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Just The Two Of Us Homestead
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Добавлен 31 июл 2015
Welcome to our little homestead! After raising our family in the suburbs, we are finally living our dream.
We garden, preserve, raise animals, all the things!
This is a real life, real time homestead. The good, the not so good, the wins, the failures…we will share it all
It won’t always be easy. We are older coming out of the gate, a disability to deal with but we have faith, determination and a passion for living this lifestyle.
Join us on our journey!
justthetwoofushomestead@gmail.com
PO Box 25
Fort Covington, New York
12937
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#organic gardening #preserving the harvest
We garden, preserve, raise animals, all the things!
This is a real life, real time homestead. The good, the not so good, the wins, the failures…we will share it all
It won’t always be easy. We are older coming out of the gate, a disability to deal with but we have faith, determination and a passion for living this lifestyle.
Join us on our journey!
justthetwoofushomestead@gmail.com
PO Box 25
Fort Covington, New York
12937
#homestead #homesteading #chickens #ducks #gardening #canning #foodpreservation #preserving #harvest #cooking #baking #produce #farmanimals #garden #organic #pantry #fibromyalgia #fibro #chronicillness #chronicpain #countrylife #livingourdream
#canada #canadian homestead #pantry tour
#organic gardening #preserving the harvest
HARVESTING SWEET POTATOES- Did We Improve From Last Year?
I have been looking forward to this harvest (yet somewhat apprehensive) since the day we planted them!
With the help and tips from our viewers, I was able to grow sweet potato slips for the very first time 😁 All those slips were lovingly planted in the heat of early June.
The vines have grown beautifully BUT I know that doesn’t mean there’s actual potatoes!
Come spend this beautiful day with us and see how our sweet potatoes harvest went….
With the help and tips from our viewers, I was able to grow sweet potato slips for the very first time 😁 All those slips were lovingly planted in the heat of early June.
The vines have grown beautifully BUT I know that doesn’t mean there’s actual potatoes!
Come spend this beautiful day with us and see how our sweet potatoes harvest went….
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WATER BATH CANNING ROASTED PEPPERS!
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My favourite thing to can and most definitely my favourite canned food to eat! I love roasted peppers 🌶️ We eat them fresh as much as possible and for when we can’t…I make sure we have them on our pantry shelf to get us through the winter. They taste DELICIOUS! I prefer mine with more oil than vinegar but I will explain the variations you can do to make them how you enjoy them! An easy water ba...
ABUNDANTLY BLESSED WITH AN AMAZING HARVEST (The Perfect Day)
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It was the perfect day! Beautiful weather, being in the garden almost all day, spending time with Frank and our barn animals scattered all around. Never could I have imagined the harvest that came from the garden…all in one day! We finished our potato and carrot harvests, found melons everywhere and the peppers couldn’t be more colourful. This is how we feed ourselves all year long..from our ga...
A FULL DAY OF FOOD PRESERVATION!! #everybitcountschallenge
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I thought I had concluded the challenge a few days ago BUT all of a sudden there was a beautiful mountain of produce that needed to be preserved! It’s the last day of the #everybitcountschallenge and I’m squeezing as much as I can (pun intended) into this last day. From a delicious and healthy pasta sauce to beautiful roasted peppers, green beans and hopefully a better corn process this time..I...
FIVE DAYS OF FOOD PRESERVATION Part 3 #everybitcountschallenge
Просмотров 6 тыс.14 дней назад
Welcome to another week of the #everybitcountschallenge hosted by Jessica @threerivershomestead This was by far my largest preservation “projects” all done in one week and trying to squish it all into one video!! We made some room in the freezer and turned a turkey shelf stable. Tomatoes are just pouring in from the garden every day so there’s always something to make and preserve with them. An...
OUR BIGGEST HARVEST & QUICK GARDEN TOUR
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It has been several days since I have been in the garden and I knew there would be lots to harvest but I never imagined a harvest this big! Such a blessing 🙏 It also happens to be exactly one month since our last garden tour. Just quick update on what’s still growing. Ohhhh and the weather…it’s so nice and cool 😀 Spend the day with me in the garden 👩🏻🌾 OUR BIGGEST TOUR EVER! - July Garden Tour...
1st POTATO HARVEST 2024. - How’d we do?!
