That’s A Good Reason Not To Give Up | Homestead Vlog | June 24, 2024
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- Today we are picking cucumbers, planting the last of our sweet potato slips, and making some very simple dill pickles! The garden is starting to slowly come in!
Dill Pickles
-8 lbs cucumbers
-3/4 cup sugar
-1/2 cup preserving salt
-1 quart water
-1 quart vinegar
-Dill
-Garlic
Prepare cucumbers, wash them under cold water, or let them sit in ice bath until ready to use. Use whole, cut into spears or slices. Combine sugar, salt, vinegar, and water in a large pot, bring mixture to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Put a piece of dill in the bottom of jar along with 1 clove of garlic. Pack cucumbers into jar, put another piece of dill and a garlic clove on top. Ladle hot pickling liquid over pickles until your 1/2 inch from top. Put lid and ring on jar. (Recommended)Water bath for 15 minutes. Let jars cool for 24 hrs. Remove ring, store in cool dark place.
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Love you guys, thanks for showing us your beautiful place. HAPPY BIRTHDAY J MAN 🎂🍓🍇🛝🏆🎖️🎈🎉🎊
Praying for rain for y’all and others in your area.❤️✝️🕊🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I know y'all are busy and have a lot to do.
But I really think you should consider this suggestion. From personal experience, I believe an above ground irrigation system
is better than a drip system or an in ground system. You can design it any way you like. I have found that the magic number is 8 ft above the ground. The nozzle should be pointed toward the ground. I use an adjustable nozzle to control the width of the spray. I also create watering zones with PVC ball valves. Personally I like to irrigate at night. The system imitates a gentle rain. Not only does the ground get a good soaking but the above ground greenery gets a good bath. Keeps the plants clean and has a tendency to wash off parasitic bugs. Just a thought.
First, happy birthday Jacob!🎉 Heres a thought for watering away from the house. 55 gallon drums. Put in a faucet at the bottom that you can hook a hose to. Put the drums up on your truck bed, fill them up. Then you just drive the truck over and water your garden. This won't work for areas to big of course. But if might be just enough to get your garden thru to when it finally does rain. Just a thought for anyone out there with this problem. I know all about praying for rain, as i live down in phoenix az. Going to be 106 here today!
100 here today with 100% humidity that makes it feel so much hotter.
Same in Jacksonville, Florida
Happy Birthday🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ praying your drought breaks with refreshing and needful rain🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Happy Birthday Jacob 🎈🎂🎈 enjoy yr special day
The bugs have been so bad because we didn't really have much of a winter. And then all that rain at the beginning. We are all struggling in some form or fashion this year. We just have to keep going and do the best we can.
Happiest Birthday Jacob!! You are awesome!!!
I heard that if the cucumber didn't fill out it was a pollination issue. 🤷
The length of your videos are really perfect. I watch them when I have a break from my garden work, learn some things, have some inspiration and than I go again to the garden. Thank you so much ❤
Congratulations Jacob on your first cucumber out of your garden that’s awesome to pick your first cucumber out of your garden
You are probably like us ---- nothing goes to waste! Chickens love cukes, and tomatoes with worm holes and collards with bug bites and weird watermelons and melons. And what the hens won't eat, the hogs will.
That little boy is being raised right. He will be so a head of the game. I was raised like this and worked in tobacco every summer and bought my school clothes. My Parents would buy them for us but we wanted to help them all we could. I am glad to see kids being raised in the country.
Praying for rain for all the farmers and homesteaders. Is there any way for you to come up with a rain catchment system? My garden is really really small, but I added grow bags this year and asked for a 75 gallon water drum that we hooked up to the rain gutters. I feel good during these hot days of over 100 degrees, I have that “extra” to draw from to water those bags.
Dumb question…why doesn’t anyone make sweet pickles? 😋😂 have a great day! 😊
I do make some sweet pickles for salads and such, but we eat more dills than sweets. I like bread and butter pickles but my son won't eat them.
