The Slow Unfurling: Why Nature Doesn’t Care About Our Checklists
As winter finally began to recede and the first hints of spring teased our five-acre woods, Paul and I sat down with a blank piece of paper and a mountain of hope. We were staring down Year Three of Little Village Hosta Farm, and we had big, exciting, sprawling goals.
As I was planning out the rest of our summer sales and specials, my mind naturally drifted toward July 4th. To honor America’s 250th anniversary, I knew exactly what to do: put our most patriotic-sounding hostas on sale.
This year I’ve had several customers message me with the exact same request. They were looking for fully grown, mature hostas. They didn’t want the small ones, the ones carefully nestled in their trade gallon pots, just beginning their journey.