Supporting BIPOC Farmers in Minnesota

Supporting BIPOC Farmers in Minnesota

Minnesotans are Black, Hmong, Native and Mexican. Minnesotans are all ethnicities of beautiful people. MN farmers may disproportionately be white, but the number of BIPOC farmers are growing, even if slowly. Make a commitment to working toward equity in our local food and farm movements.

Ten Colorful Early Spring Plants for Your Minnesota Garden

Ten Colorful Early Spring Plants for Your Minnesota Garden

How to get the most colorful, early spring garden in northern climates. Plants that bloom in May in Minnesota. Zone 4 Spring Flowers.

Flowers within Reach: Resources for Beginner Backyard Gardeners

Flowers within Reach: Resources for Beginner Backyard Gardeners

You love flowers, you have a sunny spot in your backyard, and this year is the year you’ll start a garden! Today I am sharing some of my favorite resources for folks who want to get started growing their own flowers on a small scale. 

Starting Seeds Indoors

For years, I learned from and helped on other people’s farms. Most of my time was spent on flower farms, one in Vermont and one in California (Tanglebloom Flower Farm & Cabin in Vermont is owned by my dear friend and number one mentor, Melissa 

Back Home <3 MN

Back Home <3 MN

So much has changed … you can follow the journey a little closer on Facebook and Instagram (@Ediflorial), but it turns out Minnesota is home. Sometimes you have to move away and travel all over before you realize what feels best, and where you want 

Ediflorial @ Singing River Farm

Ediflorial @ Singing River Farm

BIG NEWS! I relocated from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Rockingham, Vermont. Singing River Farm is my new home. It is a 17-acre farm owned by Laurel Green and Steve Crofter. I met them and worked here for three weeks in 2015, and we have remained friends 

Flower Farming at Whole Systems Agriculture in California

Flower Farming at Whole Systems Agriculture in California

If you didn’t know this already, I traveled for a year, farming in each corner of the country. I spent six months living and working on Whole Systems Agriculture* in Madera, a small town in the Central Valley of California, thirty minutes north of Fresno.