Our FIRST EVER Sweet Potato Harvest!

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
  • We harvested our first ever crop of sweet potatoes. We will let them cure on the table of our Greenhouse for the next two weeks. Afterwards we will store them in a box with some Pine shavings until we are ready to use them. Thanks so much for watching!

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  • @deborahrob5859
    @deborahrob5859 Год назад +22

    I love seeing more of Mr. Heart in the videos, it is nice to see you guys working together. He is so kind, holds your hand as you climb over the bed, just such a gentlemen. We need more Mr. Hearts! Don't edit no more, it's better to see the whole "you", fun and all. "Grown man up under the bed" lol. You two are to much, makes me happy to watch you.

  • @TruthAndLight4995
    @TruthAndLight4995 Год назад +38

    We harvested our sweet potatoes today from 2 raised beds. One bed had perfect potatoes. The other had several eaten on damaged potatoes. We discovered 2 mole crickets in that bed, way down deep as we were digging through by hand. I think mole crickets caused the damage to our potatoes. Between the 2 beds, we could have gotten over 50 lbs of potatoes, but only got 31 lbs. Still, we are thankful. Going into the holidays I won’t care how much sweet potatoes are selling for per pound. Oh, even sweeter is I started my own slips this year by partially burying sweet potatoes in dirt. God is good!! 👍🏼❤️🙏🏽

  • @dedemaddox
    @dedemaddox Год назад +56

    Such a big JOY to see you both again! I haven't felt well for a month or so. The chemo I'm on is really messing with me. At any rate, what a joy it is watching you both. You always make me feel better. Peace and HUGE blessings!

    • @RocknRollDina
      @RocknRollDina Год назад +6

      Hope you get well soon.

    • @patriciatinkey2677
      @patriciatinkey2677 Год назад +9

      Sending you Prayers & Good Thoughts in your struggle! Keep on going! My Dad came back from stage 4 liver cancer, lived to age 93! It can be done. 🍀🍀🍀

    • @yolandarivera5185
      @yolandarivera5185 Год назад +6

      Sending healing prayers God’s speed. Blessings 💕

    • @lisaoliphant3410
      @lisaoliphant3410 Год назад +7

      I pray God’s complete healing for you, in Jesus name, Amen 🙏🏽

    • @corrinnacorrinna5572
      @corrinnacorrinna5572 Год назад +4

      Hope today finds you feeling better!! Sending well wishes your way!

  • @DysfunktionalMuse
    @DysfunktionalMuse Год назад +19

    I would also like to congratulate you both on a beautiful harvest of sweet potatoes. GOD is good! All praise and glory to our Heavenly Father!

  • @enisasefer1074
    @enisasefer1074 Год назад +45

    Deep South homestead with Danny and Wanda they know a lot about sweet potato 🍠 you guys are so cute and funny 😂😂❤❤

  • @judithfleser3703
    @judithfleser3703 Год назад +9

    My parents made me them plant potatoes. I was really aggravated and not happy about the whole thing. Several months later when we pick the potatoes, I fell in love with gardening! It’s like the biggest treasure hunt you’ve ever been on it was a blast

  • @elizabethwantland1127
    @elizabethwantland1127 Год назад +51

    Mr. and Mrs. H that's a great harvest for beginners! Your sweet potatoes are huge! The proof is in that wagon of success! If you did not see any tunneling that could have been caused by rats or moles or voles, it is possible the grubs that you were digging out are responsible for eating the sweet potatoes. Adding Milky Spore to your soil will rid those things for years and not hurt your worms or soil biology at all. If you do see tunneling, then you will need to dig it out and add hardware cloth. No matter what choice you make, congratulations on your first harvest of sweet potatoes!

    • @lilblackduc7312
      @lilblackduc7312 Год назад +5

      .."Milky Spore"? I had to look that one up...Learn something every day!

    • @elizabethwantland1127
      @elizabethwantland1127 Год назад +5

      @@lilblackduc7312 Yes, they are the good guys! I found several of my paste tomatoes cored out and when I was watering them out fell a grub. I happily killed it. I also kept an eye out for more tomatoes with holes bored into them, and I found another grub. I killed that one, too. They can still come up through the hardware cloth.

    • @lilblackduc7312
      @lilblackduc7312 Год назад

      @@elizabethwantland1127 I read it's the grubs of Japanese Beatles, which I hate anyway. Grubs cored out your tomatoes?...kill 'em all.🇺🇸 😎👍☕

    • @carolpoole2220
      @carolpoole2220 Год назад +4

      You don't eat sweet potato they are so good for you. You have the best thing for the rat,mole or vole. Turn the cats loose on them.

    • @thesunflowershanty9229
      @thesunflowershanty9229 Год назад +2

      Thanks for the information on Milky Spore.

