Farming Sucks Secrets
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I love farming, and was happy to build my whole life around it, but it was always challenging for me to recommend that other people do the same as me, because there are a lot of really good reasons to avoid farming. Now that I have some distance away from the farm, I'm happy to talk about the complications of the lifestyle, and to say - I'll never consider starting a farm again.
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I was sad when you left the farm because it was your dream. It's good to see you doing so well with all the challenges you've been through. You are amazing!
You’re looking better and stronger than ever! Your new life is agreeing with you ❤️
I'm soooo glad somebody else on Heather's new channel said "the quiet part out loud" WE all could visually see the run down, depressed look she had on "the other channel"....Now she's changed her hair color, she's changed her glasses and she's getting more REST and it shows in her visual appearance. SHE'S CHANGED. It makes my heart happy to know that she's happier now. AND THANK YOU HEATHER for "saying the quiet part out loud" about FARMING.
Hi Serena, I loved watching the flower farm and thought I would love to do it myself. But having studied agriculture and lived on a dairy farm for 13 years (I am originally from Berlin, Germany, but a total country girl at heart) I knew I would not stick it. I worked as an agricultural consultant and the happiest farmers I have seen were from a farming partnership or collective. Set up as a company there are agreed working hours, holiday pay and all the benefits an employee gets. Farmers are very lonely, there needs to be a shift towards farming partnerships with people sharing the workload. Generations back a lot of people needed to work on a farm and shared the ups and downs. The mechanisation has made it easier but also lonelier. Good luck with your future plans.
This should be required viewing for anyone considering going into farming, even on a small scale. I really appreciate your insight and honesty. I am glad you can now prioritize self-care and getting enough sleep. This is so important, especially for moms, because we usually take care of everyone else. xxx
Especially on a small scale. One mistake and or issue and your season could be at a major loss early on
Serina, I have a lot of respect for you. Farming is a lot of labour. RUclips content creation is also a lot of labour. You have been running both unbelievably challenging tasks in tandem while juggling a young family. Building of the dream farm have been documented on this wonderful channel. These are treasure moments you have shared with the viewers; you have inspired them to love and get into gardening and growing or decorating with flowers; and you have walked them through the unusual lockdowns of Covid while spreading abundance of joy and hope. In summary, you have reached the goal of impacting and changing the world in many different ways. Those customers who have received your vegetables and flowers are blessed and nourished. It is an honour that you have tried and committed. I hold a lot of respect and admiration for you. Pray for good energy, for you, and your family! You have beautiful children and all those who love and support you! Thank you so much for sharing with the viewers! I cannot express how much I love this creation this farm family this channel. Love and Respect!!! 💟💟💟💟💟
You are just as enjoyable without the farm. We like listening and watching you. Thank you for sharing.
I love your authenticity and resilience. I am proud of you as a woman, especially your ability to adjust to the changes in your family dynamics last year. You maintained your mental health and bubbly self. Please do what is best for you, even if it means quitting for now. You are responsible for you.
I've done hard hard work almost my entire life. When I saw how hard and long you labored farming, it made me feel lazy. You have my total respect and admiration. You certainly deserve the best this world has to give.
Nobody made them farm without tractors and equipment. I told them they would fail from the start. Hippy no-till farming is a con.
You educated and entertained all of us and that is priceless.
As a full time farmer, This is 💯 real! The only thing I would add is that on top of all these challenges we have to deal with everyone having an opinion about how we should be farming 🙄. We are judged for everything we do, as if we aren't doing the best we can, and those same people don't want to pay what food is worth.
Yes! My husband and I manage a 4th generation full-time working farm and while it's a wonderful lifestyle for us, it's also a HUGE time and financial investment that most people don't understand. I'm sorry it didn't work out the way you hoped, but grateful you brought some awareness to the challenges.
