Final Wildflower Hill Update 2020 : Goldenrod vs Ragweed : Wildflower Bouquet : Old Treasure

Hi Flower Friends! Join me on the Wildflower Hill to see the latest blooms. I talk about the confusion between Goldenrod and Ragweed! Also- I found old family "treasure" in the woods! Making some CSA bouquets, and a wildflower bouquet for fun. Also, Mom and Gramps swing in for a sweet visit.
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[@MoonchildBloomsFF]

Nicole, even if it wasn't the "greatest" year for the wild flowers, it still made an amazing impact for nature. Thank you!

[@gardeningnkarma3782]

I ready love your personality. I think watching your video's helps my healing process. I hope that doesn't offend you.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I am so happy to help Nanda, not offended at all!

[@gardengirl7446]

Same here about healing! :)

[@ramblinrosecottage5983]

I predict you are going to be the next Jessica Sowards of flower farms. You have a wonderful screen presence and your flowers are so beautiful.

[@brankenflowery8416]

“That’s what’s happening too”. Lol i laughed while drinking my coffee.

[@jwright7948]

The bees say thank you for their goldenrod feast!

[@ginnysulya9805]

Sounds like a cistern, we have one in our yard and another under our house! They used them to store rain water for laundry, watering animals etc. so that they would save on well water in heat of summer! There might have once been a barn or house there at one time! We actually have the ruins of a old burned out church at the edge of our property! The beauty of old property, you never know what treasure you will find! ❤️😁

[@chrisdally3503]

I’m a relatively new subscriber. Nicole, your sense of humor is just a riot and I always find myself laughing out loud while I watch your videos. So, I always thought it was quite humorous that you called your husband “Brad Pitt”. I thought it was just your humor coming out, not realizing (until I went to your website) that your last name is actually Pitt! Yeah, it takes me a while to catch on. Just wanted you to know I enjoy your energy, your humor, and of course your flowers.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Oh yes-- he's the OG. Book deals in the making: My Brad Pitt, the Boonville Brad Pitt, I had Brad Pitt's Babies..I'm not Jennifer Aniston...hehehehe It's been a running joke for a couple decades.

[@atefbasha1809]

Thank you so much and your mom and father and family members and friends so much Nicole and the team work so much!together!together!together!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@TheKkeys]

As an artist who paints mainly flowers, I’m completely in awe with your videos. Loved learning more about the wild flowers too. I need to take advantage of the fields in my area.

[@michellejames5953]

Ohmygoodness! That was Inchworm from the early 70’s! I had it and remember it like yesterday 🥰

[@coricardinale7440]

Hi Nicloe! I just think you are the greatest. I am so inspired to be me when I watch you! I am also spending way too much on flowers. My husband wishes I was not so inspired.

[@jwright7948]

We have a dumping ground on our 6th generation farm that we cleaned out last year... 9 commercial dumpsters later and we still have a bit more to go through... at least it's stuff you remember! That would be really fun!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

We are certainly enjoying it!

[@coombabaykelpiesltf5494]

Totally stalking all your videos loving your content and your ability to make this almost 50 year old giggle! Thanks for your fun and education:)

[@sktn61]

Another fun, well done video, I watched it at 5 am while milking goats, I think they enjoyed it too, especially those wildflowers, yum! 😆 That vase and the flowers you arranged for it, just gorgeous❤️❤️❤️. See you Sunday!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

You are so kind!

[@lavinapoppleton1396]

I love all your videos and watch them all a few times. Also, love your choice of music more and more! Your humour is amazing and what you do is also fabulous! You really make my day❣️

[@sandiesorchids9387]

The old Apple computer is an antique today and worth a fortune.

[@amandawhitworth7125]

This is my first time seeing one of your videos. I'm guessing I'm probably a couple years older than you. I love your sense of humor, your cute as a button!

[@lindagrinnell1548]

Just found you a few weeks ago.. And I love your videos you make my day.🙂🌺🌸🌹

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Welcome!! Thanks so much, Linda!

[@Anil-gt2kn]

Your flowers are gorgeous. I hope my flowers are as beautiful as yours

[@gildamolinar5155]

Love your personality, never tire of watching your videos.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you so much!!

[@TIERRAYLOMBRICES]

Cleaning my kitchen while watching your videos it's fun.😊

[@dianep2691]

Thanks Missy...thanks Nicole for this video its a Friday treat watching you girl 👍❣🥰

[@amandaludwig8824]

Hahaha at the very end with the Italian curse word- that was the only curse I ever heard my mother use🤣

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Haha!

