Thanksgiving Is BIG MONEY At The Farmers Market | Vlog
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- Thanksgiving means a big family dinner, and a special occasion such as that requires a beautiful fresh bouquet of flowers as a centerpiece for all to admire. I often wonder about the pleasant conversations that our flower arrangements bring about, it is fun that when we make a video featuring one of these bouquets they can be admired long after they are thrown into the compost pile. This week is our Thanksgiving market, and they have traditionally been one of our best markets of the season. Not only is there a flush of fall flowers, and our last harvest of summer veggies before our first frost, but there is the most important element of all for a successful farmers market, an abundance of shoppers with large grocery lists. People are in the mood to spend, they need salad greens, as well as herbs and root veggies, and lots of people are looking to bring flowers as a gift. That means, if you bring the goods, no matter the weather, you are guaranteed a good performing market. This week we had our roadside stand in full effect, and even when the market ended, the sales continued, with our roadside stand selling fresh flower bouquets as fast as we could make them. It was a great market and a record for roadside sales, which added up to our best weekend of food and flower sales of our 3 years farming.
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Have you thought about hiring someone to paint your roadsidestand with pictures of veggies? I mean, your merchandise is so cool, maybe transfer part of that background onto the hut to visualise what's inside
I also suggested this in the last video 👍
They don't seem to take advice.
I suggested it last year and sent pics. Suggested they have a photo op destination mural with a hashtag. I bet they WILL do it…but they just don’t have time.
@@Katy32344 that's probably not accurate. Have you ever run a farm? Plus a TH-cam channel? I've at least run a farm and that alone is insanely busy. And their farm is way bigger than mine. There's no way they have time to implement or even acknowledge every idea that someone on TH-cam mentions. I don't think they're ignoring people. They just only have so much time in one day. Chances are they at least take ideas mentioned into consideration and discuss them between each other behind the scenes.
@@tinaholbrook9719I'm not going back to look, but I'm nearly 100% I did not say they are ignoring people. I believe I said they don't appear to take advice. It's sweet that you feel some desire to "stick up for" this couple, but putting words in my mouth is not the way to do so. 1. I didn't say they ignore people. 2. I said they don't seem to take advice. 3. That is not an insult. 4. There is no need to defend them, as there was no insult. In addition, I have run a farm and held a full-time job at the same time. Not that it matters.
Y'all never disappoint me... with every video being better than the last one. Your family is truly blessed with your farm. Keep up the good work...be ever so proud.
2 300 dollars! Wow, that is amazing! And with everything that you have guys going on, this is fantastic news on the everything falling into places. Bring it on for the next season. Multiple sources of income take time to set up, but once it is, the results are worth it. Congratulations.
Totally agree! So exciting to see them surpass the weekly farmers market goal.
Ugh I hate that youtube now shows previews of comments, I didnt even have to scroll to see this spoiler. 😭☹😊
spoiler!
I love watching you put your bouquets together Serina, you give me so much inspiration for what to grow! Your end results are always so beautiful and a bit different from what you see every day 💐♥️
Agreed! The arrangements are stunning.
If I lived near you, I would buy from you weekly. Your veggies and flowers look wonderful. Serena, I'm glad you are feeling better.
Me too I’m living in Florida and I love those flowers I could buy them every week
I'm shocked fresh herbs don't sell well until Thanksgiving. I cook at least twice a week with fresh herbs and have always felt they bring a brightness that amplifies even simple meals. Can't do without them! The more I learn about how nutritious they are I have tried to increase even more the herbs I eat and cook with fresh.
Consider swapping the table cloths for the market to a similar color to the door on your roadside stand. It will help sales!
Not only are you making $ you seem to be leading a very happy life! Very inspiring, thank you for sharing!
WHOA! That's amazing for just having opened the farm stand. The bouquets & veggies looked extra nice too. Nice to see grandpa with the grandkids out picking apples! Wishing you continued health & successes from Florida.💚
You need to plant and sell butternut squash and sweet potatoes for fall selling. Great job and great to see you back making beautiful bouquets . Awesome market week!
That's a good idea. I have a super tiny yard but I got lots of both this year. Very prolific plus they store well so they could sell them anytime after theyve been harvested 👍
Garlic planting time now, I wonder do they grow garlic as well? So easy to grow and so delicious 🤤🧄
Sweet potato doesn't grow well here, our season is just too short. And we don't have the space storage crops, like winter squash. We wouldn't be able to grow very much money worth.
