What Are Local Flowers, and Why Should You Care?

The car is filled with a vibrant but foreign energy. I’ve just picked up locally grown flowers from a greenhouse grower and wholesaler, a short ferry ride from my home and farm on Salt Spring Island.   What We Do at Alchemy Farm For nearly two years I’ve been growing...

Alchemy Farm Studio and Gardens

Winter and Alchemy Farm This December we breathed a sigh of relief as our first farming year wound down. After a year of nonstop working, there were no gardens to water, no harvest to bring in, no seeds or plants to coddle. As if to further enforce a rest, the snow...