It’s been about 6 months since I got bit by the flower growing bug. From my experience this spring I can see that there truly are no hard lines in the sand. Some did well (Ranunculus), some took forever (snaps) and some are taking off now which is unexpected (Amazon dianthus, Bells of Ireland). I appreciate your frank explanations of how and why and when you are doing things. Thanks for another thought provoking video and focusing on your growth too, not just the plants. Again, it means so much to be learning from the plants. If I listen they are teaching.
I love your idea of listening to the plants, you're right- they certainly are teaching! Appreciate you sharing your experience and thanks so much for tuning in ✨💛
You're not wrong. A lot of people jumping on the flower farming bandwagon with a copy and paste strategy they are getting from other UA-camrs and a certain flower breeder etc. EVERYTHING in farming is about individual context. Skill, property, needs, goals, objectives, time etc are different for everyone. Sometimes not even by choice. Also, profitability isn't about scale or how many varities you can grow. I've found that being lean and consistent has been the best strategy for profitability in my context. While leaving a little room for experiments each season. Great video. Gotta give kudos to any growers, UA-camrs etc that are pushing back against the trends and acknowledging the importance of context. Personally, I can't wait for the day I can find a way out of tulips. When I was a veggie grower I absolutely hated growing indeterminate tomatoes. Tulips are now my tomatoes.
I live in 6a/b this was so timely.. thanks for being open. Stock is out for me.. sowing seeds and starting 8 weeks before last frost is also out, being my second year growing. It has been in the high 70' and yes they are surviving but I want them to thrive!
This video is so timely! In my third year growing here, and each year I learn something new. This year, I’m already seeing that I need to grow more of less. It’s so hard to let certain varieties go when you love them all.
I love how you share what is working while also acknowledging that it’s not a one size fits all approach. And I’m glad to see you’re growing campanula, yarrow, feverfew, and rudbeckia. Hoping they work well for me, too, since I’m in the same zone! Helpful content!
this was my first year growing spring flowers that were fall planted. they have been amazing ! but alot of work when theres other work that has deadlines too ! i am going to keep growing them but change my volume and strategy just a bit to get it all done! it is hard with one person doing the majority of the work! thanks for the honest and helpful content on all your videos !
Always a joy! First yr flower farmer here, zone 8b and planning my hardy bed to prep and plant this summer/fall. Plus all the seed starting, tilling and mulch laying! Whew my brain and back are overwhelmed! Still working a reg job haha This yr is a learning yr, so I'm unable to refine or focus yet, but keeping good notes and planting calendar so that I am able to make changes as I grow. Your videos are helpful and encouraging TY 😊
Thankyou for your views. I have only just completed my first half of a summer autumn season and with the intense rain that we are having this week I will probably now not get to do my first Mothers Day which I am truly hoping I am wrong about. During my first season growing cut flowers I have worked hard to grow what I believed would make beautiful bouquets but have found that there were truly certain flowers that I actually got more joy from growing (as stupid as that sounds) heading into my second winter of starting my own seed that I am still collecting from our plants I feel more confident in making the decision to not focus my attentions on numerous varieties but focusing my energies on the flowers I have become confident of growing. With our strawberry farm as half of our business and being over 50 with a disability Ive now realised what is going to work for me and I am going to follow these principles going forward. Again thankyou for sharing something that I have been feeling but was scared to commit to. Cheers Theresa - South Coast Australia
Hey Theresa, thanks for opening up and sharing your experience! It's awesome to see you finding your groove with your flowers and strawberry farm. Keep pushing forward, you've got this! ✨💛
Perfect video! I am 3rd year flower farmer. So refreshing to hear your thoughts! I will definitely change my thought process and already feel like I have gained back a lot of time and energy! Love your videos- simple, direct and so full of great information! Thank you and please continue to do more of the same!
Thank you so much for your kind words! Love that you're gaining time + energy as you gain clarity around what works well for you! Wishing you much success this season!
Wow, so good! I love your transparency, it is really good food for thought, truly. Thank you for sharing this. Having to figure out what works for your particular circumstances and being honest with yourself, being able to let go...thats hard but finding out, its a must and being ok with it is huge. This is still a struggle for me, not following the crowd but what works for me. This year is my biggest garden, i nearly killed myself...haha but, what i discovered is i need to let go of some of the flowers, and I'm ok with it! Lisianthus and Ranunculus are not my strong suite and so i decided after this year, no more. I felt the stress leave my body almost immediately. Im glad i have tried them but, have to let go.
