Early July on the Farm
Some how July has already slid onto the calendar! The twins are the busiest 8 month olds and True is continuing to be an independent and easily bored 2 year old. My days are broken into 20 minute intervals in attempts to keep all parties happy. I can already see how farming with the kids has made them love to be outdoors, but it definitely has changed my relationship with the farm. I love having the kids with me out there, but lately it has also been my refuge. The place I seek a little solace and quiet in the evening when everyone has gone to bed.
Whether it be weeding or assembling bouquets, there is something magical about the quiet time spent with busy hands and a few quiet thoughts. The fields have severed me different purposes throughout the last three years. They started as a place of grounding, and a little therapy. They grew into a place I could find purpose in and a sense of achievement. A place I could build a dream and feel a sense of accomplishment. It was a way I could show myself that I could hold titles like “entrepreneur” or “business owner” when I felt reduced to just “mom.”
As I settle into year three with three babies under three True Blue Flower Co. is once again serving as my place of refuge and unwinding. A way to do a few mindless tasks for just me. The need for progress and accomplishment of the last few years has shifted a little further into the background. I have so much contentment with our current U-Picks and subscriptions and Sunday yoga. These focuses allow me to have a little piece of purpose in the fields without teetering out of balance with time off the farm.
The next place I am searching for balance in is contactability. As True Blue Flower Co. grows so does the amount of people with questions, thoughts, and inquires. The people I have met through this business are the best part of it, but the constant contactability has become a little overwhelming. I feel like since having the twins my focus has been so segmented - everything interrupted in the previously mentioned 20 minute intervals. Adding in calls, questions, and messages regarding flowers has made it so I feel like I am not giving proper attention to anyone - kids, customers, or myself. So to help with that I am just asking for questions to be directed to my email rather than messenger or phone. This will help me give the question the attention it deserves and let me create a little less fragmented attention during the day. With this I will also add a FAQ page to the website to help give you a place to have your questions answered quickly!
July 10th is also bringing a new change that I am really excited about - instead of U-Picks just happening Thursday - Sunday they will be opened daily until September! Self-care shouldn’t be reserved for the weekends. With U-Picks this year we have a new out door sink as our jar filling station, we have the same $30 jar option and a new $15 kids jar option that comes with butterfly cutout to cover with flowers. Don’t want to commit to a full jar? Flowers are also available for $2 a stem. I am looking forward to making U-Picks our main focus.
Subscriptions are split into two groups with group A receiving bouquets next week. Emails went out this week, if you haven’t received your pick up details, shoot me an email and I will get you all the info you need!
As for the flowers, I am having fun focusing on soil and flower health - were adding an onsite compost pile and working with some weed teas through the drip lines. Fields aren’t quite to full bloom yet, the lilies should be blooming with in the next week officially marking the start to a field full of blooms!
