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Rose Opp Turns a Mining Cabin into a Home - Jefferson Public Radio

Julia attended Reed College. After they graduated, everyone returned to the Opp Mine.Thanks to their mother and supportive father, the Opp daughters remembered a wonderful childhood.Sources: Waldron, Sue. “Growing Up at the Opp Mine,” Table Rock Sentinel, March/April 1992, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 12-15, 21-26. (Article content based on SOHS oral histories 438 and 518, with Julia and Gertrude.)... http://ijpr.org/post/rose-opp-turns-mining-cabin-home

New Hampshire has 14 cut-your-own flower farms - WMUR Manchester

The season is in high gear, with everything seemingly in bloom.At Blue Moon Berry Farm in Warner, cut-your-own flowers  are a new offering.Barb Dieckman and her family operate the 110-acre farm  on Waldron Hill Road. Her son, Michael Bux, is taking it over, after a career in the Army. The kids are getting into it, just as she did, pulling rocks out of the fields and learning to tend the land.She said there is a great demand for flowers and "it's so fun. Who doesn't like flowers?"At Rosaly's Garden in Peterborough, Rosaly Bass has been selling cut-your-own flowers for 41 years. The charge is $12 a pound, but priced by the stem for hydrangeas and sunflowers.In New London, Spring Ledge Farm has an extensive cutting garden. Just grab a pair of scissors and start creating bouquets. They charge $12.95 a pound, which is about two commercially-packaged bouquets.Here's the farms we found in New Hampshire where you can cut away:--WESTMORELANDHillside Springs Farm and CSA399-7288http://www.hillsidespringsfarm.com/--SOUTH HAMPTONHeron Pond Farm and CSA394-0129http://www.heronpondfarm.com/--WARNERBlue Moon Berry Farm456-3144https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Moon-Berry-Farm/142761462407864--GILFORDBeans and Greens293-2853http://beansandgreensfarm.com/pick-your-own/--LOUDONMilk and Honey Farm715-1215--WEBSTERMilkcan Corner Farm648-2268https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milkcan-Corner-Farm/258304264286422--PETERBOROUGHRosaly's Garden924-7774http://www.rosalysgarden.com/--PLAINFIELDRiverview Farmhttp://www.riverviewnh.com/flowers/--STRATHAMBlueberry Bay Farm580-1612http://www.blueberrybayfarm.com/pickingnow.html--NEW LONDONSpringledge Farmhttp://springledgefarm.com/pyo-seasonal/pyo-flowers/--LONDONDE... http://www.wmur.com/escape-outside/new-hampshire-has-14-cutyourown-flower-farms/34508510

Richard Rico | Flora, & a perfect fit - Vacaville Reporter

THE 63-year flower cottage next to McCune Garden Chapel on Main St. is in full bloom again. Stems made it happen. After 9 years on Merchant Street, owner Caryn Mikich uprooted Stems Florist to go downtown, taking her flora and her 8 creative makers of bouquets, nosegays and rose sprays with her. The new Stems opened Jan. 21. “I always wanted to be downtown,” Caryn said in her budding shop, “but didn’t want to overcrowd the floral field.” But it’s clear now that this is where she should be. It’s in her DNA. “My family was always into gardening; we didn’t own a shop, but flowers were in our lives.” As fate would have it, Caryn worked six years for former Rose Florist owner, Janet Lopez Balcom, who retired a year ago after 62 years of Lopez ownership. Caryn has a history of decorating lives, events and nonprofits all over the city and county. Floral touches on the Merriment on Main stage were her gift.The cottage was built in 1938 by Del and Elizabeth McCune as their home the same year they bought the funeral home. They moved out in 1956, converting it to a flower shop operated by John and Rose Lopez. Barbara McCune owns the cottage and the funeral home. “I have really good vibes about the move,” Caryn said, a feeling shared by her daughter, Amanda. Does she like the florist world? “I love it!” she said. She’s a mom to Sadie, 11 and Cason, 7. Caryn’s dad, Mike, is in the pipeline industry. A grand opening is in the works, perfect time to meet Caryn, visit Stems, and chat with shop greeter, Gracie, a yellow-headed Amazon parrot. I’d like to check her DNA against Gracie, our golden pup. They might be related.The author is former publisher of The Reporter. https://www.thereporter.com/richard-rico-flora-a-perfect-fit