@@YouCantEatTheGrass you should give it a try! I was able to grow Jamaican sweet potatoes here in Muskoka, CA 🍁❤ Slips are super easy! I actually started with a grocery store sweet potato 😅 grew some last year & from my first harvest I got slips which I planted this summer and got a decent harvest even in my tiny yard. 🍠
Oh and Cucamelons would definitely sell too! Though I'll need to start them earlier next year because I want to grow enough to pickle some 💚 😊
@@YouCantEatTheGrass Hope you had a good Thanksgiving.
@@zarahsgarden2097 I live in BC, Canada, specifically Campbell River on Vancouver Island and can sadly comfirm the season is too short for sweet potatoes. I tried, and failed as have others I know.
I wish I could be in the beautiful flower room!!! Your bouquets are stunning!!!💖🌸🌻🌼👍👋
I’m loooovvvving the music that’s playing while Serena is building bouquets and gathering herbs. So calming and appropriate. Thank you for this addition❣️
We just switched from TH-cams free music catalogue to a subscription with epidemic sound
Yup, you guys manage a cliff hanger video every time you post. I anxiously await your total sales. You got me crying in the last scene with the children. Iain, your hometown has an incredible show called Seeing the Invisible at the botanical gardens.
That floral room is stunning!!
I loved this video! I'm beyond thrilled that your farm stand is doing so well. 😃 The variety of colors for your bouquets were absolutely incredible! 💐 The silica worked great! Beautiful color retention!
oh my goodness, you must be so proud. Great job selling this weekend. The roadside stand is a game changer!
Your arrangements are always so pretty, so wish I could shop at your stand. The farmer’s market stand is always so well done too. So happy for you that the roadside stand is doing so well.
If you put the dried flowers on etsy, I'd be first in line to order!
Your flowers are spectacular!
Happy to see your roadside stand starting to get going, it is going to take the strain of having to focus on farmers' market only, as well as bring more income! Stay well and safe:)))
Love the Kale bouquet... we could definitely make that one. Simple and beautiful.
All the customers loved the big purple kale
@@YouCantEatTheGrass Awesome!
Such a hard working couple! Your farm & the flowers & produce are gorgeous!
Always look forward to your videos. It’s like the next episode available on Netflix I just get so excited
Congratulations! your hard work, persistence and vision has paid off. Now don't go conservative, just manage your time better so that you are not so physically taxed. Dole out tasks, it's done all the time. I believe in you and so do your customers. I just love your bouquet designs, the flowers are truly wonderfully showcased.....
You're bouquets are beautiful and unique-something for everyone, and your veggies are so colorful and robust.
Loved it! Congratulations!
You have an amazing eye for color. Great job!
You are so creative with those flowers and they are beautiful!
I just want to say thank you for everything! I've been watching your videos for long time, and they really inspired me to start gardening, and thanks to that I start my own 1/4 acre organic garden in Niagara. I've successfully completed my first year at my local farmer's market!! You guys changed my life! Here's to a successful season and looking forward to 2022! From your fan all the way in wine country 🤘
That's so wonderful to hear! And congrats on your farm!
WOW!!!
just WOW!!!
WOW!!!
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WOW!!!
🤗Ha!!
SO MANY GOOD THINGS
in this video!!!
Serena, the picture of you at the end carrying that big giant "bouquet" of flowers made me think of y'all having a life size cardboard cut-out of YOU
- JUST LIKE THAT
holding all those flowers 💐 !!!
And then displaying that cardboard cut-out,
out by the road to advertise the new roadside stand!!
THAT was the picture in my head!!
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉
on breaking the 💰💰 record!!!
💥WhoooooHoooooooooo!!!💥
Serena when you start your bouquets I am thinking to myself IDK about this one. Then you do your magic and every time when you finish them they are absolutely stunningly beautiful!!! Right now I am team floggie!! Thank you all for your hard work.
Lol. Our little joke is that liking both makes you biannual
Holy Moley! The roadside stand is goals!!! So stoked for you!
