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Love your videos.
I wouldn’t pull over to a roadside stand if all I could get was carrots and lettuce (and flowers). I would think that for the farm stand you might want to include a small amount of assorted veggies even if you only do the lettuce and carrots at the farmers market.
Love your videos. Here in Poco growing on deck still as cabin In Birch Bay cut off from us for two years.
Crazy cat lady here and love the fact you love your cats so much
Have you tried selling bunches of flowers, meaning bunches of the same things not bouquet’s? Could you put some dried flowers on top of the greenery wreathes? Do you sell lavender stalks? Or even twigs for the more Scandinavian styles.
I missed your live, but enjoyed hearing all the answers to questions! I would love to hear how you keep track of what you should be sowing now, how you calculate then when it would be harvested, and then all that detail for all the different sorts of plants… how do you keep track?
i always pull over to a farm stand…they are a small business and need our support.
For your wreaths I would try doing half your product with recycled “bling” from goodwill shops for the people who want strong colour. Keeps the ethic cool and donates to a charity.❤️
You can call your stand …"the salad bowl"…selling everything you need for a great salad…salad mix… tomatoes… cucumbers… peppers….ect…
Instead of the live chats it seems like it would be easier to do question and answer segments in a more formal format where you can pull questions beforehand from the community section or off of previous videos. Kind of like how Garden answer do their weekly recap.
Having the questions gathered up before filming seems like it would be easier than trying to catch them as they pop up on the screen. It would also give people that cannot commit to popping on at a certain time a chance to get their questions answered.
I relate to what you're talking about. It was my first year making wreaths, as well. I think Ian is right about trying the market in November. Most of my sales were in late November when its still a little nice out and people are ready to start outdoor decorating. I was able to sell 60 this year from mid Nov – mid Dec. On PEI. I hear you about the bow too. They have a cost, and I really like the natural look. Everyone has their own style, so you would need to have options. And I just assume everyone has an abundance of ribbon in their Christmas bins at home to reuse, so it's nice to encourage them to do that. Love you ornaments!
If the point of CSAs is to have capital to help purchase what you need to get started and you don’t need that, why bother? It’s a lot of extra work and the last thing you need is extra work. You’re absolutely right….with the roadside stand there are bouquets available everyday.
As for preserving flowers, why not try glycerin? The flowers remain as they are when fresh. Vegetable glycerin is not toxic. I’ve seen hydrangeas preserved this way and they look as nice as they were before they were cut. They don’t fall apart or wilt and shrink as they do when dried. You don’t have to cut the stems off as you do with silica. Laura on Garden Answer dried artichoke flowers this year. She did one in silica and hung one and dried and the one she hung was as nice as the silica….and could keep the stem. They were beautiful. Ever think of growing those?
I did plant sunflowers in my high tunnel for early spring and my only regret is that I didn't plant enough. (I only did one tray of large soil blocks) zone 5b
Flowers are an emotional purchase. Food is not. Emotions will always win out.
I sell African Violets and their relatives on eBay. When you can get people to pay you $400 for a SINGLE plant, that tells me all I need to know about what to sell.
WHAT IS THE UPDATE ON THE HALLMARK MOVIE? I have been trying to catch all the new ones. Lovely sweater btw.
Those are called "cash crops". Grow/Sell what people want – not what "we" want to grow/sell.
Also, Pink Berkeley Tye Die are SO GOOD!