[@dianep2691]

Went to a flower farm today made a dark red and yellow sunflower 🌻 boquet wish I can show you thanks for the inspiration 💛

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Sounds great! Send it on instagram!

[@lorrainecourtney4589]

Wow !!! Thanks for wildflower comparison.... still looks very cute 😁 That dumping ground is so cool... I wish I could go through all my stuff from childhood... what a treasure 😊

[@pamelakilgus9309]

Oh my gosh 😱😱 that vase is beautiful 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰. I love your property !!!!!!!!!! And of course your bouquets 💐 are absolutely gorgeous 😍😍😍😍

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you so much!!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Seriously though...the vase. amazing.

[@juliepizzolato1911]

How magical...My hubster and I live on our almost 24 acre hobby farm that was also a dairy farm many years ago (we are in our "baby" 60's and we have lived here over 30 years now). Even though we are in North Idaho zone 6a our climate is very similar to yours, so...so cool to see all the similarities to your living conditions on top of absolutely loving your channel! 🌻🌿💚

[@OMGitsaClaire]

Archaeologist here: that’s a concrete cistern. It was used to catch and store rain water off of a roof or as a holding tank for water pumped from a well. It’s probably from between 1925 and 1965. We sometimes call these “swimming pool cisterns” as opposed to bell-shaped cisterns which were an older 19th century style they made with bricks. It’s missing it’s cap and that’s why it’s open like that. It probably had a wood or thin concrete cap that’s long gone.

[@samirajerkovic2105]

Can you be any cuter and funnier.🥰 I cant finish any of my work I am totally addicted to watching you. But you are so much fun! I would love to be your friend!!!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

You’re so sweet. Thank you! 💐🥰

[@moniquenadeau1630]

We have a dumping ground too - the things our elders used to do!! Now we will spend many years cleaning it up! 🤣😳

[@FlowerHillFarm]

So true!

[@itsallaboutlight]

I think I already commented on this video, but I watched it a second time. The wildflower bouquet is the prettiest of all the ones you made. I love that it has airy feel which adds a whimsical touch. Goldenrod is my favorite wildflower. I tried picking some this last fall but it was covered in pollinators and such. So glad it's not an allergen. One year while out in the country, after my husband had to listen to me carry-on about its beauty and how much I loved it, he suddenly pulled over, got out his pocket knife and cut me a bouquet....Maybe to get me to shut up ...but it's still a little romantic?

[@kathrynelkin1519]

Your bouquets make my heart happy🥰

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you, Kathryn!

[@peterstevens6555]

W0W !!! That Looks Great, Merry Christmas from Auckland, New Zealand ...

[@jin8339]

Oh, I totally enjoy this video esp touring the nature side of Goldenrod. I think you should introduced Goldenrod into your bouquets as just to bulk up the beauties. 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I agree Jin!

[@dc0145a]

Holy crap treasure chest!!! Nail gun - dying laughing. My hubby is an electrician -- the stuff he brings home that people throw away. Whats that saying? One mans trash. Oh wow! That wild flower bouquet gorgeous 😊

[@dianep2691]

Love all your bouquets 💐 but the sunflower 🌻 are awesome 👌

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you so much 😊

[@ragnhildwadahl6171]

New England Asters or fall Asters is a perennial that we buy in the garden center in Norway 😄, not a wild flower in norway- lucky you! , golden rod is also a invasive perennial from the garden center here i am considering moving it from my border to the market garden! Beautiful wild flower field!

[@BrittanyS143]

There is a camera on your Google search I never knew was there it tells u what something is!!!!

[@judy6219]

Your eyes are as stunning as your flowers. 😍

[@kaylavillalobos1779]

I’m so glad I found you. You are very uplifting and I loved watching you make the bouquets. Thanks for sharing!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you so much!

[@mirandabeaudry7936]

Exploring your acreage was fun! Will you be taking us along for fall plantings? I’m really looking for farming inspo, the practical stuff like successions, spacing, things like that. Keep your contagious energy going!! 💞

[@FlowerHillFarm]

That's the plan! Thank you!

[@mirandabeaudry7936]

Flower Hill Farm oh yay!!!!!!

[@angelagrassadonia1585]

You’re adorable 🥰 really real! Love when you say the nicknames of your friends not to mention your flowers 💐 are gorgeous! You have real colors I could go on and on the Brad Pitt parts funny. You always lift me up.