Great information, I agree with you completely. This winter was my first season of cool flowers and a new new home and I have a better idea what to plant a lot of and what to plant less of and what I started too late in the season and need to fall so for next year. I like the shorter videos also
Thanks for sharing your experiences with growing cool flowers. I do grow them, and I love campanula. My challenge is finding enough room for warm season annuals with beds full of nigella, snaps, larkspur, etc.
This is my first year growing Lisi's from seed.. I only have about a dozen.. I have no clue if they're thriving.. 😂 vegmo fever few came up from last June it's thriving. My first anemone I picked is 9" stem, 1.5" bloom.. I will grow them again.
Makes sense! I love your idea of single variety bouquets. My sweet peas, scabiosa and anemone transplanted in the fall are just blooming in May - as the self-sown zinnia, cosmos, and marigolds are popping out the ground. I had envisioned March and April cool flower harvests... but its all overlapping!!
Always great content, thank you, I’m also moving towards offering straight bunches, and I hear you about managing work flow. Still early days to fine tune what is best in my area.
Always enjoy your videos. This one was also very timely. Thank you. I've been considering doing the opposite of you. I'm in Florida, and some days are already in the 90's. As I get older, the heat has bothered me more, so I've been wondering if focusing on cool flowers and taking the summer off would be better??? Decisions decisions...
Such a great point! And I can absolutely see this strategy of focusing on cool flowers working for you! Wishing you the best of luck with whatever you decide 👏🧡✨
I've binge watched many of your videos as I'm fairly new to all of this. I'll need to watch this again after I know more because i don't know what what hardy annuals are and had a hard time following along. 😂 Keep up the great work!
Glad the content is helpful (even if you're not yet quite sure what hardy annuals are 😉) I have a feeling you'll catch on to all this flower growing stuff fast so keep up the good work!
Great video as always! Thank you! For campanula- how many stems do you usually sell in a bunch? And how long do you plant out before your first frost? Zone 5b girlie too! 😊
Hey Darcy! Thanks for tuning in! I believe I did 10 stem bunches last year and I planted about mid-September. My goal is usually to get started planting hardy annuals around Labor Day but I don't hit that mark as often as I'd like ;) Give 'em about 4 to 6 weeks to establish and they should do just fine for you.
The campanula shown in this video were grown from plugs that I purchased from a plug wholesaler. I have grown it from seed before though and believe it came from Johnny’s Selected Seed ✨
With just a few raised beds, no good way to start seeds and bad knees, my focus this year is growing flowers for myself and to just share. I want to try hardy annuals so i dont have to spend so much on watering and deal with the heat of summer here in Missouri 5b. But will I be sorry if I devote my beds to those and dont do tender annuals? I guess the only way to know is to try it for a season or two...🤷♀️
I love this plan! It sounds like you've really thought this through and you're right...the only way to know for sure is to try it out for a season or two. Wishing you the best in luck as you find what works best for you!
It’s been about 6 months since I got bit by the flower growing bug. From my experience this spring I can see that there truly are no hard lines in the sand. Some did well (Ranunculus), some took forever (snaps) and some are taking off now which is unexpected (Amazon dianthus, Bells of Ireland). I appreciate your frank explanations of how and why and when you are doing things. Thanks for another thought provoking video and focusing on your growth too, not just the plants. Again, it means so much to be learning from the plants. If I listen they are teaching.
I love your idea of listening to the plants, you're right- they certainly are teaching! Appreciate you sharing your experience and thanks so much for tuning in ✨💛
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You're not wrong. A lot of people jumping on the flower farming bandwagon with a copy and paste strategy they are getting from other UA-camrs and a certain flower breeder etc. EVERYTHING in farming is about individual context. Skill, property, needs, goals, objectives, time etc are different for everyone. Sometimes not even by choice. Also, profitability isn't about scale or how many varities you can grow. I've found that being lean and consistent has been the best strategy for profitability in my context. While leaving a little room for experiments each season.
