This is my local Flower Stand. For the past several years this is where I come each summer and fall to pick Dahlias, Sunflowers, Amaranth, Zinnias, Lunaria, Poppies, Glads and Chickweed!
Gus with Amaranth.
Amaranth is one of my favorite flowers to use in bouquets. It's gorgeous and it lasts a long time when it's cut.
The "candy striped" and dark dark red ones are my favorite of the dahlias.
Jasper took this photo of me.
Here is one view of the flower fields with the big barn in the background. Can you spot Jasper amongst the Dahlias?
Here is a view of the valley, looking out from the flower fields.
Look at the prices! Its unbelievable and so kind and generous of the folks who live here to offer their community this resource. There is a cash box and it's all based on the honor system. I just adore it! And can you see that small brown bag sitting there? It said FREE on the front. When I looked inside it was full of green beans! Lucky me! I brought them home, smothered them in olive oil, sprinkled sea salt and Seaweed Gomasio(my favorite condiment) all over them and roasted them on high heat to bring out the sweetness and let me tell ya, they were delicious!
I also bought that little yellow zucchini/summer squash. If I don't use them right away I just grate them up and freeze them to make the Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe(p.194)out of Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. So good!
And to top it all off, the fields are FULL of Chickweed, violets and pansies! Its wonderful! Not only can I get all my flowers picked, I can come home with salad makings too!
Besides flowers and some veggies, the folks here often offer dried lunaria and poppies, squash, gourds and pumpkins, jars, buckets and seeds. I am so happy to have a place like this so close by and on my weekly route. Makes life sweeter, that's for sure!
I LOVE YOU FLOWER STAND!
Thank you for being there!
Thank you flower farmers in Duvall! You give and give and give!
Thank you!
xoxox
Jennette
