June 10, 2022
Critters
February 18, 2022
Monarch Butterflies—Citizen Science Opportunity
This week, we have a guest post from Emily Erickson, a graduate student in entomology (bugs!) at Tufts University in Boston. She is collaborating with Washington State University to get the word out about the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge, an initiative with the goal of monitoring monarch butterfly populations during the spring months following their [...]
April 3, 2021
Open-Farm This Easter Weekend
Spring has sprung! Come welcome in spring by sharing our first open-farm weekend here at Bees N Blooms, April 3 & 4 from 10am to 3pm. This is the weekend to get your organic tomato and pepper plant starts. We will also have organic ornamental flowers available as well. If you haven't already pre-ordered plants, [...]
February 22, 2021
The Promise of Spring
New beginnings are on the way as we welcome the arrival of Spring! Symbolizing this transition, we have baby plants growing in our nursery and baby geese growing in eggs on the farm. In preparation for spring and summer crops, we've started several different varieties of tomato and pepper plants that you can preorder here. [...]
January 26, 2021
Winter Season at Bees N Blooms
Happy New Year, 2021! Here at Bees N Blooms, we are ringing in the new year by distilling our lavender into oil and hydrosol, planting cover crops, and hatching baby geese. While closed during the winter months, we focus our efforts on processing the lavender buds harvested during peak summer months into our lovely organic [...]
October 12, 2020
Pop-Up Open Farm Weekend!
It's that time of year when pumpkins are harvested, corn mazes are happening, and tree leaves are changing colors. It's Fall! This weekend, we are opening our doors for our fall open-farm weekend, Saturday October 17th and Sunday October 18th, 10 AM to 3 PM. Come out to see the gorgeous flowers: Marigolds, Dahlias, Celosia, [...]
July 7, 2020
U-Cut Lavender Daze
For those who missed out on our Lavender U-Cut last weekend, or wish to come back for more, bee sure to join us again this upcoming weekend on Friday, July 10th and Sunday, July 12th. With the help of visitors last weekend, around 400 bunches of Grosso lavender was cut! That’s a whole bunch ;) [...]
June 25, 2020
Plant It And They Will Come
It's National Pollinator Week! Today, we want to catch you up on how the bees are doing since the 2006 recognition of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the challenges pollinators are facing, and what you can do to help. We are also featuring some of our pollinator-friendly plants that are available for purchase at the Farm [...]
June 17, 2020