You are such an inspiration to so many of us wanting to grow in a more sustainable way! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! Someday I hope to take your course!
Could you do a video fully dedicated to your sheep some time? I’m thinking of getting sheep and they’d need to be dry lotted like yours. Any info I try to find are on larger sized flocks. Interested in if/how you pasture them, when/if you deworm, how they help your farm, etc.
It’s so fascinating to listen to you talk and then see the fruits of your labor and practices!! Every year there are amazing improvements in growth and productivity of your plants. Now it’s really coming together even more beautifully!! You have created an incredible network of vegetation that seems to be working wonderfully with a little less input required from you. It’s just so cool! I love it!
Thank you for bringing me along! I just finished a long ,cold, wet day of custom stonework, and this is fun and relaxing. Love your updates! Cheers from Oregon dear!
I love growing lavender on slopes. Since we have more rain where I live in South Carolina than you do in Colorado, the water drains away from the plants.
Do you have a video on how you did the gravel pathways? We actually have really sandy soil being by the grasslands and tons of native plants, but also a ton of grass burs/sticker burs that hurt so bad in the summer time. We want to cut some of those areas out and make pathways but I feel a little stumped on how to approach it. Also, Do you have any company you recommend getting started with cover crop seed? Thank you for this video. It was so encouraging. I just got in my Aronia bushes, currants and sea buckthorn’s. I really hope they do well!
I start by scraping down the soil about two inches (I had someone do this with a bobcat) and then lay decomposed granite or rock at least 3-4" deep. Some recommed using landscape fabric under but we did some spots with fabric and some without and they get the same amount of weeds! The biggest thing I do to help with weeds in the pathways is to hit them early in spring with a torch and also to keep organic matter off them so I blow them off regularly with a blower!
Have you heard of the sticker burr roller? The farmer that invented it sells it by 1 piece, 2 piece, 3 etc. It went viral in 2020 so there's probably a dupe on the market by now.
Thanks for the tour! You inspired me to just use the soil in the ground to start my garden! Any recommendations for adding Phosphorus? My soil test said everything was great levels except for Phosphorus.
Will you do a video on how to eliminate siberian elm? It’s a huge problem for me too as it keeps coming through areas I’ve ground covered. It’s super annoying as if I forget to pull them out each year, the next year, it’s so much harder to remove.
I need to do a whole video on invasive plants and weeds, it's a major problem we deal with here as we are surrounded by unmanaged properties. It's a real headache and many folks don't understand how much it impacts the ecosystem! When we started, we just tried to cut them or dig them out as I was staunchly anti-herbicide. After three years of doing that and the problem just worsening--cutting led to suckering, I now follow Dr. Doug Tallamy's recommendation of cutting them down and immediately painting the cut stump with a systemic herbicide (which will work its way down into the root of the plant and prevent further growth or suckering as siberian elms and other invasives are prone to do). Literally, a cup and a paintbrush, brushing it on to the cambium (the outer bark of the cut stump). This way you won't do any harm to any of the surrounding soil life and it will actually kill them. I've started doing this for tatarian honeysuckle, common buckthorn, siberian elm, tree of heaven, and bindweed. Noxious and invasive weeds need to be treated aggressively, one time, or else we can't plant in anything beneficial. Great idea for a full video as I can clearly talk for hours about it, ha!
We do quite a few, but many common ones like madder and sulfur cosmos are invasive so we avoid those. We’ve done indigo, Hopi sunflowers, red onion, but honestly I don’t usually have much time for fabric dyeing with the farm so they have to be things I can hse for cuts too :)
Started using buckwheat this summer with poor results. Saw some evidence of critter intrusion and found little buckwheat plants sprouting throughout my other garden areas. Any suggestions to protect it during sprouting?
(it really depends on your climate. Spanish do better in humid climates, colder winters/clay soils like mine do best with a hybrid like phenomenal or sensational)
I forgot to add: Thank you, Bri, for the farm tour. I love your mindful approach of working with the resources and limitations of your natural environment. It’s definitely more art than science! It’s beautiful and inspirational!
Garden tours help me get through the winter. 😊 Thanks!
That's the idea! ❄️
You're not alone in this 🙂
Thank you for the wonderful tour - my soul needed this!
So glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
Lovely tour! Thank you.
You are such an inspiration to so many of us wanting to grow in a more sustainable way! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! Someday I hope to take your course!
Thank you so much, that’s so kind!
I like the grass. It has a nice aesthetic.
Could you do a video fully dedicated to your sheep some time? I’m thinking of getting sheep and they’d need to be dry lotted like yours. Any info I try to find are on larger sized flocks. Interested in if/how you pasture them, when/if you deworm, how they help your farm, etc.
So many things in each of your videos to incorporate into our small farm. ❤❤ thank you for sharing.
You're so welcome! I'm glad you find it helpful!
Nice farm ever. I love it🥰
I’m so glad you like it!
It’s so fascinating to listen to you talk and then see the fruits of your labor and practices!! Every year there are amazing improvements in growth and productivity of your plants. Now it’s really coming together even more beautifully!! You have created an incredible network of vegetation that seems to be working wonderfully with a little less input required from you. It’s just so cool! I love it!
