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Honest Homesteading
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My family and I love living out in the country. We've now got several acres of woods, fruit and nut trees, berry vines and bushes, and vegetable gardens so it's quite the playground for running experiments! With this channel I plan to share some of our many experiments and tell you what we've got going on around the homestead. Not only will I show you what we are working on, but I also aim to follow up with each experiment so we can track the results and figure out what really works (and what fails!) and what we could improve on or do differently. I'm certainly not an expert, but I enjoy putting these experiments together and hearing from others on what they are trying to do as well!
The Bubblegum Plum
While you can't actually blow bubbles with this plum, it is definitely a variety that is true to it's name! The taste is quite good and extremely similar to the taste of bubblegum. If you get the chance to try it, I definitely recommend doing so!
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Our Apple Grafts are Blooming!
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Our multi-grafted apple tree is full of blooms this year! A few we have tried a few of these before, but most of these will be varieties we have never tasted before. To see more on some of these varieties, check out the videos linked below: Hudson's Golden Gem: ruclips.net/video/OcjmYZRLl6U/видео.html November Peach: ruclips.net/video/iGWpmGA1Ftk/видео.html Vanilla Pippin: ruclips.net/video/0p7...
The Vanilla Pippin Apple
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We finally got to taste test our first Vanilla Pippin apples! These were grafted on our "frankentree" back in Spring 2021 and bore this fruit in 2023. This isn't my favorite kind of apple flavor, so I likely won't make a full tree dedicated to it anytime soon with my limited space, but it certainly gets to keep it's place on our frankentree! If you have tried this kind before, let me know what ...
Milling Old Walnut Logs for Rift and Quarter Sawn Lumber
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Being as busy as we are, we rarely get to our projects as quickly as we intend to. When it comes to milling, a consequence of that is that when you cut up partially dried logs for lumber, they tend to bend and bow as soon as they are cut from the log. Here I show you how I'm cutting the boards to try and minimize those effects on the lumber before they get stacked to dry. With any luck they wil...
Our Orchard Had a Baby: A New Apple!
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One of the lesser known byproducts of having an orchard is the possibility of wildlife spreading the seeds of your fruit. This year, I got to taste the first fruit from one of these "volunteer" trees!
From Tree to Furniture - in 5 minutes!
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Our first big homemade lumber project here on the homestead was turning an old ash tree into my oldest son's twin size bedframe. See in just 5 minutes a glimpse into the work that went into creating it! If you'd like to see the other videos these clips were taken from, see the videos below: Milling Boards from an Old Ash Tree: ruclips.net/video/eMTPDt8QPEo/видео.html Milling Slabs from a 20" As...
Our Largest "Bradford Pears" Yet!
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This year we got to harvest our first fruit from this Bradford pear tree! The fruit pictured comes from Bradford Pear limb that we grafted over to the Peggy Asian Pear variety and the taste was absolutely worth the work that went into it!
Grafting with Parafilm in Summer Heat
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I grafted several peach trees this July, wrapping the scions and buds in parafilm, leaving the grafts exposed to some of the hottest days we experience in the summer here in Indiana. It has been six weeks since the grafts were made, so now we can see how well the parafilm held up in the heat, and how well the buds pushed through the parafilm. See my original video on parafilm: ruclips.net/video...
Mourning a Neglected Peach Tree (Part 3)
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Unfortunately not every project I embark on is a success... And even more unfortunate is that I didn't graft any new trees from this one so with this tree dies a variety that I will have to purchase in order to get it back on the homestead. But I must say that we always got a good crop from this tree and wish it well in that orchard in the sky! See what my plans were for this tree in the first ...
Milled Ash Wood Bed Frame Build
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Last year we milled a large ash tree down to some usable lumber and after letting it dry for a year, we were finally able to turn it into furniture! What I made was based on the Ana White bedframe that can be found at this link (though we are not affiliated in any way): www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects/simple-bed-twin-size If you want to see how we milled or prepped any of the the lumber ...
