Spring time is busy time on our flower farm
February has been kind to us here at Tara Hill Flowers. Dry clear days has allowed us to catch up on overdue work and the land has dried out considerably. The sunshine is [...]
Why Valentine’s Day comes too soon for Irish flower growers
The two biggest flower selling days in the year – Valentine’s Day (14 February) and Mother’s Day (March) come too soon in the year for most Irish flower farmers. For those [...]
How social media brings a small flower business to the world
Social media is a powerful marketing tool for a small rural business. It allows our small flower farm bring our story to the world at limited cost, apart from our time and [...]
Quality compost is key to growing good crops
Browse any vegetable or flower growing publication and the issue of compost very quickly comes to the fore. In some articles, there can be a lot of complexity added to the process [...]
Using shelter belts to curb nature’s extremes
The spring of 2021 has confirmed what I already knew – nature challenges us in different ways every year. In our first year growing flowers, a dry April and May period required [...]
