Plant, Pick, Preserve (Plus a Surprise!) | Farm Life VLOG
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- It's the busiest time of year on the homestead and I'd love to take you along as I tackle part of my to-do list! A lot of homesteading and gardening tasks are repetitive, but there's almost something comforting about that ♥
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The kittens are adorable! I think if you’re gonna call one Colby, the other should be Jack! 😂
Great idea! 😊
My better half asked me to leave the room while watching this. The war didn't end for our family after Afghanistan. Thank you for the great video. Your kittens are so beautiful 😍
Hugs. I didn't even consider that. So sorry.
@SageandStoneHomestead not at all hun!!! We have learned to live with it, and it's something a lot of our vets are actively working through. Exposure in small amounts can be therapeutic. Please don't worry about it!
I don't know why it never occurred to me to do small batch canning, but tackling something like that on the daily, every other day, or even once a week would mean less overwhelm and more preserved foods when the garden harvest is beginning to "roll in". I know you've done small batches of other things in the past, but for some reason, today just "clicked". LOL Also the kittens seem very happy and healthy and I think they may choose the Catio as "home base" much longer than you think they might. Though cats are peculiar and might choose another area entirely once released from the Catio - like laying on top of the kidding stall rails or something. 🤣
There are days where I feel like if I've got the time and energy to do a small batch of canning, I should take advantage of it!!
how about naming the Kittens Curdis and wheylin. because you can call them Curds and Whey. its cheese related and cute!
That's cute too!!
I read the comments to see how many other people automatically thought the other kitten should be called Jack if you called the grey one Colby. I was not disappointed lol I absolutely love my instant pot pro plus with the canning feature so I can do small batch canning. Mostly though because once I've set it going I can just walk away whilst it just does all the hard work for me. So glad you gave the tip about the tomato sauce though, because things like that are always great for a novice canner to know!
Oh that makes canning much easier! It is such a task on the stovetop. Thanks for sharing this!
You betcha!!
The gray tabby cat name suggestion - “Pepper” for Pepperjack cheese 🧀
Or Jack
When you said you might call one Colby, I automatically assumed you were going to say Jack for the other 😅
They are adorable and I love the catio 🎉
That would be an awesome combo!! I wonder if I should just change mozzy to jack!
You are truly blessed by your hands of labor 😊
Oh, and thanks for making me want to buy ANOTHER kitchen gadget. LOL :D A girl can never have too many kitchen "tools" to make life easier and more efficient.
My pleasure!! ♥♥
Another wonderful morning watching Sage and Stone Homestead!!!! My daughter and I are on vacation, so finding Wi-Fi as been a challenge, so happy to be able to see your face this morning ☀️ 🙂
Enjoy your vacation!! ♥♥
Good day Pretty Lady
I would feel safe and threatened all at once if I lived where you do. Safe because of the base but also threatened because it would be on a short list to be a target. 😮😢😂❤
You make me smile every time I watch one of your videos. I can tell you put so much love into everything you do for your family and all of us too. ❤❤❤
Because we live in KY in the middle of the country essentially we feel like less of a target than a costal state but I know what you mean!!
Thank you for being real. I think that many Americans (like me) are removed from the Military life. I think it’s very good to remind people it’s a rea thing. Not just in movies, not just a side note on a report on the evening news. Real people real lives doing real things daily-while we go about our lives doing our things. On Saturdays in the summer growing up in East Tn you could see fighter jets fly low, enough to make out the helmets but not faces- the sonic sound would follow. It was always exciting- still is tho not as often- but always a good reminder of those unseen people doing their jobs❤
Yes!! You're so welcome! Being real is the easiest thing I know to do, lol! Today a helicopter flew low enough where we could see their faces!! We were out at the local Amish nursery at the time!
The kittens are adorable!! I don't expect you to have too much trouble with the cats and your garden. I would suggest only ever feeding them in the barn. Also some people think that for barn cats to do their job they should not be fed but encourage to hunt the mice for food. A hungry cat will catch a mouse to curb it's hunger but not be concerned with hunting once full. A well fed cat will hunt and play with their catch and continue to catch mice. As always your garden looks great! The military ops in the background don't bother me. They actually make me proud that we have dedicated individuals out there training to keep us safe!!🇺🇸 Thanks for sharing and stay safe!🙏❤
The military noises do not bother us either! Sometimes the huge booms wake us up but we always fall back asleep knowing they are doing an awesome job training to keep us all safe ♥
Kitty names could be Colby and Gouda. Lol. I think that's cute.
I'm loving your channel. You are really inspiring me. We bought a house with a small bit of property recently. It has been stressful. But you are helping me change my stress into excitement. Thankyou. I'm learning alot.
