Slow Start To The Flower Farm | Early June Farm Tour

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

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[@coloradotulips]

This is fantastic content - you’re definitely making awesome videos! Best content ever this year … to solidify that you could maybe revisit Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy?! 😊

[@tulle7358]

@ you can’t eat the grass , Bells of Ireland need a lot, i mean ALOT of water 💦 You can still save them. Just give water many days in a row and they should stretch upwards 😊 your farm looks good 👍

[@jennifercandace1]

Love your farm! Starting my own in Ontario but can't find a place to but inexpensive tulips bulbs in Canada. Any suggestions?

[@pippenf.5111]

My belles of Ireland started short and now they are stretching out over the weeks

[@renewindowsxp9390]

Usan boot view

[@jolenemiller622]

I've grown bells of Ireland for several years. It's highly recommend pinching back the leader, and it will branch and have more height. Like most other cut and come again annuals.

[@PamsMountainGarden]

Bells usually need to go into the ground in the fall. They are fairly tricky to grow. Good luck!

[@paperlimeandcraft]

You can't eat the grass, but you can always smell the flowers!!!!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I like it!

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

It's sell. You have to sell the flowers 🤑

[@silencedflower8441]

To propagate sedums., you don’t even need to put them in a glass of water. Crop the tops off early and you should still get a second flush. Then with all the tops, remove lower leaves and poke your finger into the ground., plant the stems. 👌🏻 I multiply my hoard every year., currently have hundreds of new sedums in several beds. 😜

[@kaymill5565]

Thank you for being brutally honest. So many other farmer/KZbinrs attempt to portray only the good. We all know and have experienced pests, weather, disease, and just luck are always in play. Despite our best efforts, we all get weeds, disease, drought, deluges of rain, killing heat or bitter cold, and bugs. Also, sometimes plants thrive even when we have ignored them. You show it all. We celebrate all of your successes and thank you for showing us when life happens. Us home gardeners appreciate what you show us and how you teach us.

[@bathblooms]

The first year they sleep The second year they creep The third year they leap!

[@a.c.ewarrior5101]

1 HOUR VIDEO!!!! ITS A TREAT FOR ME!!!!🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 Thank you!!!!!

[@ambersimpson75]

I love that your smarty pants raspberries took over the green house 😂😊❤

[@anniinglucksdorf960]

Laughing in the first minutes: did I see a peony bloom? So Ian won? 😂

[@beanblossombaby]

Your sedum: It is drought tolerant and doesn’t care for too much water. But it’s next to your yarrow, which you said you’ve been watering more often. This was my first thought on it.

[@ambergreen5531]

The Bells of Ireland can handle a lot of cold! If you plant the baby plants in September then row cover them through the winter they will get so tall in the spring. Mine get to be 3 feet tall if I grow them this way but the spring planted ones are always short.

[@anyrahamat]

Getting married this week and if only i could buy a bunch of flowers from your farm! I'm all the way in South America 😂

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Congratulations! Have a great wedding!

[@nothingpersonal878]

I’ll hit that like button on every video if it starts with Ian’s intro.

[@ayelet517]

Lol! Good reinforcement

[@lindathompson3676]

You can put shade cloth over your beautiful green house and it dramatically reduces the temperature. I got free from local window screen company. They throw away in piles outside back of warehouse. Let you take for free. Double thick is best if your in full sun. You can tack it inside roof or outside. And be able to roll up. Love your channel!!! We're a frequent watcher😊

[@dottiesworld979]

I'm kinda obsessed with your greenhouse that's been overtaken ❤

[@sarahhajarbalqis]

No gorgeous bunches. Yet I watched this with amazement. Serena finds good in everything. You are a super motivator for others. Looking forward to your best flower year!

[@PianoVideoLessons]

Rudbeckia - always the bridesmaid, never the bride 😊

[@surobhisaikia7730]

It breaks my heart!!! Miracles happen 🙏🏽🧡

[@karikesti8629]

"Peonies, you gotta love 'em!"