  • @smallfarmliving3362
    @smallfarmliving3362 Год назад +32

    You two 🥰. We have voles and gophers here that eat our tuber crops. I have actually had to remove the dirt from my raised beds, line them and then fill back up to be able to grow them without being devoured. Love all your fur babies in the videos ❤️

    • @mansel500
      @mansel500 Год назад +4

      I agree, depends on the area, but my 1st guess would be voles.

    • @corithefrugalflower
      @corithefrugalflower Год назад +8

      I was thinking voles too, Mrs H. They look alot like mice but with a longer pointier nose and they mostly travel underground. I researched them when I saw one in my yard. Once I found out about them, I opted to not use the raised bed I was going to start & switched to only containers instead. Best to empty & line that bed with weed suppression cloth or something similar. But luckily you guys got alot of sweet potatoes though, awesome haul! 👌👏❤️🙏

    • @mgude55
      @mgude55 Год назад +2

      Ground hogs ???

    • @Angie-jg4nz
      @Angie-jg4nz Год назад

      Yup, voles!! I tried the sound things you have but doesn’t work. Hardware cloth is going into the bottom of my raised beds.

  • @agtano2811
    @agtano2811 Год назад +48

    Would love a video on how you make your dog food from them…. Blessings always ❤

    • @victoriahatten9746
      @victoriahatten9746 Год назад +2

      Me too

    • @grannysword
      @grannysword Год назад +1

      May this message richly bless you and yours as it has bless me.
      Many profess believers of Jesus Christ believe that the fourth commandment to keep the Sabbath holy was nailed to the cross and that we no longer have to keep it, while still embracing the other nine commands. Do you believe this too?
      The Bible says in revelation 22:14, “ Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Ask yourself this question: which one or ones of the following Ten Commandments do Jesus wants us to keep and obey?
      1. Thou shalt not have no other gods before me.
      2. Thou shalt not make or bow down to gpl raven image.
      3. Thou shalt not take the name of God in vain.
      4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
      5. Honor thy father and thy mother.
      6. Thou shalt not kill.
      7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
      8. Thou shalt not steal.
      9. Thou shalt not bear false witness.
      10. Thou shalt not covet.
      Answer_________________
      The Sabbath command is not only to be kept but it is to be calculated by the Time/calendar God ordained in the beginning of creation, Genesis 1:14. The sun, moon and stars are God’s True Time/calendar not that famous Gregorian calendar hanging on our walls in our houses.
      This split in God’s law must be repaired!! All of God’s laws, statutes, judgments and testimonies are just and true! We must do things God’s way or else we will be worshipping him in vain. There will be no good reward.
      God may allow the people that rules this world to enforce some type of Sabbath law to test people to see if they will keep His law or no.
      Already, there are Sabbath laws/blue laws/Sunday laws on government books today.
      Friday is not the true Sabbath. Saturday is not the true Sabbath. Sunday is not the true Sabbath, etc., because they are calculated by man’s time/calendars.
      The true Sabbath is calculated by the sun, moon and stars. So, do your research on what you have read in this letter.
      This information is helpful both now and future because we need to get back to God’s ways and if God should allow man to enforce a “Sabbath Test.” If such a test is allowed, may we choose wisely.
      Let us seriously repent of our evil ways, stop worshiping other gods, talking about one another, stealing, killing, lying, fornicating, adultery, disobedient to parents, etc., etc., etc.
      Let us seek God, read our bibles, memorize His commandments and do them, For God’s Kingdom is coming!! Repent! Repent! Repent!
      Worship Him that made heaven, earth and sea. This Babylonian system is falling, the Powers in charge are aware of this fact but they cannot stop it. Their time is coming to an end! Our time is coming to an end!
      If any worship the beast and his image and receive his mark, the same shall have no rest day or night and they shall be burnt with fire and brimstone. Revelation 13 and 14. Deuteronomy 5 Isaiah 58:12-14.
      Also, research the “Seven Noahide Laws.” I have heard that these are Jewish laws taken from their book, “Talmud.” The first law forbids idolatry and according to Jewish writings, to believe in Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is idolatry and is punishable by death, decapitation. I have also heard that some of the USA presidents have signed this law under “Education.” and it is planned to be unleashed on all nations in the future. So, Research and see if these things be truth.
      May The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you that believe.

    • @gloriarobinson1869
      @gloriarobinson1869 Год назад

      ​@@grannysword all

    • @grannysword
      @grannysword Год назад

      @@gloriarobinson1869 …..
      Well said, Friend Of God.❤️

  • @dianecrawford9204
    @dianecrawford9204 Год назад +2

    My mother would love you all. I think she sent me here to watch how gardening is truly done when loved.🌱

  • @lindaharrison780
    @lindaharrison780 Год назад +63

    You two are special. I just love ya'll. You teach so many new things and help so much. Keep it up.

  • @tammykutschall4240
    @tammykutschall4240 Год назад +15

    First attempt at sweet potatoes was a success! Love how your cats help in garden. Lots of earthworms is a wonderful thing in your garden.

