June Cut Flower Garden Tour - Sunshine and Flora Urban Flower Farm, Zone 5A NW Iowa

[@eyrerosecottage1970]

You're going to be so busy!!! Beautiful space! I'm so happy for you!

[@SunshineFlora]

Thank you so much!!

[@1958constance]

I am so impressed with how you have grown just in a couple of seasons. Everything looks wonderful. I look forward to watching your flowers grow.

[@SunshineFlora]

Thank you so much!

[@krisk6256]

My gosh, girl you have accomplished so much! Such an inspiration! Happy garden growing to you!

[@SunshineFlora]

Thank you so much!

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Christina, happy growing! 🌸💚🙃

[@SunshineFlora]

you too!

[@plantandoecolhendoemctba7259]

Wonderful plantation!!

[@jessicawoodruff3078]

It really is amazing what you can fit in small spaces! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@SunshineFlora]

You are so welcome!

[@sarahcole7338]

Thank you for the tour!! It looks great, I look forward to watching it grow with you and seeing all of the gorgeous bouquets that come out of it!!🌸🌷🌻

[@SunshineFlora]

Thanks!

[@gardenfairygodmother1893]

The new parking lot garden is looking good. You have made so much progress this year.

[@SunshineFlora]

Thanks!

[@plantandoecolhendoemctba7259]

Wonderful your plantation!!

[@SunshineFlora]

Thanks!

[@ambergreen5531]

Things are looking amazing! I am so happy that everything is growing so great for you! For the weeds/grass that is coming up in your empty holes..... lay some landscape fabric over the beds that you don't have anything planted in and you can take it off when you are ready to plant or just roll it back to expose a little of the bed for seeding. This will keep you from having to weed that area before you plant. You could also use cardboard for that but it doesn't look as nice.

[@SunshineFlora]

Good idea

[@Tracymw99]

So much done! Nice job🎉

[@SunshineFlora]

Thank you!! 😊

[@lorrainecourtney4589]

It will all be blooming before you know it !!! 🌹🌸🌻🌺🌱🌼

[@SunshineFlora]

Yes!

[@vivherman2296]

Okay...this is gonna be epic!!! What and how are you keeping your energy up to do all this?!! I need some of what your havin' ......and make it a double!! I just thought I was tired. I got to the point where I just had to quit planting..I was so tired. Also doing it by myself....at 66 yrs.young. Another bed, hmmm I'm guessing dahlias? I love following you and can't believe what you've done. I just loved the way you planned out your areas and got so much out of the spaces. That's what I wanted to go to. Just sowed more sunflowers last evening before it rained. And---something keeps digging up my glads. Don't forget to breathe girl!!

[@SunshineFlora]

😊😊😊😊 thanks!!

[@darleneridgeway7452]

Gomphrena is my favorite flower- in SC it’s so hot in the summer & mine were beautiful last year- I saved the flowers & grew from seed under lights- I now have tons- this year I found one nursery with orange- pink- white- hot pink- I will be saving seed- my original plants were dark purple- I grow flowers bc I love them but have a huge deer problem in my subdivision- I will watch your flowers grow - you have done lots of work.

[@SunshineFlora]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@rebeccazody1278]

Great looking areas. You are having good growth. All so organized. Great video

[@SunshineFlora]

Thanks 👍

[@rosebud447]

Everything looks really good. Look forward to seeing all the bouquets.

[@SunshineFlora]

Thank you! 😊

[@karenbecker8287]

You have done so much! It looks fantastic❤️

[@SunshineFlora]

Thank you!! 😊

[@deidralewandowski2659]

strong work wow you have come a long way thank you for sharing and thanks for inspiration as I am in zone 5b and new to seedlings this year using soil blocking mostly!!

[@SunshineFlora]

Best of luck!

[@michaelh7506]

Always love watching what your flowers look like. I grow 99 percent of the flowers for my yard my neighbor lets me harvest seeds from her yard. With seeds so many strange colors show up. I have a purple petunia with different flowers colors and patterns off the same plant. I love cameras when I was in my teens my dad taught me darkroom skills. I have one of canons first digital cameras and I think it's 6MP. 300D.

[@SunshineFlora]

Nice of your neighbor to share seeds!

[@sandrakay8540]

You doubled your growing area!! It looks great. Unfortunately there still is only 24 hours in a day. You might need a helper this year. Re miniature pumpkins. How many plants at each leg of the tunnel? I enjoy watching all your videos.

[@SunshineFlora]

I thinned the pumpkins to 2 plants per leg.

[@bktcz]

It looks amazing! One question/concert.... not sure what type of globe thistle you planted... but I planted a couple of them last year that I started from seed, they stayed small last year. This year they exploded! They are 5 feet tall and full of an almost neon purple flowers - gorgeous but HUGE! I am going to move them after they are done blooming as did not expect that! Thank you for all your inspiration - love your friendly/neighborly tone with your gardening - wish you were my neighbor! :)

[@SunshineFlora]

😊😊 thanks! And I hope my globe thistle explode like that!

[@ECole-le7we]

Beautiful! I was just wondering how you got so many flowers out of the much smaller space last year? Also, do you have planting and harvesting help? I am not a flower farmer - just a wannabe who is too old now; and I am amazed by how much you get done.

[@SunshineFlora]

I do it all myself 😊 It’s busy but I love it

[@tulle7358]

@18.00 minute in, I think that the weed barrier is radiating too much heat and fries the plants.. they look scorched in the outer leaves… especially those leaves that are touching the fabric… just a thought.

[@SunshineFlora]

I’ll have to look at that thanns

[@carlycarlough7157]

How deep are your beds? Are they in part native soil? Thank you for your beautiful tour.

[@SunshineFlora]

The fenced in area is all native soil in ground. Raised beds are 6 inches deep but on top of native soil. All amended with compost and raised bed mix when made.

[@ginagcchandler6965]

Just curious which celosia you are growing mostly just for foliage (mentioned around 21:25)? thanks

[@SunshineFlora]

I unfortunately don’t know the name - I buy it at a garden center each year.

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

Why don't you cut from the Russian Sage?

[@SunshineFlora]

I never have - usually just let it go for the pollinators. Does it hold well in a vase?

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

@@SunshineFlora It did last year, and it dried quite nice. Added some nice airy blue texture.