June Farm Tour | Where Is My Summer Weather?
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- It's June on the farm, which normally means hot summer day causing the flowers and veggies to explode into massive growth. But not this year! And it is causing some issues for our growing - the summer flowers like zinnias and cosmos are sad and slow. Our summer loving veggies like tomatoes haven't really started to grow. And we still have a lot left to get into the ground. But the carrots will be ready soon. And the spring loving flowers, like ranunculus, are having the best year ever. Come and check out our flower farm and veggies gardens, and get all the details about what is going wrong, and what is going so right!
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Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change can make a big difference to the world we live in. Every garden planted leads to a better future. We hope to inspire and motivate others to make positive changes in their lives by sharing our journey towards greater sustainability as we build our family farm. It's hard work to build a life worth living, and completely worth it!
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One year I was OVERRUN with cucumber beetles- the next year I saw new bugs & when I looked them up, they were cucumber beetle predators. Thank you nature! 🙌🏻
Articulate and down to earth explanations combined with beautifully framed shots. Excellent filmmaking you two. Doesn't hurt that you've bent over backwards to farm your hearts out. Keep it up.
Your perennials are gorgeous! I heard a perennial adage once...Year one they sleep, year two they creep, year three they leap!
If year 2 is creeping, I'm excited to see what leaping means
@@YouCantEatTheGrass I bet it will be bountiful!
Lovely dress ❤️I grow organically and use nothing, it took a few years but nature takes care of the baddies now. My roses were covered in greenfly a few weeks ago, there's no way you would have expected them to survive. Two days later the lady birds had eaten them all! Hang in there, you may be surprised. x
Out of all of your videos/vlogs that I've watched, I enjoyed this one the most. It seemed so peaceful vs the others that seem so stressful and frenetic. There's so much more work that you do behind the scenes.Thank you.
This is one of the most beautiful videos you guys have done, i love it, its why we come to your channel, to see your farm and learn everything you share with us, great job, flowers are gorgeous, thank you ☺️
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It's my first year. Zone 3b. I'm making 1001 mistakes and I thought I could garden. Darn it, its exhausting and I'm 60 yrs old and completely on my own, not even a well . I have to run a pump from the dugout and water with pails.
I'm not sure I have the backbone for this but I was so inspired by you and flower hill farm.
I may have to settle for a small" you pick " operation so that's how I'm compromising. Today I will plant more sunflowers and cosmos and decorate the beds and area with decorations, birdhouses and many benches . I feel okay with that
I hear you, I tried last year and found there’s a huge learning curve from vegetable gardening to flower gardening! I’m 65, so I get it on that score as well.
THAT INTRO, THAT DRESS, THAT SONG & THE FLOWERS! Omgosh that's SUCH A VIBE! Love, LOVE, LOVE IT! #YASSSSSSSSS #SuchAVibe Great Job!!!
That dress is so cute on you...love it. Fantastic garden also.
Apart from all.the beautiful flowers, you look so good here! Love the soft face framing hair and the pretty dress.
Great tour! I love the snaps in every colour. You guys keep things real which makes your channel awesome!
You are too hard on yourself. You cannot control the weather. Y’all work hard and knowledge and expertise is amazing. I like that you experiment each year and you learn each more and more each year. I love the flowers that you planted this year to come back every year. What a money saver. Keep up the good work. God Bless.
Everything looks fantastic but I am particularly blown away by the snapdragons!
I love watching your garden tours of your beautiful flower farm. They are my favourites. It is truly inspirational. I like the way you sit amongst your flowers and you you look so joyful, especially when you get dressed up into your pretty summer dresses. It is still to cold here 'down under' to wear summer dresses Brrrrrr🥶 I am at the seed planting stage. You have inspired me to plant a heap of new flowering plants, especially annuals that I have never grown before. So a big THANK YOU Serena and Ian.
Loved and appreciated this garden tour. Very beneficial to get those details on your videos.. you're an amazing flower farmer. Not to mention your talent in arranging the gorgeous flowers. Love the tours! And congrats on your recent record sales!!
