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Field Notes.

What’s blooming, what went wrong, and what we’re trying next. One note a month (at least), written on the porch after the delivery run.

  • August 5 2026
    Abby arranging bouquets at the counter, piles of sunflowers, lisianthus, and zinnias in front of her.
    Field notes

    The Cosmos Lesson

    On the cosmos that wouldn’t bloom and the stranger that saved the bouquets.

  • June 30 2026
    Abby cutting in the zinnia field at Little Bend.
    Field notes

    June Sparks

    On restlessness, a locked-down summer, and the small sparks that pulled me into the field.

  • May 29 2026
    Pink peonies in the foreground at Little Bend, with the rye and vetch cover crop stretching back behind them.
    Field notes

    What grew while I wasn’t looking.

    On planting for the soil — and the thing I didn’t expect to be served by.

  • May 2 2026
    Dahlias in bloom at Little Bend.
    Field notes

    Beauty, no matter where it takes you.

    On starting Little Bend — the permission to begin imperfectly, and the mentor who told us perfection was never the point.