TROUBLE on the Farm!!! Will FLOWERS Save This Market?

This week the Air Conditioner in our walk in cooler broke down, so we have to harvest all our veggies the day before the farmers market. The Employee is back thankfully, but there is also another heat wave and the smoke is still stuck in our valley. The good news is that things look amazing this week, there are lots of flower, we make a gladiolus bouquet featuring Serina's salanova filler, and Ian arranges a bouquet finally under her watchful eye. There are lots of sunflowers harvested, and we also harvest lots of peppers and zucchini, to add to the rainbow of colours featured on our farmers market booth. Truly amazing.
We have just passed our 4 year anniversary of making KZbin videos, hooray! We have made well over 500 videos during the time, some good, others great, but every video feels like it's own individual mountain to climb, especially these longer vlogs. We only get to bask in the relaxing feeling of a job well done for a short period of time before we ask ourselves, "ok but what's the next video?" Keeping that in mind, if you enjoy our content, and understand the message we are trying to broadcast, then we want you to shop locally at your local farmers market. In a capitalist society you create the future with every purchase you make, so build a future that includes a robust local economy of farms, it benefits all of us. We try to show the work that farmers put in behind the scenes, the endless hours and non stop problems that arise for people like us, so that you can understand that the slightly pricier food grown locally has additional value, and those grocery store low prices can have other costs that we might not see immediately. Plus, local food is fresh and tastes great, and farmers make wearing work clothes look good!
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[@LizWilliamsWildflowerLiz]

It was so fun watching Ian create a bouquet and Serena giving him tips… I definitely would love to see that again!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

everyone kept asking so we had to do it!

[@monicahennessy5648]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass It was great! It was kind of like Ian was the guinea pig for all of us who would be making the same mistakes. We benefitted from the instruction you gave afterward. Thank you both!

[@MsCara93]

Watching Serina teach Ian was so helpful! Your bouquets are always so stunning Serina!!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

thanks

[@isobelmunoffilm5694]

I admire your ability to maintain your artful and creative drive through such very demanding physical work. The love and care you have for your flowers and produce is evident. Your community is enriched by what you offer at the market and your stand. Love watching from 2,200 miles away!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We like the work, which really helps

[@surobhisaikia7730]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass when your job Is your passion, it’s not a job ❤️

[@MeganSherow]

Loved the “Ian makes a bouquet” bit, and the instructional demo that followed! You guys are great at what you do!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks so much!

[@thenodiggardener]

Loved those Glad bouquets. Definitely worth digging up the bulbs, and saving for next year.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

the fancy ones are definitely special

[@aliceisonyoutube]

Gosh I admire how you manage to do all the farm things before a market AND film it AND have kids/life stuff going on behind the scenes. Incredible! You are amazing 🙌

[@emptynestgardens9057]

The editing is truly top notch, so enjoyable. This week I loved teaching Ian to put a bouquet together as a way to teach us all. Very informative content. Congrats on top sales even through the heat, smoke and broken AC. You guys are kill'n it! 👍🏻 Stay safe.

[@jamieferguson7612]

Agreed! I really liked the camera shot showing all the bouquets being wrapped

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks so much

[@emptynestgardens9057]

@@jamieferguson7612 Yes that was the bit I actually said out loud "nailed it!" 🤣

[@Botruc]

you should harvest the glads corms, store them for the winter (easy to do) and plant them back in the spring. So that you can get back the original investment. Usually, the flowers become more and more beautiful as the years go by (as long as you fertilize after harvesting the flower).

[@RTCPhotoWork]

Yes, they overwinter inside after possibly growing baby corms for more flowers next season. It would be worth the time to dig them up and store them.

[@janetleeharrison]

@@RTCPhotoWork Yes! Plus the kiddos would love digging out the corms with their hands!💜

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

we will overwinter these inside for us. But the cost of labour, ect, makes it so it is a losing crop for us, so we won't sell them in the future

[@lisafeck1537]

Seeing your son put what I think are strawberries into the cubbie of his tractor, made me smile 🙂 my 4 yo grandson puts everything he treasures into what we call the "trunk" of his "bike", his tricycle, it's sometimes hilarious, and always adorable. I say, these simple opportunities to observe our children content, and joyful are the real spice of life. These children are the treasure of our lives, the treasure of our country's future. Your children are getting a valuable education about food and where it comes from.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

they like to make potions and jam with the berries. I only grow them for the kids, so I don't mind too much - they eat a lot of them too just as garden snacks

[@davec1117]

Your secateurs, pruners always make such a satisfying snap as you harvest and... your videos are always such a lift, thanks!

[@Sammysam44]

love Ian's bouquet!!! also, Serena, u r an awesome teacher. I love how u compliment one another with your strengths and your "not so strengths"..lol

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Oh thank you!

