I remember stringing half runner beans on my Grandma's porch in SW Virginia. Oh would I love to do that again with my Grandma and talk to her once again. 💕
Just found your channel. Really enjoying it. I am from the Ouachita Mountains of central Arkansas. Were kinda the forgotten hillbillies. Everyone knows of the folks in the Ozarks, but you never hear about the Ouachitas. I see an almost exact parallels between the Appalachian life and the Ouachita Mtn. living. I grew up with alot of the older folks, and they told me alot of the old ways and stories. Sure wish they were still with me. I so wish the young folks would take more interest in the old ways, before they're gone. Take care!
My 93 yr old neighbor got out and planted some green beans this past summer just to save seed for me. Those beans have been grown on this land for at least 150 yrs and the seed saved. I have no idea what the variety is, that has been lost to time but I felt so honored to have them and plan to carry on the tradition.
Tipper, I so enjoyed this post it was packed full of information but more that that I love your enthusiasm! You love growing and you love to talk about growing and you love planning about what you'll grow. Then you share your bounty with me and I certainly appreciate. I always pay attention when you are planning the garden so I'll know what we'll be eating!
I grew up here in the Pacific Northwest and now my husband and I are moving back that way. We are bringing bean seed we've saved that came with my friends family from Silva, NC. When my grandma passed no one saved our families Tarheel bean seed they brought from Silva during the depression. So my friend gave me some of hers. We are so excited to start our homestead on our own land. And I think it's so neat this strain of seed came from NC to the Pacific Northwest and is now going back that way.
I love your channel! My grandmother is from Haywood county (where my dad grew up) and my grandfather was originally from Macon county. I grew up just below Mt Pisgah in Hominy Valley and now my husband and I live in Maggie Valley. I am thrilled that you are keeping the old ways alive! So much of what you talk about is familiar and so much I never knew! I want to keep this knowledge and love for these mountains in the hearts and minds of generations to come. (I teach a small class of elementary school students. I was wondering if you would possibly be willing to host a field trip and give them a short lesson? We are starting our local history unit soon and it sounds like you might be close to us :) Also, I just ordered a seed catalog from Sow True Seeds (and told them where I heard about them) thank you! God bless!
I planted borage once, about 10 years ago. I've had it in the garden even since, it's such a prolific self-seeder. Same with rocket (I think you call it Arrugula in the U.S.) I have a perpetual rocket forest, it really has become a weed now.
I love your videos!! In all the chaos in the world right now you are a bright spot!! I can't wait to start my garden!! I bought candy roaster seeds because of your video!! God bless you and your family!! :)
I get as excited about my seed catalogs coming as a kid waiting for Christmas. In Iowa, so we have a bit of time before we can start anything, but oh can we dream and plan. 😁 You mentioned many varities I have never heard of. I always enjoy hearing/ watching another gardener.
I use shoe boxes and wrap with paper so it’s pretty lol.. make tabs by cutting up Manila folders and it’s been great to organize my seeds. I have one for cold weather crops one for summer, one for flowers and one for herbs. Cheap easy and functional! Gardening is so rewarding for me but like you when I was young I hated it cause I always had to help my family. As an adult I’m so thankful for being raised and taught how to garden! Blessings🙏🏻💖
I use to grow produce commercially for years! Also worked by gov job! Thank God for my 3 boys! We were the largest cauliflower growers east of the Mississippi! Grew tomatoes of several varieties as well as sweet peppers, cucumbers, melons, beans, corn for the boys to sell at market! I could go on here but don’t want to bore y’all with it! Great view
Here in New Mexico we have so few bee’s we about have to plant flowers to draw the pollinators. This is our first real year on our new farm planting a garden. So it’s exciting. I’m going to pop on over and check out “so true seed’s”. Thanks for the video. I love learning what folk’s plant in there garden’s.
Oh my gracious. I was raised on a 19 1/2 acre farm. We grew literally everything we ate summer and winter that is until I was about 8 or 9 yrs old. We had cows, horses and an old Mule we named Kate along with chickens and pigs. Every year we butchered a hog and every 2 years we butcheted a cow. Always had plenty of meats in our freezer and lots of canned veggies in the can room. Beside the can room was a smoke room that we called the smoke house where there that almost always housed smoked salted hams. You brought back good memories. We never went hungry if we did believe me when I say it was our own fault.
I really love your videos. I would like to see your warden as it is growing and harvesting . And ,of course, I love the cooking videos too.. it reminds me of my Mom and Dad and our garden. There were eleven of us children and we worked in the garden A lot!. I could keep going,...I love your show...keep it up, please. Thanks.
I am from Weaverville,NC but retired to WVa about 8 years ago. I brought with me my WNC candy roaster seeds and grow them every year here. The seeds were originally from my great grandfather from a little community near Weaverville called Beech. His father brought them there from Clay County NC in the 1800s. I just love my candy roasters!
Loved hearing about what you plant, I haven’t had my own garden in years now, I miss having a patch of dirt to dig in. My daughter started her first garden this year and she fell in love with planting and feeding the family . When I did have a garden I used to put big rocks around the places where there was less sun so the rocks held the heat and tomatoes loved growing by a stone wall I built to keep the heat. Ive also used mirrors to direct the sun, people thought I was nuts but hey, it worked so tough on them. 😂🤣😂. My granddaddy had a smaller grocery store and he planted and sold his things he grew in the store. I loved little cukes and Nan and I would take a little walk after supper up to do a little weeding but she’d always pick me a couple of little cukes for my lunchbox.Granddaddy would get mad as a wet hen if he caught us, he’d say we were just eating up the money he could get at the store. Didn’t stop us though.😂🥰🤣. I worked at a greenhouse that summer and at leSt twice a week I’d go through the cull pile and pick out a nice bouquet of flowers for her so we kept each other happy. No one ever bought her flowers , mostly because people grew lots of flowers back then but she loved roses so I’d always try and get her a nice bunch of long stem roses. If they weren’t perfect to sell to stores the greenhouse just threw them in a pile and at the end of the day they’d go to compost but we were allowed to pick through them. I can’t wait to see your garden grow. 🙋🏼
What a gift that you two were for each other! There's nothing like loving and being love by someone, especially a grandparent. Thank you for sharing your sweet memories with her. I'm sure she cherished you.
A wise niece found seeds while on vacation at Pigeon Forage and gave to me for Christmas. The packages were large and price great. Our area Farm and Bureau has a great variety of large packs of seeds. I have sturdy cages I use for beans that my neighbor made from fencing. This seems to deter the groundhog. Love your videos!
OMG! Wild huckleberry. Being from Washington state originally the one thing I always bring back is huckleberry jam, syrup and whatever I can cram in my suitcase. Unfortunately they don’t grow here in North Texas. Ty so very much!
