Re-Opening My Flower Farm Road Side Stand - Will The Flowers Sell?

[@jessicahobin]

Sucks that people aren’t always honest. I had bouquets go missing three weekends in a row with my flower cart before I got a camera. Haven’t had any issues since then. Definitely recommend it!

[@reginapurvis3890]

American here 🙋‍♀️ When I first started watching your videos I didn’t know what you were referring to when you said “honesty box” but when I figured it out I thought it was such a sweet term. I think you should keep calling it that. Here, I’d say most people would call it a flower farm stand with the honor system.

[@canadiangirl5159]

"Flower Shed". The honesty part is just a given, although I'm sure there's still many who need reminding. Hi from Alberta.

[@carriemelching7849]

I think Flower stand, maybe adding “self serve” will help make it clearer.

[@judymckerrow6720]

Your bouquets are gorgeous! Thank you Sarah. 🌺💚🙃

[@trinawilliams1395]

Honesty Box is very clear. I've heard many farmers in the USA refer to them the same. I think you should leave it at that!

[@EighteenandCloudy]

What I really love about your bouquets is how you use what's in season to pull together really colourful, playful bouquets. They're beautiful and really uplifting to look at. I hope your flower shed is successful now that it's open again, and that your back pain resolves itself, it sounds like you're being cautious with the heavy lifting and weeding tasks which is a good thing.

[@slavicadimcevski9585]

I like flower stand. Straightforward and simple. No confusion.

[@suzibow]

Hi Sarah I'm so sorry your back is still hurting. They say you have to work on your core and keep the back conditioned. I'm 66 with a bad back and I have to sit to weed. I find trimming really is the angel that kills me along with doing dishes. LOL. Anyway, I think in the USA we call the stands" flower stands." If you plan on selling vegies we call it a farmers stand and just state flowers and vegies. I really would love the name of the light pink zinnias you just showed. I love the color. Hope all goes well.

[@gardenfunwithjane4897]

So sorry to hear you are having back pain. That is the worse. I do massage and low back pain almost always comes from hamstrings and itband(back of legs and hips) stretch your legs and have someone help massage your legs and hips. It will release the si joint in the low back and help with sciatica. Hope that helps. I love your channel and your flowers. Keep healing so you can make amazing bouquets. Also raised beds could help in the future. ❤❤

[@brittany.s_story]

I really enjoyed this video: you working and sharing your thoughts and experiences ❤ it was like hanging out with you, someone who is living my dream ❤

[@sallybourne4886]

I really love your videos Sarah. I take particular note of your advice, because your growing conditions in Yorkshire are not so very different from mine in south west Scotland. Also, your flowers are absolutely stunning! There are some excellent videos from our flower farmer colleagues across the pond, but their climate is so different to ours. They don’t have such wet winters usually I think. Mind you, they have a lot to deal with that we don’t. I’m so thankful that gophers aren’t a problem where I am! I would be delighted if you made a video about zinnias. I bought a lot of zinnia seeds last year and didn’t get round to sowing them and I’m planning to give them a go next year. I’m astonished that you manage to grow all your flower crops without support netting. I can’t do that. I’m fairly sheltered where I’m growing, but when it is windy my crops get damaged in no time. You take care of your back. I’ve learned the hard way to be kind to mine! I now avoid lifting heavy objects, even if it means decanting half a sack of compost or poultry feed into a tubtrug and moving it in two stages!

[@itsmewende]

Your bouquets are always a work of art, I really like that you make them look different. Flower shed, perfect.

[@katelynbee8]

Omg the honesty box/farm stall is so cute. Love the name the flower shed.

[@l_alvarez_1k]

Those colors and textures are to die for! You cannot go wrong with any combination. So happy to see your hard work come to fruition and propel your business forward! Blessings from California ❤

[@rickthelian2215]

Hope the Flower Shed/Honesty Box remains popular😊

[@chambersjane50]

Stunning bouquets and your hard work and enthusiasm is inspiring. Thank you

[@glendacheek5682]

Very nice flower 🌺

[@melissab5432]

I called mine, my business name (which is a flower farm) and under it I wrote “Self Server Farm Stand” or you could do “Self Serve Flower Farm Stand.” I had an explanation board on the side that talked about how it being on your honor, to pay, and enjoy making your own bouquet (this was just different color peony flowers.) People really loved picking their own and leaving without small talk. Next year I want a small walk in cooler, with this other stand next to it and hoping for annual stems too. Good luck! Hope your year continues to be great!

[@cheriedodd9358]

Hope your back improves. I think all of us gardeners overdo it because we keep pushing through the pain as we love gardening so much! Be interested to see how the Flower Shed goes. Here in NZ we call it honesty box too. Unfortunately not all are honest, so it's put me off trying it. Great price for your bouquets 💐

[@marybois-byrne6729]

U.S. here, so flower stand or farmstand. For payments, a locking metal box that's bolted to the stand is usually called an "honor box".

