I am in the UK ...I have just ordered my straw bales..so appreciate you doing this video..so stoked I found it..thanks for teaching me something new...I already have my slips sprouting ..perfect timing.
The enthusiasm from your children was infectious! You are blessed. ❤ I live in the Southern US and might be able to get two rounds of harvest. I'll have to try it.
Ooooh Myyyyyyy Flippin Gggggggggd!!! I hadn't expected those results. That's phenomenal. Flat out. You nailed it. I am hardly ever impressed/surprised, but this one got me. Haven't read a single comment, yet the abscence of pest damage coupled with the cleanliness and SIZE-OF-END-PRODUCT is simply unmatched. Outstanding. Superb Job. A+++++. Speculation over. This is the model to follow. Thank you for this and your guidance. Terrific insight on this one. Take a Bow. You deserve it👏👏👏
Hi Nyles, wow, what a great comment! Really appreciate it =). We absolutely love this method and will do it again next year! Sounds like people want a little more in depth video so I'll work on that for next year. Wishing you a wonderful new year!
FWIW - I have an undergrad in Env. Science and lived (on Campus) at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. The spirit of their teaching is "Learn by doing." I then enjoyed two decades in the Parks Departments of three different California City Environs. I worked my way through the system and speak a very rare language that very few understand. Even more rare is to be surprised by a different approach. You floored me. Absolutely stunned by your results. That happens maybe twice in a decade at best. That was just a remarkable surprise. AND Sweet Potato's are a multi-level product to boot. I understand that post-harvest, they have to be cured in order to build the sugar level up in time for Thanksgiving. But your results - clean (pest-free with minimal damage) and Huuuuuuge clusters (they look like a bushel of ripe Mango's), I'd never seen that before. Something tells me your end product DID NOT NEED A 2nd stage curing - do I have that right? The temps in that bale were already up so high throughout the season, that a 2nd stage curing process was not needed? I suspect that to be the case with your approach. Terrific post and can't thank you enough🙏You!!! Merry Christmas and following closely your posts from here on.
@@nylesgregory2120 not sure why it didn't notify me of this reply. Small world, I taught a prep course at Cal Poly back in 2007. I was living in Santa Barbara at the time. There's definitely something about that composting straw the sweet potatoes really like, I think a lot of it is they get started nice and warm! We did end up curing them, not sure if we had to but we did. We've been eating them the last couple months and they are delicious =). Hope you have a wonderful new year!
It's really cool to see people growing their own food. It would be great if more people acquired this habit. In addition to improving our health by consuming healthier foods, we contribute to preserving our planet by reducing the use of pesticides. Congratulations on sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
I second that last comment!! How fun!! I love the pure joy in your kids 😂😂 Never mind the fabulous harvest! So very cute 🥰 Please give us your step by step process!!
Well thanks Misty! Me and the boys sure had fun harvesting them, and now we are eating them for Thanksgiving! I'll work on the step-by-step next year =)
Yes! I'd love an instructional from start to finish. Especially seeing the slips planted. This is very encouraging. And the curing process. Thank you so much!!!😊
I’ll be working on it this season! I’ll probably release it as a few videos so I can get them out to everyone in a timely fashion…first video will be starting slips and conditioning straw bales :)
Very nice result! - How many slips did you plant per straw bale? Did you use a lot of water during this cultivation or is this mainly at the beginning of the conditioning process? I look forward to your full demonstration . I will soon try growing sweet potatoes this way for the first time and am looking for a lot of information before I start. Thank you in advance for your answer. Greetings from Belgium . New subscriber, so I certainly don't miss your follow-up videos.
Where there also sweet potatoes in the ground , where the vines attached themselves to the ground. What climate do you live in? because that obviously makes a big difference. Here in (Belgium we have a temperate climate)
@@lily-annevereecken53 thank you! We planted 4 slips per bale but probably could have done 2 or 3. The straw bales take about as much water as raised beds (more than in ground plantings). I will try and get a video up when I start the conditioning process!
@@lily-annevereecken53 a few small potatoes starting forming where the vines went into the ground but not big enough to harvest. We are in a humid, continental climate so we have cold winters and warm humid summers. Sweet potatoes definitely like warmth! Our average summer highs are around 85F (30C) and lows are generally around 65F (18C). You may need to find ways to increase heat in Belgium if it has cooler summers?
Wow! That is very impressive considering the actual square footage used. Also, and to me more importantly, you really showed HOW to grow the slips, and what they look like, AND that part about pre-planting/starting the slips in a small amount of dirt BEFORE planting them in the straw bales. Your time-frames and procedures were very clear and accessible. Also, I never before heard anything about your high nitrogen/watering to condition the bales. Thank you, and I'm putting your video in my favorites list! Thank you from California, because I always thought sweet potatoes would only grow in the southern states.
How fun. Yes, I'd be interested in more information on the conditioning process as well. This would be great in an area where I need straw bales for erosion control. Yet, still being able to successfully grow something well.