Просмотров 71621 день назад
Always a fun crop to pull and Franks favourite food to eat! We grow our potatoes using the Ruth Stout method and quite honestly I wasn’t very confident about this harvest. They didn’t get “hilled” as high as usual and I think I skipped fertilizing or two… This is potato harvest #1. There’s still another big crop to go coming soon! #homestead #gardening #potato
5 DAYS OF FOOD PRESERVATION PT. 2 #everybitcountschallenge
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Week 2 for the #everybitcountschallenge and I did my first and favourite tomato preserving of the season….KETCHUP! I’ve tried soooo many over the years and nothing compares to this recipe 🍅 Corn day actually turned into 2 days and I did it a bit different this year. You’ll love how easily and quickly I “preserve” my carrots 😉 And to finish things off, I’ve already started seed saving for next y...
AN ABUNDANT HARVEST AFTER MOTHER NATURE’S WRATH
Просмотров 76521 день назад
I needed to be in the garden this day for several reasons. One being the obvious that things needed to be harvested. The other reason…the day before we had record breaking 6 inches of rain that flooded our basement (and barn). I often retreat to my garden when I need to calm myself, clear my head, think without noise… It’s a magical place for me and when I leave I have baskets of food that we a...
5 DAYS OF FOOD PRESERVATION #everybitcountschallenge
Просмотров 9 тыс.Месяц назад
This is our second year participating in the @threerivershomestead #everybitcountschallenge It’s a wonderful and motivating challenge to preserve something (big or small) everyday in the month of August! I’m a little bit late with my first video and unfortunately I can’t commit to filming each and every item I preserve due to health reasons but my heart and soul are dedicated to this challenge ...
MAKING PICKLES & THEY AREN’T PICKLING CUCUMBERS 😬🫢
Просмотров 408Месяц назад
This is my very first time ever making dill pickles and I’m not using pickling cucumbers! I’m trying to find ways to preserve and use our never ending supply of mini cucumbers. I first tried them making refrigerator pickles and they turned out pretty good…so I’ll just do an easy pickle recipe to see how they hold up….. How do you think it went?! #pickle #homestead #gardening
MY POOR TOMATO PLANTS - WILL THEY SURVIVE? Or Did I Make Things Worse!
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I have never ever had blight so early in the growing season and definitely never this bad! It’s has spread to every plant. I don’t know what impact this is going to have on my tomato harvest. And to make things worse, some critter or two or three is chomping down several of the tomato plants too! I’m going to try one organic treatment I found online. With my fingers crossed and lots of prayers....
POTATOES, ONIONS, PEPPERS, BEANS AND OOHHH THOSE CUCUMBERS!!!
Просмотров 297Месяц назад
A beautiful (but very hot) day in the garden! We rescued some carrots and pulled the volunteer potatoes that were encroaching on their space and were pleasantly surprised 😃 A modest onion harvest but better than last year so we are very grateful for that! Peppers are starting, green beans show no signs of stopping and oh my…the cucumbers… well you’ll see 😉 #homestead #gardening #harvest
TINY BATCH OF THE BEST BLUEBERRY JAM! EASY PEASY - No Canning No Pectin
Просмотров 604Месяц назад
I have made no pectin strawberry jam many times. It’s refreshing and delicious and one of Frank’s favourites! But I also LOVE blueberries so I thought I would do the same but make a much, much smaller batch since it would just be me eating it and generally has a 6 month refrigerator expiry date. Well I did…and it was sooooo good I’m making another batch !!!! 😆 Since it is such a easy and fast p...
GARDEN HARVEST, Making My Blueberry Cake AGAIN & a canning fail
Просмотров 452Месяц назад
A perfect summer evening spent in the garden harvesting! My favourite part of the day ❤️ We are almost at the point where all the crops will be giving but in the meantime there’s still plenty to pick and process. Speaking of processing, it doesn’t always end perfect. I’ve canned hundreds and hundreds of jars and you just never know how and why this happens… Since we consumed the first blueberry...
HOMEMADE FRENCH FRIES FOR THE FREEZER - Testing 3 Different Methods..Which One Did He Like?
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HOMEMADE FRENCH FRIES FOR THE FREEZER - Testing 3 Different Methods..Which One Did He Like?
OUR BIGGEST TOUR EVER! - July Garden Tour 2024 #gardentour
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OUR BIGGEST TOUR EVER! - July Garden Tour 2024 #gardentour
GARLIC HARVEST! First Time Growing Elephant Garlic…was it 👍 or 👎?