I love gardening & starting seeds. It's so rewarding to pick the fruits of your labor. I enjoy getting my hands dirty & I'm counting down the days till spring already. I'm actually gonna be startin' my pepper seeds in a few days. By the time planting time comes, I have big plants. Happy gardening!
If you had an audio book I would buy it your stories are so interesting and the topic about seeds reminds me of mom my aunt and grandmother they grew everything ❤️fresh grown vegetables are the best I can still remember mom planting greens hot peppers tomatoes onions even watermelon.🙏🏾👏🏽
I love the Black Cherry tomato. I have had good success growing that one. I’m going to try some of the green and yellow varieties that are new to me this spring. Currently, I am putting my seed packets in 3-ring binders. There are protective sheets on Amazon you can get to organize them. The sheets are made with 4 pockets and you can store 8 packets of seed in each sheet, using both sides. I have several binders and the packets are roughly in alphabetical order. One binder has only tomatoes in it. Another has herbs and flowers (each with a section of it’s own). Another has lettuce, cucumbers…….
My daughter who lives in the mountains of northern TN uses a old dresser drawer with cut up pieces of Manila file folders for markers to store and organize all her seeds. Veg,flower ect. Everything is easy to find and she keeps it in a cool dark dry space. ( her basement)
I store my seeds in plastic baseball card sleeves that fit in a binder. I can page through them and put an index between the categories of them. 😊I hope that gives you another idea for your seeds. It’s organized and fits on my bookcase shelves.
I rarely ever comment.. but I enjoyed listening to you talk about seeds and gardening. I ordered some flower and vegetable seeds from sow true seeds tonight. I just wanted to say thank you for the information. New subscriber.
Raspberries I cook them awhile ,press thru a sieve to remove seeds and add the pulp to juice ,Put juice back on the stove and add sugar boil till thick to make syrup for pancakes . and eat with bacon and scrambled eggs.
My favorite three seed catalogs are Baker Creek, Territorial seed company, and So True Seed. I've also found, by visiting local farmer markets, you can acquire past-on generation seeds. True gardeners love to share their seed and bounty!
Have you ever looked into Seed Savers Exchange. Super amazing mission of saving seed. It was started in the 70's and has saved thousands of varieties from extinction. I am blessed to love nearby and have visited. They contributed a lot of seeds to the Svalbard Seed Vault. They are my personal favorite. I do love the Baker Creek catalog though.
@@practicallyheidi8505 Yes, actually, I do remember Seed Saver Exchange. Used to visit their site and read articles, quite often. Don't know how they slipped thru the cracks. One of my favorites!! Thank you for jogging my memory!
I'm fixin to rebuild mi small greenhouse - just thinkin about those t'mayt's. Thank you for the inspiration you give out. (Frosty, freezin white snow right now).
Central valley in Calif. - I grew bird house gourds in the front yard last year, since I don't have a lawn, instead have a variety of plants and various roses. The gourds provide shade from the ferocious sun that heats up the ground during summer. Also, the gourds look good in the garden, just laying on the ground. I've had some luck with Moringa trees (bushes). I experimented with planting them in the backyard, side yard and front yard. The front yard focuses the sun's heat that radiates from the house and garage, and is the hottest place in the lot, and the Moringa did well there. I planted some seeds, today, that were off of a 1st year Moringa plant that grew seed pods. This year, I also planted some Texas Moringa, which is supposed to be more hardy than regular Moringa and might survive above ground through the winter. I enjoy sunflowers to look at, and the birds eat the seeds. I've learned to stake them up, especially the giant ones, because the flower is so heavy. I've got dwarf bananas in oak barrel halves, but, I think this year will be the last year for them. This isn't Hawaii.
I also love seeds and gardening. It is my favorite thing to do. I have a lot of seeds and am a big seed saver. I seem to never be able to throw a seed or plant away. I have been using the photo organizing cases for a few years like a lot of RUclipsrs. I have a label maker so I can label each case. I have 3 full of seeds. 2 vegetable and 1 flower. I have an "overflow" container for the 3 lbs of Kentucky Wonder pole bean seeds. Which is so silly because I could never use that much seed. I do give seed away. I love to try tomato varieties. My fact is Paul Robeson. I have 200 varieties. I grow about 80 plants a year for my family's needs. My favorite seed company is Seed Savers Exchange. I love their story and mission, they are near me, and seeds grown in a climate the same has mine is better all around. I am in Minnesota so I also grow the Minnesota Midget. We enjoy that. We do get 15 hours of daylight in Minnesota. I have to grow long day onions. Thanks for the video.
Sow true seeds in Asheville, saved as a favorite. I’m originally from Hendersonville, now live in Gainesville GA. I love your channel and watching your videos. My ne favorite RUclips channel
I have a similar metal box about 5 times that big. Those old bread boxes would be good seed storage. I grow flat Italian bush beans. Very tasty and really fills a jar quickly.
Thank you for list of plants that do well on your north-side-of-mt! I recently moved here (from Hayesville!) to a place with limited sun due to trees. I feared I couldn't grow malabar or candy roaster etc now I will try. My favorite beet is Lutz Winter Keeper About Baker Creek - their seeds are sure tempting! Their Tatsoi greens does well for me. I love Mountain Mint - I have 3 kinds - but they are not strongly minty like Spearmint, which, I'm told, has to be grown from cuttings or roots. I just buy a plant. About Huckleberry - I'm not sure what you have - the "garden huckleberry" is not the same plant as the woods one - I researched the garden one, and decided not to mess with it when I read that the berries are toxic if you don't pick them just right. I'm enjoying all your postings!
Another great video! I envy your lifestyle and area where you live. I live in Oconee county, SC but I don’t have any land. I live a little village that never really “took off” so I’m very rural and wouldn’t have it any other way. Keep your videos coming and I plan to start reading your blog. I’m older than you, but think of you as a kindred spirit and friend. Take care. 😊💕
Much older than you but this will just be my third garden. Tomatoes, love them. Guess Brandywine is my favorite. Sun Sugar a great cherry. Nice to hear you mention Minnesota Midget because got the seeds to try, so nice to know if I succeed they will be tasty.
Glad I found you. 💖 as for flowers... My gardens make sure to feed the pollinators from first thaw to hard frost because many of them are controlled natives mixed with controllable imports. 💖 I look forward to getting to know you. 💖
My Stinson family in eastern Kentucky grew peanut beans for fresh string beans. I've looked for years for the seeds. Either I'm not connecting with the right person, or no one remembers them, because I can't find any seeds. They were SO good. They produced a brownish bean that had a very flavorful broth when cooked. Closest I can find now is Contender bean seeds.
Thanks for sharing. I think the all green malabar spinach variety is better than red/green. Bigger leaves and more vigorous. I used index cards to record seeds and kept them in alphabetical order; and filed my seeds, in in plastic containers the shape of your metal container, also in alphabetical order. With each new seed acquisition, I'd make an index card for it and file the card with the others and put the seeds in the plastic container in alphabetical order. Made it easier to keep track of my seeds. There are a couple of websites dedicated to selling Appalachian beans. My favorite bean is cutshort beans - George McLaughlin Tennessee cutshorts are my favorite so far.
