The Celtic Farm

The Garden Journal: The Most Valuable Tool A Gardener Can Buy

How to use find and use a gardening journal I always have way too many projects going, and tend to jump from project to project. In my business life I have created a system to track my open projects, items and To Dos. As our farm and gardens have grown, small projects have turned into large ones, and keeping track of my garden, experiments, seedling and the rest has required the use of one of…

Tulip Bulbs : Buying and Planting Quality Tulips #gardening #tulips #growingflowers #flowers

A Quick Guide on How to Grow Quality Tulips Growing tulips can be fun and rewarding, and high quality flowers can be tracked down to the source and where you buy tulip bulbs. The quality and variety of the bulb matters, and tulips planted and grown from great stock will result in amazing tulip flowers in spring. In this post we will cover how to buy tulip bulbs, tools that will make bulb…

How to Clean a Wood Charcuterie Board #charcuterie #home #kitchen

Clean and Season Your Charcuterie Board Our Charcuterie Boards are best sellers, and we routinely get questions on how to care for and extend the life of a maple or wood charcuterie board. It’s a pretty simple process, but needs to be done in the right sequence to be effective. Step 1: Clean and Sanitize Your Charcuterie Board Cleaning your charcuterie board properly is a requirement and a…

Wildflower Seed: Planting An Amazing Wildflower Garden

A Guide To Planting Wildflower Seeds Have you ever seen a true wildflower meadow? It is an amazing experience. Here, in the heart of California, spring is an amazing time. Just nearby, we have an amazing state park that boasts absolutely beautiful wildflower Meadows. There is nothing like coming over hill to the view beautiful flowers sprinkled throughout the landscape. Planting a wildflower…

Gardening Gift Boxes: 5 Considerations When Choosing

How to Select the Right Gardener’s Gift Box You’ve decided to give a gardening gift box to a loved one, but with so many options online, you just can’t decide what would be the best option as a planter’s gift. “Here is a quick Who, What, Where, When and Why” guide to matching the garden gift to the person. Who is going to receive the gift box? Assuming you aren’t giving the gift box to yourself…

The Best Charcuterie Board

3 Characteristics To Examine When Purchasing a Board Charcuterie boards have become popular lately in the US and across the globe. At the Celtic Farm, we prepare these meat and cheese boards several times a week for a light and simple dinner. Easy to make, easy to prepare and easy to pack up for later charcuterie is convenient and enjoyable for entertaining. Originating in the 15th century in…

Beneficials: Guide to Friendly Insects in the Garden

Part 1: Types of Beneficials to Help Gardeners When we first started flower gardening, we had no concept of beneficial insects, and the role they can play in the constant battle against bad actors in your garden. We quickly learned that we could encourage the homesteading of lady bugs, praying mantis, bees, spiders, dragon flies and others. beneficials plural nounben·​e·​fi·​cials | \…

The Best 5 Father’s Day Gardening Gifts

Gifts for the gardening dad As Father’s Day approaches, we will look for that special unique gift that’ll make that’s smile and show them how much we love and appreciate him. If dad is a gardener is a lot of poor-quality gifts that speckle the online gift world.  Finding that perfect gift for dad can be a challenge. Here at Celtic Farm, we has many fathers within the ranks of our extended family…

Peonies: When to Pick and How To Preserve

The Peony Flower Guide A common question we get all the time is: What is the best time to pick my peonies and how do I make them last? Peony flowers are typically one of the first bloomers here on our farm. Their little red beaks poke through the soil, turn into red shoots, green bushes, balled tips and then gorgeous flowers. But they come at a quick rush, and we have built some techniques over…

The Garden Tool Set: How to buy

How to choose the right gardening gift set It can be confusing…choosing the right set of gardening tools for your self or as a gift. Garden tool sets are aplenty on the internet, and it is ridden with cheap tools, plastic and ones that will rust in a matter of days. So here is a quick guide on choosing the best garden tool set, and making sure you get what you need for those garden tasks. What…

Planting Dahlias: A Guide

How to plant dahlia tubers/bulbs Ok, so you have purchased your dahlia tubers and they are sitting on your table, screaming to be planted in the garden. What is the best technique to plant your dahlias? How can you make sure they grow and provide the optimal dahlia blooms? Here is a quick guide to success with dahlias. Buying the Right Dahlia Tubers to Grow Cheap dahlia tubers produce poor…

What to do in the Spring Garden It’s my favorite time of the year. Longer days, Blooming flowers. Growing weeds ( 😦 ). Man, I just despise weeds. Yesterday was an amazing day out in the fields and in our gardens. The lavender field is coming along, and new green tip growth is promising for the lovely Provence look. Tulips, hyacinth and other bulbs are in bloom, but wow, there is so much to…

Garden Tool Belt or Gardening Apron? How to Decide

Choosing the Right Garden Apparel for Your Needs Belt or Apron: What Type of Gardener is the Recipient? There are several types of gardeners out there in the world, and here is a quick guide to highlight their characteristics: Are you a garden tool belt type, or the garden apron type? In this quick gardening post, we will give you some quick guidelines on how to choose the right piece of…

The Garden Obelisk Project Part I: What is an Obelisk?

History of the Garden Tuteur or Obelisk I’ve wanted to build a Garden Obelisk, or Garden Tuteur, for quite a while, and finally had come weekend time to make draw up some simple plans for the garden decoration, and get it done. Before I get to the project, here is some background. What is an Obelisk? An obelisk is a tall, 4-sided monument that originated in ancient Egypt. It rises from the…

How to Plant Tulips: Planting Bulbs for Success

Tulips: How to Plant Guide There is nothing that brings in Spring like a mass of beautiful tulips growing in your garden. But How do you plant tulips? Are there techniques to. make sure they thrive, bloom and return? Here is a quick Planting Tulips Guide for any gardener, with some tips and tricks. How to Grow Tulips 101 Before you plant your tulips Growing tulips is not super difficult, but…

2021: Gardening Gift Guide

Unique Gifts for Gardeners They Will Love We started our Celtic Farm Gardening Gift Store because the “gifts for gardeners” selection online was limited, of low quality and similar across sites. In running our small flower farm, we needed quality tools, quality garden apparel, and quality options for spreading our love of gardening…essentially, a great set of stuff for us, and gardening gifts to…

What To Do In The Garden In January - The Gardener's Checklist

A January Garden Checklist Looking for a Garden Checklist for January? We are now just two months from Spring, and right now the ground maybe frozen, with snow falling and crisp winter winds blowing through our patch, but the promise of warm growing weather is on the horizon. Here is a “What to do in the Garden in January” list to help guide your time. Take care of your birds in winter, and…