Everything is so beautiful. Especially you in your pretty dress. Those mustard green yellow flowers you can use in your bouquets Goldenrod fireworks I have in my garden I recommend it. Unique shape flower in the arrangement They spread .
Serena... true to thy name... serenity n beautiful. Love your cats❤
Ummmm, I love your dress!! Thank you for making videos for us.
Wise words. I think I'll go outside to "suck in the beauty of the moment" in my garden now
“In our zone FIVE” 😂😂😂 that one was good!! 😂
Years ago I had a flower and herb business and now I just have a small vegetable garden and flower beds around the property. I LOVE your farm!
I'm so freaking jealous of your flowers!! The snapdragons especially!! They were not cooperating with me this year.
I agree the weather has been weird this year... and last year... beginning to think the weather will always be weird. 🤣
Love the farm tours!
I'm 7 years into farming...and yes, the weather is always weird 😂 Every year it's something. Pretty rare to have an easy year...especially the spring.
I would love a day of picking flowers and putting bouquets together, I would help you but I’m in Texas. Lol
Loved seeing you looking. so pretty & rested . Loved this video so much .
Funny you all are so far away . Look forward to every video 👏😃❤️love from Destin Florida 👍
You can buy hundreds/thousands of ladybugs online!!!! That's what we did with our tomato crops! Worked like a charm!
Your farm is such an inspiration to this old tired depressed gardener! Putting in my ranunculus order next week!
Beautiful flowers and such a pretty lady in a very cute dress
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LOVE this tour!
You look beautiful with this dress 💙
Awwww…feel sorry about your Lizzies. Hope they’ll make you smile in the long run
Love watching you. Happy gardening 🌻
You looks beautiful Serena …love the dress
The tour was great! You look like a magical fairy in this lovely dress🥰💙🤍
Love the farm especially your dress :)
Your flowers are gorgeous. You look so pretty in your summer dress. Thank you so much for sharing!
Loved the tour and you in your pretty dress!
And here in Cappadocia, Turkey, the summer did not get yet!! Very unusual!! Your flowers are amazing!!!
Wow with the snaps! I don't have luck with them, I guess I need a greenhouse!
I started them indoors in March. They like cool weather to get established but can handle frost
Ok, so bouquets with cardoon leaves and eryngium, wouldn’t that be wild?! I love eryngium too, have for many years. My sister had some a long time ago and I was struck by its show-stopping gorgeousness. Just like I am with you this evening in your balloony stripey wonderful dress, surrounded by oceans of flowers. I don’t know if you’ve ever looked more beautiful. Thank you!
You look terrific!
I get it. It's a trap crop. They stay on one crop instead of multiple. I've had this before. Sometimes you have to have a sacrificial lamb.
I'm near Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia. We had really NO summer last year ( & this year). Cool, cloudy & rainy. Hoping for warmer this coming summer.
Your sea holly is so pretty. I planted some from seed & the pollinators loved it & it was tough but was very prickly & the flowers were smaller & nowhere near as pretty. I cut some to dry & kept wondering what the horrible smell in the house was & it was the sea holly.
I hope you’re feeling better! Love love love what ya’ll are doing
The lisianthus are totally WORTH the wait...they just need more heat....
You will see....they are stunning !!
The sea holly should self seed like crazy so maybe let some go to seed, save the seeds and create a new patch. 💙
this was a fun video for reminding us how to view the successes in our gardens
So love your gardens! Thanks for sharing! 🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸
I been enjoying watching your beautiful flowers 💐🌷🌸🌹🌺🍓
Wow what a change with the perennials
Thanks for bringing us along on your family garden journey 👍
I so love your farm and flowers! The dress on you is amazing!
It's so lovely to see you looking so well Serena and to see your garden flourishing!
Ian and Serena, your farm is gorgeous as always! It's been so much fun to see you both really making a success of your business, and I'm so happy for you both.