  • @judyabernathy80
    @judyabernathy80 Год назад +59

    Lady And Mr Heart: I’ll bet you would change your mind about sweet potatoes if you made Miss Lippy’s sweet potato pie! Hands down, her recipe is the best! I encourage you to go over to her channel and make her sweet potato pie! I hate to see you both missing such a nutritious potato!! Love you both!! ♥️🙏🏼♥️

    • @kellygarnet6329
      @kellygarnet6329 Год назад +18

      I feel the same way. Imho they're delicious no matter how you prepare them. Tons of beta carotene too.

    • @rosemarymccall4260
      @rosemarymccall4260 Год назад +1

      Probably ants. I'm in Philadelphia Pa And I had ants making holes in my sweet potatoes. They were everywhere.

    • @rosemarymccall4260
      @rosemarymccall4260 Год назад

      It.might be voles. Those holes are what I had last year.

    • @rosemarymccall4260
      @rosemarymccall4260 Год назад +1

      I saw "The prolific Farmer" on utube and he said you can grow the slips indoors and eat the good green leaves as spinach. They are probably good for treats for pigs too. Not sure if you are raising pigs. He has tips for the soil too. Good luck.

    • @my-shell3111
      @my-shell3111 Год назад +1

      @@rosemarymccall4260 I'm also in Philly, however, you and I both know it ain't ants. 😄😄
      Rabbits is not too far off and you can lookup and see what kind of rodents can do that and how to fix the situation from there. I wish you all the Blessings and good fortune

  • @corithefrugalflower
    @corithefrugalflower Год назад +10

    I think I like the unedited videos a bit more than the edited ones! Love all the cute cats getting in yr way too, lol! 🤣 Sending ❤️ & 🙌 from 🇨🇦

  • @diannahamilton1255
    @diannahamilton1255 Год назад +114

    The sweet potatoes that are eaten on, but there is still a lot of potato left, slice and dehydrate. Use those for dog treats. My babies love them.

  • @deemiller4824
    @deemiller4824 Год назад +11

    The grubs are a great chicken treat and the vines are also great to just throw in with the chickens they will eat the leaves and seem to have fun while doing it. Great fun to watch your first SP harvest. Thanks

  • @gigiann1622
    @gigiann1622 Год назад +76

    I just love you guys!! I see so many people in my canning groups mention you guys and how much they love watching you guys. ❤

    • @rennyray11
      @rennyray11 Год назад +3

      This can also happen when left in the ground too long. I only say that because they were in there long enough for a potato to start sprouting slips.

    • @leemorgan9527
      @leemorgan9527 Год назад +3

      Sorry about the bugs that got your potatoes, there are several kinds of bugs and insects that will eat potatoes also make sure that you don't plant them in the same place next year you have to rotate every year. Best of luck my wife and I love ya'll, keep loving your farm

    • @kathypainter2211
      @kathypainter2211 Год назад

      Wish you could share with me. Lol

    • @kathypainter2211
      @kathypainter2211 Год назад

      Moles

    • @kathypainter2211
      @kathypainter2211 Год назад

      Moles

  • @deepwaters3335
    @deepwaters3335 Год назад +1

    I just love you two.... Smiles.

  • @RedScareClair
    @RedScareClair Год назад +34

    Literally just came in from my first sweet potato harvest when this video dropped! Figured I'd get mine in before the storm too!

    • @ceciliaafrica1748
      @ceciliaafrica1748 Год назад

      Hello to you 2 beautiful growers....for the first time growing sweet potatoes you are bless with a good harvest....some very lucky woofies to get such yumi sweet potatoes....we roast it...with our roast potatoes....and make stew potatoes as sweet winter dessert with custard...yumi....love watching ...the good harvest....sorry moles..they were having a ball....all the best during the storm....stay safe all on Homestead...
      All the way from..
      SOUTH AFRICA....

    • @ceciliaafrica1748
      @ceciliaafrica1748 Год назад

      Love the ginger and gray....furbabes they are also busy in flower beds.

    • @ceciliaafrica1748
      @ceciliaafrica1748 Год назад +1

      Kitties are adorable...so sweet.

  • @julipolito7761
    @julipolito7761 Год назад +4

    Listen, your sweet potato harvest was a million times more prolific then ours. Even with your little uninvited snacker. Love your little helpers!

  • @angelaallen3851
    @angelaallen3851 Год назад +41

    I’m not the only one growing sweet potatoes for the first time…for my dog!

    • @saltycat662
      @saltycat662 Год назад +2

      I give them to my dog too. He loves them. He eats just as good as we do lol. People who love their pets always give them the best ♥

  • @gaylemcgee2221
    @gaylemcgee2221 Год назад +2

    Rodents like voles, gophers and ground squirrels, rats and mice could be the culprits. I loved how ur cats and dog couldn't keep away from you two while u were harvesting. They really enjoy ur company. That's so awesome!!! That's a sign of loving animal parenting.