[@Daisy-Hey-Hello]

Honesty Box sounds so cute!

[@ginapentecost206]

Hi Sarah, lovely bouquets for the 'flower shed' glad your back pain is improving all being well you'll be fully recovered very soon. Rightly said good to think about looking after ourselves. Take care, best wishes and thank you for sharing.

[@joannecampbell5056]

Love the "flower shed" name

[@pattiohare4280]

I'm from Maryland USA - I loved that you named your box "HONESTY BOX". I always thought it was for your cash and not the name of your stand. How about if you just label the cash box "Honesty Box" because that's what you want to happen. People buying bouquets and being honest and putting the correct amount of cash into your box. Then refer to your stand as a flower shed?? We have lots of produce and flower stands north of us in Pennsylvania where we have a lot of Amish people selling from their stands unattended.

[@LorraineWatson]

Love this idea! An honesty box inside the flower shed; perfect 👍🏻

[@sheelaghomalley5459]

Listen to your body Sarah. Do what you can do and leave the rest till you heal up. It'll still be there

[@valerieoster8049]

I will be praying for your back to heal😊🙏

[@katmarie4751]

I think I’ve heard roadside stand frequently, however I really like honesty box after learning what it was.

[@hopemorrison2367]

Yes roadside stand is good sorry to hear about your back plz be careful

[@kfaulknerstudio]

Flower shed sounds perfect 🌸🌻🌼

[@ElderandOakFarm]

The cucamelons take a minute to get going, but them they will start to go nuts! Believe me! 😂

[@nickles4652]

Lovely bouquets, as usual. 😍 Hope your back feels better soon! ❤🇨🇦

[@nedomahony7711]

Sarah a Farmer near me has an honesty box what a great idea

[@margitamoreborg2764]

In Sweden, where I live, it is soon to be autumn vibes. Here we can buy, for me, new things, that I would like to see how you grow: SNAP-DRAGONS, STOCKS, ZINNIAS and COSMOS. These have not been common flowers to grow in the middle of Sweden, in the old days. We usually grew flowers like marigolds, daisies, cornflowers, sweet peas and soapy-carnations, for example. Most of my cut flowers are perennials. Our summer is short, from 1th of June to 1th of September, only 4 months! We have had lots of rain now for weeks, thunder storms and the days are getting shorter now. We also have roe deers in our garden from time to time, chewing on everything they see, and then spitting out most of the chewed flowers on the grass. It is a challenge, but I really like it!

[@LouiseTwining]

Just beautiful

[@LynnLouisePS]

Good video! I am in Indiana, USA, and we do have honesty boxes, which I will be doing this summer for the first time for a mini farm stand at my home.

[@jackieopperman6568]

Really hope that your back feels better soon. 💐

[@bloomandgray]

Thank you I’m feeling much better now 😊

[@lisacastro9078]

Flower Stand

[@galaclava]

I would loveeeee some how to videos by you!!

[@hungariancottageadventure77]

Well done with the honesty box/ stand/ shed 😊

[@kmagslove3983]

I think "Flower Stand" or "Flower Cart" makes it pretty clear to the average person it is a stand selling flowers. "Farm Stand" sets the tone that it is vegetables and such. Self-serve Stand I think is more used as verbiage rather than an honesty box here in the US.

[@julieknowles7063]

Love the bouquets, and I understand your frustration with your back. (Been there done that, got the t-shirt!) But you must take care. The first time it happened to me, I was off work for a month. Second tie was shorter thankfully. Keep moving is what they advise. Just don't do silly things like bending😆 over! and I stop when I feel the "twinge" Cross fingers it's been a while since the last one. Take care x

[@hannahbest2274]

Lovely video thanks. Yes workshops of all types at the moment don’t seem to be going well I believe, and probably like you say because are having to watch what they spend. Take care of your back, so painful and pain if you want to garden. Try Thermacare wraps, they are a little expensive, but really worked for me.

[@jennablorezone8Band9A]

Flower Shed is proper name for flower sale location of what it is. The ‘Honesty Box’ is the cash box that is bolted down or the IPAD that is bolted down to accept credit/debit cards. Honestly box in the USA is just a payment term for honest customers to leave the payment.

[@bernadinenewland5100]

Well, I think too many people are from the city. And they don't understand what an honesty Box is. I mean, I'm from the country and I understand completely what it's for. It's also a flower stand with an honesty box. The honesty box is the place where you put the cash.

