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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!
I Failed Our Compost, But It Didn't Fail!
It's hard to keep up with everything we have going on around the homestead. However, sometimes the homestead takes care of us! Check out our butternut and tromboncino squash haul that took no input from us!
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We Made a Live Edge Twin Bedframe!
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This summer we finished a twin bedframe build for my second child. He is rapidly outgrowing the toddler bed he was in, so it was time to get him an upgrade! We used the same design that we used for our oldest, but with a few key improvements. If you want to see how we put the first one together, check out some of the videos below: From Tree to Furniture - in 5 minutes! ruclips.net/video/CIdlxLH...
The Bubblegum Plum
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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!
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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Removing Fireblight From Our Pear Trees (Part 3)
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
Slicing Slabs Into Dimensional Lumber
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Slicing Slabs Into Dimensional Lumber
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!
How many taps r u running?
How many years do you recommend waiting before allowing a graft to set fruit?
Sir, can pinebeery live in tropical areas? I'm in the Sunda Islands
I see monilia infected dry branches on the tree.
But how did they turn out?
How did it produce?
My cherry trees are not grafted. What goes this mean? Is it because only sour cherry trees need it? IDK who planted my trees or where they came from. They are four years old, I’m guessing. Maybe five.
Your root collar is buried. That tree will be weakened and susceptible to disease.
What does it taste like? Is it sweet?
makes perfect sense
Where do you buy taps? I only find plastic ones
Why not just grow an M111 as a tree and take cuttings every winter? Root those cuttings using standard processes and then graft cuttings from your variety tree cuttings.
Apple cuttings do not root unless it's a variety with burr knots. M111 isn't a heavy burr knot variety.
Very good details.Thanks.
Not bad for a happy accident!
Should the wood be covered to protect from rain or how it would season and dry if expose to rain?
I set this rack up in my garage where rain is not an issue. If you make this outside, put a tarp across the top of the wood held down by a few rocks, bricks, or pieces of firewood. Keep the sides of the wood exposed to the air so that it can move through the stack. Any rain that gets on the edges of the firewood should dry off without issue at least during summer months. If a heavy rain or significant amount of snow is coming, you could let the tarp go down across the sides of the stack as well. If your tarp has grommets, you can also use elastic stretch cords under the bottom to hold the sides of the tarp down in the wind.
take two wooden chairs facing add a couple boards across ,done.
Plum curculio targets young peaches during shuck split
Great tip! I found this tape as laboratory tape and I was not sure it was ok. Thanks to your video, now I know it is what I am looking for
how many gallons of sap can I expect for each tree?
I have had a lot of variation in how much each tree will produce. Some trees take a few days to get a gallon from a tap, and other taps may produce as much as a gallon each day. It's hard to say what you will get, as a lot of it depends on the specific tree, how big it is, how healthy it is, as well as how cold the night is and how much the day warms up. But if you are used to maple sap, know that at least for me, the walnut produce a noticeable amount less in the same conditions. Though I've not measured the difference I'd be surprised if they even made half as much sap as maple. But the flavor makes it worth the effort! And you could always make a maple-walnut blend if you don't get much walnut.
So I have a bunch of Bradford pears I have some putting off decent size fruits for theses trees I decided to try one seems the peeling is very bitter, but the internal part seems very sweet and edible, so is it just a matter of peeling them to eat them or like make pies with like crab apples
Thanks for sharing your process. We're getting ready to mill our first logs and I wasn't completely sure how to handle the pith. This was really helpful.
You're welcome! I'm still learning a lot myself! It seems that every log acts just a bit different, but cut everything larger than you need and try and remember or write down what you did for each log so you can learn how the wood reacts to different cuts. And have fun! We've really enjoyed making all that we have so far!
I did many grafts of apple varieties onto my Gala apple tree in the backyard and most of them took. Now I have them growing little fruits so I face the same issue. Should I remove the fruits? In one case, I grafted onto a crab apple host only about 1 year old. I actually graft onto the main leader of the young plant and let the crab apple grow a lot of laterals. This graft also has 3 fruits on it! Most of the grafts have between 3-5 fruits! It looks like keeping 1 is already an issue let alone letting all 3-5 apples grow on teh new grafts. If I keep them, I guess I will need to make sure the weight of the apples is supported to avoid breaking the grafts. What I plan to do is to attach stakes to the host branches and use bags that protect apples from pests to protect the fruits and also tie the bags to the stakes to make sure the weight won't break the grafts.
