Her You-Pick Flower Farm Was PROFITABLE After One Month

[@grumpychickenfarm]

Thanks to all for the kind words!♥️

[@dianecharles881]

I thoroughly enjoyed this, I picked a lot of my zinnias and sunflowers 🌻 I found small vases at flea markets and I dropped them off on the steps of some elderly people in my area , Flowers 🌸 always bring happiness!

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

Yes, they do!

[@pattiripley7599]

Sounds awesome

[@Irishjay-gu5pb]

Great idea!!!

[@jenniferr2057]

You pick, honor pay, flower gardens are all over Europe. Love!

[@riverunner9978]

I’ve managed 4 - 50 foot rows. I am amazed at your spread of beauty. Keep growing! 💛☀️🐝

[@chantaln6843]

Fit farmer recommended Justin rhodes, at Justin’s vlog I stumbled into a video that recommended your channel.

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

Right on! Thanks for watching! I hope you stick around

[@vancochran7344]

I like all your flowers. I planted 400,000 zinnias and I I also planted 6 pounds of Sunflowers. None of them sold well. People around where I live must be too lazy to pick flowers. I don't have the time to take flowers anywhere to sell to. I sold the zinnias for .05 each! I sold the sunflowers for .50 each. The only ones I sold was to a local flower shop 6 miles away. My wife likes flowers and I planted them for her. I mainly grow pumpkins. I had 10 acres of them and grew 6,000 plus. Hand planted and hand picked. We sold them at a local Christmas Tree Farm. I'll plant my wife more flowers next year and if some sell that will be fine. I'd give some away to local nursing homes but they had such strict rules about visitors I did not do it.

[@grumpychickenfarm]

I thought I planted a lot of zinnias :)

[@vancochran7344]

@@grumpychickenfarm I may plant more this year since I can't grow pumpkins here for a couple of years. I'll plant 14 acres plus of pumpkins for 2022 in a different location. 28 varieties.

[@katiec527]

We stopped at the Pack River Store for lunch last week and the prettiest bouquet from Renee was displayed on the counter. Love her farm name too!

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

Awesome! Have you been by her farm yet?

[@katiec527]

@@TheGrassfedHomestead not yet :)

[@MistressOP]

Wonderful video. You should do a 5 min or longer ASMR tour if you ever go to a place as beautiful as that one. Just walking around up close with the camera giving a tour. With the sound of nature and what not all around. That bee basil area must have been humming. We been putting basil near the hives. This is always a blooming variety so they have food almost all year.

[@dollyperry3020]

Renee...I agree. Dahlias are amazing!

[@tracycrider7778]

They are and I’m going to have a dahlia bed next to my vegetable garden and a lot of bee friendly varieties ❤

[@tracycrider7778]

@dollyperry3020 see above ❤

[@karencruz259]

i love all kinds of flowers if i really had to pick a flower it would be a Daisy ,you have a Beautiful flower Garden

[@jericooper7053]

You have a very good camera. It makes those flowers look stunning, intricate details and vivid colors.

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

Thank you very much!

[@foreversettled9144]

Thank you. Enterprising.

[@juliejohnson9531]

This is so cool! I didn't know this place existed. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@LaidBackLiving]

Super cool place! Awesome video.

[@laurawilkinson2679]

I really enjoyed this! I loved seeing all the flowers growing in her fields. You did a great job on this one.

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

Thank you so much!

[@C141B]

Beautiful. I love this whole video.

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

Thank you!

[@chelemichele1524]

Nice 👍 pretty 😁 Have a good day🌻🌻🌻

[@azpeach5680]

This was absolutely fascinating!!!!what an amazing idea and beautiful flower farm! This lady did an amazing job! Such a great use of the land:)

[@lisaporria7307]

Thank you for sharing her story! My goal next year is to plant a cutting flower garden for myself! This was timely and I will visit her next year.

[@flowersbychallais]

This is my dream!! So beautiful

[@karenshanks8127]

I just love the name of her farm 😄 And what an awesome idea!

[@SuperBlakes2]

That's phenomenal. How quickly you've created all that. It's beautiful.

[@Mamasliebe]

Absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@jeffrosquist7920]

Very hard worker!!!

[@jennyray4753]

really cool video...inspiring!!

[@jeannet9592]

Very impressive!

[@nancycagle7854]

Thank you!

[@scuzzbecuzz]

Fascinating!

[@rosanapasquini8714]

Great ideal I would love to do this

[@pamd1861]

Awesome and inspiring!

[@juliebeal8574]

Wow that is such a beautiful place!!! I LOVE it!

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

It really is!

[@kriswhite1344]

BEAUTIFUL

[@Tuckerx6]

Loved your video! Great impression! Just a tip on the chickens and sunflowers; they love dried sunflower seeds. So just let your sunflower heads dry out before feeding them.

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

Good to know!

[@bettinah.7429]

Enjoyed this,thanks for showcasing strong,independent entrepreneurial women! 👍🏼

[@ambethk77]

Such a fun video!

[@Lady_of_Ishpeming]

I'm interested to know where she gets her cups from. I'm interested in having a u-pick flower farm. Any additional information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for sharing this!

[@ImaCreativeKiwi]

Oh my gosh, Ferengi chickens! That’s hilarious

[@howdydoughty7634]

This is such an awesome idea! And a beautiful farm

[@brankenflowery8416]

Sunfinity sunflowers are perfect for a U-pick flower Farm.

