Harvest Time on My Flower Farm : Phlox, Snapdragons, Zinnias and MORE : Flower Hill Farm

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Hi Flower Friends! It's Nicole from Flower Hill Farm. Today I am harvesting everything and I get an unexpected phone call during harvest that completely changed my direction today. Thanks for watching!
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[@l_alvarez_1k]

Hi Nicole! I click on the video and the little tune starts to play-- i hear my daughter running from the opposite side of the house as she screams "Hi Flower Friends!!" 😂😂♥️♥️

[@n.w.414]

That is so cute!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I love it!

[@freshpetals_]

Omg my son is like that too🤣

[@tinaholbrook9719]

My daughter does the same! She gets mad when I watch without her! I love how much we both love Nicole's videos ❤

[@patdesano872]

Why netting?

[@saskianobrega725]

My daughter just said "mommy is she a teacher?" I said "well yeah, she is she teaches me!" Her response "that's the coolest teacher job ever! Mom when I grow up ill be a flower friend!" 💜❤ impacting generations already Nicole!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

🥰😭🥰

[@tinaholbrook9719]

Oh my goodness! I love this so much! ❤

[@ElderandOakFarm]

So cute!

[@jansorkatie]

Yes! This comment!!!!

[@eleanorroper5657]

I appreciate when you tell us when and how to harvest flowers while you cut. Thank you very much.

[@lifelessonsfromdog7280]

Woman after my own heart. “I can’t do it, the bees can have them!”

[@cathykirkmcrae7727]

I love that you care that the bee's were sleeping and left them alone! Very sweet!

[@dt65262]

your channel has quickly become my favorite channel on KZbin, when I see a new video posted I can't wait to watch and see what's going on. The music is very relaxing and you inspire others to get out there and just live their dream. I like that!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you so much Donnie!

[@jenniferandrews6487]

“She’s big and beautiful, aren’t we all?” 🤣🤣🤣 👏🏼👏🏼

[@Bluecorner841222]

“That’s not how it works… it’s a dream people” 😂

[@debwenninger271]

My heart lifts when I see a new video from Flower Hill - thank you for all the effort and hard work- joy

[@rhondapelletier2141]

Me too !!

[@rhondapelletier2141]

This is why I cry in winter........lol.......I need my hands in the soil, & watching Nicole! 🌿🌿🌿🌻💐💕

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I know how you feel!

[@rhondapelletier2141]

@@FlowerHillFarm right!!!!?????? ( it’s coming TOO FAST😞)

[@norinenagle6730]

I love the artsy shots -spider web - foggy sun and more.

[@susankilpatrick2918]

The shots of the flowers in the field are exquisite! Thanks for taking the time while harvesting to set those shots up.

[@frasersgirl4383]

I just started watching you a few days ago and I can’t stop. I wanted to be a flower farmer but I chained myself to a government desk instead. Twenty years later I retired with heart disease and a genuine case of PTSD. Your videos are so amazing and funny and beautiful. When you walked away saying “I can’t do it, I’m leaving em for the bees” I started crying…..you are a wonderful person!! I love your channel so much!!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

💞💐

[@karispauly2626]

With the world on fire these days, this particular video is so dreamy and beautiful and brings peace!

[@RedfishInc]

My grandma wore a dress every day. She sold cut flowers and eggs for her mad money which she spent primarily on fabric so she could make her own clothes. Besides her daily chores in the flower and vegetable gardens, she tended the chickens, baked bread, butchered a chicken and cooked three meals on a wood burning stove... oh and kept a nice clean house. While she did all of that grandpa farmed 40 acres by himself and tended to the pigs and dairy cow. He worked dawn to dusk 6 days a week. After the evening meal they would sit on the front porch where grandpa would smoke a cigar and sip bourbon. Both lived into there 90s and were sturdy, rugged individuals. A few days ago the internet went down for 20 minutes and I just about lost my mind...

[@amandacondren2004]

I use to be deathly afraid of bees but I grew my first successful flowers in the beds last year and now I'm in love with them 💕

[@jenn6838]

So beautiful & peaceful! The fog is lovely and I miss it... Just a 'fog' of smoke over here... Great flower tv for the day! Thanks Flower Friend!

