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24 Comments
Thanks for a great tour! You didn't mention a place for Sweet corn. Are you not planting that this year?
4 parallel beds for the cut flower high tunnel, keeps things just a bit different from the other tunnel โค
Most times when you become worried about the background noises, they are actually no problem for your listeners. Loud chickens … wonderful sound on the farm. Walking on gravel … the crunchy noise just sounds like life in the country. Wind … the breath of fresh air. Loud cows … if only we could hear that in our everyday lives. During all those sounds, we can still hear your messages and sounds of the farm are soothing. Don't worry about them.
I vote for cut flowers! A lot less zinnias and other flowers than the small farm. I think it would beautify the garden even more!๐น๐ฅ๐บ๐ท๐ฎ๐ต๏ธ๐ป๐ผ
What about Timothy hay made for pet bedding ? My potatoes love it and are doing well. Good job leaving bolted plants for the pollinators. The weather is whacky and it is tricky . Good job
I would love to watch you turn the high tunnel into a cut flower space!
Iโm really looking forward to my gardening season but today weโve had a snowstorm ๐. Iโll enjoy your garden while I wait!!
Lovely! I'm casting my vote for the cut flowers. Namaste ๐
Hooray for the garden tour! (Iโve heard the gravel but never noticed it.)
Love how itโs coming together! I think the 4 long rows of cut flowers would be stunning. Can wait to see it.
I love your top – thank you so much for the tour, so good to get a peek at your plans.
Your videos and garden tours are very inspiring and helpful. May God bless your 2023 Vegetable, Fruit, Herb and Floral Gardens (Farm animals and fishies/waterfowl too).
Everything about this video is FABULOUS! I cannot stop admiring your blouse during the video, is it handmade?
Excited to see all of the growth ๐ฅฐ
I find myself wondering what type and how many varieties of cut flowers you want to grow? Would that factor in to your decision on layout? Having two long rows on the outside and the several shorter rows in between would offer you defined space per flower / variety. Plus, labeling each spot either by plant name or A, B, C….. whatever would make it easier to define direction if other people were helping weed, deadhead, cut……flowers. Also, if flowers have different water / food requirements having the smaller beds in the middle allows some isolation in care. Those are my contributions to your question. I lOVE that you are going to have a flower high tunnel! Look forward to watching. Last year I started upping my flower gardening and will appreciate any wisdom you share along the way. ๐
I love the shirt! ๐ where did you get it ?!?!?!?
If we're voting on the configuration for the High Tunnel Cut Flower Beds, I vote leave them in their current arrangement. #1 -I like it. I find it more pleasing than just long parallel rows. #2 (and More important than what I like) I''m thinking this is still a healing year for those beds and the less the soil is disturbed the better. All the Best!๐
Are you going to paint the pavilion to match the green house? That would be cool!
Leave the beds the way they are this year in the flower tunnel. Just lay down some cardboard and wood chips on top in the walkways. That will give Miah more time to work on other projects and will give you flexibility in future years if you want to rearrange.
For future garden tours, what about if you highlight a different part of the garden on successive days? So Mondays could be both tunnels and orchard. Wednesdays could be raised beds. And Fridays could be animals. Or something like that. That way people could know in advance which days to tune in especially and it would help you stay organized and not have to rush or edit as much.
I think it would be beautiful the way it is with so many flowers and pollinators
Hi Jess, I will be watching your videos over and over again. Make both beds,veggies and cut flowers(so you can enjoy both (for you and your family:) ๐ I'm trying to plant this year's seed's from Last years mishaps. Experiment's are in My Vocabulary! โค๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐โ๏ธ๐ป๐บ๐โคUโฃ๏ธ
I think you should have a cut flower garden! You now have plenty of food space. So glad that you mentioned growing herbs that can be used for tea. I have been doing this for a few years and I always think about just how old the herbs in tea bags are because even my dried herbs make a tastier tea. I gave a small class at my property where I talked about herbs for teas and salads and there were so many people that wanted to come back and do it again this year. Make it fun!
Iโm sooo excited ๐
Eggs that were 'oops left out' are they still okay to eat? Should you always do the float test?