A tour of our regenerative flower farm!

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Flower arranging course: blossomandbranchfarm.teachabl... You asked for it and we delivered! It's been a crazy month at the farm here as we get ready to embark upon an exciting project--removing TONS of concrete driveway and adding a workshop and mudroom (this is going to be a gamechanger for us in winter--previously we walked right in and up or down the stairs, nowhere for boots or coats for our family)! But first we wanted to take you around the farm as it is this year and show you what's blooming just about now as we head into last frost at the farm in Zone 5/6.
We'll give you some info about our different plants we have growing at the farm as we go--next up, demo day! We hope you'll join us as we embark on a new project and some big DIY landscaping/new garden bed building here at the farm!

[@rosebud447]

I was just reading in our local paper here in Canada that we have our first regenerative farm on the prairies. They have been certified as such. It took a lot of hard work to make that happen. We are zone 3 here with very cold winters so bravo to them.

[@Nikki-mx5my]

That’s so cool! Thanks for sharing. :)

[@alittlejunefrost]

So cool. What’s the name of the farm?

[@GardenerPhyl]

I’ve watched this video a few times now, and I learn something new every time.

[@roywarriner8441]

Speak for yourself, Canada's clinate zones range from 2 to 10. I'm 5a.

[@hmh3808]

@@Nikki-mx5mythnx!!

[@woodsidestories9665]

honestly, I am here for the gems. (but your garden is also very inspiring.)

[@serenababy6358]

Thank you for the tour and sharing plans for future spaces! I really appreciate learning about how you support the ecosystem with native and non-native plants/flowers and not using pesticides.

[@barbaracostley1084]

Thanks for the tour love it

[@Blossomandbranch]

Thank you ❤️❤️

[@Joyfulfarmer]

So glad to finally see this!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@charlesbale8376]

I always enjoy a garden walk and tour...Thanks so much for the information.

[@VirginiaMathews94]

Love the farm, very inspiring!❤

[@Blossomandbranch]

Thank you! ❤️

[@chambersjane50]

Good watch, thanks

[@apriloestman8304]

What a great thing you are doing! Can't wait to see your progression of the goals that you've established. Thank you for another really great video.

[@TateBugs]

You are such a wealth of knowledge!!! We’re on 7.5 acres with no irrigation rights and technically, our area is only allowed 1 acre to be watered from our well. We’re finally cleaning up the property that was previously quite literally trashed! I’m so new to everything garden (like, I’m planning on scattering a pack of wild flower seeds this year) but I’m SO excited to learn from you and plant on purpose! Wish you could come over and design our garden areas and teach me!!!

[@firehorsewoman414]

Am curious where you live that you are told how much water you can take from your own well?

[@ladyjubgang]

🎉🎉Good job ❤ your work giving me the motivation ❤

[@kirstin3639]

Fluffy & Potato 😭❤️ that’s so cute! What great chicken names 🥰😇🐓

[@Blossomandbranch]

Thank you!! 😊 the kiddos named them. No idea where “potato” come from 😂

[@Charlie-sh2du]

Thank you so much for these videos! I know some of them take a while to make! And your farm is so amazing, 😃! It is really appreciated. From 4b South Dakota.

[@jimkingsland1645]

Beautiful property! Amazing plants, phenomenal yard, and field. Great detailed info as usual! Can’t wait for the ride along!

[@veedebee]

I’ll definitely be back for the cool gems!!

[@ourmontanahomestead8880]

I’ve been missing your videos! Super great tour and I look forward to all of the upcoming projects! I’ve learned so much from your channel 😊

[@bethannlawrence4512]

Nice to see you back! Thanks for the video. Looking forward to seeing the renos!

[@KK-FL]

Can't wait to see the new projects completed! Annnnd totally jealous of your Honeycrisps!

[@Dr.Elliott]

Your husband is amazing lol - what an amazing builder and support to the growing !

[@linhmoberly4493]

Love ur videos. Love to watch ur plants varieties. We need more of natives plants in our garden. The barn is beautiful. Please make more videos about planting native plants. Thanks

[@rebekahcannon8391]

I just stumbled on your channel. I’ve already learned a lot. I’m in central Texas and have had a terrible time with pests. I picked-up some ideas so thank you! I love the idea of the yard/garden being a habitat. Looking forward to learning more.

