Always exciting to see the new shoots sprouting up! I eagerly do my garden tour every morning, coffee in hand, and again in the evening, wine in hand, just in case something has popped up while I wasn’t looking 😅 Love seeing how things are growing on your farm 😊
I do the same garden tours several times a day, with a dt. coke in hand. Love this time of year, when you can literally see different things popping up between tours!
Thank you for the great video! Its always so interesting to see what you are working at and it is such a huge schedule you are rocking!! Chapeau!! The farm really looks great and I know how much work that means (being a flower farmer myself). I also know the problems concerning climate change. I'm farming in denmark (zone 7b) and we are drowning in rain the last two years during autumn, winter and early spring. Additional "bonus" now is increasing floodstorms (3 this winter!) or at least monthly heavy storms. To prevent my tulips from drowning in the fields (luckily we are not in the flood zone, but it rains masses), I plant them "No till" into sand beds for better drainage. So the roots are going down to our clay soil, but the bulbs are in the sand. Worked out well ;) I also have a security backup with my tulips in crates, because we happily have a warm cellar (like you), where we can culivate them (after the chilling period) under growlights. I wish you the very best for the season! Greetings from denmark 🤗🌻
@@greenbeefloralco I think its a good idea, no matter if too much (as in our case) or not enough rain (as you experience it). But it is important to keep the ways short between cooling station (I cool the bulbs myself) and propagation room, because of the heavy crates.
The zones have changed because they added 6 thousand more temperature stations from 10 years ago. Those temperature changes are very specific to that area. You have to just pay attention to your own climate and go from there. I have 2 completely different eco systems on the same piece of property.
The Canadian hardiness zones are different that the US zones, and our zone changes were specifically accredited to climate change - and was particularly impactful in B.C. and the Great Lakes basin in Ontario (where I am). My own zone went from 6a to 6b (which is now the equivalent of US zone 7a).
@greenbeefloralco so you have no weather stations around? It is strictly your winter temperature changes? 5 degrees is quite a bit of change. I will have to do some research.Thank you
10 years ago, March was 5 degrees celsius with snow just beginning to melt. It’s now 14 celsius on March 8 and very little snow through the winter. We absolutely have weather stations around, but they also measure the temperatures of the warming oceans and lakes, with 60+ years of data to inform. Here’s a great article from Global News explaining the changes and Canadian factors: globalnews.ca/news/10146246/canadas-plant-hardiness-zones-map-ready-to-bloom-for-1st-time-in-10-years/amp/
Additionally, having more data available to inform changing hardiness zones across North America is not an argument against climate change, in my opinion. As a farmer, it is irresponsible for me to not look at how climate change will affect my area in the next 5-10 years while making decisions about crops/farm infrastructure. It affects what plants overwinter, insect pressure, water supply, summer growing conditions, and staff safety while working outdoors.
@@greenbeefloralco I am a flower farmer also, and even though they have changed many US zones, I have been much colder this year. I planted later in the fall and got an immediate frost, which was 4 weeks ahead of schedule. I guess we never know from year to year.
Always exciting to see the new shoots sprouting up!
I eagerly do my garden tour every morning, coffee in hand, and again in the evening, wine in hand, just in case something has popped up while I wasn’t looking 😅
Love seeing how things are growing on your farm 😊
I do the same garden tours several times a day, with a dt. coke in hand. Love this time of year, when you can literally see different things popping up between tours!
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Thank you for the great video! Its always so interesting to see what you are working at and it is such a huge schedule you are rocking!! Chapeau!! The farm really looks great and I know how much work that means (being a flower farmer myself). I also know the problems concerning climate change. I'm farming in denmark (zone 7b) and we are drowning in rain the last two years during autumn, winter and early spring. Additional "bonus" now is increasing floodstorms (3 this winter!) or at least monthly heavy storms. To prevent my tulips from drowning in the fields (luckily we are not in the flood zone, but it rains masses), I plant them "No till" into sand beds for better drainage. So the roots are going down to our clay soil, but the bulbs are in the sand. Worked out well ;) I also have a security backup with my tulips in crates, because we happily have a warm cellar (like you), where we can culivate them (after the chilling period) under growlights. I wish you the very best for the season! Greetings from denmark 🤗🌻
I think next year we’ll be pushing a lot more tulips in crates over farm planting. It’s the lack of snow/rain over the winter that is our problem!
@@greenbeefloralco I think its a good idea, no matter if too much (as in our case) or not enough rain (as you experience it). But it is important to keep the ways short between cooling station (I cool the bulbs myself) and propagation room, because of the heavy crates.
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The zones have changed because they added 6 thousand more temperature stations from 10 years ago. Those temperature changes are very specific to that area. You have to just pay attention to your own climate and go from there. I have 2 completely different eco systems on the same piece of property.
The Canadian hardiness zones are different that the US zones, and our zone changes were specifically accredited to climate change - and was particularly impactful in B.C. and the Great Lakes basin in Ontario (where I am). My own zone went from 6a to 6b (which is now the equivalent of US zone 7a).
@greenbeefloralco so you have no weather stations around? It is strictly your winter temperature changes? 5 degrees is quite a bit of change. I will have to do some research.Thank you
10 years ago, March was 5 degrees celsius with snow just beginning to melt. It’s now 14 celsius on March 8 and very little snow through the winter. We absolutely have weather stations around, but they also measure the temperatures of the warming oceans and lakes, with 60+ years of data to inform. Here’s a great article from Global News explaining the changes and Canadian factors: globalnews.ca/news/10146246/canadas-plant-hardiness-zones-map-ready-to-bloom-for-1st-time-in-10-years/amp/
Additionally, having more data available to inform changing hardiness zones across North America is not an argument against climate change, in my opinion. As a farmer, it is irresponsible for me to not look at how climate change will affect my area in the next 5-10 years while making decisions about crops/farm infrastructure. It affects what plants overwinter, insect pressure, water supply, summer growing conditions, and staff safety while working outdoors.
@@greenbeefloralco I am a flower farmer also, and even though they have changed many US zones, I have been much colder this year. I planted later in the fall and got an immediate frost, which was 4 weeks ahead of schedule. I guess we never know from year to year.