Great video. Gotta give kudos to any growers, UA-camrs etc that are pushing back against the trends and acknowledging the importance of context.
Personally, I can't wait for the day I can find a way out of tulips. When I was a veggie grower I absolutely hated growing indeterminate tomatoes. Tulips are now my tomatoes.
I liked the more direct format for this video. I think it’s nice to see people sharing how they pivot to manage workload.
Glad this was helpful! Appreciate you tuning in!
I live in 6a/b this was so timely.. thanks for being open. Stock is out for me.. sowing seeds and starting 8 weeks before last frost is also out, being my second year growing. It has been in the high 70' and yes they are surviving but I want them to thrive!
It is a lot to juggle..I agree! Glad you’re finding what works for you ✨👏
“There was just not enough of me to go around.” That’s wisdom!
I appreciate that! Thank you 😊 ✨
This video is so timely! In my third year growing here, and each year I learn something new. This year, I’m already seeing that I need to grow more of less. It’s so hard to let certain varieties go when you love them all.
You’re right.. it is so hard! But so worth it! Wishing you all the success in year 3! 👏✨🧡
I love how you share what is working while also acknowledging that it’s not a one size fits all approach. And I’m glad to see you’re growing campanula, yarrow, feverfew, and rudbeckia. Hoping they work well for me, too, since I’m in the same zone! Helpful content!
Wishing you the best of luck with what you’re growing! And thank you so much for your kind words! I appreciate you tuning in! ✨😊
I totally see what you are saying. I am taking the wisdom from a few UA-camr's to be concise and focused. Implement clear boundaries.
Love this! Best of luck!
I love information on what is working for you and the changes that you have made.
I'm always learning! And I love when others share what works for them! Thanks for watching!
this was my first year growing spring flowers that were fall planted. they have been amazing ! but alot of work when theres other work that has deadlines too ! i am going to keep growing them but change my volume and strategy just a bit to get it all done! it is hard with one person doing the majority of the work! thanks for the honest and helpful content on all your videos !
Always a joy! First yr flower farmer here, zone 8b and planning my hardy bed to prep and plant this summer/fall. Plus all the seed starting, tilling and mulch laying! Whew my brain and back are overwhelmed! Still working a reg job haha This yr is a learning yr, so I'm unable to refine or focus yet, but keeping good notes and planting calendar so that I am able to make changes as I grow. Your videos are helpful and encouraging TY 😊
It's great to hear that you're diving into flower farming! Keep up the hard work and enjoy the learning process. I'll be cheering you on!✨💛
Thankyou for your views. I have only just completed my first half of a summer autumn season and with the intense rain that we are having this week I will probably now not get to do my first Mothers Day which I am truly hoping I am wrong about. During my first season growing cut flowers I have worked hard to grow what I believed would make beautiful bouquets but have found that there were truly certain flowers that I actually got more joy from growing (as stupid as that sounds) heading into my second winter of starting my own seed that I am still collecting from our plants I feel more confident in making the decision to not focus my attentions on numerous varieties but focusing my energies on the flowers I have become confident of growing. With our strawberry farm as half of our business and being over 50 with a disability Ive now realised what is going to work for me and I am going to follow these principles going forward. Again thankyou for sharing something that I have been feeling but was scared to commit to. Cheers Theresa - South Coast Australia
Hey Theresa, thanks for opening up and sharing your experience! It's awesome to see you finding your groove with your flowers and strawberry farm. Keep pushing forward, you've got this! ✨💛
@@twosistersflowerfarm Thankyou :)
Perfect video! I am 3rd year flower farmer. So refreshing to hear your thoughts! I will definitely change my thought process and already feel like I have gained back a lot of time and energy! Love your videos- simple, direct and so full of great information! Thank you and please continue to do more of the same!
Thank you so much for your kind words! Love that you're gaining time + energy as you gain clarity around what works well for you! Wishing you much success this season!
Wow, so good! I love your transparency, it is really good food for thought, truly. Thank you for sharing this. Having to figure out what works for your particular circumstances and being honest with yourself, being able to let go...thats hard but finding out, its a must and being ok with it is huge. This is still a struggle for me, not following the crowd but what works for me. This year is my biggest garden, i nearly killed myself...haha but, what i discovered is i need to let go of some of the flowers, and I'm ok with it! Lisianthus and Ranunculus are not my strong suite and so i decided after this year, no more. I felt the stress leave my body almost immediately. Im glad i have tried them but, have to let go.
