Little Sweet Flower Farm

06/08/2026

Winter Alyssa is convinced she's the kind of person who:

• Bakes bread
• Mills her own flour
• Knits hats
• Weaves on a loom
• Starts new gardens
• Renovates rooms
• Adopts rabbits, then adds more rabbits
• Adopts chickens
• Gets ducks, then adds more ducks
• Thinks she should get sheep

Winter Alyssa operates under the assumption that time is an unlimited natural resource.

Summer Alyssa is currently managing the consequences of Winter Alyssa's optimism.

Little Sweet Flower Farm
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06/05/2026

Last night, we stayed up past bedtime.

We wandered our field and trail after dark, watching fireflies flash through the grasses while their larvae glowed on the ground below. Along the way, we started making observations.

The areas with grasses, shrubs, and other vegetation were full of fireflies. The open soil had very few.

That led us into a conversation about the firefly life cycle. Most people only see the adult stage, which lasts a few weeks. But, the majority of a firefly’s life is spent as a larva, living on or below the ground for one to two years. During that time, they depend on moisture, healthy soil, vegetation, and cover for protection.

It made me realize something simple but easy to miss: most of what fireflies need is happening in the parts of the land we don’t usually think about. Not just the grasses we see glowing at night, but the soil beneath them. The leaf litter. The quiet, undisturbed places where life is building itself slowly.

It also made me think about how quickly that layer can be altered by human activity. Mowed too clean. Stripped bare. Raked. Dried out. Treated with chemicals. Sprayed to stop "pests." Simplified until there’s not much left holding that hidden world together.

Fireflies spend most of their lives in that unseen layer of soil. What we choose to do with it shapes whether they can complete their life cycle at all.
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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 Wednesday 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.