Come To Work With Me On The Flower Farm! Busy January

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Thank you for watching my latest video! My name is Sarah and I am a flower farmer in East Yorkshire, UK. I am in my 6th season of flower growing and I love sharing the highs and lows with you here on KZfaq!
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@kelseystengel8241 2 жыл бұрын

Sarah would you be able to make a video showing how you price your cut flowers or bouquets? Loved seeing all your animals today, keep up the good work!

@jaderussell1347 2 жыл бұрын

Love watching.everyday is a school day.dint quite catch where your perennials come from.keep up the goid journey sara xxx

@patsyjennings5133 2 жыл бұрын

I put down thick layers of alfalfa hay and put all my soil over it and also put down cardboard first. I love in Texas and this works really well and I have all kinds of obnoxious weeds

@emzsantillan1207 2 жыл бұрын

Watching your vedios nice works👍sending full my supports🤩🌳🌲☘️🍀

@carolannjacques268 2 жыл бұрын

You're a hard worker Sarah!

@msmaddox2918 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh Sarah! You were a busy bee! You did more work than I've done all winter. 🤣 Loved the video!

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

More than I’ve done all winter too 😂 glad to be making a dent in it now though! X

@gardenescapism3394 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodnes, you are what I aspire to, though no doubt it's a lot of hard work! I'm in an office job currently but finding that I yearn for being outdoors.

@rebeccathomas9804 2 жыл бұрын

This was so very helpful! It’s always inspiring to see someone else sweating it out through the mud and muck. It makes me appreciate everything so much more. I’ve never considered rolled cardboard for weed suppression, or pittosporum for a bouquet, but you’ve given me a lot of great ideas! I’ve missed seeing your pretty smile and everything you’re up to! 💚💚💚

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rebecca! The cardboard roll is great. It’s so easy to roll out and I don’t have to patchwork together odd bits of cardboard and take tape off it.

@kera4759 2 жыл бұрын

I love that you follow Love and Fresh with Jen. That flower farm is about 20 minutes from my house. Gardening is such a worldwide passion!! ♥️♥️♥️✨

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s great! I would love to go to her open garden sessions. Have you been ?

@kera4759 2 жыл бұрын

@@bloomandgray i haven’t been. The programs are amazing and really quite affordable considering. But I’m a home gardener in containers so the modalities aren’t exactly practical for me. But woah the wedding work she does and her podcast is loaded with info!!!

@louiseking 2 жыл бұрын

Well done,can’t wait to see them grown up

@sandraengstrand2784 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, hard work with great results! Thanks for taking us along!! 🌷🌼💕☀️

@nickles4652 2 жыл бұрын

Always happy when you have a new video up! Good work! ❤️ 🇨🇦

@grannynjim6626 2 жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed joining you for those three days. Thank you for sharing and explaining as you go. You're a pleasure to watch and you make me smile 😀

@mariannehellandvik6180 2 жыл бұрын

This was so fun to watch😃 I'm learning something new all the time watching your videos!

@ahavarichardson5426 2 жыл бұрын

I love riding a 4 wheeler but never had to back it up, and I have never seen anyone else back one up! Lolz Good on ya!

@life_with_ty12 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great video

@christinebrooks6364 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Sarah, Happy New Year 🙂 you have been very busy planting and all your animals are lovely too, thanks for sharing & take care ❤

@davidgraham22 2 жыл бұрын

Love your video and happy to help with your polytonal problem

@elsavonlind1306 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, Sarah! 😊Greetings from Sweden! 💙💛💙

@judithtate3387 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thank you. Enjoyed learning about the ranunculus have only ever bought them as plants. Tulips in crates look interesting.

@Hannah-dr2te 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos Sarah- here’s to happy 2022 growing year 🌸

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hannah 😁

@maireadmelia4792 2 жыл бұрын

Horray your back!!! Loving your videos! Keep them coming! Hi from Ireland.

@woolleycodwanderers4833 2 жыл бұрын

Sarah you are so hard working and industrious 👏👍 absolutely loving watching your videos they are so interesting and informative 👍 can’t wait for the next one 😉👍 ... 🤗❤️👵🏼🐾🐾🤠 xxxx

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Xx 😘

@TheEssexAllotment 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back - the no dig bed looked ace 👍👍

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex! Let’s hope the weeds think twice about coming back 😬

@alisonmyhill1293 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy following your videos, I’m starting my own cutting garden this year with the hope of selling flowers locally so your videos are great for inspiration.

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

That’s great! Good luck with the season ahead 😁

@johinchliffe6511 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Sarah (new to your channel so been watching your other videos over the winter). I operate on a smaller scale compared to you but love all you ideas (and appreciate the hard work!) . Been pre -sprouting ranunculus today and planning my beds for 2022 season. Will be following your season with interest....roll on spring!