@@Maria-ql3fc thank you for replying! Stay cool!
I have 3 Marketmore cucumber vines growing in an arched cattle panel and have canned 16 jars sweet pickles, 20 relish and 12 jars of Christmas pickles. We pick and eat cucumbers everyday and now am giving cucumbers to all the neighbors. All that from just 3 plants and there are tons of baby cukes on the vines. I'm new to your channel and am really enjoying ya'll being real.
Hey ya'll! Praying for rain for everyone! We are an hour from the coast, in Bladen county, and everything has dried up. Since the hailstorm a month ago, we've had no rain at all. Thank God I preserved more than normal last year. Everyone need to learn the old ways. I'm very blessed and have an old well to water my garden and animals.
With my tomatoes, I just cut off the bottom sun branches to keep the plants off the ground. They do better than full pruning.
I agree. I only took off bottoms that were on the ground and looked kind of "rough". Other than that, I let them grow, and it's usually just fine. Lots of tomatoes! I get overwhelmed by all the "you have to prune correctly", "you have to get this sucker, and that sucker, but not this one". 😂😂 Sometimes we have to "let go and let God" be in control.
Thank the lord he provided you with a good hay supply. He will provide. Happy birthday to JACOB!
And God we are finally getting some much needed rain
Happy birthday to Jacob ! Great looking cucumber he is growing. Love the videos.
I’ve always heard those misshapen cucumbers didn’t get pollinated very well.
I feel bad for the Iowa farmers makes no sense at all what theyre dealing with right now.
Sorry about your peppers, Megan. Hope someone knows what caused that so it doesn't happen again. I'm learning from you, Megan. I'm going to get a pressure cooker and follow you to learn more. Especially how to can meat. :)
You're a girl out of my own heart. My 95 year old Dad taught me how to can jam and pickles just like you. Use hot brine and flip those jars upside down . I store them in a dark place for a couple of days, then I refrigerator them. I won't make them any other way.❤
Love your videos particularly because they are always interesting and lengthy.So much to see and you show us almost a day in your lives. Love seeing the children as well as your animals and watching you cook in your kitchen keep them coming and I'll continue to watch !!
Been in the middle 90's here in Kentucky for 9 days got a couple of good rain showers last night thank God.
Megan, make sure to detassle the corn. (Pull those tops off). It will make your corn bigger. It causes all the energy of the plant to go in the corn. Next time you plant, try 1 dead minnow and 3 corn seeds, thin out to save the best one after they come up. Hope that helps if your interested.
Thank you for answering my question about my crooked cucumbers All of mine are that way I live in South Central Kentucky in a town called Scottsville. It is extremely dry here. It came a very small rain yesterday but not as much as we need
Me too! I was so happy to hear that, I've never had a cucumber do that before this year!
I lost my two little squash plants. But I was told I could replant and they would still make.
Inject the plants with BT as soon as they start blooming and also spray the plants late in the evening.
I was always told those half filled cucumbers was from incomplete pollination?. We finally got about 1/4" rain overnight after 3 weeks no rain. I dry farm cause the only water I have is rain collection. Your garden looks awesome!
It is lack of complete pollination
👍 it's going to be a hot summer here in Colorado 😎🐢 and I do feel like I'm going through a little bit of burnout 🔥🌿🔥 thank you I appreciate your inspiration
Oh my slow down… I am dizzy…still love y’all though…❤️❤️
Missouri’s not feeding hay yet but if the rain doesn’t come soon we’ll be in the same boat. Never remember this being this hot and dry in June
Love the videos.
I was watching while working all weekend and an older video popped up when you went to the nursery.
It occurred to me where about ya’ll are located.
The wife is from NC, we spent several years over around Goldsboro, then moved to the Charlotte area and spent another several years before coming back home to Arkansas.
I know it’s a lot of work but I appreciate all of your videos and look forward to the next one.
