Frost is Coming! Final Harvest of 2022 : Cut Flowers & Veggies : Flower Hill Farm

[@dc0145a]

I just visited my local vege farmer to pick up 100lbs potatoes - wohoo. It's the one thing I don't grow. He uses only horse manure for fertilizer - over 60+ years; he's doing something right. :)

[@Speakupok]

Horses eat alfafa i think lol

[@Littlebitesofjoy]

So if you just leave one or two (or 3) cucamelons drop to the ground and throw some soil on top, you will have plenty next year. They come up on their own :) I only planted them once years ago, and they've been coming up every year, ever since (zone 7a, NJ). Enjoy!

[@kcbeyer3467]

The molecular breakdown of the plant cell. I’m dying. 😂😭😂🤣

[@gillianmuspic2337]

talking about 'people don't care' When my sister was getting married we were able to go to a rose farm to pick flowers (that my mom would make into her bouquet) The farmer walked with us and pointed out the 'perfect' specimens. Ha was horrified when my mom said no and chose roses whose stems were not straight but bent to the side. She wanted roses with character and personality. After the wedding we went back to show him pictures of the bouquet and he strongly approved of her choices. He even said that it gave him ideas on how to sell those imperfect stems.

[@jean9780]

I was wrong once, but after I thought about it I was only mistaken! You made me think of that old joke. Smile be happy!!!

[@LitlPoot]

wow - can you believe it's already time for a frost - how'd that happen ??? seems like just yesterday we were moving past the fear of a frost and on to Spring !!! Thanks, as always, for taking us all along on your Flower (and veggie) journey - you are truly an inspiration to us all and always put a smile on our faces

[@kenkouches7603]

I love that it's a family affair. Building memories! Especially Grandpa!!

[@emandeli1585]

Anyone else get a big pang of SADNESS about this being the last harvest for FHF?I'm super sad about the seasons changing this year. I want more beautiful flower goodness ...post-summer sadness lol.

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

You have a day in the 40s and a frost warning. In Central Texas 8b, the forecast for the day is 100. Sometimes it seems like we are not in the same country.

[@simonem.3092]

SWEET potatoes don’t die back like regular potatoes to indicate their readiness. I just watched no-till farmer’s vid on when to harvest an how to cure them. Highly recommend as it was super to the point. Don’t let them freeze.

[@conservfriends9651]

Sad to see your season end. :( With all the chit chat and song that you're prone to, I kinda expected a speech to your plant audience, thanking them for all they've done! Haha!

[@familyboccassini4695]

These out my dogs favorite treat lol

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

Oh, what bittersweet moments!

[@ginnysulya9805]

I hear you about the fall business! I went out to the garden after a week and was surprised to find that there is so much still looking awesome despite my neglect! Making my end of season bouquets as well as picking the last of the tomatoes the slugs and critters have not eaten! Lisianthus looks great! I sure wish they would bloom a few weeks earlier as it seems I waited so long for them and now many might not bloom before the frost! Also my Dahlias were a bust this year even though I planted them early! Oh well, so much beauty to be thankful for! I also am loving the Queen Limes 😊! Looking forward to sitting with my seed catalogs, a crackling fire and watching the snowflakes fly! 🍂🍁🔥❄️❄️❄️⛄️🌨

[@lunkerpond9765]

Cucamelons, the struggle is real. Zone 5a, 3-4 hours south west of you in Allegany County. Took 3 years just to get a few seeds to even germinate. 4 years until I had a few plants.

[@FLOWERSANDSUNSHINE22]

Listening to you "crunch" is so funny!!!! They sound so good!!!

[@risalangdon9883]

Nicole. I honestly can't express just how genuinely happy and excited on how great life is going for you now!!! I will continue to keep you and yours in my daily prayers 🙏 ❤️ in order to help keep your dreams coming true! Be Blessed Sugar Doodles and Continue To Be A Blessing To Others! Oorah!! (sorry but I am the proud momma of a US Marine). 🤪😉

[@walterpitt3918]

Thank your son for his service!!!

[@user-ms6rm1fc9x]

I like to put pepper and salt with them... Ooo so delicious!

[@IreneNevins]

If you read the ingredients on the Libby's label, you will see Hubbard and butternut along with pumpkin.

[@Elizabeth45840]

I have missed you so I watched it twice. Have a great day. You made mine!

[@sarahross9869]

On sweet potatoes you wait 120 days after they flower to harvest potatoes

[@risalangdon9883]

It's bittersweet 😪. Sad that it's the last flower harvest. But exciting that you will have more time to spend at the nursery and doing other things. Can't wait for you to share it all with us.

