Welcome to BLUMEGEIST
This year feels fresh and new and full of possibilities.
Two years ago I started letting out a secret - I told a few people that I wanted to start a “flower business”. It’s been a secret dream going back to age 16, when I started working at a lovely family-owned florist, Maple Lee, in Worthington, Ohio, the quaint suburban city where I grew up. I loved going to work and that amazing place turned me into a hard worker eager to take on challenges.
Since those romanticized years, I have moved through a couple of professional industries and 14 years ago landed in the inspiring field of medical research. I love my day job, but I need to make time to be outside and away from my computer… I need to fully embrace my creative side.
To that end, I’ve spent the past year figuring out what this “flower business” might look like - how do I get started, where do I want it to go, what will I even do? While I don’t know exactly where I want this to go long term, I have gained the confidence to start down this path, as a (micro) farmer-florist. This year’s great challenge will be to better define how the first chapter of BLUMEGEIST will read. There is so much work ahead and I couldn’t be more excited to get going.
This year’s challenge will be to better define how the first chapter of BLUMEGEIST will read.
With so many ideas and a lot of ambition, there’s A TON of planning and organization on the docket. A few simple goals include growing more plants and flowers than I did last year, giving back to my community, and cataloging all that I’m learning.
Going forward, I plan on sharing frequent updates with lots of images of what I’m doing and how things are growing out in the garden. This month I have the following goals and hope that by sharing this I’ll hold myself accountable. Your interest and questions are invaluable as I want to make sure I’m putting the best stuff out there. Here’s what’s going on this week:
Plan and organize: Continuing with plant selection and deciding where each variety will live in the garden
Plant seedlings: Starting more cold-hardy seedlings including sweet peas, larkspur, poppies, and foxglove
Tulips: Continuing my indoor tulip project (thanks to The Tulip Workshop… amazing!)
Other bulbs: Start prepping for winter muscari and narcissus pots
Warm-day clean-up: If we get any warm days I’ll get out in the garden and tear down some of the growth I left for the birds and animals
IMAGES BELOW (left to right): Indoor winter planted narcissus|Seeds for 2023 | Lisianthus seedlings getting started in my “indoor garden” | Tulips growing in the basement | Winter in the garden