Just know there are more people like me that enjoy the videos.
Thanks for all you do.
Jeff in AR.
My project is nowhere near as big as your's. But I still have the same struggles with water, heat, cold, etc. But if I wasn't doing this, I'd be dead by now. I love it. And my wife loves too. Togetherness. Keep on keepin on!
Had an old apple farmer tell us he used baby powder on the lower limbs of his trees to help with deer. Said it dries their mouth out. A few years ago we started using it and it took care of all the deer and rabbits eating our garden plants. Any time we find any eaten areas we but it on plant’s and we are good, plus it’s cheap.
Happy birthday Jacob 🎉
Lack of complete pollination is a cause of "crooked little tail" on cucumbers. Heat has nothing to do with it.
I came to say this, not much pollination, nothing to do with moisture
I know, that's what I learned many years ago. I'm 73 been gardening most of my life.
Happy Blessed Birthday To Jacob 〽️🎊 🎉 🎈
Great video as always. Happy Birthday to your little man!!
Thanks for sharing 👍🤓👍❤dill pickles, never tried making them...yet👍😜 thank you
Do you folks have much copperhead pressure out there? We have horrible issues here in green country in oklahoma. Gardening in flip flops is always a gamble.
I was wondering the same thing.
We have had problems with copperheads in our yard even I'm scared to get out without feet up to knee covered my aunt in law spent around 2 wks in UK in Lexington from getting bit last year by her flower bed . She almost lost her arm it was touch and go there for awhile.
Y'all's garden looks beautiful! Though this area definitely needs a good soaking rain. Over here in northeast Tennessee, we missed a good chance for rain last night (Sunday). My phone weather was showing rain and lightening bolts from about 4:00 thru midnight but we didn't get a drop. The wind did pick up and temp dropped a little, so somebody might have gotten some. Megan, those dill pickles look so pretty! Have a good week and I'll see you next time!
Happy Birthday Jacob I hope you have a wonderful birthday
I just love watching you guys working together.
Good morning from Oregon😊
Praying for rain that’s needed for all of you. We are pretty mild here and the garden is well on its way❤ have a blessed day
Happy birthday Jacob :)😊
Give those banana peppers some gypsum . It could be a calcium deficiency instead of insect damage. We don't usually have pest that loves peppers. Pickle worms got the majority of my cukes this year and that was a first for me. Soaker hoses would work better than the over head watering and no evaporation or causing disease like powdery mildew.
We are in a serious drought in Alabama too. Thankfully I sold all my chickens a month ago, but I'm having to water my garden every day on city water so you know my bill is going to be huge, but I can't let all that hard work and money die. When watering that often I feed the plants once a week with Agrothrive fruit and flower.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACOB!🎂🍿🍭🍰🍧
Happy Birthday Jacob! Hope you have a great one! Also, I can't believe Megan don't put peppercorns in her pickles, lol.
Have you ever tried fried cucumbers??? The only way I can eat them other than pickles 😊😊
Love fried cucumbers here in Kentucky
The largest cucumbers are great for cinnamon pickles
@angelalott9370- what are cinnamon pickles? How do you make them?
Love watching you guys.
Enjoyed yall, Jacob. his first
Beautiful Cucumber, awesome! Hopefully rain will come soon!!!!!!
Ms. Ruby😊❤🙏
Oh man I’m so jealous. I want to make pickles so so bad.❤
We're also having to feed hay (lower SC). We're definitely rain deficient and already hitting most 100*. Yesterday's heat index was 114*. Im already over it. Ha!
good morning, love love love that you share with us. I made tomato cages with concrete rebar mesh. Mine are 5 ft tall and about 2.5 ft in diam and they work great with the 6in x 6in grid. I have tomato clips if they get to heavy and need tied up. This year I actually bought a saddle hoe or a stirup hoe and what an amazing Hoe i so wish i have it long ago, best and easiest weeding tool I have ever used. what would take a 2x4 section to hand weed 30 mins took me 45 seconds. you all keep doing what you do , its amazing!