I started watching The Flower Guy recently, and he reminds me of some of the struggles you both went through before you found your groove. I hope he makes it too, very young hardworking family.
Tough to grow so many different plants without bug problems
You are looking very pretty in that dress, Sarbina!
That was a lovely farm tour🥰 Thank you for sharing👍❤️
Serena, you are precious. Love from SW Oregon.
I love your farm, love your videos. I am in the same grow zone but in Ontario. Have you ever tried growing columbine? It is a perennial, mine flower in early spring and have long stems. Would be a great filler flower but isn't large enough to be the focal flower.
Hope you dont mind me chipping in here... I Had to google that one and realised it's what I call Aquilegia in my garden! I agree they are a great early spring perennial flower when not much else is around yet! Have used as cut flower and they last pretty well in vase
Congratulations to you for not using pesticides ! You're an amazing grower
I can’t wait until your next video
Farm looks great. Love your flowers and get so much inspiration from you. It must be hard to not be taking many veggies to market. I miss seeing them😥
Serena first of all I love your haircut you look so romantic and loose... Another thing I am sooo happy for your luck thos year! from all of my heart i wish you all the best of luck, you deserve it!
Lovely Flowers ^^
Thank you for good sharing~
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My friend, have a good day
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I’m blown away!!!🌻🌼🌸
Looking lovely can’t wait to see your bouquets now
Thank you for awesome video your flawers so beautiful all the best.
Your garden is looking absolutely amazing!
Beautiful Flowers....
Happy Summer. to you..
Thanks for the video update on the farm!
Awe, your farm is absolutely beautiful! My flowers are already done for the season here in Central Florida USA. Enjoy it while it lasts 💕💐
How come such a short season?
@@walksthroughlife900 Hi! The humidity in Florida this time of year is just too much for the cut flower farms. We get powdery mildew like it’s the Black Plague till about September and our evening lows are in the 80’F so no breaks from the heat. 🥵☀️🔥
Looking so fresh and beautiful Serina! The farm looks amazing too🍃🌼🍃
You look so pretty in your lovely dress. I am in Massachusetts USA. The weather here has also been cooler and drier than usual. I love your sea holly. I need to find it and incorporate it in my garden..
You look so beautiful!! I love watching your videos Serena and your sense of humour lol. Always so much fun to see what you do next and how much your farm makes every week. Can't wait to see the veggies soon!
Hello, I recently started watching your videos. I love the flowers, specially the snapdragons.
Wow, that sea holly is everything! Would love to see how you use it down the track
I love how everything is looking! It makes me feel better to see how delayed your flowers are because so are mine! But, with the recent heat, things are starting to perk up! I can't believe how late everything is. My snapdragons are looking awesome in my tunnel and I think they will start blooming soon. Your farm looks so awesome! You're doing an amazing job and I always look forward to your new videos. Thanks!
Wow! Those snapdragons are exploding!! Thanks for sharing all the beauty on the farm! I’ll say a prayer for your lisianthus 😉
I love your videos and knowing how your doing you want me to do what you do but I’m 65 and retired but we have a very small greenhouse and another 20 x60 foot where we have veggies in it and a few flowers keep it up you have such a unique passion
Still topping out around 23c (75f) here in Massachusetts and it’s so weird! It’s usually scorching here by now.
So good to see the farm and you look like you’re feeling better 💕
great tour, looking forward to the zinnias
Seems like it was good year to switch to a mostly flower farm! So glad that it's worked out for you guys!
Love you guys learnt heaps from your vids, spectacular gardens xox
Happy to see your zinnias look like mine :) no blooms down here in Vancouver yet....but my peonies were ANAZING in our cool spring weather!
You are feeling better!! YAY! Yes our weather is weird this yr. too-- as I have said... But...we started to heat up into 90's in June . Most of my ranunculus fried and died. Snaps are sunburned and lost some also. It's all just sitting there in heat shock or something . I'm zone 5-n.east Indiana. No rain since May!! Finally got a storm today. I loved this video and it looks like things are coming along. I have japanese beetles trying to eat my zinnias...no aphids here. Just early drought and heat. Thanks for taking the time to take us along your flower farm. It's wonderful!! You look pretty-- hope it was a day off for you?
