Oh, I bought another COW (Talking FLOWERS with Sunflower Steve) VLOG

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[@heatherbare3198]

2020, Jess: "Store bought tomatoes taste like disappointment. Grow your own." 2020 Me: *grows first heirloom tomatoes* "OMG I've never eaten a real tomato before." 2021 Jess and Steve: "Grow something lovely, cut flowers are your friends." Winter 2021 Me *with my seed catalogs*: "ON IT!!!" 😁

[@scatteredseedsofhappiness3285]

I love your comment. As a person who's been gardening for a few years now I love to see people discovering how wonderful it is to grow your own vegetable. Keep growing! 🌿🌳🌻🌱

[@FlowerHillFarm]

How surreal to see my buddy Steve in a video with Jess. Beaming over here! 🥰🌻

[@ambethk77]

Thanks for bringing him into the public eye! He's a treasure.

[@juliereis146]

I just came in here to say that while Steve is out and about I hope we see him at your farm/house lol 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@PathiG19]

Nicole you and Steve should do a collab... and I hope Steve starts his own channel...

[@FlowerHillFarm]

@@PathiG19 We have about 10 videos together on my channel over the past year. We'll do more soon!

[@FlowerHillFarm]

@@ambethk77 He sure is!

[@kathyaakananabluebird]

Sunflower Steve has a great easy going manner for hosting a KZbin channel. I say go for it even if it is once a month!

[@paigerollins7383]

Um, excuse me Sunflower Steve-you just fumbled over a word, laughed at yourself, got distracted by a dog, then dropped some serious knowledge on us all!! START KZbin NOW!! Lol we’ll all be tuning in🧡

[@kellymoody8726]

Miah’s commentary about Helen had me cracking up!! You guys are great! Welcome Steve! I look forward to hearing from you guys this week!

[@sarahslovely08]

🐄 Helen is a beautiful cow. That really did escalate quickly. But it’s an exciting time. I pray for all the best with her calving and future herd. ❤️🙏 Steve would be a great asset to the gardening KZbin community. Would love to see him start flower content! 👍🥀🌺🌸🌼🌻🌹🌷💐

[@dlsdyer9071]

Hope looks like she has false eyelashes and Helen looks like she is wearing lipstick! They are fancy girls, lol!

[@katelinschey5863]

Congrats on getting Helen! I enjoyed watching the easiness of "Sunflower Steve". One of the things I love about Jess is that she's naturally lovely, and seems to just be herself on camera. She brings you into the world she loves. It feels like Steve has the same qualities. I'd love to see his amazing flowers and get tips on how to grow them!

[@stephaniewilson3955]

90% of social media (at least) is rubbish but there is so much on social media that you can find more good and useful stuff than anyone sane can cope with.

[@judithoconnor-moreno7633]

Steve we need you on KZbin not everyone is on Instagram.

[@minwellitsanicknamebegrate2531]

Oh yeah I avoid Instagram got to much to worry about to add on to it,

[@AnnMarieConwaySC]

Just say....yes, Steve! We need you in our lives.

[@flyingpigpreserve8562]

Congratulations on your newest addition. Helen is a cutie. Love her face. When everyone is grown you'll be able to tell them apart. Thanks for sharing Steve also. God Bless and Peace from WV

[@joyanne440]

Sunflower Steve Rocks!! I love his Flowers and that he is a man of God! And our Lady!

[@samanthaquant7411]

Yes please! More northern gardeners on KZbin!!

[@tamararoberts9307]

I'm almost 60 and been gardening for over 40+ years ( not counting helping my dad with his growing up), and have always grown sunflowers ( my favorite) as well as zinnias and marigolds and other beneficial and old fashioned flowers 💐. I will never stop growing my favorites

[@LifeatSycamoreRidge]

Sunflower Steve! I love when my worlds collide. Thanks to Nicole at Flower Hill Farm for the intro. awesome to see Steve on multiple channels. How cool!

[@donnacochran3335]

I'd ABSOLUTELY subscription to his channel! I love that your farm is starting to feel more like a farm and maybe it's the cows. I absolutely love all your other animals. Could we see the little pigs of you still have them. I'm excited 96 days until we get to grow something lovely!!! Thank you for taking us along with you on your families adventures. It is so much fun!

