Tag: sustainable living

I am very excited to be unboxing all the new dahlias and perennials that I bought from Van Noort for the flower farm this year. With 300 dinnerplate and decorative or ball dahlias, with all my old favorites and lots of new varieties. 450 Perennial plants including sedums, miscanthus grasses, yarrows, sea holly, and more!…

We are continuing with going through the bulk of the vegetable seeds that we will be growing on the farm this year – including some flowers! Let’s dig through the rest of this William Dam seeds box, and talk seed shopping. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small…

It’s officially time to start the farm up again. And even though it is only March, we are already so far behind on all the projects that we need to have done to begin the season. Come and check out how the farm and garden are looking. And so many projects on the go! Painting!…

We received our William Dam seed order this week, so let’s open it up! I have lots of new varieties I’m excited to play around with this year in the vegetable garden, and on the farm. This $1500 order is full of all my favorites on the farm, so there is a lit to go…

Roadtrip! We have over 1000 flowers, lots of which are Dahlias tubers, that we need to pick up from Vancouver. It’s too cold over the mountain passes on the highway to rely on trucking, with our precious Dahlia tubers so frost sensitive, so Ian is hitting the road and driving his truck all the way…

We have been putting away on the farm, trying to get ready for the season starting. Our most exciting news on the farm this week is that we got 34 yards of the most beautiful compost (thank you Black Diamond Soil Services). And I don’t have a specific conversation topic, so we will start there,…

March is tomorrow, and that means the beginning of the farm and garden season is here for me. Are we ready? No, lol. But we won’t let that stop us from growing our best this year. Come and chat about what we have coming up, what we will be growing in the next few weeks,…

There is a lot more to being a farm business then just growing food. You also have to sell it, which takes as much time and effort as the growing. Can you grow it, can you sell it – is an idea that we always try to keep in mind while building our veggie and…

The big main order of seeds for the flower farm is in! Join me as I unbox my William dam seeds order, and chat about what will be growing on the flower farm this year. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change can make a big difference…

This year I ordered for the first time from Sunflower Selections. Since I have big plans for sunflowers on the flower farm this year, I was very excited to be getting my Procut sunflowers directly from the source (because the price was really good, lol). But I was really impressed with all the selection, and…

I have my second Johnny’s Seeds order on hand and ready to unbox and share all the details. This one has all my special vegetable seeds in it, and there are a few things that I am super excited about – like a fancy new kale for baby greens, that I have been dreaming about…

Our Dried Flowers have been patiently waiting for us to arrange them into gorgeous bouquets, and that time has finally come, because we are going to set up a farmers market backdrop for a scene in a romantic comedy movie. We dried lots of our flowers last summer, bouquets that didn’t sell were hung upside…

The internet is full of people very stressed about getting seeds right now, and saying that there is a seed shortage. So we are going to take some time to rant about why everyone needs to calm done! And talk about what is happening with all the seed companies shutting off there sales. And because…

We are building and testing a DIY germination chamber. With the beginning of the 3rd growing season here on the farm just around the corner, we are thinking of ways to make our seed starting as easy and efficient as possible. So we are transforming an old fridge into a germination chamber, using a aquarium…

We received our Uline order, so I figured we could do the most depressing unboxing of all time, and invite you all into the mind blowing experience of having to spend $2700 on bags and labels 😭🤮😭 Which is also a perfect opening to talking about marketing costs, and the benefits and disadvantages to selling…

Farmer’s markets are a great place to shop for local crafts and foods, but they are also a great place to be an entrepreneur and sell your various products. Whether it’s vegetables, flowers, fruit, wine, jewelry, honey, sewing projects, meats, cheese, bread, eggs, or even a hot meal and refreshing drink, there is a customer…

My exciting Johnny’s seeds flower order has come in, and I need to get planting, but first – let’s unbox this and get excited! Because these are my #teamflowers, content farm, Ian’s a bad influence, impulse buys, and if I can figure out how to grow these fussy cut flowers, its going to be exciting…

During our latest member live, we talked about my $1000 per farm bed goal that i have been mentioning from time to time, and I realized that it is a great way of showing what my goals are on the farm, and while planning. So today, ill explain it again for everyone, and chat about…

Bo loves hanging out with the chickens – both in the chicken run and in the chicken coop. But the rooster doesn’t approve, and will chase him away, so the cat has to be cautious. Here is a collection of times that I’ve caught the cat hanging out with the chickens on camera. Does he…

In this video we break down how much money we made on YouTube, month by month, through all of 2020. Is it more money than you expected? Is it less money than you expected? Is it both more and less than you expected, the more you think about it? We are also using this video…

Weve taken a vote, but now we are bring the debate live! Which team are you? Team veggies or team flowers? Come and show your support. Or make your argument for team both. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change can make a big difference to the…