Using a Thunderstorm to Fell A Dangerous Ash Tree
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I want to emphasize an abundance of caution as I share this video. What I did here absolutely had a lot of risk involved, but at the same time, leaving this tree in place was also risky as limbs from a dead tree like this can fall at any time and pose significant risk as well. At this point, I figured that the danger while felling the tree would actually be less than not doing anything. Additio...
Removing a Tree Stump From Our Garden
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A few years back we fenced in a new garden area, but we are still working on taming the area. Today I'm removing a tree stump that so that it won't interfere with our tiller anymore so I figured I'd show you how I do that! While I usually only use an axe to do this work, if you've got a tractor that can make it easier, why not?
Removing Fireblight From Our Pear Trees (Part 3)
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Just over two years ago, I did some massive pruning on this pear tree in order to remove all traces of fireblight and regrow the tree. Today I'm pulling out the pruners for the first time to find and cut out any new fireblight infection that I find. Fortunately, it seems any infection is only at the tips of branches, so there is still a lot of hope that I can keep this tree! Check it out! Fight...
Replacing Trees in Our Orchard
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When a fruit tree dies, it dies for a reason. When we replace it, we need to take that reason into account if we can. Today I'll tell you some of the reasons why I don't like to simply replace a tree with an exact replica of the one that died.
Harvesting Hickory Logs For Later Milling
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Harvesting Hickory Logs For Later Milling
Our First Scrap Metal Run | Cleaning Up the Homestead
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Our First Scrap Metal Run | Cleaning Up the Homestead
The BEST Chicken Coop Improvement We Made
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The BEST Chicken Coop Improvement We Made
Planing Ash with the Dewalt DW734 Planer
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Planing Ash with the Dewalt DW734 Planer
Putting Our Well Insulation To The Test!
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Putting Our Well Insulation To The Test!
Sawmilling FAIL (Part 2) - Milling an Oddly Shaped Log
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Sawmilling FAIL (Part 2) - Milling an Oddly Shaped Log
Sawmilling FAIL (Part 1) - Loading an Oddly Shaped Log
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Sawmilling FAIL (Part 1) - Loading an Oddly Shaped Log
Renovating Our Well Shed - Almost Done!
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Renovating Our Well Shed - Almost Done!
Can Small Elm Logs Make Useful Lumber?
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Can Small Elm Logs Make Useful Lumber?
Why is there black gummy stuff on my peaches
How have the hardy kiwis been doing? I was worried about planting the two I ordered at this time, in mid September.
My MacFree from Stark Bros. got several fireblight strikes in it. Fortunately I guess the tree was big enough to not suffer too bad. It was next to Crimson Crisp, and I believe it was the Crimson Crisp that had the most problem. Also passing it along to Liberty another supposed blight resistant tree.
I have a Lovell that grew up from from an Apricot that the graft died on. Mine has about 8 trunks and is about 12'x12' after 7 or 8 years. I'm thinking yours are planted pretty close together and you may want to remove every other one eventually. The fruits on mine are large, at least baseball-sized, firm, and so-so in the flavor department for fresh eating. They are also extremely late compared to most other peaches, ripening in early-mid September here in SW Michigan, zone 5-compared to most of the "standard" peach varieties that ripen in July or early August. Like most peach trees they will overbear and break their branches off if not thinned to one fruit every 4-6". Watch out for the trunk borers, those have killed off most of my peach trees over the years. Thanks for the video, happy harvests!
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Nicely done video! The jet pump on our well was destroyed by a 14 degree cold snap that knocked out our power for several days in Portland, Oregon. we will improve the insulation and place a light bulb in the well housing, but I'm not sure what I will use for a heat source when the power goes out again. I'm considering using an oil lamp, but I'm nervous about anything with a flame.
Thanks! I recommend you trade some LED bulbs to all your friends in exchange for their old incandescent bulbs. Many people have them in sheds or detached garages, or closets, etc and would be happy to take an energy efficient alternative. For us, the box is small enough that a true, incandescent 100W bulb can fight off -15 degree weather! Most years I only run a 60W unless it is going below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. I haven't used it myself, but there is also heat tape you can buy for pipes that can be set to kick in at certain temperatures, so you might look into that.
