Serina and Ian are sharing their journey of starting a farm!
Located in Kelowna, BC, Canada, the farm was begun in 2019. We grow veggies and flowers for sale on our farm and at the farmers market. Our property is only 2.5 acres, and we have to deal with the short season of being in a zone 5, but we still think the farm can become a sustainable business - if we put the work in...
Our goal in sharing our experiences is to support local, sustainable, food systems. We want to help you learn how to grow your own food. Or to show you the labour that goes into the farm fresh food that farmers grow for you everyday. And to make sure, that you are thinking about how that food is grown - we don't use pesticides, and we want to be an example that you don't need to either.
With a little bit of laughter, and a little bit of love, this farm will just keep growing!
The cheerful aura you project while making your bouquets is marvellous to watch. You seem so content and gleeful mastering your skill of flower arranging.
Where are you guys? I’d not seen you in my feed since last year so had to come looking for you and surprised you’ve stopped putting out weekly videos and live vids. I mean,.. not here to pressure but just wanted to say hope you’re doing ok. We’re all invested in you guys as people as much as the farm. So strange there’s no ‘hey, we’re so busy, we’re changing what we do on the channel’ explainer
I mostly cared about the farmstand sales, are you not doing that now? Ian still films films for you just doesn’t film on his own or edit videos? What’s going on? Will we ever get our content back?
I watched this channel to study market farming, the content just isn’t there anymore. No more story, no more editing, no more Ian. Ian was the one who edited and made the videos a consumable story with great footage.
Thank you for such a wonderful and informative video. Would love to see how you work those fun colors into bouquets for your farm stand. Congrats on getting family time and farm work done, it looks terrific! 💚💐
What I love about glads is that when u plant one there will be 2 sometimes 3 in its place when u dig it up so by digging them up you double your corms saving even more money, I'm buying 1800 of them this year and going to keep multiplying them each year even planting the cormals to grow bigger and sell the corms each year locally 😊
At least this year the fire hazard isn't as high. How did your neighbour do with the cherries. From news here on the coast they're reporting huge damage from that really cold snap. Wineries are scrambling, some fruit farmers are cutting down a lot of their orchards and planting vegetables. I hope your growing season hasn't been as chaotic as other areas, especially across the border. Using the greenhouses may just keep the farm in better financial shape. I'm just happy to see you still going strong. Maybe start looking at alternatives for the flowers, shorter growing time, earlier planting. Things are never going to be the same. This is the last year we'll see relatively "normal" temperatures. Hang in there.🇨🇦🌞🌝
Hi Serena, gosh I really miss the old videos with you Ian kids and the cats. I use to love seeing all the flowers selling out the front and sharing with every one how much money you made that day, love to you all
Folks, I’m just speculating here, but youtube burnout is very common and almost inevitable among youtubers. If Serena and Ian need to take a step back for a while and focus more on their farm and family, we should support this and respect their privacy. Taking a break is a good and healthy thing.
Yes, taking time off for family and to reset is important, but just let us know, we'll support you! That would be better then viewers unsubscribing when the content they came for doesn't appear.
nobody's has asked but I'll type what I think. The plan was to reach business sustainability within five years or quit. If they didn't quite reach the business goals, mayhaps they're winding the business venture down. Can't be emotionally easy in any case
❤❤❤ seriously ❤❤❤ these are people not actors. We all grow and change just like the seasons are gardens live in. Thank you. I was sad to see these comments, you saved it. I am happy to see a happy farmer!
Good for Serina if she wants to keep her body natural and hairy. A confident, natural woman is very attractive to many people and what she chooses to do is her business.
@@214380adm was replying to a comment she made about tossing the Glads rather than digging them up for storage, because its too time consuming, thought it was odd. i've followed Serina for years, which is why it struck me as odd.
I'm a city gardener with a small backyard/indoor set up. I planted 50 glads, mostly in containers, at the very end of spring. They all started popping up and the next thing I knew I was ordering more. I had totally forgot about that because I spent a week volunteering as a camp counselor. Imagine how I felt when I came home exhausted from camp to 125 "surprise" glad bulbs! I've been slowly putting them into the ground and I'm excited for what's to come.
Will you be posting Market update videos soon? Those are the best ones to watch for us non-flower growing, fellow Canadians. Enjoy watching your success in a small market.
