds/tubers every year, so after the initial investment, the amount of $$ it costs me is minimal.

I also grow lots of tomatoes and hand them out/stick a free sign in my front yard with extras. I have gardening friends that I supply with starts in the spring as well.

Hahaha SAME! And I live on a tiny lot in central DC. Every inch of my 50x20 backyard is full of flowering plants.

[Anonymous]

I know people who have retired who do this.

[Anonymous]

I would run it as a non-profit care farm and employ adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Like these:

https://beautifulblawesome.com
https://littleotterflowerfarm.com
https://carefarmingnetwork.org/about-the-cfn/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you want to be unemployed with a huge garden.

But wealthy enough to have money to live on. It's not a great way to make a living. It's a really busy hobby at best.

[Anonymous]

Pests. Thunderstorms. Theft. Drought. Nope.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pests. Thunderstorms. Theft. Drought. Nope.

To expand on pests, risk of lyme disease. Over exposure to sun.

[Anonymous]

I don’t have a flower farm dream, but I have a vegetable patch and fruit orchard dream, complete with a greenhouse for winter growing and a chicken coop. Sometimes, I add in a few acres of maple trees to get maple syrup. It is in New England.

[Anonymous]

Not me

[Anonymous]

There’s a farm near me that switched to flowers from produce (everyone used to get pumpkins there and a local brewery did pumpkin beer every year to helps support them) when they discovered firefighting chemicals from local military bases in the water supply.