  • @nahnisjourney1406
    @nahnisjourney1406 Год назад +18

    Marie, you might have to put the hardware cloth in the bottom of the beds. It won’t hurt the soil no more than when you are digging for potatoes. Take it out with your shovels. It’ll be okay.

    • @idahohoosier8989
      @idahohoosier8989 Год назад

      Rats come mostly from underneath. They'd need to remove the dirt. Put hardware cloth down, put dirt back in, then hardware cloth on top. The leaves will come up thru the hardware cloth.
      Blessings,julie

  • @llilsugar1
    @llilsugar1 Год назад +1

    Nice harvest’s of sweet potatoes 👍👍👍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @melinda3196
    @melinda3196 Год назад +56

    A full grown MAN!! I am literally laughing out LOUD. Y'all have truly brightened my day.

    • @nadiar.7788
      @nadiar.7788 Год назад

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @gee9099
      @gee9099 Год назад

      I know! This totally made me happy!

    • @gailoreilly1516
      @gailoreilly1516 4 месяца назад

      I was laughing on my way into the kitchen to get more coffee.

  • @judycook1918
    @judycook1918 Год назад +2

    I have not watched you for a while and I swear you are more beautiful and handsome than I recalled. The fresh air and homestead living really agrees with you. Better yet it’s good to see you well and happy.😊

  • @glg3945
    @glg3945 Год назад +28

    Voles and moles are the first animals that come to mind that would be eating them. You could just move the dirt into a wheelbarrow or two and put down the hardware cloth and then shovel it back in. Guaranteed to stop them. You had a great harvest though. I love sweet potatoes in all kinds of ways. Blessings to you all and stay safe from the storm. Peace and good fortune and good health to you and your family. 😃

    • @tnpreparer8903
      @tnpreparer8903 Год назад +1

      That was my first thought as well.

    • @saltycat662
      @saltycat662 Год назад +2

      Moles are insectivores. It's the Voles that eat crops.

  • @anonymoususer5259
    @anonymoususer5259 10 месяцев назад

    I love you two. I wish you were my neighbors. Such great people!

  • @kittencreates2785
    @kittencreates2785 Год назад +31

    I'm having so much fun watching all your kitty helpers! Sending good vibes your way for avoiding the worst of the storm.

  • @willie9767
    @willie9767 Год назад +1

    Good morning praises d Lord Mr Mrs H you all digg sweet potatoes

  • @eileensien514
    @eileensien514 Год назад +20

    Voles and gophers would be your most likely sweet potato eaters. The best thing to prevent them from doing it again is exactly what you said you're concerned about doing. Dig out the dirt from the bed, line the bed with criss-crossing overlapped sheets of stainless steel wire mesh/construction cloth (they can't chew through the wire), SIFT the dirt to make sure that no varmint remains in it, and put the dirt back into the bed and plant again. No need to be concerned about the fluffy dirt; it will be fine - possibly fluffier after you do the sifting! Also ... to save money on fertilizers, have you looked into making your own Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) - similar to Lead's banana water, but made using any/every plant scrap (that would otherwise be slow composted) in sealed water barrels (anaerobically) with water? When I saw all of the sweet potato vines and leaves that y'all cut away, I was thinking about how great they'd be for Fermented Plant Juice.

    • @truthseeker9688
      @truthseeker9688 Год назад

      Everyone needs to spread the word about FPJ and JADAM/Korean Natural Farming...it's several different fertilizers, pesticides and other garden mixtures that are VERY cheap or FREE...and natural. You can make your own, easily. I made a few of them and have used it on my tiny little backyard garden in beds and pots...and on our lawn. Time to get away from the Big Ag chemicals, folks! Too expensive and not good for us. Just search it on YT...there are lots of videos to tell you how to do it.

    • @eileensien514
      @eileensien514 Год назад

      @@truthseeker9688 For leafy greens and root vegetables, it's great.
      The ONLY shortfall with that which I can see is when needing zero-nitrogen fertilizer for pushing flowering and fruiting.

  • @morlajenkins7573
    @morlajenkins7573 Год назад +5

    I’m no garden expert but I think you still did very well with your sweet potatoes considering the ones you lost.

  • @anniebelle6679
    @anniebelle6679 Год назад +26

    Congratulations on the success of your first sweet potato harvest. You both, and the kitties are having too much fun. Thanks for sharing it with us.

  • @DuuuuvaaaalllCityGirlGardener
    @DuuuuvaaaalllCityGirlGardener Год назад +8

    Oh my goodness, that was a great harvest. My family would be eating pies forever with a harvest like that.

  • @danipeters5279
    @danipeters5279 Год назад +9

    A full grown man with a sharp edged spoon!🤣 You two crack me up!