I have just checked and I now have 4 grafts with between 3-4 apples on each graft! The grafts were done in Sept, so they are 8 weeks old. They started growing 2 weeks after grafting and by 4 weeks old, they already had flowers. The fruits are now about 3cm in diameter. The weak fruits have fallen off a while ago. These fruits look solid. I have use small bamboo stakes tied to the host branch and the new branches to provide extra support just in case the fruits become too heavy for the grafts to support. In about 4 more months, the fruit would ripe if they survive. Keep my fingers crossed that they do. I will report here if they survive or not.
When I can, I cut my scions in 2 so I can use them for 2 separate grafts if possible. That way I can experiment like this with one, but let the other grow without fruit so that it is far less likely to break or fail. I have had a few break from doing this, but I've also had some break after waiting several years before letting them fruit, so it's not a once size fits all solution either. If you can fully support the weight, you should be ok to leave them, but as the season goes on, I would probably thin down to 1 fruit per cluster. Though, if you have ready access to more scion wood, like from a neighbor or friend, I'd probably just see what happens and get more if needed! For grafts where you are establishing a brand new tree, I wouldn't leave any fruit so that it can focus on establishing the new scaffold branches and growing the structure of the tree. Good luck! I hope you get to try some this year!
I now have 12 fruits from new grafts and they are growing big! I have used bamboo sticks to tie and provide support for the new apple stems and hope the wind won't break them. It looks like they are here to stay! Some stems have 3-4 apples in a bunch!
I’ve been doing the same! Bradford pear is amazing rootstock!
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I have a peach that grew up out of nowhere on our property. Thinking an animal planted it lol. Finally got fruit off it this year and it tasted amazing. Small like yours and just so juicy, soft and delicious. I just now learned about lovell and I'm pretty sure that's what it is. I recommend to pick them when they are still firm and then let them finish ripening in your kitchen. Last year I tried to let them ripen on the tree (I knew nothing about harvesting peaches at the time) and they got bug bitten and just not very appetizing, not just a bug bite here or there, it was bad lol. And I never did catch them soft enough so I really though they might just be a not so great variety. But after visiting a peach orchard this year I learned when they pick theirs and that you then let them ripen a few days on your counter and then they're perfect! Mine were dripping with juice and just melted in my mouth so I ate them over my sink lol.
This is a good video. It is helpful as I evaluate harvesting some partially dead ash.
I appreciate that, thanks! I took down another dead ash a year or two after this one, but once it was down, I could tell that base of the trunk, up to maybe 20 feet in the air, wasn't even that great of firewood - though I collected it anyway. However, around that height the tree had formed two rather straight "trunks" and they were still really solid pieces that hadn't deteriorated much yet. I sliced those pieces, maybe 10-14" in diameter, into 1" slabs. I've been making some shelves with them these past few weeks and they've been turning out really well! All that to say, the worst rot and deterioration may be at the base, so it's worth checking any section that is large enough to find a use for. Thanks for stopping by!
@HonestHomesteading we will do that. I'm looking for beams to be posts in a timber frame. I'd love to get some ash before they are gone.
don't bother to graft on thin branches on old tree because the tree will wean off that graft
Have you had this happen? I've never seen this occur on my trees.
Coole und einfache idee
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Why not show the process ?
Thank you for the video suggestion! I'll see if I can put one together the next time we make walnut syrup!
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Looking good! Hammering in a dowel and then trimming it flush is one way to avoid putty. You can yank them out with a screw later on if need be as well, if you don't glue them.
Thanks! And thanks for the tip!
Looks great!!!!
I'm doing this to my trees!! The final product looks so delicious.
It's so good! Enjoy!
my concern would be the honey bees, don't want to kill the honey bees
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!
Are you sure it's a Lovell?
@@RustyBobbins not 100% sure, but Lovell is a rootstock that was used for apricots by that nursery I bought from, so good chance
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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?