Gardening: The days and nights of blooming chrysanthemums - OCRegister

You can plant a florist’s chrysanthemum – the supermarket type – in the garden and it will live for three or four years. However, chrysanthemums are easily propagated from shoot tip cuttings, so you can perpetuate them for an eternity. When you first set eyes on your potted chrysanthemum, the flowers are enormous. Now that it’s planted in the garden, the number of flowers is much greater but they are much smaller, still richly petaled as if they were miniature dahlias.The reason for flower size difference is, once again, manipulation at the nursery. Those giant initial flowers were the result of pinching off most of the flower buds as the plant developed in the nursery; by leaving a small number of buds, the blooms that came out of them were quite large.Of course, you can always plant the same species of chrysanthemum, available as a bedding plant, where all flower buds have been allowed to develop and bloom.This same principle applies where fruit size is concerned. Apricots and plums should be thinned so that there is a space of two to four inches between them on the branch. Peaches and nectarines, due to their larger size, require a space of three to five inches between them in order to grow to a proper size. All of these fruits are produced one to a bud, but apples are different since they grow in clusters. Each cluster of apples should be thinned to one or two fruit, depending on the total load of fruit on the tree, and there should be a space of six to eight inches between clusters.Although their lifespan is short, florist chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum x grandiflorum) have a potential growth rate unmatched by any other plant. It’s hard to believe, but a cutting taken from that potted chrysanthemum you received over the holidays can be trained into a mammoth specimen, albeit under hothouse conditions.By a Japanese tr... https://www.ocregister.com/gardening-the-days-and-nights-of-blooming-chrysanthemums

Obituary: Charlotte G. Poulin - Lewiston Sun Journal

Newton, Mass., Doris Remis’ School of Floral Design in New York, and Henry I. Simmons School of Floral Design in Boston alongside her sister Mary. She worked in the family business of Saunders Florist for many years and was a participating floral designer at design schools in both Maine, and at the Boston Flower Exchange.As a teenager, under the tutelage of Mrs. Thurston, she concentrated her love of horses in the competitive show ring and won the Maine State Equitation Championship, among many other awards. She enjoyed her summers at the family cottage on Orr’s Island, especially the boating trips with her brother Abbott. In her later years she met the love of her life and forever friend, Albert Poulin. Together they lived a fulfilling life on the farm where they tended to her greenhouse, her “critters,” and decorated for every season. She will be fondly remembered for her beautiful holiday decorations, her delicious home cooked meals, and her fun-loving spirit.Charlotte will be greatly missed by her loving husband of 32 years, Albert “Sonny” J. Poulin. She is survived by her sister, Mary (Greenleaf) Keough and husband Jim; sons, Arthur Kesaris III and wife ShellyRae, William Kesaris, and Carl Greenleaf; grandchildren, Nicholas and Alexa Kesaris, and London, Amelia, Zane, and Wyatt Greenleaf; stepchildren, Kathy Hough, David Poulin and wife Kim, Karen Poulin, and Jonathan Poulin and wife Monica; grandchildren, Mike McCue and wife Maisie, Dianna, Amanda, Samuel, and Alex Poulin; great grandchildren Kylie and Logan McCue; numerous cousins and friends.Services will be held in t... https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/02/06/obituarycharlotte-g-poulin/

Flowers of Point Loma still blooms after 35 years - The full-service florist shop now owned by Penn Bryan has lasted 35 years in Point Loma by customizing its business to meet its customers' needs. “We were looking to find a flower stand to start ... - San Diego Community Newspaper Group

Flowers of Point Loma at 2170 Chatsworth Blvd. is celebrating 35 years. The full-service florist shop now owned by Penn Bryan has lasted 35 years in Point Loma by customizing its business to meet its customers’ needs.“We were looking to find a flower stand to start out, and saw that the flower shop on the corner was up for sale,” said Bryan of how she and her husband acquired the business, Flowers of Point Loma, now at 2170 Chatsworth Blvd., from a retiring brother-sister team who’d had it since 1985.“I found my niche doing things that people wanted,” noted Bryan. “No other flower shops do what we do here.”The previous owners stayed with the Bryans for a year to help transition them into the floral business. That was good, added Penn, pointing out she had no previous experience with flowers.“I wanted to have kids and take them where I work,” Bryan said. “My daughter grew up in this flower shop.”Bryan fulfills her customer’s expectations, whatever they are. “They can make up their own bouquets or we can make it for them,” she said. “We’ve been here so long and people k... http://www.sdnews.com/view/full_story/27692651/article-Flowers-of-Point-Loma-still-blooms-after-35-years--?instance=business

The Best Flower Delivery Services, Just in Time for Valentine’s Day - Vogue

Although we’re sure you’d do a lot of things for true love, haggling with a florist over the phone because it’s 10 p.m. on February 14 and your delivery still hasn’t arrived isn’t one of them.Thankfully, Vogue’s got some answers. Below are 7 thoughtful and impeccably-designed arrangements you can order online, nationwide. There are romantic red roses, abundant astrantias, and even dried flowers for those seeking something different. (And fine, I also snuck a succulent in there. It is adorable and you will love it.)So without further ado—here are the best flower delivery services, and loveliest flora, for the day all about love.Farmgirl Flowers “Love Actually” Bouquetfarmgirlflowers.com$83Shop NowHow can you not adore for Farmgirl Flowers, a female-founded, sustainable, mission-driven company that delivers burlap-wrapped bouquets? This Valentine’s Day, their “Love Actually” bouquet is perfect for any hopeless romantic—just like the movie.H.Bloom “Pastel Whispers” Bouquethbloom.com$150Shop NowWhite calia lilies and overflowing green sprigs add a dramatic dash to this otherwise pastel arrangement. Order it for someone that always opts for the exotic.Vogue x Urban Stems “The Love Story” Bouquetur... https://www.vogue.com/article/the-best-bouquets-to-order-online-for-valentines-day

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