[@2BitRanch]

Missed your videos. Glad to see you back. :-)

[@Blossomandbranch]

yes, sorry!! Got a touched burned out as a one woman show but back at it ❤️❤️

[@suekrebs3497]

Thanks for the tour. We live out in the country in southern Wisconsin with lots of open space on 20 acres that are mostly left idle. We do not spray either and embrace patches of natives around our zinnias, dahlias, celosia, echinacea, etc. Working with nature is achieving a great balance of bees and beneficials. I am looking forward to your updates and hoping that the process is not too stressful for your family.

[@debs-more-plants]

Wow!!! Interesting!

[@LisadeKramer]

thank you for the tour. You give me so many great ideas, now I just need the time.

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Glad to see your new video. Lots of us get burned out by the end of summer. The heat is beginning to abate, and I’m ready to plant again. I look forward to seeing your fall plans. I just bought 3 sasanqua camellias October magic Ruby for fall color in front of our house, a couple dwarf Japanese maples, and 3 dwarf Sea Urchin pines. It took me some time to design a garden that would go in front of our living room windows without growing too tall and would have year-round interest. We moved to zone 8a Greenville, South Carolina almost a year ago, and revamping the prior owners’ efforts has been an ordeal.

[@SharkSandwich451]

I think lisianthus are much prettier than roses. And your lisianthus is GORGEOUS. I wondered why you had zero powdery mildew on those zinnias. Great tip for me for next year.

[@auroravalentin257]

Nice work and thanks again for sharing

[@glaizaroe]

Great property!!!

[@petefredrick3784]

I've missed your beautiful videos. Glad you will be having some new things come our way. Love, love, love your farm. What a great tour! I've learned so much from your these past years. Love seeing your kids this time. Keep up the great work.

[@joshjennahoover2917]

Thank you for the tour! This was very inspiring. We are located in Colorado also and love to see the native and perennial options you are planting!

[@Blossomandbranch]

So glad it can be of help!! Good luck with your planting!!

[@Alchemyforall]

Terrific, only 30 secs into your tour and you mentioned Columbines. I was wondering where to plant my Columbines - under my Pine tree!

[@profesoraky]

I'm looking forward to your video about creating the brick foundation of your greenhouse!! That's what I want to do, but I need help to see how to do it!

[@OneAtomicJenga]

You've put your heart into that property! I'm off to watch the greenhouse build video. Do you have a video with info about the storage container you got for moving?

[@marcuslarson5313]

Instead or hortonova netting, I've seen people use concrete reinforcement mesh wire. I haven't tried it yet, but it could be a good replacement. Nice tour, thank you!

[@Blossomandbranch]

I’ve seen folks use it too. Unfortunately it’s bulky and requires space to store! I liked using the jute netting this year, balled it all up and straight to the compost pile! 🥰

[@marcuslarson5313]

@@Blossomandbranch I never thought about the compost element. Brilliant

[@fraukeg.facchini2691]

I am so glad to see your video farm tour and project update because I was wondering why you were not posting. Good luck with all that work, yikes! Thank you for showing us the aphids on your milkweed and what you are (not) doing about them. 😂 We have them on the milkweed in our butterfly garden, too. Do you cut the milkweed down in the fall or do you let it stand over the winter? Your daughter is adorable! I wish you and your husbands lots of energy for all the work you have ahead of you! 🐝👍🌻

[@gr8gardn]

I started growing peach colored four o’clocks (4pms) a few years ago. Actually, they come back from roots and reseed, so I only “grew” them once. I can see them from my office window. The first year the Japanese beetles were all over them but they recovered. The next year, there were less 🎉JB. One day I noticed the JB that landed on them fell off shortly afterward. Evidently, 4pms are toxic to JBs! I hardly see any now. Not sure if 4pms would protect your roses. May be worth a try!

[@albertnett7864]

I use "bag-a-bug" to control Japanese beetles. It works great for me.

[@NJGardengirl1961]

You can freeze the bags of beetles and feed them to chickens if you have them. They love them and are good protein!

[@patrickdwarica]

Really cool to see the full tour! I'm working on some pocket prairie sections for our yard and I really liked the tall grasses in your pocket prairie at around minute twelve. What types are those? Some of it looks like big bluestem but I didn't recognize the rest.

[@barbaramesloh7739]

Thank you so much for such an informative video here in Colorado. We are in FtCollins and will be following you as you work on the farm. We have 5 acres and one of my biggest problems is voles! Any suggestions would be so appreciated (I did notice the owl box). Thanks again!