[@MimiGardens]

I was thinking about how beautiful the stand was just before Ian said he thought it was even better than last week! :)

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

i think it was the best yet

[@ingela1767]

Agree! It was super pretty :)

[@helenachase78]

The gladiolus bouquets were gorgeous, in fact they were all amazing. Ian put together a gorgeous display. You two are a great team on so many levels and an inspiration to many !

[@cuteSquee]

The glad/lettuce bouquets were beautiful!

[@livingintentionally4559]

Ahh! Two friends smiling in the field together! 😂😂😂 13:12

[@kjrchannel1480]

I enjoyed the sunflower faces. Everyone needs some comic relief these days.

[@susanbossung9098]

I love the glads! I want them to sell like crazy. I’m rooting for the glads and amaranth. I’m on the FLOWER TEAM. Am such a fan, I wait every week for your harvest episode.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

how much everyone online loves the glads makes up for their poor selling at market

[@Su_Silver]

Congratulations on meeting your goals this week despite the challenges

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

a nice surprise

[@alyssayounan]

Serena and Ian! I loved the bouquet making lesson. It was so fun to see what Ian put together . Then Serena explaining her technique! Loved it.

[@monasingh11]

Serena making bouquets is my favourite part of the videos 🌸🌺💕🌻💐

[@lovelyrainflowerfarm]

I loved Ian’s colors. And Serina’s structure.

[@lynne7656]

Serena the care and thought you put into every bouquet is impressive and they're all beautiful. Good job Ian! And I loved how Serena gave tips but still fully supported the one of a kind Ian bouquet. 🙂

[@anuja7564]

The stand definitely looked prettier today. Serena the bouquet with the glads and the lettuce was beautiful and your class on bouquet making was very pro. The sunflower smiley was so cute....😃 congratulations on another successful market and looking forward to lots more.......

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks so much 😊

[@bonnydavid1590]

I would love to see more of Serena and Ian making bouquets. I actually learned a lot too!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It will be a while until I get Ian back, lol. Maybe this fall winter he will have to do a dried bouquet

[@ambergreen5531]

Ian did a great job with that bouquet. We call it a designer’s choice at the flower shop. No recipe just whatever you want. The glad bouquet with the lettuce was amazing!!!

[@rebacorddesignstudio7470]

My mother is an artist and she really liked the glads with the sunflowers, said that it was beautiful.

[@snorman5041]

The accepted hardiness zone for the classic Grandiflora gladioli (your typical garden glad) is zone 8, but it’s well known that by covering them with a good mulch, you can keep them alive in zones 6 and 7. But what’s more surprising is that sometimes (and there is no guarantee!), they survive the winter zones 4 and 5, even zone 3 with only the slightest bit of protection.

[@meandmysunshine1]

Great sale! WOW! You did it! Good for you! 45 Bouquets! Excellent!

[@carolleimbach6407]

The flowers and the stand is gorgeous 💐 I didn't know how relaxing watching flower picking and bouquet making is for me. Releasing those endorphins ☺⚘

[@muttley7875]

Your Flowers are SO beautiful & your Veg always looks delish! Love the striped Tomatoes.... 👌

[@22zanners]

I work in a flower shop and that glads, lettuce, and sunflower bouquet would be 60$…it’s beautiful, you do great work! 🌻❤️🙂

[@derno]

I think you did an amazing job with the white sunflower and purple glads, that lettuce stuff you used was killer too! Love it

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I was shocked how nice those looked in the end, they were one of my favorites that week

[@makola1970]

Everything looks amazing! Especially the sunflowers

[@surobhisaikia7730]

Flowers are winners and your creative touch with flowers awesome

[@unicornzalltheway8064]

YES ! so happy you guys did more than 1000 $ at the market ! I love your creative ideas Serina , the Amaranth , Lettuce fillers ! And just love the glads !

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

At very least, we have enjoyed the glads in the garden, and getting to share pretty pictures of them with everyone

[@adeleramsaroop4759]

Beautiful flowers...u inspire me to start my own flower garden...

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Go for it!

[@JeanneKinland]

That is the most BEAUTIFUL market stand I have ever seen. WOW! You guys are amazing...

[@heyy13]

Really beautiful flowers this week! I am glad you still managed to have such a good stand. I think your reputation for flowers is really starting to build into something.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

thanks

[@kathrynweaver2490]

I fall into all the flower buyer categories 😂😂 I cant pass up a good bouquet of flowers 💐

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Right?!

[@rosaliebuist2334]

It's so helpful to see how you guys do this! We're new to homesteading and hoping to do a small farmer's market booth next summer. So many great bits of information on the logistics of the market! Thank you!

[@heatherdoolittle2204]

I would totally buy your bouquets, Serena. They are amazing!!!!