That’s so interesting that the pandemic would effect a seed shortage!!!!! I wonder what other ways the pandemic has effected Appalachia ?? Thank you so much for your hard work on these videos!! Your blessing me soooooo much 💕
Hello from KY ❤️ love you and your channel.We called them Koo shaw,mom made pies out of them that tastes like pumpkin pie.Wonder if you had an over the door shoe rack made with vinyl it would provide a dark space and dry.just a thought.❤️
Have you heard of a plant called Mountain Moss.My mama had it and took a start every time we moved.she got it from her mother. I love it it looks prickly like pine needles but its soft like feathers. It makes a great ground cover for banks and cellar tops that are dangerous to mow.I have mine that she gave me and look forward to it growing every year
In the Ozarks they have seed swap weekends. Great way to diversify genitics. Y'all might could start something like that. Many folks have seeds that have been used for over 100 years. As a child I remember our huge garden. Ladies used to have canning parties at harvest time. Everyone exchanged both fresh and canned vegetables. We always had great meals even though we were outhouse poor.
Greasy cut short beans. We were gifted the seeds by Bill Best (Berea's Bean guru!) at a local seed swap. We planted them in late July. We asked when to plant them, and Bill said "Now!" So we did. We got a crop of beans in September. Greasy cut shorts are a "full bean", with strings. The beans are tender, and the green parts are fantastic flavored. We've tried many different varieties, but keep circling back to the greasy cut shorts. I like to grow peanuts. I have the Virginia peanut, and it does okay here in the Kentucky clay. We mulch heavily with wood chips, and the peanuts set their seed into the wood chip mulch. We get to enjoy fresh roasted peanuts (or boiled peanuts) and get nitrogen for the garden for next year. We've found that planting peppers and peanuts together works amazingly well for both crops. Anyway, happy seed startin'
I organize my seeds in plastic cat treat containers. 2 full right now fixin to start on a third. I’ve taken to ordering from Hoss tools. They’re in South Georgia in zone 8 like I am so I their seeds grow well for me.
I'm not sure if I just got lucky or what, but I bought a snapdragon plant (from Lowes) and it reseeds itself every year! Beautiful magenta and pink blooms.
A friend gave me 3 lbs of flax seeds that she used to press for oil, she knew I took flax seed oil I guess was the reason for gift. I use about 2 pounds for making oil, having about one pound I didnt use so this year I planted a few and to my amazement they came up. These were at least 7 years old. I'm thinking about trying to make linen cloth hummmm
I started some tomatoes and onions 3 days ago. I’ll probably plant some more tomorrow while we’re cleaning out the greenhouse (which has become a storage area)
Y’all must have wonderful soil in Appalachia! We have to be creative in north Florida and I do raised beds and pots because otherwise good soil washes away to sand here. Citrus grows good lol
I ordered the same huckleberry. It's not the huckleberry that grows wild, it's from Africa and is best cooked and sweetened in pie or jam. I cant wait to try it!
I hope to order some vegetable seeds this weekend. I've been researching and reading my seed catelogs. one of my favorite things to do this time of year. I have grown rattlesnake beans the last two years. They have been very successful and tasty. I actually froze a few quarts and they did well. I hope to grow enough to can beans this year. Thank you for sharing about your seeds!
Enjoying your videos. Makes me think of my home here in Ashe county NC. Can’t wait till planting time. Already gathered some seeds. Looking forward to a bigger flower garden. Seems like spring is far away especially today with the huge amount snow but like you said it will be here before I know it! Keep sharing. And I am trying to learn the fiddle and see your family is musical so feeling inspired to continue although I am terrible lol.
Thank you for watching-so glad you're enjoying the videos!! I'm jealous of your snow! We only got flurries! Keep up with the fiddle-its the hardest instrument to learn so don't be too hard on yourself-you'll get it!
like you we're on the northside of the mountain. However, here in New England the weather is quite a bit colder and the winters longer. We have trouble with melons of all sorts as well as sweet peppers and eggplant. This house was not to be our final homestead but just a stepping stone to our dream homestead... life somehow intervened and we've been here since the early '80's and with age 70 closing in I guess they'll be bringing me out of here feet first ;-). So I've resigned myself to growing northern veggies and fruits.
Here in Washingotn state I'm not sure if they're the same.............we go huckleberry picking in the mountains. They closely resemble blueberries that'd be grown on the homestead, but the berries are much smaller.
I think you should try grow bags to expand your space in the garden. They are very inexpensive on Amazon. I recommend 7 gallon for peppers or 10 gallon for potatoes, carrots or squash. I have raised beds in my garden but I have started a whole nother grow bag garden in another part of my yard that gets better sun (I'm in NE FL on .7 acre) I have had the best success growing carrots, potatoes, Bush tomatoes and peppers in them. Just pulled the carrots and planted cantaloupe and summer squash in them. I started growing rattlesnake beans several years ago and I will never not grow them. I tried Candy roasters last year. I love growing new things every year. I highly recommend yellow and orange tomatoes. Dr. Wyche, Kelloggs breakfast (xtra large beefsteak) and Chef Choice Orange (hoss tools) are my favorite. You mentioned egg plant. One of the best egg plants I ever tried and will always grow is Chinese string from Baker Creek. These are magnificent in stir fry or just vegetables sautes. Best of luck on your garden and canning this year. I really enjoy your videos.
I received a Nebraska Wedding tomato from a coworker in 2012 and have been keeping the seeds going since then. I've canned them, but they're really good just sliced.
@12:00 - Goji berries - l planted some goji berries and they grew well in heavy soil. Too well. They have a deep root, so you have to dig up the root when you decide you don't want goji berries anymore. And they like to spread, sending roots that grow from the long stems than droop on the ground. Best to plant them in a container, so they won't try to take over.
Just found your channel and am enjoying your videos. Some of my favorites are opalka sauce tomatoes, better boy and Cherokee purple for juice and table, soyu long cucumbers. Grew garlic, leeks, shallots, onions, radish, cucumbers, cabbage, kohlrabi, lima beans, peas, peppers, okra, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, chard, butternut, acorn, yellow, green, spaghetti squash, green beans, tomatoes, potatoes, horshradish, beets, carrots, rutabaga arugula, spinich, cilantro, lettuce, bok choi parsley, dill, rosemary, thyme, sage
@@CelebratingAppalachia I will gladly send you some horseradish roots. Once it's in you can't kill it if you try. webmails@suddenlink.net if you're interested
I have a little over an acre. I love your channel. I grow taters, tomatoes, sweet banana peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, onions, green beans, peas, cowpeas, spinach, then for fruit I have mulberries, elderberries, grapes, black raspberries, red raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, pears and cherries. i tried goji berries they don't like in the pa...too cold. Thankfully most of my acre is open. I have to use raised beds for the vegetables, clay dirt! ugh
Have you every hear of Duck beans .There a poll bean very large.I've grown the bean you called greasy somethin we call them gresy beans. We love them. Patridge head beans we love them to.