[@amysgardenstead2879]

I feel your pain with the Japanese beetles. It is October and I still have beetles attacking my roses. Every year they stay Longer and longer.

[@melissababich9054]

Thanks for being in colorado! ❤ do you have a post about dahlias...when to pull them out, when and how to divide and store in our dry climate? I've had ok success but would love your opinion ❤

[@VirginiaFlowerFarm]

What zone are you? Thank you for the tour- beautiful farm! Love your techniques.

[@mettehemmingsen5354]

Thanks for the tour ❤ Which tomato variety do you have outside? I really need some good ones. Hugs from Mette in Denmark

[@lv1689]

Beautiful property, where located and are you moving? Just subscribed to your channel. Excellent tutorial on Zinnias. Thank u Lv

[@katiecirino7967]

What is the application rate for the alfalfa pellet fertilizer? I love that idea!

[@alicjamarczak2897]

David Austin roses are challenging ones. Why not try some production from Germany?

[@darcyclark1523]

I'd love to know how you care for your apple trees! Everything I see is spray spray spray but I don't know how that would impact pollinators and beneficials? Do you do anything different as a regenerative farmer?

[@denisemcnaught7784]

beautiful. ❤️ how do you keep your chickens from eating your blooms? mine love to eat my flower blooms. 😞

[@katebarrett1924]

Great content! I learned a lot! I also have those yellow aphids on my milkweed - now I'll just leave them. What is your perennial oregano variety? I'd love to add it to my newly planted native perennial bed.

[@Blossomandbranch]

Thanks so much! It’s called drops of Jupiter oregano!

[@heatherdoes7849]

Would love to learn more about your meadow areas.

[@Blossomandbranch]

We have some other vids on the prairie establishment :)

[@heatherdoes7849]

@@Blossomandbranch thanks for the reply back! I’m working my way through some of your content. Been doing a dive into soil blocking atm. Your channel is excellent! I’ll be working on a pocket prairie in my suburban yard so I enjoy learning how others have implemented this in their space.

[@Cyn0Candy]

how did you go about covering the paths and the ground over such a large area of ​​your land? here no pruner gives free shavings and we therefore have to pay a lot for it... did you use another option?

[@caitegraceify]

Hi I’ve been looking for good jute netting where did you get it? ❤

[@sedumbean]

What is the material you use for the paths? Is it just pea gravel?

[@brigettjohnson72]

How can I get some American plum seeds?!?

[@vastharvestpermaculture]

Do you find the oregano invasive or is it a different variety from the normal herb oregano? Our herb here in Australia moves like mint so we can let it go.

[@Blossomandbranch]

In warmer zones where it’s nonnative I could see it being an issue! Here we get frozen winter ground so I haven’t noticed spread.

[@vastharvestpermaculture]

Thank you 😊

[@kmsch986]

What will the zinnia beds in the front contain over the winter?

[@Blossomandbranch]

We cover them with leaves :)

[@nickgardner6340]

All my homies hate Buckthorn..

[@caseycampbell8508]

What particular variety is your oregano? 22:35

[@cindyjohnson6681]

I would love to know this, too. I don't think my kitchen garden oregano has ever gotten that tall!

[@bee_marya]

Does anyone know if they have cats? I brought some cats, they do their job by keeping the mice/shrew population down, but dang cats kill so many birds, my heart is bleeding 💔 The owl houses is a great idea by the way! But I'm scared for their life! The birds are so important, I can't think of a solution!

[@Blossomandbranch]

We do not have outdoor cats for the very reason you state-highly detrimental to bird populations! A terrier may do better at keeping rats and mice at bay while not impacting birds?

[@bee_marya]

@Blossomandbranch Thank you so much for your reply ❤️ I have three dogs. My terrier and a beagle are very interested in digging mice and shrew holes, but don't catch any unless they are on the surface. The only solution I came up with is to build a fenced bird sanctuary. Completely blocked bird garden. I hope it works 🤞

[@AnenLaylle7023]

You don't eat flowers, for the most part. 10-10-10 and pesticide is cheaper, less work, and gives higher yields.

[@Blossomandbranch]

Actually it’s more expensive. How is buying pesticide and fertilizer cheaper than just doing…nothing? 🤔😂

[@AnenLaylle7023]

@@Blossomandbranch Emoji's. You are not a serious person.

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Hey bree! I'm going to message you on IG, I have some questions about your cooler! My husband & I just bought a shed today I want to turn into a Farmstand/cooler...