[@thiabrabson2533]

😅I agree-at 58 yrs old I am careful of my lifting & pulling❤

[@mhubertcfi]

Hope your back gets the rest it needs! I've started planting low growing things like hens and chicks below my plants to keep the ground covered. I don't think their roots are very deep but they might suppress weeds and I do love bouquets that incorporate them! I would be interested in comments on ergonomic gardening so hopefully someone has some good ideas

[@samanthaw1419]

The compost turning probably did do you the damage..with all the farm equipment you have manually turning is a bit mad 😁 I did something to my back last year and it is very scary, totally made me reevaluate how I work in the garden, lots of sitting down now. Flower shed sounds good.

[@Blumenliebelei]

Hello Sarah, thanks for all the insights and tips. Love you canal! How long can you leave your flowers in the flower shet till you have to replace them? :)

[@EdensApple80]

I love your style of bouquets 💐 ❤. How are your dahlia cuttings coming along?

[@pippenf.5111]

i have an honesty box, I'm in the US. As long as you have a sign with instructions you should be good.

[@chrisBou007]

Sarah I’ve yet to see you make an ‘ugly’ bouquet!!!!!

[@TheEmbrio]

Perhaps rent out the tipi for other workshops. Even an exercice / back pain event ;)

[@bloomandgray]

I used to hire it out a lot pre-Covid but haven’t gone back to it. Hopefully soon I can!

[@jeffreyirwin1135]

In America we have many vegetable and flower stands with pride listed and box to leave cash payment,

[@joannecampbell5056]

Here on Vancouver Island, lots of "flower stands" (they tend to call them farm stands but they may sell some berries or a little veg).

[@joannecampbell5056]

Honesty box here basically refers to the actual cash box just fyi

[@ProfCirillo]

could you possibly use one of those compost barrels with a turning crank? or would that not work as well as the one you have going? i'm thinking of starting to compost, and wouldn't be able to do it if i had to shovel it/turn it over regularly

[@malcolmcarruthers8723]

Hello Sarah, My nephew has just returned from Germany where the in thing is just like the pick your own fruit they have pick your own flowers, it's all the rage over there and extremely popular, is this not something you may like to concider? Start the trend in the UK.

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

As a Canadian, I would say it is a flower stand with an honesty box.The honesty box is where the money goes. The stand is where the flowers are. Also, from a marketing point of view, if you tell someone you have an honesty box, it is not clear what you are selling, it should be clear. I personally have a roadside flower wagon which has an honesty box attached to the side, where the money goes.

[@kathfranklin3761]

Hi Sarah, thank you for another informative, amazing video! My ammi has done exactly the same this summer. Do you think it's just been too wet for them?

[@bloomandgray]

It happens every year! I’ve never grown a healthy crop of ammi! I’m hoping as soil health improves it will sort itself out. I need to do some more research into it

[@kathfranklin3761]

Me too I feel, as Ammi is so lovely and versatile!

[@temha6978]

We have a 'Farm Stall' and refer to the cash box as the 'honesty box'. I'd be interested in a video that covers dates/schedules for each flower. Seeding through to harvest. Take Care and maybe go and see an osteopath ❤

[@brittany.s_story]

Summer quick fix mix…. Say that 10 times fast 😂

[@everafterflowerfarm]

I think cucamelons are usually slow to start.

[@stewartmk7]

I can sympathize with you, I've just gone back to work after 2 weeks off. All I can suggest is find yourself a good osteopath, and try and take it a bit easier.

[@bloomandgray]

It’s quite frustrating isn’t it! I have seen a good physio and I’m feeling much better now.

[@40JoCharles]

🥰

[@noelhamilton8332]

May i be so cheeky and say self serve bloom is less dramatic and self explanatory. May i also suggest you display a suggestion box and a contact means. I do enjoy your channel even tho lm only 12000 miles away in southland new zealand. Are you a myco fungi user, plus fish immolsion keep up the good work, and rake care of your back. Best wishes noel

[@azusakenney4418]

In the States, "honor system" is common.

[@alisonburgess345]

Make sure your insurance company knows about this Sarah... there can be a big problem if they don't know the public is buying on your premises like you're a retail business.

[@annelefevre9457]

You are doing way too much for a bad back. I wish you had somebody to lift and rake for you. Get better soon. I know that in the pacific NW in our country, they have flower sheds by the roadside w/ honesty boxes. A lot of farms do it.

[@bloomandgray]

Thank you, I’m feeling much better now after seeing a physio and taking it easy for a couple of weeks. I’ve been doing yoga classes and have booked a sports massage too! Definitely going to be prioritising health now I know how frustrating it can be to be unable to do things!

[@nahidrafie3724]

Hope your Bach problem goes away soon. Take of yourself

[@Tracymw99]

Pls be sure your videos include just us landscape gardners and not just flower farmers 🫶🏼🙌🏼👍🏼