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Bailey Hale

Bailey Hale

Floral designer, horticulturist, and founder of Farmer Bailey Inc., a specialty cut flower plug broker for flower growers.

Jun 30, 2026

39:48
But will you tell us a bit about sweet peas, your tips and, and thoughts on them?
39:52
Yeah.
39:52
So when we were farming in Vermont, we were, like I said, up in northeastern Vermont, which is the coldest part of an already relatively cold state.
40:01
But we tended to have really cool summers, and we could drop into the 40s most nights in the summertime.
40:09
Um, that's bad for zinnias, but it's great for things like sweet peas.
40:12
So my first year I just planted a few in the corner of our brand new NRCS high tunnel and didn't really think much about them, but then I looked over in October and they were still flowering.
40:21
I was like, "I think this is unusual." You know, when I worked as a floral designer, I would love to get sweet peas when I could, but it was such a short season or specific season.

16 MINS LATER

56:58
So, you know, we're kind of wrapping up here, Bailey, but I guess sort of zooming out, I mean, in your role now as a broker, you interact with a lot of flower farms of a, you know, a lot of scale all over the country, all different backgrounds, and I'm just curious about what themes you're seeing in those farms that are kind of actually making it and making a living at this and kind of surviving in this rapidly, constantly changing industry.

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