[@HanaPivoňková-w4x]

Greetings from Czech republic. I love to watch your videos. You have very similar climate to ours, so we experience lots of similar issues in flower farming. About sedum: It is really very tollerant and low maintennance plant, but it is also very sad when having too much moisture around roots in winter. It tends to rot. Landscape fabric obviously doesn't help. I would recomend either planting without fabric, or mixing some gravel into the top layer of your soil. Good luck and lots of joy with all your beautifull flowers. Hana

[@StormWarningMom]

Thank you for the flower therapy. 🌼 Just what i needed 💐🥳

[@annamaria54321]

Maybe you could take some of the shorter flowers and put them in small glass jars (smaller bouquets). Not sure how they'd sell, but maybe they would. I've seen some very cute arrangements this way, often tied with a twine to hold the bouquet better together.

[@nicomyth]

The Sedum probably need divided. The centers will die out every few years. After 2 years divide the plants and they should stay nice and lush 😊

[@victorybeginsinthegarden]

I can't wait to see your market video to see how these flowers turn out

[@razialiaquat5792]

I'm from Windhoek, Namibia in Africa. And I love love love ur videos...... ❤😊 It's very inspiring so educational and thank u so much for sharing ur journey with us I started a month ago watching all ur videos and are supper excited when I see there's new once Keel up the good work FlowerLove

[@AHomesteadingHustle]

I seriously love the Anise Hyssop also! When I seeded it 3 years ago, I had no idea it would perennialize. Now I have healthy healthy plants I'll be able to use this year for my first year creating bouquets 😊😊

[@jenniferfahnestock450]

I recall someone once saying, "oh. Calendula aren't our favorites because they are orange." Now, we are crazy about orange. I love it.

[@cheskydivision]

I’d hope you also offer herb bundles fresh and dried. Herb at the store are expensive and not fresh.

[@dayafeickert6752]

Put out castor oil spray around your sedum and the voles will run away. Serena save your sweet spot your creating! You all are such amazing farmers and I adore the humor and joy you put in each video. Stay safe from fires Serena and family

[@maryjaneeaton441]

Serena, the aerial shots of your farm and surrounding area are breathtaking. I'm stunned by how beautiful Kelowna is...a little paradise. Lucky you. Also, you did such an informative, thorough flower tour. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you so much. You're the best.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It's so beautiful it's hard to believe

[@Daisy-Hey-Hello]

Just an idea/tip: You could plant all kinds of flowers around the fence line, beside your frontyard flowerstand. Make ik more attractive... make it stand out and it will turn heads... and people will definitely will know where to shop for flowers! I know you are very busy, but I think it is worth it!

[@214380adm]

They haven't put in irragaation up by the stand yet. They have planted some things but the irrigation is on the to do list

[@Daisy-Hey-Hello]

@@214380adm Yes, I heard it on the live-stream. 👏

[@g.christelbecker6349]

I enjoyed this video very much. I so love your positive outlook and your wIillingness to roll with the punches and make the best of it. You will have beautiful and plentiful flowers to make your gorgeous bouquets.

[@ginnysulya9805]

Hi Serena I completely understand as that’s just how I have been feeling about my garden on a very much smaller scale! I learn so much from you and others every season that no matter what happens I am thankful to be doing what I love and sharing that with everyone who receives a boquet! They don’t all have to know all it took to bring those Boquets to fruition but thanks for sharing it makes the disappointments and the joy more real when I know others have the same experiences ! Blessings on you and your family 💖🌸💖

[@Bluewaterpinessantarosabeach]

Thank you kindly Serena. I miss my northern fields.

[@維維-i2z]

I like the new program 🎉 😂美女的❤新節目😂

[@rachaelbrown1726]

Oh I can't wait for my bee balm to look like that. So far it's one of my new favorite fillers. We'll see how it holds up to these Florida summer rains. I'm with you on the rudbekia. They are so beautiful in a simple, classic way. Looking forward to seeing this year's farm fun. 🙂

[@metalmartha2571]

Stick with your bells of Ireland! I had much the same problem starting them in zone 3. They were very short until about July then they really started to takeoff… They just take a hot minute to get some height. Good luck. The farm is looking fabulous.