Thankyou for sharing and your honesty. May God bless you and your family and May God bless all farmers in their works. 💙
Serena you need to write a book!!! So much knowledge to share. Starting a new food growing adventure would be a great read, as well as the highs and lows, what to expect, your journey etc. I hope you are already thinking about it ❤
I would read it!
I second this. You have a unique take and I think it would be a lovely book. I’ll buy it ❤
People might think it's fiction. It's inhumane what this woman has had to endure. God bless her.
@@commonlaw5400 not a book about her personal life, but growing experience
You should sell your seedlings & extra veg in your front yard… cash only! and bouquets later as you have some. Extra cash is always a good thing! You got this!
"Weather patterns aren't really patterns anymore", could not be more true. We are expecting 90 on Monday, here in Texas, and the following Monday is predicted to be 50. 🤦🏻♀️. On another note, you look amazing. Can't wait to see what you grow this year!
From what we all saw you were a tireless worker and loved/respected your product so much! So happy for you to have time away
Serena - each and every point you have made is 100% accurate! As a flower farmer myself - I experience all of the things you have mentioned! And so true about the soil - when I had Lymphoma (in my blood and bones) summer before last my Oncologist forbid me to touch the soil or my flowers for fear I would die, seriously! It's called Aspergillosis which comes from the mold that is so easily formed and causes lung infections. Thankfully I had planted all my crops before finding out I had Lymphoma but I did have to hire someone to do everything else inc harvesting and make bouquets to sell at my flower stand. I didn't make a penny that year, took a loss, but it allowed me to keep my farm. Thankfully my husband has a full time job so we just tightened our belts and made due with his pay and more importantly, I am in remission. But, like you said - there are no guarantees in farming with crops (which have failed due to weather as well), health, income, etc!! Our joke when something goes wrong is "become a flower farmer they said, it will be fun they said". lol!! GREAT VIDEO!!!
Wow, that’s actually so discouraging.
@@SR98889 Don't let it be - it's totally worth it like she is saying too - it's all I want to do! I don't know how I would have made it through chemo and surgery if I didn't look forward to getting healthy so I could farm my flowers again! I sell from the stand at my farm (approx 75 arrangements per weekend) and my customers have become some of my dearest friends who I get to chat with weekly - but true I don't socialize outside of that -which I'm fine with! Thankfully I have a wonderful husband who is so encouraging and also helped keep the farm alive for me!! So the tradeoffs are worth it.
So I had a fungal ball removed from my sinuses last year. Apparently, it is not uncommon for fungal spores in the air that we breath in to take up residence in the nice, dark, warm and damp recesses of our sinuses (and lungs). Did it come from all the stuff I breath in by gardening? Maybe. I will say that since then I do wear a mask now when doing tasks in my greenhouse such as mixing soil and potting up seeds and plants and try to keep my soil damp before working with it. However, where I live it is often dry and windy, so there is often stuff blowing around in the air anyways. But I think a little extra protection in an enclosed area is not a bad thing.
My German Shepherd got an Aspergillosis sinus infection from being kicked in the head by a horse. After much research, $10,000 in surgeries and an experimental drug from the University of Pennsylvania I find a $7.00 bottle of Grapefruit Seed Extract from Nutribiotic cures Aspergilis. I'm glad you're better and hope you can get back in the dirt soon.
@@commonlaw5400 WOW - that's incredible!! I'm glad your puppy got better but the cost - holy moly!!! Yes, I am in remission thank you and every day I can I am out planting or just mulling around waiting for Spring blooms - feels so good!!
As someone who doesn’t farm, it was so interesting learning all these insights! Love your sincerity and genuineness.
You know Sabrina, even though you hated it, you did it and you did your best. You did it with so much heart, love and enthusiasm. You are acknowledged, so loved and appreciated. I am very much looking forward to your future. Ya know, ya got me into Juliet tomatoes and so many other veggies and flowers. I will always be watching and following you. Love U Sis❤❤❤❤❤
I think it’s important to clarify that she didn’t HATE farming. She actually loved it. It just had a lot of challenges and was very difficult work. She’d keep doing it if she could.
