Flower Farm Undergoes 8 Major Changes
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Things are always changing, but for me amd my farm, this year is seeing 8 Major Changes. Some are new crops that are already proven local winners, or new organization systems, new business models, marketing strategies, Bouquet styles, Farmer's markets booth arrangements and work flow, or just plain old cleanliness, this farm is changing how it does business!
Come along as I explain in more detail my thoughts behind each of these changes to the flower farm, and don't forget to voice your opinion down below in the comments. Don't have an opinion? Just leave me an emoji of your favorite animal down below so I know.
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I love your enthusiasm for lupine. I would personally start smaller as I get PM on mine (I live in central WA so similar climate) so thinking about chopping the foliage after they bloom. I guess you could also sell the plants if you didn’t love them. Just not as productive as I personally would want. House reno coming along beautifully. Good thoughts on marketing!
I love your idea of putting some bouquets together during the farmer's market. As a consumer, Im always reluctant to approach a stand when the seller is standing there just waiting for me to come in. I feel more comfortable coming in and looking at a stand products if the seller looks busy but still available if I need it. Great video!
When me and my sister sold at markets if we were not busy one of us would act like we were a shopper while the other would do “busy work”. We were always amazed how many people this brought in opposed to us just standing around
Thanks for sharing all your plans for the farm and house. It's great that you're planning towards what will sell, and making the bouquets at the market makes sense. Customers could also have a say in what the arrangement looks like. Some people (me) like just bunches of one flower with some filler.
Yes you are a star, guiding and shining light. I’m hoping folks will be inspired to enter the small family farm world because of your successes. I’d love to do an R&R at your Airbnb. Perhaps set up my easel and watercolor paint and pet the kitties. As a former Airbnb host thumbs up on the King size bed. Excited for you!
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Very informative video…. you’re making great progress!!
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Love watching you both and i wish the best to both of you in your new direction in life❤ always a fan 💐
What about numbering the beds with even numbers on one side and odds on another? Easy mental way to know which side you're talking about.
Wow, you've been working hard! It looks great!
It's great that you are using the winter months to do cleanup on the farm. It will help with your workload in the spring. Good luck with your plans.
I love your calm, humble way of speaking. Your plans sound really well thought out and logical! 🙂 I am excited for you!
I think Lupine will be an amazing addition to your perennial flowers! We planted blue Lupine last year because my seven-year-old loves butterflies and he told me that it is the host flower to an endangered butterfly called the Karner blue butterfly.
Teresa, here again. That was such a long comment I left and it was a response to your last video, but I kept getting interrupted and it ended up 😅posting on this video.
If you gonna have fix, numbered beds I recommend to draw a map where you can mark your perennials by varieties. It helps to never forget what is where exactly, and is more permanent then any other soultions you could mark the plants with.
Lol I talk about doing that, but I didn't explain it clearly enough so I cut it out of the video. Great minds think alike!
Lupins are a great idea! They are easy to grow from seeds and leave additional nitrogen in your soil. Proud of you for this decision! :)
Do you have any tricks? I am trying to grow native lupines and they always get eaten by slugs really bad.
Becca I love the advertising idea! I think it would bring many more people into the stand. Making bouquets while at the market is a fantastic idea. Bucket list for me is to stay at your AirB&B now. Best of luck with everything. THANK YOU for making these videos. I have been watching you for 5 years now. I missed you.
It's interesting to see your vision for the farm now that it is 100% your business.
Love the addition of Lupins. I grow in Nova Scotia and thought for years that it was a waste to grow lupins because they are everywhere but I sell just lupin bunches or mixed bunches no problem. I grow mainly the Russell Lupins and a few Galley for colour. They are a short lived perennial so I have them on a 3 year rotation.
Thanks for showing us this new season. I’m excited to watch you and the farm grow. Regarding bouquets have you thought about adding single bunches of flowers for the market. I just listened to a farmer talk about how she only takes single bunches of flowers and no mixed bouquets to her market and her customers love it. Obviously every market is different but it might be worth a try. 😊
Love that you're going to grow Lupins.
The vision for the market stall sounds like a good plan too.
Your spaces are looking much tidier which makes it easier to work.
Looking forward to seeing your '25 season.
Keep shooting for those stars Becca! 🌟
I enjoyed your video. You just popped up in my RUclips feed. I love David Austin roses and you can’t go wrong with lupine. I’m gardening in Virginia Zone 6b
These plans sound great! Looking forward to a more efficient, profitable farm!