[@bennyforster6763]

Sometimes I think the notifications bell didn’t let me know she had an video so I check her channel myself to see if there’s any new video her videos are inspiring ❤❤

[@colliecoform4854]

I love cucamelons. We do pickle a lot of them but I still like them fresh and in salads. What a great garden season you have had!

[@NicolesGardenNS]

I love to grow scented geranium! Hopefully you escape your frost but it's been a pretty good season. We've been prepping for hurricane Fiona, I cut absolutely everything yesterday and now we're 'storm baking' :) We're in Nova Scotia and it's supposed to make direct landfall within 24 hours. But at least the house is full of pretty flowers to look at!

[@ilenehales7849]

Hope hurricane Fiona doesn't hit as hard as they are expecting.

[@NicolesGardenNS]

@@ilenehales7849 we are fine, just some sunflowers down but we have family in Cape Breton who had giant trees fall on their house. Luckily, they slept in the basement knowing it was a possibility. There will be quite the cleanup for awhile!

[@vernaweese-nn6df]

I ooh yay cucamelon. I think the problem with mine was the seed variety. I need to try again.

[@altheab.8907]

Sad to see the frost coming. Looks like you have a good haul. Anxious to see nursery progress. 😊💖🦋🕊

[@sherylgardiner7]

I have planted sweets two years in a row and voles ate all both years.

[@jeanneamato8278]

Still stunning flowers. I’m in Rhode Island and I’m in the 40s at night. Odd September. Not 1 80 degree day. We usually have very warm days. 😮

[@nathinaduncan4328]

Yeah....I thought it was gonna freeze in VT last night and picked almost everything to try and save it for a wedding next week.....it didn't freeze 😬

[@gardengirl7446]

You might like torpedo melons. I got the seeds from johnnys. Grows like a cucumber but tastes like honeydew!

[@peggyjk]

We had a frost in mid Michigan this morning but didn’t seem to hurt anything, whew! Good for a bit longer, my dahlias are beautiful. Maybe it will make it a bit easier for you to focus on the greenhouse more, it’s but always a mixed feeling!

[@sunmoonrise]

The way nicole convinced us for a cooking video.... hilarious

[@emkn1479]

I grew cucamelons for the first time. I’ve also definitely found when they’re smaller they have a more cucumber-like flavor. They seem to get more sour as they get bigger. They make great quick hot brine pickles which are a perfect garnish anytime you need a hit of salt and acid in your meal. I’ve heard that the roots can be overwintered as they form tuberous root systems and that they then grow more vigorously the next year. I’m going to give it a try, because why not 🤷‍♀️ PS how fitting that a mouse nibbled on the AKA mouse melon 😊

[@kellykilfeather]

I found cucamelons to be slow to get going, and not all plants thrived. I felt like it was a lot of effort and space for not much flavour. But one weird veg that I DO like and now grow every year are Fat Baby Achocha. They’re green and spiky, crunchy and have a green pepper meets a cucumber kind of taste. They’re great sliced in salads, stir fry and on pizza. I suspect they’d be good stuffed too. And v prolific, even in a wet and windy U.K. summer. And they’re SO cute looking. The seeds are very easily saved too as they don’t cross polinate. The flowers attract hoverfly so it’s brilliant for attracting beneficial insects into the garden I haven’t tried the regular Achocha yet, just the ‘Fat Baby’ ones but maybe in future I’ll give them a go too.

[@debbiedempsky8160]

You need to make yourself some Cowboy Candy with those jalapenos. Grandpa will love them!!!

[@jayjohnson3724]

The ones that are healthier are moving in the wind. You rock.

[@cococgb5389]

Oh my goodness Nicole! I wish i could Zip over and help u harvest! Hello flower babies! Love from Boston ❤️🕊🇺🇸🌺

[@cathyhatfield5340]

Love your enthusiasm ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😎👍

[@betsymaltby6788]

As beautiful as the Queen Lime series is, I found that only the red lime had a longer vase life. The lighter colored varieties turned brown at the tips of the petals and looked 'dingy' only after a few days in the vase. Next season I am sticking with the Benary's Giant for cut flowers and Profusion (compact) for edging my landscape. Powdery Mildew is real! Will follow your lead and apply copper fungicide next year (note to self). This is it! Digging up the annuals this weekend. As always, love your content! Cheers!

[@mariannecharest9607]

Hi I just love your channel, you are such an inspiration!

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

cucamelon- I'm thinking a dusting of sugar might make it good. pickled in a sweet liquid would also be good.

[@joannfraser22]

Definitely try that Hubbard, they are delicious.