[@40JoCharles]

I really feel for you, this year has been crazy, such a long damp winter, lots of failed seeds. Nothing wants to grow. It will all get there eventually. I have 100% faith that you will still be making fabulous bouquets all year. 🥰

[@maureenbrophy7852]

Serena you look v well . Good to see u out with Ian in the wonderful garden. I wish you: everything u planted will flourish 👍💕💕

[@mothernaturesapothecary]

Your optimism is amazing and I know you will make the best out of what Mother Nature gives you. You are an inspiration to so many. Keep up the good work and we will be here watching you every step of the way!❤ Glad you are safe from the wildfires.

[@firehorsewoman414]

Not surprised about your personal gardens not being meticulous - cobbler’s children are always barefoot LOL. All of your gardens look amazing to me.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Lol thats very true. Eventually everything will get caught up and look perfect, just not yet

[@firehorsewoman414]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass New subscriber and really enjoying your channel. I am hoping to become a cut flower farmer in NE Texas soon.

[@kele1264]

That drone footage can't be beat! 👍 Ian! Omg those raspberries that crept into the greenhouse! I hope this is the last year of the crazy fluctuations in temperature and rain. I hope your farm surprises you in a good way, and soon! And I don't get why some people think that Rudbeckia is boring. They're like happy little sunflowers. The two of you are smart and experienced, so I have no doubt you'll make this work. Sending best luck wishes your way.

[@arnorrian1]

You really need to grow Lychnis chalcedonica (Maltese cross). I started it in February, and it bloomed in two months. Grows strong, perennial, long stems, pretty colors.

[@carolhendley760]

I love your videos because you keep it real I’m a 2nd year flower farmer in south GA , zone 8b. You keep me encouraged and even tho our growing conditions are very different, I learn so much from you and Ian. Most of all, perseverance and flexibility. Wishing you and your family a successful season. 🌸🌸🌸

[@thenodiggardener]

We've been having the same crazy weather in the UK too. Our prevailing wind is usually from the West, so warmer, yet even now we're getting it from the North East- East, so it's been cold, then all of a sudden we have temps around 30C. The plants are hating it! Mind you, so am I, because the sudden changes don't do my health conditions any good either. Hopefully you'll get a bit more consistency now, and everything will get a happy on!

[@CaribouOrange]

How beautiful you looked today, Serena. So did your flowers, of course! 😊🌸💐

[@toniasgarden3550]

I bet you can interplant the pink saponaria in with the Fama Scaby to keep the weeds down…or Forget Me Nots… I’ve had your videos going non-stop at work on the background on my computer!!! 😀😀. LOVE your content!!! -Tonia

[@staffylover1950]

Love you guys, from Coffs Harbour Australia 🦘🦘🦘

[@zefcha4670]

so glad you and your family are safe...the Canadian wildfires scared us....we have friends and family in the states that were affected...one farm was hit hard and does not look like a promising recovery. you had us very worried.

[@ginadeeming6395]

Artemisia is wonderful for wreaths! And Bergamot is perennial zones 4-10!

[@rattriffic]

I ❤ rudbeckia! There are so many cool varieties

[@serradiora6712]

I think your white peonies might be duchess de nemours, i just got some of these this year and the smell is Heavenly! Have you ever thought about Astilbes in your shade garden? I noticed mine crowd out the weeds really well and they get lovely fern like foliage and gorgeous flowers that dry extremely well, only problem that might pop up for you with them is they dont like to dry out.

[@kelevettanwajagu5940]

I look forward to all of your videos.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks! We have another one coming soon, and are going live tomorrow night

[@lkyeoh]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass Great!!