Love your sea holly!
Can you spray with a little soapy water? That will get rid of the aphids. Or order ladybugs to release in the garden to help decrease the aphids and potentially save the flowers for fresh use.
Beauty everywhere! Those peach snapdragons make my heart flutter. I cannot WAIT to see the market video and all the bouquets you’ll be making
You have so many types of of flowers 😍😍 Your costumers are so lucky 🥰 thank you for showing us your farm 🌸
Love your video....always waiting for new one...watch a few times tooo...love from Malaysia...always summer here....
Same here from this fellow Malaysian ! Simply excited to see a new vid with the abundane of blooms!
I love watching your farm tours. Always so inspiring! 💚
The farm looks so amazing y'all. The flowers are so beautiful! The hard work and heart y'all put into your farm shows. God bless 😊
Ahahaha! I love the zone "5" part. I might have watched it over a few times and laughed my head off. Your garden is just stunning!!
I can’t stop binge watching your videos. 🤗 I know why it took so long to find your channel.
Pureed and watered down onions applied like a spray works on aphids. It can make the strongest, sweetest smelling tea roses smell like onion and then rotting onion if the pureed onion isn't washed off by rain or watering. The scent may repel both aphids and harvesting ants, it breaks up the ant trails (ants dint like to cross it), kills the aphids which are directly sprayed, and kills the aphids which eat coated vegetation. I understand similar can be done with some of the hotter peppers too.
Thank you for what you said about not using any pesticides! I’m expanding each year my backyard gardening in both cut flowers (you are so inspirational on that!) and my vegetable gardening, and just this morning while knocking Japanese Beetles off my new strawberry plants (Johnny’s Seeds bareroot) into soapy water in a coffee container, I was thinking about how I would like to garden completely pesticide free! I’m learning as much as I can about companion planting and natural pest control. We’ll see, but that’s my goal, and once more you’ve inspired me! I’m growing cut flowers to make bouquets to give away and enjoy in our home (maybe one day sell?) in Missouri, Zone 6b!
I think a good way to approach it is to realize that a natural garden isn't bug free. And to see bugs in the garden as normal and natural, not as something wrong. Pesticide free > bug free.
Aphids on my yarrow isn't normal. It means that something is up with my yarrow. Maybe it needs more water, maybe it needs more heat. But the bugs tell me about the health of the plants.
@@YouCantEatTheGrass I use Frass to help the plants'natural defenses. It's a once in 8 week spray. I add this to my compost tea. Just another natural option.
Your hair is adorable!
thank you so much
Beautiful farm and flowers.
I have noticed that infestations seem to go in waves. I think it's because nature needs the food insects before the predator insects also explode in population. I have not used anything besides handpicking and water sprays and actually much more just leaving it all alone for decades. At some point, I noticed that most of the time, I do not have any infestations at all. I guess the insect war goes on hidden from me. I do see all the insects moving about and love all the life the garden supports.
For the mustard, have you tasted the flowers? Also, you can harvest the seeds for spice. Depending on the mustard and type of stems, you might also try the stems. Try just eating them or cooking them and then try doing that after you peel them. it might not work with that type but then again, it might. You have a lot of stems haha. Just a thought because there are many people around the world who use the entire plant. Due to necessity, they have created some delicious foods that way.
Your flower 🌼 garden is absolutely beautiful. I love those purple 💜 💐 flowers, . Nice tour, thanks for showing us your flower farm.
A HA! A TOUR!! ❤ I've been waiting for this. Everything looks lovely! Much love from the Philippines. 🇵🇭
You look great! Glad you are feeling better. All those gorgeous flowers look amazing too. I’ve been following your channel from the beginning and it makes me happy to see how your farm is thriving after all that hard work.
Love the flowers, you make amazing stuff. Have a nice summer! Love the videoes! :) Kind regards from Denmark