Spring has sprung at Native Farm Flowers, nestled in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains outside Saratoga Springs, New York.
In the last year, Barbara Jefts’ flower farm has blossomed. She doubled her land to 5 acres and built a second greenhouse, allowing her to grow new plants selected especially to help her stand out in the local market and maintain a farm that thrives over the long term. And she has pursued an array of creative projects — from wreaths and dried-flower arrangements to paintings on oil cloth — that both give her pleasure and offer income during the quiet winter months.
“Though I’m very able at this point, I have to think ahead,” says Jefts, who is 63 and runs the farm on her own. “I’m always thinking of a thousand things,” she adds. “I have to feed the artistic interest and also feed my pocketbook.”
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