Comments on: The {Farmer} & The Florist Interview: Rachel Siegfried

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:49:56 +0000

After two months of back ordering from Amazon, they canceled my order of her book. They said they had no guarantee for its arrival. :(. So disappointed.

By: saptozz

saptozz — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 10:04:59 +0000

I love my lilac bushes! The scent that wafts through the house when I open the windows takes me back to my childhood.

By: Ginny Jorgensen

Ginny Jorgensen — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:04:48 +0000

Each year the Echinacea appear wearing a new color or petal shape like they have bought a new summer outfit to “show off” and be noticed as the most stunning in my back yard garden. Visitors ask me “What are those cool looking flower?”

By: Susan Ordel

Susan Ordel — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:25:35 +0000

I use all parts of southern magnolia in floral arrangements…from the glossy leaves to the magnificent lemony blooms, then the red red seed pods, and of course the empty seed pods. Divine!

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:52:56 +0000

I love baptisia for it’s foliage and it is so easy to grow.

By: Ana Maria

Ana Maria — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:42:47 +0000

I love lilacs and have the TOUGHEST time keeping them in a vase. This year I tried cutting in the morning, and slicing into their stems at the bottom to increase surface area, but by the afternoon they would all be dry. [crying face emoji]! So I also decided to branch out this year and plant two new varieties- I need to go look up what they are but one is a white variety and the other is a pale lilac variety with double petals… which I am excited to see one day. My soil is very poor so I mixed peat with starter fertilizer to help them get started but I think they’re suffering a bit of transplant shock. Hopeful they will establish well this summer as we’ve been getting relentless rain for the past month— but it’s all yet to be seen. Eager for more knowledge and I have absolutely gobbled up your show on HBO. Now doing the summer mini course and consuming as much blog content as possible— next up is books at the library!!! Thank you so much— the intuition that I have had for so many years about the poetry of life to be found in nature and especially flowers— seeing it in all of your staff and on your filmed content and in everything that you do is so so so so grounding and inspiring and fulfilling, I am just so grateful to have found a community of kindred spirits!

By: Barbara Barker

Barbara Barker — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 22:58:46 +0000

Lilacs of course! Wish they lasted for months instead of mere weeks.

By: Bonnie Rae Resor

Bonnie Rae Resor — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:21:15 +0000

Thank you so much for your beautiful book. I am just getting started with growing flowers and all your information is so helpful. I love the day lilies with their beautiful colors, lavender, peony and Shasta daisy. I always have flowers in the house and they are so refreshing and wonderful to have in view of my kitchen and living room.
Thanks again for your hard work and dedication.

By: Marguerite

Marguerite — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:26:11 +0000

Very beautiful ideas. Inspiring ways to use what grows nearby.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:43:34 +0000

Lilacs are one of my favorites! My family has four that border our perennial garden. Each is from a relative and feel like natural family heirlooms.