Little Sweet Flower Farm

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Little Sweet Flower Farm

We are a family-owned flower farm and Wisconsin native plant nursery in Larsen, WI, rooted in land stewardship and guided by nature.

Our mission is to restore balance between people, plants, and pollinators, one garden at a time.🌿🌎🐝🐛🩷🐦🦋🌎🌿

09/28/2026

My mom has told us for years that it is important to stop and smell the roses. After such a busy season, I will be working to take her advice. Momma knows best!

Last night, I intentionally pressed pause and went to a healing circle at Irish Acres outside of New London, hosted by Wisconsin Farmers Union.

I met some really great people who understand the ups, downs, challenges, and rewards that come with this kind of work. We walked the grounds of this beautiful farm, participated in a sound therapy session, talked about farming and life, and ended the evening with a delicious meal.

This season has brought plenty of highs, along with some frustrating lows. I don't always make time to stop long enough to process any of it. I was so thankful for the opportunity to slow down for an evening and connect with like-minded people.
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09/27/2026

We said no to the riding lawn mower yesterday. Well, he found another way.

Always thinking, tinkering, and finding a way to make things work by himself.
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09/24/2026

Well...it has been one of those days. Kiddos are sick, Mark has been out of town for work, and our Wi-Fi has been wonky and hasn’t been working.

To bring a little peace to my soul, I’ve been snuggling my sickos, drinking chai tea in one of my favorite mugs, making pancakes with a new discard recipe, and going on a plastic and polyester purge throughout my house.

Gotta make my own sunshine. ☀️🩷

Almost the weekend! Hope you’re having a great Thursday.

09/23/2026

This flock of turkeys has been making regular appearances around Little Sweet Flower Farm lately. 🦃

We’re working toward a property where plants, wildlife, and habitat all have a place. 🩷

09/21/2026

This is what 545 native plants looks like. 🌱

Yesterday, these beauties left Little Sweet Flower Farm for a shoreline project on Little Lake Butte des Morts.

I’ve been working with this client and NRCS since May to put together a planting that fits her site. The layout was planned with height and placement in mind, with taller plants toward the sides and shorter plants through the center to maintain views toward the water.

Once established, these plants will help stabilize the soil with their roots, help slow and filter runoff before it reaches the water, and provide food, cover, and habitat for pollinators, insects, birds, and other wildlife.

A big project with an even bigger impact.

09/19/2026

One of my favorite workhorses in the flower field is sedum.

Sedum isn’t native to Wisconsin, but our native bumble bees make good use of it when it’s in bloom. You’ll often find them working over the clusters of tiny flowers, gathering pollen and nectar, and later in the day resting among the flower heads.

When I am working with flowers, I love using sedum at every stage. I cut it when the heads are still green, when it shifts to pink, and then when the tiny flowers are opening. You can even harvest it later in the season when the flower heads have taken on deeper shades. In bouquets, I use it as a unique source of texture. It also dries beautifully, making it a perfect addition to a wreath or dried bouquet.

Sedum is relatively easy to grow. It’s a succulent, so its fleshy leaves and stems store water, helping it handle dry conditions once established. It does best in full sun and well-drained soil and doesn’t require much fussing to thrive.

Although it isn’t native, it adds diversity, has a long season of usefulness, and our native bumble bees clearly appreciate it too.
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-Little Sweet Flower Farm

09/18/2026

Busy at work and dusted in gold.
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09/16/2026

This past weekend our family had the opportunity to put up a bat house in our back pasture.

Our goal is simple: provide another potential roosting site for bats and add another piece of habitat to the farm.

The more I learn about farming, the more I appreciate how connected everything is. The plants, insects, birds, bats, trees and water all play a role in the larger system.

Before we installed ours, we did our homework. This is one of those things where I would encourage anyone interested in putting up a bat house to do the same. There is A LOT of information out there, and not all of it is good information. A poorly designed or poorly placed bat house may do very little to help, so research, research, research.