[@cindyhingley]

Love the sunflower glad bouquet

[@borealbre]

Loved the bouquet building segment with Ian, it shows how much skill goes into making the bouquets match the vision and the techniques you use to do so! Enjoying the longer videos. Would love to see you guys include a meal you cook or simple dish with your fresh farm food each week to give people ideas of local food they could make from the farmer's market or home grown produce. Also a bit about what you are preserving or canning each week in your busy schedules so you have some for winter. I think this would help give some insight into your week and help promote local food even more :) Also definitely team "veggies as filler," love that you get multiple uses out of your crops for the market!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We are so busy with the farm, that we don't do any sort of canning anymore. We throw whole tomatoes into the freezer, and also bags of leftover shishitos. And we freeze fresh fruit for winter.

[@BigBandLittleClub777]

We absolutely love your channel ☺️, both of you are so fun loving and knowledgeable, we see mega success coming your way! You both are stars shining bright, hard working ones.

[@firmaagustina6946]

Always enjoy your harvesting and market day

[@melb.6617]

I think Ian’s Colorpalette was great! You should let him make bouquets more often. For a first shot he did great.

[@katrienvh4289]

Perhaps a little tip? When I go to the market, If a stand has some less filled baskets (veggies), then It looks like that stand is celling very good and that attracts people to have a look and get some 2...

[@sabbyjones2308]

This was the most beautiful market setup. I love and look firward to the market videos

[@annekeweide1141]

Love how you are both managing tour farm! Happy to see that this market was successful despite the smoke and covid! A little tip to bind the bouquets together: get your rubber band around some stems, rather high, do a tour and a half and end putting it around some other stems, lower this time. You can easily get your bands around every bouquet you make! Good luck to the two of you, hope you'll have a bit of rain soon...

[@susanturner9023]

Stunning! The 💐 look Amazing! 🥰💕❤️✨! I think your stand is amazing too!

[@sharonjennings1282]

Thank you for the tip on the amirante. Mine is so tall and heavy that is hard to use and the side branches aren't very strong and they droop easily. Next year I will definitely try them in because I love the stuff. Thanks again for sharing this tip it is really important

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

the skinny stems do droop a little, but I like the look with a little movement

[@aawindswept]

I love the glads !!! The colors are beautiful ♥️

[@MyFocusVaries]

I really liked Ian's bouquet!

[@CatherinesGardenHomeLWS]

Hello! Thank you for inspiring me to grow flowers. I love your zinnias. I want to grow more next year in my little urban garden. It is amazing how much joy they give. I also admire your determination to work through bad situations and find peace in them. Purpose gives power!

[@lee8300]

The red Celosia flowers are beautiful in the bouquets.

[@justinaramirez3811]

I love the happy and unhappy sun flowers 🌻😂🤣

[@samanthaw1419]

Fab video as always. I love the updates on what sells and in what order. More of those please❤️

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thank you! Will do!

[@cookingwithlie445]

I always watch your video I love your flower farm Thank you for sharing

[@RTCPhotoWork]

I loved the fuchsia in Ian's bouquet over the chartruise.

[@margarethatton2965]

My bouquets changed completely when I started adding greenery, either in the centre as a structure or as a 'collar' around the outside last. Watching Ian struggle with cosmos, bought back pain😂

[@rachelgalus]

I enjoy everything about your farm and you guys as people. Your all summer smoke filled skies are scary. But I’ve spent my summer pondering over what 3 crops I would grow if I could only grow 3: potatoes, cucumbers, strawberries.

You work so hard- but still have time and energy to play!

[@MsKurikara]

Your hard work guys is amazing! Congratulations!

[@1962beaches]

You guys make a great team✌🏼 your passion and drive are what make you so successful, enjoy your videos. Hello from Vancouver Island 🌷🌿🇨🇦

[@MsPhseven]

All that work paid off!! x The stall looked absolutely gorgeous!

[@jillyd2807]

You did better than you thought!!! Yay 😃

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Great tip on the amaranth! (Heavily seeding it) I am getting really thick stems even after continuously pinching, & I've noticed the more I pinch, the more they branch out, the more crooked the stems get, so I think your way would work much better!

[@gabriellakadar]

Excellent! Your beets look spectacular. Those cylinder shaped ones are my all time faves. Alas I don't live in Kelowna but if I did I would have bought three bunches. Also I really appreciate how you keep the greens because cooked beet greens taste really good. Your market stand looked so beautiful.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

cylindra is my favorite too - not many other growers sell it too, so it's a bit differtent at market

[@patriciast.claire7138]

You two are sooo great together. Your kids are just beautiful. I love seeing all the flowers. Those zinnias are just gorgeous!

