If you enjoy the beauty and aroma of freshly cut flowers but do not have a green thumb, you can still experience picking your own flowers in nature and taking them home to adorn your kitchen table.
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This is the second growing season for FarmerHer’s Flora owner Jess Milby.
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Visitors to FarmHer’s Flora can enjoy the farm scenery and pick their own flower arrangements throughout the summer months.
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Jess Milby tilled a weedy patch at her parents’ farm and transformed it into a cut flower farm.
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Providing habitat for pollinators through native plants is a long-term goal for Jess Milby at FarmHer’s Flora.
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FarmerHer’s Flora is a U-Pick flower farm near Fullerton, Neb. Hattie Keim shows her bouquet of freshly picked flowers.
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Reporter Kristen Sindelar has loved agriculture her entire life, coming from a diversified farm with three generations working side-by-side in northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at Kristen.Sindelar@midwestmessenger.com .
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