[@shirliedooley2201]

Hey I live in Australia and for my birthday I got what I would call table top flowers. The container-clear plastic- small bowl and the top is like an inverted bowl-slots in it by VISY. So beautiful so see over each other at a table. The plastic container had water in it and then put in a rattan basket. I am thinking you could do something on the outside with your brown paper. Thing is ALL your short stems could be used- they were all about 8 inches long. I watch you so much and I think this could work for you guys don’t despair.

[@laurie-flowersbyljp5802]

I was thinking something similar. They could wholesale buy some sturdy little jam jars in clear glass that they could use as containers for shorter arrangements. Just tie a ribbon around the bouquet stems or the jar rim and done. Maybe offer a small discount on the next purchase if the customer brings the jar back to you at the stand or the market tent. Lower priced bouquets ($15?) could fit more budgets. Wineries nearby likely would give them those box inserts with holes for shipping wine bottles for free.

[@AleksandraDeegan]

For great foliage consider planting spirea and jubilee ninebark shrubs.

[@LauraStepney]

If you're into salvia and want more...Caradonna is a taller variety that's a super deep blue with a longer narrow spike. I also have a feeling that you'd be super into the skywalker blue veronica cause it's like light saber blue. There's a pink variety too called Leia that's pretty sweet.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

That salvia sounds amazing

[@ayelet517]

Over an hour! Thanks guys! Ayelet/Aaron

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Lol, its hard to quickly show everything off

[@jesscastro4183]

Have you ever had fertilizer in that spot or are you fertilizing near where the sedum is? As others have suggested, it could be the soil isn’t dry enough for them under the fabric. Good luck troubleshooting! (I love apple mint for arrangements and it makes delicious tea!)

[@RainbowObsidian777]

I appreciate your honesty and authenticity! Sharing your journey and how you do things in your gardens/farm are really helpful to us who are also learning along the way. Thank you for making these videos and your flowers and looking really great (and those which aren't so much, there is always next yr. I find the weather has been a struggle this yr also, which happens. always great to learn and experiment! Also - I LOVE the Rebakiah flowers! lol they are like a giant daisy sort of and I just love them! have a wonderful rest of the week! I look forward to seeing more updates and you truly are an inspiration!

[@AndreaAubertin]

I think you guys need to start using the cool flowers technique....when your flowers go to seed collect them, clear that bed and amend if needed and then sprinkle your seeds in the fall. It would definitely save on the cost of seeds, save time on starting seedlings and the plants grow so much stronger and bloom earlier in the spring. Larkspur, Feverfew, foxglove, poppies, orlaya, Delphinium, dianthus, bachelor buttons etc. are all really good examples of this. I just hate to see you guys struggle every year and I can see that you are contemplating whether this business is working for you but I think there are easier ways of going about it. And you definitely need to get control of the weed situation...the weeds will start to suffocate your plants and your plants cannot share the nutrients they need to grow well. And Baptisia and Peony foliage are are both amazing to use!

[@claraschmieder8629]

I love watching your videos! After finding your channel I started to grow a lot of flowers next to my veggies, too! Greetings from Germany :)

[@tamerarogers6170]

I flippin love feverfew

[@rebeccawatson9284]

That's so awesome about your raspberry plants!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It makes me very happy, lol

[@myurbangarden7695]

I am ALWAYS happy when you upload. Thank you for this video.

[@pamelamanning99]

Sedums, I'd say VOLES. They are devastating. Over winter here in Massachusetts they destroyed an entire bed of favorite lilies! Along with dozens of other perennials. I keep chasing them around the property, putting "mole max" granules down every hole I find. They abandon that hole and move on to the next place, but that's possible only on small scale, impossible on large farm. Last month put in sixteen of those sonic stakes, they used one stake as a pre-drilled hole to tunneled down along side it. Even with all my vigilance, this week they wiped out newly planted rhubarb. It goes on and on .... I don't want to put poison in the soil, but mental health is suffering!