Hello Becca! Nice to see your video
Making while you are at the market will be fantastic- you know peeps gonna love it!
I love David Austin roses
I have more than 20 so far in my yard
in my first year of flower farming I prepaired all my bouquets in advance. They hardly sold. So the second year I decided not to make bouquets but to let people choose their own flowers. That worked so mutch better. I can really recommend it.
Did you try selling color boxes? Theme boxs delivered.
Hi Becca, I know what you mean about prices, how high can they go? I'm 65 and live in Washington State. I have been a hairdresser since I was 19 and back then most haircuts we did were $5.50. The economy was good and we kept raising our prices in the next few years we doubled. Then we thought we raised too much. Now most of my haircuts are $55.00! I also want to say that I am very concerned about our administration that we ended up with. I, along with many Americans notice that mainstream media doesn't report the whole story. I have found a RUclips channel that has many, many guests and podcasts that are covering the unprecedented changes happening. Also they talk about how Canada has always been an alliance with us. The name is The Meidas Touch Network. Their community is horrified also about tarrifs being imposed on Canada. I liked your attitude, I too am a bit worried about my business, but what can you do? Stay strong , Teresa
Awesome slate of plans for you and the farm! About numbering the beds, have you seen Erin Benzakein’s method at Floret where she uses a standard 1” metal pipe and then puts a metal plant tag in the top? It would allow you to change things up each season per bed. 👍👍
When you turned into Becca?? How are your kids dealing with your transformation ??
That's not really what this channel is about. She already addressed that as much as she needed to in the first few videos.
Also, discussing one's kids in a personal manner on an international stage is not a good idea.
As an interior designer by trade, when my customers are having their cabinets redone, I always have the upper cabinet doors numbered A1, A2, etc. The lowers are numbered B1, B2, etc, and the island is C1, C2, etc. This is an easy flow for nubies brains to know exactly where they are going. A is this side and 20 is half way down. C is a separate area way over there.
I like that
@@Red_Roof_Flower_Farm When upper and lower cabinets are being repainted, it is amazing how confusing it is when the uppers end at 30 and the lowers begin at 31. The painter is always double checking to make sure they are not using the wrong colour on the wrong door and it actually adds A LOT of time to the paint job. Confusion is completely eliminated with the above system.
I think I'll do that, organize different "sections" of the farm by letter, then number beds with a letter prefix
I was given 100 nice metal tags with cut out numbers for xmas
The issue with Lupine, in Southern BC, may be aphids and vase life. If there is a large plot, maybe only spots of plot would be affected? Keep manifesting, Becca!
Love that your very realistic instead of over the top. You have always been easy to listen too especially with no one cutting you off...keep up the flowers love the info ..
Hi...from Horse Creek Queensland Australia 🌈 ❤....🌈🙂
About lupines.
The flowers may begin to droop after being harvested but have risen again the next morning.
They have a short flowering period, there will be no new flowers until next year, but if it has self-sown then you can get a smaller bloom in the autumn.
If lupines self-seed, you get new interesting color varieties, but in the end they all turn blue.
Slightly invasive plants kinda freak me out but it rains where I am. Lupin seeds are a big size so you could direct seed those in the cold early spring. Probably even use the seeder machine if the farm still has it.
There are already a lot of good ideas there. I totally agree with you about yellow flowers. I'm not a big fan of these colorful bouquets, I lean more towards monochromatic looks. But tastes are different, I'm sure there are buyers for all variants. You are now dependent on what you have available anyway and the observations then result in the cropplanning for the coming years.
Can you not keep the double doors as an entrance to the Airbnb unit and only convert part of them as an entrance door? That would be much cheaper and it would certainly be brighter too. For privacy you can work with a privacy film for the glass. Just an idea to save a bit of money and work.
When do you expect the first tulips?
I feel the same way about yellow & orange honestly!! I love sunflowers Black-eyed Susan, & Daffodils but other than that I am not the biggest fan and prefer purples/pinks. I do have my eye on a yellow orangish climbing rose though lol
The idea for the markets is super smart. I think people enjoy seeing the product being made. I wonder if you could do quick arrangement lessons or have a build your own bouquet section at the market?
Loved hearing your changes though and I am enjoying following your journey. ❤️
Consider selling eggs along with the flowers. Eggs are a staple and local eggs are a treat.