I bought my first stirrup hoe a few weeks ago and man does it make quick work of weeding. Love that garden tool!
I'm not sure what variety of zucchini you planted but I highly recommend pascola zucchini from Hoss Tools. I am growing them for the first time this year and they have done great so far.
You may already do this, but we love squash sliced thin and rolled in meal and I deep fry it like I’m frying fish! Get it brown and my daughter loves it a little crispy, you have you to stay with it it will burn quick, we still love it cooked with onions to but fried is our favorite
Soak your cucumbers in cold water for several hours after picking. It pulls moisture back in and gives really crispy pickles. It also keeps the slicers from getting that rubbery feel! Love your videos!
My Grandma would make pickles . She did both Dill and Sweet pickles. I was so young at the time. Didn't realize how easy. Thank you for sharing your day with us.
So once you know when they’re harvest just remember cause I have a pear tree and Asian Pear tree it’s 22 years old, but I get a lot of pairs and I harvest after about a week or two after the Fourth of July but everybody’s different so once you know, you know..document it someway
Iove to watch all your videos. Would love to meet you guys. Are y’all going to be in any events this year?
Take the bigger cucumbers and peel them slice in 3/8 of an inch and eat them on bread and mayonnaise. Makes for good eating for a quick lunch on a hot and muggy day. No sence in feeding them to the chickens
I’ll let my Kentucky Wonders go shelley at the end of the summer last year. Cooked them like white beans and they were the creamiest best bean I believe I’ve ever eaten. Really enjoy your videos.
Fry the cukes that are too big. Do it like you would squash.
How many San Marzano’s did y’all plant?
My banana peppers look strange too, looks like rust spots on them. This is the first time for me to have this. I wonder if it had anything to do with all of the rain earlier? Your beds are looking really nice. And the garden looks good too, even though you have had to water. I am having to water every other day too.
The odd thing about this oppressive heat this time of year around here, is the total lack of thunder storms in the evening.
I bought one of those sprinklers worked great day one, something knocked it over and since then i cant figure out how to make it spin..i know its adjustable ,just cant work out which bit alters what! Meanwhile im getting soaked trying lol😅
What did you guys say got in your zucchini? I saw it in one of the videos, can't remember which one. And what did you spray them with? Also, the KY Wonder beans. Were the ones that didn't grow well old seeds? How old? Was that the difference you think? I don't know. Never saved seeds before. Maybe something I should start.
I love caraway seeds in my pickles, 1/2 tsp per quart jar plus garlic. Also, I have one tomato that has produced six thick (about 16"-18") sucker branches, so I've taken those and planted them deep in the ground in wet soil removing all but the tip top small branches, watering them three times a day for three days in this heat, and they've all taken off like crazy. They look wilted at first but come around after a couple of days. Should have some good tomatoes shortly. One day I was picking the weeds out of the top of the brick fence surrounding my property and thought to myself that if there's good dirt in there for weeds, why not plant tomato seeds in the top of the fence and let them grow down. I did, and they are growing nicely, too. Who'd have thought to do that? Lived in this house 65 years, and just now my pea brain came up with that idea. Lolol.
How long do the pickles set until you eat them.
The vine borers got my first planting of zucchini last year. I did my second planting in early July and had a bumper crop. It's looking to be about the same this year. I'll be planting again next week. Enjoyed the vid. God bless.
Happy Birthday Jacob!!! You are doing a great job with your garden. I am very proud of you. It is very hot and pretty dry here in East TN too. I hate the toll that the weather has taken on yours and everyone else's farms. All I know to do is talk to the Maker of the rain. He knows your needs. Meagan, I love your positive outlook. You and Andy balance each other out perfectly. ❤🙏🙏
Nice cucumber too Jacob ..natural grower!