Thanks, that is so sweet, I’m really glad that comes across in the video! It is absolutely so much less work than the way I used to do it!
Thank you for bringing me along!
I just finished a long ,cold, wet day of custom stonework,
and this is fun and relaxing.
Love your updates!
Cheers from Oregon dear!
Ooh, you need a warm bath! Stonework is something I want to venture into, sounds intimidating!!
Very inspiring
I love growing lavender on slopes. Since we have more rain where I live in South Carolina than you do in Colorado, the water drains away from the plants.
Yes, that is a great idea! Having good drainage is important for lavender, especially where rainfall is higher.
Do you have a video on how you did the gravel pathways? We actually have really sandy soil being by the grasslands and tons of native plants, but also a ton of grass burs/sticker burs that hurt so bad in the summer time. We want to cut some of those areas out and make pathways but I feel a little stumped on how to approach it.
Also, Do you have any company you recommend getting started with cover crop seed? Thank you for this video. It was so encouraging. I just got in my Aronia bushes, currants and sea buckthorn’s. I really hope they do well!
I start by scraping down the soil about two inches (I had someone do this with a bobcat) and then lay decomposed granite or rock at least 3-4" deep. Some recommed using landscape fabric under but we did some spots with fabric and some without and they get the same amount of weeds! The biggest thing I do to help with weeds in the pathways is to hit them early in spring with a torch and also to keep organic matter off them so I blow them off regularly with a blower!
Have you heard of the sticker burr roller? The farmer that invented it sells it by 1 piece, 2 piece, 3 etc. It went viral in 2020 so there's probably a dupe on the market by now.
Thanks for the tour! You inspired me to just use the soil in the ground to start my garden! Any recommendations for adding Phosphorus? My soil test said everything was great levels except for Phosphorus.
Compost made with aged animal manure is great and bone meal as well!
4:47 could an allium such as purple sensation, Millenium or a native allium like nodding allium work in a similar manner to onion and garlic?
Beautiful farm and family place. How big is your entire property and how big is your cut flower growing area?
Thank you! The total property is 1.7 acres, I'd estimate we are growing on around .8 to 1 acre
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Will you do a video on how to eliminate siberian elm? It’s a huge problem for me too as it keeps coming through areas I’ve ground covered. It’s super annoying as if I forget to pull them out each year, the next year, it’s so much harder to remove.
I need to do a whole video on invasive plants and weeds, it's a major problem we deal with here as we are surrounded by unmanaged properties. It's a real headache and many folks don't understand how much it impacts the ecosystem! When we started, we just tried to cut them or dig them out as I was staunchly anti-herbicide. After three years of doing that and the problem just worsening--cutting led to suckering, I now follow Dr. Doug Tallamy's recommendation of cutting them down and immediately painting the cut stump with a systemic herbicide (which will work its way down into the root of the plant and prevent further growth or suckering as siberian elms and other invasives are prone to do). Literally, a cup and a paintbrush, brushing it on to the cambium (the outer bark of the cut stump). This way you won't do any harm to any of the surrounding soil life and it will actually kill them. I've started doing this for tatarian honeysuckle, common buckthorn, siberian elm, tree of heaven, and bindweed. Noxious and invasive weeds need to be treated aggressively, one time, or else we can't plant in anything beneficial.
Great idea for a full video as I can clearly talk for hours about it, ha!
Do you grow natural dyes as well?
We do quite a few, but many common ones like madder and sulfur cosmos are invasive so we avoid those. We’ve done indigo, Hopi sunflowers, red onion, but honestly I don’t usually have much time for fabric dyeing with the farm so they have to be things I can hse for cuts too :)
@@Blossomandbranch Too bad, I wanted to buy some dye cakes. :) ty for getting back to me.
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Thanks for watching!
What time of year is this? I must have missed it.
Early august :)
Or maybe late July
Started using buckwheat this summer with poor results. Saw some evidence of critter intrusion and found little buckwheat plants sprouting throughout my other garden areas. Any suggestions to protect it during sprouting?
Were you interplanting it among other plants or planting it on its own?
@ on its own.
How do you know what kind of lavender works well in your area? I tried growing some and it died. 😪
The English Lavender is hardier than the French. I would try other types until you get some to winter over.
We have a whole video on it! ruclips.net/video/ufUxMGaduZs/видео.htmlsi=yisCi99mwRz661hi
(it really depends on your climate. Spanish do better in humid climates, colder winters/clay soils like mine do best with a hybrid like phenomenal or sensational)
I am very confused....the titel is in german again. The last video was also with a german title. Noone else?
Must be your YT settings, unless anyone else is seeing such?
It's hard to claim significant results (wool/no wool) with such a small sample size and without replication.
We do around 14,000 seedlings each year. There was plenty of sample size but you don’t have to do it, I’m just sharing what’s worked for me. :)
When I read this comment, I was expecting this video to be more scientific. 😂
I forgot to add: Thank you, Bri, for the farm tour. I love your mindful approach of working with the resources and limitations of your natural environment. It’s definitely more art than science! It’s beautiful and inspirational!
@@Blossomandbranch Sorry if that sounded rude--it's just the scientist in me. I love what you're doing!