How is this tree doing now !?
how are the posts holding up now? if any updates. nice!!!!
They are all still secure and holding up well!
What month is this?
Are you familiar with Michael Phillips? He came up with a holistic spray: liquid fish, kelp, effective microbes, neem and karanja oil. For curculio he recommends kaolin clay spray.
Is that pruning paint you’re using as sunblock? Are you sterilizing your cuts after you make them? If so what are you using to sterilize with?
Glad to see a new variety!
Gummosis the tree is diseased
Everything I’ve read says plant in spring. I’m in Ms & zone 9 do you think I can safely plant on my chain link fence in September? It does get down sometimes a few days in winter below 32* but mostly mild. It’s in 100’s now in Augudt
Planting in the fall should be fine, but I would wait until 100 degree days are long gone. Also, where are the plants now? If they are growing outside, you likely won't have an issue, but if they have been growing indoors, you'll want to acclimate them to the outdoors for a while before transplanting so that they don't get transplant shock. Thanks for stopping by and good luck!
Thank you for the informative video. Have you had the sawmill and trailer out on the highway? How did it preform?
I've towed it around the property a lot, without issue, but I've not actually driven off the property at this point. Between my trees and and trees that others have bought me, I haven't had a reason to do that yet! I'll let you know if I do.
VERY impressive! How do the successful apples taste? Where in ny are you? I am in west orange nj Thank you!
Thanks! We're actually located in central Indiana - I think in this video I talked about the Westfield Seek No Further apple that I grafted to being from NY. I think I've only had one apple variety that was disappointing so far, many that are good, and a few have been excellent. I have some videos with my thoughts on the different varieties and hope to add more to it soon!
Thank you! May i sign up for your posts?
Turn the 2x6 boards on edge and put them on the outside of the 4x4's......much stronger!
what kind of paint do you use?
Best and easiest yet. Thank you
I wonder how you went with that tree. Be great to see a picture of it if it did take.
It has been doing great, actually, thanks for asking! Here is part 2 of this project: ruclips.net/video/SU9FUiEpIyQ/видео.html and here is part 3: ruclips.net/video/63VMe45CjQc/видео.html
Could the tape prevent the para film getting oxygen causing the breakdown in graft with tape holding it . Maybe different tape?
your trees look like shit ya need to prune better. i do like the macs better
Another great russeted apple is Colvis Spice. I will be looking for Hudson's Golden Gem.
From what I can tell you just harvested the berries that had the seeds right into the ground without taking them out of their casing or doing any drying. Is that correct? I'd hate to waste time going through all that if it's not necessary. And you did this in the fall/winter?
Correct, I just put the berries straight in the ground in the fall when the plants are going dormant. We get so many berries from what's growing that I'm not too concerned with maximizing germination rates or anything like that. I'm sure there could be other methods yield more plants, but this took almost no time at all, and it was a success!
Can you just transplant the sucker without a grafting a branch on? If not, what are the reasons?
You can, but the variety of the new tree will match the variety of the root it grew from. So if your current tree was never grafted, that would be a much better choice! If it was grafted, you likely end up with a much less desirable fruit from the new tree. Another option would be to let it root in and get established before grafting - that would be a good choice if it doesn't come up with very many roots.
looks like you'll get 10 maybe 15 peaches from each tree?
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I think spraying would be easier than coming up with 500 socks for 1 tree
Agreed! I don't think the socks made enough difference to be worth it, though the bug traps definitely helped!
Socks or netting around each peach did not work for me. Bugs still got to the fruit and squirrels ruined them by chewing through it.