There's just something about spring that awakens the gardner inside a Southerner, love my garden each year, I was wondering what do you use your dried tomatoes in ? Thanks for sharing, I so enjoy your videos
Just found the channel and subscribed. Just ordered a heirloom seed catalog from Baker creek. I didn't know about sow true seeds. I'm in the Piedmont of North Carolina.... I'll check it out.
I'm from Murray County in N. GA. I love the stories and they remind me so much of my own life growing up. I'm a self admitted seed addict. I collect seed from the N. GA and W. NC area because my family has lived in this area since the early 1800's and longer as some of grandfather's family were Cherokee. So, I'm a huge fan of Sow True for the same reason you are. I love it when they recover a lost variety and always have to make room to give it a try. You mentioned the Younce or young prince bean in your video and I'm wondering if you might know of a resource where I could get my hands on a few to try growing them out? Since I'm asking there's something I've been on the lookout for a long time. Maybe you've heard of it. It's a corn called Cherokee Limber Cob. My grandfather grew it, but the seed has long been lost. Thanks so much for the wonderful video.
what do you stick your beans with ? this might be a tip for you . i`ve used cain poles for years cain poles gennerly grow in river bottoms, and if you take them up in the fall they will last for years if they are kept in the dry over the winter.
My grandpa had a big tobacco farm. No one in the family smoked, but I used to beg my uncle to let me hand tobacco...I knew I was too young to string it on the poles he'd then take and put up in the barn. There was this one boy, a friend of my brothers who, for 25 cents would bite a tobacco worm in half. Pretty yucky to watch....so I only watched once. : ) And my other grandpa grew soy beans and peanuts to sell plus their usual garden foods. It was huge and grandma always had 3 huge farm tables full of fresh grown and harvested foods and meats. I remember my eyes as a little girl always honing in on the spoonbread that we'd cover with Karo syrup. Dang, the memories. It is like another world.
I only have a small space for a garden Its about 25' X 30' , I grow seedless Tomatoes ( I cant eat seed) squash and maybe some cucumbers sometimes I will throw in a pepper plant . I have a raised bed on the side of the house that I sometimes put some red potatoes in, ( I might get enough for a couple of meals ) also this year I have started some strawberries for my wife ( I cant eat them ( seeds ) ) I have an old camper that I use as a green house to start my tomato seeds in every year . Also I have a bunch of windows my neighbor gave me that I might make a small green house with one day. Have you ever heard of planting in hay bales ? I did that before , It works great you just have to keep them watered . Do a search on RUclips if you are interested. Also you should check out my friends Jared Goforth channel . He lives in the mountains of Kentucky and talks about planting and canning and all kinds of homestead type stuff, His Channel is Fluty Lick Homestead . Ps He is a pretty awesome musician he plays banjo guitar mandolin and fiddle .
Brooks-thank you for sharing your gardening methods. I've seen the hay bale method but never tried it myself. I'll check out his channel-thank you for the tip!
@@CelebratingAppalachia maybe we need some chickens 😃 we're in the city limits but neighbors have chickens across the street and the lot backing up behind us . We use neem. This year we, mostly she, has used row covers which cuts down on the insects and rabbits. The dog got older so is not as good keeping the rabbits away. I used to only grow what was easy. She tries all sorts of things. It shows her cleverness, and work ethic. She liked New York but is a mountain woman at heart. I am used to her accent. But I notice it when I here her talk with someone from here, like our lovely neighbors. She took classes at the JC Campbell folk school before she even moved here. Is Mother's day the rule of thumb, good to go planting date there like it is here in Asheville?
@@chrish.4067 So neat that's she's been to JCCFS! We're trying row covers for the first time this year for our cabbage-so far so good! Chickens are a joy to have-they're so fun to watch and then of course there's the eggs 😀
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Tipper, an old cd binder is what I use, that way you can look at what you have. You can find them at Goodwill or garage sales. The zipper style.
Thank you for your videos. I could listen to you talk all day!🧡💛💚💙💜
I remember stringing half runner beans on my Grandma's porch in SW Virginia. Oh would I love to do that again with my Grandma and talk to her once again. 💕
Just found your channel. Really enjoying it. I am from the Ouachita Mountains of central Arkansas. Were kinda the forgotten hillbillies. Everyone knows of the folks in the Ozarks, but you never hear about the Ouachitas. I see an almost exact parallels between the Appalachian life and the Ouachita Mtn. living. I grew up with alot of the older folks, and they told me alot of the old ways and stories. Sure wish they were still with me. I so wish the young folks would take more interest in the old ways, before they're gone. Take care!
My 93 yr old neighbor got out and planted some green beans this past summer just to save seed for me. Those beans have been grown on this land for at least 150 yrs and the seed saved. I have no idea what the variety is, that has been lost to time but I felt so honored to have them and plan to carry on the tradition.
She sounds like a person you need to make family and learn from. 💖😎💖
Beautiful!
Perhaps make a label with this story on it (dates/names) and keep your future seeds in it.
Are you saving seed from those? I LOVE that!
Tipper, I so enjoyed this post it was packed full of information but more that that I love your enthusiasm! You love growing and you love to talk about growing and you love planning about what you'll grow. Then you share your bounty with me and I certainly appreciate.
I always pay attention when you are planning the garden so I'll know what we'll be eating!
Aww-thank you!!
I grew up here in the Pacific Northwest and now my husband and I are moving back that way. We are bringing bean seed we've saved that came with my friends family from Silva, NC. When my grandma passed no one saved our families Tarheel bean seed they brought from Silva during the depression. So my friend gave me some of hers. We are so excited to start our homestead on our own land. And I think it's so neat this strain of seed came from NC to the Pacific Northwest and is now going back that way.
We used to have Huckleberries at the farm I grew up on, but haven't even seen any in decades. I loved them.
There is just something so comforting watching your garden grow taking care of it bring it to maturity it’s like having another family
I can’t wait to hear about your gardening adventures this year. I hope you’ll do videos about it and the whole process.
Thank you Bridget! I'll do my best to take you along for the rid 😀
I love your channel! My grandmother is from Haywood county (where my dad grew up) and my grandfather was originally from Macon county. I grew up just below Mt Pisgah in Hominy Valley and now my husband and I live in Maggie Valley.
I am thrilled that you are keeping the old ways alive! So much of what you talk about is familiar and so much I never knew! I want to keep this knowledge and love for these mountains in the hearts and minds of generations to come. (I teach a small class of elementary school students. I was wondering if you would possibly be willing to host a field trip and give them a short lesson? We are starting our local history unit soon and it sounds like you might be close to us :)
Also, I just ordered a seed catalog from Sow True Seeds (and told them where I heard about them) thank you! God bless!