[@Bostoncrocus]

Location please? Your garden is great but it helps to compare our climates and soil to decide about what to grow. We have red clay soil here at McBride Flower Farm in zone 7b NC USA

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

Idaho

[@lieshoogendoorn2444]

Haha nice magliner you got there! So where you Camera department or art department in your past career? Greetings from a setdresser-turned-flower farmer ;)

[@naomi8097]

Beautiful

[@desireeparr7662]

This is soooo genius

[@LilacDaisy2]

I didn't think ProCuts would be able to be planted from saved seed. I sure hope they can!!!

[@tracycrider7778]

They can but the babies might not be similar to parents

[@cjandauntieyaya1446]

Last year I grew a bunch of sunflowers and fed them to the chickens and ducks. They LOVED them! I try to grow as much veggies and grains as I can for the birds to forage. This year was a bust because I was dealing with COVID during the srping early summer plantings and now I'm dealing with Long Covid issues and the fact that our temps are still in the 100's that slows me down for fall plantings.

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

oh no! Did you lung issues or long?

[@cjandauntieyaya1446]

@@TheGrassfedHomestead - Yeah, still dealing with lung issues. Never needed an inhaler before. Get vaccinated, getting COVID is no joke. Going to my friend's anniversary/memorial at the end of October because her husband died from it. You know I had to make matters worse by accidentally breathing in my cough syrup last night. OI!

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

@@cjandauntieyaya1446 that's awful - I'm sorry you're going through this

[@ginakendrick2581]

How far apart should i plant my dahlia

[@ginakendrick2581]

Hope i can just have enough flowers for Roadside stand

[@amathonn]

Great video! You gave me some ideas for our own little acreage. Do you have any advice on bed preparation and which flowers too start with?

[@grumpychickenfarm]

Sunflowers !

[@ginakendrick2581]

Where did you get your belt

[@merrycontrary3520]

Cool!

[@tinaholbrook9719]

Can you save seeds from pollenless sunflowers? Also if they're not heirloom, will they grow back true to form?

[@grumpychickenfarm]

I"m experimenting right now.

[@misfitkrew2144]

They won’t produce a seed unless another sunflower containing pollen nearby somehow spread to the ones without pollen. The bees feed on the nectar/oil of the flowers since it has no pollen.

[@janew5351]

What size opening hardware cloth did you use on the Joel S chicken tractor? If you add 1in cloth to the bottom, would it be rodent proof?

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

I don't use the Salatin chicken tractor. I use the Suscovich tractor. I have 1/2" hardware cloth on it. 1" would not be rodent proof. 1/2" is the maximum size that is still rodent proof and that isn't recommended to use on the bottom of a tractor.

[@natalieshigeta2510]

the sunflowers need to be dried before livestock, including chickens, will eat them. just sayin. I love your Chanel and binge watch it often. keep on!

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

Thanks, Natalie!

[@jacinthajayawardenathomas6568]

Where is this place at?

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

north Idaho

[@noralivinglifeonquailvalle8899]

do you have a good seed supplier?

[@grumpychickenfarm]

I use Johnnys and a few others

[@lubna6755]

Where is your farm can I get your address I want to see you please thanks ❤

[@antoninacawley7949]

It looks like the flower garden is ready to re start and re plant again, as most have used up the grounds goodness. Zinnia looks to small.

[@helenachase5627]

Did you say road fabric or rose fabric,?

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

road

[@helenachase5627]

@@TheGrassfedHomestead Do you recommend any. My goal is to plant my first rows of sunflowers zinnia, love lies bleeding . It's a jungle out there shopping so wonder if you know what a person should expect to pay

[@MistressOP]

They don't know it's food. you gotta break it open to teach them. Always remember with farm animals we take them away from their mommas so young we are mom and dad and we teach them what to eat and what is food. If they can't smell it they don't figure it out. IF you ever feed nuts to young feeders. If you crack some of the nuts then feed it. They get it a lot faster. Then start cracking them their selves.

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

they eventually figured it out. Thanks!

[@ginagruber1732]

Maybe the chickens would like the sunflower seeds if they were loose, not in the head

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

They eventually figured it out. They are devouring them now!

[@NightfallHomestead]

The seeds on the flower heads just weren't mature. Shells only. If they were mature and there was meat in them the birds would have devoured them 😁

[@Cynthia-sm5uj]

Im starting on my 3rd year of growing cut flowers. Last year i was down with severe case of Lyme disease. I put money into the property. I have no sales, no public interest. No helpers. This year, as a single lone woman, im already exhausted. I dont know what im going to do to earn money. I moved tp the area 3 years ago and i have no friends here. I am getting depressed while growing flowers. Thats a laugh!

[@TheGrassfedHomestead]

It's hard to keep going without community. Are there any local groups you can join?

[@emilykelly2815]

Charlotte Smith is a farmer coach whom I listen to. Of course she has a course/coaching that she teaches, but she also has a great podcast and free things too.

[@Cynthia-sm5uj]

@@emilykelly2815 thank you. i will take a look

[@Cynthia-sm5uj]

@@TheGrassfedHomestead im looking. ive tried inserting myself into a couple spots. i will find someone/something. im changing direction and focus. ill keep trying until i invent a light bulb answer. thank you

[@elnosworld9893]

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