DAY.
DAY. IT
DAY. IT MAY BE IN FACT AN IDEAL DAY TO GET OUTSIDE AND PLANT SOME FLOWER. YEAH, YOU KNOW, A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY
TURNING TO GARDENING DURING
THIS PANDEMIC. CARLOS GOT TO
SEE IT FIRSTHAND. I KNOW YOU
MET A NURSE WHO'S ACTUALLY
PURSUING A CAREER IN FLOWERS
CARLOS. YEAH, PURSUING A DREAM
TOO. SHE'S NOT A FLORIST. SHE'S
A FLOWER FARMER. THE DIFFERENCE
IS FLORIST JUST HAVE THE
FLOWERS DELIVERED THE FLOWER
FARMERS START WITH THE SEED AND
GROW THESE FLOWERS. NOW HERE'S
THE THING. SHE FORMED THE LICK
CREEK FLOWER COMPANY AFTER 20
YEARS OF BEING A NURSE. I
CAUGHT UP WITH HER, LEARNED
ABOUT HER AMAZING STORY. TRACY
ALSO WANTED TO GIVE ME SOME
TIPS ON HOW TO GROW SOME
AMAZING FLOWERS. WE'VE GOT
THESE TIPS FOR TRACY. GIVE US
SOME TIPS ON HOW TO PICK
WILDFLOWERS. THIS IS CALLED THE
LEGAL TEST. DO YOU WANT TO WIN
WHEN THEY'RE MATURE AS OPPOSED
TO NOTHING? IF YOU LET THEM
WHEN THEY'RE TOO IMMATURE, THE
FLOWER DOESN'T LAST VERY LONG
AND THEY WIGGLE THE FLOWER
BASICALLY. AND WE'LL SEE HOW
THAT BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH.
THAT IS TOO IMMATURE OF A
FLOWER. SO YOU SHOULDN'T GET
THAT FAR. BUT IF YOU WIGGLE
THIS ONE DOWN HERE, THAT ONE
HARDLY WIGGLES. SO THIS ONE YOU
CAN CUT AND HARVEST AND PUT IN
A BOUQUET AND EXPECT IT TO LAST
FOR A WHILE. BUT THIS ONE IS
TOO YOUNG. SO TRACY, WHAT HAVE
YOU BEEN DOING THE LAST 21 AND
A HALF YEARS? I'VE BEEN A
REGISTERED NURSE AT ONE OF THE
HOSPITALS IN INDIANAPOLIS. SO
JUST WHEN THE ROTAVIRUS
PANDEMIC WAS STARTING I MADE A
CHANGE TO BE A FLOWER FARMER. I
BASICALLY WENT FROM STARTING
IV'S TO STARTING SEEDS AND
SEEING ALL THESE BAGS OF THESE
FLOWERS. WHY DO YOU HAVE BAGS
IN YOUR FLOWERS? BUGS LOVE TO
EAT DAHLIAS. SO THE WAY THAT I
CONTROL THE PROBLEM WITH BUGS
IS I PUT ORGANZA BAGS ON THE
FLOWERS AND JUST NOT THE TIME
THE BUD HASN'T EVEN OPENED ITS
FIRST PUDDLE. BUT IT'S NICE AND
ROUND AND FIRM BUT ON IT I SLIP
IN ORGANZA BAG OVER THE TOP
OF IT, TIE IT AT THE BOTTOM AND
THEN THE INSECT CANNOT GET TO
THE FLOWER. ARE THERE ANY
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN NURSING
AND FLOWER FARM? A LOT
OF NURTURING GOING ON OUT HERE
JUST LIKE THERE WAS AT THE
HOSPITAL. PEOPLE HAVE THIS
IMAGE IN THEIR MIND OF A FLOWER
FARMER THAT YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT
ROWS AND ROWS OF BEAUTIFUL
FLOWERS AND THE BUTTERFLIES AND
THE SUN AND WHAT IT REALLY IS
IS A LOT OF HARD WORK, A LOT
OF SWEAT, A LOT OF BEE STINGS,
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
WANTING TO MAKE THEIR HOBBY
INTO THEIR PROFESSION. YOU'VE
DONE THAT. WHAT ADVICE WOULD
YOU GIVE TO PEOPLE WANTING TO
MAKE THAT JUMP? IT'S OK TO MAKE
SOME MISTAKES OUT OF THE 25
RIGHT THINGS I'VE DONE, I'VE
MADE 4000 WRONG MISTAKES TO
TELL ME HOW YOU GET THESE
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS TO YOUR
CUSTOMERS. I'VE GOT A FORUM ON
FACEBOOK THAT THEY CAN FILL OUT
THAT THEY SEND TO ME. SO THEN I
PUT TOGETHER WHAT WHATEVER IT
IS THAT THEY WANT. WE DO
DELIVERY TWO DAYS A WEEK AND
THE REST OF THE TIME A LOT
OF FOLKS JUST COME OUT HERE ON
THE FARM AND PICK UP THEIR
FLOWERS HIMSELF AND THEY LOVE
TO COME OUT AS I ALWAYS LET HIM
TAKE A PEEK AT YOU TO SEE WHAT
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUT HERE. SO
YOU'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE
MARCH. IS THIS THIS MOVE THAT
HAS DONE PRETTY DARN GOOD?
YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS
TRUE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE
SCARED AND I THINK FLOWERS HAVE
BROUGHT THEM SOME JOY. SO
THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN
DELIVERING A BOUQUET AND THE
CUSTOMER SAYING THIS IS SO
GREAT. SO MAKE MY KITCHEN LOOKS
NICE AND THAT IS WHAT ONE
OF THE BOUQUETS LOOKS LIKE. I
MEAN YOU CAN SEE AMAZING
ARRANGEMENT THERE. IT'S CALLED
THE LICK CREEK FLOWER COMPANY
THAT IS TRACY'S FLOWER COLOR.
WE HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE
WTA CHARCOAL ECONOMY. YOU MIGHT
ASK YOURSELF WELL HOW DID YOU
GET THE SPACE TO DO THIS? HER
HUSBAND WAS A BIG HELPER. HE
ACTUALLY OWNS SOME THEY OWN
TOGETHER 17 ACRES OF FARMLAND
UP IN PENDLETON WHERE GROW
SOYBEANS. GET THIS, GUYS. HE
GOT TO YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDE
COMPLAINED TO ME BECAUSE IT
STARTED WITH JUST TWO ROWS
OF FLOWERS. NOW THEY HAVE 70
ROWS OF FLOWERS. HE'S LIKE
SHE'S TAKING UP ALL MY SOYBEAN
SPACE HERE ON THE FARM. YOU
KNOW, BUT IT IS REALLY A GREAT
GOT A FAMILY ORGANIZATION IN
THERE AND IT SHOWS LIKE I SAID
EARLIER, A PERSON PIVOTING AND
REALIZING THEIR DREAMS DURING
THIS WHOLE IN CRISIS GUYS. AND
YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO
HELP A LOCAL BUSINESSES BUT HER
STUFF IS BEAUTIFUL AND VERY
UNUSUAL. NOT LIKE THE KIND
OF THING, CARLOS, THAT YOU'D
SEE IN THE GROCERY STORE. YEAH.
AND THAT'S THE GREAT THING TOO.
IT'S UNIQUE. AND SHE GAVE ME
TONS OF TIPS. BUT WHAT YOU'RE
NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE FLOWERS
THEIR FRUIT IN YOUR IN YOUR
KITCHEN BECAUSE ONE IS GOING TO
AFFECT THE OTHER. DIDN'T KNOW
THAT YOU GOT TO CHANGE YOUR
WATER EVERY DAY WITH THESE
WHITE WILDFLOWERS. SHE'S KIND
OF GIVE ME ALL THESE THOSE
HOVER FLIES THAT YOU HATE ON
YOUR ARMS, YOU KNOW, WHEN
THEY'RE WHEN IT'S STICKY HOT
OUTSIDE. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY
REALLY GOOD FOR FLOWERS BECAUSE
YOU KNOW, THEY HELP EAT ALGAE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SHE JUST
KEPT GIVE ME THIS INFORMATION
AND NOW I'M A FLOWER GURU.
GUYS, I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT
THE BEE STINGS. CARLA THE LOVE
SHE KEPT IT REAL. SHE'S SAYING
OH YOU THINK BUTTERFLIES AND