[@sarahr2498]

Same here. Just love checking in with Nicole🥀🌺🌸

[@lexithompson3030]

I miss these videos so much. Just a nice lovely harvest video.

[@susancramer5668]

Your flowers are amazing, as always but your phenomenal photography skills really kick it up to beyond beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us.

[@ashalatasoans9222]

Nicole, you are funny, entertaining and lively🥰… thank you.

[@jjbjjbh]

Love, love, love your harvest videos. You have no idea how much joy you bring to so many viewers’ lives. I am sort of in a medical “lockdown” due to a bum knee and unable to walk and tend to my garden right now. Watching all you flower and vegetable farmers on a loop. Your farm looks spectacular, especially in the fog. Reminds me of the English “bluffs” in so many novels.

[@janetzveare7459]

I just love your sense of humor! I chuckle every time I watch your videos. Plus, I learned quite a few new things today. I’m such a sucker about pinching, but you convinced me to pinch low and sacrifice others for Long stems. Thanks!

[@kellyferren2705]

I love the brown zinna very different ...never seen one that color

[@christycoalson36]

Omgosh it was so beautiful 😍 a first time for me to. I need those in my garden 💚💚💚💚💚

[@kellyferren2705]

@@christycoalson36 yes yes the are gorgeous

[@Willow_and_Sage]

That greenback Zinnia looks like a whole bouquet on its own.

[@Gracenglory5]

I have just learned so much about harvesting! The thought of sacrificing buds was horrifying. Yet, I could never figure out how bouquets got stem length! Thought it was a lack of knowledge in my growing practice that was the issue. Thank you for this video!!! I’m sad I live far away. You are so fun! Garden on sista! Blessings! 🙏🏻🙌🏻💞

[@peggyjk]

So beautiful and peaceful to watch, loved the foggy morning!

[@Nat-mk7gb]

Yey :) another surprise video from Flower Hill Farm 🙌

[@herenow2895]

Wow ! The fruits of you labours are impressive. Good work.

[@shanlynwebb]

When I was little we called fog in the morning dragons breath. I love your flowers 💐

[@laurasuitter2442]

Good info about the wiggle test for the zinnias. Nice to see the difference with the sacrificial flower. I’ll try to remember this helpful info!

[@amysurburg1781]

I love your videos because I always learn so much, but I love your goofiness! Such a wonderful combination!

[@gretchenkaszuba734]

Love it. The lighting in the fog was so cool. Love all your flowers this year.

[@shellynetherton1031]

Such a helpful video to see the flowers ready to harvest and hear the names at the same time. My “to grow” list is growing!

[@AnaJ.]

Our lowest temp for this week will be 91 degrees (for days)...and I am celebrating!

[@danyrob09]

Keep doing what you’re doing…I love everything that you post! So beautiful and yet so informative ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@glamblueeyes1443]

Oh wow the dew, the fog and the birds in the background so peaceful ❤

[@christineann7620]

Thanks for keeping it real! And I really appreciate how much work goes into this!! Beautiful flowers:)

[@christinebeatty9037]

I have learned so much from you! I’m so excited , this is the first time I’ve grown zinnias and I’m in love!! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge…greatly appreciated!

[@DragonflyArtz1]

I take care of the Gardens for a lovely elder woman (a sweet friend of me Mums). This year in a space kind of shared between her and her neighbour there were several unidentified seedlings I left to see if they were "a something" or a weed to be determined later. When later came and this area was filled with flowers, I pulled the (now large) weeds...except one. I wasn't sure of. The neighbour happened to step outside to go for a walk. I asked him "Did you plant this? Or is it a weed?"He said "No I didn't plant it, but I think it's a Sunflower. The girth on this stalk was amazing. The sweet woman loves Sunflowers, so I told her about it, and I left it. As I drove around looking at all of the thin stalked Sunflowers in plenty of yards, I began to think to myself "Oh crap, how embarrassing- it has to be a "WeedZilla" and now the entire neighbourhood gets to enjoy it! Yay me." A. couple weeks later she calls me and asks if I'd come and do some work. Of course- I say. She says "you know that plant that you were not sure of?" I said yes scrunching my eyes closed... She says it is a Sunflower and it's beautiful! (stay with me it will be worth it) I was relieved. When I arrived I noticed it had a regular size Sunflower head. HUH? I thought. With a stalk that thick I kind of expected more (insert your own joke here). Later I took a closer look- It has 4 heads below the top one getting ready to open. Then 4 more below that, then 4 more below that and yes- 4 more below that! Like a Christmas Tree Sunflower! I have never seen anything like it! I have to get photos! I want seeds! WOW So amazing! I have to look it up and see if it's been done before! Take THAT Sunflower Steve!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Amazing! I’m guessing it’s a branching head sunflower- they are so beautiful!

