Blooming Meadow Farm and Bakery

06/04/2026

06/02/2026

We love peonies! Back before we moved to Flandreau, we lived in Ohio. We had several peony plants on one side of the house that a previous homeowner had planted. Our mom loved to cut them and make beautiful bouquets out of them (maybe that had something to do with why we wanted to grow flowers?).

Currently we only have a couple peony plants to cut from. We transplanted several peony plants on our property two falls ago, and this past fall we were gifted lots more. Peonies take three years before they are ready to be used for cut flowers, until the fourth year you remove all the buds so the plant can focus on growing a strong root system.

Here is a bouquet we made from a peony plant that got missed when we transplanted two falls ago.

05/29/2026

Hannah has been at driver's ed every morning this week, the best time for watering a garden when it's hot out. So she hired her little sister, Elle to help out. She has been hand watering all the tiny plants that have started to sprout this week. Hoping some rain will be coming soon!