  • @YT4Me57
    @YT4Me57 Год назад +11

    Well, you certainly raised a bumper crop of kittens! 💖 I was thoroughly entertained 🤣

  • @JK-jf7xq
    @JK-jf7xq Год назад +11

    "They done gone and done it." 😂 I hear that! That's one reason why I always try to grow more than I think I can use.

  • @saundrasanders5239
    @saundrasanders5239 Год назад +1

    Girl you crazy !So much Fun!!

  • @arlenebowyer5447
    @arlenebowyer5447 Год назад +16

    A few years ago, the voles ate most of our potato crop. We've been poking mall chunks of Irish spring soap into their tunnels. That seems to keep them away. Nice sweet potato harvest. We'll harvest ours after frost. We grow them in large pots or half barrels taking advantage of the rain fall at the edges of barn. In our area, keeping them watered seems a challenge. Love watching your channel. I love seeing you two together. You're so blessed.

    • @joycewilson3620
      @joycewilson3620 Год назад

      Hi Mr & Mrs H. Good harvest. Those durn voles feast on everything from under the ground and can leave you food bankrupt . Then when the food they have gotten starts to rot, which is bad but does add nutrients, then the worms help break it down and they in turn multiply, which is good. I am interested to know how do you make pet food with them?

    • @joycewilson3620
      @joycewilson3620 Год назад

      Use the tiny potatoes to make slips for next year. They will produce quite a few. And yes, the broken potatoes will scab over. Keep them in a cool dry place to cure and store. Don't let them freeze.

    • @jeanettepetty1630
      @jeanettepetty1630 Год назад

      Under the vines, it worked for me.

    • @jeanettepetty1630
      @jeanettepetty1630 Год назад

      I sprinkled crushed red pepper flakes under my vines.

  • @jameskniskern2261
    @jameskniskern2261 Год назад +17

    Shocked! You could grow so many different varieties of sweet potatoes. I grow a Molokai Purple that I use just like white potatoes. They mash up and tastes wonderful.
    I also grow a Japanese white sweet potato that cooks up yellow and slightly nutty.
    Ya'll don't have to just grow the orange kind. :)
    Love to you and the fams!

    • @Cashelda
      @Cashelda Год назад +4

      I grew of Japanese sweet potatoes this year. I'm very proud of myself. Last year I got a late start and they only produced 5 sweet potatoes but they were delicious. I saved 2 to grow slips for this year, started earlier and had a great harvest.

    • @MissBetsyLu
      @MissBetsyLu Год назад

      @@Cashelda very good for you.

  • @suegeorge998
    @suegeorge998 Год назад +20

    I'm in the middle of picking apples. I spent all of 5 minutes today picking just what I could reach without a ladder. I have a 5 gallon bucket full plus a grocery bag full. Tomorrow I'll finish up. I've never had such a great harvest and such big apples too. I hope your dogs have a pre-thanksgiving feast.

  • @clariiceeaster9111
    @clariiceeaster9111 Год назад

    Love your channel I watched you all for over few years and enjoy your loving marriage and your great gardening and canning you are beautiful and truly blessed 😊!

  • @AuntieKim1970
    @AuntieKim1970 Год назад +16

    Dogs love sweet potatoes! :-) Hunting, fishing, gathering & gardening is not always for the humans. It's for the animals too! Love y'all! I'm not too far away from y'all so hopefully the weather will be okay! Be blessed!

  • @paulhanson7329
    @paulhanson7329 10 месяцев назад +1

    Sweet potatoes in Minnesota grew smaller. Beauregard from Louisiana tasted great but my wife and her African friends all eat the leaves all season long and they taste great!

  • @thomasconwaysr.9734
    @thomasconwaysr.9734 Год назад +9

    Fill your bath tubs up with water in case something happens to your water supply. Get ready just stay safe....Love you guys

  • @morlajenkins7573
    @morlajenkins7573 Год назад +1

    Mr. H is very patient in the garden with you and you two work well together.

  • @CopperLace
    @CopperLace Год назад +43

    Been praying for 2 days for you, your family, your homestead, your animals with the storm. Please let us know how you are each day...even for just a minute.

    • @dixieeden9770
      @dixieeden9770 Год назад

      Used a regular shovel, a lot easier

    • @kathleensemelbauer2629
      @kathleensemelbauer2629 Год назад +7

      You could also use a pitch fork and work from the outside towards the middle! You be surprised how many you can miss. Some are deep!

  • @purplethumb7887
    @purplethumb7887 Год назад +8

    Omgoodness, your husband is just as adorable as you are. You two are too cute together! What a beautiful, bountiful harvest despite some critters helping themselves to the potatoes. Blessings to y'all.

  • @annareich4176
    @annareich4176 Год назад +28

    Y'all are looking great. God bless and protect y'all. Save the little ones for starters for next season. If you miss any they could very likely grow again next season. Mr Danny from Deep South Homestead knows a lot about Sweet potatoes and would be a well of information.