I am now 72 and grew up on a mixed farm in Quebec. We were very lucky that no one was unable to work for long periods of time. We all worked the "make hay while the sun shines" hours during the busy season. During the down season my dad drove a school bus and my mom would work off farm at times. Nothing seems to have changed except that family farms have disappeared into business farming which I do not think is necessarily for the better. I understand about Covid too. As a child we never went anywhere. Looking back I still think it was worth it as a child, but it not something that I chose as an adult and not something my dad wanted for his children. Are farmers introverts? not all i imagine. Thank you for this video. Most people who live on homesteads have outside jobs and this includes vloging!
Watching the older videos, I was always worried about how little sleep you were getting, especially with 2 little kids. I’m glad you’re getting your rest now.
I look forward to seeing videos like you had in the early days, showing what you are doing in the garden talking about what you grow.
Thank you for sharing your truth. I don't have a farm, just a little backyard homestead, but I easily become overwhelmed. I can't imagine what you went through. I mentally & physically couldn't handle such an endeavor. God bless you & looking forward to sunny days 🌞😁
Thank you for your honesty about the real life of a flower farmer. I live in Oklahoma and sell my bouquets at a farmers market on Saturday and it can get up over 100 degrees F by noon and the crowd thins out a lot after about 10:30 and you have to stay at the market until 1:00 pm. And the work is spot on along with the usual risks of growing crops. I take a vacation in September but the market is not over until the first weekend in November. I only miss one market day but it seems like I have to hustle when I get back and it's hotter than ever. I'm going into my 3rd year this year and have learned a lot, especially about grow what will sell and I might add, plant what will grow in your area. For me its hot weather flowers.
Thank you for sharing this! I am starting a flower farm this year...a little nervous about it. I am starting small so that should help.
I am in zones 10b 11b. Very temperate temperatures with high humidity in winters. Our problem to watch for is high winds and ocean mist, which burns crops during winter, mostly.
Your on a roll Serena. Love all the content.
You’ve dodged a bullet Iin so many ways. You are just seeing that now after the grief of losing your farm and your marriage. It really is starting to shine through. You seem more natural somehow. ❤
What an honest but beautiful assessment of "farm" life. You are the only person I have gleaned this real kind of reality from about it all. It is truth. TY
These are good points and after 35 years of being blessed to build a farm the reality is you have to love it (as you do) because the hardships are real. The intensive capital , repairs, and maintenance make it difficult for young families. It’s critical, in my opinion, to have a second source of income . Yes, that means more hours of work. As you said you can do everything right and still have setbacks. We’ve rescued numerous animals so more expenses! You also need a partner, a caretaker, a person to share the burdens! Farming is not a solo operation. Farmers are a rare and endangered species in our technology driven society. We share you passion and hope you find a special someone with a farm to start over again if that’s your wishes!
Your glow up is amazing!! Good job girl!!
My husband chose to not be married to the farm when he graduated college, he still helped his farming family on weekends and during crisis or to allow his family to vacation or recover from medical. His heart never left the farm but he had a unique opportunity to still have a foot in it when he could.
You were an overworked woman although you did create something beautiful.
VERY over worked and she can now be her self and live her dreams. Serena looks so much healthier now and I'm excited for her! It's not how much you make but how much you keep and what she was doing was not sustainable. I have to add that it's not just farming it's all about balance no matter what the business is.
Very true, Serena. Admire the work ethic of Farmers and all they do for us.❤
You either love it or you don’t-there are so many cons and downsides! Thanks for sharing this honesty! ❤
When we started planning our property one of the things we all agreed on (5 adults across 3 generations!) was acquiring an industrial dishwasher and making sure the infrastructure to the preservation kitchen to use it, the slide threw type, just because of the bucket problem you describe! We aren't even planning it as a business, think more rainbow commune, but food preservation has similar concerns
Farming is a labor of love. Nobody sticks with farming because it pays well.
