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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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Check out Growing For Market Magazine. Use this link for 25% off new subscriptions https://growingformarket.com/?aff=2&coupon=ycetg Last spring we bought 2 new caterpillar high tunnels, and in this video we will show you all the steps to completely build a hoop house. We love these types of greenhouses because they are so simple to put up,…
Check out Growing For Market Magazine. Use this link for 25% off new subscriptions https://growingformarket.com/?aff=2&coupon=ycetg The season is starting with a bang! We are pulling out the mini soil blocker to grow a thousands of early seedlings. We share why we dislike the mini blocker (and why we use it anyways). And then, the party…
Check out Growing For Market Magazine. Use this link for 25% off new subscriptions https://growingformarket.com/?aff=2&coupon=ycetg It’s been a long lazy winter, but that is all over, because the growing season starts NOW! Join us as we start our very first seeds of the season – snapdragons! But, oh no – we have a potting soil…
We are a brand ambassador for West Coast Seeds this year, and they sent me a present! Come and check out this fun Canadian seed company we have been shopping with for many years. Check out the website (affiliate) https://bit.ly/3u0ydFe __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change…
Come and meet Kelly and Diane of Casa Verde Flower Farm, located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Focused on selling direct to florists, this couple has found a way to live out their dreams of farming and being surrounded by flowers, without overwhelming themselves. Balancing their love of growing and past experience in landscaping, they…
Im nearly through unboxing the mountain of flower seeds that i have purchased from Johnny’s Seedsthis winter. The flower farm is going to be completely transformed by the new flower varieties that I have here and I cant wait to see them all in person. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS…
This video is a nighttime tour of our flower farm. It was done during the end of the summer, so it is filled with Dinnerplate Dahlias, Zinnias of all sorts, Cosmos, Amaranth, Celosia, Sunflowers, and Gladiolus. The flowers take on a different quality with the dramatic lighting, where their incredible texture becomes the predominant feature.…
With our big plans to grow a lot more flowers in 2022, I have vig plans to add a lot more varieties as well! Join me to chat about some of the new flowers that I’m the most excited to experiment with, what I hope they can add to the flower farm, and some of…
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In part 3 of my massive $3000 Johnny’s seed order unboxing, I’m going over the flowers that I have grown before and have purchased again. I’ll be sharing all my tricks and tips about these specific flowers, why I choose to grow them, and why I’m excited to have them again. There is lots of…
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If i going to grow a lots of flowers, then I will need a lot of greenery and foliage, so join me to unbox these specific varieties in my massive Johnny’s Seeds order, and chat about all the details about what I growing on the flower farm and why. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU…
On a flower farm, once you grow Procut sunflowers, you never go back. And I like to get mine straight from the source – the developers website, Sunflower Selections. Join Serina to unbox all her sunflower seeds and chat about varieties and colours that worked best for her last year. Why she is growing Double…
This year I spent over $2500 with Johnny’s Seeds, partially because I’m seed obsessed, and partially because I needed a completely new seed stock because of the big changes we are making this year. As we transition to mostly being a flower farm for the 2022 season, I’ve had to do lots of research and…
Looking back on the third year of farming, we have learned so much on our small veggie and flower farm, and we are sharing it all with you! 1) Working 110% Isn’t Sustainable 2) Some Crops Will Never Be Profitable 3) You Can’t Work For Free 4) It’s The Price, Not The Product 5) Hard…
Before you can start your seed shopping for the new growing season, you need to have a growing plan, to help you focus in on what to buy. So, today, I’m chatting about how I plan my flower growing season around specific colours, and specific trends. Join me to chat about focusing in on a…
After putting together some DIY dried flower ornaments for a craft fair, I picked up some tricks and tips that could help you make your own. I talk about how to pick the flowers to use, how to put them into the ornament, and some of the ways I achieve my specific designs. I hope…
Join me as I build my very first dried flower Christmas tree! Here on our farm, we grow mountains of flowers, which I have been drying and saving all summer long, to have beautiful bright and homegrown flowers during the cold and dark winter months. So pulling them out, and celebrating them with a dried…
We want to know what all your questions are! Gardening, farming, flowers, veggies, let’s get into it! And, we are going to try and answer them while you ask them live! It’s hard for us to read the live chat and also talk at the same time, so make sure to ask your questions in…
We’ve signed up for a Christmas farmers market, because we want to get some hands on experience with trying to sell some of the new Christmas items that we are hoping to add to the farm – dried flower bouquets, dried flower ornaments, and evergreen wreaths. But, if we want to have any luck at…
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Join us as we head into the mountains to forage for Christmas evergreens, to make wreaths and also to get Christmas trees to decorate our home. It is a winter wonderland, with beautiful forests and lake views. We also share more of beautiful British Columbia by sharing some of our vacation to Vancouver Island earlier…
Dried flowers don’t have to be complicated, and there are so many options to pick from. I’m sharing everything that I dried on the flower farm this year, so you can decide what looks best, and what you might choose to dry yourself. I also share some helpful growing and drying tips too. All of…
We are super excited about the new farmers market display, farmstand merch design. And because we couldn’t decide on a single way to finish it, we’ve come up with 3, which we will have available till the new year, and then we will delete all but the best selling one. So get yoyr favorite while…
Flower farmers do things backwards sometimes – tulip bulbs are a great perennial for your spring garden, and yet, flower farmers grow them as an annual. Check out the intensive way that tulip bulbs are planted for cut flowers, and the logic behind it. And watch the magic of 5000 tulip bulbs get planted into…
When we bought the farm, Ian said we would never be able to go on vacation again. But, jokes on him, because we are on vacation right now. Join us for a chat about how and when we can go on vacation now with a farm. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE…
Our pitch video for Storyhive __________ 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…
All the flowers have frozen, and all the summer crops are gone. Will this fall market be our worst market ever? Not if we can put together some great cut flower bouquets still! Join Ian at the farmers market, and Serina as she shares what flowers survived a freeze on the flower farm. __________ Ian…
It’s Halloween, which is also our last farmers market of the year. This week the kids help us decorate the roadside stand in spooky decor, and Ian and Serina harvest through the rain on cold autumn days, the lettuce, kale, and swiss chard that we bring down to the market look and taste amazing. At…