[@deborahhilton]

Helen looks so much the Jersey named Honey that my grandparents had. She was gentle and was one of cows we could milk as young kids. There were a couple Guernseys that we could milk without fear of them kicking.

[@NanaPelletier]

Sunflower Steve would have thousands of patient faithful followers on you tube who will happily watch him grow. I 1st heard of him on flower hill farm, then impatient gardener. Now R&R, all he has to do is visit Laura on Garden Answer and Shay of Elliott Homestead and he will have visited my top 5 channels!

[@a.k.sartisticlife8718]

I like to think that those moments where you are thinking and planning for something and then it appears in front of you that this is the blessing of God:)

[@julieratcliff7043]

Helen is so beautiful and majestic. Congrats on the addition to the farm. Sunflower Steve I for one would love to see you on KZbin. Listen to Jess....

[@takishasage-freebeautyzone]

Hope, Honey and Helen? It can't be an accident. More like Devine providence 😊. Now you HAVE to get one more and we'll call them the 4H Club🐄🐄🐄🐄😁

[@PixiePrincessBrat]

Boy: noun. A noise with dirt on it. ❤ a more true concept has never been uttered. But we wouldn't change them for the world.

[@PlanetEarthLifeSkills]

LOVE ♥️ Steve! I have a bit of a thing about saving seeds, and this year I have accumulated about five one gallon jars worth of sunflower seeds! It started innocently enough... Five or six sunflowers became indoor greenhouse flowers when my adult son moved home to help me out. He plasticed in my pergola, and their seeds ALL sprouted. In April I found about fifty 3-4" sunflower plants! I transplanted them into my front yard, forming a fence to contain my two year old granddaughter who now lives with me. They grew to about 14'! And I have collected most of their seeds. Anyway... Steve, please get on KZbin! You have a marvelous presence, and a fresh wisdom that is soft on my ears. Jesse is awesome, but she's so southern. I'm up in south central BC, Canada, and I could sure get used to hearing you talk flowers. Thank you Jesse, for yet again introducing me to somethkng (someone!) I could make my new favorite. Eg chinese noodle beans!

[@amberh4109]

Jess in 6 months... "So now I have 18 cows......" LOL!!! J/K hun, so happy for you guys!

[@LandElevated]

No doubt we have subscribed to your channel. It gives value to the viewers. And we enjoy watching your content. So keep it up! Thank you for sharing your new addition with us! 🙌

[@gigisoutherngarden]

I'm dying laughing at the cow photo bomb at the beginning of this video. If that was Helen, she's now my favorite! 😆😆😆

[@susancalvert8207]

I thought I recognize Sunflower Steve. His voice ,his humor.

[@mitzisexton9695]

Sounds wonderful to get a expert on flower gardens. Helen looks great. I will pray for all the things you are being blessed with.

[@joycestjohn1159]

I love Helen. So glad she found you guys! And she will be good for Hope too.And thanks for introducing us to Steve.

[@Beecozz7]

Sunflower Steve is a natural for KZbin!!! Build it and they will come!!!

[@emptynestgardens9057]

LOL I swear Sunflower Steve has made an appearance on every channel I watch. Who doesn't he know!? 🤣😂

[@emptynestgardens9057]

Common Steve you are already a Social Media star might as well go all in. 😁 Cheers from Ontario Canada.

[@mitzisexton9695]

Let Sunflower Steve know I enjoyed the pictures of his flowers.

[@FloridaGrowing]

Beautiful sunflowers, Steve❤️ Great new addition to your farm, a new cow that's pregnant ❤️ your on your way❤️. The Florida Girl

[@SikderDiamond]

I am watching you for so long, I don't even remember. It's good to see you grow.

[@TheChittys]

Steve is such a wealth of knowledge! I can’t wait for the videos you make with him this week ❤️

[@colliecoform4854]

I love Sunflower Steve! First met him through an upstate New York flower farmer, KZbin channel Flower Hill Farm. She is great and has been trying to talk Steve into stsrting a KZbin channel also. I can't wait to get some seeds for the new sunflowers. Their release would be a great time to launch the channel.

[@Livinglife71]

Love Sunflower Steve. Waiting very very patiently for his new Sunflower seeds .So excited to grow them.

[@lindag4484]

I really enjoy watching your farm come together. I'm now 70 so there's no acreage, cows, or pigs, etc. in my future. I satiate my longing for the farm life by watching you. Super fun conversation with Steve. I'm already waiting to subscribe!