You should do ladies nights....bouquet making workshops and wine....ppl pay for that
I love my lupine in my north west Michigan garden, zone 5/6. But, lupine planted in a cut garden row are ALWAYS infected with aphids. However, those planted “here and there” throughout many others garden are aphids-free.
What do you think of baptisia?
I love it so much, have it planted in a bunch of spots but takes so long to establish
Have you considered woofers?
@jorgee7470 I was wondering the same… my uncle has been a Wwoofer host for decades with his organic farm and it’s an amazing way to expand help, and knowledge as a lot of Wwoofers have a tonne of experience and skills as they travel around learning before setting up their own farms
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Maybe get listed on Overlander for people that live in their vans/cars/etc and need a safe place to stay and instead of paying, they donate their time. Gather eggs, weed, etc.
Makes absolute sense
With excess flowers have the odd bouquet bar(re flower Hill farm)
I wish I could grow lupins, they are increadible! Unfortunately increadibly invasive where I live...
We had a summer a few years ago where we had no rainfall at all, like zero, for July, August, and September. Not many things can survive those conditions
I find lupins absolutely stunning! Unfortunately we have both rain and heat in combination, we have entire ecosystems threatened by lupins and they spread everywhere. I live in Scandinavia though, so it's very different here!
@@Red_Roof_Flower_Farm I'd like to add that I've just found out about baptisia, it reminds me of lupins and it's not invasive where I live!
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You're doing awesome! I love your new ideas. Suggestion, could do a build you own bouquet at market. They can pick out some stems of flowers for a dollar amount. Like, 13 stems for 20 bucks or something. God bless
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"normal" is so overrated ❤
Hey Becca! Lupine is one of my favorite flowers, so I'm very excited to see the farm full of that! I had some thoughts on your plans.
For the market stand, I'd make sure that there aren't any market rules related to safety and having your cutting station consumer facing. You may also need to explore insurance in case something were to happen. I know you don't plan on it but when things get busy and you're distracted, curious fingers may be in danger. I would also caution about the flow in the stand. I personally dislike entering stands that are "too busy" either with people trying to get in or with vendors trying to help and moving around and making me feel like I'm always in the way and unable to really look at the merchandise. You know your market and your customers though. I know you will make the best decision for you and them.
I've said this before, but I'll say it again. I still think painting a floral mural of some kind on the length of the white fence by the road would really pull focus to your operation. If anything, it's a talking point that passers-by can relate to as a landmark. Could tie in well with your other marketing campaign ideas. Combine the mural with other interactive experiences like the large flower displays you had in the wire rack and you have Instagram ready marketing! You could even paint the back side for the Airbnb outdoor portion to really just customize your offering and offer year round beauty to bookers.
Just ideas. Not criticism. Know that you are enough either way. Looking forward to spring!!
Ive thought about chopping safety, I'll definitely do it in some.way no kids can get their finger in there. The fence unfortunately is at the end of its life span, the posts are all rotting so it's not really worth the investment in time and money to paint, although I do understand the mural vision. Thanks for watching!
@@Red_Roof_Flower_Farm whatever you replace it with, make it Instagram worthy. There are locations where people deliberately drive to to get a photo in front of for their insta feed (yeah, It’s kinda daft but it’s a thing) - murals, walls of flowers, there’s a massive outdoor pink couch in Miami that people used to go to for photos… random but it gets you on the cultural map as a destination in your area.
Maybe incorporate some veggies on the flower stand. Investing in some chickens so you can sell eggs. People stop for one thing and buy more than they planned.
Becca has already added chickens, it was in their first video.
Looking forward to seeing all the changes flowering. Love the matching of nail vanish and stripes in your fleece. Very classy 👌
Love hearing your ideas. I’d recommend have a qr code out the front of shop so people can easily follow you. I’m surprised you are doing the markets because I thought they weren’t profitable? Would you be better to use your time to promote your business online and increasing sales? I’ve noticed how much tidier the farm is and was wondering if that’s because you’ve had a huge weight off your shoulders now you can be yourself?
Ha! A trans-planter! 😆🫶
I’m not wild on yellow either… I do love it in Autumn palettes, and I do love an intentionally rainbow bouquet where it’s kept firmly in balance… and in Spring it’s great… golden ranunculus and daffodils are the sunshine we’ve been craving for months…. but it’s a colour that can overpower more subtle colours like pinks and paler shades, and turn a showstopper blue or purple flower from a leading lady into a background actor. And I HATED (with a passion) that all-yellow bouquet, lol. As a flower, it screams, and as you rightly point out, (sorta) screaming isn’t romantic 😂😂😂😂 it can be really insipid too. Insipid screaming. Ha ha ha, now that’s a combo.