[@kathyhughes460]

My Grandparents had one on a spring and they kept milk there as well as watermelons in the summer.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

So interesting! Thanks for sharing 💐

[@Jodelony]

I've just found your channel and am loving watching all the videos! I'm just getting into growing cut flowers (just in my backyard) but am really, really loving it! Anyway, we have a dog named Willow (she's a white GSD) and we have two Boxers, too! So I perked up when I heard you mention both! Thanks for sharing your joy with us!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you and welcome! It is definitely addicting 🥰💐 A Willow and more boxers! Ah! 🐾

[@jeanneamato8278]

Goldenrod has pollen that is too big to affect your breathing and it’s a beautiful plant. Makes gorgeous wreaths. I love your field

[@foreverfarmkansas]

You are fantastic! Thanks for sharing what you have learned in your journey! Cheering you on!

[@ronniebrace2917]

The hill looks great!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you!

[@michellekrantz888]

Just found you today. What a treasure! Looking forward to watching all your videos from the past. Love your humor and energy. LOVE your appreciation for the wild flowers! Years ago I used to gather all sorts of wayside plants and flowers and seed pods to create dried arrangements. I think people thought I was crazy, but that's ok. Thanks for sharing yourself with us!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Oh thank you! I am also a nature guide for kids in my area. I love all of the things growing naturally around us as well as my cut flower farm!

[@michellekrantz888]

@@FlowerHillFarm I heard you say that and thought you would be the best nature guide! Fun and informative! My granddaughter is 3.5 and loves to go on nature adventures with me and her mom and her aunt. It's a family tradition.

[@sparkyglow5535]

Plants usually grow taller and look healthier in an area you have never grown in before

[@myragooden8667]

You make the most beautiful bouquets

[@pharmgirl1955]

I would love to go on a nature walk with you. You make learning fun. Beautiful bouquets.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

We have so much fun! I have a few kid appropriate nature jokes that I love to share 😂🍄

[@nealam100]

I love you videos!!! I anxiously await each video!! Beautiful bouquets

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you so much!

[@TheHappyGenes]

I love the little mini rant about the golden fields not being ragweed and being goldenrod, then when arranging your bouquet in the bodice vase you called it ragweed. Made me smile that you made that little oopsie. Wanted to add that I just recently found your videos and I enjoy them! Thank you for all the great advice and chats. Also you should 100% use those “weeds” or wildflowers in your bouquets!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Hysterical I never noticed and nobody else did either 😂

[@gardengatesopen]

Ahhhhhhhh... Wildflowers........ The spendid-ness has overtaken my verbal skills once again 🏵🐛🌸🌻🌿🌼🐞🦋🌻🐝💮🦠🌾🪱💐💐💐 And I'm only halfway thru the vid! Ok, I finished it! What a fun story and find of your family's memories! Oh - and Thank You for the Wild Bouquet!!! I'm calling Dibs on THAT ONE!!! ♡♡♡

[@FlowerHillFarm]

and it's not even that good. I'm so excited for next year!

[@gardengatesopen]

@@FlowerHillFarm IT'S FAB!!!!

[@backwoodsbaby9729]

Just FYI. It looks like there is a board in there. BUT. You should have steps or something for animals to get out of the hole/well if they fall in . 😁

[@dawn6954]

I LOVE your channel and this is my first video! 😂😂😂 It amazes me how similar we are. Im from upper Michigan and every single part of your landscape view is almost identical to how amazing the Upper Peninsula Michigan is. Right down to the inner forest area, which was one of my very favorite places too! Also, as a child I had this amazing birch tree that I sat in all the time and sadly it had to.be cut down some years ago. Thankfully my dad still owns his land and when I return home (in GA now) I love to roam the fields and woods. Also, the dumping grounds, is common up there too! 😂 They are a treasure trove! What a huge blessing to stumble upon your video. I was simply looking for wildflower garden videos and happened upon yours. But all the content was amazing! I LOVE gardening and am trying my very best to turn our yard into a cottage garden landscape. Anyway cant wait to watch more! The bouquets were lovely. The first one I kept saying (in my head 😂😂😂) the dark pink flower and you ended up using it! 😂 So pretty!

[@dawn6954]

Actually it was my second video! 😂

[@Katsimagination21]

I just Loved this video !!! ❤️🌼🌸

[@atfundramccoy8999]

Thanks for sharing, love your new vase and I need to reseed some more wildflower seeds...Be Well 👩‍🔬

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you Atfundra! You as well.

