Tag: urban homestead

Have you ever wanted to harvest a bunch of vegetables, wash them and pack them up, then take them to your local farmers market and sell them? It sounds great, but you be the judge as we try to do just that, picking veggies to sell at our first farmers market of the year. We…

With May quickly coming to a close, and no upcoming orders in our localline website, we can officially say we survived the seedling sale here on the farm. Join us to talk about how the seedling selling went this year, our feelings on changes for upcoming years, and what is coming for the vegetable and…

Abundance is almost here, and the farm is looking gorgeous and bigger than ever, as we have expanded the growing space, and added multiple greenhouses. Flowers are starting to show up like anemones, snapdragons, and ranunculus, and veggies like lettuce, choi, radish and walking onions have begun to produce, while more hot weather crops such…

This coming weekend will be the first week we sell at the farmers market. Is the farm ready? Are we ready? Come and chat. __________ 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…

The seedling sale is in full swing, and life is crazy on the farm. Come chat what we have been up to, and about changing the day for our live chats. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change can make a big difference to the world we…

Our nursery sale, where we sell tomatoes, peppers in paper pots, dahlias in 1 gallon pots, and lots of other assorted veggies in soil blocks, has finally begun. We are anxious about the opening, because we need strong sales to get to our revenue goals for the season. Last year we sold $7000 at the…

Getting ready for the seedling sale while also prepping the farm is hard enough, but when you add in freezing nights and no water, things start to crumble into chaos. Join Serina as she gives you a tour around the farm, showing off all the tomato seedlings, veggie gardens, dahlias, spring flowers, and more! __________…

Things have been crazy on the farm this week as we prepare for our upcoming seedling sale while also trying to keep all the veggie growing on track. Join us for a quick chat about what we are doing on the farm, and flower and vegetable gardening. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT…

Our 3 new greenhouses are finally being delivered to the farm, but there is a catch. The trucking company loaded our greenhouses, that are supposed to be moved with a sling, in an enclosed trailer, making it difficult to unload, and in the process, the skid fell over and damaged our precious greenhouse. My experience…

Come and join us for a little tour of all the seedlings. 1500 tomato plants, thousands of soil blocks, hundreds of dahlias, and all the other farming and gardening craziness we currently have going on. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change can make a big difference…

Our barn is full of plants like tomatoes, peppers, and dahlias, lots of which we are potting up in paper pots. Our nights are still freezing, so that is why all those plants are still living inside instead of outside, in our greenhouse. It won’t be long until nights are warm enough for all those…

Soil Blocks are a great way to grow seedlings for your flowers and veggies, without the use of plastic trays or pots. We make so many soil blocks, and grow so many seedlings in them, that it is safe to say we are professionals in the art of soil blocking, and in this video we…

We are continuing through the list of questions you asked on our community post from last week. We are talking gardening, farming, growing veggies and flowers, and more! Check out Liz Zorab’s book Grounded https://amzn.to/2QdV1j1 (affiliate) __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change can make a big…

Bring your questions to the community post, and we will do our best to answer them. Come and hang out with us live, while we chat about vegetable gardening, farming, and flowers. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE GRASS feel that every small change can make a big difference to the world…

Our tomato seedlings are outgrowing their trays, and are in need of potting up into a larger sized pot, so this video starts off with Serina showing you how to pot up tomato seedling, which works for other veggies as well. After the how to section is done, we tour through our barn showing off…

The Seedling room is filled to the brim with baby tomato and pepper plants! With about 3000 seedlings going for our seedling sale, there is a lot to show. Join as I show off my plant babies and talk about the tomato varieties that I have this year, and why I’ve chosen them. Also, we…

https://www.youtube.com/c/FlowerHillFarm Without the bulk of the filler flowers and greenery, a bouquet would just be a handful of flowers. So I’ve partnered up with Nicole from Flower Hill Farm to chat about all our favorite filler flowers and greenery that we grow on our cut flower farms. We share all our tips about the specific…

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!…