I planted borage once, about 10 years ago. I've had it in the garden even since, it's such a prolific self-seeder. Same with rocket (I think you call it Arrugula in the U.S.) I have a perpetual rocket forest, it really has become a weed now.
I love your videos!! In all the chaos in the world right now you are a bright spot!! I can't wait to start my garden!! I bought candy roaster seeds because of your video!! God bless you and your family!! :)
Thank you!! I know you'll love the candy roasters 😀
I get as excited about my seed catalogs coming as a kid waiting for Christmas. In Iowa, so we have a bit of time before we can start anything, but oh can we dream and plan. 😁 You mentioned many varities I have never heard of. I always enjoy hearing/ watching another gardener.
I use shoe boxes and wrap with paper so it’s pretty lol.. make tabs by cutting up Manila folders and it’s been great to organize my seeds. I have one for cold weather crops one for summer, one for flowers and one for herbs. Cheap easy and functional! Gardening is so rewarding for me but like you when I was young I hated it cause I always had to help my family. As an adult I’m so thankful for being raised and taught how to garden! Blessings🙏🏻💖
I use to grow produce commercially for years! Also worked by gov job! Thank God for my 3 boys! We were the largest cauliflower growers east of the Mississippi! Grew tomatoes of several varieties as well as sweet peppers, cucumbers, melons, beans, corn for the boys to sell at market! I could go on here but don’t want to bore y’all with it! Great view
Wow! That's a lot of cauliflower!
@@CelebratingAppalachia oh Lord it sure was a almost 2000 acres of it!
Garden planning is just the start of the fun.
I so much miss my mom and this channel brings back so many memories
Sheila-that make my day! I can't imagine how you must miss her, but I'm glad I remind you of good memories!
Thank you so much
I too have been daydreaming about a spring garden since receiving the True Seed catalog. Thanks for the suggestions for the coming garden.
Jim-you're welcome! Thank you for watching 😀
Here in New Mexico we have so few bee’s we about have to plant flowers to draw the pollinators. This is our first real year on our new farm planting a garden. So it’s exciting. I’m going to pop on over and check out “so true seed’s”. Thanks for the video. I love learning what folk’s plant in there garden’s.
Oh my gracious. I was raised on a 19 1/2 acre farm. We grew literally everything we ate summer and winter that is until I was about 8 or 9 yrs old. We had cows, horses and an old Mule we named Kate along with chickens and pigs. Every year we butchered a hog and every 2 years we butcheted a cow. Always had plenty of meats in our freezer and lots of canned veggies in the can room. Beside the can room was a smoke room that we called the smoke house where there that almost always housed smoked salted hams. You brought back good memories. We never went hungry if we did believe me when I say it was our own fault.
I really love your videos. I would like to see your warden as it is growing and harvesting . And ,of course, I love the cooking videos too.. it reminds me of my Mom and Dad and our garden. There were eleven of us children and we worked in the garden A lot!. I could keep going,...I love your show...keep it up, please. Thanks.
I am from Weaverville,NC but retired to WVa about 8 years ago. I brought with me my WNC candy roaster seeds and grow them every year here. The seeds were originally from my great grandfather from a little community near Weaverville called Beech. His father brought them there from Clay County NC in the 1800s. I just love my candy roasters!
That is so amazing.
Loved hearing about what you plant, I haven’t had my own garden in years now, I miss having a patch of dirt to dig in. My daughter started her first garden this year and she fell in love with planting and feeding the family . When I did have a garden I used to put big rocks around the places where there was less sun so the rocks held the heat and tomatoes loved growing by a stone wall I built to keep the heat. Ive also used mirrors to direct the sun, people thought I was nuts but hey, it worked so tough on them. 😂🤣😂. My granddaddy had a smaller grocery store and he planted and sold his things he grew in the store. I loved little cukes and Nan and I would take a little walk after supper up to do a little weeding but she’d always pick me a couple of little cukes for my lunchbox.Granddaddy would get mad as a wet hen if he caught us, he’d say we were just eating up the money he could get at the store. Didn’t stop us though.😂🥰🤣. I worked at a greenhouse that summer and at leSt twice a week I’d go through the cull pile and pick out a nice bouquet of flowers for her so we kept each other happy. No one ever bought her flowers , mostly because people grew lots of flowers back then but she loved roses so I’d always try and get her a nice bunch of long stem roses. If they weren’t perfect to sell to stores the greenhouse just threw them in a pile and at the end of the day they’d go to compost but we were allowed to pick through them. I can’t wait to see your garden grow. 🙋🏼
What wonderful memories you have-thank you for sharing them!
What a gift that you two were for each other! There's nothing like loving and being love by someone, especially a grandparent. Thank you for sharing your sweet memories with her. I'm sure she cherished you.
A wise niece found seeds while on vacation at Pigeon Forage and gave to me for Christmas. The packages were large and price great. Our area Farm and Bureau has a great variety of large packs of seeds. I have sturdy cages I use for beans that my neighbor made from fencing. This seems to deter the groundhog. Love your videos!
That was a good gift 😀 So glad you're enjoying the videos!!
I have kept seeds in the freezer from and planted them twenty years later. They basically had a 95% success rate. Love your channel! 😊
OMG! Wild huckleberry. Being from Washington state originally the one thing I always bring back is huckleberry jam, syrup and whatever I can cram in my suitcase. Unfortunately they don’t grow here in North Texas. Ty so very much!
I love gardening & starting seeds. It's so rewarding to pick the fruits of your labor. I enjoy getting my hands dirty & I'm counting down the days till spring already. I'm actually gonna be startin' my pepper seeds in a few days. By the time planting time comes, I have big plants. Happy gardening!
If you had an audio book I would buy it your stories are so interesting and the topic about seeds reminds me of mom my aunt and grandmother they grew everything ❤️fresh grown vegetables are the best I can still remember mom planting greens hot peppers tomatoes onions even watermelon.🙏🏾👏🏽
How nice of you to say that! I would love to do an audio book someday 😀 You're so right fresh veggies are good!
@@CelebratingAppalachia your voice is so soothing .I am alone and put your videos on and I am not as lonely
I love the Black Cherry tomato. I have had good success growing that one. I’m going to try some of the green and yellow varieties that are new to me this spring. Currently, I am putting my seed packets in 3-ring binders. There are protective sheets on Amazon you can get to organize them. The sheets are made with 4 pockets and you can store 8 packets of seed in each sheet, using both sides.
I have several binders and the packets are roughly in alphabetical order. One binder has only tomatoes in it. Another has herbs and flowers (each with a section of it’s own). Another has lettuce, cucumbers…….
And tomatoes from the garden are the best. They taste so good.