[@karenm5681]

Totally subscribing to Sunflower Steve’s channel as soon as he starts one. I remember when Nicole (Flower Hill Farm) started talking about him. That’s when I first heard about him. Can hardly wait to grow those special sunflowers on my own property.

[@MikaCollier]

SUNFLOWER STEVE!!!! Your great man. Would absolutely watch your KZbin videos!!! Hope you and Jess have fun.

[@domesti-city]

Oh! That sunflower picture you popped up there! I think I need that in my life!

[@waykeeperfarmandnerdery]

Cows, sunflowers, and adaptation in permaculture. Love it!

[@EhGardenerGuy]

When it's right, it's right. Like a puzzle the pieces just fall into place.

[@chrissiemcgaw]

I love Helen. Jess, you make me laugh :-)

[@OurNationalAdventure]

I just love brown cows!!! They are so kind and sweet!!!

[@OurNationalAdventure]

Jersey and exactly what you wanted ! Christmas gift!!

[@OurNationalAdventure]

You will have cheese gallore with all your milk!!!♡

[@Naninapastlife]

Steve, yes please. WI needs more homestead representation! And you are a natural in front of the camera. Looking forward to subscribing to your channel :)

[@hopecorron]

Yes 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 buy those animals to your heart’s desire I’m here for it

[@megangray7769]

How lovely!!! 💐 Jess I'm so glad you jumped into another cow!! Go get it girlfriend!

[@Acedog-vq2ph]

Really enjoyed hearing about cut flower growing. Wish there was less nervous laughter.

[@kellipage2858]

Your miking skills are NOW AMAZING! Enjoy your day!

[@barbaramix1683]

Helen is pretty. The companionship is great for Hope. Cows should not be alone. Like goats, they are herd animals. Girls need someone to talk too. Kids don't count. Eventually you will have a herd of four. Not a bad start. The problem will be getting used to milking two or three cows. We usually have an East wind here, so having your front door facing East will take all of the heat out of your house in the Winter. All that stuff really is important. As for flowers I like dahlias, roses, day lilies, and carnations, but orchids and lilacs are my favorites.

[@angelaschettino1327]

Great Vlog. I follow Steve on Instagram and would definitely follow him on You Tube. He has a world of knowledge to share. Good luck with your cows. They are so cute!

[@sandyg8794]

Hi Jess! Congrats on getting Helen, she seems very sweet. It was nice seeing Sunflower Steve again. First learned of him from Nicole @ Flower Hill Farm, and have seen him with Erin on The Impatient Gardner. I think he is a natural for YT. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@rebeccamunoz4596]

Helen is pretty🤗 can't wait to see the new build the Hollars are making for you guy's🤗❤👍

[@intentionallymade]

I love the feeling of getting to know the newest animal on the farm. 🤍

[@dianecharles881]

Lol 😂, put a bell on Helen the DowntownAbbey cow ! That’s hilarious,

[@jessicabennett852]

I’m going to tell my husband something escalated quickly on our farm when I show up With our first goats! Congrats on the new addition!

[@kolafoltin]

My husband was out of the country when something escalated quickly 😆 My daughter found a doe and her kid and within 24 hours we were on the road picking them up. Husband came home to a surprise.

[@jessicabennett852]

@@kolafoltin this will be me lol!

[@choirmom78]

Love Helen...enjoyed Sunflower Steve. Thanks for sharing all your sweet doings. P.S. Love Miah, too. He always surprises me with his really sweet personality.

[@bethanyjohnson1305]

Yes Steve, I'm in Wisconson too!! I watched him on The Impatient Gardener too& he had a wealth of knowledge about what to do for winter projects! Please start a KZbin u can post only 2 times a week!!!! Please please! 🤗

[@plansimplifysave1044]

You should ask the loggers if they can dump y’all some wood mulch!

[@MadelineHofmeister]

2 things!! 1. the tube put the COOLEST cow add in front of your video today!! finally something that made sense!! lol it was a cow brushing washing contraption with the cutest holstein. 2. I think that horses are like potato chips... and maybe cows are that way too.... nobody can have just one.... and the quote of the month.... "something escalated a little quickly here" 😂

[@shawnmariemann]

You collect cows like I collect cats. Helen is beautiful!