My Grandma would add blue food coloring to her pickles cause she wanted them pretty on her table lol
That is how I've always made my pickels. Nice video today~ We are having historic flooding right now, I wish I could send some of our water your way~
Oh I wish you could too. It's so dry here even the grass won't grow.
Ya hauling water sux. Have fields and livestock to water everyday in this weather.
Rain water is what plants really want and need, so we collect all we can or pull from ponds.
Really see a difference than from faucets.
Faucet water will keep things alive, but very lil growth will happen compared to rain!
You would change your mind on that if you could see my garden. Watering every day from city water and have huge tomato plants loaded down with tomatoes may well over a lb.
@@Maria-ql3fc na you need to see the difference rain can do to plants.
What about a slurry tank to water your fields where you have no water access?
I gotta say, regardless of which farm animal you are speaking of, they are happy! You raise happy animals. 😊
How hot is it getting out there in North Carolina?
Good comment Andy been after my raised beds for five years. I'm on the struggle bus this year too. Keep trying.
Where do your cows get water?
Hi y’all! Love your teepees! I use these too and they are so pretty! I always poke them in the ground in a circle first then bring the top together and tie them. Makes them very sturdy 😊 everything is looking so great! Take care and God bless you!
Droughts seem to be worse every year for me. You guys might want to think abought expanding your garden at the house and DRIP TAPE..... best thing I ever did. It just makes life so much easier. On top of that, the weed pressure is so much less between rows. I am supplementing my goats as well, not with hay yet thank God because I have to buy it, but things out of the garden like corn stalks and I'm starting to think about the peas. At least thinning. They were WAY to thick and I didn't have time to thin when they were little. So, may be time to thin or trim them.
2 thumbs up 👍 team True Grit~! p.s. i think i know why the zucchini are attacked when i was a youngster, my italian neighbor would take the flowers🏵 and lightly cook them in egg batter, they were soooooo delicious~!!
Enjoyed it! Happy Birthday to Jacob 🎂 He is one fine boy🥰
I always was told when I cucumbers look like that it’s because of poor pollination
It is
Those cows have pretty coats! Good job keeping them going.
Great video, it is bad dry here in Southeast Alabama. We are running our sprinkler every day. We started feeding with hay the other day.
Another outstanding job guys and your family is the best!!!!😇!😇!😇!😇!
Love seeing you both working together in harmony despite the pests and drought. You are resourceful and well prepared! Wishing Jacob a fun Happy Birthday!! He sure was proud of his first cucumber !! Thank you for teaching me how to making pickles !! I can’t wait till my plants produce enough for a couple jars!!
Praying for rain for you all! ❤
Love you guys. I feel like I am part of the family ❤️.
Happy birthday young man. I pray you have a wonderful day 🙏.
Thank you so much for letting us be a small part of your life. I look forward to every video and love the way you are raising your children. That's how I was raised and I wouldn't change it for the world. Love you guys ❤.. and pray for your family daily.
Good job on your cucumber ❤ your little garden is better than mine😀 praying for rain for you
This is how I make my pickles too except I don't turn mine upside down :)
It's called open kettle canning, my family has done that for hundreds of years and no one got sick. However we always always pressure can non acidic foods.
@@Maria-ql3fc Yep, it's open kettle. Love doing mine this way.
What type of peach trees are those?????
We are in central North Carolina. We put in the first hay today. (Monday). We are so hot and dry. Sure do enjoy your videos.
I made a video about why cucumbers look like that, especially in dry weather. Cucumbers need to be pollinated multiple times to form nice cucumbers. With a lower moisture level they are less likely to attract pollinators because of less nectar and pollin. You'll notice that there aren't seeds in the smaller areas of the cucumbers because they weren't completely. pollinated
Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊😊😊
Happy Birthday Jacob 🎉🎊🎈
Have fun with your family🤙🏼
Best wishes
I enjoy your videos so much!!! I am learning from you all, thank you for sharing!! Many great blessings to you all!!!!
Loved watching Meagan make those pickles