[@supergirl460]

I Love you too even though you swore at me 😂😂😂😂! So funny! As always I enjoyed your fun personality and the walk in the woods!! Oh on a side note I got notification from Dr. A that my book is on the way and talk about a happy dance that happened!!!!! Have a great weekend bestie!! Lol😂💗😂

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Yay! 😱💐🌻📙

[@daintyflygirl4va]

Those are some beautiful flowers.

[@teinahenderson4182]

Nicole, you're a hoot! Just found you today via Elizabeth Ashley and loving your channel. 🌺 #binge

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Aw thank you so much! Welcome 💐🥰

[@cherigreen4471]

New England Aster is my favorite fall wildflower! I am on an acre and a half and I have very little of New England Aster this year, also I love Queen Anne's Lace and I have seen very little of that as well. Also like New York Ironweed it seems to be blooming ok. Love Goldenrod too. Maybe this is a bad year for fall wildflowers. So happy for your wonderful treasure trove of lost stuff. Your family is so sweet! Hugs from NE Ohio!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you Cheri! My Queen was super intense in early summer but it is definitely dying back now. I miss seeing her in the fields 💐🥰👸

[@naturesvoice4890]

wow you bought it back!! nice!

[@yamrector2]

You are amazing!!!

[@danismartipez7190]

Love that idea!

[@briannafaust7189]

Just came across your channel and love following along! Thanks for sharing your flower journey with us all. I definitely could be wrong, but the "well" looks like a manure pit to me. We're crop farmers so don't know much about cattle, but I've seen similar structures on neighbors property and that's what they were used for ;)

[@erins.bailey4852]

When you started the vase filling you called your goldenrod 'ragweed'! =)

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Isn’t it funny how your mouth sometimes messes up and says the wrong word and there is nobody there to catch it except people on the internet!

[@quietone613662]

Thank you for the snake root identification. I saw some this fall and couldn't figure out what it was. It got me thinking. Maybe you could do a video next year about plants to leave alone like wild parsnips which cause rashes and can be confused with queens ann's lace. Even a wildflower tour in spring in your woods would be cool. Who know what you may have in there.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Great idea! I actually have to warn people about wild parsnip ALL the time- it's so rampant around here and gives outrageous burns. Brad Pitt has blisters all over a few years back from it. There are SO many wildflowers it would be interesting for sure!

[@emptychallice]

I love Goldenrod!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Me too! I wish it was more appreciated in my locale in bouquets. I'm bringing it back!

[@ChristineBishop]

Husband's grandparents are retired dairy farmers I asked him he said its an old manure pit.

[@ElderandOakFarm]

I think its so awesome you have all that property and memories in your home! I moved every year with my mom, the only house I really had memories in was my dads, who died when I was 9. The house was left to me, so my mom, step dad & I moved in it & sue never paid the taxes so it was auctioned off. 😥 I just recently found out the truth. My mom told me it was sold to pay his debts, but my dad fell off a 3 story roof and broke almost every bone in his body and was on social security, so I knew that was a lie. (& my mom & step dad had plenty enough $ to pay $600 a year for the property taxes! They were living there rent free, & she was taking the $600 a month I got when he died as like child support & putting in her savings!) SMH. Sorry for the rant...

[@jenniferapiary]

Love that hat

[@FlowerHillFarm]

It's so comfy!

[@mirelag.constantin7990]

love your channel!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you so much, Mirela!!

[@highfieldfarms695]

Nicole, the bent zinnia heads can be fixed with floral wire. You can buy "sticks" of wire and slip the wire through the flower head and down the center of the stem. The wire can't be seen when it's flush with the top of the flower. It will hold the head upright and fix the bend. I had the same trouble with some of my zinnias that I was delivering to a florist. She saw the bent heads and I was mortified but she was like, "no problem, watch this." Your local florist may have some wire and know this trick too.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Genius! I've heard about this with sunflowers. Wow. Need to get some of this wire!

[@jenniferapiary]

I love Goldenrod and Aster and my honey bees do too Goldenrod honey is delicious and Aster honey is delicious have you ever tried to make Goldenrod tea and also the white Aster smells like butterscotch🍯🐝❤

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I love all of these. Ohhhh I have white aster...gotta smell it. I am hoping to make crab apple jelly this week!

[@jenniferapiary]

Are you familiar with American Beauty Bush I'm going to make some jelly out of the berries this week

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I am. It is Zone 5. I'm 4. I was thinking about trying it up close against my house.

[@mandaavis799]

Hahahahaha can’t breath. Laughing so hard. “Cause my dad shot him with a nail gun” the most unexpected line.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

😂😂😂🔨

[@judyvance1556]

Love this video

[@karenm5681]

When the zinnia stems flop over like that, you can snip the stems really short and then float them in a pretty bowl of water to keep enjoying them...maybe add a floating candle too, if you have one!✨🌼

[@FlowerHillFarm]

That's a great idea!

