We Planted 5000 Tulips For THIS!

This week we are opening up our roadside stand, harvesting our 5000 Tulips, arranging them into bouquets, and putting them up for sale! This is our 4th year farming, and we hope to actually make some money this year, and starting the season with a big Tulip harvest is the perfect jump start to get us on our way to our goal. Serina was working overtime to pull this off, she was busy our in the farm, pulling up Tulips, which we would store in the walk in cooler till they were reading to be arranged. Sales were strong, and we are excited about starting the farm season with a big win. The bouquets are all so colourful, these Tulips really put on a show. Hopefully we can convince all our customers that we are the only place they need to go for all the flower needs!
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[@sheelaghomalley5459]

Don't you just love that sound of harvesting tulips. God I can't wait for spring 2023

[@veronikasladekova5226]

You can dig the bulbs once the foliage die back, use the space in summer for something else, store the bulbs in basement and plant them in fall, there is no need for the bulbs to be in the ground during the summer.

[@l_alvarez_1k]

I had a bunch of my bulbs fall short of what i expected for my usual bouquet bunches. Sooo, i grabbed a bunch of the shorties with some filler and a few jelly size mason jars...voila! Perfect for a personal desk bouquet or small front reception office. Sometimes, a full $20 bouquet seems like a splurge for a small office or small apartment. These $10 shorties are a beautiful touch for a quick gift or pick-me-up without seeming extra.

[@davelawson2564]

Agree !

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Luckily, even our short ones ended up being long enough once we pulled the stem. But that is a great trick for using what you gave

[@gardengirl7446]

BEAUTIFUL 💐 bouquets! Congrats on a great start to your flower season! We LOVED ❤ visiting your farm stand 🌼

[@radhikam2401]

I wish so much “cha-ching” for you guys this season. You won’t know what to do with it. As always, your hard work shows.

[@LavenderandLettuce]

You can still dry store the tulips without the bulbs still attached. Some growers are in the bulb-on and some are in the bulb-off camp. Was listening to Jennie Love's Podcast about tulips and she stores thousands of tulips without the bulbs, so I stored all of mine that way for 3-4 weeks in the fridge to hold for Mother's Day and they rehydrated great! So try it next season. 🥀

[@daoandchayeng3249]

I agree on this - we are flower farmers that sell at Pike Place Market in Seattle. We have been doing this for 30+ years, and the way we harvest our tulips is similar to above statement. We're not a big company but operate at a family level; We pull each tulip out, only the ones with color tip, and then bunch them in 12-20 stems, then rubber band them on the bottom. Next, we gather them, wrap them in paper, and place 4-6 bundles in a bucket (no water). The tulips are stored in the cooler at 37 degrees. We do this for all our tulips a month before Mother's Day. A day before selling we unwrap them, cut a little off the bottom tip, put them in water, and voila, they come to 'life" ready for selling; The tulips that bloom too fast are sold in the market. So yeah, hopefully that helps some folks who's getting into flower farming :) :)

[@laurieclarkson9180]

@@daoandchayeng3249 Thanks so much for the tips guys! What are your top 3 tulips? Tulip shopping is crazy overwhelming.

[@beckyslife6307]

Beautiful tulips🌷 The cats are so cute😼 Glad y'all had such a successful Mothers Day sale!😊

[@LittleGardenBigDreams]

Yay! Bouquet making is back. Those tulips 🌷 look so beautiful xx Cathi xx 😘

[@lydiamclaughlin7100]

The best flower shot! 9:27....looks amazing!!

[@GrowingonVancouverIsland]

I love that you save the bulbs and give them another chance to live and flower 🌷🌷🌷

[@jeannet9592]

Beautiful tulips and arrangements! You are both so hard working, and manage to have fun too.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

💗💗💗

[@MeganSherow]

Loving Ian’s intros lately! So glad the tulips are working well so far!!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Ian's team flowers, so now that the flowers are back, he is having fun editing videos

[@donnamontgomery5565]

Your soil is amazing. And I'm learning about flower farming tulips now. 4 years into it with 2 years sales ,so I'm getting there ! I swear when I go to heaven I will do his gardens. You are awsome!

[@phungtransimplehappiness]

These tulip flowers are so beautiful . I wish I live near you so that I can stop by and pick up them Love your garden and hard work , the cat is so cute , too . Happy to all !

[@isobelmunoffilm5694]

Gorgeous! 😍 You are amazing!