[@StoneKathryn]

Helen the cow added to your farm, cool! So Hope, Honey, and Helen are your cows names! Have a herd of Devin cows eventually. Start with the Jersey cows, cool! Nice that you have a friend Phil to cross the girls with or get a Devin bull from. Nice to meet Sunflower Steve from Wisconsin. I never get around to flowers myself. I love flowers but I just start the vegetables and that fills our inside seed starting greenhouses that are about 4 feet tall and have 5 shelves. I use trays on each shelf and then start some in bigger pots when they'll be bigger plants faster. I start the eggplants in bigger pots. I start 48 basil plants because I have a 4' x 4' square foot garden dedicated to it and parsley in the front four boxes so I start 12 of those plants too. It's my pesto box. Maybe I'll start flowers this year. I don't like to plant annuals because that makes it very expensive. I do buy a Fushia for myself for Mother's Day every year. I love my humming birds and they like Fushias. Thanks for this Jess, it's very inspiring. I even saved a bed headboard out of the garbage to make a "flower bed" and I've never used it yet and we have lived here 12 years now. Luckily the lady before us planted Iris, Lillies, Lilly of the Valley, and Clematis. At least those grow around here but I'd like to grow a greater variety and have more indoor blooms. We are lucky to have lilacs as well. Good luck with you flower bed planting. This is exciting.

[@cltinturkey]

I love your videos and I'm a huge fan of sunflowers! I keep wondering about your camera angle. Filming with the sun directly behind you helps you see clearly, but makes it hard for us to see you. Please consider offsetting it a bit, so we can all enjoy the videos!

[@deewinston5651]

Love Helen, she is marked so pretty. Enjoyed seeing Steve. I know he has a wealth of wisdom. 🥰🌻

[@ginnysulya9805]

Wow! Steve’s sunflowers are gorgeous! Last year was my first year as a cut flower gardener and I learned so much it was awesome! Looking forward to trying new varieties of Zinnias, and working with my dahlias to get an earlier blooming season! Enjoyed the cows and all the joy! Happy Birthday Jess, enjoy your day! ❤️🎂❤️

[@cbordes1]

Steve rocks!!!! He needs to be on KZbin!!! Thank you for sharing him and his knowledge with us, but we need MORE!!! Steve-just Do It!!!

[@maryellenchristina6321]

Welcome Helen!! Steve.. I’m right with you as far as the u tube thing goes. I’m 62, we run an alpaca farm I CT.. and run the fiber mill. We process fiber from different parts of the country… sheep, llama, alpaca and some mohair. People say we should do UTube, but I’m not that sure of myself. Jess does a super job and if she feels you got this… go for it! Let her be your guide. Great seeing your amazing flowers. I’ll be following you!!

[@pattishelton3169]

Helen is a pretty cow and the flowers are beautiful and why not grow flowers to decorate our houses, love it.

[@tinamichelle7212]

Helen is a beautiful cow! Congratulations Jess! God always has a plan!

[@helensowards3529]

Feel honored thank you Love you much Nanaxxx

[@OurSmallTownLife]

Helen is absolutely beautiful!

[@whatever35636]

I love Miah's cow narration 😂

[@Nancy-zk9dj]

I'm so glad you got another cow! They are herd animals, I really think they enjoy each other, yay!

[@amandazindars3729]

Sunflower Steve! A fellow Wisconsinite who loves sunflowers! So exciting!!! I may have to jump on the Instagram bandwagon.

[@laurenlayla9258]

Love the gardening talk with Steve.

[@christinenovack6048]

I was introduced to Sunflower Steve from the Impatient Gardener on KZbin. Erin the Impatient Gardener lives & gardens in Wisconsin as do I. Sunflower Steve lives & grows his flowers in Wisconsin. I'd love to see him make content for KZbin!

[@susieclark1498]

Go for it Steve, KZbin is for you.

[@nancyhinds3821]

I have Peonies, Lilies, Dutch Iris, and garlic in a horse trough and my very old Lilac is in its forever home about 5ft from the trough.

[@farmco6897]

I know everyone has their own process but i cant tell you how much i appriciate seeing you wash her with a nice soft wash cloth instead of taking a stiff brush to her poor tatas...i watched someone brush their cows teets red once..i cringged considering what that might feel like...Its probably just my ignorance as i am not a cow farmer...but still....