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GARLIC HARVEST! First Time Growing Elephant Garlic…was it 👍 or 👎?
ALL STAR RECIPE - CHEESY CHICKEN (& BACON) CASSEROLE - 👍👍 from Frank
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ALL STAR RECIPE - CHEESY CHICKEN (& BACON) CASSEROLE - 👍👍 from Frank
HARVESTING & CANNING PICKLED BEETS - We found our new favourite beet!
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HARVESTING & CANNING PICKLED BEETS - We found our new favourite beet!
BRASSICAS ARE A FLOP & a Few Other Hiccups in Gardening Adventures
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BRASSICAS ARE A FLOP & a Few Other Hiccups in Gardening Adventures
CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE - (You won’t even know there’s zucchini) My Mom’s Vintage Recipe
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CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE - (You won’t even know there’s zucchini) My Mom’s Vintage Recipe
“PUTTERING” IN THE GARDEN & Making a Zen Zone
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“PUTTERING” IN THE GARDEN & Making a Zen Zone
CHOCOLATE CHIPIT SQUARES! (One of my mother’s favourite recipes ❤️)
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CHOCOLATE CHIPIT SQUARES! (One of my mother’s favourite recipes ❤️)
A PANTRY/GARDEN PULL SUPPER & Food Preservation in an Instapot??
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A PANTRY/GARDEN PULL SUPPER & Food Preservation in an Instapot??
FIRST GARDEN TOUR 2024- The Most Food We’ve Ever Grown! (And a Special CoHost)
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FIRST GARDEN TOUR 2024- The Most Food We’ve Ever Grown! (And a Special CoHost)
3 POOLS - 1 GOOSE vs 6 DUCKS (Crackers is out numbered 🤣$
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3 POOLS - 1 GOOSE vs 6 DUCKS (Crackers is out numbered 🤣$
I HAVEN’T BEEN COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU & BIG GARDEN CHANGES
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I HAVEN’T BEEN COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU & BIG GARDEN CHANGES
PLANTING SQUASH (& BackUp Squash), MY FAVOURITE GREEN BEANS & FERTILIZING THE GARDEN
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PLANTING SQUASH (& BackUp Squash), MY FAVOURITE GREEN BEANS & FERTILIZING THE GARDEN
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It’s a great recipe, canned or not 😋
Saves you from cutting them into fries 😅
That’s a positive spin on it 😀
We leave in the ground until plats die back.
We will be having a frost soon so waiting a week or two wouldn’t make much of a difference. Unfortunately my growing season is just about over 😔
Good morning Colleen! I'm sorry your sweet potatoes didn't do as well as you hoped. I'm glad you got some decent ones to enjoy. Don;t give up! Maybe the next time things will be different and your harvest wil be huge and amazing! We are finally getting some good rain here, alnog with some severe storms. The severe part has not happened yet and I hope they ware wrong about it. Our power shut down a little while ago but they got it back on pretty quickly this time. The winds are strong today so it may happen multiple times. Enjoy your day! Blessings! 💙💙💙
Thanks Carolyn 💜 I will keep trying and maybe one year I’ll be a successful sweet potato grower 😉 I’m sure you’re grateful for the rains! Are you still having hot temperatures? Today we are in the low 80’s again but the nights get cool Blessings to you too 💜
@@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead Our highs have been in the mid to high 80s becasue of the rain, but have had a couple of days in the high 70s. We are so happy and thankful to get rain. It's has been storming off & on since yesterday and raining buckets this morning. We are under flood watches, but praying everything will be okay for everyone to get to work and back home. Hope you have a wonderful Friday and weekend! 💙💜💙💜💙
Not sure show you do the 10 day curing of those, but I leave them in the same type bin you have them in, I put them lid on it and sit the whole thing on one of my heat seedling pads at the lowest setting for ten days , works really well! It reaches the 85f in a couple of days
We think the same way Nicole! I put them on the big black seed trays on the heat mats and use the clear plastic domes to cover them. I did it last year and it worked perfectly 😀 Thanks 💜
I thought you are to leave them in the ground until the vines die off.?.
In some zones you can leave them until the vines change colour or die back but not in mine. We’ll be having frost soon!