[@grandmaboswell1007]

I look forward to your videos each day! You are an open and honest down to earth relatable flower enthusiast. 🥰

[@alexisgrover7319]

Your growing zone seems extremely similar to mine. It’s so nice to see that it’s possible to do this in a short, moody season

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Moody indeed.

[@rdm98607]

You are such a trooper!!! 0 to 60 in a few weeks of very hard work!! Garden lookin great.

[@janetknight2090]

Hey Sweet Pea. You have created a heavenly space 😍

[@lindaparra6002]

I love the music you have running through this video accompanied by the birds. I admire your dedication Nicole. Blessings in abundance!!!

[@dori5969]

This a great video. Hits all the reality of flower farming. You really gotta have all your ducks in in a row before harvest time hits because that WILL take all your time. And for the weather everyone is dealing with, be it rain or extreme heat ,that harvest window really gets affected. Have been pinching my phlox and stems getting better. Very envious of the asters , mine got disease before I could even transplant so dumped them. And lastly, already getting seeds in flats for over winter transplants. Crazy to think I am planning next spring. Still have not gotten bulb order in. Thank you, thank you

[@emkn1479]

If I could come to a bouquet bar I’d be the most atypical customer ever 😆

[@SchoolALot]

Your videos are just so fun to watch. Educational, inspirational and so chill. Just like hanging out with a friend chatting away and having fun at the same time. ❤️

[@hillscleaning7]

Nicole you are the hardest gardener I know! You have the most amazing lovely flowers

[@jennifercapes6796]

The first time I watched I thought the same thing! “Why is she wearing a sweatshirt?” Then I remembered you live in NY & not down here is GA! 😂🥵

[@shonanlee]

Hi Nicole, I just wanted to say thank you for all you're videos, I am new to flower farming, and I love all your videos, they are so helpfully and I have learnt so much from watching you in your garden! Also all the info that you attach to your videos is so helpful! THANK YOU so much and please never stop lol Cheers from Australia!!

[@gavinsflowers7663]

On point about the netting ! You've validated a lot of my thoughts on a lot of things 😍🤣 I also leave the tired bees alone .. you're awesome

[@sherryevans5535]

Thanks Nicole for sharing your knowledge! Learned so much 💕

[@cassiannepfeiffer4009]

I recently found your channel and you were an instant favorite! Your amazing attitude and ability to bush off what other people would consider HUGE hits is honestly contagious! You're a zone below me and it's cool to see all the flowers I could have, had I planted on time 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you so much!!

[@zarinahz3695]

Hi Nicole... Your farm is so beautiful. I can spend hours looking at your flowers. We never have change to plant this variety due to hot weather... We just bought it at store with really high price.. 😁

[@lindaparra6002]

I always get so involved in your videos while learning from you that I forget to comment on your choice of music. I love what you've selected for the intro first 2:32 minutes. Blessings!

[@atefbasha1809]

Welcome Nicole how are you and happy a new year to you and your family members so so much more. And what a beautiful Natural. 🌻🌺🐋🐟🐬🌵🍀🍃⚘🌷🐼🐨🐭🐹🌲🐑🎓🎩👑🐍🐪🐯🌱🌵🌵🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@tinaholbrook9719]

Your Russian accent while picking basil is cracking me up! 😂 I speak in the best french accent when I'm slap happy (well, my girls say it's the best. My husband who took french says it sucks. Oh well.)

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Husbands keep us humble. Though mine buys jewelry too.

[@joyhamilton4248]

You are such an inspiration!! Love watching you!!

[@EsthersGardeningAdventures]

I love your sense of humor and the music was spot on!

