The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
Planting A Garden For The First Time Can Be Confusing. One of the more debated topics, even among seasoned gardeners, is whether to Direct Seed your crops, or use Starter Plants. As if planning out your garden in 2021 wasn’t hard enough! I firmly believe that both planting methods have their place, and in this…
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…
Adam Jones from @adamynyrardd Instagram account shares with us his inspirational backgarden that is full of food abundance, nature, and joy. Give Adam a follow here: https://www.instagram.com/adamynyrardd This video showcases his fantastically productive backgarden that combines raised bed no dig kitchen gardening, with keeping poultry like quail, ducks and chickens as natural pest control and…
As you’re thumbing through your seed catalogs for the upcoming season, you might be confused by common terms for seeds. Are GMO seeds bad? What even ARE heirloom seeds. And what about hybrids…they’re not good to grow…or are they? In today’s video I explain the common misconceptions about all of these seed types to help…
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…
We are always experimenting with new seed varieties here on the farm, so we can find the best plants for our specific growing conditions. I go over a lot of my new experiments from the past year, and share my new favorites that have made it onto the “must grow” list. And the one’s that…
THANK YOU FOR 1 MILLION! Today I look at some of the gardens YOU have created over the past year. If you like this series, I’ll do more in the future…I had a ton of fun. 0:00 – Intro 0:47 – Aaron En 1:22 – Jeremy Goldsmith 1:54 – Grant P 2:06 – Jade Hope…
This video is of Tim and Maddy Harland’s beautiful no dig permaculture kitchen garden in Hapmshire UK. Tim and Maddy are the founders of the fantastic @Permaculture Magazine and have a tranquil vegetable garden, meadow and food forest at their home that has been maturing for 25 years! I hope that this is a prime…
What do we eat? And how do we eat up all of our fresh veggies? You have asked again and again, so we are finally talking about food on the farm. Come and check out all of our food storage, freezers and canning. Am I a prepper, or a hoarder? I’m just someone who loves…
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…
Today’s video features the wonderful Becky from @Sow_Much_More! Find out more about how she transformed a weedy, cluttered backgarden into a hugely abundant vegetable garden in such little time. Becky is a true inspiration and shows us what we can do in a small-space, following organic principles and growing not just for food, but also…
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…
Grab some raised beds for your 2021 garden: https://bit.ly/3bj6OFh – I’m BACK with an update on the Epic Homestead and the progress that’s been made since I moved into my new house in late Fall 2020. Here’s a full garden tour, showing everything I’m currently growing and plan to grow in 2021. 0:00 – Intro…
Ian and Serina’s goals with making videos is to not only share our life and farm with you, but to also share a laugh. We love throwing in some funny moments, even if the video is intended to be an educational gardening video. Learn more about how we think about jokes, and some of our…
Today is my birthday, and I usually celebrate by seed shopping. Join us for a live chat, about some of the vegetable seeds im excited to get this year, and some of the new flower varieties that I’m impatiently waiting to show up for my extra early seed starting season this year. __________ Ian and…
I can’t believe the 2020 season is over! We have had so much fun growing veggies and flowers here on the farm, and it is super fun to see how the gardens change and evolve over the months. I hope you enjoy looking back with us. __________ Ian and Serina of YOU CANT EAT THE…
It’s hard to believe we have completed our second year farming! We had a great time learning more farming, and as we sit here getting ready for our next season, we have found that we learned many lessons. We reflect and talk about 10 lessons here. 1) Learn From Your Past Mistakes 2) Make Hay…
Happy holidays everyone! Join us for a casual live chat about gardening, the upcoming farm season, and seed shopping. __________ 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…
I need all the help I can get to not turn into a crazy seed hoarder during the seed shopping time of year, so I’m sharing the 7 steps I take to seed shop. From sorting your old seeds to not overbuy, to choosing your seed company, to patiently waiting for your seeds to show…
Before you sit down to buy all your seeds, make sure to check what you already own. Join me as I do the very first task before I seed shop – a seed audit. My veggie and flower seeds are a mess, so before I think about planting a garden, I have to get cleaned…
https://www.youtube.com/c/FlowerHillFarm Today, Nicole (from Flower Hill Farm) and I are talking about the 10 most profitable cut flowers on our flower farms. And I also break down some of the ways to figure out what flowers are profitable for me. Get all the details about: Sunflowers Zinnias Snapdragons Amaranth Lilies Liatris Gladiolus Rudbeckia Gomphrena and…
This year, I had a problem with tomatoes – they took a lot of work, and no one wanted to pay a good price for them. So this year, we have a new plan! And it involves Pink Berkley Tie Dye. Or should I say – the best tasting tomato you’ve ever tried (according to…
In this video you are asked to solve a great mystery. Which of these 4 markets sold the most, and had the highest sales number? Can you guess it right? We believe in you, and to let us know if you get it right and solve this puzzle, give this video a thumbs up! If…
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…
