July flower farm tour: pollinators, weeds and flowers all over
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- It’s mid-July and we’re pretty much adrift in flowers… and weeds. But that’s life; especially when running a farm as a side gig. There are so many fantastic little bees, wasps, flies, beetles, butterflies and more out in the field. Goldfinches have already been working the sunflowers, pulling out all the seeds. It is abuzz with life, just as a farm ought to be.
We live and grow in Yakima County in central Washington state, zone 6b/7a.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful flowers! Sweet Annie has naturalized in my gardens, like everywhere. I planted it 30 years ago. I have never had to replant! lol Love the smell and it makes such great wreaths. My chickens love the seeds.
I keep hearing how it spreads itself around which makes me a little anxious about letting it re-seed, especially since I'm too tender-hearted with volunteer plants. I'll keep an eye on it.
Wow 🌸🌺have flower envy!
*She doesn't just free roam and eat what she wants... The dog it is, not the snake.* 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Hi from Australia. This is the first time that I have come across your. Thank you for this very interesting video. I feel like I have just been on a journey to another very different part of the world. Are you on the western or eastern side of the Rocky Mountains? You are such a clever gardener growing so many varieties of flowers, and so many flowers!
We grow in Washington state which is on the west coast, west of the Rockies.
We have wild monarda all over our land. In my experience, only single stem ones have any vase life. If I harvest branches of blooms, they wilt very quickly.
Good tip, thank you!
Beware of sweet annie. It is taking over one of my garden beds. I had 1 large plant like yours last year and it is popping up everywhere within 10 feet of where the plant was. I had dug it up last fall because it was too big for the area i planted it. Now i am constantly pulling up new shoots.
Would love to know when you started all your flowers and wow hill farming!
It depends on the flower type. Generally speaking cool season flowers were started in January/February indoors, then planted out in April, before the last frost. Warm season varieties were started in March/April and planted out May-June, after risk of frost passed. A lot are also directly seeded beginning in April and onwards. I'll probably seed one last round of sunflowers out in the next week to see if I can get a late crop before our first freeze. There's a steep learning curve for figuring out when which types of plants should be started, which ones do better direct seeded, etc. I use Johnny's Selected Seeds a lot as a supplier (no affiliation, just a happy customer), and their seed packets and website are treasure trove of growing information.
And yeah - hill farming, whole new challenge haha
What is that beautiful flower that is on ur screen when it first comes up?
That's a zinnia called Queeny Lime Blush, there's a whole "Queeny" series that has some really neat tones that are different than the more common zinnias. In the US you can find seeds online through Johnny's Selected Seeds, Territorial Seed Company and other suppliers.
Will it be ok if i plant rudbeckias in spring, or should I wait until the start of summer?
Spring or early summer plantings of rudbeckias should both work, provided you have enough time for the plants to mature from a summer planting. I planted mine out in mid-late May and they began blooming in July. In some growing zones (~USDA zone 7 and higher I think?) you can also plant in fall for an earlier spring crop, which I plan to try.
@@ShrubsteppeBlooms Ah ok gotcha. This'll be my first time planting anything and I hear these are easy and low maintenance so I'll give it a shot when the weather is right where I'm from. Thanks for the help 🙂👍