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Going through some of your older videos & some others' videos & trying to see if there are any other new cut flowers to experiment with this year that I don't already have seeds ordered for, & the videos of your farm are FEEDING me right now! 😍🥰😍

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Is that ageratum @~9:45? I've not grown ageratum before & I've never really liked it in the pictures I've seen- but am thinking growing it now after seeing it here in your video... it looks beautiful!

[@clancarney2541]

all those delicious basil leaves left on the ground! Oh the pesto!! (I am an herb gardener, lol)

[@margiesix8041]

When we bend for hours to cut flowers… no wonder our backs hurt!😬🌸🌺🌹

[@amandacook8298]

Everything looks so good Nicole! I did netting on a few things this year because we always have such heavy rain I have some tihngs that fall over really bad. I find that planting really close helps though!

[@atefbasha1809]

What a beautifully Flowers 🎹🎺🎻🎸🎶📯🎶🎵🎧🇺🇸🍏🍎🍇🍉🍈🍊🍋🍌🍍🍅🍓🌰🍑🍐🍏🍎🍆🌽🌶🍄🌰🌰🍞⛪🏛🌐🗺🏀⚽⚽🎀🎁🎎🎐to America today and Tomorrow Teachers Nicole

[@QueenMotherRenee]

I really enjoyed this video immensely. I'll be planting snapdragons for myself next year! They are beautiful!!! Along with everything else of course...but I think I can handle the snapdragons. I might even graduate from dollar tree seeds too so let me know when you order...I'll jump in on that one.

[@SusanMcgrath-nx7dt]

Hey, I've just come across your site!! I've been catching up on all your videos and I can see your vision!! I wish you so much success with your dream, I look forward to watching it all happen! Much love from NS Canada.

[@catherineengle4196]

What a wonderful harvest! God bless

[@BramptonGardener]

Everything is beautiful. Congrats on the new store order, so nice. I'm so jealous of your gomphrena. I hope mine starts to grow, its super tiny still.

[@KellyNoGarden]

Hi Nicole, your flower farm is beautiful. Great tip on how to cut the flowers. Dry weather is on its way hang in there🐝

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@sonyajackson3527]

Hello! I am so thankful for your videos. Thank you for sharing your growing with us all. I do have a hint for the mosquitos. Take tea tree oil and place it at your ankles, wrist and ears. It can be strong but they don't like the smell.:)

[@theboojiefarmer]

THANK YOU for the trick regarding the bachelor buttons!!!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

You are so welcome! They were SO annoying to cut until I just started cutting them deep. They grow back!

[@noelhamilton8332]

Hi nicole and family sorry to hear your sad news. God give you all strength to carry on and know that our thoughts are with you allgod bless love and thoughts from afar noel new zealand

[@elizabeth-katepappas910]

I love your way of farming flowers :)

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Nice!!! What a great harvest Nicole! The amaranth is superb!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

Thank you! 💐

[@nolagirl7082]

Trust me, we are in the same position with all of the rain down here in New Orleans! I feel like it has literally rained all summer long! It’s nice because it’s so dang hot, but all of my sun loving flowers and plants don’t like it. They are barely getting an hour of sun a day. Plus a lot of these thunderstorms come through and just plow away at all of my delicate flowers😔 But on a good note, I just bought my first Rudbeckia plant tonight. Never would have done that if it wasn’t for you introducing me to them😊🌻

[@alanamcguire1921]

I recently found your channel and can’t stop watching! Learning so much! Keep up the great work! When you you start ordering seeds for spring? I’m inspired!

[@SD-qo2jq]

I just subscribed! I love watching your videos bcuz you're so real and quirky too! Thank you!

[@GengaKim]

Nicole, your flower field in the fog is absolutely beautiful. I sympathize with you on the rain. We had record breaking rain last month and nearly 10" already this month with no sign of stopping! My Zinnia's are SO wet they are beginning to smell like a sack of rotten potatoes, I'm afraid they have incurable blite.😢

[@janecarver9672]

I really enjoyed this video, watching from New Zealand.

[@Alouha0407]

I like your sense of humor💐, I laughed🙂

[@lizteske4453]

Loved this harvest video! Everything looks so beautiful. Have you ever tried growing calla lilies? I am in zone 4b like you and they are the easiest tender bulbs to grow. I leave mine in black plastic pots and sink them into the ground for summer(they bloom better when crowded), then pull them in the winter and keep them in a cool basement/cool heated shed. Maybe a fun crop to try for the future. They multiply over time too. 🙂

[@apiasko]

Oh my god, you crack me up! Love it!

