Wicked Tulips Blog

In honor of International Cookie Day, Team Tulip wanted to share several of our favorite recipes, and a video of traditional Dutch Speculaas Cookies made by Keriann and Kees! This is a fun way to try some new recipes during your holiday baking season. Enjoy!

Potting tulips is really simple if you follow 5 easy steps!

1.  Choose an appropriate pot

2.  Consider the height of your tulips

3.  Water thoroughly if the soil is dry and then leave them alone...

Jeroen and Kees make this traditional Dutch dish every Saturday morning while momma sleeps in, and it's a really nice routine for everyone. Kees even gathers the eggs from our chickens!

Jeroen & Kees's favorite pannenkoek is plain, slathered with almond butter, sprinkled with flax seed (this is how momma sneaks in healthy ingredients), fresh...

One of the ways you can approach designing your spring garden is to plan your fall bulb planting with the idea of "waves of blooms."

It's satisfying to plan your garden around colors and heights of blooms. You can also group your early-mid spring bloomers with lates to get even more out of your tulip garden. Because any tulip bulbs you put in the ground together make for an impactful spring garden, you can't go wrong when selecting your favorites for a custom mix, or you can use these suggestions...

Has this ever happened to you -"I would like to order some bulbs. I planted 50 of your bulbs last year and they all came up. But, before they had a chance to bloom something came along and ate the flowers. Do you have any suggestions for me? I'd like to plant more but don't want to just feed the critters."

This is our most up-to-date resource to learn about what is happening this week at our Exeter, Rhode Island Farm, including ticket release dates, bloom status, special events and more. Photos and details are posted weekely by Jeroen. 

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Recently we had a special and unusual request for a tulip photo shoot. How would we like to see some photos of our beautiful blooms amongst the stars? Well, there was no way we could say know to that. 

Not only did the talented David Zapakta share his passion of filming the night sky but he also shared his thoughts. See below. You can see more of his spectacular photos featuring sunflowers and most impressively, Light Houses on his website https://www.starsandlighthouses.com