The big factory farms are an attempt to make it profitable
I can 100% vouch for every one of these points! Every. Single. One. I did it for 8 years, the last summer was stupidly hot, and I just said to myself "I've got to find something else to do, because this is going to kill me."
It took me 2 years after I quit before I starting to enjoy growing things again. And probably 4 years before I stopped feeling like a vampire, hating the feeling of sun on my skin.
I say it a lot now... don't make your passion pay for your life!
And by the way, I grew a mix of non-lettuce greens which was quite popular and I just called it salad mix. It had 3 mustard greens, tatsoi, and tokyo bekana. A harder sell for me was celtuce. Delicious!
I think it will be nice to see you grow for the joy of it without the pressure of sales. I’m looking forward to seeing what you are going to do with your new place. Such a nice blank canvas to start with.
Every season of life is a new adventure. I also never leave our small home. I only grow for myself and family, but my embroidery business takes up the rest of my time.
That is the truth. And you do feel reluctant to talk about these things when your farm is on social media.
It’s not to discourage people, but it is absolutely the reality you have to be prepared to face. Thank you for being vulnerable.
Ok I am planting more mustard greens. You're right about the work so I try not to overdo the garden. Please keep teaching us.
Thanks for you honesty in this post. Good to know and be aware of! Not enough people share the downsides of farming. Kudos to you!
Thank you so much Serena!!! The financial recognition of tiny farm unities is really a social necessity all over the world! I have the same problems here in Europe.
Thank you Serina for honestly sharing these insights - helpful to know the whole story about how much hard work flower farming really is. Great to see you looking so refreshed and glowing.
I wouldn't want to have a big farm, but can't imagine not having a huge garden. There is such a difference between the two. I grow enough for myself and to give to some people, but not to sell. I always have enough fresh and preserved to provide the majority of what I eat for the whole year, since I'm a vegetarian. I add to my garden every year, in veggies, fruits and herbs to give me more for eating, preserving and creating oils, salves, natural remedies, and herbal blends and other such things.
So relatable! We also just quit flower farming after 6 years. The bucket washing had us laughing. We were selling at markets in BC too (Sooke) and had eerily identical experiences on every single point. This is like our exact personal list of all the reasons we decided to quit. We are only doing dahlia tubers now. Not even selling the flowers.
Hey Sooke, Colwood here.
candid & fair points
Thank you for the honest perspective.
I would love to see a few videos of you visiting your farming friends and getting your fix harvesting big scale.
Im happy to see you found a beautiful home with space for you to grow! We too live on a small farm, and over the years have become overwhelmed, especially with my health issues! So we have decided this year to go with ALL raised beds! No more back breaking tilling and digging for my husband and easy access to our fruits, veggies and flowers! Look into raised beds to help your life be a little more simple but still being able to grow an abundance!! Lots of love and luck!! Cant wait to see what you do this spring!!
So happy to see you looking better! I really hope you throw yourself into all you are passionate about... and you take us all on your journey!
Thank you for this video. I think a lot of people fantasizing about farming need to consider all of these negative points.
Ok we need recipe/cooking videos this coming year. Tell us how best to eat those mustard greens, I need inspiration!!
Despite it all you gave farming everything.
Your enjoyment showed
Especially unboxing, farm tours, bouquet making
I enjoyed watching your enthusiasm
Video Casa Verde flower farm mentioned some of this
We farm, and everything your saying is 100% accurate. I have really enjoyed your channel over the years. Still do, I appreciate your honesty.