[@ambethk77]

Beautiful video.

[@emilyv5366]

I haven't netted either due to the absolute horrible weather this year. My poor snaps are all stunted 😭 nice to see they will still be fairly straight without netting. Makes me feel better LOLOL

[@ednanunes8518]

I love Zinnias❤😍

[@galinasadakova380]

С Днём флориста, мастер своего дела!!!!❤️💐❤️

[@dianecotton9531]

Everything looks so beautiful in the fog. I have flower envy because we are in the middle of a very cold, wet winter. No netting, plant close together. That's the principle l used for my dahlias (home garden only) last year with lots of pinching to make bushier & mostly it worked. Will see how it goes this year. I would prefer not to have stakes/netting in my garden. Stakes are so ugly! OMG, sunrise & the sun is out! Hope it stays at least for a while.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Your flowers are so gorgeous! I especially loved the zinnias and amaranth. I wanted to have a cutting flower garden this year, but I had a lot of failures, for several reasons. I spent so much on seeds and didn’t plant all of them, I think I might try again next year. Do you go by the planting dates on the package for your zone, or do your own planting dates? That was one thing I did wrong, I guess, planted things too early. I learned quite a bit, so that’s good. I planted a 93’ row of zinnias across my yard by the road. They just started blooming and they are so beautiful, I go out every day just to look at them and take pictures. Flowers are worth all the work, I have learned. They are lots harder than growing veggies. Thanks for the tips, you are a wonderful person, and so fun to watch! I’m glad the word is getting out about your business, congratulations!

[@nicomyth]

Johnnys Seeds has great information on when to plant/harvest etc. You can request their seed catalog. It has all the info on flower seeds they sell printed in it. I have found it very useful. 🙂

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@nicomyth Thank you. I know there are sources for that information, I’m just wondering if Nicole follows the suggested dates or does something different?

[@jtownscrapper]

I totally agree about the time it takes harvest! No help here, either. Whew!

[@tjo1233]

You're kicking ass girl

[@chetreed2198]

Loved the video and it only lets me like it once lol

[@KyLinda]

Nicole!! juicy fruit gum kills voles! break the stick of gum and put it in the holes.. it WORKS. I lost half of my garden to voles.. and cried for a year.. a neighbor suggested juicy fruit.. and it took about 2 weeks.. but they are GONE..

[@amandacondren2004]

I actually found a video from last year I didn't watch?! How is this possible?! 🤣

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

Though you don't look like Sarah Key girl with wicker basket, it is still joy to watch!! What a sweet problem to have after all the trouble you had to raise those flowers: too much demand:))) Stay well !!!!

[@robertsherman9975]

Absolutely beautiful flowers, as well as a nice variety. From a florist perspective, I personally like to have more of the greenery left on the stalks, as well as blooms that are in various stages of maturity. With time management being crucial in business, leaving more greenery on stalks is beneficial not only to the grower, but the buyer as well. I’m not sure who your marketing your flowers towards. If your looking towards providing flowers to florist. Single stem product is very limiting for floral design. Best regards and best wishes.

[@canadiangirl5159]

My skies have been looking like that here in Alberta, but it's all smoke from the fires in BC.

[@kathyryan4153]

We are getting the smoke from the fires in Canada and we are in Central New York area to the point of a air quality alert today...kinda of an eerie feeling.

[@canadiangirl5159]

@@kathyryan4153 Oh, the smoke has travelled that are. Wow.

[@MarisGardenandKitchen]

Loved this video!! New subscriber here and I can't follow to follow your journey for the next growing season

[@sonyamartin6217]

Your machinery has given you more volume. Your cutting/harvesting takes more time - you may need to consider some extra help for that period! You are amazing and I always work in long sleeves or fleece mostly for weather and bugs! Yes the black flies are bad here in E. Canada as well! 💗 blessings!

[@alittlebitofeverythingwith5590]

I love your morning voice 😊🤗💐

[@FlowerHillFarm]

I think the first words I spoke today were on camera LOL

[@mslorischoolsocialworker]

I had been wondering if netting is mandatory...so happy to know it's not!