    • @marshaannowens7281
      @marshaannowens7281 Год назад

      Deep South homestead

    • @marshaannowens7281
      @marshaannowens7281 Год назад

      You can get the most slips by putting them in a plastic box I put 6 in a box full of holes inside a second box 1/2 full of a bag of organic compost an nesseled them about 1/2 way down on the each of the potatoes. Got over 50 long slips set them on the back porch in the shade.

    • @marshaannowens7281
      @marshaannowens7281 Год назад

      Watered the compost about every three days as it was really hot here in Houston am I planted them in July to leave them for about 4 months. Will harvest in November.

  • @reneenewfrock5743
    @reneenewfrock5743 Год назад

    I grow almost everything in raised containers. Moles, voles, rats, mice, gophers, birds including quail, rabbits. Holy smokes. Containers saved my garden. Good harvest despite the damage! Yes, I would root and replant those slips for next years crop too. Oh, and give those grubs to the chickens. They love them!!!

  • @happy2cya70
    @happy2cya70 Год назад +11

    What a beautiful couple in body and spirit!
    I'm hoping to maybe dehydrate some sweet potato chips for our puppers!

  • @IyaDulce
    @IyaDulce Год назад +9

    I think you got a great harvest considering it was your first time. Sometimes you lose about 10% of your harvest to critters. So, not bad at all. The doggies will be super happy with what you were able to grow. Can't wait to see what next year brings! I hope someone knows what could have been feasting on them. Hmmm... Be blessed!

  • @Whoishere2333
    @Whoishere2333 Год назад +17

    Love your little “helpers”. Was fun for me to watching and anticipating any new potatoes!

  • @riddle8062
    @riddle8062 Год назад +9

    I just love the way you two work together. I am so sorry that something got up under your sweet potato bed and ate some of your potatoes. Roasting sweet potatoes with other veggies is really good too!

  • @rachalnocchi5600
    @rachalnocchi5600 Год назад +18

    You guys did so good for your first ever crop of sweet potatoes! Yeah, I agree either rats or mice ate those potatoes up. Boogers! Still, you got a very decent amount for 12 slips. I've never tried sweet potatoes either, so thank you for sharing your experience!

    • @Tdubb734
      @Tdubb734 Год назад

      You guys did great for it to be your 1st time, it will be amazing next year god bless stay safe ❤️

    • @hadassahhaman7550
      @hadassahhaman7550 Год назад +1

      Please try next season. They're exciting to see growing and digging for the harvest really is that much fun!

  • @Roamkido
    @Roamkido Год назад +5

    As a Louisianan, you two did an amazing job. Try making two parallel mound rows in the beds, makes it easier to water and pick. So much love for you.

  • @onelittlemiracle241
    @onelittlemiracle241 Год назад +17

    Your videos are so fun, just so real. I’m glad you don’t plan to edit. You two are just so natural and fun to watch. Prayers for safety during Ian. The winds are headed all the way up to VA/TN by Overnight Saturday.

  • @gailde2319
    @gailde2319 Год назад

    We didn’t have too much damage right outside just south of Orlando we had no power for 5 days and lost everything in the fridge and freezer . A lot of areas had flood damage and wind damage . The south west had a direct hit will take years to rebuild there . Many people lost their lives . The Cajun Army has been a blessing to people in Florida giving help and support. We still need prayers.

  • @chinemossfarm3671
    @chinemossfarm3671 Год назад +32

    Use a mesh metal screen under the raised bed to stop the animals from coming up from the bottom.

    • @terril2643
      @terril2643 Год назад +3

      Thank you! This is my first time with sweet potatoes too and I've been battling a gopher!

    • @Thetimecapsuletx
      @Thetimecapsuletx Год назад

      @@terril2643 same with me! I have to do something entirely different next year. I grew so many and ended up with nothing.

    • @terril2643
      @terril2643 Год назад

      @@Thetimecapsuletx I'm so sorry!! I still haven't dug mine up. The tops are just very suspicious... Very small..

  • @verablakley1671
    @verablakley1671 Год назад

    Off Grid with Doug and Stacy put down wire in the bottom of their raised beds to keep moles, voles, and knitters out of their potatoes. You still had a good haul, especially for the first time! I enjoy your show.

  • @Psalm.146
    @Psalm.146 Год назад +14

    I learn something new each day. I never would have guessed that dogs would eat sweet potatoes. I hope that they enjoy them just as much as I do! 😍 🍠

    • @debradixon6746
      @debradixon6746 Год назад +1

      Dogs eat sweet potatoes, carrots and peas that I know of

    • @jameskrog9811
      @jameskrog9811 Год назад +1

      My collie pyrenees mix also beats my butternut squash.

