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  • Petals of Progress – April 2025

    Petals of Progress – April 2025

    Towards the end of March I was working double time in the field. It took me all of my “teacher spring break” to plant out the close to 2,000 seedlings that I had started and then “harden off” from home (see my previous blog post for these details). 5 days of planting the seedlings by…

  • Winter Seed Starts – March 2025

    Winter Seed Starts – March 2025

    I have quickly learned in my cut flower research that in order to have the most productive spring flush of flowers for creating stunning bouquets you must start from seed indoors during the winter months (I began seeds the first weekend on December). Learning to start flowers from seed has been quite the learning curve…

  • Learning as we GrOw – January 2025

    Learning as we GrOw – January 2025

    Building a family business has been a dream for both Jarret and me for quite some time. We’ve spent countless evenings on our back porch, reflecting on our “why” and researching the possibilities for “what” our business could be. It still feels surreal when I think back to the magical moment the idea of building…

  • The Dream – November 2024

    The Dream – November 2024

    Welcome to the blog!  My name is Ashley and I am the founder of Windy Hill Wildflowers. Having a cut flower farm is a complete dream in the making. Of course, I would not be pursuing this dream without the support of my husband Jarret, and my father-in-law David. What started as a fun idea,…