[@Stauffer-fs8kz]

I can totally relate to the "pop and the UGHHHH" when the Tulip comes out without the bulb (the Florist that I sell to really appreciates if the bulb is still attached, so I try my best!)! I thought I had a lot this year...2,000 for me! It was a crazy, beautiful season! Hope your Tulip sales are great!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I'm definitely hoping to have a technique for them to pull out easier next year. I think they keep a lot better with the bulb too

[@Stauffer-fs8kz]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass You did an amazing job pulling them out! I have found that after a rain they are easier, and planting in compost can be helpful too. Enjoyed seeing your lovely blooms and super sales!

[@catherinelogan6299]

You have an amazing amount of energy. You deserve great rewards for all your hard work this season.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

💗💗💗

[@millieatcentralcagarden9764]

So much hard work but definitly a labor of love. I want an armful of stunning tulips! Great job on your hard work. Have you thought of doing you tube "shorts" on all your monthly bouquets? I bet you'll get lots of views.

[@daralifestyle6232]

Very nice 👌👍

[@vangala]

Beautiful

[@Bella_aN]

Love tulip much

[@Bella_aN]

Really like your garden

[@deidrecalabro5725]

WOW! I can't believe you're doing this on your own. Beautiful work❤️

[@iim6009]

漂亮，喜欢。花花的世界。

[@SiebMab]

Love flowers as I love your garden too, ❤️❤️❤️

[@marydrew3568]

Hooray for a wonderful start to the 2022 season. Wonderful job Ian and Sirena. 🎉🌷🥰🥰🌷🎉

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks

[@ienekevanhouten4559]

Thanks for telling me that there is a tulip that bears my mother’s maiden name! I must get some next fall. Right now I am enjoying this year’s spectacular flowers, partly in containers on my deck. I am mildly obsessed with getting even more next year. Loving this video and sharing it. Carry on making the world a more beautiful place!

[@bugzbunny3772]

You are so cute ! I love how dedicated you are ! Here’s a flower for you 🌷 ❤️

[@FarmerC.J.]

Very pretty! Tulips are the only flowers that continue to grow after they’ve been cut☺️

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It's so weird to see them getting longer in the vase

[@meganpatten724]

OMG I loved the editing on Ian pounding the stakes in :D Made me laugh. Great job guys, your flowers look amazing and your bouquets even better!

[@andrewcrabb8407]

Hey you guys! I stored half my tulips bulb on, half cut. When I brought them out of storage 3 weeks later, I couldn’t see any difference in performance. I wish I had a farm stand though!!

[@janew5351]

I wish I was close to your farm for I would buy your bulbs, dry them and have a garden of flowers next year. Just smaller and not very long stems would make me so happy for a few weeks!

[@artbylisaharrington]

You should get a stem chopper like Nicole at Flower Hill Farm has. You're all about efficiency this year!

[@oneeyehives]

I was saying the same thing lol!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We have one on order now. It's definitely time to get one. I've been avoiding it in the past years because my son is very interested in helping, and it would be hard to keep him away, but he's older now, and they also have locks on them to keep it safe when I'm not using them

[@pang-ngiavang1956]

That's a lot hard work! As always I love watching your channel and all the beautiful flowers. Congrats on the Mother's Day weekend sale!

[@armypardo2270]

QUE HERMOSA ES LA CREACION DE DIOS.🌹🌹🌹

[@carolleimbach6407]

Those flowers are amazing. 😍 Great choice of varieties. What a wonderful start of the season.

[@gardengatesopen]

STILL diggin those snazzy overalls Serena!! 💚💙🖤💜🤍

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks. They are from Duluth

[@helenlatimer9601]

Could you install a ring doorbell in your little farm shop so you can see when the flowers are sold. You would get notifications when someone is there. 😀

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Good idea

[@mountainvalleyrefuge]

So nice to see your farm stand in action! Way to go :):)

[@ZebaShaikhWho]

I’m in love with Tulips 🌷 Recently visited keukenhof and it was amazingly beautiful

[@seradsouza3456]

I love flowers. I'm from India

[@ashalatasoans9222]

Good luck guys! Hope you sell a lot this season…

[@altheab.8907]

Really nice bouquets, Serina.

[@shanlynwebb]

Lovely video. I love the flower stand.

