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The Blooming Idiot, Altamont, KS (2025)

01/31/2025

5 Fun facts about The Bloomin’ Idiot flower farm!

Our founder was only 15 when he started The Bloomin’ Idiot.
The Bloomin’ Idiot grows on only about a fourth of an acre.
The Bloomin' Idiot will have over 4,000 bulbs grow and bloom this year!
In 2025, we will seed over 18,500 seeds!
The Bloomin’ Idiot sources seeds, bulbs, and other products from over 15 different countries!

pic. of Tulips that are coming in March 2025

01/24/2025

Meet The Bloomin’ Idiot 2025 grow team!
Here on the farm we have an absolutely amazing staff that works around the clock to bring our customers amazing service and products. So how about we introduce our 2025 staff!

Philip Day, Owner and Idiot in Charge:
With a deep love for flowers, horticulture, and people, The Bloomin’ Idiot is just the right place for Philip! He’s got quite the green thumb, and loves experimenting with new varieties. His artistic eye is handy when he’s arranging bouquets or decorating Christmas wreaths. Philip’s favorite thing working on the farm is all the smiles people have when they see the flowers! “I always try to have a smile on my face to spread Joy everywhere I go, and the flowers are just another way to spread that Joy for me."

Miss Day, Idiot in Training:
“I love my job," Miss Day informed us. “Being in the background is just what I like. I’m not very out-going, so the background is perfect. Whether it's weeding, planting, cutting flowers, watering, or running the farm for a few weeks while the boss is out of town, I really enjoy what I do.” Miss Day is an invaluable person on the farm and she does a lot to help us out!

Hannah Williamson, Editor of Idiocy (and cheer team):
Hannah had experience with plants herself many years ago when she helped with the family garden. She especially enjoys healing plants and herbs, but loves hearing how the business is doing for her younger siblings. Hannah has a passion for reading, language arts, and grammar, so becoming the business editor really fits. And her no-nonsense approach helps to tame the sometimes wild ideas of the Idiot in Charge. She has also been a huge encouragement and helps us think outside the box!

01/17/2025

How The Bloomin’ Idiot got its name…

It’s a long story, as most name stories are, but I’ll give you the short version!

I have always loved growing plants! I began taking care of our family vegetable garden when I was about 7 years old. I loved it, but didn’t have the desire to do really well with it. I made the garden work out, but it took awhile. Then I started growing flowers and that was awesome! So I decided to start a flower farm. After lots of brainstorming for ideas and planning, I decided to go through with it. But in the process of putting it all together came the hard part…picking a name for my business! We discussed hundreds of names but none of them really seemed to fit. Now, if you know me, you know I have a long history of being a little ditzy and sometimes I don’t really think things through before I do them. So, my older sister suggested The Bloomin’ Idiot…all in love, of course, she says. It fit perfectly, as I can be a little bit of an idiot sometimes...and it’s a flower farm so things are always bloomin’. And so The Bloomin’ Idiot was born!

Thank you!
Philip Day, Idiot In Charge
The Bloomin’ Idiot flower farm

01/10/2025

What’s Going on this year: By the Idiot in Training

Tulips: In late September and early October of 2024, we planted about 2,500 Tulip bulbs. Our tulip season will start in April, which is when most of our tulips start bloomin’. This year we are going to have something new and offer pre-order tulips so you will be sure to get yours! We will notify our customer base when pre-orders open.

Hanging Baskets: Our hanging basket season starts in May. We will again work with local growers to bring Hanging Baskets to our customers, making sure they are up to our farm standards. We will then take them to the Farm where they will be Bloomin’. We will have these available at Farmer's Markets and the Farm for pick-up.

Mixed bouquets: Our cut flower season starts in June & goes through July. When flowers start bloomin’, then our main season has begun. With nearly EIGHTEEN THOUSAND flowers bloomin’ over the months of June and July, we will have them available by order and at the Farmer's Markets! Flower season is when it really gets fun because we get to go out every morning before the sun comes up & pick flowers! YAY, early morning.

August is a pause: Now comes a break (thankfully!), while we prepare for the next seasons on the Farm. If we didn’t have this time, we wouldn’t be able to do nearly as much as we do.

Mums: Mum season starts in early September, and goes through late October. We will once again partner with local growers to provide these mums. We will select the best potted mums we can, so we get the best quality for our customers. They will also be available for pickup on the Farm shortly after we get them, or selected Farmer's Markets.

Live Christmas Wreaths & Trees: Cedar/Fir/Evergreen wreath & tree season starts in late November and continues through mid-December. We do start preparing for this time well before that however, there is a great deal to do both before & after this season.

Wreath Making parties: This season starts in mid-November, shortly after our live wreaths become available. Here’s what we do at a Wreath party...

The Hostess: Plans the party and gets to invite whomever they wish. They also provide snacks & drinks.
Party Attendees: Make their own wreath (or two!) and decorate it however they wish. Have fun, eat snacks, make memories with friends, family, or co-workers.
The Bloomin’ Idiot: Provides the wreath making supplies, tree boughs, wreath clamping machine, wreath rings, wreath care cards, decorations & ribbons for wreaths, & step-by-step instructions for wreath-making.

And so end our various seasons, just in time to begin planning for 2026!