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jo thanks for watching! Good luck for the season ahead!

@jamieflint2550 2 жыл бұрын

Love your weekly vlogs and have missed them!... thanks for bringing us along on your week. Looking forward to all the flowers! I just have a small garden, veggies and flowers. Snowy and frozen here now, but I started some perennial and hardy annual seeds last weekend outdoors with the "winter sowing" method, and also started my onions, leeks, coleus and pansies indoors under lights. Can't wait for spring!! 🌸🌱

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jamie, me too! Good luck with the season ahead 😁

@ggthegardengirl 2 жыл бұрын

Great job getting that bed done in the pollytunnel. If I lived near you I'd offer to help. I think you are a very hard worker, what you do very inspiring. Thanks for sharing with us.

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I’m glad that the tunnel is getting sorted and I can start on a fresh slate 😁

@ggthegardengirl 2 жыл бұрын

@@bloomandgray It's going to be so productive and beautiful 💕🌸

@ElderandOakFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I've been busy starting lisianthus, snaps, & a few other somewhat cold hardy things, & potting up my ranunculus because I didn't get my hoophpuse built soon enough to where they could go in the ground & get established before we starting getting really cold temps , & now I'm too afraid to plant them out, so I'm trying to hold them over just a couple more weeks at least, before transplanting, & then I'm working on putting my chicken wire fence back up around one of my smaller cutflower gardens!

@ahavarichardson5426 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, good to see you here! Fyi any new videos out? I look forward to the next one. Hopefully all's good

@ElderandOakFarm 2 жыл бұрын

@@ahavarichardson5426 😁 hello! I'm currently working on my 2022 seed order & a video on presprouting ranunculus, & seeding Snapdragons, & carnations!

@patsyjennings5133 2 жыл бұрын

Main thing seems to be to disturb weed seed as little as possible and I even have bindweed very bad

@louisebreth8217 2 жыл бұрын

So nice to watch a new video from you, I've been looking forward to that. And so nice that you are always "honest" with your flowerfield and show us the things that "should have been done months ago" -it makes me relax a bit more, and not hitting myself so hard for all the things I should have been done before christmas. Are you not saving the ranunculus gorms from earlier seasons? Hello from Danmark.

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. It’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind when you see everyone posting photos of perfection online! I’m glad it makes you feel better! I do usually save the corms but this year I didn’t because the weeds took over in the tunnel

@tomv1335 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! This tulip bulbs planting, crate method, seems GENIOUS! I'm thinking of doing same with some "pre chilled" tulip bulbs. Leaving them outside in crates now. I'm in zone 5b, temp her is between 10F-30F, pretty cold. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for all your videos. You are my favorite bouquet maker!

@user-ke2tz3cs7o 2 жыл бұрын

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@christiensgarden3325 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you get your crates from?..I truly enjoy watching your videos thank you for sharing all your information

@kerrywhitehouse7463 2 жыл бұрын

Hi really enjoying your videos. Is there any chance of popping up a picture in the corner of the plants/flowers as you talk about them. It would be really helpful to see what they look like in bloom. Xx

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

I need to remember to do this. People always ask! Xx

@OFP2 2 жыл бұрын

Whey hey ,loved it , where you stood up in the kitchen lol ? The worktops looked high :) I've been building a new polytunnnel for hanging baskets to hang up and grow on and I've took a punt on a laser engraver lol . Keep the Vids coming

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a step down in the kitchen lol I’m not that small 😂 is it a DIY tunnel or did you buy one and build it?

@OFP2 2 жыл бұрын

@@bloomandgray haha so funny ya looked shortter than me nearly. No I put scaffolding poles in then hoops and bought a polythene sheet from northern tunnels . To cover it . Ive also wrapped an old shed with a poly sheet I'm thinking about making fence panels in there next year :0

@itsmewende 2 жыл бұрын

Your compost is beautiful. Look forward to seeing your garden this summer and what you do with it all. Just thinking about Charles Dowding and how he also grows veg in his tunnel, maybe you could search his videos and see if he doesn't have one showing how he handles the weeds in his.?

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

It looks great but I’m hoping what’s in it is great too - although I’m not sure. I was just listening to a podcast with Charles dowding in yesterday and a few others. I heard someone talking about a deep mulch system which worked for them so fingers crossed 🤞🏻

@itsmewende 2 жыл бұрын

@@bloomandgray ...something has to work, you're doing everything you can, that's for sure. That cardboard with no breaks, I mean not like pieces laying together, seems like a really good way to suppress the weeds.

@edita_uk676 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking forward to your video! Could you name the rananculus varieties varieties you have planted please?

@vickiball1 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first video I have come across of yours and subscribed instantly. I’d love to know how you got into this, we’re you already a florist or have you learnt on the job?