[@heartsdreamshomestead8930]

Wow so cool you found a cow that quickly! Hi Sunflower Steve 👋🏻 I wish I could grow peonies.

[@kristinesullivan4316]

Hey Sunflower Steve🌻

[@TheHoneystead]

Ohhh yay!!!!

[@chatswithdonna6030]

I raised three boys (my youngest just turned 18) and it made me smile to hear you talking about how busy your boys are. Ah, good times! I loved raising boys. Also, I'm so bummed about all those trees going. :( Are you going to plant a line of trees along the back on your side of the property line? Steve is a natural. He could TOTALLY do a KZbin channel!

Hope & Honey & now Helen... beautiful cow family. I can't wait to see the new calf in the Spring. Peonies are a favorite, as are the Dahlias. Mom & I also loved the big bearded Irises. I once had a house surrounded by Lilacs and they were in bloom usually on Mother's Day. The bees were so busy and didn't bother anyone. I used to like to sit on my porch and watch bees and hummingbirds while I had my morning coffee. ☕ Nice memories. 🌸🌻🌼🐝

[@malialindsey4166]

It’s almost 10pm here in Burnsville MN and we’re down to 9 degrees Fahrenheit...long yogas and a sweatshirt 😆

[@Happyfarmgirl]

Congratulations on your new cow, Helen. It is such a special name. I share it with your grandma and cow. Christmas Greetings from Helen in California. PS: Love your VLOGs🐄

[@plentifulprairie]

Hiiiiii Steve from a fellow wisconsinite! Get on KZbin!! We need more northern gardening KZbin channels.

[@jeanielipskey1272]

Enjoyed watching with guest Steve, (I think he should do a youtube channel! I like his style. lol Helen looks great, That was quick! Jess, quick note the name change from Linda.

[@thewildingslanding]

Just started following Sunflower Steve on Instagram! Congratulations on the new addition! She's adorable!

[@johnjdumas]

I am eating bananas for next year's garden each 18-30 gallon container should get a peel as I set them up. My freezer will be loaded with frozen peels in plastic bags by March.

[@jenniferchristiansen2040]

Welcome Mr Sunflower! I love your flowers.

[@marysmyczynski3425]

I’m not surprised at all!! 😂😂 But....when it comes to you finding 99% perfect animal... you would have regretted passing up the opportunity to have Helen. Hope, Honey, Helen.. even that is perfect. Get a bull named Hunk, Henry ....! I just LOVE your Vlogs!! Thanks for sharing. ❤️

[@marysmyczynski3425]

Same here on the Loblolly Pines. I’m in Louisiana right at the tip of the boot. Georgia Pacific owns a lot of acres around me. I worked for Weyerhaeuser for several years. I cruised a lot of timber. So many people don’t understand the Pine rotation. When I was cruising timber, when the stand was 12-14 years old it was thinned to open the canopy so the sunlight could hit the ground and grow the trees straighter and bigger in diameter and could self prune. Then when the stand turned 16-18 years old they thinned again. A controlled prescribed burn was done to raise the ph level in the soil, with an even more open canopy the trees could have the best opportunity to grow taller and larger in diameter and by the time the stand turned 25 years old, they would clearcut, site prep and replant during the winter when the trees were dormant. Just thought I’d share the rotation of the loblolly pine with you just in case you are curious and didn’t know and haven’t Goggled it. Do you know if the land owner is planning on replanting?

[@angiehorn3280]

Flower Hill Farm features him in her videos. Some videos are dedicated to Sunflower Steve.

[@buckbeaksgarden761]

Omg your cow is so cute

[@joannethorburn3145]

A tree clearing just happened near my daughters home. All the predators lost their habitat and now my daughter is fighting to save her chickens. Every night. Just giving you a heads up in case you hadn't considered this.

[@JohnsonFamilyFarmstead]

Omg lol! Helen ! Welcome… ♥️♥️ very cute!

[@debrabray8855]

For the love, Steve!!! KZbin man! KZbin!

[@missmartpants2269]

We went on vaca in Wisconsin dells and they grow lilacs along some roads, you can smell them when you drive by. I need some now. God bless!

[@lbrittain100]

Yay Steve!! I can't wait to subscribe to your new KZbin Channel!