The Blue Family Farm Table

06/23/2026

The Southern staple “collard greens” are often thought of as one of the most humble vegetables yet one of the most steeped in tradition. Eating collards in our house on New Years Day is religion, a must for a prosperous year ahead! Let’s be real it’s the ONLY time my kids eat collards but I love them all year around! Traditions matter, they mark moments in time that we pause and remember to do what we’ve always done and it fills our cups. Seed saving for me is the same. I strive every year to grow my own New Years Day Collards. It feeds my soul to fill our holiday table with something I have loved and nurtured for a whole season. But I always leave one plant in the bed to pass its prime and flower and then go to seed. I plant my spring crops all around its huge blooming stalks covered in the early spring pollinators. It’s one of the only blooms in the garden that can stand the early spring frosts and keep feeding the bees! The flowers turn to seed pods and the stalks turn from green to brown and they get downright crispy in the hot June sun. Collards don’t like the heat! I chop those crusty stalks down and put them in a pillow case and like a crazy woman I beat that pillow case on a tree. (It’s good therapy.) Remove the stalks, sift away the husks and shells and you’re left with the tiny black pin point seeds of your most treasured collard harvest. In just 2 short months these tiny seeds will go back into the soil of the same garden (different spot), receive the same love and care their mother plant did and they will feed my family (hopefully 🙏) New Years Day 2027. There is something to be said for the tradition of seed saving too. I got to share these seeds with a dear garden friend who will hopefully grow them for her family this holiday. Stopping for just a minute to do what we always did. Watch the love grow. All from a humble collard. ❤️🌿 Font forget to let one of your@most favorite plants go to seed this year and save the seeds, share with a garden friend and watch the love grow. Would love to know what seeds you’re excited to save this season. Happy gardening friends.

06/20/2026

Happy Pollinator Week Charlotte, NC! Join me as we celebrate the Grand Opening of the NEW Tuckaseegee Arboretum POLLINATOR Gardens!! So proud of the City of Charlotte Landscape Management and all the hard work of all the “helpers” that make our communities beautiful. What better a gift than the gift of nature? #704 🐝

06/17/2026

Let’s see what’s growing in June! 👏🏻🌿❤️ If you can’t find me, I’ll be right here talking to all the babies!!!! Aghhhh so excited. I can’t stand it! ❤️🌿 What are yall so excited about?!?

06/17/2026

June tour of what’s growing in my kitchen garden in zone 7b-8a in Huntersville NC in 2026. Let’s grow! #704

06/11/2026

Completely addicted to seed starting this year. Considering this sweet Texas Blue Bonnet bloom a serious win for the gardener this season. “Something Blue” is always my fav. 💙

06/10/2026

I’m a start seeds in a solo cup kinda girl but my last order for a client I grabbed the new “seed house” shields for my greenstalk. Perfect impulse buy due to our serious dry, drought ugh hot start to the season. 100% germination in all empty pockets! No empty growing spaces here! Stoked to use these to get my next tower started! 👏🏻 #704

06/09/2026

We can start a flower revolution in our own back yards. How many neighbors can you spread the love to this season? Let’s save all the jars, cut all the flowers (you know it makes them bloom more anyway) and spread the love. I want to see all the bouquets. The ones from the heart, the ones grown from the heart to bloom in the soul of the receiver. Romantic and whimsical maybe but watching love literally grow is the best. Join me won’t you?

06/04/2026

Love a Angie's Door Decor bow class! That trick you always wish you knew. Angie’s got you covered. She makes it so easy!

Christmas in July Bow Making Workshop - July 16th 6 PMGet a head start on the holidays with an evening of ribbon, creativity, and festive fun. In this hands-on class, you’ll learn how to create a classic red ribbon bow along with two large layered bows us

06/03/2026

I love helping a family learn to grow food. Learning to garden will always include failures but when I teach and guide my clients along the way I get to know them and what best suits their lifestyle. In many situations the answer to that success is container gardening with tower gardens. (Not sponsored 😂) I’ve got 2 towers of my own and have installed multiple over the years for happy customers. I’ve nailed down the soil mix, the companion planting techniques and the beauty with function always provides. Come along with me to get this busy family out four growing, cooking and eating their own home grown produce! Side Note: have y’all seen the price of organic herbs at the grocery store? 😩Hiring me to help empower you to grow your own is just a smart financial decision! 😂 But seriously the joy and love the garden grows for us is truly priceless. See ya next time in a garden. Where will Summer take us next? Happy June yall. Love sure does grow here. ❤️👏🏻🌿 #704 #