Here is the checklist we used:

☐ Southern or eastern sun exposure
☐ At least 6 hours of direct sunlight
☐ Mounted approximately 10–15 feet above the ground
☐ Clear flight path to and from the entrance
☐ At least 10–15 feet from nearby trees or branches
☐ Within about ¼ mile of water when possible
☐ Protected from strong prevailing winds
☐ Good insect habitat nearby

We used Wisconsin DNR and Bat Conservation International as our primary sources for bat-house placement and installation, along with USDA NRCS and USGS for additional information about bat habitat and conservation.

Wisconsin is home to eight species of bats, and four are currently listed as state-threatened. The northern long-eared bat is also federally endangered. From what we read, little brown and big brown bats are the most likely to use our bat house.

These little creatures do a lot for us. Every bat species in Wisconsin eats insects, including mosquitoes and other night-flying insects, some of which can be pests out in the field. They are an important part of a healthy farm ecosystem.

Right now, as we head into fall, many Wisconsin bats are leaving their summer roosts and moving toward their winter habitats. We are catching the tail end of the season, so we may get lucky and have a tenant this fall. If not, we'll be ready for next season.

We’re trying to build a farm that gives back as much as it grows. Creating habitat is a big part of that. Now we get to wait, watch and see who discovers it first.

Little Sweet Flower Farm
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09/14/2026

I've been pretty quiet on here lately. Truthfully, I've been in a bit of a funk and haven't really known what to say.

On September 2nd, early in the morning, we were hit with a strong storm, high winds, and intense rain. The winds came straight across the adjacent farm field and did a number on our late-season flowers and trees around the property. Plants were snapped at the base, wind-whipped, and broken.

We've spent the past week and a half adding more stakes and making deep cuts where needed to encourage healthy new growth. Normally, I would have more successions of flowers and plenty of time to recover. Being this late in the season, what we have is what we have. Unfortunately, we had to make the tough decision to cancel our final 4-week fall CSA subscriptions and adjust our final monthly subscription. This is farming. This is owning a small business. Some days you just deal with what gets thrown at you, make the best decisions you can, and keep trudging along.

Facebook made sure to let me know that my reach is down 58% because I haven't been posting. 🤣 So I guess this is me climbing out of my hobbit hole, getting back on here and sharing my misery. Onward and upward. Beyond the flowers, lots has been going on here, and I look forward to sharing soon.

To my CSA people, thanks for being so kind and understanding through all of this. Grateful. Have a happy Monday. I am digging this crisp and cool fall air!
🩷-Alyssa
Little Sweet Flower Farm

09/05/2026

Looking to prep a new garden?

We’re currently preparing portions of our new land for future native plantings and display gardens. We’ll be adding a lot of plant material here in the future, so we’re working in sections and taking it bit by bit.

We started by mowing the existing grass as short as we could, then covered the area with black tarps and bricks. You could also use logs, sandbags or anything else that will keep the edges from lifting. This is called occultation. The black tarps block the sunlight, stop photosynthesis, and weaken the grass and w**ds underneath until they die back and decompose. We also use this method in our flower field when preparing rows for planting. It’s important to give the process enough time to work. If the covering is removed too soon, the grass and w**ds may not be weakened enough and can start growing again.

Occultation can also be done with heavy cardboard, old carpet or carpet squares. I’m not a fan of plastic, but we’re reusing what we already have on hand. As a no-till farm, we’re able to prepare this ground without turning over the soil or using herbicides. Tilling can disturb soil structure, disrupt soil life and bring buried w**d seeds to the surface. Herbicides can affect non-target plants, move through drift or runoff, and some can persist in the soil after application. This ground will eventually be home to native plants and pollinators, so we want to give it a good start. Protecting the soil and the organisms living in it is part of that.

There’s another method we could have used here called solarization. Instead of blocking sunlight, solarization uses clear plastic to trap the sun’s heat and warm the soil. The area is watered, covered tightly with clear plastic, and left in place for several weeks. The heat helps kill existing vegetation and w**d seeds. If you’re preparing an area for a pollinator garden, it’s another option to consider.

We’ll let the sun, weather and time do their work, and keep working our way across the property, one section at a time.
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