At Blue Table Flowers we lean heavily into failures so we can make huge gains quickly. One of our very favorite words on the farm: pilot. We pilot a lot. Small experiments, inviting failure instead of dreading it. Small risk, huge reward.
Don’t get us wrong, we don’t love failing! But we don’t dread it either. Sometimes you can learn more from what didn’t go well than from 1,000 successes. Lean into failure flower friends. It is a glorious teacher.
We are a tiny, no-till farm in West Michigan. Zone 6b We love building community by sharing what we’ve learned, and we are smart enough to know that many of you know more than we do. We hope that in sharing our pilots, you can gain some insights and move toward your goals. If you have information that would help us out, we’d love to hear from you! We are especially interested in fermented soil and natural amendments to improve our microbiome in 2026.
Past pilots (write ups and links coming)
cover crops
transitioning to no-till
multi—cropping for pests and microbiome
perennials for cut flower production in zone 6b
cross-pollinating zinnias through the winter
breeding tents for zinnia cross-pollination
Current and coming pilots (see our progress, and become part of our trials)
cold weather shipping of cuttings 2026 Jan/Feb
natural additives to increase health of microbiome 2026
breeding tents for cross-pollination of waterlily dahlias 2026