[@pang-ngiavang1956]

Yipeeeeeeeeeeee! You guys crushed your $1000 goal! Well deserved! Stay safe and be well!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

thanks

[@gaylecorwin3460]

I actually rewatch all of your old shows 😅😂 I just love y

[@breannahorton]

If you don't want to lift and store the glads, it might be possible to overwinter them in the ground. They aren't supposed survive in my zone and we had a cold winter last year that got down to -15f/-26c and every single one of mine in the ground made it.

[@katrina2931]

I agree. They overwinter for me in zone 6b. It’s worth a try anyways.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

weve tried many times, they just don't survive the winters here

[@nancystoltenberg3564]

Love watching bouquets being made and beautiful market displays. You both do such a great job.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thank you so much!

[@juliaburdine9632]

Those veggies look SO good, and the flowers are the stuff of dreams. Love the glad bouquet!

[@justlittleolme7977]

I normally don’t like glads but you made them look beautiful!

[@heartforthehomestead6649]

Woohoo fantastic market day! I really really loved how those glad and sunflower bouquets turned out. And clearly the customers did too.

[@ktom6374]

Your flowers and bouquets are beautiful. Your veggies are gorgeous too. The veggies will sell quick if you find an inexpensive way to jazz them up and make veggie baskets... similar to Easter baskets. They would sell for the price of the 💐.

[@monicajackson5869]

That's a great idea!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We've tried mix bags at market in a lot of different ways, and people just want to buy a few things from lots of people, so it never works out. The grab bag ideas work well at our house though, so we will have to try it when the farm stand is running

[@natashaa7944]

Loved watching Serina explained making bouquets!

[@colleendigiacomo3089]

Ian’s bouquet is great

[@TheTravelingCanadianFoodie]

You guys need to buy a flower delivery truck when you go to market...they're beautiful!!!!! I want to buy them all!!!

[@charmagnejanemanzinares66]

I am such a huge admirer of your work towards sustaining yourself from what nature provides. I always wait for your weekly updates and it is my stress reliever of some sort from dealing with so much chaos from the hospital. Thank you so much.

[@cindycalvert4875]

I honestly love the texture that the bolted lettuce has! It ended up looking so pretty in the bouquet.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

great video thanks for sharing

[@thiabrabson2533]

W.O.W❣ Ian's bouquet 💐

[@kellinigh2398]

Always entertained while marveling at your talent.

[@simplysamanthacreates]

Amazing market! Love you channel!

[@edithreardon6042]

Catching up on videos. Love your new roadside sign. My trees and garden think it is fall already. They just got too much smoke and not enough light.

[@barbaramccann7944]

Zone 5, northern Michigan, my glads overwinter in the ground, some for more than 20 years. I’m sure our snow cover helps insulate them. I believe Nicole (Flower Hill Farm, zone 4, New York State) had some overwinter too. It would be interesting to experiment, mulch some, and see if you can get them to rebloom.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

that could be our issue here, we don't really get much snow, so we get colder in the ground because of the lack of insulation

[@joyrainesjones3043]

My mom used to dig up the glads after they died back. Put bulbs in a box of sawdust in a cool dry place. Replant next year

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I'm going to try saving them too this winter

[@SR98889]

Ughhhh. I LOVE the glads!!!

[@outback8045]

You both are so inspirational loved the video!

[@citizenengagement]

I'm here in alberta. I notice that when the smoke rolls in (usually from bc) it is so so hard on my plants. Everything just stalls out until they can get full sun again. Like heavy shade cloth on full sun plants. I hope that's all that is happening with your zinnia!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

sometimes things do better here because of the smoke, because of the shade cloth effect. I know some of my greens are starting to be a bit happier. But it can make a big difference on light levels

[@karenslater343]

Beautifully made bouquets Serina and Ian too. Well done at the market

[@anamachado7508]

Hi guys I,hope does fire,s are hover soon i, wish you guys healthy and all the best selling your flowers vegetables and everything you have take care🇨🇦🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼⚘🌾⚘🌾⚘🥀🌻🌺🌼

[@avismcdaniel1503]

Luv it Serena and Ian!

[@lindaparra6002]

You two are always sO positive! May God Bless Your work and effort. I feel you're greAt stewards of what God has entrusted you with. Blessings!!!

[@Pollypole]

I loved learning about how to make a bouquet! I would love more on that in the future! It seems there is so much to learn. I've also really enjoyed seeing what sells at the market and how you display everything. It really looked beautiful! I wonder if your produce would sell better if you had the names of the varieties and some descriptions with them (example: Paul Robeson Heirloom Tomato: smoky and sweet; etc.). It might be worth a shot for team veggie? :)

[@denenemcbride7372]

We grate the monster squash make relish or zucchini bread with it. Yum! You guys are such a great team!

[@soccermom1245]

JEFF GORDON!! YAY!! Y'all are cool!

[@danyrob09]

Their relationship is so beautiful and loving! Keep the vids coming 😁❤️