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Week of July 6, 2009
Our tomatoes are doing well. We have pruned them to a single main leader, pruning off all secondary shoots and training them up 6 foot stakes. They have set up some nice tomatoes already.
Week of July 13, 2009
	This was the week for blue globe thistle (Echinops ritro). I had buckets of these for sale at the market and sold out. You have to pick these just before they start to flower if you want to dry them. If you pick when they are flowering and try to dry them they will shatter.
Week of July 20, 2009
This week I supplied flowers for a large wedding. Originally I was going to do all the arrangements, but the mother of the bride was too much work. Her daughter was getting married at a local place that looks like a fancy barn inside and she wanted to put swags on all the beams. But when she started talking about feathers and beads my eyes glazed over. I spent a lot of time talking to her and still did not know what she really wanted. I don't have time to hold hands, so I told her maybe she should find someone else to do it. The caterer called me a couple of days later and asked if she got a floral designer to work with Mom would I still supply the flowers?
Week of July 27, 2009
The snapdragons look so beautiful and the white snapdragons have been used a lot for all the weddings I have done so far this summer. I have had a wedding for the last 4 weekends. This week I hired my girlfriend to help with corsages, boutonniere's, bride and bridesmaid bouquets.
Week of August 3, 2009
	Another big wedding this weekend. This one is for a good friend of mine who's daughter is getting married. They needed 60 table arrangements and lots of buckets of hydrangea which is really blooming nicely. Again, Martha helped out on this wedding. I ended up making well over 100 bouquets so that I still had some to sell at the market.
Week of August 10, 2009
Lots of bouquets for the market. I also sell lots of perennials and you can see the delphiniums blooming and ready for sale.
Week of August 17, 2009
	Finally my heirloom tomatoes are coming in! This summer in Michigan has been cool and very little rain. Last week we got all the rain we did not get for the last 2 months in one day. Then the weather got hot upper 80's and low 90's. They have been a hit at the market. I have sold out the last 2 weeks. Some of the varieties I offer are Striped German, Green Zebra, Japanese Trifele Black, Costuluto Genovese, Brandywine, Purple Calabash, Persimmon, etc.
Week of August 24, 2009
The heirloom glads are starting to bloom and the colors are fantastic! This glad is called Contentment. I had some wonderful bundles of glads to sell at the market and they stand out compared to your modern glads.
Week of August 31, 2009
	My sunflowers are starting to come in and this week one of my customers special ordered 25 bundles for her daughter's reception. These are some of the 12 varieties of sunflowers I grow.
Week of September 7, 2009
Here is another heirloom glad I am growing for Old House Gardens. This one is called Mexicali and the coloring on these is very cool and interesting.
Week of September 14, 2009
	This week was my biggest week for sunflowers. I had over 50 bunches for sale this week at the market. People love sunflowers, but to me they seem like the end of summer. This variety is called Sunbrite Orange.
Week of September 21, 2009
Zinnia's are one of my favorite flowers. I sell at least 20 bunches every week at the market. Plus they make a great focal point flower for my bouquets. I have about 500 feet planted, which I plant every 2 weeks so that I always have a nice supply for the market. I grow Benary's Mix which produces large zinnia's with a strong stem and Oklahoma which produces baby zinnia's for a different look.
Week of September 28, 2009
	This weekend I had amaranthus for sale. I grew several varieties this year. This one is called Burgundy Amaranthus and the stems and leaves are also burgundy. I also grew one that is gold called Giant Copperhead. These last a long time as a cut flower and will dry; although they do fade when dried.

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