01/03/2025

A year in Review by the Idiot In Charge

WOW! What a year it has been! It flew by so fast. We worked crazy hours...spending early mornings and late evenings picking flowers...late nights crunching numbers and doing paperwork..countless hours taking notes and classes to better serve our customers…watched countless videos on every gardening subject under the sun so we would better know how to grow certain flower varieties or get rid of pests…days crunching numbers to make sure we could produce reasonably priced flowers to our customers that would still turn a profit…hundreds of hours to develop our Instagram and Facebook posts…it was tiring, that’s for sure! We made mistakes, of course, but that’s sometimes the best way to learn, and sometimes it’s the only way to learn! It just makes us more prepared for 2025 and all it will bring. We have spent months preparing and planning for our 2025 growing season and supply. It was a year, for sure, but I am so ready for 2025 and I’m excited to do it all over again!

Thank you all for your continued support of The Farm and The Bloomin’ Idiot Staff!

Philip Day, Idiot In Charge
The Bloomin’ Idiot

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from The Bloomin' Idiot

12/27/2024

Good morning. My name is Philip Day and I am the Owner and The Idiot In Charge here on The Bloomin' Idiot flower farm. I would like to say a huge thank you to absolutely everyone of you that purchased things from us this year! I can't believe that we are done with year of year 2 of the flower farm! You guys are awesome and I really do appreciate all of your support! I hope we have earned your trust and your continued support in the years following. If you were not satisfied with something to any extent, please let us know so we can make it right!

Thank you again!
Philip Day

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas from The Bloomin' Idiot!!!

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

12/19/2024

Check out our end of year Thank You video tomorrow. Our staff has spent over 50 hours on this video, so please take a few seconds to watch it and share with your friends!

Thank you!!!
The Bloomin' Idiot

12/17/2024

Thank you to Southeast Kansas Living magazine for featuring the farm in the winter issue of the magazine!

12/14/2024

How to care for your live Christmas Wreath!!!

Thank you!
The Bloomin' Idiot

12/13/2024

Now comes my second of all time favorite Christmas Tradition! My Papa’s (Herb Bath) Spaghetti and Meatballs. One of the favorite Christmas traditions of the family! Thank you Papa for this wonderful recipe! Recipe for this amazing food below!

Meatballs-
1/4 tsp. Celery seed
2 lbs. ground beef
1 tsp. Salt
2 eggs
2 tsp. Chili powder
2 cloves garlic
1/4 tsp. Black Pepper
1/2 c. Tomato sauce
2/3 c. Cracker crumbs
1 med. onion
Dash Tabasco sauce
Dash Worcestershire sauce

Mix together with hands until well blended, then form into balls. Deep fry until browned. Remove from fat and drain. Then add to sauce and cook slowly until done. (I cook mine all day; must cook al least 3 hours)

Sauce-
2 qts. Tomato juice
1 sm. Can tomato paste
4 finely chopped garlic cloves
1/4 tsp. Cloves
1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 tsp. Allspice
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
Salt to taste
-Celery seed
1/4 c. Brown sugar
2 T. Chilli powder

Put together in large saucepan and cook; bring to boil and then turn fire down and cook slowly. Add 1 package of spaghetti sauce mix. In another pan bring water to a boil and add spaghetti and cook according to directions on package. Place spaghetti on plate and top with meatballs and sauce. Serve with green salad and garlic bread.
Enjoy!

Thank you!
The Bloomin’ Idiot
Idiot In Training

12/10/2024

Who do you know that needs a brighter day? We probably all know a person that does. So why don't we make their day a little better. Drop their name in the comments along with why you think they need a wreath, and we will draw to see who gets a free wreath.

We will draw later on this week so be sure to answer fast!

Thank you!
The Bloomin' Idiot

12/03/2024

We would like to say thank you to everyone that got Christmas Trees and/or Wreaths! We are very grateful to you all!

Thank you!
The Bloomin’ Idiot

12/02/2024

We still have a few wreaths and trees left! If you still need one, simply give us a call to set up an appointment and come on out to get your wreath or tree!

Thank you!
The Bloomin' Idiot

620-238-9314

p.s. Did you know we delivered to Altamont free of charge?

11/30/2024

Today is the first ever, Bloomin' Idiot Christmas Extravaganza. Come on out to the farm for an extra special evening with your family. Enjoy some cookies while you shop for your tree or wreath, and take some awesome pics with our adorable photo opts. Or if you like, just sit by the fire, and enjoy the Light Tree Farm. It will be a fun evening for the whole family!

See you this evening from 4-7pm!!!

The Bloomin' Idiot

1278 15000 Road
Altamont, Kansas 67330

p.s This is a wreath someone made at one of our wreath parties!
620-238-9314
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11/29/2024

Wow! I can’t believe that we are already almost completely through our year 2 of The Bloomin’ Idiot!!! We have been working very hard on our crop list for 2025 since before the very first flower of 2024 started to bloom! That means that we have been working on this crop plan for nearly 9 months! I have spent probably over 60 hours of time pouring into this chart! I can’t wait to see these flowers in bloom! Please take a look at our chart and see what we we will have bloomin’!!!

Hope you enjoy!
Thank you!
Philip Day, Idiot In Charge
The Bloomin’ Idiot

The Blooming Idiot