Yes it can be a little bit of both!! Congrats!!
I make my raised beds out of roofing tin and 4x4 posts. Extremely cheap and last forever. You can also make them any size you want.
That's awesome!!
Gouda, Munster , Brie , Blue , Feta
I love kittens! The cheese names are perfect!!
The kittens/cats will be less likely to wander after neutering. Especially males. Also, still feed them even if they eat what they hunt.
The vet said I have to wait until 6 months old. I'm nervous about them roaming before then...
Oh my goodness! The kittens are adorable! The garden looks amazing. I love the new raised bed greenhouse! Looks so good!
Thank you!!
Gold and Digger!❤
CUTE
@ 13:45 I heard a bird say "HEY, THAT was MINE!"
LOL
The sound of freedom is very loud. :)
Yes!! ♥
Thoughts and Prayers.Thank you for sharing. Love and Blessings.
Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
The first cheese name that popped into my mind for the little feisty one was pepper jack lol. They are adorable!
Thank you!! ♥♥
Love hearing the military in the background. My husband was stationed there at Ft Campbell and at times (lol) we miss that life. Hearing them out there brings back lots of memories. Your garden looks fantastic! Love that you can go out and harvest fresh food for a meal on any given day. The kittens are so cute, I hope they become great barn cats for you. Have a great day!!
I know that sound all too well. My husband use to be stationed at Fort Campbell.
Ghost of okras past😂😂😂 love that!...i love okra and im growing okra this year again. It was successful last year
Awesome!!
I can’t wait for my pole beans to start! I’m not a fan of canned beans so I freeze all of mine. I think they were my favorite last year!
Everything looks so lovely!!
So sweet love the kitties ❤
Pepper Jack/PJ for short Gray kitten and Munster for the orange one!!
Cute!
I love small batch canning in my nesco!! I make soup, have it for dinner then can the rest. My husband and I are empty nesters.
That's a great way to preserve leftovers!!
Stilton for the tiger striped from English stilton as blue from blue cheese might not work, lol
i didnt plant my shallots right so i pulled them and cut them up so im putting some hull peas in there also if you are growing okra try breading and freezing it it freezes and cooks just like the bagged stuff
And I bought the Nesco canner using your link. Thanks for telling us about it. They even have a sale going on now!!
Thanks!! You will love it!
Pepperjack and Nacho! :D
I think Havarti (nickname Arti) would be a cute kitty name! I love kittens! We need an outdoor cat but we have so many aerial predators (especialy owls) I would worry too much about a cat outside.
That's a good one!! We have seen owls... :( I've worried about small goats with the owls but the goats don't venture outside in the dark very often.
Your kitties are beautiful! TY for canning today. Reminded me I wanted to order the elec canner!!!
It's such a great tool for small batch and busy-homesteader canning!
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Hi Heather do to some expereance with the cats usually male cats tens to wander far away. My recomendation is for you to neuter your cats for them to Stay close by at home.we have half a dozen cats living with us.
We are definitely getting them neutered, we are trying to find a place to do it under 6 months old. All the vets want to wait but I know they'll run off if I wait!
Hi Heather as to the male cats one more thing usually they start wandering only when they are One year old . Take care and Stay safe you and your family.😁
Good morning SAGE AND STONE family. I hope everyone is well. ❤❤❤. Send us some rain, pleas❤❤❤e
We are well, Nollie! Hoping you all are doing well too!
It looks like the goats are curious about the kittens. Is that a thing? I’m such a city girl. 🤣 I love mozzie and Colby.
Yes they were curious!
That's so cute! Cheese names!
Another awesome video Heather!! 💜👍💜 Aunt Beth
Thanks Aunt Beth!! ♥♥
June has been very cold for me this year. 5c in June, Can you believe it?! Crazy. My beans and the snap peas has been stunted. Sad days. Millitary doing tests sounds horrible. I would have been scared if something like that happened in Norway. Do they shoot blanks? Anyways. Nice garden and good job preserving all of it. Much love from Norway and be blessed. You and your family. ❤
Sometimes it's blanks and sometimes it is live ammunition!! They have special (large) ranges for that and their backs are always towards us when they shoot anything off so we are safe! ♥
I used to live in the country near Ft. Hood and it always sounded like that lol. My okra is so puny I am not sure what I did wrong, I am hoping it catches up though and shows some growth. We are about to have a long hot dry spell so I have my fingers crossed it doesn't set the garden back. It's JUST recovering from all the rain lol. The new kitties are precious. The orange one reminds me of our Cheezit
The heat could see it really taking off. Were those beds totally the Sta Green soil? If you can amend in a circle around the okra it should help.