Yes they are! 😀
I agree with you ...very joyful and rewarding ....love seeing things grow from seed and to harvest...❤
My daughter who lives in the mountains of northern TN uses a old dresser drawer with cut up pieces of Manila file folders for markers to store and organize all her seeds. Veg,flower ect. Everything is easy to find and she keeps it in a cool dark dry space. ( her basement)
I store my seeds in plastic baseball card sleeves that fit in a binder. I can page through them and put an index between the categories of them. 😊I hope that gives you another idea for your seeds. It’s organized and fits on my bookcase shelves.
I love the Rattle snake Beans. That is the only ones I grow now.
I rarely ever comment.. but I enjoyed listening to you talk about seeds and gardening. I ordered some flower and vegetable seeds from sow true seeds tonight. I just wanted to say thank you for the information. New subscriber.
Raspberries I cook them awhile ,press thru a sieve to remove seeds and add the pulp to juice ,Put juice back on the stove and add sugar boil till thick to make syrup for pancakes . and eat with bacon and scrambled eggs.
My favorite three seed catalogs are Baker Creek, Territorial seed company, and So True Seed. I've also found, by visiting local farmer markets, you can acquire past-on generation seeds. True gardeners love to share their seed and bounty!
Have you ever looked into Seed Savers Exchange. Super amazing mission of saving seed. It was started in the 70's and has saved thousands of varieties from extinction. I am blessed to love nearby and have visited. They contributed a lot of seeds to the Svalbard Seed Vault. They are my personal favorite. I do love the Baker Creek catalog though.
@@practicallyheidi8505 Yes, actually, I do remember Seed Saver Exchange. Used to visit their site and read articles, quite often. Don't know how they slipped thru the cracks. One of my favorites!! Thank you for jogging my memory!
Who would dislike this video? How strange! Thank you for your insight!
I'm fixin to rebuild mi small greenhouse - just thinkin about those t'mayt's. Thank you for the inspiration you give out. (Frosty, freezin white snow right now).
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching! We've actually got to do some work on our greenhouse too 😀
Central valley in Calif. - I grew bird house gourds in the front yard last year, since I don't have a lawn, instead have a variety of plants and various roses.
The gourds provide shade from the ferocious sun that heats up the ground during summer. Also, the gourds look good in the garden, just laying on the ground.
I've had some luck with Moringa trees (bushes). I experimented with planting them in the backyard, side yard and front yard. The front yard focuses the sun's heat
that radiates from the house and garage, and is the hottest place in the lot, and the Moringa did well there. I planted some seeds, today, that were off of a 1st year
Moringa plant that grew seed pods. This year, I also planted some Texas Moringa, which is supposed to be more hardy than regular Moringa and might survive above ground
through the winter. I enjoy sunflowers to look at, and the birds eat the seeds. I've learned to stake them up, especially the giant ones, because the flower is so heavy.
I've got dwarf bananas in oak barrel halves, but, I think this year will be the last year for them. This isn't Hawaii.
I also love seeds and gardening. It is my favorite thing to do. I have a lot of seeds and am a big seed saver. I seem to never be able to throw a seed or plant away. I have been using the photo organizing cases for a few years like a lot of RUclipsrs. I have a label maker so I can label each case. I have 3 full of seeds. 2 vegetable and 1 flower. I have an "overflow" container for the 3 lbs of Kentucky Wonder pole bean seeds. Which is so silly because I could never use that much seed. I do give seed away.
I love to try tomato varieties. My fact is Paul Robeson. I have 200 varieties. I grow about 80 plants a year for my family's needs.
My favorite seed company is Seed Savers Exchange. I love their story and mission, they are near me, and seeds grown in a climate the same has mine is better all around.
I am in Minnesota so I also grow the Minnesota Midget. We enjoy that. We do get 15 hours of daylight in Minnesota. I have to grow long day onions.
Thanks for the video.
Thank you for sharing!! I did get one those photo cases-I just need to put my seeds in it 😀 I've never tried the Paul Robeson I'll check it out!
I’m so ready for the garden. This is the time I start planning what I want to plant. Good video Tipper. God bless y’all.
Vera-thank you for watching!! As fast as time goes we'll both be in the garden before we know it 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia yes we will. I can’t wait 😊
Sow true seeds in Asheville, saved as a favorite. I’m originally from Hendersonville, now live in Gainesville GA. I love your channel and watching your videos. My ne favorite RUclips channel
Thank you!! Be sure to tell them I Sow True Seed I sent you 😀
I have a similar metal box about 5 times that big. Those old bread boxes would be good seed storage. I grow flat Italian bush beans. Very tasty and really fills a jar quickly.
Thank you for list of plants that do well on your north-side-of-mt! I recently moved here (from Hayesville!) to a place with limited sun due to trees. I feared I couldn't grow malabar or candy roaster etc now I will try. My favorite beet is Lutz Winter Keeper About Baker Creek - their seeds are sure tempting! Their Tatsoi greens does well for me. I love Mountain Mint - I have 3 kinds - but they are not strongly minty like Spearmint, which, I'm told, has to be grown from cuttings or roots. I just buy a plant. About Huckleberry - I'm not sure what you have - the "garden huckleberry" is not the same plant as the woods one - I researched the garden one, and decided not to mess with it when I read that the berries are toxic if you don't pick them just right. I'm enjoying all your postings!
Thanks so much for sharing I really enjoy all your videos
Thank you for watching!!
My mom was born in Grand Junction, TN. Her grandma was a Fortner and she had a boy name Lloyd. Was wondering if were related?
2:04 time. “Peter Out” what an appropriate use of an old Appalachian mining term!
Another great video! I envy your lifestyle and area where you live. I live in Oconee county, SC but I don’t have any land. I live a little village that never really “took off” so I’m very rural and wouldn’t have it any other way. Keep your videos coming and I plan to start reading your blog. I’m older than you, but think of you as a kindred spirit and friend. Take care. 😊💕
Much older than you but this will just be my third garden. Tomatoes, love them. Guess Brandywine is my favorite. Sun Sugar a great cherry. Nice to hear you mention Minnesota Midget because got the seeds to try, so nice to know if I succeed they will be tasty.
Thank you! Enjoyed your comments on seeds😊👍
Glad I found you. 💖 as for flowers... My gardens make sure to feed the pollinators from first thaw to hard frost because many of them are controlled natives mixed with controllable imports. 💖 I look forward to getting to know you. 💖
My Stinson family in eastern Kentucky grew peanut beans for fresh string beans. I've looked for years for the seeds. Either I'm not connecting with the right person, or no one remembers them, because I can't find any seeds. They were SO good. They produced a brownish bean that had a very flavorful broth when cooked. Closest I can find now is Contender bean seeds.
