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Before I got too far into this new growing season I wanted to make a video to outline the new direction I’m taking when it comes to growing food, and the reasons behind this. I have felt constricted by only adopting certain methods of growing, and after much research and learning and questioning I feel…
What is a CSA? Today, Serina is talking about all the perk and disadvantages of Community Supported Agriculture – both as a customer and farmer. And the different ways that vegetable and flower farmers go about setting up their programs. And this is also the exciting launch of our Flower CSA here at Red Roof…
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…
I question I’m often asked is what can I grow in shady areas and also what else can I do with them in order to get the most from this space? In this video I outline the top crops for growing in shade, and also introduce 3 key alternative opportunities that shady corners provide us…
It’s spring, and we need to prepare our farm and gardens for planting, because our barn is filled with seedlings and other plants, that need to go outside, to make space for more plants and seedlings. This prepping is no easy task when you have a farm, and this video shows Ian doing his favorite…
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…
In this video, I give you my vegetable garden plan for the new growing season by taking you on a tour around our veggie patch. Plus, I show you some new and exciting vegetable seed varieties that I am trying for the first time! Go here to get Birdies Raised Garden bed in the USA:…
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!…
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…
This video is all about no dig vegetable gardening in raised beds that have sides. There has been much discussion recently about if raised beds should or shouldn’t have sides so I thought I would explain how I do it effectively in a wet slug-prone climate and the benefits and drawbacks of sided raised beds.…
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…
Homemade paper pots are free and easy, they are waste free, plastic free, and grow the best seedlings. So I’m sharing all my insider tips, after making thousands of paper pots over the years, the easiest paper pots ever. No fussing, no extra folding, no complicated math. And all the tricks to make them strong…
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,…
February is one of the slowest times for farm fresh food. But we still have 2 dozen farm fresh eggs a day, so we are sharing our trick for easy to peel farm fresh eggs. I have tried all the other tricks, and they are LIES! But I’ve never had my egg cracking technique fail…
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…
If you are new to growing food, or are looking to start a vegetable garden then this video is for you. I give my honest and frank advice when it comes to starting a food growing journey, with the hope that it will greatly help you achieve your vegetable growing dreams. The goal with this…
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…
In this video I’ll show you how to build a DIY gravel patio and create a gas fire pit seating are with POLYWOOD chairs. I’ll also show how I created a D.G. (decomposed granite) and gravel pathway with steel landscape edging. Well at this is how I built mine and it’s working great! In addition…
In this last video of the winter permaculture mini-series, we visit the inspiring no dig market garden Glasbren, located in Carmarthenshire Wales. Abel Oakenshade and Steffan Lemke-Elms have transformed a steep, poor-quality piece of marginal land into an abundant & thriving 1 acre market garden, inspired by permaculture principles and regenerative growing. This is one…
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…
Order Liz’s BRAND NEW book Grounded: https://shop.permaculture.co.uk/grounded.html In my opinion, Byther Farm is one of the best examples of how you can produce a huge amount of food whilst being on a tight budget. This is self-sufficiency in the truest form. Find out how Liz went from being bedbound due to illness to now being…
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…