I felt so similar and watching your videos as I choose to downsize this year has been making the mixed emotions feel less sad and lonley. I see the light and the fact that I hadn’t been cultivating relationships to go anywhere. I was nice and sociable but stayed busy to the grind of wanting to have abundance. And you do hide the fails to be marketable and respected in your profession to some degree. For example if I choose to vent about a failure to my mother or husband- they would start talking about my work as it was a joke. So I would hide those things. They never choose to see the work I put in as valuable and resilient. I like you hate playing a victim but these reactions feel hard. It makes isolation even more isolated because you try so hard to make everything look amazing. Even when the bottom line is you don’t get paid all the time. But if your like me you have learned so much about these things because you loved it. So often you might long for a friend that sees your hard work no matter the $ and the sacrifice and tells you that you’re beautiful for doing so. I don’t know for me I have learned allot and nothing is a fail. I love your videos. I hope they do well and you keep glowing. Many hugs 🫂
Can't wait for the cooking videos & recipes to see how you use your produce.
Same
It was a very worthwhile thing to try, but it seems that farming needs to be at a huge scale these days. Perhaps you could do as I have - work at paid jobs until you can afford to comfortably retire (which doesn't take as long as people think..), THEN turn to flower farming. It's truly a joy for me - farmers markets two or three times a month, and constant experimentation with growing techniques, varieties, bouquet making etc etc. It covers its costs and there's a bit more on top. Good luck with everything Serina 🎉🎉
No, small scale farms as flourishing all over the country. The reason her farm failed is because she approached farming in an ideological context and not a business context. She was just a hipster who was copying what all her hipster friends were doing at the time to seem cool. All of her friends farms have failed too. It's just a goof troop of losers. I'm bitter because I told this channel frequently over the years the mistakes they were making and their legion of fans would attack me. Once again time as proven that I am correct.
The same with ranching. A workaholic lifestyle is a part of anything related to agriculture. It’s really hard to slow down but it feeds the soul and keeps one deeply connected to nature. We do know where food comes from and the work required to put it on the plate.
"Farming" defies definition because it means such a variety of things in such different situations. The important thing is that you'll still have your hands in the dirt, raising plants. That is worthwhile no matter what anyone calls it.
You look so much better.
You need to look after yourself! Get a cat nap when kids are at school when you need it!
I agree!!!!! Having known a trans widow and reading so much about it , the amount of gaslighting and narcissism with mental illness that tends to accompany the person “in transition “ pretty much trashes everyone in their wake. Everything has to be on their terms and to hell with spouses and kids and commitments, forcing new false pronouns and false language on everyone is awful. Young kids are forced into this and studies have now shown they tend to be more gullible as they have been taught to ignore reality in favour of an adult parent who has major mental health issues with things like “ I know this is hard but we love each other as a family and we make changes for those we love” . The gaslighting of children and then using on the spouse their “journey” towards their own happiness then will reflect back on the family if they are happy so support is mandatory . It makes the spouse and kids a prisoner to mental illness. I think she’s been put through the wringer and she looks and sounds so so much better. Not exhausted and forced. You can see some happiness in her eyes. ❤❤❤ wish her all the very very best! She certainly deserves it and maybe a nice gardening fella to date in the near future???
100% agree with you about mustard greens. They are AMAZING! I had NEVER had them until I put them in my garden after starting to grow my own veggies about 3 years earlier. I struggled to grow lettuce and thought I would try them as an alternative, plus I wanted something besides radishes, which I dont care for, out of the garden in early spring. They were full proof to grow, beautiful to look at, and SO GOOD! They are my #1 favorite thing to grow. They dehydrate beautifully as well. Try them, you will love them!
So glad to see you pivot to a more balanced life! Personally since I'm just a home gardener I am really enjoying the change in content :)
Thank you for sharing. Definitely saw the struggle in your content and admired your passion and commitment. Your family and especially YOU should be so proud you did everything you could! Best of luck on your next adventure!!!
Thanks!
No one knows how hard farmers work, till they become one themselves. Kudos to you for sharing your love and passion with all of us.
You deserve time for self care I have seen how hard you worked ❤
You obviously are just as capable intellectually and creatively, as you are in your amazing work ethic! It is hard starting a new life after divorce but you will make it with more of your hard work ethic, time, patience and focusing on yourself! Have always loved watching your videos and really appreciate your generosity in sharing all your knowledge with all of us! Hang in there! ❤
I do a garden and I amped up for a few years then decided I needed a break. I regret that because I truly miss homegrown food. The workload is hard but so worth it in the winter when your food tastes like the garden.