I so enjoy your video's
Thanks for sharing. I think the all green malabar spinach variety is better than red/green. Bigger leaves and more vigorous. I used index cards to record seeds and kept them in alphabetical order; and filed my seeds, in in plastic containers the shape of your metal container, also in alphabetical order. With each new seed acquisition, I'd make an index card for it and file the card with the others and put the seeds in the plastic container in alphabetical order. Made it easier to keep track of my seeds. There are a couple of websites dedicated to selling Appalachian beans. My favorite bean is cutshort beans - George McLaughlin Tennessee cutshorts are my favorite so far.
That’s so interesting that the pandemic would effect a seed shortage!!!!! I wonder what other ways the pandemic has effected Appalachia ?? Thank you so much for your hard work on these videos!! Your blessing me soooooo much 💕
Hello from KY ❤️ love you and your channel.We called them Koo shaw,mom made pies out of them that tastes like pumpkin pie.Wonder if you had an over the door shoe rack made with vinyl it would provide a dark space and dry.just a thought.❤️
Have you heard of a plant called Mountain Moss.My mama had it and took a start every time we moved.she got it from her mother. I love it it looks prickly like pine needles but its soft like feathers. It makes a great ground cover for banks and cellar tops that are dangerous to mow.I have mine that she gave me and look forward to it growing every year
I don't know that one, unless I know it by another name. Thank you for watching!
Yes I know that ground cover that you're talking about, didn't know the name though.
In the Ozarks they have seed swap weekends. Great way to diversify genitics. Y'all might could start something like that. Many folks have seeds that have been used for over 100 years. As a child I remember our huge garden. Ladies used to have canning parties at harvest time. Everyone exchanged both fresh and canned vegetables. We always had great meals even though we were outhouse poor.
Greasy cut short beans. We were gifted the seeds by Bill Best (Berea's Bean guru!) at a local seed swap. We planted them in late July. We asked when to plant them, and Bill said "Now!" So we did. We got a crop of beans in September. Greasy cut shorts are a "full bean", with strings. The beans are tender, and the green parts are fantastic flavored. We've tried many different varieties, but keep circling back to the greasy cut shorts.
I like to grow peanuts. I have the Virginia peanut, and it does okay here in the Kentucky clay. We mulch heavily with wood chips, and the peanuts set their seed into the wood chip mulch. We get to enjoy fresh roasted peanuts (or boiled peanuts) and get nitrogen for the garden for next year. We've found that planting peppers and peanuts together works amazingly well for both crops.
Anyway, happy seed startin'
I organize my seeds in plastic cat treat containers. 2 full right now fixin to start on a third. I’ve taken to ordering from Hoss tools. They’re in South Georgia in zone 8 like I am so I their seeds grow well for me.
I'm not sure if I just got lucky or what, but I bought a snapdragon plant (from Lowes) and it reseeds itself every year! Beautiful magenta and pink blooms.
I didn't plant last year due to no time but with me it's tomato, cucumber, peppers, and cabbage. Some time corn
A friend gave me 3 lbs of flax seeds that she used to press for oil, she knew I took flax seed oil I guess was the reason for gift. I use about 2 pounds for making oil, having about one pound I didnt use so this year I planted a few and to my amazement they came up. These were at least 7 years old. I'm thinking about trying to make linen cloth hummmm
Seeds are necessary. ❤️
This is wonderful!!! Thanks so much!
I started some tomatoes and onions 3 days ago. I’ll probably plant some more tomorrow while we’re cleaning out the greenhouse (which has become a storage area)
That happens to our greenhouse too 😀 Glad you got your seeds started!
My son is very into farming and agriculture and there are seeds all over my house!
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Wonderful information and stories, stay safe.
Y’all must have wonderful soil in Appalachia! We have to be creative in north Florida and I do raised beds and pots because otherwise good soil washes away to sand here. Citrus grows good lol
I ordered the same huckleberry. It's not the huckleberry that grows wild, it's from Africa and is best cooked and sweetened in pie or jam. I cant wait to try it!
I have grown cow peas before and they grow along the ground. They taste like black eye peas but not as strong. Easy to grow.
I hope to order some vegetable seeds this weekend. I've been researching and reading my seed catelogs. one of my favorite things to do this time of year. I have grown rattlesnake beans the last two years. They have been very successful and tasty. I actually froze a few quarts and they did well. I hope to grow enough to can beans this year. Thank you for sharing about your seeds!
Thank you for sharing your experience with Rattlesnake Beans! I can't wait to try them 😀
We love the Cherokee purple too!!
Its such a great tomato!
Enjoying your videos. Makes me think of my home here in Ashe county NC. Can’t wait till planting time. Already gathered some seeds. Looking forward to a bigger flower garden. Seems like spring is far away especially today with the huge amount snow but like you said it will be here before I know it! Keep sharing. And I am trying to learn the fiddle and see your family is musical so feeling inspired to continue although I am terrible lol.
Thank you for watching-so glad you're enjoying the videos!! I'm jealous of your snow! We only got flurries! Keep up with the fiddle-its the hardest instrument to learn so don't be too hard on yourself-you'll get it!
like you we're on the northside of the mountain. However, here in New England the weather is quite a bit colder and the winters longer. We have trouble with melons of all sorts as well as sweet peppers and eggplant. This house was not to be our final homestead but just a stepping stone to our dream homestead... life somehow intervened and we've been here since the early '80's and with age 70 closing in I guess they'll be bringing me out of here feet first ;-). So I've resigned myself to growing northern veggies and fruits.
Here in Washingotn state I'm not sure if they're the same.............we go huckleberry picking in the mountains. They closely resemble blueberries that'd be grown on the homestead, but the berries are much smaller.
I think you should try grow bags to expand your space in the garden. They are very inexpensive on Amazon. I recommend 7 gallon for peppers or 10 gallon for potatoes, carrots or squash. I have raised beds in my garden but I have started a whole nother grow bag garden in another part of my yard that gets better sun (I'm in NE FL on .7 acre) I have had the best success growing carrots, potatoes, Bush tomatoes and peppers in them. Just pulled the carrots and planted cantaloupe and summer squash in them. I started growing rattlesnake beans several years ago and I will never not grow them. I tried Candy roasters last year. I love growing new things every year. I highly recommend yellow and orange tomatoes. Dr. Wyche, Kelloggs breakfast (xtra large beefsteak) and Chef Choice Orange (hoss tools) are my favorite. You mentioned egg plant. One of the best egg plants I ever tried and will always grow is Chinese string from Baker Creek. These are magnificent in stir fry or just vegetables sautes. Best of luck on your garden and canning this year. I really enjoy your videos.
Have you grown strawberries? I used to take a bowl and pick them in my grandparents garden...go and sit on their front porch and enjoy the sweetness.😊
You should try black Krim tomato. Its one of my favorite varieties.
I put my seeds in small jars, vacuum seal them and then put them in a cool dark space.
I received a Nebraska Wedding tomato from a coworker in 2012 and have been keeping the seeds going since then. I've canned them, but they're really good just sliced.
