A tour of the May wildflowers here at CommonFarm in Somerset

It's late spring here at Common Farm Flowers in sunny Somerset and the wildflowers are beginning to pop all over the place. To go with #nomowmay, let's have a walk around the fields here and see what wildflowers we can find flowering and what's to come.
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[@tamiratliff4459]

Absolutely awesome to see the devotion to nature , loved the tour and appreciate the work you both do to preserve your little peace of our world ❤️

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@sarahjones-jf4pr]

Thank-God for people like yourselves who really care about bio- diversity and natural living,It lifts me up to see this dedication, Thank-you for all your efforts lovely, am in love with vivid orange geums who seem to love all the incredible wet winter and sloshing about.

[@theflowerfarmer]

yes the geums are having an excellent spring aren't they x

[@zat6442]

If you just nature do its thing - you will have beautiful wild flowers, herbs, and an abundance of bees and insects.

[@theflowerfarmer]

the abundance is wonderful x

[@pollywaffledoodah3057]

How lovely to have some ducklings! So much smarter than chickens - and much more personality, too. Their eggs are also twice the size, and best of all, they don't get those horrid mites that chickens are plagued with. They'll be so good for picking off the slugs and snails around your patch - geese are also brill for this. To me, there is no more delightful sight than ducks and geese waddling around a meadow, paddling around their pond, honking and quacking as if they owned the place! Holding their heads up high, ducks always seem so pleased and proud to be ducks! You'll have to build them a QUACK SHACK!

[@theflowerfarmer]

lol - they are hilarious - they are about three times the size they were when they arrived - Fabrizio needs to finish their house quickly! x

[@angelacross2216]

I just got home to Ohio from a holiday in the mountains of West Virginia. While hubby was fly fishing for trout I headed back in flowering-time up the mountain. Millions of wildflowers in the roadside verges all the way up. Many of them the same as English ones. But add into the picture kalmia on the forest edges, then bright, deep pink, azalea, then every shade of orange azalea, which the West Virginians call honeysuckle. All blooming as far as the eye can see. On the top of the mountain was a forest of amelanchier with an understory of blueberries, currants, and strawberries. I grew up in Lancashire on the edge of a water meadow and learned to love all the same flowers that you have in your meadow. Our garden boundary was a deep hawthorn hedge under which we feral children had our cozy dry dens. And a bank of bluebells led down into the field. What a treasure our native wildflowers are.

[@theflowerfarmer]

sounds lovely xxx

[@cerridwencottagediary9194]

I am really passionate about wild flowers also and have deliberately planted over 100 varieties of wildflower in my cottage garden

[@theflowerfarmer]

how fantastic x

[@user-os7om7ef9k]

Georgie, every single video is a welcome tonic to the soul. Thank you.

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@loucolman]

I’m training in floristry now but my background is in horticulture and wildlife conservation so I love the nature tours. It’s absolutely stunning and gorgeous! ❤ thank you for sharing with us.

[@theflowerfarmer]

you're welcome x

[@jennyjohnson9012]

I loved this vlog.We have exactly what you're saying Georgie. We're on a farm with fields of buttercups, daisies and rose bay willow herb. Our garden just outside the house has one area for cut flowers and a small pond, and the rest we let grow wild, just cutting a path through it. It looks amazing on a sunny day and the wildlife thrives. We have beautiful butterflies, woodpeckers, all manner of finches, blue tits and two robins. When we moved here there was nothing so we're more than happy. We all have to do our bit to help our native species xx

[@theflowerfarmer]

fantastic xxx

[@janeturner7938]

What a thoroughly enjoyable vlog Georgie.👍 You so knowledgeable and interesting.😊

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@michellestevens6913]

Love to book if was on-line being that we are in Australia 🌻🌻🌻

[@jolewis-brown6608]

Lovely to see so many wild flowers and great to see the before and after teasels (I have a particular interest as my road is ‘Teasel Drive’) 🤗

[@theflowerfarmer]

brilliant! x

[@peterfrance702]

Enjoyed that very much indeed thanks. You're so brave leaving the stingers and docs to get on with it.

[@theflowerfarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it x

[@marie9244]

Gorgeous meadow Georgie . What a lovely stroll in the garden it would be. We in Australia have to be careful what we plant so that it doesn’t escape and becomes a weed. I live on the side of a reserve (nature reserve) and I try not to plant anything that will escape and become a problem in the reserve. I have all sorts of creatures and birds that visit my garden and feast on my plants.

[@theflowerfarmer]

your garden sounds lovely x

[@jomassey4207]

What a refreshing vlog. Such biodiversity in Fabrizios meadow....and the ponds and dead mounds of wood are so necessary as part of it all. Imagine just how many insects, hedgehogs and newts, frogs and lizards as well as birds make use of all these wild flowers? I was wondering what small area of my garden could become a no mow, meadow. Refreshing to watch, Jo from the rocky isles in New Zealand, and the land of the long white cloud "Aotearoa".