[@estherhanko1457]

Whoah that looks like so much work! They look amazing though! I loled at how your smile with the armful of tulips went from "YAY" to "yeah yeah let's get on with it" with every location :D

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

In the heat, they start to open really fast, so its a bit of a race

[@sweetakhadgi8077]

I really wait for your video ... Those tulips were so lovely☺️☺️

[@oneeyehives]

I truly think that the only thing holding the road side shop back is the curb appeal. The fence on both sides are just begging for landscape images. There is so much space you could even do the different seasons along them. Maybe look for a high school or college art student(s). Who knows, they might even do it for no cost for experience and marketing of their skills. 😁

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We are going to be putting a garden in the front, and planting lots of taller plants

[@theroyalfamily17M]

Beautiful tulip garden

[@katrinar9310]

Haha Serina saying 4000-5000 tulips are a good amount for the work involved...then on the Livestream..."Ian, I need 14,000!" Love it! Well maybe with the raised beds they will be less work to harvest next year. Can't wait for the new growing season on the farm... without vegetables for sale will be interesting though. Blessings, -Kate

[@TV-ri1en]

꽃도 꽃과 함께하는 당신도 아름다워요~~매우 아름다워요.🥰💕👍

[@conniek3354]

The tulips looks beautiful! Interesting how growers dig up bulb and all. I love tulips!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It's for being able to store them for long periods of time in a cooler, and still have them be fresh and perfect

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Lots of blooms. Lots of sales. Great!

[@palabhay20]

I think you should paint the fence of farm stand from white to flower images. People passing by will definitely notice the farm stand and Some of them end of buying some flowers. I guess multiple colors of tulips will do the job...

[@christinaannabel]

Thank you for sharing about your day-to-day hard work on the farm and selling your product. As a serious home gardener, I appreciate it and wish you both the best! One small recommendation - Ian might want to consider protecting his hearing when driving posts into the ground (or using any mechanized tools). Over time, such loud sounds can result in hearing loss. In this case, an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure.

[@vegetarianhomesteaders4749]

Love it! We need to plant more on our homestead

[@45jessiemad]

Yep get all the pictures this year while you can!! I think I'm going to try the raised tuilp bed this fall. I lost over half my tulip crop this year. 😭

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Oh no! That really sucks!

[@venusgarden959]

Amazing video🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍

[@alisonedwards1637]

Loved the well timed editing of Ian putting in the T posts. Gorgeous tulips and great bouquet making. I'd love to see some perrenials along the fence by the farm stand. Would be beautiful and attract customers💜 Keep up the good work👍

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We are planning on putting in a bunch of annuals, like sun flowers and zinnias

[@silencedflower8441]

Looking beautiful., looking amazing., such abundance! Blessed. 💗🌱💐💗

[@Nat-mk7gb]

I agree with some comments that short tulips look wonderful in petite bouquets 💝sometimes they are even more cheerful because they are at different eye level! Maybe worth trying to sell those as well?

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Even the short tulips were long enough once I pulled the underground stem

[@Nat-mk7gb]

That’s fantastic :) can’t wait to see more videos. Best of luck for the season 🙏🏻

[@jnash5137]

I love the beautiful tulips and learning about them as you educate us. Thanks so much,

[@gardenerfromnagalandchanne464]

It's absolutely stunning

[@theoldshedsoapworks]

Are you able to hang a sign beside your name on the fence? It may look cool to have a big TULIP sign to promote there and maybe change it out from product to product.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We plan on having plants planted up there this year

[@hopemorrison2367]

Beautiful flowers as usual hope you did well on mothers day

[@carolannjacques268]

Lotta work!

[@chelseap7881]

amazing, hard work. well done!

[@cowbosskristy]

Beautiful! They are so much better than last year! Glad they have better stems for you. Mine are not up at all. It makes me nervous but it’s still so cold here. Hopefully soon they come up.

[@MarilenaVazquez]

Love your channel! Amazing!

[@floributar1057]

Felicitari, Ce lume frumoasă!

[@kele1264]

16:39 That's the one! 💐🌷 25:05 Holy heavy tools, Batman! 🛠 How much does that post driver weigh? 25:45 awwwww......

[@thinambui2935]

Vườn hoa đẹp quá , thanhk bạn

[@sherylgardiner7]

Oh my word your bouquets are so reasonable

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks

[@kathleenblundetto1624]

I really enjoyed this video! Those bouquets are beautiful! (I’m from southeastern Pennsylvania; wish you guys were closer!🌷) congrats on a successful farm stand!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

💗💗💗

[@emilasmith4279]

