01/09/2026
Happy New Year! I write this with an extremely grateful heart. Last season was my 5th season growing and selling plants. When I started this journey, I told myself I would give it five years and reevaluate if this was really a direction I wanted to go. I knew after five years, it would be time to step over a threshold, so to speak, when it comes to building a business. I needed to build a bigger and better greenhouse for growing and retail. This would also require hiring help. If you know my family, you know it was an extremely busy year with some difficulty and some real joy. I spent the entire last year discerning if this was really a direction I wanted to move and with much talk, counsel and prayer I have decided to close this chapter of my life, and I couldn't be more at peace about it. I will NOT be growing this spring.
What I learned these last five years is that I could grow plants. I had success and failure. I love the work but not more than my family and my role as wife and mother. I met and had some of the best customers. I stepped out of my comfort zone, gave lectures and networked across the Midwest with other growers and found support I never could exist. All of it was an extremely humbling experience.
I want to take this time, to not only thank my customers, but all who supported me. I'm not sure where God is leading me but my trust in Him has grown over these past 5 years and I'm so grateful!