[@theflowerfarmer]

You don't need much room. I made a clip a little while ago at my friend Katie's house and in her long London garden she's made a fantastic mini wildflower meadow x

[@cathyfrancis1951]

Herb Robert! I have it everywhere, too, here in Oregon, USA. Stinky Bob, we call it ; )

[@theflowerfarmer]

I love it - it does have a strong smell x

[@atfundramccoy8999]

Love the different combinations of the colors of green 💚

[@theflowerfarmer]

yes it's very lush this spring after the wet winter we've had x

[@heatherheather7107]

I really loved this video. I have half an acre that I want to let go back to wildflowers and grasses however, this area has a high incidence of ticks so the field gets cut. Long grasses seem to be their habitat. But maybe create paths in the field so we and animals can walk through safely while leaving the rest for wildflowers to flourish. Thanks!

[@theflowerfarmer]

we deer fenced because we had a lot of deer and then tics too - I know what you mean x

[@heatherheather7107]

@@theflowerfarmer thanks for your answer. 🌷I think it’s good you’ve pointed out that life doesn’t stop because of ticks. We just have to adapt, with fencing, wearing long pants and/or spraying our legs before going into the field and checking after. We already protect ourselves against black flies, strong sun rays etc.👍

[@JoyStanford-ps7ef]

Beautiful

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thank you x

[@debbieretzlaff2912]

Would Fabrizio consider sharing his class with all of us? This was the most delightful walk around❣️ Thank you🌱🌼🌷🌸🪻🌾🪿🐸

[@theflowerfarmer]

he's very shy - one day maybe x

[@wernermcgann3792]

I've always had herb Robert in my garden, it is stunningly beautiful simplicity

[@theflowerfarmer]

agree x

[@louiseclark7261]

How lovely. Unfortunately when we leave our edges we are overwhelmed with brambles. Obviously we love blackberries but they do take over if left.

[@theflowerfarmer]

you can work away at the brambles and then get lovely edges - xxx we have the same here x

[@lauriereinhardt-plotnik7254]

Hello from NC USA. Love your videos and your respect for nature!

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@atfundramccoy8999]

I tried this in my front yard and side yard, but living here in Memphis, Tennessee l was written up for having over grown weed's 😢

[@theflowerfarmer]

oh no! x

[@salardis8804]

We make blight spray from a decoction of mare's tail. Seems to work.

[@theflowerfarmer]

genius! x

[@tinahart1712]

Absolutely gorgeous Georgie. My goodness you are a walking naturalistic Encyclopedia. You teach us so much and I love learning the way you explain things. Just out of interest we had subsidence and we solved it by putting an extension on the property and having supporting walls abutting the wall that was subsiding. Obviously ask your structural engineer first about this idea. I really enjoyed watching this, thank you thank you, thinking of your Dad and hoping he is feeling a bit better. ❤ From Tina and Richard ❤

[@theflowerfarmer]

thanks for the top tip re subsidence - I'm all out of £££ for the moment having nearly finished the new studio up the field - nearly - but if I win the lottery... xxx

[@rosemarybushea3447]

Love the wildflower meadow and absolutely love that you protect the newts! Your viburnum looks like mine, here in the US, that I call Cranberry Viburnum.

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@zyaayz]

Beautiful! Thank you!

[@theflowerfarmer]

you're welcome x

[@mrsplumbridge4888]

So interesting thank you 😊 be interesting to see how it develops over the summer

[@theflowerfarmer]

I'll film again in a month or so x

[@carolfield8803]

Oh how I wish clubbers could be part of this class by Fabrizio (sorry about the spelling). Georgie I could follow you around like a shadow, perhaps an annoying one 😂. Thank you ❤

[@theflowerfarmer]

lol xxx

[@susancanning1760]

What a lovely meadow....& no nasty dandelion!

[@zlatahume3134]

Sorry but I love dandelions, if you leave the plant is very architectural and really does not spread that much with lovely flowers and dandelion clock after. You can use in salads as it is bitter and adds umami and root is beneficial too. Just a different view of things 😊

[@linbourne8731]

Also dandelions are one of the earliest flowers for pollinators to access. 🦋🐝

[@theflowerfarmer]

we love the dandelions - and so do the bees xxx we've had lots but they flower earlier so now mostly seedheads blowing in the wind x

[@theflowerfarmer]

and the bees need dandelions in early spring for lunch x

[@carolfield8803]

Can't come to the class. Live across the pond in New Jersey 😢

[@theflowerfarmer]

it's hard to film him because he forgets we're filming and walks off and won't be filmed himself - one day maybe I'll persuade him x

[@lynnej7219]

Apologies if I am wrong but they look like spanish bluebells with the flowers all round the stem? Beautiful meadow

[@theflowerfarmer]

oddly I think not Spanish but just very over - we do have a clump of Spanish bluebells in the ditch by the road where they've jumped over from a neighbour and they are much bigger, stronger and heavier stemmed than these x

[@lynnej7219]

@@theflowerfarmer ah thank you. We have a footpath by us where people have dumped Spanish bluebells next to our natives. I take salt, and put it in the centre of the clump, but I am fighting a losing battle, as I am now seeing plants that are definitely a cross, so I remove the flowers. Your meadow is a paradise, all those orchids ❤️ thank you

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

Nuts that an insurance co think that apple trees would cause subsidence. ffs

[@theflowerfarmer]

it is proving a rip rollicking ride dealing with them x

[@bridgetonhouse9533]

Could we not film the elusive Fabrizio teaching all about wildflower fields? Maybe block out his face? Lol thanks for all the information.

[@theflowerfarmer]

lol - easier said than done - he's very shy x

[@bridgetonhouse9533]

The perfect match, the extrovert & introvert. Happy growing!