Lisa and I are enjoying the challenge of building our own backyard nursery business. I have no difficulty encouraging others to take the leap into horticulture - growing and selling plants! It does, however, make sense to give a little extra consideration to the question: How big a business do we want this to be? And further: Is there a plan in place for succession or a clean exit? I've seen so many plant growers and sellers struggle with this - building up large and fast, only much later to wonder how to conclude or ensure the continuation of the business.
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This rose video is focused on planting bare-root roses (mainly grafted). For my video on own-root (mainly potted) rose planting, here's the link: https://youtu.be/8fNRsm0Qaoo I've included a full discussion on planting depth, which takes a bit of times, but I've included a topic index in case anyone wants to skip ahead:
2:55 Planting depth
10:36 Amendments for the planting hole
14:23 Tamping down the soil
15:25 When to plant
16:02 Where to plant
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You can make good money holding a plant sale from your own yard or farm. Local garden clubs can make much of their annual revenue from a great plant sale event. In this video, I'll show you how I set up my own farm for a one-day selling event. The key (in my opinion) is to have plenty of signage - with color pictures and key details - so that no matter how busy you get, your customers can still get the information they need to make a purchasing decision. If you like the picture tags I show in this video, I do a quick tutorial on how to make them in my "Farmers Market" video: https://youtu.be/agrqSzDFMvU
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Our roses and perennials are growing well, there's just one little problem: I have no place to sell them! The Farmers Markets, spring plant sales and other selling events I rely on are sending me notices of cancellation. If this takes out March, it's just a small financial hit. Losing April and May would make this a pretty expensive year! In this video, I'll let you know some of my alternate plans - but I can't resist showing off some of my plants at the same time.
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Photo Credits:
Ladybird poppies photo by Gareth Lovering Photography CC BY-SA 2.0
Bastard balm photo by peganum (Flickr) CC BY-SA 2.0
Phlomis photo by S.G.S. (Wikimedia commons) CC BY-SA 4.0
Salvia bulleyana by Mikeschgardener (Wikimedia commons) CC BY-SA 4.0
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Looking for colorful ornamental plants for the fall garden? These 10 perennials will not disappoint in September and October(if you live on the temperate northern half of the globe!). I've featured some of these picks in past videos on perennials, and some are brand new recommendations. Some of these late bloomers could technically be called shrubs (because they're woody to a degree) but in practice I take them down to the ground in spring and grow them as herbaceous perennials. Only one (mirabilis) is tender, and it can be saved by digging the tubers.
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Quick DIY project to provide some privacy for the back patio of our house, dividing our living area from the business of the farm. Easy and relatively inexpensive - and quick to install or remove as needed.
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If you're a beginner to starting seeds indoors, I'd like to share the three basic steps: germination, early development, and hardening off. Each stage requires an adjustment to the growing conditions for the best results. I've included a chart to make the requirements clear - and will go through in a bit of detail the changes in temperature, humidity, air movement, watering and fertilizer.
BTW, I placed a copy of the chart on my farm website: https://www.fraservalleyrosefarm.com/seedling-chart/
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Check out the unusual hairy growth on the buds of this rose - it's the result of the rose gall wasp, and is also sometimes called "Robin's Pincushion". I'll explain more about the cause and consequences of this oddity, and I'll also take you for a quick tour of some of the roses in bloom in my garden and stock field. Despite the video title, there will also be tall roses on the tour. ;-)
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This is my failed attempt to grow roses by cuttings in a potato. I didn't plan to outright debunk this much-hyped method of rooting roses - more just to satisfy my curiosity: Could sticking rose cuttings into a potato actually improve my techniques? I chose three varieties of roses, and did a side-by-side comparison between my regular semi-hardwood method vs. the potato method. I placed them under intermittent timed mist, approx 20 degrees celsius, and semi-shade. I used rooting powder on 2 out of 3 cuttings by either method, which didn't result in any noticeable differences. You can see the results for yourself!
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I prefer Bokashi fermentation over hot composting of kitchen waste for a number of reasons, which I'll outline here. I'll also show you how the system works, and how to build your own DIY Bokashi bucket system.
If you want o know how to prepare your own bokashi bran, here's my follow-up video: https://youtu.be/sUEVu32rcyQ
If you find these videos useful, there are a few little things you can do to help me out:
Have a look at our Amazon shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/fraservalleyrosefarm
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