If you don’t have anything anymore, use ur nasturtiums in mason jars with a bit of foliage and other stuff u might find
Look like you have enough flowers for hundreds of bouquets they are beautiful
Ok I'm definitely getting white sunflowers to grow next year. They are so pretty 🤍
Bom dia parabens ficou muito lindo.
The silica dried flowers look amazing!
Knowing those are the last fresh flowers of the year makes me want to cryyy!!
I love the pink dahlia bouquet. It is so beautiful!!!
Maybe you can make some hang-able wooden signs to hand on the white fence and outside of the shed with the names of the veggies you currently have available. I know I like to be able to see what a stand has available as I drive past. If you have signs you can hang easily and take down easily then you can easily hang up the signs for what you have available that day and store the extras under the table in the shed so they are ready to hang up when you need them
What a great video. The bouquets were beautiful and the kids bounding around like happy bunnies was fun. Congrats on the good market.
And you’re guilting me into going out to the garden to see what survived. 😝
Your bouquets are BEAUTIFUL!!! I am VERY jealous of your cooler with all those beautiful flowers!!! :). Great ending song, too! I live in TN!!! :)
I am new to your channel. Love the beautiful flowers and veggies. I’m a farm girl from the states Mid West IL but live in Florida. It’s so hot here I can’t grow much but I now want a flower farm. Wonder if my dad would let me turn his farm into a flower farm 😂😂 love your channel and beautiful flowers.
I love all the colors of flowers.
You said fresh herbs never sell.. but have you thought about selling dried herbs? Even all the basil leaves that get thrown out when you strip them for filler, all that can be another product at the market. You can also dry and leave the packaging for the winter time because it wont spoil. Just throwing out idea, I know I'd much rather buy dry herbs from a source I trust than whatever Walmart offers lol.
serena, you have gotten so good and artistic with your bouquets; Great job!
Wow, that silica technique is very impressive! Never even heard of it til now! Another great video!
Serena, I love watching you put the bouquets together!!! You are very talented. Glad you are feeling better 💜💜. You brighten my day!!
So looking forward to shopping at your road side stand and Kelowna market when we move there this year! Congrats on super sales. Keep well Serena!!!!!!
So fun!
Your bouquets were beautiful! Best ones yet!! Love that your home flower stand is doing well🌼🍁💐
congrats on a great sales weekend! the future is bright!
Hello from South Africa, you are a beautiful person & an amazing go getter, pray you will both keep on prospering more and more
So excited for you! The roadside stand will be a game changer. Congrats guys. You have inspired us to grow more flowers... let's see what we will come up with. Haha.
CONGRATULATIONS11111 You deserve it. What a great ending to this video. That's the kid of things the kids will remember for the rest of their lives. Way to go.
Lovely! Hoping you will do twice as much for this years Thanksgiving! Blessings from Waterloo!
So happy for your great Thanksgiving week success. Bouquets were gorgeous! OMG that sedum was amazing. I’ve seen large flower heads, but those looked like they were the size of cauliflower and the purple kale was great. Guess you’ll have to get Ian making bouquets next year so you can fill up the stand with how many….100 every week? 200 for Easter, Mother’s Day, and other special days? Making bouquets is way more fun than washing and packing vegetables! And not as heavy to lift into the truck. Thanks for sharing the trip to the orchard. It’s always nice to see you having some fun with the kids. You both work so hard it’s good to see you relaxing a bit and doing something enjoyable. Blessings to you all.
Congratulations on that weekend success.... we all know that included so many hours of hard work not on the vid. Thanks for making time to film... very much appreciated... we always learn heaps, and its great to share in your family fun.
Wow, awesome you were able to sell that much at the roadside stand!
You guys are soo amazing and hardworking 💗 good luck with your new farm store 🥰🥰 God bless you all 🙏 happy Thanksgiving 😊
Love your videos so much! You and Ian are the absolute best. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. 💐🥀🌻
you should hold a flower arrangement class/workshop!
CONGRATS!!!! 💫 I’m amazed the Gorgeous veggies don’t sell better….. 🤷🏻
I would be buying so many tomatoes!!
Yaaaaaay...I'm so happy for u guys....beautiful bouquets 💕💓💖💗
You are an inspiration! Happy Thanksgiving
Beautiful veggies and flowers and great video as usual !
Oh my I'm already having withdrawal symptoms after viewing the latest flower tour!😂😂
Loooovvee the flowers ! You did a wonderful work!
