😂That story about the vegetable farmers' bouquets floating by you with the single gladiolus sticking up like it's giving you the 'middle finger' made me laugh so hard that I was in tears!!! 🤣😂🤣
@CoramDeoFarm2 ай бұрын
Exactly!!
@AllisonErdly-yb1et2 ай бұрын
Sometimes you just need to be silly and laugh about things that can be frustrating!! Haha
@kariblough-smith26322 ай бұрын
Definitely!
@athomas8972 ай бұрын
Alex, you are a great interviewer. Love the chemistry between the two of you. ❤
@holochar56622 ай бұрын
Gosh the market conversation about veggie farmers hits my soul so deep 😂 at my market the produce farmer is selling watermelons for $12 and a small head of cabbage for $8 (not organic) but was selling 12 stems of peonies for $10 😣 so. much. fun. 😂
@AllisonErdly-yb1et2 ай бұрын
That is crazy cheap and so frustrating!!
@janetschuchter2382 ай бұрын
Great video, very helpful. I am a first year flower farmer in Massachusetts- love to hear the positive and negative.
@LINativePlantConservation2 ай бұрын
I love the name Sunshine and Stems, she should comment and you pin the comment to the top ❤ I love this topic. Looking great ❤❤❤❤
@chrisparker2742 ай бұрын
Great video! Compliments to you…you are a really good interviewer.
@EverythingeasierwithSweetie2 ай бұрын
So good to hear “in the experience” information. So much to learn, your perspectives help.
@Happyhillsflowerfarm2 ай бұрын
Just as an fyi, for me in WI agrostemma has a vase life of about 7 days if you harvest when the first bloom on the cluster is open. It may have a shorter vase life in warmer climates? Not too sure! I’ve grown the white (ocean pearls) for the past 3 years and florists really do love them! The purple one “purple Queen” has 8-10 day vase life according to a North Carolina University study. It’s mentioned in the postharvest book published by the ascfg. That color would likely appeal to your customers, Alex, if you are looking for a new spring crop. 😉 Mine bloomed in the tunnel along with the end of ranunculus/beginning of peony season. I will be fall sowing outside the tunnel in early September.
@theresaburg58812 ай бұрын
Love hearing your stories. Alex you look great. Talking about how you adapt to where you are, I can't imagine being out in the sun and heat as much as you are with the garden, let alone doing it when you are pregnant. We had frost last week (not normal). You both have such a great attitude and approach to growing flowers.
@CoramDeoFarm2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@stephmoore222 ай бұрын
Bring tomatoes. That’s their highest grossing vegetable. 😆
@emptynestblooms94662 ай бұрын
loved this video!
@person39522 ай бұрын
I picked my first Ranunculus five days ago.😂
@kit21302 ай бұрын
Agrostemma. Never heard of that one. Looked it up, reminds me of alstroemeria (also called Peruvian lily) but it’s much simpler & doesn’t last as long. I should learn more & why florists like it so much & with such a short life cycle how it is worth it!
@sheelaghomalley54592 ай бұрын
Low tunnels are the bane of my life during winter 😢
@AllisonErdly-yb1et2 ай бұрын
So much work but honestly worth it in the spring for high dollar crops!
@EvelynM-vlogs2 ай бұрын
Agree, zones mean nothing. I can walk to my friends house and our growing conditions are completely different. I'm on clay, she's on sand. I am closer to sea level and have about three weeks on her for both first and last frost. The sunrise comes up over Quadra Island and hits us immediately and all day. She is surrounded by trees and gets far less sun.
@Magicflower0132 ай бұрын
Make a lettuce bouquet or wreath. Add some radish as decoration. 😂
@zaneymay2 ай бұрын
Like, Yea!
@madonnaschmid77072 ай бұрын
I was wondering how many times she actually said ya...LOL! Great video though...ya:D
@AllisonErdly-yb1et2 ай бұрын
I’m no professional haha just doing my best 🤪
@zaneymay2 ай бұрын
@@AllisonErdly-yb1et 👍😁🌼
@paigeskinner52642 ай бұрын
This is my first trial year…I think I remember you guys talking about this in a video but I’m unsure…would you guys suggest a second year to even do spring flowers? I’ve spent so much this year I haven’t even paid for what I’ve spent yet lol
@rbrown27462 ай бұрын
I got a notice Flaming Margarita was a crop failure
@rhondanicholson8892 ай бұрын
Hello there. Whats was the tall variety called on the tulips?
@AllisonErdly-yb1et2 ай бұрын
I think maybe she mentioned Darwin. They are typically easier to get great stem length
@Pink_berry_farms29 күн бұрын
Why not just plant out your tulips in October when I get them
@CoramDeoFarm29 күн бұрын
Bc they have to be pre chilled for at least 8-10 weeks and it’s too warm in October
@Pink_berry_farms22 күн бұрын
@@CoramDeoFarm I’m so confused lol because we just chill them through the winter and they pop up in spring it’s most not get cold enough then there
@kobedeister52342 ай бұрын
The disrespectfull way you talk about people who attempt to make direct sown flower bouquets and how they do it, is not nice. Be careful of pride.
@CoramDeoFarm2 ай бұрын
It’s a joke. Be careful of being too serious and no fun