[@FarmandFoodFoundation]

I need some 😀

[@surobhisaikia7730]

Frost there and 90° temp here in Florida 😳😏

[@Edu_Kate]

Since frost is expected, I'm wondering if one could just pull the entire zinnia plant, get out of the cold, take it to a sheltered area such as a garage to harvest salvageable blooms and compost the rest. Maybe that's more work than help. Certainly on your grand level it's not feasible. I am going to look in to that fertilizer you recommended. What a bountiful harvest! You've sparked my interest in gardening...just as we near the season end. My oh my! Those rows of gomphrena look so pretty. It's been a very long summer to get my raised beds prepared. Tons and tons of advance preparation and I'm just now seeing progress. Also in zone 4b (Minneapolis), we're in 60s and 70s, today 50s. Yikes! Time is swift.

[@sowmanyseedlings]

I made pumpkin pie out of Hubbard squash, it was good!

[@amandacondren2004]

Oh yay! So glad you posted today. I often watch you in the pickup line to get my son 😅

[@savannahrossy2405]

Tis the season ..my moms sweet potatoes the same ., and my little cuttings only grew slips 😐🔥😹

[@mrmrs6760]

So cute!!!

[@fraukeg.facchini2691]

So sad to see all these rows of flowers get killed by such an early frost. Thank goodness for your hoop house! Are you planning to put up the second hoop house now that you have the nursery? Your videos are both entertaining and educating. 👏👏👏

[@bennyforster6763]

Her videos are inspiring too ❤

[@kittiew260]

My son loves to stand in the garden and just munch away on cucumelons. You can't process pickle the melons only refrigerator or fermentation pickles. I tried they get mushy. Sad frost already great harvest.

[@indigorose5727]

Love your videos, you make me laugh😂 stay warm up there!! Have a great weekend!!!!

[@Talula72]

Wow, this season flew by. I have so enjoyed your videos. I grew Lisianthus from seed for the first time this year. I started in beginning of February and I just now have bloom stalks!! Only 4 plants made it and 2 have the blooms coming. I'm in 5b and we could get frost anytime really, but I'm still hoping to see those beautiful flowers!

[@shelleyennis4489]

The green house in my area let's ya go cut your own flower & pay for them when your done. You could do that near the end of season when your busy. It is a shame to let them go to waste. I love those little ball ones. Can't remember the name. I would put a bunch of them alone for a vase. They are cute. 🙂🇨🇦

[@allisongorham7389]

So much to do now! I bet if you put the word out, you could get some of us fellow gardeners who live nearby to help harvest!

[@averykempf9164]

Hubbard's are delicious! You can eat on them until April.

[@christophertaylor9826]

End of season flowers are the most beautiful. Love your videos.

[@buckeyefangirl1976]

We've had a few light frosts here but tomorrow night it's supposed to be in the 20's so my beautiful zinnias and other flowers will get killed😥. Makes me sad. Seems like I just planted them yesterday.

[@adriennechamberlain4868]

YEEESSS! THEY GROW ON YOU! You’re probably snacking on them by now 😂 I had the exact same reaction to them ! “Hmm, I don’t know if I like these, but I keep eating them!” Congratulations on a successful year!

[@leahjunkins988]

Love your videos and cannot believe you guys have a frost warning already! We are sweltering down here in South Alabama zone 9a with 95 degree temps in late September. Just watching you harvest in a hoodie and hat made me feel a little cooler. We are praying for some fall temps. I love how you end your videos with a selection of “songs of the harvest”. Thank you for entertaining us so well.🌻

[@willowingchintz]

I love watching you! You brighten every day with your glee for life/flowers.......

[@ljmosski]

Just got our first frost here in Northern Michigan (also 4b) last night. Ugh. Not ready for it yet!

[@DianeCee0]

Last year my cucamelons went crazy, this year I got 2... literally 2. It's not the taste, it's the texture that can be iffy. LOL I'm on Long Island, NY

[@jenniferkessener1111]

Sorry to see the season end. A few more weeks here, I hope. Thank you for the fun, education, and beauty. What product did you use with the fertilizer? I went to the site, but unsure what to get. Our vegetables needed a boost for sure!

[@jenniferkessener1111]

Ooooh, and will yyou do any seasonal stuff for Christmas?

[@amandacondren2004]

See, I keep trying to fertilize my hot peppers and they are SO small. I've found my peppers don't like fertilizer at all.

[@trudlarellano11]

You have a wonderful field of flowers...amazing

[@bennyforster6763]

And also beautiful you skipped that part ❤❤

[@aimeesgardens]

Let a few of your cucamellon fall onto the ground and you will have them volunteer for next year too!! I can't wait to try that fertilizer! Everything looks fantastic!!!

[@HHeirloomIA]

Girl that was sweet potatoes in your high tunnel and you will get bigguns! Zinnia are so vintage with or without a little aging!

[@ayodhyagardening6015]

Great work, impressed, love from India

[@mariannecharest9607]

I live on Long Island and only have my flowers in pots. I want to get a greenhouse and try to keep them and grow tomatoes lettuce any suggestions for what else may grow food wise at this point in time??