Congrats on the roadside stand! I love love love your flowers:)
I so love watching you making bouquet
I just adored you guys!! Cheers to more successful selling weekends!
Wonderful market. Beautiful flowers. Healthy food. Profits to keep the farm feasible. Truly much to be thankful for. And for 2022, grow more flowers!
So happy for you! Can’t wait to see what happens next year.
So beautiful wishing your family wonderful holidays. Also make a good profit for all your hard work 😓
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oh my goodness, those last 2 minutes of the video, so wholesome! Hope you had a lovely family time after your successful weekend!
Absolutely beautiful bouquets, and loved those tipped Dahlias. Congratulations on the sales, very well earned!
Serina, your bouquets are always so beautiful!
Wahoo. Lots of hard work and beauty. Good for you. Happy Thanksgiving. USA
You called it right girl, flowers seem to be your niche! Hope you can keep going with the veggies that do sell and make money as well. Genuinely happy for the success of the weekend and the possibilities it represents for the future!!! Also,
Amazing! That's wonderful!
Yall are the mostest amazing people!!!!!!! I love to see yall each week. your veggies and flowers are to die for. If you ever would like to come to Lower Alabama, you can stay with us. we have a very small garden on an wasted 9.3 acres. seriously would love to meet ya!!!!
So happy for your success! 🏆 you guys deserve it! ❤ Linda in Vancouver 🇨🇦
JUST WOW!!!! Congrats - what a weekend you had!! So excited for you!
Did you ever consider to grow roses? I bought our garden from an old lady and she was growing beautiful roses. First I thought they will be difficult to take care of. They are not. The roses that the old lady was growing bloom from the beginning of May until November, they had no problem with frost. Once they are established you don't have to give them extra water 💦 They survived the extreme hot and dry summer that we had 2018 because the roots go 2 m deep into the ground. Roses even look good in bouquets 💐 when they're dried. Mine are growing along the fence to the neighbors. A great perennial - when nothing else is blooming anymore they bring colour to the garden and in winter you have the rosehips which look good as well.
The carrots look amazing!!!
So on the herbs. Try combinations. like a Italian herb blend or other common blends based on what you have.
Also drying your herbs to sell.
I just can't get enough of the flowers but love the veggies too
Glad your feeling better Serena. The bouquets are amazing. 💖💜💙
I'm so glad for you, great sales.... you guys work really hard... well deserved!!
It’s so wonderful to see you, Ian and your ‘monsters’ again! I feel happy for you that you harvested before the frost and had such great sales. You guys work so hard and you deserve it. Happy thanksgivings, Serena!
Delighted for you. Hard work , holiday w/e was a bonus. Once people are aware of ur little shop you will have constant customers
Men especially flowers for lived one , last chance saloon😂
Best luck for next year & take care of yourselves 🇮🇪
So happy for you all. Best vibes and good luck
Love your flowers!!!
Your bouquet skills have come on so much since you started making them. Love that sedum and cafe au lait bouquet the best. The sedum is such a great foundation flower to the cream ones. Would you ever thing of doing flowers by post? Letterbox flowers are really popular here in the U.K.
Too much involved in shipping fresh flowers, especially when there are so many other local farms everywhere. But we are still trying to figure out if we can ship dried stuff
Congratulations on the sales!!
Ohh wow, what a pleasant episode, got a big relief when ceilina had opened the door only to show the great spectacular bunches of flowers cut ahead of the frost.
Equally happy that you have exceeded the sales target in terms of flower bouquets and assorted vegy.
Glad to see you all back on track and wishing you all a happy thanksgiving. 🦃🦃🍁🍁🍁❤❤
Woo hoo !!!! So great 😃
Serena, your bouquets are gorgeous! I would have a hard time picking just one!
Whoop! Whoop! SO excited for the great sales and the roadside stand doing so well. I've been rooting for your success. You guys have been working so incredibly hard to grow this farm business. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. BLESSINGS-Kate
You are so inspirational Serena. I can't imagine the volume of work you do knowing you are also unwell. Your walk up to the road stand said quite a bit. I hope your health improves. Take care.
I love your market videos and am very happy for you guys to have an awesome weekend in sales! Congrats! I hope this continues for you and your farm grows more flowers since every market weekend flowers sell the best. Happy Thanksgiving!