@@SageandStoneHomestead Yeah they were. I amended right after planting just like you said, and then a few days ago everything got a hose down with Neptunes harvest. Maybe that will do the trick.
@@letssummondinner yes and okra loves heat so I'm betting they will get big and hardy fast. Okra really thrives in many different soil types and conditions
@@SageandStoneHomestead I think it originates from like Africa or Egypt... heat loving for sure lol.
Thing 1 and thing 2
I just added 2 new beautiful male guppies to my tank. They are yellow and red-orange.you can tell the difference in them because one has a full colored tail while the other just has a half colored tail. I like cowboys so I named the full tail Sam Elliott cause that represents a full beard. And the other handsome man is Tom Selleck. He only has a mustache on the top half of his tail. Lol! I absolutely hate green beans!!! But, I can eat okra all day long!!!!! Love your channel.
Haha great names for the guppies!! ♥ We will do an okra harvest preservation video later in the summer when we are getting a lot of harvest! ♥
Parmie n Motzie
Cute!!
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I also think that canner has a LOUD beep! It is ridiculous. I suppose they want it loud for the E0 alert and it only has one setting.
Yeah there's no way to set the sound and I wish there was. maybe I can figure out where it's coming from and put some tape over the speaker.
I only got flat sour once. From green beans.
Bizarre!!
Muenster cheese
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Gouda or Monty (Monterey)
Omg I love your tea towel!!! ❤️🍄 Maybe I missed it but did you add salt to the beans and water?
Yes I did, 1 tsp per quart! I think I mentioned it but maybe didn't show it.
How do you keep your canned green beans looking green during processing, and not looking kinda brown and unappetizing? I usually just freeze them because of the unappetizing look when canning. Hmmm.
I think variety matters with this, the calima stay green without anything extra!!
Apologies if you're having to repeat yourself here (maybe I missed it in the video), but what was the liquid you were wiping around the edges of the jars of green beans?
Also, I would love it if you did a video, or just an expanded chat, about your approaches to pest control! You said that the birds were great for helping around the garden, but never said what sort of tasks they do. I have a similarly wet climate, which has a different range of pests and other irritants company to many other climates, so it would be great to know how you manage that from a homesteading perspective.
That's vinegar going around the rims of the jars! Also the birds love to pick bugs off of plants. I don't love that they sometimes pick at the seedlings and fruit but I'm guessing the bugs would do that for them if the birds were not there! :)
@@SageandStoneHomestead Apple Cider Vinegar? Does the flavour matter, or would you recommend just using whatever you have on hand?
@@SageandStoneHomestead I had no problems with aphids in my veggie garden this year, but heaps of problems with them at the far end of my property, and all I can guess is it's because I set up a bird feeder at the end of winter in my veggie patch. Bird feed is a lot easier to refill, compared to trying to remove aphids. I'll definitely keep the bird feeder around for the winter and early spring.
I suspect the birds also do some assistance in eating bugs in the soil too. I've heard chickens are great in March to let them run through the garden (before your veggies have sprouted) and eat slugs and slug eggs. I don't have chickens yet, and the birds won't eat slugs (can't say I blame them), but I'm hoping that tactic works.
As always, thanks for your informative videos. You do a really nice job of making them interesting and useful - and just much posting frequency! Amazing.
Use whatever vinegar you have, it's just a light amount on the rim and does not affect the flavor of what you are canning :)
@@SageandStoneHomestead Brill, thanks! I make vinegar using whatever's around, good to know I can use that.
Completely off topic 😂 but what age do you process your meat goats? I have 3 boys that didn’t sell and one is huge, the other two are still tiny. All ND. They are 6 months old. Do you part them out or leave in big roasting pieces? I would LOVE more videos on this because I have no idea what I’m doing 😂
What we do is part them out like we would a rabbit except with a neck roast (we don't get that on a rabbit). So there's two shoulder roasts, two leg roasts, and the back piece with the spine still inside, we call it a saddle roast. Trimmings from ribs and belly are ground. RUclips hates those videos as far as promotion goes so we plan to do a workshop of sorts this fall and film that for posting elsewhere. I'll update here when the time comes for that! You can butcher at any age but the bigger they are the more meat they have. Between 10 and 18 months is good though! They don't tend to get tough with age.
Random question...do you think it is too late to plant strawberries? Thank you for sharing about the kittens. I want to get some for my small homestead bc we have mice around here as well.
No it's not too late! Most zones still have enough summer left to establish the strawberries! You may not get berries until next year but they'll get a head start.
@@SageandStoneHomestead awesome thank you.