Your high tunnel is such a lovely place. Thank you so much for bringing us with you. I love the mixture of flowers and vegetable. I have a greenhouse made of old windows. Unfortunately there is not enough space for both. Lovely greetings from Madi.
Thanks for the kind words. I've always admired the charm of greenhouses made from old windows. I love my flowers and am very thankful I can have them all over the place.
Yeah, I know it can be invasive. I have it in a grow bag which is surrounded by bricks. I also have some around my chicken run and I actually hope it does spread there. (if the chickens don't totally destroy it. ) Have a great day and thanks for watching.
If you place borage, comfrey, dandelion leaves and nettles into a drum with a lid with lots of water, afterabout 3 weeks, you'll have the best liquid fertiliser ever!
I love watching your videos! You guys give such great knowledge and inspiration for my own little farm! I noticed that it looks like you have a great weed management system… do you have any videos on how you manage weeds in your garden? I’m really curious for how you started the “foundation” of your soil/beds in the high tunnel. I see the mulch in the walkways as well, do you put cardboard down first or just thick mulch? Thank you again for sharing your knowledge 💚
Thanks for the kind words. For weed management, we do use woodchips in the walkways. If the weeds are bad, we'll put cardboard down first, but often it just needs a new layer of woodchips. As for the garden beds, we try to mulch as much as possible. Our favorite mulch is leaves and grass together. We gather as many leaves as possible in the fall and then in the spring we sprinkle leaves on grassy areas and mow it with a bag. (We make sure that the leaves we get are from people who do not use any type of chemicals on their yards or trees) The combination of grass and leaves together make a great mulch for around plants....not to heavy and not too light. The other thing we do is a LOT of weeding. our daughter helps out and I have a few volunteers that come once in a while to help out. It's a constant battle and can quickly get ahead of us. As for the foundation of the beds, it was bringing in LOTS of organic material and then our own compost. (with cows and chickens, we can make a lot of compost.) It has taked 3 years to get the soil to a good point. Before we gardened there it had been traditionally farmed for 100+ years so the soils was not very good. (We bought the farm 4 years ago.) Best of luck on your own farm. It's a great lifestyle.
Ahh, yes…. I’m starting to see the common thread of the leaves, grass clippings and heavy wood mulching. Happy to hear I’m not the only one that can get up and over my head with the weeds- I need to get a little more help myself 🤣 Thank you for taking the time to reply in so much detail, I’m sure you guys have had to repeat yourselves a lot with your RUclips channel…
I don't really have the quantity that florists would want. Between pre-made bouquets and then "make your own bouquet' on Friday and Saturday, I ususally sell almost all of the flowers. (There's usually enough left for me to have a bouquet or two for the farmhouse. )
Our bee hives are fairly close to the tunnel, plus all of the flowers draw them in. In the colder months, I'm usually only growing lettuce, spinach and kale, so don't need the pollinators.
I start the zinnias for the tunnel inside so I can get a head start. In the market garden, I direct sow Zinnias and usually have to thin. I let them get big enough that I can transplant the ones I pull out. I LOVE Zinnias. I start all of the snap dragons in the house.
Gorgeous flowers!
Thanks....I LOVE flowers. (Brenda)
Look at the carrots ! Amazing ! I love your flowers too 😊
The carrots are cool, but the flowers are a lot prettier. haha....
Lovely video.
THANKS!
Your high tunnel is such a lovely place. Thank you so much for bringing us with you. I love the mixture of flowers and vegetable. I have a greenhouse made of old windows. Unfortunately there is not enough space for both. Lovely greetings from Madi.
Thanks for the kind words. I've always admired the charm of greenhouses made from old windows. I love my flowers and am very thankful I can have them all over the place.
Lol “fractured stem that’s awful” 😂🤪😉
Haha....
You can put borage blossoms in ice cube trays and freeze, nice for summer drinks lemonade tea etc
That's a GREAT idea!!!
Lemon balm is so invasive
Yeah, I know it can be invasive. I have it in a grow bag which is surrounded by bricks. I also have some around my chicken run and I actually hope it does spread there. (if the chickens don't totally destroy it. ) Have a great day and thanks for watching.
If you place borage, comfrey, dandelion leaves and nettles into a drum with a lid with lots of water, afterabout 3 weeks, you'll have the best liquid fertiliser ever!
I've heard of comfrey tea and nettle tea, but never thought of mixing those all together. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for the tip!
I would love to see pictures or a video of your farm stand.
We will be doing a video about the farm stand shortly. It's right in front of the barn, under the overhang.
I love watching your videos! You guys give such great knowledge and inspiration for my own little farm! I noticed that it looks like you have a great weed management system… do you have any videos on how you manage weeds in your garden? I’m really curious for how you started the “foundation” of your soil/beds in the high tunnel. I see the mulch in the walkways as well, do you put cardboard down first or just thick mulch? Thank you again for sharing your knowledge 💚
Thanks for the kind words. For weed management, we do use woodchips in the walkways. If the weeds are bad, we'll put cardboard down first, but often it just needs a new layer of woodchips. As for the garden beds, we try to mulch as much as possible. Our favorite mulch is leaves and grass together. We gather as many leaves as possible in the fall and then in the spring we sprinkle leaves on grassy areas and mow it with a bag. (We make sure that the leaves we get are from people who do not use any type of chemicals on their yards or trees) The combination of grass and leaves together make a great mulch for around plants....not to heavy and not too light. The other thing we do is a LOT of weeding. our daughter helps out and I have a few volunteers that come once in a while to help out. It's a constant battle and can quickly get ahead of us.
As for the foundation of the beds, it was bringing in LOTS of organic material and then our own compost. (with cows and chickens, we can make a lot of compost.) It has taked 3 years to get the soil to a good point. Before we gardened there it had been traditionally farmed for 100+ years so the soils was not very good. (We bought the farm 4 years ago.)
Best of luck on your own farm. It's a great lifestyle.
Ahh, yes…. I’m starting to see the common thread of the leaves, grass clippings and heavy wood mulching. Happy to hear I’m not the only one that can get up and over my head with the weeds- I need to get a little more help myself 🤣 Thank you for taking the time to reply in so much detail, I’m sure you guys have had to repeat yourselves a lot with your RUclips channel…
@@taylorkennedy8984 no problem. We are all learning from each other. 🙂
Yes 💚 that is a beautiful thing
Any of the local florists interested in your flowers
I don't really have the quantity that florists would want. Between pre-made bouquets and then "make your own bouquet' on Friday and Saturday, I ususally sell almost all of the flowers. (There's usually enough left for me to have a bouquet or two for the farmhouse. )
Have you done a tour of your farm stand?
Not yet. That will be sometime in the next few weeks.
How do you get things to pollinate in the high-tunnel? Do bees come in during the summer when it is open? What about the colder months? Thank you.
Our bee hives are fairly close to the tunnel, plus all of the flowers draw them in. In the colder months, I'm usually only growing lettuce, spinach and kale, so don't need the pollinators.
Do you direct sow your zinnieas and snaps? If you do, do they need thinning?
I start the zinnias for the tunnel inside so I can get a head start. In the market garden, I direct sow Zinnias and usually have to thin. I let them get big enough that I can transplant the ones I pull out. I LOVE Zinnias. I start all of the snap dragons in the house.
Have you tried lower and lean?
Not yet, but I might look into it for next year