It’s late May, here on our flower and veggie farm, and despite the cold spring weather, the flowers are opening up, and there is beautiful color all everywhere we look. The Tulips have mostly finished and now it is time for the Ranunculus and Anemone’s to shine. There is a rainbow of color, and even though things are a bit behind, this season is shaping up to be a successful year of flower farming thanks to our huge selection of focal flowers, greenary, and other elements that go into our market bouquets. There is going to be so much flower production on the farm this year that it will be hard to keep up, but we will do our best. This flower farm definitely shows that potential, and row after row of farm beds are planted with flowers, and our perennial section of the farm has grown substantially in size, as well as become far more established with many plants going into their second year or more of production. We are really excited about what is to come this year on the farm, so join us for the tour and let Serina show you around!
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This tour showed how much work you have done and are doing. It's going to happen. The plants will bloom, but you now have the hardest task- Patience!
Loving hearing about all the experimentation! I have white clover as a cover crop this year, and the white spherical blooms are gorgeous. Just a thought, but I do find that plants that have to compete height-wise, eg my strawberry plants within the clover, do get significantly taller without seeming to mind at all – so long as they don't get swamped, of course.
where is your peonies
Flowers and kitties, what could be more fun to watch! Your flowers are gorgeous.❤
It makes me feel better to see how far behind you are! We have been having the same weather and it's been frustrating. My overwintered larkspur is amazing in the hoophouse, but we have rodents that keep eating them!!! I just planted more of them in an outside bed. I love your videos and always appreciate all the hard work you both put into them, and into your farm.
Make the holes in the fabric around the Baptisia larger at the end of this year because they will double over winter !
Ranunculus in the field always starts blooming on short stems. The stems will lengthen over the harvest period. The biggest issue is light. Too much daylength causes them to stop flowering.
We're out in Manitoba in a new house starting our garden from scratch and I'm having very similar cold spring problems 🙁 good luck!
Thank you for touching on how strange/cold/slow of spring it's been. I'm in Portland, Oregon and facing all the same issues. Things have germinated and then just seem to be frozen in time. Hearing that folx who are far more experienced than me are struggling this year as well is helping me to remember that it's not all my fault.
Loved the video, thank you 🙂
Sooo much to look forward to 🙂 you have so many exciting plants growing that I can’t wait to see your end results!
The crimson clover is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your farm tour! :}
Ranunculus are gorgeous flowers. Can't wait for their season. Orange can be paired very well with white and purple/blue. The combination sells very well here (it is one of my favourites).
Love seeing everything you are growing. Have you tried the strawberry blonde calendula? It's a soft pinky color and is absolutely beautiful, much more so than the orange or yellow.
Today is my birthday I dream of buying these flowers for myself. they are very beautiful, happy and peaceful weekend with my love
The crimson clover is gorgeous. My grandma had purple and white ones, but I can't get over this one
Guys love ur farm! U inspire me sooooo much! Just had an idea watching, for ur outside rununculus u could cover it with frost cloth.
Yah – we had cold weather and the Ranunculus looked good – then automatic summer and they died! Hate that about cold flowers!! Hope yours do better!!! Had a great Anemone crop thank God!!
watching your videos is my happy time
Alliums might be good to provide flowers after tulips and before peonies. FABULOUS tour! Thank you ❤
Save the seeds from that Icelandic poppy! That plant is adapted to your conditions. Most of those perennials build roots the first year. Next year or two, you will need to thin. Keep building!
Usually I plant out my tomatoes and summer squash on mother's day and they are going out tomorrow because of how cold and wet this spring has been. Consider one more high tunnel or low tunnels for your early cool veg. I am west of Seattle and we have a 15 year cycle that yields snow and cold wet springs after drought years opposite years that won't set tomatoes but the bugs will carry off small children. So get serious about perennials and season extenders. The small hoops for tunnels with green house film will hold bug netting during the warm winter years. Yes you are north of me enough to get be a hard frost every year still but the general patterns holds until you get farther east. Look for native weeds that indicate soil conditions. For tomatoes and summer squash, I use cowslip blooms. The greens will grow as soon as we stop getting killing frosts but won't bloom until the soil warms enough for tomatoes to be relatively happy.
Keep notes and take pictures!
Dusty Miller needs the right balance of a bit of shade so that it stretches for longer stems. Not too much or else it won't be silver but more green. I've begun lots of it again this year and it is one of my fave "plop" it anywhere type plants .
Great tour. Love the information. Hoping you get your good weather.
Great tour.
Silly question, but is foilage the same as foliage?
I'm in a very dry climate with hot summers too. Some perennial flowers that perform really well here AND come in after tulips are iris, geum and valerian. Irises come in a wider array of colors than anything I know and many have lovely scents. They also thrive on poor soil and neglect. Other growers are often willing to trade to help you expand your colors! I have about 20 colors now.
Valerian comes in only a few colors but would make a great cut flower. Same with geum.
Unrelated note: after seeing your gay feather patch in an older video I was consumed with gay feather envy and now I'm planting a patch. 🙂
I just found your channel and love your videos! I will be watching you even more now that I have learned you are also in BC! How awesome. God bless