Little Sweet Flower Farm

06/02/2026

At market the other day, someone asked me what the absolute best native plant is for attracting native bees.

Hands down answer: Virginia mountain mint.

This plant gets passed over a lot, and I think it mostly comes down to misunderstanding. The word “mint” throws people off. They assume it will behave like culinary mint and take over a garden. The reality is, its growth habit is much more restrained.

Virginia mountain mint spreads by rhizomes, gradually forming dense colonies over time. Growth stays contained and predictable, not wandering or invasive, which makes it easy to manage.

Mature plants reach about 2 to 3 feet tall and prefer full sun to light shade in well-drained soils ranging from average to dry. Once established, they’re tough, resilient, and low maintenance, and deer and rabbits typically avoid them.

At first glance, nothing about the plant demands attention. Soft green-gray foliage and upright stems blend into the landscape. Then bloom time arrives in mid to late summer, and it comes alive. Native bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, and a wide range of beneficial insects show up in numbers that are hard to ignore.

It’s not the flashiest plant in the field, but it might be one of the most important. Once people see it in bloom, covered in life, it usually changes how they think about it. It definitely earns a second look every time.

Take a peek at the video in the comments to see Mountain mint in action.⬇️

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Note to add: we do carry Virginia mountain mint. We will be at the Sustain Greenville Wisconsin Farmers Market on Wedneaday and Oshkosh Farmers Markets on Saturday.

05/31/2026

Alright, the month of May was huge for Little Sweet Flower Farm.

Two big things happened.

✔️First, we were officially approved by the Wi******er Planning Commission to begin our expansion project.

✔️Second, we finished taking down our final farm building. Thanks to my amazing family, we knocked it out. My dad, boys, and Mark took this beauty down. My mom and I stepped in whenever we could.

Mark my words, I am pretty positive this will be the last building we tear down with the intention of putting it back up somewhere else. 😬

Beautiful memories have been made through all of these projects. My boys got to work side by side with some of their favorite guys in their lives. It was hard work. They came home covered in dirt, dust, and who knows what else, but they saw it through from beginning to end. Shingles, nails, cleanup, sorting. It was a team effort. My dad was by Mark's side every step of the way.

So what does that look like moving forward?

We’re heading to Wi******er.

The first part of our project will be building our native plant nursery. Finally.

The building we just took down will become the front and center of our business. It will serve as a farmstand where people can purchase native plants, grab flowers, and learn a little more about what we’re growing. Behind the nursery will be a walking garden where visitors can see native plants in action and experience the habitat they help create.

Beyond that, there are plenty more plans, but we’re not getting ahead of ourselves just yet.

I know I talk about this project often, but we’ve welcomed a lot of new followers recently, so it felt like a good time to share where we’re headed. Because of that, we’ll be pulling back on markets this summer. You’ll find us at the Oshkosh Farmers Markets on Saturdays and Sustain Greenville Wisconsin for the first three Wednesdays. The rest of our time will be spent getting to work and bringing this vision to life.

Last weekend I opened a fortune cookie that read:

"A new environment will make all the difference in the world."

Now, I know fortune cookies aren’t supposed to predict the future, but I’ve always had a soft spot for them and secretly believe they know a little more than they’re letting on.

This one felt pretty fitting.
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05/30/2026

What a day.

Our first Oshkosh Farmers Markets of the season is in the books. We packed the van and truck to the brim, filled two spaces with native plants, sold out of several species, and spent the day catching up with familiar faces and meeting new ones.

There's just something special about this market, and we're so thankful to be a part of it.

Thank you for supporting Little Sweet Flower Farm. We're grateful to be back.

The only picture I managed to take today was of this beautiful tree frog hanging out in one of our Liatris pots.

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05/28/2026

Back to chasing butterflies.
They’re finally here!!
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05/28/2026

05/27/2026

Someday, years from now, someone is going to dig around this property and uncover evidence of the people who once lived here.

Not pottery. Not fossils.

Just:
• a suspicious amount of work gloves, none of them matching
• my favorite hand tools… multiplied because I buy replacements since I am unable to find the originals
• pruners buried beneath the garden aisles, occasionally left open (I know… this is very very bad)

My goal this year was organization… clearly still working on it.
Send help or a remote or key finder.
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Thanks to Mark for his contributions to this post. I was able to make a beautiful photo montage of my bad habits!
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05/26/2026

This past weekend was our Little Sweet Flower Farm spring native plant sale. Customers picked up preorders for pollinator kits, our kid subscribers picked out their plants and created hydration stations, and so many people came out to browse our selection.

Thank you, truly. We are endlessly grateful for preorders, returning customers, new faces, and so many choosing to plant with purpose.
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Next up, we will be at Oshkosh Farmers Markets starting Saturday! Looking forward to starting market season!

05/22/2026

The calm before the chaos.

Right now it’s just tables of empty trays and a whole lot of organizing, but by tomorrow these trays will be filled with native plants headed out into gardens across our community.
Go time. 💪

We’ve been busy prepping pollinator kits and getting everything ready for tomorrow’s plant sale at Little Sweet Flower Farm. This is a public sale featuring over 100 native species to browse.

9 AM–1 PM at Little Sweet Flower Farm

Thank you again to everyone who preordered kits. We appreciate your continual support for our small farm and the mission behind what we do. It means so much to our family.

05/20/2026

At Little Sweet Flower Farm we manage this land for habitat, protection, and the wildlife it supports.

-No synthetic fertilizers
-No herbicides
-No pesticides
-No insecticides
-No fungicides
-No chemical sprays
-No mosquito fogging
-No shortcuts
-No compromises on habitat

This is what stewardship looks like for us.
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05/18/2026

The other week I had the opportunity to connect with like-minded people at a Wisconsin Farmers Union event. We spent a field day at an urban farm in Neenah, learning and exploring together on site. I was able to share a bit about the work I’ll be doing with Philip to build a native pollinator garden within his growing spaces.

While planning this, our goal was to create a space that provides steady forage for pollinators and support for beneficial insects all season long. We designed with his urban setting in mind, choosing plants and combinations that support food production, pollinator habitat, and beneficial insects without becoming messy or overly aggressive. I will also help guide seasonal care through the year, from spring cleanup to fall and winter practices that leave structure in place for habitat.

What Philip has built on a small city lot is pretty incredible. Urban landscapes are often fragmented, and spaces like this help bridge those gaps by creating pockets of habitat. They bring life back into the city, support biodiversity, and reconnect people with where their food comes from and the pollinators that make so much of it possible.
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