[@laurenwellman2516]

Frost??? Noooo. It seems way too soon. You still have so many beautiful blooms left 😓. Nicole where do you get your notifications/info from for frost warnings? Is it just on a weather app? I’m looking for something reliable. I use the weather channel app and it seems ok. Just curious what others use. 😊

[@lily_white]

I don't supposse you could do a "how to" for planting lily bulbs in pots for those of us in apts who can't plant them in the ground? I'm in zone 6b and have a non-heated indoor room that i can keep them in, but idk if it's cold enough also, seems like those tart cucamelons would be good in water with mint as a kind of cucumber mint "lemonade"

[@dollyperry3020]

Do you try and save any with floating row cover? Didn't you pick any Dahlias?

[@rongoertzen6342]

I wonder if the sweet potato dirt is too rich...I've successfully grown some in a deserted sand box! Sorry you're in a hurry bcz of frost!!!YIKES. It was still in the upper 90's here in NE this week. Good Luck. linda from NE

[@suzntrott]

Wow your zinnias look fantastic. For some reason, I have a lot of single zinnias…& not double. Is this because of not the best seed?

[@digsindirt4490]

Nicole - will you be moving all of your bouquet bars to the nursery or will you still do some on the porch? (You might have already said that but I’m drawing a blank.)

[@debrabray8855]

I can't stand it! The season went by so fast😔. Well, maybe that means more nursery videos ? BTW....I'm headed to Arnosky Flower Farm next week! Gotta get my Fall annuals 👏👏👏👏👏

[@bonnieofbluebellbarn4181]

Do you know what type of sweet potatoes you grew?

[@mariav5539]

"They're growing on me" - if you stand close to the cucamelon vines for too long, they *will* grow on you! Those vines are uber-proliferative :)

[@Dahliawoman]

Hi Nicole! I came across your channel about 6 months ago and I am hooked. I know you can't possibly get any more busy but I just love your zinnia collection. Where did you get your seeds? Also your gomphrena? Thank you. Can't wait to see your holiday greenhouse!

[@emptychallice]

I wonder if being planted near the scarlet runner beans had something to do with the success of the Cucamelons? Btw they cook cucumbers like you would summer squash in China. Wonder how the Cucamelons would taste sautéed?

[@lisabates9740]

Hi 👋🏼 where do you get your hot cherry pepper seeds? I could only find them at Johnny’s and not a single one germinated this year… Love love love your channel and all that you do!

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

Do you dig out the Gladiola corms before winter? Also, if you do replant them, do they look as nice as when you first planted them?

[@ourcozygarden]

Awesome harvest! Second year planting cucamelons and second year of failure 😢 I’m not sure if I’m planting them again next year.

[@pattywarne9190]

So I am a newbie, can you collect seeds from your flowers?

[@perlaangulo7935]

what about the Dahlias?

[@cathyhewlett6094]

How do you freeze your eggplant? I have a bunch coming on now and will need to preserve some.

[@StormWarningMom]

Aww frost already?? But wait... there's gotta be more... in the hoophouse 😁

[@lily_white]

tights or yoga pants under your sweats will really up the warmth factor. I do it all the time in winter under my long skirts.

[@angiemeyers576]

I just grow my sweet potato for the vines lol😂

[@DragonflyArtz1]

You so crazy! I like it...a..lot! 🤭

[@astridstijfs6341]

Where are the dahlias?

[@peoniesandpuppies5197]

Have you ever saved seed from the hibiscus? I want to but have never seen it go to seed.

[@mariav5539]

Some people make pickles out of cucamelons :)

[@raolopp5158]

Did you have a hard frost ?

[@jenniferwolford4646]

I thought you had to leave sweet potatoes in and that they get better after it frosts.

[@lindamartin8614]

Sweet potatoes produce more and better in the ground.

[@patrioprotection2597]

Hi Nicole, I ordered tulip bulbs from C&J Farms when I saw it on your channel but have not yet received my order. I’m having difficulty in contacting them to inquire on my order status. Can you help me?

[@user-ms6rm1fc9x]

You running and crying that you don't want them to go, had me laughing so hard. Totally unexpected

[@endoftheroadgourdandflower609]

I have tried growing cucamelons for a few years, only got 3 last year. If you combine the amount from years past, the amount I got this year would have doubled that amount. My daughter and her friend plus my husband love them

[@emkn1479]

I’ve heard and read that they form tubers that can be overwintered. Worth a try. I’m going to give it a shot as to me it seems maybe easier than trying to start them from seed…?

[@Fabdanc]

Me being like... Well, 98 degrees is probably too hot to plant mums and snaps...