Maybe it’s fingerlings, not a true large potato ❤😊
Maybe 🤷🏻♀️ I used last years sweet potatoes for the slips! Maybe I used too many skinny ones 😂
Don’t give up it looks like you’re on the right track,! 👧🏻
Thanks Lyn 💜
I feel for you. Every so often we also plant sweet potatoes, which are in the ground for so long that we have never had any success. Either we leave them too long and they go mouldy or if we pull them too early they are skinny and misshapen, I now buy sweet potatoes as they are always a regular vegetable for our table and are cheaper than pumpkin. We live in Newcastle, NSW, Australia on the coast just a couple of hundred kilometres north of Sydney we have beautiful weather and just entering Spring. My favourite time of year. Good luck with your future sweet potato crops, I have given up. Love your videos, look forward to every one of them. We are a couple with a suburban backyard (large by most standards) and in our early 70's, love gardening but have to be realistic about what our bodies will allow us to achieve. Grateful for the produce we get.
We love to eat them and I’ll continue to try growing them the only down side to a less than impressive harvest is the real estate that’s dedicated to it! I’m always thinking I could’ve grown something else productive It’s almost become a compulsion to win this battle of growing sweet potatoes 😂 Enjoy the approaching spring and beautiful weather and happy gardening 👩🏻🌾 Thanks Janice 💜
From what u have learned when the tops die back is the time to dig them up. I fetilize mine and raised beds work a whole lot better than the ground. I grew mine in pure mushroom compost. Dont give up. You can do this. Also do some research to see what kind grows the best in your growing zone. Good luck!!! Great video. Keep up the good work.
We are hoping to convert to raised beds soon! That would make it soooo much easier 😅 Thanks for the tips Tonia 💜
My husband and I grow our sweet potatoes in raised beds. We find it much easier to harvest. We have tried other ways did not work very well
I can see how that would be so much easier!! We would like to convert the whole garden to raise beds soon, so hopefully the sweet potatoes can be grown there 😃 Thanks Kerrie 💜
@@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead the soil is softer so it’s not hard to dig. We get so much more sweet potatoes than other ways we have tried. We still get some small and skinny ones. We also wait till October to harvest but I’m in zone 7. I don’t know if you can wait another month
Great harvest i'd say!☺♪
I agree! thanks Anne 💜
Lucky you! I’ve never grown them. Not enough room.
They do take up a lot of room Jane! Maybe try containers or grow bags?
Someone already commented on what I was going to say that the long skinny ones are fingerling potatoes and supposedly taste great.
Now I’m excited to try them!! When they finish curing I’ll cook them first 😋 Thanks 💜
Those long skinny ones are like those fingerling potatoes in the grocery store that cost twice as much as regular potatoes. Overall, that was an excellent haul. Thanks for the video, I'm looking forward to the next one.
That’s what I thought of them too..fingerlings!! I won’t waste any of them. Big or small they all taste good 😋 Thanks Anna 💜
Hello, that was such a productive day! I am going to try the spaghetti sauce recipe with the roasted peppers and onions and garlic. THank you for sharing and hope you have a peaceful restful evening.
Thank you so much 💜
Those ones will still be good
I think so too Marie 😃
Success at last!!!!!
Making progress every year! 😃
I have given up on sweet potatoes
I’m making slow, slow progress every year. The down side is they take up a lot of real estate. I’ll try one more time 🤞
If you let on the ground more time the potatoes grow bigger because you had a lot of big forming roots
I would have left them longer Maria but our overnight temps are getting colder. We will be having frost soon. Hopefully next year will be better 😀
Those long skinny ones do add up. I peel them and blanch them for the freezer and they are really good for roasting.
I never heard about freezing them. Thanks for the tip Teresa 💜
@@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead You’re welcome! Thank you for your videos.
Be sure to make the slips from your own growth they will climatize more each yer
Great tip! Thanks Holly 💜
I love your excitement over the bigger potatoes 😃 I've never grown sweet potatoes, I love them though! You got quit a few to enjoy and your garden is still so beautiful!
Cause there was so few to get excited about 🤣 But we will eat and enjoy each one! Thanks Carmen 💜
That is so to bad. Can you use the skinny ones
Yup! I’ll just roast them up in the oven like French fries 😋
Always something to learn in the garden, not too bad a harvest. 👒🧤🧢
Exactly Christa! We will enjoy what we have 😋
Sorry that you have problems with sweet potatoes! But thankyou for showing that not everything is a huge success.
It’s all part of gardening adventures! I will always show the wins and the not do much wins…it’s real life 😉 Thanks Gabi 💜
The spoon you were stiring the pasta sauce where did you find that?