[@samgreason4449]

I had the same experience with Bells of Ireland! I probably germinated 30 via refrigerator bag technique/then move under lights. Then transplanted them into the soil. Well, I read that the little root would go down into the soil plugs but apparently they don't always...I think actually putting the root in the soil I had better success...bc I only had like 8 make it and it was after I did that...but in the meantime, I was freaking out about low germination, so I took the seeds left in the bags that didn't seem to sprout, and I put them directly in the soil...and put those in when I was transplanting the plugs in and both ended up living. And I wasn't expecting that. I wasn't expecting any seeds to come up so I planted them close to the transplants. Now I have crowded 10-12" stem of Bells of Ireland.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

They are a tricky one

[@samgreason4449]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass they really are! But they're soooo pretty!

[@jolynnpuente347]

We’re having a drought, until today, it rained! BUT I never water my sedum and they are SO beautiful! I used to water them and they would just spray over and look like they’re dying. Don’t water them! They will make a comeback, if not this year then next. Maybe next time plant them somewhere by themselves so they won’t get the water run off from the other plants. Seriously, mine are AMAZING!

[@jolynnpuente347]

Darn autocorrect! I meant SPLAY over not spray.

[@cherylheffelfinger7619]

I love your hair in a ponytail

[@freckles2437]

Love your vlogs, hope you have a good season, new to your channel but loving your optimism. Jo UK 🙂

[@deonarly]

I am obsessed with Rudbeckia. I grow different varieties every year in my garden.

[@lavejoh]

Super exciting to see your harvests! Please make a video on how far apart you space your flowers! Would love to see that

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Most stuff is 8 inches by 8 inches. But 6 inches works too

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Good luck to you this season.

[@fox8340]

Love your optimism

[@lisajelle714]

I watched the whole video! Thanks for sharing the trials and tribulations of this year, and keeping it real. It’s fascinating to hear all the factors that go in to each crop growing the way you hoped for or not. You are amazing at making the best of any given situation, which I think shows true character and ultimately leads to success. Go, Red Roof Farm!!

[@mimlauj6869]

It'll be ok, half of my crop didn't get into the ground early enough either, so they are super short as well 😅 another lesson to be learned (get them planted earlier, or don't try out so many varieties at once lol)

[@lynnemalone284]

I had 100 sedum plants next to 75 yarrow plants. Voles ate all my yarrow roots except one plant and they also ate 84 of my sedums over the winter. I was devastated!!

[@TheEmbrio]

Try a garlic ’hedge’ around sensitive plants

[@lynnemalone284]

@@TheEmbrio that would be alot of garlic!

[@halinawiecek2297]

Thank you for great video and take care.

[@ayina111]

ONE hour content!!!!! Thank you ❤❤❤

[@SPshaun]

Those bells of Ireland will reseed like crazy. They need stratification. Look out for the thorns under the flowers. Don’t worry about the height. They get too tall to use eventually and the thorns might cause you an allergic reaction as they did me. I have had them come back for years. Now they have become weeds in the flower bed. Loved them at first, but not so much now. When they got tall enough for arrangements they were hard to de-thorn. Had to strip a lot of the stem of blooms or are they bracts? Dunno. My point is that they are garden thugs and unusable until they reach a good height and there is a lot of striping on the stem full of thorns. If you can get them to work for you and you like them, more power to you. Love the look, hard to work with for me.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

They sound cruel, lol. But green flowers...

[@gloriabranch6287]

I'll be waiting for your next video

[@toniasgarden3550]

Thank You for the video! Did you know you can divide those 4-year old Lillie’s? They are like daffodils-they will continue to bloom but will eventually need to be divided and then you can control when they bloom the following year. I’ve been doing some research on KZbin about it as mine did not bloom this year like in years past. 😮 This fall I’ll be digging them up and dividing them. Saving the smaller bulbs for planting out next year in the frig but planting the larger ones right after I divide them this fall! 🙅‍♀️. It’s all a big experiment…lol

[@kathleenhazy6126]

I LOVE your positive outlook-I think it’s crucial, to be a farmer of any kind. All the best!

[@katabri1698]

My bee balm did the same thing. And now I have 2 plants with flowers and/or buds! Obviously not on your scale, but can't wait to soo how yours flowers out.