I’d love to buy a red leaf peach tree if you have a eBay store
As a professional arborist it was painful to watch you use a saw please get some safety gear and lessons in how to use a saw properly before you end up in an unfortunate accident
IMHO I don't think "over pruning" caused those issues. Most of the visible thinning cuts (@2:46) were too aggressive and poorly cut into the branch collars which resulted in die backs and deadly wounds. Bark splits were not from sun burn as they were at the underside of those branches; they were probably caused by load stress + die back and further abused by insects... Which were probably what the bunnies were after at the tree trunk. Also, that graft point (your "tree trunk") should never touch the ground. If I were in this situation and the tree hasn't died off already, I would: -Try to bring the graft point at least 1 - 2" above ground by digging dirt out from around that "trunk" area -"Properly" heading cut the problem branches to a node below the wound -Peel back the split barks to clean and evict any freeloaders; if a wound is grave enough, a heading cut may be required. -There's a technique called "bridge graft" which can help remedy these wounds including the trunk issue but I wouldn't attempt it if I have inadequate grafting xp and tree were too weak. -On a bright side, if the trunk cannot heal, the tree top will eventually die and the rootstock might get a chance to shine... ^_^ P.s. the pruning methodology demonstrated in this video was less than sound. A further study may be helpful. Cheers~
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Looks like water
It looks that way if you are used to corn syrups! That's why it's best to use a refractometer to tell when it is finished. Otherwise you may go too far with it and end up with a lot of crystalizing in the syrup.
What time of year do you tap a tree
You'll want to tap in the late winter when the daytime temperatures are above freezing and the evenings dip below freezing.
I used wedding lace baggies and covered each fruit, but the squirrels ripped through them. I hate them so much. Also the japanese beetle traps work extremely well. You should set one or two up in May to get ready for them. Keeping the old lure in the bag helps attract more and weigh the bag before it gets filled.
How did your garvenstein do? Did it survive? How did it respond to the paint treatmemt?
Unfortunately, it died a little bit more each year after this and didn't wake up last year at all. However, I found that we had rabbits eat probably 75% of the bark around the trunk, so that was the true cause of death. Overpruning was still likely what caused the bark issue higher up, but the trees' death was because of the rabbit damage. I think the paint helps on younger bark, but I don't think it likely does too much to help old bark. But I'll have to experiment more before I can say.
it is totally normal to call them pine berries, but they are officially called white jewel strawberries. but those strawberries look like they are not ready because of their small size
We have fruit on thw peach tree and notice the issue , it there any way to treat it.
I got one plant this year. I hope I can get some fruits
What about the flavor compared to maple?
Yea I leave mine on until fully pink. They are so worth it. My fav. for sure.
Not sure she wanted any of them
DUDE Just discovered your channel. I moved to the Rockies at 8,500 FT elevation fully off grid having to haul in all of my own water.... The first day I broke ground I started planting shit. Grabbed all the wild medicinals and edibles from around the area and replant them on my property. Kept all of the wild berries on my land Saskatoon bushes chokecherry trees.... Planted 5 rootstock apple trees and a pear tree. Turns out I thought I was growing apple trees but apparently I either grabbed suckers or rootstock from an orchard and for the last 4 years I've been watering them and lugging water in here for them they've never flowered or produced apples and it's my understanding they would never have so this year I did honey crisp and honey crisp red Scion modified cleft graphs on all of them. I don't know if I put too much parafilm tape on them or if the buds will be able to pop through or not but I do see at least one is budding and it's been 2 weeks. This is a whole learning process for me but I started a food Forest early as early as I could. I just keep planting stuff in the ground every day! Learning more everyday 10 years up here fully off-grid a mile snowshoe back into the woods. I look forward to looking more into your channel it's how I built my house RUclips tutorials😂 Keep up the great work man thanks for the info! 😁✌️
Thanks I’ll use my chainsaw to cut me up 4x4 with the wood that I have.
Did they survive the winter? We had a pretty harsh winter in Kansas, none of our peaches or blackberries are going to bear fruit this year.
I had mixed results so far. One of the three died over the first winter. Another still looks perfectly healthy. And the third one has been looking worse each year, but it hasn't fully given up yet - though I'm not super hopeful about it.
Will somebody please tell me how to keep my bees safe when trying these (organic) methods?
Try using Kaolin Clay to hide your fruit in plain site.
@@waltermurphy8114 …how does kaolin clay work?
Man, have you considered the sun pounding on that chemical sock? Maybe consider that kaolin powder? Just trying to help.
Great video all around!
Maybe it’s a different variety? Omgoodness help? I can send photo..