June tour of this flower farm Common Farm Flowers

[@joannbaumann4028]

I needed to hear you can't do everything -like write a book in winter and extensively plannign/working a garden business. Thank you.

[@theflowerfarmer]

I need to hear it again too!

[@gardengirl7446]

We just love your videos! Great humor and beautiful gardens!

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thanks so much! x

[@sarahlouisewhite6158]

Lovely see see around the farm what was going on beginning of June ; thank you!

[@theflowerfarmer]

pleasure x

[@felicethomas6594]

Happy anniversary to your parents♥️

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you Felice x

[@Colourwheelgarden-yz4qz]

Such gorgeous flowers, love that physocarus, every year I promise myself I'll get some...maybe for 2024!

[@theflowerfarmer]

when you have your garden xxx

[@katrienvh4289]

How fast time flies... you are already talking about 'the end off the season' ... we are already half through the year 😲

[@theflowerfarmer]

I know - blink and you'll miss it x

[@d.d.mac.3773]

Thank you for the lovely tour!

[@theflowerfarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it! x

[@lynoreoakley9412]

Fantastic!!! Love you!!! 🥰

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thank you!! x

[@angelapryke8020]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful cutting patch.

[@theflowerfarmer]

you're welcome x

[@angelapryke8020]

@@theflowerfarmer See you in August.

[@honoregale856]

As always loved the tour, full of envy. I never have any luck with sweet peas and have given up! The flower meadow is gorgeous, congrats to F. It may not feed the cows but it certainly feeds the soul. Have a good week.

[@theflowerfarmer]

So nice of you - thank you x

[@oliviamannell9987]

What a lovely and cheery personality you have - always a pleasure to watch

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@MyFocusVaries]

It sounds like you spent your winter multi-tasking, which I personally define as "doing two jobs at once, both fairly poorly." ;)

[@theflowerfarmer]

I totally agree! x

[@sarahmunoz14]

Beautiful space! My heart swells now when I see different pollinators and wildlife in my garden. What is that gorgeous thistle?

[@theflowerfarmer]

cirsium rivulare x

[@Relaxits2024]

Watch a lot of growers videos and yours is one of the top. Love the way your farm looks, the wide grassy paths between rows is so pleasing towards the eye. Just gorgeous

[@theflowerfarmer]

So nice of you x

[@karendavidson394]

Totally agree about zones. Yes there is a big difference between a three and a nine but my nine b ( coastal northern California ) is still 60 where inland they have hit 90+. We have never seen snow and they have mountain skiing 50 miles inland but same zone. I love your work and videos. My honesty stand bouquets in glass vases give a bow to you each day.

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@capt.k6554]

"Zones" are actually Winter Hardiness Zones; telling your average winter low temperature. It doesn't say anything about summer conditions.

[@williamtaylor2412]

love this

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@annemariecronin2506]

Love the recommendation to use your instincts!!!

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@deborahclatworthy3885]

Bless you! Gesundheit! 😁

[@theflowerfarmer]

I e resorted to antihistamine today - transforming!

[@deborahclatworthy3885]

@@theflowerfarmer good plan! According to the local weather report today is supposed to be the peak grass pollen day.

[@MyFocusVaries]

Those tiny seedlings look like so much potential! Absolutely agree about zones! We're in a 6b, but our neighbourhood is at the top of a slope, and we have a 3x3 block microclimate that is a little colder than all around us. We'll get a frost when noone around us will, and our front garden will get frost when the back garden won't.

[@theflowerfarmer]

its amazing how micro micro climates can be x

[@capt.k6554]

The zone system ONLY tells you average low winter temperatures for your area, and nothing else. Don't expect it to tell you anything about summer conditions or frost dates. It's primarily for planting perennial shrubs and trees that may die in too cold winters. No banana trees here in Seattle, for instance!

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Lovely flowers and foliage. Clever sequencing of crops.

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@dianecotton9531]

You are so right about zones. My daughter lives about 150 metres from me down the hill where it is generally quite a bit warmer with much less wind but on the other hand gets much more severe frosts than l do.

[@theflowerfarmer]

it's amazing how micro micro climates can be!

[@nanrichard9198]

As always a great video, great advice! 🌸🌺😊

[@theflowerfarmer]

Glad it was helpful! x

[@kcbeyer3467]

Regarding the book, I like to say it this way, it will happen when the time is perfect and not a moment sooner. ☺️

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@judithompson558]

Thats us, frost pocket!

