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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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You guys are AMAZING!!! I'm beyond happy for you, and your family!!! I've been watching you from the very beginning, and I do feel like I've been around for a lot of it. Which is really awesome, thank you soooo, sooo, soo much fun sharing this experience with us!
The tough times, the lack of sleep, the big decisions, it's all totally worth it! The mistakes teach you the most valuable lessons, and I'm super excited to see where it leads to next! The farm looks like perfection, and yes, I mean the entire farm! 😉 It's so incredible the transformation it's gone through, especially the greenhouses and the drive up stand…okay, okay, and yep that cooler is key!!! And also the big moves that happened last year, specifically getting the back garage area painted and set up. I can see the vision coming to fruition, it's been really helpful and great to watch!
Congratulations on having a dream, making a goal, and showing us how it's done!!! To the grass!!!…FLOWERS, I mean flowers!!! Wooohoo! 😉
….Lol, thank you for buying all those seeds!!! I'm ABSOLUTELY in it just to pick out the seeds, and I've learned so much valuable information through this channel, thank you form the bottom of my heart for keeping my flower farm more than just a crazy dream. It's been funny, educational, stunningly gorgeous to watch, and extremely motivating! Thank you for everything!!! You guys are the best, thanks for kicking butt! 🙂
Jen
Oh, how I appreciate your honesty! I have a farmers market stand at our local FM. I’m continually amazed at people who refuse to pay our prices but will go to the grocery store, pay full price for produce shipped from out of the area, grown with whatever chemicals and has very questionable nutrition. Farming is hard work. I love your honesty, education, enthusiasm and realness. Thank you!
Composting and growing plants into seeds can make profitability vs purchasing this also gain heirloom seeds
Proud of the hard work with great enjoyment and Creator of earth says Thank you
Lifetime gardener I not made a dime yet great food and neighbors enjoy too
Take care
It's planting day Today
These bumps in the road are pretty heavy. Success with your farm. At one point in time you will indeed have to scale down expenditures. Thumbs up without blinking for this video.
Where did you buy your greenhouses specifically the large one?
wow thats a lot.. great job friend, greetings new friend
could you make your own compost ? with veg waste and with the next door hens out put? it could be done.
What surprises me is how little you charge for vegetables. I think it is the nature of your market that makes it just too hard to grow vegetables profitably. How much could you sell those same vegetables in Vancouver? Or Seattle? Where I live – in New England – it is understood that you have to pay more for vegetables grown locally.
funny I do it as a hubby and make as much as you do ahaha
What do you live on inheritance
Roadside stand will be a great place to sell this year. It's also much easier to fill, no car rides needed.
Now that you can start to make lasting costumer relations from the start of the year, sales are going to be huge!
You are so smart to go over your business each year and figure out what worked best and where you need to change things. You both are such hard workers. I am also glad you both work from home now. God Bless!
I remember my professor in college saying that anyone who expects start a new business and make a profit before the 5th year is crazy. It takes 3-5 years of infrastructure building before you will see actual profits. I'm hoping for you to fall in the middle of that and make some hefty profits this year. You deserve it.
This was a really eye-opening video, thank you for your honesty and sharing all of your expenses.
Thank you for sharing your truth with us. I am a confessed seed aholic. I see my flower game is week. I doubt I will ever reach your heights but I may get a few more flowers next year lol.
Content farming is so fruitful
Your transparency and genuine love for your craft is much appreciated. Cheers to the New Year.
Isnt there a way to just slowly add in things like the greenhouses, the roadside stand etc? Also, do you both work other jobs or did yall just save a lot of money to cove the negative costs? 🙂 I dont mean it in a bad way, just trying to understand for myself as i started very small and am still trying I work my way into more:)
Dude is that you at 1:13 ? How long ago was that? Hmmm. Hard living, eh?
Wait a minute. I don't think you should leave out what you made on YouTube. Since your YouTube channel is only about the farm, that is part of the farm business. Without being intrusive, could you let us know how you survive? Does Ian still work in forestry? No one can live in deficit. Sure you eat your vegetables, but perhaps you should include if you have a reserve savings to get you through these early years. I do enjoy keeping up with your farm life, and wish you the best of health this year.
You two are cute. I am glad you get to smile while talking about negative net, and you love what you do. I wish you the best in 2022.
I am so excited to find your Chanel ,and you are Canadian . I like seeing food grown locally ,so much of our food is imported
Have you tried micro greens. Turn around is a shorter period and less work
I think you are doing phenomenally! I appreciate your honesty and sharing with everyone how you are doing. I wish you the greatest success in 2022!!!
I was about to ask about explaining where you're at with the youtube side!!! Keen as a bean to see how you went there! You guys are such inspo for us! We have bought the (potential) farm this year, and soon will be following along somewhat on the pathway you guys have (not same-same, but similar). Looking forward to the next video!