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for subscribing Vicki it means a lot 😊. I’ve been meaning to make a video on this for agessss but I promise I will do it next week!!

@petalpusherfarm4189 2 жыл бұрын

Are you in Spring there now? I love your content! Very informative!

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

No we’re a few months off spring yet 😊

@a444mo Жыл бұрын

Did your achillea do well after transplanting? I recently did similar.

@ElderandOakFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Do you ever use any filler with your ranuncs? What if so? I'm struggling to figure out what to grow with them that's also cold hardy enough to grow late winter/ early spring

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t much in the past because I’ve never had much filler available in May, June. But hopefully with the new shrubs in the field that will change.

@oscarwmcg7382 2 жыл бұрын

What sort of containers are those blue barrels you use to store animal feed? They look like a really good idea to me 👍🏻

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

They’re just storage barrels you can get them all over. They’re great as they’re airtight and rats can’t get in!!

@laurasilvera3766 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always expecting when you give meassurements that it will be in meter/liters, instead of inches/galons

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

In day to day life I do use meters and litres but a lot of the farming info I read is from the US so I end up using that quite a bit too 😂

@sophiagager 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I was wondering iwhere you get your tulip bulbs from? Thanks :)

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

They’re from Peter nyssen usually 😄

@NJGardengirl1961 2 жыл бұрын

You must be the equivalent of a USDA Zone 7b or lower. If you can grow pittosporum, overwinter your dahlias and dig your soil in the month of January. Is this your typical winter for you or is it unseasonably warm?

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

We are equivalent to zone 9 apparently. It’s a typical winter for us. We don’t get very many hard frosts and usually only one or two days of snow a year.

@ElderandOakFarm 2 жыл бұрын

How many ranunculus did you order? What varieties are you growing this year?

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

I think there’s at least 500 corms, they’re all varieties purchased from Italian ranunculus

@savannahrossy2405 Жыл бұрын

Ross-Shire 😈👋🔥📚😆👑

@savannahrossy2405 Жыл бұрын

Ros ..the son of Benjamin. .the son of Rachel ..the grandsons of Noah

@savannahrossy2405 Жыл бұрын

Leif Erics'son and Rossia

@savannahrossy2405 Жыл бұрын

The stem points in towards you .. and turn 1/4 outwards

@hazelhaver4320 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Have you thought of running your pigs in there. They would have it cleaned up in no time.

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

I have tried to use the pigs to rotavate areas of the fields before but it doesn’t really work well unfortunately!

@jodyfallon 2 жыл бұрын

How do you protect the tulips and other bulbs from squirrels 🐿 mine have eaten all mine?

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Luckily we don’t have a squirrel problem! But I might have covered them in chicken wire if I did

@Gblack881 2 жыл бұрын

Hey what type of drip tape have you used in the tunnel and where did you get it? Thanks

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I’m not quite sure on the type, it’s not tape it’s a solid drip pipe so is very strong, my local horticultural company came round to look at my fields and recommended which products to use

@Gblack881 2 жыл бұрын

@@bloomandgray thank you

@ElderandOakFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have an issue with a lot of the little legs being broken/barely hanging on? Every company I've purchased from, I've recieved corms that have a lot of skinny legs, that are already wiggly and almost falling off.

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

When you buy from Italian ranunculus you can select sizes which is good, larger corms obviously do better but as long as too many legs don’t fall off they’re fine, and will produce more once they start growing

@NJGardengirl1961 2 жыл бұрын

I'm curious- did you use raw milk in your LAB? Did you use cow's milk?

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Whole cows milk. We can’t get raw milk locally but it’s good to use I think

@icryostorm3727 2 жыл бұрын

you can let mains water sit for 24hrs before adding biologicals......

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you for reminding me

@sebastianvojtek7334 2 жыл бұрын

You are Super Women) Nice Video 👍

@vickydye8173 2 жыл бұрын

Are you not worried about the frosts and cold spells coming by planting now

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

No, the plants have been outside all winter in their pots already so they’re more than used to the frosts 😊

@amoore0713 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! So you mentioned in a previous video that you have had to work on the farm a lot to make some extra money. So whose farm is it? Those Alpacas are gorgeous 😍

@bloomandgray 2 жыл бұрын

It’s my husbands family farm (where we live and also where the flower farm is located) it’s very convenient for me to be able to do a few hours here and there but it does hold me back from flower farming duties! Because of the pandemic I had to take on more farm work and it has had a slightly negative impact on my business. I’m hoping from here onwards things will start to go back to normal and I don’t have to rely on farm work 😊

@amoore0713 2 жыл бұрын

@@bloomandgray totally understand that. Glad you did have that to fall back on during those hard times. Cheers to a new year and getting you back to what you love!