    • @kathleensemelbauer2629
      @kathleensemelbauer2629 Год назад +1

      Sweet potatoes are very good for dogs. The vet will tell you to feed your pups sweet potatoes when it's not feeling good and wont eat too! They love them

    • @kathleensemelbauer2629
      @kathleensemelbauer2629 Год назад +1

      My dogs eat all veggies!

    • @realfreshfood4575
      @realfreshfood4575 Год назад +1

      My sister's dogs prefer bell peppers over dog treats. They can smell them a mile away 🤣

  • @user-ld8do4fp1r
    @user-ld8do4fp1r 6 месяцев назад

    Don't get upset. At least the potato snatchers left you some good harvest. Liked and shared.

  • @canner5583
    @canner5583 Год назад +17

    Don't forget to hold some back for growing your slips for next year. We plant sweet potatoes every year in buckets and just cut vines a few inches from dirt and tip them over for harvest

    • @cherokeedancer8448
      @cherokeedancer8448 Год назад +1

      Can I ask how you store them for slips?

    • @user-cu8bm9tw7s
      @user-cu8bm9tw7s Год назад +1

      Seen so many video of folks doing them in various kinds of containers and having awesome success. Will be doing that next year as the dang chipmunks got so many of mine this year.

  • @researcheverything6168
    @researcheverything6168 2 месяца назад

    Deer love sweet potato leaves. Last year, all my plants died because of it. My dog loves sweet potato duck treats.
    Love your videos. Thank you for taking us along with you. Finally, someone gardening in my area.

  • @kimschafer3147
    @kimschafer3147 Год назад +7

    Sweet potatoes are one of the best most nutrient dense foods ever. And so easy to grow.

  • @angelawebb6987
    @angelawebb6987 Год назад

    Gods blessing you with sweet potatoes and big earth worms. Wow just wow

  • @CopperIslandHomestead
    @CopperIslandHomestead Год назад +9

    You grew some amazing sized sweet potatoes! You'd never know it was your first time ever! So sad to see how many were lost 😥

    • @opalezell2166
      @opalezell2166 Год назад

      I am so sorry for the potatoes you lost.

  • @teresabrady4717
    @teresabrady4717 Год назад +1

    Y'all had a good harvest being it's y'all's 1st time

  • @samwillis7265
    @samwillis7265 Год назад +36

    Hey family, St.Pete Fl here! The storm was a bit much but we survived 🙌🏾. One thing I’m gonna say is the fur babies gonna love y’all even more, I know first hand that dogs love sweet potatoes. I use to feed my fur baby at least 3 a week in her diet. This year will be bittersweet for me, this is my first time also trying to grow sweet potatoes but my baby girl is no longer with me she transitioned last year. Overall I think y’all did well for the first time.

    • @dharmaslife
      @dharmaslife Год назад

      Hey! I’ve been looking for the area on the news but I’ve seen nothing period how did that compare to what Orlando got?

    • @samwillis7265
      @samwillis7265 Год назад +1

      @@dharmaslife if you were following the storm you would’ve seen we were in the direct path of the land fall. Orlando actually receive what we were expecting to see! And if you look on the map it was actually Ft.Myers which is located right under where I reside that got the worst impacts, Orlando got hit but It wasn’t as impactful due to the storm already being on land!! You had to be here to experience what we went through. The news media wasn’t covering all areas.

    • @clynthia0510
      @clynthia0510 Год назад

      You all have my deepest sympathy. There is nothing as heartbreaking 💔 😢 as having your crops attacked and not know what is happening! I am so sorry.

  • @shirleymister
    @shirleymister Год назад

    I just found you all ❤please give the sweet potato to the hunger people.I live in Mississippi and their is so many needed people. I wish I had land to help feed the needed ❤❤Love you both❤❤God Blessed 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @altheamcdougal1327
    @altheamcdougal1327 Год назад +48

    OMG! Most likely rodents, boy they had a field day with them sweet potatoes, get some more cats they'll help with some of that, I'm so sorry that happened to you but y'all did good for first timers, you got some nice ones WooHoo! 😊

  • @zuvuya1377
    @zuvuya1377 Год назад

    love the furry helpers,,they are having fun too playing in the dirt

  • @Teri_Ann11
    @Teri_Ann11 Год назад +5

    Just in time. Ian's coming our way too. 5 + inches of rain. I'm pulling my sweet potatoes today!

  • @NanasWorld2007
    @NanasWorld2007 Год назад

    mama always used the smallest ones to keep for slits for the next harvest, the vines and sweet potatoes that are left she gave to the chickens and pigs so nothing went to waste, I love me some sweet potatoes, That's a wolf rat that is what mama called them, They are very big vermin That just comes with gardening and country life girl I haven't been watching in a long time I forgot how much I loved you guys, Be blessed so glad to see you are still farming on the homestead Be Blessed

  • @mommargie2679
    @mommargie2679 Год назад +17

    You Guys did an awesome job of growing sweet potatoes for the first time!