I just know great things are coming in the pipeline for you. Who knows what magic life holds in store...I just discovered your channel last week and love your videos/tips. Thank you.
Mustard greens are amazing! They make salads have flavor. I got a pack of mustard greens seed for free so I grew it, tasted it, fell in love and have been growing and exploring different greens ever since.
I love mustard greens! I worked on other small farms over the years and tried the markets for a year. It was too stressful. I just grow my own food to keep it fun.
You pretty much summed up my 40 years of raising dairy goats.
Thanks for this heartfelt message…I live on a farm …it’s a smallholding …not so much work but isolated ❤
I can relate to all of this as a handmade business owner, having to wear lots of hats, never ending list of jobs, poor sleep, risk v reward, speculating on time and stock with no guarantee of sales, the loneliness, health impacts, no time for socialising. Becoming so focused on the job that you become less social/ less in common with ppl not in the same lifestyle. The part I thankfully don’t need to deal with is weather. Though I did get pummelled by long covid which affected me severely for 3 yrs, and still affects me to a fair extent but I can at least work around it this past year & get my business going. But my initial plans for growing veggies, fruit and flowers on our 16 acre property just had to get parked til I had the energy. Maybe this spring I can get my veg patch going again..l miss being self sufficient-ish in food
Aspergillosis is something every gardener should be aware of, not just farmers. It only takes breathing in spores from one mouldy compost heap or damp hay bale for it to get started. Weil’s disease is another that more should know about. And phytodermatitis, which can happen with carrots/parsnips… I’ve suffered that one from weeding a carrot bed with bare arms.
Also, yeah, my lifestyle did not change during covid, haha. I live in wellies, or slippers. Last year, I had one day off ( yes, one… ) and had plans to go somewhere. It took me half a day to find my shoes coz it had been so long since I’d needed to wear anything other than wellies or slippers… found them eventually, and they had a spider living in them with a very well formed web. I did feel bad evicting the wee dude, but I wasn’t gonna cancel my day out for a spooder 😂😂😂
Such great points. Having owned a garden center and growing most of our plants for 35 yrs I can say it’s a love hate relationship for sure. So glad you talked about masking up when using potting soil. I watch many RUclipsrs just ignore this and it makes me crazy.
Gardener here. I love growing what I love, which are vegetables.
I agree sleep is very important
Feel free to change your mind and love hate love hate etc. don't let anyone worry you with any bipolar or manic depressive spurious attacks etc. be happy and be you
Thanks again for sharing!💯 Everything you mentioned is so true. Most people don't realize the huge time commitment farming requires. I think off it as a labor of love, and yes, an addiction of sorts.❣️
Serena, you are the best, thank you for speaking on behalf all of us flowers farmer.
I think what you said about it being a never ending baby is a big reason it's such an unchosen profession. It's SO much work.
Couldn’t agree more. We decided to stop farming this year which would have been year 5of our flower farm. Too much physical work, working long hours, for little return and one incident away from losing a good chunk of profits for the whole season.
Hope you find joy in life. ❤😊
Now that you have your new home how about a dedicated room to hold some classes? Especially this time of year people are getting ideas and excited to have a floral garden vegetable garden or even just planters or baskets wreaths etc. People would definitely pay Especially if you hold a class with supplies included. People love this. You could even ship some flowers in wholesale for wreath making. It's a thought $$$$$$ 😂 like you said these down times can still generate income. Your adorable!!! people would definitely love to learn from you!!
I am excited to see you show how to really successfully garden in a small space. So many have just a little piece of land to garden on. If you haven’t watched MIgardener channel I recommend them. Luke is fantastic. Such a wonderful encouragement he is to gardening. I love all you have shown us but I honestly think you have now stepped into the fantastic zone! Hang in there the best is yet to come!!