[@Edu_Kate]

Fun fact about burrs on burdock. They were the inspiration for Velcro (or hook and eye tape). My herbalist instructor told us that the inventor was curious about them when his dog came home with several burrs stuck to his fur. He examined one under a microscope and saw tiny hooks on them. I love stripping leaves off flower stems the way you do. Therapeutic. I'm terribly allergic to ragweed. I once made the mistake of letting some plants go to seed and years later I'm still pulling up plants (I've even snuck into my neighbors' yard to pull their weeds I can't reach through their chain link fence). I'm sure they won't care.

[@Edu_Kate]

I should add, my instructor talks to the wild plants he forages. He gets their permission to harvest and only takes what he needs. Then he thanks them for their bounty. You and he would be kindred spirits. Matthew Alfs. He's written a few books on wildflowers and their medicinal properties. Here in Minnesota.

[@lisalehner3990]

Oh my god how pretty is that!! Which seeds did you use?

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Northeast Mix.

[@jenniferapiary]

Thanks

[@itsallaboutlight]

Goldenrod is my favorite wildflower

[@FlowerHillFarm]

It's definitely underrated. I love it!

[@marilynclayton3430]

💚

[@CottageGardensonForest]

Have you considered using a parasitic seed like yellow rattle that will attach to the grass and provide a yellow flower along with the other wild flowers you plant to increase the success of the wildflowers. I know that they use this in England in their wildflower fields. I’d love to have a wildflower field. I had to laugh when you were putting the flowers in the vase and called the goldenrod ragweed. Lol I’m growing the fireworks goldenrod to use in arrangements. I thought snake root was conical shaped. I need to take a wildflower class so I can identify things better. Lovely arrangements as always. Wish I had an ounce of your energy and enthusiasm! Thanks

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Great idea! I'll have to look into that.

[@gardengatesopen]

I've heard of using Yellow Rattle too! Great Idea!!! Apparently, it's a well known, and normal thing over in Britain. You have to plant it in the fall I think. And it might be picky to get started too. But since you have a good cold season up there it will have a good vernalization period automatically. The plant feeds off certain enzymes in grasses - only grasses. So the grass cannot flourish, but all the flowers can! It's also known as The Meadow Maker And called Rattle bcuz the seeds grow inside a pod, and when it's all done you can shake the seed pod and it has a nice Rattle sound. The yellow flowers are cute too! You should hurry and order some Nicole!!! It's kinda hard to find on this side of the pond!

[@deborahcasler1341]

www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discover-wild-plants-nature/how-to-grow-yellow-rattle-rhinanthus-minor

[@deborahcasler1341]

I just googled yellow rattle seeds USA & got a lot of info! I wonder what Dr A would have to say?

[@sharongauss9298]

Looks like Queen Ann’s Lace

[@1hinita]

Wonderful video and flowers! Quick question. Do I need to work the land to grow these? Or can I throw them into the grass and I will just do it's thing?

[@growingthegrable2962]

Loving your videos I was wondering where and what type of wild flower seed you would recommend to cover some hills.

[@FlowerHillFarm]

They sell regional options- check Eden Brother for mixes!

[@melissaafkrichardson9204]

Looks a poo pond, effluent runoff pond 💩😂 Good to see you today girly 😘 have a nice day/evening 😊

[@melissaafkrichardson9204]

Apparently if you sit flowers like zinnias through mesh on top of the bucket they will stay tall and strong longer

[@granshillsidegarden6600]

Oh my goodness I need the hat that you wore in the 25 year old time capsule treasure hunt ... link to purchase?and OMG on the dog... what breed is it? Love the wrinkle face 🧚🏻

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Hi! It's in the description in the Amazon links-- Ponytail Sun Hat! I love mine- it rolls up for storage! My puppies are Chinese Shar pei. They are the best!

[@tdwatki]

“2020” is now a swear word

[@lynoreoakley9412]

It might of been an offal pit..

[@elmaelmar2761]

Did you till the field first then seed?? Did you purchase a wildflower mix??

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Yes and yes!

[@rebeccazody1278]

Is it a root cellar?

[@FlowerHillFarm]

🤷‍♀️maybe? 💐

[@idkwhattoputherebuthi153]

Try again!

[@HSGhim]

The flowers are beautiful, but I don't like doggies. Sorry.