@12:00 - Goji berries - l planted some goji berries and they grew well in heavy soil. Too well. They have a deep root, so you have to dig up the root
when you decide you don't want goji berries anymore. And they like to spread, sending roots that grow from the long stems than droop on the ground.
Best to plant them in a container, so they won't try to take over.
Thank you sharing that information!
I've grown Rattlesnake beans for a few years now in ncAR, they are great tasting and handle the heat and humidity very well.
Just found your channel and am enjoying your videos. Some of my favorites are opalka sauce tomatoes, better boy and Cherokee purple for juice and table, soyu long cucumbers. Grew garlic, leeks, shallots, onions, radish, cucumbers, cabbage, kohlrabi, lima beans, peas, peppers, okra, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, chard, butternut, acorn, yellow, green, spaghetti squash, green beans, tomatoes, potatoes, horshradish, beets, carrots, rutabaga arugula, spinich, cilantro, lettuce, bok choi parsley, dill, rosemary, thyme, sage
Thank you! I've tried to get horseradish established but haven't had any luck. Your garden sounds wonderful 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia I will gladly send you some horseradish roots. Once it's in you can't kill it if you try. webmails@suddenlink.net if you're interested
I have a little over an acre. I love your channel. I grow taters, tomatoes, sweet banana peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, onions, green beans, peas, cowpeas, spinach, then for fruit I have mulberries, elderberries, grapes, black raspberries, red raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, pears and cherries. i tried goji berries they don't like in the pa...too cold. Thankfully most of my acre is open. I have to use raised beds for the vegetables, clay dirt! ugh
Have you every hear of Duck beans .There a poll bean very large.I've grown the bean you called greasy somethin we call them gresy beans. We love them. Patridge head beans we love them to.
Never heard of Duck beans-interesting!! There are so many wonderful varieties!
Just found your channel and I'm hooked. Hello from Central Alberta Canada.
Welcome!! and Hello!
There's just something about spring that awakens the gardner inside a Southerner, love my garden each year, I was wondering what do you use your dried tomatoes in ? Thanks for sharing, I so enjoy your videos
Brenda-there's lots of sauces you can make with dried tomatoes but I love to eat them out of hand or in a salad 😀
My Granny grew Cushaw’s and made Cushaw pies around Thanksgiving and Christmas. I miss her and those mildc and yummy pies.
Just found the channel and subscribed. Just ordered a heirloom seed catalog from Baker creek. I didn't know about sow true seeds. I'm in the Piedmont of North Carolina.... I'll check it out.
Loved our chat visit wish I could have a garden 🤗🙏🏻
I'm from Murray County in N. GA. I love the stories and they remind me so much of my own life growing up. I'm a self admitted seed addict. I collect seed from the N. GA and W. NC area because my family has lived in this area since the early 1800's and longer as some of grandfather's family were Cherokee. So, I'm a huge fan of Sow True for the same reason you are. I love it when they recover a lost variety and always have to make room to give it a try. You mentioned the Younce or young prince bean in your video and I'm wondering if you might know of a resource where I could get my hands on a few to try growing them out? Since I'm asking there's something I've been on the lookout for a long time. Maybe you've heard of it. It's a corn called Cherokee Limber Cob. My grandfather grew it, but the seed has long been lost. Thanks so much for the wonderful video.
Thank you! I've never heard of the corn, but it sounds fascinating. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who sells the Younce bean.
I would reach out to Seed Savers Exchange and see if they could help you. They have an actual person that answers the phone.
What is the best way to save seeds - from wet from the veggie to putting into packs. Thank you for all your videos! I’m north of Buncombe in Caldwell.
So glad you enjoy our videos 😀
what do you stick your beans with ? this might be a tip for you . i`ve used cain poles for years cain poles gennerly grow in river bottoms, and if you take them up in the fall they will last for years if they are kept in the dry over the winter.
That's what my stepdad use for pole beans or runners.
It’s mind boggling, how many varieties there are. The only variety that I access are what’s in the produce department of the grocery store. lol...😊
My grandpa had a big tobacco farm. No one in the family smoked, but I used to beg my uncle to let me hand tobacco...I knew I was too young to string it on the poles he'd then take and put up in the barn. There was this one boy, a friend of my brothers who, for 25 cents would bite a tobacco worm in half. Pretty yucky to watch....so I only watched once. : )
And my other grandpa grew soy beans and peanuts to sell plus their usual garden foods. It was huge and grandma always had 3 huge farm tables full of fresh grown and harvested foods and meats. I remember my eyes as a little girl always honing in on the spoonbread that we'd cover with Karo syrup. Dang, the memories. It is like another world.
Thank You very much!!!
I only have a small space for a garden Its about 25' X 30' , I grow seedless Tomatoes ( I cant eat seed) squash and maybe some cucumbers sometimes I will throw in a pepper plant . I have a raised bed on the side of the house that I sometimes put some red potatoes in, ( I might get enough for a couple of meals ) also this year I have started some strawberries for my wife ( I cant eat them ( seeds ) ) I have an old camper that I use as a green house to start my tomato seeds in every year . Also I have a bunch of windows my neighbor gave me that I might make a small green house with one day. Have you ever heard of planting in hay bales ? I did that before , It works great you just have to keep them watered . Do a search on RUclips if you are interested. Also you should check out my friends Jared Goforth channel . He lives in the mountains of Kentucky and talks about planting and canning and all kinds of homestead type stuff, His Channel is Fluty Lick Homestead . Ps He is a pretty awesome musician he plays banjo guitar mandolin and fiddle .
Brooks-thank you for sharing your gardening methods. I've seen the hay bale method but never tried it myself. I'll check out his channel-thank you for the tip!
Yes...you said Goji Berry right.."Roots and Refuge...Jess and Miah's channel,they buy some of their seeds from Baker Creek too...
We like Sow True Seeds too! Do you have a video on how you deal with pest? My girlfriend is experimenting with a few options for bugs and critters.
I don't have a video. I like to use Neem Oil if I decide I must do something. We also pick off any bugs we see and feed them to the chickens 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia maybe we need some chickens 😃 we're in the city limits but neighbors have chickens across the street and the lot backing up behind us . We use neem. This year we, mostly she, has used row covers which cuts down on the insects and rabbits. The dog got older so is not as good keeping the rabbits away. I used to only grow what was easy. She tries all sorts of things. It shows her cleverness, and work ethic. She liked New York but is a mountain woman at heart. I am used to her accent. But I notice it when I here her talk with someone from here, like our lovely neighbors. She took classes at the JC Campbell folk school before she even moved here. Is Mother's day the rule of thumb, good to go planting date there like it is here in Asheville?
@@chrish.4067 So neat that's she's been to JCCFS! We're trying row covers for the first time this year for our cabbage-so far so good! Chickens are a joy to have-they're so fun to watch and then of course there's the eggs 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia those little cabbage moths are so sad flitting around the covers can't get to the cabbage. 😢
@@chrish.4067 😀