Great information, I agree with you completely. This winter was my first season of cool flowers and a new new home and I have a better idea what to plant a lot of and what to plant less of and what I started too late in the season and need to fall so for next year. I like the shorter videos also
Thanks for the feedback! Love how your experience is helping to guide your future decisions.. you got this!
Thanks for sharing your experiences with growing cool flowers. I do grow them, and I love campanula. My challenge is finding enough room for warm season annuals with beds full of nigella, snaps, larkspur, etc.
Can totally relate! Spacing (at least for me) is ALWAYS an issue ;)
Very well explained...Always learning from your videos and can't wait for the next one!
Awesome, thank you! 😊
This is my first year growing Lisi's from seed.. I only have about a dozen.. I have no clue if they're thriving.. 😂 vegmo fever few came up from last June it's thriving. My first anemone I picked is 9" stem, 1.5" bloom.. I will grow them again.
You’re gaining lots of valuable experience and that’s what counts! ✨🌱
Makes sense! I love your idea of single variety bouquets. My sweet peas, scabiosa and anemone transplanted in the fall are just blooming in May - as the self-sown zinnia, cosmos, and marigolds are popping out the ground. I had envisioned March and April cool flower harvests... but its all overlapping!!
It is difficult when it all overlaps! But at least it's beautiful 😉
Always great content, thank you, I’m also moving towards offering straight bunches, and I hear you about managing work flow. Still early days to fine tune what is best in my area.
Wahoo! Love that you’re fine tuning what’s best for you! Wishing you all the best ✨🧡
Always enjoy your videos. This one was also very timely. Thank you. I've been considering doing the opposite of you. I'm in Florida, and some days are already in the 90's. As I get older, the heat has bothered me more, so I've been wondering if focusing on cool flowers and taking the summer off would be better??? Decisions decisions...
Such a great point! And I can absolutely see this strategy of focusing on cool flowers working for you! Wishing you the best of luck with whatever you decide 👏🧡✨
Campanula grew and did stellar through a bluzzard😅
Mine too! Never would have thought 😅
Campanula was a draw dropper here !
I love it too! So unique 🤩✨
I totally agree!!!
I've binge watched many of your videos as I'm fairly new to all of this. I'll need to watch this again after I know more because i don't know what what hardy annuals are and had a hard time following along. 😂 Keep up the great work!
Glad the content is helpful (even if you're not yet quite sure what hardy annuals are 😉) I have a feeling you'll catch on to all this flower growing stuff fast so keep up the good work!
Great video as always! Thank you! For campanula- how many stems do you usually sell in a bunch? And how long do you plant out before your first frost? Zone 5b girlie too! 😊
Hey Darcy! Thanks for tuning in! I believe I did 10 stem bunches last year and I planted about mid-September. My goal is usually to get started planting hardy annuals around Labor Day but I don't hit that mark as often as I'd like ;) Give 'em about 4 to 6 weeks to establish and they should do just fine for you.
@@twosistersflowerfarm thank ya!!! I think I’m going to try them this fall 😊
Did you plant Campanula from seeds? Where did you got Campanula seeds? Thank you so much!
The campanula shown in this video were grown from plugs that I purchased from a plug wholesaler. I have grown it from seed before though and believe it came from Johnny’s Selected Seed ✨
With just a few raised beds, no good way to start seeds and bad knees, my focus this year is growing flowers for myself and to just share. I want to try hardy annuals so i dont have to spend so much on watering and deal with the heat of summer here in Missouri 5b. But will I be sorry if I devote my beds to those and dont do tender annuals? I guess the only way to know is to try it for a season or two...🤷♀️
I love this plan! It sounds like you've really thought this through and you're right...the only way to know for sure is to try it out for a season or two. Wishing you the best in luck as you find what works best for you!
I like short and sweet because I don't have a lot of time to watch videos
I like short + sweet too! So glad to know that others like this style as well! Thanks for sharing :)
I need snapdragons and rudbekia, zinnias and grasses,feverfew
Great choices!