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How much money did we make this year? Lots of money, and also, from another perspective, no money at all. We don’t just make money here at Red Roof Family Farm, we also spend it, and this year we were more proficient at spending that earning. Don’t stress about us though, this is all part…
The farmers market is over. All the abundant harvests have been collected. So what is the farm doing now that it is winter? Join us as we show you what the farm looks like during this resting period, and the jobs that we have been working on so far during our off season. __________ Ian…
Ive gotten my first seed orders completed! And now I’m super excited for 2021 gardening and farm season to begin! __________ 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…
We are heading into the Canadian wilderness to forage for greenery and a Christmas tree. But don’t worry – it’s just 20 minutes up the road, lol. We find the perfect Christmas tree and forage some greenery. Then we share how we make a fresh evergreen wreath and some Christmas planters, and our decorated Christmas…
The market season is officially over. We still have a small amount in the ground, but we are ready for the break from the work of selling our farm fresh veggies down at the farmers market. But we still have lots of infrastructure work this winter, and lots of plans and exciting new idsas for…
Tools tools tools tools. Tools. I spend a lot of time thinking about tools. A person who knows what they are doing, but doesn’t have the right tools, can be outperformed by a less knowledgeable person, who does have the right tools. Tools create productivity, they amplify our abilities, they fix our problems. This is…
We are launching membership on our channel. If you have been looking for a way to monetarily support our efforts here on the farm, this is the perfect way. We will be doing a monthly live members only video. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change can…
Our farmers market has moved inside for the winter season. We still have lots of veggies, and dried flowers, here on the farm – so we are harvesting everything we can and making an attempted at our first winter market! And we broke a sales record! Unfortunately, the record was worst market ever, lol. __________…
We took a week to be lazy, and now we are back! During that time we made some new merch, which we are really excited about, and worked on a few other projects. And took some naps. But we won’t be chatting about that – snoozeville! We also have our first winter market on Sat,…
It is getting late in the year, so we are rushing to get our garlic planted in time. But the snow keeps making it difficult! To help with the job, we have built ourselves a handy dibbler out of our broadfork and some garbage laying around. We also show how to make toum or garlic…
I have been sent a new LED grow light to try out, and I’m unboxing the ViparSpectra xs series 1500 today and sharing it with you all. We will also do some chatting about my grow light set up for my seedlings, because I have been getting a lot of questions from you all lately,…
If you can’t get a few laughs from this Halloween spooktacular farmers market, then we can’t be friends. It’s been 3 weeks since the last market, and we are nervous how these late season vegetable sales will go. With only dried flowers, because the frost has killed the flower farm, and a lot less veggies…
The veggie garden and flower farm have completely transformed, now that we have experienced a killing from here on the farm. But just because our summer crops have been killed, doesn’t mean that our farm season is completely over. Join us for a farm tour of before and after the frost, as we show you…
We have pulled out all the dried flowers and had our very first attempt at selling them. Get an exclusive first look at everything dried flowers, and let us know what you are interested in seeing or learning about them. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change…
We have 3000 tulips to plant, and the goal is to get it done in a weekend. So we rented a trencher to quickly get us some holes dug, which wasn’t as easy as we hoped. But both Ian and Serina fight through, and with the bulb auger, and a few extra days, they all…
Even though it snowed, we still have lots of sale plans here on the farm. The weather will be back to a nice autumn next week, and we hope to have another month of farmers markets and farmstand sales for all our cold hardy veggies, such as carrots and kale. Join us live for a…
Our chickens have never seen snow before, so today will definitely give them something to cluck about. We have never gotten a snowstorm like this in October before, 5 inches of snow fell, and the snow lasted all day. The chickens were not impressed, and laid eggs in defiance of mother nature, but ultimately they…
We are pulling up the dahlias grown from seed, and checking out what kind of tubers they have produced over the growing season. We are really happy with the large clumps of tubers that they were able to produce even in our short zone 5 season. I started these seeds back in March, and they…
It’s the end of the season for our roadside market stand. It’s basically a single stall farmers market, a stand alone market stand. We are still selling summer veggies, and our summer flowers are still being arranged into beautiful bouquets. The difference is, the cold, mercy less Canadian winter has returned, already showing up at…
Our spring bulbs have come in, and we have 3000 future flowers to open up and get in the ground. Tulips, including fancy doubles, daffodils, narcissus, alliums, hyacinth, ect – there is a lot of fun in here. Join us to chat live about what I bought and what I plan on doing with it.…
It’s Canadian Thanksgiving, and to celebrate we are arranging harvest themed flowers that we picked fresh from the cut flower farm. Join Serina as we walk through the process and mindset that I use when arranging flowers, and stay for the end to enjoy the final results on our “Thanksgiving table” __________ Ian and Serina…
Getting the flower farm to the point of profitability is a serious struggle. Join Serina in a discussion about the way she needs to think on the farm to achieve her goals, in growing and in sales. Follow along as we pick the flowers, prepare the flowers, arrange the flowers, and finally get them to…
It’s early Autumn on our market garden farm, after a hot and dry summer our temperatures have dropped and the rain has started, complicating our harvesting of vegetables and flowers for our farmers market. Despite the weather, our fabled farmers trudge on, battling bug damage, washing off muddy produce, finding enchanting creatures [praying mantis], and…
We are too lazy to come up with a topic ahead of time, so we dont know what will chat about today. Most likely farming, market gardens, veggies, vegetable gardening, fall gardens, cut flowers, and cats. Always cats. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change can make…
The farm is still producing all the summer abundance! Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, cut flowers! There is still so much for coming out of the farm. And we also have laid the groundwork for a strong fall season selling at our local farmers market, with carrots, kale, beets and greens. But we are tired, very tired,…
As we reach the end of September, it’s now or never for getting ready for the fall growing season. Join us as we chat live about what we have left to get done, what we have prepared and planted so far, and how we hope the rest of the year will go. Farmers markets, post…
Fall is peaking over our shoulder, and a non stop working summer has left us feeling burned out, but we have to celebrate the summer abundance while we still can! Can we drag out butts through harvest day and still have a successful farmers market? Of course we can! Despite the lack of motivation, all…
Here on our small market garden we grow using organic techniques, for our health, and for the soils health. We are always getting asked how our vegetables and flowers look so good, how they are not getting destroyed by pest and disease. And the honest answer is – they don’t actually look perfect and we…
We have having a dinner date, and you are invited. So pull up a chair to chat farming, gardening or bad table manners – all will be featured. __________ 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…
Farmers Markets aren’t the only way we sell our veggies, on Sunday we set up our market tent and display and sell the produce from the roadside in front of out house. We bring the abundance to our home! Lots of our neighbours have farm stands, although most sell fruit and not veggies and flowers,…