I’m really sooooo looking forward to seeing what kind of creative directions you’ll be trying. And can’t wait for lupins, as I commented last week, i always wondered why no lupins… the two tone band of nobles ones are so dramatic and eye catching… I know that spike flowers aren’t usually focals, but to me the lupin does both. I hope it turns out to be pest free for you and easy to grow.
The market stall learning is invaluable, watching customer behaviour, but I wonder is this going to be the area where you are going to need - for time efficiency’s sake- to hire someone eventually to do all that standing around for you. It’s the least specialist job where you can find a student wanting weekend work for minimum wage, and if you do the set up and take down, you can then go home and crash after being up half the night making bouquets, or go back and replenish stand, do marketing. Do the things that only you can steer. I’m not a big believer in getting stock made on site, coz you end up needing more stuff there than you remembered to bring, or the distractions slow the process down, or it makes the stall messy & detracts from the wow factor that’s in your favour with a fully stocked stall… and time is your most valuable resource. Those hours spent working on something else without doing it slower ‘on show’ would be more productive I think. Though maybe I’m wrong, and you find it really does get people to stop… but having a day employee with a bouquet recipe could be taught to do it too if it’s value-adding. But initially, I can’t see how you could not be there and getting direct feedback on your creative directions as you develop them… it’s too valuable an insight to get it second hand from an employee, but maybe down the road… that would be the first place I’d be looking to hand over to someone else to claim that time back. It’s a lonnnnng day, and there are other priorities which need your stamp on them. Marketing is gonna be a biggie, use your creative humour, stand out… (read ‘Purple Cow’ by Seth Godin… it’s not a big book, but great marketing insight in it)… the real growth area screaming to be maximised is that roadside stand. Bring the market to you rather than standing all day at a stall. It’s an efficiency thing, and much more sustainable. 12 hrs working on an ad that goes viral will serve you better than 12 hrs standing at a stall.
As a procrastinator & faffer myself, I did notice that the bulk of the bouquets seemed to get made between 2am and 4am after distractions would take over the earlier evenings… you’ve gotta be militant with your time and get them done at a sensible hour Becca… we don’t wanna see you driving yourself into the ground exhausted. ❤️
Also… (Ahhh I’m sorry, I won’t shaddup) … letterbox flowers? Ever looked into those? Selling on sites like Etsy which have inbuilt traffic, being able to ship direct to their door in a PIP box and the buyer arranges them. And sales that can be done from your house, pop them in the post, and for a low outlay could expand your market a lot.
I am worried you are over investing in renos and going too broke to run the farm
I think that diversification of her business model does require a modest investment. As Becca explained, the result will increase how much she can ask from Airbnb customers, as well as increase the value of her home.
I really want a ground floor living space for my mom to visit, that's what it's really about
Becca sempre divertida.❤
what’s with all the junk all over your property?
When my husband and I moved into our current home 10 years ago, it took us one full year to go through and organize all the boxed, etc. in our spare time. I can't imagine cleaning up all the junk in a few months as one person who is working from dawn until dusk getting their farm ready for the season, the air bnb ready for business, and looking after kids 50% of the time. Personally, as someone who has a home renovation business as well as a tiny urban flower farm, I am so impressed with what they have accomplished in such a short time.
Are your nephew also gay like you WOW 😳
Around 3% of the world population are gay. Being gay is a sexual orientation. Being trans is a gender orientation, they are not the same thing. Less than 0.5% of the population are Transgender, yet the right-wing are obsessed by transwomen and would try to convince you its viral.
Susan, that is not a very polite thing to say.
Why oh why would you jump to that conclusion and why oh why do you care either way. The only thing that came to my mind when Becca mentioned their cousin coming to visit and help paint the house was "what a nice guy to jump in and help like that".
To me a soft pink and white bouquet is the prettiest there is 🩷🤍 I think you are on the right track there with the color palettes.
I love soft pink touches like Rose Bon Bon Double Click Cosmos with deep red or burgundy dahlias or glads paired with white suns. I use that combination often in my bouquets. It is so rich looking.