[@theflowerfarmer]

you are not alone x

[@rollandjoeseph]

I have "sunrise sunset " roses on my front wall, when is a good time to cut for the flowers and for pruning? I don't want to stunt the flower blooms...fun video Georgia 🙂

[@theflowerfarmer]

Any time - I have a special Rose workshop coming up - you can book a place via my website - I'll cover this kind of information there xxx if it's a bad time for you don't worry, we send out recordings to people who can't attend in real time x

[@rollandjoeseph]

@@theflowerfarmer great thx, I heard you mention the workshop, ill check it out 😉✌️

[@kathyc3312]

I just love things low tech. What a restful way to start my day here in wintery NZ. Out of interest, have you ever calculated your steps per day?!

[@theflowerfarmer]

Yes I have - not for a while though as the step counting watches burn my skin!

[@ruralangwin]

We are at 92 and climbing in inland Northern CA 9b. It's not good. No water.

[@theflowerfarmer]

v tough with no water x

[@Relaxits2024]

Also you said you were hoping to put in a rose garden where your dahlias are, would you transplant all your other roses to that area too, and add more or leave the older ones and plant new ones?

[@theflowerfarmer]

I will transplant and order a few new too x

[@ambethk77]

Wonderful, as always! When do you harvest nicotiana? First time growing it and mine's blooming. Thanks!

[@theflowerfarmer]

When the colour in the flower can really be seen - it holds well in water x

[@ambethk77]

@@theflowerfarmer thank you!

[@LilacDaisy2]

Oh, GET OUT! I thought I must be allergic to wheat or something, because I've been getting terrible blistery rashes on my arms and hands. I never suspected it would be the ammi I've been using the past few weeks. That's INSANE! The only thing that calms the burning itching is thick nappy rash cream! *THANK YOU - I shall be washing arms and hands after handling it now!* And I shall put some toast down for breakfast - phew, so glad it's not the bread!

[@theflowerfarmer]

could also be achillea or alchemila mollis - there are quite a lot of plants the sap of which reacts with sunlight and causes irritation x

[@LilacDaisy2]

@@theflowerfarmer Ah, I've only touched ammi, and I've gotten brown as a berry in the garden all winter. It all makes sense!

[@ragnhildwadahl6171]

Sambucus Nigra black lace

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you - my brain is like a leaking bucket quite often x

[@shawnsg]

Oh no long KZbin comment. Don't sleeping pill and KZbin at the same time. Yeah it's really long. My bad. I think the problem with the different USDA ag zones is that people here in the US have ascribed way more meaning to them than they actually have. The only thing they tell a person is the average annual minimum winter temperature. The AHS came up with a heat version where they see how many days are spent over 86f/30c. So yeah, I live in the south and I'm ag zone 8, which is the same zone as the Pacific Northwest. My zone gets an average of 90 to 120 of the heat days. The PNW gets up to 45 depending on how you define that region. Obviously we have drastically different climates lol. Oh and I tried to grow some sweet peas since you speak highly of them. I couldn't find any Spencer varieties at the big box seed places so I just went with what I could get. Poor things have not had an easy life. Direct sewed some in December, then a few more in February. The February ones didn't get established enough before the heat arrived I think. They've just lazed about. My December ones have been chugging along. We skipped spring and went straight to summer with mid 90's errr upper mid 32's for you Celsius people. About half have died and a couple more are looking like they are on their way out. I fear this upcoming week will be their demise when we hit 100f/unacceptable in Celsius. Also, the smell was really underwhelming lol. I'm sure it's part nostalgia for some people but for me it was just like, oh ok this smells like granny perfume on church day. My childhood scent is petunias. Late summer evening when you have a huge patch of them... Ugh they smell phenomenal. Sweet but not cloyingly so. They've been fun to grow though and look amazing. I want to grow some Spencer varieties. I may not get much of a harvesting window but if I get them going in December like these last ones I'll have a little bit of time in spring. I've read that in my region I can apparently plant some varieties of sweet peas that are day length neutralish in the late summer early fall and they will bloom in the winter before it actually gets cold.

[@theflowerfarmer]

Totally agree they don't make much sense to me x

[@shawnsg]

@@theflowerfarmer lol my comment grew. I got long winded.

[@nickythomas2188]

you need a golf cart!

[@theflowerfarmer]

lol - I'll save up x