I actually got them at a yard sale! They were from Weight Watchers. Here is something similar on Amazon a.co/d/fGMwyNt
😮 what a glorious harvest
Thank you 💜
Do you find you get ice inside the bag when you use the silicone ones in the freezer?
No not at all. I try and get all the air out before I seal it and so far they have worked great 😊
Your brussels will catch up if you just leave them through the winter. Mine are always mu h layer than expected and they need a good frost to be tasty. I even get side shoots here in the uk.
Hi Alison, unfortunately I can’t leave mine in the ground over winter as they would get buried in snow. I’ll leave them on the plants as long as possible but there’s barely any Brussels sprouts growing ☹️
Your farm looks like paradise So peaceful and abundant
Thank you so much 💜 (sometimes I have to pinch myself that I’m actually living amongst all this 😉)
Good morning! Your canned peppers look and sound so delicious! I will have to try that one of these days. We love peppers of all kinds, except I can't handle the hot ones. I have never canned anything in oil and really have not ever done any waterbath canning. My pressure canner does have that feature as well, so maybe I will get brave and try it. We finally got rain Friday and early Saturday morning. It was a very light rain, but we are so thankful for it. We have more in the forecast this week, and we are praying it happens. I hope your week is wonderful! Blessings! 💙💙💙
Good morning Carolyn 💜 We don’t do hot peppers either, ever!! Another reason I love canning..I can make everything to our own tastes (and heat level 😉) We’ve been enjoying cool weather but now it’s going back to hot for awhile. Take care 💜
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Thank you for sharing ,I didn’t know you could can peppers .
Thanks Kathy 💜
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@@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead Thank you
Where do you get the a advarski pepper seeds ?Please I could not find them this year .
I originally got mine from Baker Creek (Rare Seeds) but I save seeds every year. They always have them in stock I think 🤞
So good!!!!
Thanks Carrie 💜
Great job, they look delicious!
Thank you 💜
Wow!!! Beautiful harvest 👍🏽😋🙏🏽❤
Thank you Louise 💜
Yummy! ❤
They’re so good Nicole 😋
Wow! Just wow!
Thanks Marie 💜
They look delicious, going to try this recipe like to water bath only don’t want to blow up my house with pressure canning.. Thank you 👧🏻
😂 I use to feel the same way, you just have to bite the bullet and do it! I was so scared 🤣 Enjoy the recipe, thanks 💜
Thank you, I really want to try these.
Hope you enjoy them Teresa 💜
I use my electic knife to take my corn off the cob- easy
I few people have mentioned this..I think for next year i will give it a try! Thanks Shirley 💜
Love roasted red peppers!! Thank you … you truly made the process so simple and worth canning!!
Thank you Karrie 💜
Thanks for sharing. Great how to on roasted peppers 🥰and they look delicious 😋 I was curious if you have ever made and have a video on using zucchini to make salsa? I have a recipe for making zucchini relish that I can tweak but thought I'd ask you in case you have made before.
Thank you 💜 No I’ve never heard of using zucchini for salsa but sounds deli! I’ve made zucchini relish before and it’s good but it’s not something we use very often…
@@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead Thanks 🙂
Roasted peppers! Those would make a great topping for hamburgers!
They do! I should have mentioned that too! Thanks 😊
It's a toss up now which I want to try next year, the adjvarski (spelling??) or the cubanelle, I don't have room for both so I have to choose one but they both look great, but I would like to try them roasted like that! This year I tried the heatless jalapeno and they didn't taste much different than the green bells I grew so won't bother with them next year. You are a great teacher, thank you for sharing!
Thank you Carmen 💜 You only need 1 or 2 Cubanelle plants because they produce a lot per plant then you can still grow the Ajvarski!! I was disappointed in the Giant Acon…(?) I got from Baker Creek. They didn’t get nearly as big as they were suppose to. Nice peppers but they’re just regular green bell peppers ☹️
@@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead 👍 can't wait to try both 😁
Nice canning the peppers, thanks for sharing the how to☺
Thanks Anne 💜
Colleen you influenced me with the ninja foodi 😂 I enjoy learning from you!
Aww I’m touched Kathy 💜 It’s a great kitchen addition. Thank you 😊
Great video! 🤩Thanks for sharing...I love roasted peppers in garlic oil! Yum😋😊
Thank you 💜 They are deeelicious 😋