    • @dorisealy4737
      @dorisealy4737 Год назад

      IT EITHER A RAT OR MOLE ANY THING RABBIT ANY WILE ANAMILS

  • @tst1200
    @tst1200 Год назад

    Thanks for the much needed laugh!

  • @jackiegreen3444
    @jackiegreen3444 Год назад +9

    Y’all are blessed! Those are beautiful sweet potatoes 😀

  • @ylbm2225
    @ylbm2225 Год назад

    I accidentally ran across this channel and love it.. iv been wanting to buy few acres and move to country and start small farm and garden. Crazy thing is as a child my dad took us every summer to country to my grandparents that had farm ,I hated it , bc we had get up b4 dawn go in town loud my granddad truck from bread store go back open and throw all bread& pastries in slop for the pigs eat. I said I was never going back when I got grown, now I'm 50 born& raised in Dallas ,ready get out city. I sit fantasy about country. Yall have confirmed im moving forward

  • @jo9364
    @jo9364 Год назад +9

    Loved watching your little helpers. The little yellow helper was my favorite. 😊

  • @angelalachappelle9680
    @angelalachappelle9680 Год назад +4

    I love watching y’all’s videos! Y’all are as cute as a button! I love how y’all work so well together.😊

  • @susanhaskett8206
    @susanhaskett8206 Год назад +8

    You two are the cutest!!! Always laughter and positive feedback. I for one have learned so much for your You Tube. Thank you

  • @pititsansacrevodouboiscaim6280

    Happy beautiful couple . That's how every family should live peacefully

  • @bellevi6722
    @bellevi6722 Год назад +16

    Grubs got my sweet taters last time. Every single one. I just got some milky spores and started over, we'll see how they turn out soon. We also give sweet potatoes to our dogs. Also thanks for the thoughts on the hurricane, we got tore up but we are here.

  • @s.hubcap8724
    @s.hubcap8724 Год назад

    Wow. I remember those good old days!

  • @jacquelines3685
    @jacquelines3685 Год назад +6

    That Yellow kiddie 🐈 cat behind you in the Sweet Potato Bin was so cute trying to Get your shadow!!...You still got a good Sweet Potatoes 🍠 Harvest.

  • @velmad5dilbert344
    @velmad5dilbert344 Год назад +1

    Good harvest guys for it beingyour first time.

  • @grettaramses1510
    @grettaramses1510 Год назад +7

    Awesome first time harvest, even with the pesky full grown man eating part! You guys make me smile! Thanks!

  • @mariae6942
    @mariae6942 Год назад

    Gardening, you have to take the good with the bad, and never give up! 🦋

  • @fancythat5136
    @fancythat5136 Год назад +8

    You always put a smile on my face and I love your laughter! That’s a great idea for your dogs, lots of vitamin A...

  • @lynellreed1906
    @lynellreed1906 Год назад +1

    Loved the video. You did great for your first time. If you use a long handled shovel to turn over the soil you may be surprised in finding more in the ground; some grow deeper than others. Yes, you were right, you can get more sweet potato slips in your bed. Next year plant your slips 1 foot apart.

  • @SuesSecretGarden3
    @SuesSecretGarden3 Год назад +5

    I think you may have more in there sometimes you have to use a pitch fork they can run deep. Nice harvest.

  • @donnaduhamel6004
    @donnaduhamel6004 Год назад

    You ywo kids Rock the garden..Love sweet potatoes...look yummy!!!!
    Lucky grateful dogs!!
    Thanks for being you both.of ya...xxhugs from Canada🍁🥰🦋

  • @HealthyLivingWithWendy
    @HealthyLivingWithWendy Год назад +7

    I have really enjoyed watching you all This will be my 1st time doing sweet potatoes. I am so surprised to see how many You still had an awesome harvest. I love the surprise of it all as well. Thanks for sharing ❤️👍🏾😊

  • @lindayaya59
    @lindayaya59 Год назад

    Be careful of the storm. Take care of yourselves.

  • @TheCherelynnShow
    @TheCherelynnShow Год назад +5

    Yey! So happy for you! I too ...am now, a sweet potato farmer! Got my first wee harvest and curing them now - 'gon be good!

  • @verawol3111
    @verawol3111 Год назад

    What no pie I’m crying for you 😪😪 but the pups will love it. God bless you

  • @hillsmillhomestead
    @hillsmillhomestead Год назад +6

    We love you guys! You always make us smile.

  • @HeatonHomestead
    @HeatonHomestead Год назад

    That was a wonderful harvest for your first time growing and using only 12 slips. Very well done.

  • @bsweat9230
    @bsweat9230 Год назад +19

    That rosemary bush looks really healthy!

  • @eduardoperezjr1467
    @eduardoperezjr1467 Год назад

    So relaxing and fun to watch. Thanks for the video🌲