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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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It’s quince season again, and I have baskets and baskets of the stuff. Last year I experimented with some new recipes, which I really enjoyed. But this year, I’m starting to process my quince with one of my favorite ways to enjoy it – homemade quince syrup! It’s a great way to enjoy the quince…
My dad came by to help out Ian. We are framing the new wall, and Ian wasn’t completely sure how to sandwich it into an already built roof and floor. The answer we learn is just do it, lol. The kids come out and help nail the walls into place, and I annoy Ian with…
I can’t promise you will learn much FROM Ian, but you can learn chain link fencing with Ian, lol. Stick around to the end to get all his HOT TIPS. Hope you enjoy this fencing vlog! __________ Subscribe and JOIN OUR JOURNEY! https://www.youtube.com/c/YouCantEatTheGrass?sub_confirmation=1. __________ SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/you.cant.eat.the.grass/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/you.cant.eat.the.grass/ Google+ | https://plus.google.com/u/0/+YouCantEatTheGrass…
We have to get our new trees into the ground, so today we are planting the backyard orchard. The plan with the trees is to continue them along the fence line with our orchardist neighbours to match the current trees on the property. Being beside a cherry orchard means our property is exposed to a…
Ian called and let me know he is bringing home a surprise for the new farm! It is a cool and windy day, so the kids and Serina are excited to see what it is. Join us for a slow day on the farm, in this family vlog. And get excited about all the fruit…
Are we getting wood chips? Look at those piles! Lots of people struggle with the back to eden gardening technique and we feel they are missing one important component – time! So today we are revealing the secret, and talking about our wood chips plan. __________ Subscribe and JOIN OUR JOURNEY! https://www.youtube.com/c/YouCantEatTheGrass?sub_confirmation=1. __________ SOCIAL MEDIA…
We need to put in a chain link fence to keep the kids in a safe yard space away from the dangerous shop and future farm area. We are doing something a little different with this fence, because it is also going to function as a grape trellis. But I make a few design changes,…
This is a complete Earthway Seeder Review, covering everything from unboxing, assembly, using the seeder, and how well it seeded in the later germination that I show. I discuss my initial impressions on this seeder completely unbiased and tell you the good and the bad. This was my first time using a seeder, and overall…
We are nearing the completion of Step 1 – pouring the concrete floor. This job was way outside our skill set, so we brought in the professionals, to give us a nice clean fancy smooth shop floor. While we wait, we are working on getting the freshly weeded garden ready for planting a fall garden.…
After spending 2 months of moving stuff and plants, and cleaning and fixing our old home, we are more then ready to be done with selling it. Money is tight owning both homes, and the faster everything sells and gets cleared up, the quicker we can get to mortgage free, saving us money. After being…
The rush is on because we have a crew coming in tomorrow to pour our new concrete floor in our barn reno. Ian is so tired, and is ready for a break, but he has to jackhammer all night to get the old footings out in time. Once it’s done he can get a bit…
We are pouring the concrete footings for the exterior wall of our barn reno today. 100 bags of concrete later and we have footings! It is busy, and we have a tight timeline with the concrete company coming on Monday. But we are making progress. Plus, check out how good the garden looks all weeded.
I haven’t weeded my garden at all this summer, and now I have a big mess on my hands. So before I tackle removing 2 months of weeds cleared, I bought myself some fancy new tools. And I think they might be the best hoe ever. I purchased my hoe at Lee Valley Tools, but…
It’s time to start the big job, and the biggest job that we have at the new farm is to finish up our barn. The old owners had started to convert half of it into a living space, but there is still lots of work to get done. The siding had started to get ripped…
We need to name our new farm, and we need your help! Come and join us for a chat and let us know what you think.
Full disclosure: the seller told Ian that the tractor had hydrolic leaks, but Ian was excited about all the time he could save by not going and looking at the tractor because the seller would drop it off. I invite you to join me in not feeling sorry for Ian, because you should never buy…
There isn’t many things wrong with our new house, but our steps to the kitchen are rotten, and need to be replaced right away for our insurance. So my dad is over today, helping us replace our rotten steps. But of course, nothing is ever easy, so we hit some hiccups along the way. We…
We have 3 full sized apricot trees that are loaded with fruit. These monsters must produce 1000’s of lbs yearly. So today we are harvesting apricots and have a huge haul for preserving in the freezer. Join Serina, Lia and Sam as we pick some of the tree, pit the apricots, and try out a…
There was no way that we were leaving our monster rhubarb behind at the old house, but finding a way to transplant it was easier said than done. This ended up being our craziest transplant yet This rhubarb plant is over 20 years old, and this is the second time that we have transplanted. It…
What happened to all my flowers in the new flower garden?! I thought everything was going to be okay, but it looks like my garden is completely dead. And even worse, we have a bunch of plants that have been waiting overnight to get planted, and now I don’t know if they will survive. Join…
The transplanting continues, and Serina and Ian take some time to investigate how well the plants have been adjusting so far. A lot of plants look dead from the less then friendly way we have been transplanting our plants, but there is hope! Things will bounce back, and hopefully, we will have a lush garden…
We actually have some free time today, so we are randomly hoping on for a LIVE visit with everyone to give you a quick update on where we are at. And to get some advice from all of you about what you would like to see from us in the future. It’s a beautiful day…
I’ve heard that insanity is doing the same action over and over again, but expecting a different outcome, and yet we are over here in the middle of MOVING MADNESS still hoping that today will be easy, lol. So I guess we are officially a crazy couple for moving every one of our plants to…
We need to prep a new garden in order to bring over our herbs, so today we are killing more grass – because ALL GRASS MUST DIE, lol. To make the new garden we do a shallow till to the dry grass, then rake up the grass from the surface. Once we have removed most…
We are pulling up our berry bushes and transplanting them to the new house. With the vegetable garden finally completed, and the berries coming along, the gardens and work are starting to stack up. We are excited to see our new farm evolve! __________ Subscribe and JOIN OUR JOURNEY! https://www.youtube.com/c/YouCantEatTheGrass?sub_confirmation=1. __________ SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram |…
We have been in a big rush, everyday this month. But why? Wouldn’t it just be easier to take our time, get in some good soil, build some raised beds? Rome wasn’t built in a day after all. This is completely true, which is why you need to know a little bit more about why…
After Serina complains all day, Ian finally swoops in and saves the day! They are at it till late at night, but the holes get dug in the rock hard ground, and the new garden gets planted. Now’s not the time to stop! We’ve barely even gotten started! And now the garden looks great (or…
We have been so busy trying to get settled into our new place that we are behind on creating videos, but we are excited to share all the changes we have made. Every day is another trip between our old house and our new farm, and although we aren’t done yet, we are getting close.…
I’m ready to give up! It’s been a long week of fighting with our stumps and grass to get ready to start bringing over our plants to our new farm. But when I head outside to finally dig the holes and get planting, I get a new surprise – our ground is rock hard! I…
We have figured out how to get the tiller started, so it should be smooth sailing from here on out. Oh, except for the fact that when we break ground we learn that we own a stump farm! We hope you enjoy the universal humor of us breaking ground for our first garden, as well…