I grow bedding plants for a Farmer’s Market and I love many colors of tomatoes but almost ALL customers want a RED slicing tomato. I try hard to convince them to try something else so sometimes I just give it to them & ask them to please try them.
It depends on the kind of farming. Cattle farming pays really well for us here.
It really does. I have watched this channel since it's inception and I warned them from the beginning that they were not being practical, they were being idealistic. To be quite honest, this woman is a tourist - a hipster who was swept up in that entire Curtis Stone era. None of those farms are around anymore, because Curtis and his entire farming system is nothing but a con. He made his money and dipped out. Selling radishes and lettuce is not how you grow a sustainable farm.
I market garden in South Carolina, but I do a hybrid of conventional/organic. I only spray when absolutely necessary, but I will spray. I use synthetic fertilizers and cow manure, because it's economically more viable. I till my fields with tractors every other year too. I monocrop fields of broccoli/cauliflower/floret broccoli/pepper/cherry tomatoes. Floret broccoli is worth more on the market than lettuce and it sells better and takes a quarter of the time to process. It's also extremely difficult to grow in South Carolina, as well as cauliflower. It took me six years of trial and error to perfect both crops. I am the ONLY person in my region that can pull it off. I have ZERO competition at the market. I can sell $1000 dollars worth of broccoli in 20 minutes every single Saturday from March-June. That is sales on broccoli alone.
The reason this farm is so burnout is because they decided to use an abacus at every step when there was a calculator sitting right there out of reach. I'm honestly glad that the hipster farms have all finally failed; they were annoying to have at my market. I dropped the price on my lettuce to get rid of a few of them - that was the crux of every little hipster farm that ever came to my market. Salanova, *rolls his eyes*.
If this woman had been able to decipher bad information from good information she wouldn't be making this video griping at the moment.
Glad you can garden for fun now.
I agree with the loneliness/isolation....sometimes I need a little distraction so I'll work on something else and then I forget what I was supposed to be finishing up! 😂
In my community, mustard greens are the best sellers. My mom and I always sell out in mustard greens. ♡♡♡
The giggle when you say you value your sleep but as a mother you had to get by... right in my feels !
Hi Serena , maybe I’ll grow mustard greens this year. Thank you for another educational video .
From NE India.... adding to pork soup just for a few seconds is yummy
I deeply appreciate you and your honesty. We own a farm and micro dairy. While I absolutely love my farm, I am really starting to question if the sacrifices are worth it.
We are nowhere near bringing in 30% profit, we are operating at a loss.😢
Bucket washing is the worst but when you love your flowers it motivates you to do it. I would love to have an outside washing station for my veggies. I hate bringing all the dirt inside.
I worried about your sleep. I had been in a similar situation. We all need good rest.
I also have a farm, I confirm everything! A very big baby. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us!
We let our farm pay to grow itself. Worked pretty well. Always tweaking. Plus one person always works a regular job. Once everything is finished and payed off in 10 years or sooner if possible then we should be in an ok postion to maintain.
It all really depends on what your farming as to what you get back from it.
Flowers are pretty but very luxury
As far as trips,
Nope, we knew going in that this is a lifestyle. If you value not dependending on the store, that’s when you find the worth. “Friends” who didn’t get it…bye
I would love to try and grow mustard greens! Thank you Serena for your knowledge and your wonderful videos!!
There are pros and cons to everything. Do what you enjoy and if you don't enjoy it anymore, then time to find something else to do to make a living. I wish you the best.
I grew up on a farm but most have no clue the commitment it takes just to maintain. I tell people to start with a garden and maintain it. Many newbies take on more than they can manage.
Just letting you know your contact information and blurb about You Can’t Eat the Grass on your video is a little out of date. It still lists Ian’s contact information and talks about your old family farm with Ian. Unsure if this is intentional (I know decoupling businesses is a process), but just wanted to let you know!