I love peonies! What varieties of peonies are you planting?

Just curious if you put any landscape fabric under you raised beds?

Last season (2022) I sowed my sweet peas outside in makeshift water bottle terrariums. I cut individual bottles in half, which we already had put aside to recycle. I poked a few holes in the bottom, filled the bottom half with potting soil, placed two seeds in each bottle, watered them well, put the top half back on with wide tape I got from the dollar store and left the cap off. I kept them right where they would be planted come spring. I watered into the bottles a bit whenever they looked excessively dry. I had a 100% success rate with over 140 plants. I just cut bottles open and planted the plugs in April. It worked great. I'm going to do it again this season. My water bottle terrariums were sloppy and poorly sealed, but it still protected the seeds well enough for them to grow long roots. I tossed the bottles in with my other plastic trash once I planted out my seedlings. I lost my .5 cent refunds, but having the extra space inside for other seeds to grow was invaluable. I tried to use the same method with yarrow, but it didn't work. Whereas I had 100% success with the sweet peas, I had 100% failure with my yarrow. Thank you for your video! I'm also in zone 6b (hudson valley NY.) I'm very much a novice with lots to learn. I'm grateful you shared your experience.

You should try direct seeding nigella too. So easy

I made all those same mistakes. Regarding powdery mildew, that’s just not preventable. You just gotta succession plant and pull out the zinnias when they get powdery mildew.

Thank you for your vulnerability. Same here, girl! Same! I want to burn it all. Thank goodness for my full time job and my husbands willingness to encourage me and put up with my expensive shenanigans!

So glad to see your doing ok, so sorry for you having a bad year. It sounds like you’re thinking positive for next year.

I am so pleasantly surprised to see you this morning!

Sounds like your heart just wasn't in for this year. But planing ahead should help for next year. Would it be far to call your farm a hobby farm?

"at this point you just want to burn everything". So true 😂

Miss you, it was fun following your flower journey. Hope your ok

Where did you go. Why have the videos stopped.

Sevin spray is what I used. So far so good.

What % do you typically find successful? I’m in 6a and wanting to make a fence line with them. I don’t want to go sprinkle 100 seeds and end up with 100 plants. lol. I mean…. I **dooo** want 100 but idt my neighbors would appreciate it. 😂😂 Also, I assume that it’s too late to sprinkle them into the yard now (late August)?? I was hoping to do that and then let nature do its thing. I can’t help but think they’d grow, even though winters are insane here, because if the birds/squirrels start eating them…. They sporadically grow in that area unexpectedly. Hmmm, I see an experiment coming on. Lol

Hope to see more of your videos.

Have faith in your product. $20 a bouquet is on the mark. They will come around.

What was the date of this installment? When did you plant the seed ? If they are not plugs.

Just learning about lisianthus --love watching this and the detail about the roots growing down! Wow--4-5 weeks from last frost? So planting is VERY early! At the end you mention its 30 degrees. So these babies survive that! Crazy! You said they "don't like to get wet" and you covered them. But are they more rain tolerant as older plants? They obviously have to have SOME water.We are in NW Oregon and it is dry all summer but spring we have LOTS of rain.

I’m new to soil blocking this year…love this video. What brand of vermiculite are you using?

I am also in Missouri and I had a terrible infestation of blister beetles last summer. They completely took over. Yikes! Not fun.

Thank you for sharing. When did you start the seeds to germinate (date)? Time from planting seeds to removal to outside?

Do you grow cosmos?

Not Cornell bronze must be the honey one😊

Some mint as well

Great job and thanks for sharing- have you done any winter sowing? Or early spring?

HOw did your lisies end up producing last yr - were these seedlings pre-treated with Root Shield, or do you not find fusarium an issue in your area with these flowers?

Hello… I’m new to flower growing and just starting out. I’ve purchase both the 3/4” & 2”… My first seedling are snapdragons, sweet peas and Lisianthus.. And I found that 2” blocks work well. I’m a little heavy handed and moving them or transplanting they don’t fall apart on me. I get great ROOT development ✅ I was going to use the 3/4” and then when the seed root develop transfer to the larger box but it fell apart on me, So I just stayed with the 2”…

Beautiful view

sweet peas add a beautiful smell x

💜 I’m so sorry to hear about your Dad and thank you for reminding us to protect our selves. This is a reminder to go in for a Dr. visit also. ~Pam~

Many flowers or parts of flowers have some toxicity-it is surprising all the ones that do and people aren’t aware of it.

Imam želju proizvodit al ovdje progone ljude koji lično šta proizvedu i hoće to prodat Jel tamo tako

ad sugar into water and your flowers will open up sooner

This year definitely hasn't been ideal. I'm making more money off of my pressed flower items than I am from fresh flowers. Pressing the flowers is more work but I can make frames and bookmarks over the winter to have a decent inventory for next year. I can also try selling them online. Thus isn't what I expected my flower farm experience to be but you have to go with the flow I guess. Good luck with the rest of your season!

Hang in there Carmen! Thank you for walking us thru your approach to get rid of these nasty bugs!

Sorry for your flower damage. I have been defeated by thrips this year. Next year I will focus on prevention of pests, if that is even possible. Hope your other flowers fare better❣️

Oh dear, not only have you killed your ‘little old bug’ now you have obliterated everything else in your garden. You’ve lost a sub and I won’t be watching anymore of your videos. Good luck to you!

I’m so sorry. The terrible irreversibility of loss. Lovely photo- nothing better than a girl and her Dad. xx

Thank you so much for sharing this important message even though it stirs so much pain. May you find solace in the garden and happy memories.

Those dahlia are pretty ❤ what do you amend your soil with?

Good luck. Where is your Farmers Market located? State?

Blessings Carmen.❤

Thanks for showing how to cut your dahlias - and I am dealing with bug damage too! I bought net bags to put over some so we'll see how that goes.

So sorry for your loss, and never apologize for your tears and never hold them back it’s all part of the grieving process. Thank you so much for sharing that information, I had never known that about that type of cancer. Hopefully your garden will bring you some peace. Take care of yourself, something I’m sure as a nurse you know how to do but often forget to do for yourself. It’s especially important at this time to make yourself a priority.

Normally for us in Nort Europe is it more normal to be dry than moist but we have had 2 week strait of cold weather and rain, today is the first day of 27 celcius weather.

I am so sorry for your loss. You cry all you want. I know it doesn’t seem like it now but someday the sadness will be replaced with happy memories. Trust me. I know.

I’m so sorry.

My dad passed away in 2018, I was 63. I remember thinking how lucky I was to have him in my life that long. My husband's father passed when he was 31. He knew my father longer than he'd known his own. No matter when the loss comes, healing happens at its own pace. Thank you for sharing. For me, my dad is another angel in heaven I know by name. So sorry for your loss. A side note: I watch a youtuber who talks about some kind of hornworm that you can rarely see during the day but if you take a black light out at night they glow in the dark. She says they can decimate a plant in no time at all. Don't know if that's your problem, but the black specs (posssible feces) on the leaves I think is another tell tale sign. And they do attack tomato plants.

Don’t you just love the reseeders.😊

Very sorry to hear this, Carmen 😢