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Serina and Ian are sharing their journey of starting a farm!
Located in Kelowna, BC, Canada, the farm was begun in 2019. We grow veggies and flowers for sale on our farm and at the farmers market. Our property is only 2.5 acres, and we have to deal with the short season of being in a zone 5, but we still think the farm can become a sustainable business – if we put the work in…
Our goal in sharing our experiences is to support local, sustainable, food systems. We want to help you learn how to grow your own food. Or to show you the labour that goes into the farm fresh food that farmers grow for you everyday. And to make sure, that you are thinking about how that food is grown – we don’t use pesticides, and we want to be an example that you don’t need to either.
With a little bit of laughter, and a little bit of love, this farm will just keep growing!
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We have big plans for our homestead, but our first goal that we need to achieve is to create a profitable farming business within 5 years. To stay on track, we are breaking down what needs to be achieved in 2019 to help us reach our plan. Our 2019 homesteading goals break down into: 1)build…
It has been quite the year! From having no idea we were going to be making any changes and planning our summer garden at the old house, to buying a farm, making steps towards being farmers, and renovating our barn. Looking back over all the footage we had from the year I couldn’t help but…
For some strange reason my Christmas tree has started to grow. But I’m no fool, I’m taking advantage and foraging for spruce tips in my living room. I have foraged for spruce tips in the past, and really enjoy them. But our favorite way to have them is soaked in gin, so I’m sharing my…
2018 has been quite the year. As we sit back and reflect on all the changes that have happened, we find that there are lots of things worth celebrating, and some things we wish we could have done better. Over all, it really has been an amazing year, and we are excited to be starting…
Lia and Sam love looking back at the past Christmases, so we edited together all the footage from our family Christmas present opening, and the kids excitement at finding that Santa had stopped by the house. Not exactly the best video, but still a great family Christmas, lol.
Our Christmas tradition is that we spend Christmas Eve together as a family, eating all our favorite snacks and drinks, before going on a walk to look at Christmas lights. While we are out of the house, Santa stops by and leaves presents. When we get home we open our stockings and presents, have a…
It’s almost Christmas and the fall garden is still going strong. I thought that it was dead for sure after we had a few really cold days, with weather getting down to -15c, but everything has bounced back and is looking good. I’m inspired for what I can try to grow next year, and kicking…
We have a little bit of a different way than most of funding our homestead. Our household income is completely dependent on Ian’s income, and to make our financial situation even more risky, he is self employed in a seasonal industry. Ian’s job is very specialized, and because of this, his wages are high enough…
Well, they suckered me into buying more bulbs by putting the last of the stock on blow out. And now I know why no one else was buying them, my ground was frozen, and I had no spot for them, but I still had to plant these spring bulbs. So I took my opportunity with…
Back in the fall we built ourselves some diy poly tunnels to protect our fall garden from frost and freezing weather. These mini greenhouses were surprisingly simple to make, with easy to find supplies at most hardware stores, and only took a couple hours to put together, including the building of our own homemade hoop…
Ian’s off to work tomorrow, and we haven’t made a video in a while due to family visiting, so we jumped on to say hi. Sorry about the video cutting out, my phone died 🙁 Want to learn more about Ian’s work? Here’s about how we deal with him working away and lots of old…
It is a beautiful fall day on the farm, which we are all enjoying, until we hit a major roadblock in our barn reno project. Disaster! We are working on the galvanized steel siding for the barn renovation and are really excited how it is looking. We hope you enjoy the garden tour and pretty…
What is the draw to farmlife and the idea of living off the land? For us, it’s mostly about food. And not just having some of the best and freshest food for our table, but our beliefs about a sustainable food system, and philosophies about the kind of world we would like to live in…
No Farmhouse is complete without a real Christmas tree, so we decided to spend an afternoon driving up into the local hills to find a suitable tree to cut and bring home. Join us as we play in the snow, cutting down a Christmas tree, on this backcountry adventure, and experience a bit of the…
We woke up to the first snow at our new farm! We don’t normally get snow in the beginning of November like this, and I can’t say I was excited about this winter wonderland, but it was rather pretty. Hope you enjoy getting a sneak peak of what winter on the farm will look like.…
Come and join us for a day on the farm. We are receiving a bunch of wood chips, working on the chain link fence and barn renovation, and sharing an update on our garden. We also have some great zero waste tips from Ian, so come learn the Yukon blow and hang out with us.…
We have been living in our over 100 year old farmhouse for a few months now, and decided to give a tour since its too cold out to film anything in our garden today. There aren’t many old homes in Western Canada left, so having a place built in 1902 is rather unique. Hope you…
The walnut tree is dropping it’s nuts, and the race is on to beat the squirrels. So today we are outside enjoying the lovely day having a family nut collecting contest. We are so thankful to be able to be collecting walnuts for the homestead from our beautiful full sized tree. __________ Subscribe and JOIN…
There is a frost warning for tonight, so it is time to face the fact that summer is over, and prepare the garden. We are ripping out our tomatoes and saving the green tomatoes. And getting all our fall greens covered with tarps for the night. Does our protecting the garden from overnight frost damage…
The barn renovation continues! We are putting in our man door, and finally closing in the wall that we have been working on for over a month. Closing up the shop is really bringing together the garage into a finished product. We are getting close to just finishing work!
We are shocked to have achieved 500,000 views on our YouTube channel, and we would like to say a big thank you. Since Scott Hebert at Flavorful Farms nominated us to do the Roots and Refuge Challenge of “My Favorite Video I’ve Ever Made” we take this opportunity to speak to you about some of…
Can’t just one thing with this barn renovation be easy! Will everything go wrong for us? We ordered a special custom glass garage door for our outbuilding, paying more then we ideally would like, so that it could function as a window, but the door doesn’t have clear glass. Seriously? Now garage door drama! __________…
Things are coming together, slowly but surely. Come and join us for a farm tour as we show the small progresses on the barn renovation, and an update on the garden. The work is part of the fun, not just the final outcome, but it is still nice to see things progressing. __________ Subscribe and…
After all the work of transplanting all of our plants, and all the stress of selling our house, we are doing a final goodbye to our urban home, and giving you a before and after garden tour. A lot of people are concerned with building a food forest in a temporary home, but deconstructing a…
Ian is making progress on his chain link fence project, and today him and David get the mesh attached. It is really starting to come together, and more importantly, it now can function as an actual barrier to keep the kids in the yard!
Ian is playing lumberjack today, and fighting massive rotten stumps. In front of our house, along the road, is a space that we hope to use as a pull over for our future farmstand, but these massive stumps need to go. So Ian pulls out the chainsaw, and gets some work done.
Scott for Flavourful Farms is sharing 21 hot tips for new farmers with us today. As first time farmers, we needed all the advice we could get from an experienced market gardener. Make sure to go check out Scott’s channel for more great farming content: https://www.youtube.com/c/scotthebert604
We learned so much during our visit to Scott Hebert’s Flavourful Farms! Since we are deep in the process of getting started as new vegetable farmers, we are especially interested in where we should put our money first. During our visit, Scott stressed over and over again how important his walk in cooler had been…
Scott Hebert of Flavorful Farms was so generous and allowed us to come and pick his brain about being a professional farmer, and we want to share it with you. Join us for a farm tour of his 1/4 acre farm. And don’t forget to check out Scott’s channel https://www.youtube.com/c/scotthebert604
We are getting firewood for the winter. We didn’t have time to get firewood and season it ourselves, so this year we are buying firewood from someone local. We are buying 3 cords for the winter. Ian’s in charge of picking it up, and Serina is in charge of stacking firewood. We are excited for…
