The Ironic Farm Tour of our Flower Farm. The best it has looked since last season!

[@5acrefarm]

Hahahaha, I love the beginning! Hilarious! Far out, the flower field is looking incredible! Yay, I love flowers and veggies together. There's so many edible flowers, too! Great video! xx

[@phaedragardeness]

Hi Kat and Justin! Thankyou! The lack of Summer flowers gave us a bit more time to work on things! Xx

[@beautyskin8696]

So glad you are doing better this season has been so hard for you ❤❤❤

[@phaedragardeness]

Thankyou!!!

[@jeanettehawkins7472]

Can't wait to see the new flower veggie garden!

[@phaedragardeness]

Me tooooooooo!!! Hehe

[@janeb1400]

🤣 that beginning!

[@phaedragardeness]

Hahaha. Gotta keep you all on your toes lol

[@leonardfamily7005]

Veggies and flowers is a fab idea!

[@phaedragardeness]

I actually can’t wait!!

[@ButterflyBox89]

Stem length is triggered by daylight length - or to put it more accurately the plants flower when the daylight hours hit a certain time length. You’ve had the plants go through floods and intense heat which arrested growth so once the daylight length gets to a certain point the flowers are just triggered into blooming regardless of desired stem length. (Natures fail safe for procreation) this is why people often struggle with crops like sweet peas or stock because if you don’t give them enough time to grow you will just get short stems as the plant is receiving the signal to flower regardless of how tall it is.

[@phaedragardeness]

Ah yes.. we are always racing nature 😫. Which is still kind of a beautiful thing really. Nature has just been a bit rough on us this season!!

[@maryhow9898]

Your intro🤣🤣🤣🥰

[@phaedragardeness]

Hahahahhahaa. Gotta keep you all on your toes!

[@itsmewende]

The beginning says it all, wowza, it was a long week for you guys, glad it was worth it. I'm going to try and figure out companion planting the veg this yr. Gardeners World shared an allotment gardeners veg garden, it was beautiful, she mentioned the entire garden was companion planted. Hope you guys have a much needed relaxing weekend.

[@phaedragardeness]

Hi Wende!! Me too!! Haha. I can’t wait, I’m so excited to grow flowers and veggies all together!!!

[@flowerfolkfarm3553]

Hello gorgeous one! Great tour and wonderful to see everything bouncing back and surviving! Definitely the season of survival of the fittest 😅 all my blooms started going nuts as soon as Valentine’s Day went by, and I planted red dahlias for it too, thinking I’d have bountiful supply of a red alternative to roses 😆 oh well, nxt year…..!! I love statice too and I’ve planted a whole lot more, it’s such a work horse! Loved the aerial views hun! Have a great week! 💓💐💓

[@phaedragardeness]

Hey Anita 💕. Yes our plans for red dahlias is a good one, im making bouquets with them now just knowing how much customers for V day would have loved those 😭. Yep, next year! Xx

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

I grow my vegies with my flowers every year and it works really well. Your shade loving lettuce, swiss chard, kale, etc. will like their fall planting where there is too much shade in the fall for sun loving flowers. You can edge a bed with hardneck garlic to keep floppy flowers from flopping over.

[@phaedragardeness]

Oh that garlic tip is such a good idea!!!! This is going to be such an exciting venture next season I can’t wait!!!!

[@sarahmunoz14]

I started with vegetables and some flowers. I know what varieties of veg I want to eat so I’m not in that new gardener experimental stage anymore which helps with maximizing space. I transitioned my back garden to (cutting) flowers + veg last year. I cannot tell you how magnificent the pollinators and birds were in the garden. Best decision.😊

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

I do the same and the pollinators go wild on the tomatoes, etc.

[@phaedragardeness]

I can’t wait!!! Do you follow FarmLuxe on Instagram? She does it and hers is magical but the food coming from her garden is amazing and abundant and I bet pollinators are her secret weapon!!

[@rosebud447]

Everything is looking good. Look forward to the new veg/flower patch. I’m doing a bit of that this year too. Plus trying to plant some marigolds and garlic among the veg to keep bugs away.

[@phaedragardeness]

So many are doing it or giving it a go it’s so so cool!! I can’t wait!!

[@ahavarichardson5426]

I agree with you and my veggies are with my flowers too! Just planted broccoli with my foxgloves, it's suppose to make them sweeter!!!

[@phaedragardeness]

Oh wow and how pretty would they look together!! I have broccoli going in soon… maybe if I say I’ll plant foxgloves with it Moroni might give me another row 🤣

[@karendavidson394]

I am looking forward to the recipe with purslane.

[@phaedragardeness]

We keep meaning to film this and still haven’t. It’s on the asap to do list!!

[@mrsc2983]

Hi.. what is the rotary hoe that you use, please PhaedrA? Brand etc...I just don't know what to buy.. need recommendations...thanks debz

[@phaedragardeness]

Hello! It’s a Bolens Horse Rotorvator. It has a Briggs and Stratton motor we think and it has 4 blades so it’s a good width. We found it 2nd hand and are really happy with it. It has been a gamechanger for us, we can get so much more work done now. Worth the money.