[@TheEmbrio]

Since your fall climate is dry, i wonder if you could diversify into dry herbs. Dry raspberry leaves, basil (you plant it as filler i think) etc. Could be great chritmas gifts to complement your christmas decorations. If it’s too much hastle to sell as herbql tea, just mark it as ’fragrance’...

[@King_of_carrot_flowers]

I think you need t =o take your cue from mother nature and start doing and autumn planting of hardy annuals such as Agrostemma, Love in a mist, calendula, cornflowers, opium poppies, . You could use row covers to protect them a little, even though these and may other hard annuals are bone-hardy.

[@Wh4t0n34rth]

Artemisia really is just one of those plants that once you have them, no matter how hard you try to get rid of, they just come out on top. Mine got dumped on with a cement/plaster of some kind, and once I decide to clean up that area, I saw that they were coming up again, and I decided to move them to where I want them to take over like 4 months ago, and they are loving their lives, and I planted them in the shade of a hibiscus, they are very tame, but very good there. They did bloom, but I don't like their bloom stalks, so I decided to cut it, and it is starting to throw up another one.

[@barbarafegley5566]

Asiatic lilies bloom late May into june. They are mostly fragrence free. There are short ones you want the tall ones for cut flowers.

[@davidakerlund6296]

shasta daisy and perenial forget me knots are now some of my biggest weeds

[@tanyakilbane7636]

It is so interesting to see your heat and drought stress. I’m in Colorado, and currently experiencing rain and unusual cooler weather. Last year it was the opposite, for both climates.

[@Beautydev23]

Thanks for sharing

[@ayelet517]

Would you think of setting up an inside garden next season? Or would the lights be too expensive? Or use the greenhouse when the spring is so cold. More planting in crates so you have more flexibility for the too hot and too cold springs. Everything on wheels. Maybe on a a truck/trailer bed that can be driven inside and out into the garage space .you built last summer. Is that that big enough? Just trying to brain storm. This video and the $10k video show how challenging this season has been. Unfortunately, if the weather gets wilder the challenges will as well. Will we see you tonight on live?

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Yup we are just scheduling the live now

[@catreeves963]

💚💚💚 didn’t know you could cut Russian tarragon! *puts on list*

[@sarahfalk303]

Awesome video

[@ЛилияКосьюга]

Thanks for the interesting video. I really love peonies, I have 50 varieties of them. But they have already finished their flowering. Perhaps you have a Duchess de Nemours variety. Almost 33* Celsius. WOW!! We have rains in the South (Crimea) and only +19 * Celsius (66.2)

[@ligazellane2214]

beautiful spot for bees you should start beekeeping to sell honey and other products. Your farm would be great home for bees

[@yeevita]

Lol. Serina the flower torturer. Lovely farm! Idea: Chard flower spikes can be really tall, with small flowers, small leaves. They would make good fillers. I have chard with like 10 flowers spikes per plant. Not sure if you have to do anything to encourage that. Mine just grow however they grow. When they first do it, I pick them to eat them. Now, they are kind of woody, plus they smell really good, so I let them go. I have a ton of seeds though, so I might cut them before their seeds mature. But anyways, if you have chard that grows long flower spikes, it might be useful.

[@lindsaymccartney2480]

Love farm tours it gives me much inspiration, and you might be ok and get a late harvest of things you don't think are growing due tocthe crazy weather , my veggies are the same nothing free till April now its behind but also going crazy to try to catch up , my lillies shot up in may and have had flower bids on since mid may but now went flowering , yet last yes fthry flowered early june so its all back to front

[@MeganSherow]

This video flew by, can’t believe it was actually an hour! Loved feeling like I was getting a private farm tour from Serena! Crossing my fingers that Ageratum behaves for you! It’s a must grow for me, the greenery is also nice!

[@bettyjocohagen7955]

Love the opening!! Hope everything gets better!!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks, I spent too long editing it so I'm glad it is enjoyed