Just lovely! I’m in Ohio otherwise would be stopping frequently for bunches! Love how you wrap the brown paper. Going to steal that idea! So had some ideas for your stand…. Install an intercom or ring camera and a sign so that customers can buzz you to ask about certain colors or if you had more. Or a security camera to monitor just for conversations with customers. Add a pretty round sticker with your company name, number, email, instagram etc. with a tag line that you make custom orders. Leave a clip board and paper with note across top for customers to leave their cell/email so you can send out emails or alerts that you’ll have xyz out today. (Similar to food trucks in the states with intense followers that announce say at 9:30 am that they will be at xyz location at noon today). Their are many free email newsletters that you can add everyone’s emails too and do a blitz every other day with a short note about what is blooming this week with a gorgeous picture. Consider add on sales: Flower note tags (happy bday, congrats, with sympathy) with envelopes. Very inexpensive to buy assorted box and display stand. I sold these in my gift shops. Double or triple your cost of the item (round to quarter for easy $ in jar). I also sold glass vases that I bought wholesale by the case (usually 50 cents each, sell for 2.50 or 3.00). Just have them always on your shelves. Maybe have a small peg board of bows made up and sell for $2 or $3. Again buy ribbon in bulk at floral supplier. These are small items but they add up. Contact me at my name at gmail if you have ?’s. I would be happy to make bows for you. 🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Lots of great ideas. Lia made mothers day cards, and they sold well for her, so she plans to make a set of occasion cards to sell permanently in the stand.

[@tafadzwambiriri3006]

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[@tafadzwambiriri3006]

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[@claudiahinzmann5053]

So beautifull and amazing💞🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@ctelle4136]

I’ve always put 3 copper pennies in the water with tulips to keep them standing up and they usually last surprisingly well I literally have no idea why though😂😂

[@noeliaaraya1189]

so entertaining!!!! keep up the good work, cant wait for the next video

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks

[@alissaeyre8302]

I always love your videos!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

💗

[@pangbee3938]

Very good and beautiful amazing like paradise

[@halinawiecek2297]

Your tulips they are beautiful and you're making such a nice bouquet 💐 I learn lots from you I love make bouquet from my garden all the best.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks so much

[@TheTamcao]

You are so awesome 🤩

[@HATIHANNA]

Serina l love your Tulips video, watching it a few times... marvelous...congrate

[@miguelinaelenaoltmanns8091]

I loved all your videos!!🌷🌻 keep waiting for the next one and for the next one and for the next one!!🙏👍👌😁😁🌷🌻‼

[@ienekevanhouten4559]

I have always wondered how they do that. You make beautiful things!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

💗💗💗

[@milfordsound2540]

I love to work here.i love flowers too.

[@GIFT19JOY23]

country 😊😊

[@jeanettesapartmenthomestea1603]

I am so glad you are not throwing the bulbs away. If you need to maybe give the bulbs to churches to give to their members yards with instructions maybe you could even sell them.

[@heidik8218]

I’m loving the intros!!!

[@teresagrimes7003]

I love your videos and your flower arrangements. I’ve been binge watching all of your videos. Your cats are great too. My cat loves to be with me when I’m working in the yard too! ❤️

[@9167ethiopia]

Oh my god my favorite flower tulips 👍.Wow you deserved more I mean after you cut them you need to go and sell in supermarket restaurant any store they are lovely

[@sisiwest6169]

Wow beautiful Sarina love them so regally royal lol lost for words

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Tulips are special

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

If Nicole is a crazy chicken lady, you're a crazy cat lady, LOL! Serina, you have to give credit to your ingenious and hard working man who made that cooler and thus enabled all this to be happening:))))

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

😻😻😻

[@chezkwetu]

Hahah loved the intro 😀😃

[@dellaburns7307]

I can almost smell them

[@athakarnes3642]

Girl this is a beautiful pic of you!!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks

[@solvieg25]

Hey, do you have a Spring Festival in your local community? Maybe it's time to think? ;) Invite local guests, organize a tulip feast :D I'm just dreaming... I know you have a lot of work to do, but I love people doing something for local communities and love see how it brings them together. Greetings

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We have to pull the tulips before they bloom to sell them, so the tulip field doesn't actually look very good, lol

[@thenurturingfarmer]

Digging the intros!

[@margaritawarrens2510]

Like your Christmas tree up :) ♡

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It's not going anywhere, lol

[@squyrestudio2703]

I’m loving these most recent intros 😁😁👍🏾

[@squyrestudio2703]

They almost sound like you are doing them ironically 😂 but that’s why I love them.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks! I think they bring fun energy to the start of a video, and I like making them!

[@ajaygurung2725]

Hy i love to see you videos keep it up, just want to know when you cut the flower seed while making bookies you will use again to grow flower.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I buy all my seed from seed companies every year. I don't save any seed

[@melaniewilliams6499]

I love double tulips If i lived by you id be buying them

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks

[@ay8003]

Hi ... Love all your videos Wanted to know how long does tulips bloom? Where do you buy the bulbs ? What temperature it has to be for storing in refrigerator and how long can we store it ?