That would definitely work super well, might as well get some sweet potatoes while you’re at it right?! I’ll work on a more step by step video this coming season
Yeah, I’ve always loved growing them this way. They grow super well in the ground as well (as you know!) but the harvest is just so easy in the straw bales. Me and the boys had a fun time :)
So glad you featured growing potatoes in this manner. I’ve seen others grow in ground and in compost. I like this way much better. I would definitely like to see the step by step tutorial. I’ve subscribed so I won’t miss it when it’s released.
Great! I'll work on a "how to condition your bales" video in Spring and get footage of my whole season next year and put out a longer comprehensive video starting with slips and ending with a harvest next year!
Late to this- the excitement of the kids was infectious! And wowzers, that was a crazy harvest. Maybe next time bigger bales and more spread out slips? I need to try this next season here in Oregon!
Yes, great plan! We are actually thinking of doing a big 3x3x6 foot bale next year so they have more room to spread. And the kids (and I!) had so much fun pulling them out!
@@diablomom welcome and thank you! We will try and put something together this growing season! We actually grew up in California and lived in the Bay Area 15 years ago 😊
That was amazing and yes no dirt... So U just put fertiliser on the bales and some soil when planting them and fertilised them after that... As I can't wait until next May as we are warming up here in Australia as today was 35deg...so I would love to try your method also want were the sweet potatoes you grew never seen that colour... I love eating it raw like a nutty taste... Well done looks great...glad I have just found your channel...😂❤😂❤
@@TheGardenFamily Yes, you are very welcome. I also shared your sweet potato success with othe utubers who put 3x your work and got less than half of your harvest. As simple as growing sweet potato, like ginger, the growing medium with not so wide space are the top secrets.
I'm curious to know if potatoes will work as well. Can't think why not. Lord willing, I will do that next growing season. Thank you for this video! From Payson AZ
They work as well but I suggest two modifications: 1) plant them in some potting soil (doesn’t have to be much), since you plant seed potatoes rather than slips. And 2) they seem to prefer second year bales
Thoroughly enjoyed this video, thanks! We’re farming/homesteading in Oxford, Ohio so I’m thinking we must be close-by.🤠 What I’m really impressed by is the lack of vole damage! We grew ours under the black plastic this year and gave a lot of bites to the voles, but wonder if starting and having them up off the ground discouraged the vole activity?
A few people have mentioned that...we live in the country next to a large prairie and definitely have voles. We also have fox and a few feral / barn cats. So far we did not see any vole damage in our garden, but it also is a brand new garden so hopefully that won't change in the future. We did proactively place hardware cloth beneath all our raised beds. In the straw bales, they likely would feel exposed getting into the bales in comparison to staying hidden in their holes under ground... Nice to see a fellow SW Ohioan. We will follow along your channel!
Oh my goodness! Fantastic! We grow sweet potatoes every year and lately the southern shrews have been chewing on them badly. Maybe this would solve our problem. Thank you!
Hopefully this helps! We didn’t have any rodent issues but this was also the first year for our veggie garden at our new property. Hopefully that’s stays true in the coming years!
Don't worry about the broken ends. ALL sweet potato varieties need a curing period after harvest to convert the starches to sugar, otherwise they do not taste very good at all. During that process the skins harden and any broken ends "heal" themselves. So no worries about broken potatoes.
When placing the bales just make sure to have the cut side up so it can absorb water. To condition the bales we use just a high nitrogen lawn fertilizer (inorganic). Once the bales are conditioned they don't need much fertilizer but we usually add a slow release organic fertilizer (I believe we used espoma this year)
I LOVED watching this video! I LOVE the enthusiasm of your children! Do you use ORGANIC straw bales? I tried gardening in bales before and didn't have great success and someone told me straw bales are sprayed with glyphosate and you need ORGANICALLY GROWN STRAW. Is that true?
well thank you! our straw is not organic but it comes from a wheat farm down the road from us. That farm does use an herbicide prior to planting the straw and an antifungal spray but no herbicides on the straw itself before harvest like many growers do. It's definitely hard to find organic straw but we felt good knowing how this was treated and have not had any issues in our garden!
Good idea! You can definitely do this but you have to have a way to condense the bale into a tighter form. So perhaps a breathable structure and condense the material inside the structure? The combination of greens and browns would reduce the amount of fertilizer needed as well!
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That is amazing! Yes, please make an instructional video about the conditioning process. I’ll have to try this when I get a bigger garden space!
Will do! I might not have enough footage from this year but I’ll do a comprehensive one probably March when I’m getting the next years garden in!
Can you do regular potatoes 🥔 like this? @@TheGardenFamilyI will watch it
@@RunW-TheBigDogs for sure! A few modifications but potatoes definitely like second year bales so I will plant some next spring 🤩
Yes please
Wow, I'd love to use this method, a step by step would be awesome!
Hi, I'm a korean farmer. No dirt. No digging. Clean sweet potato. Amazing idea! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Hello! Yes, it is a great way to grow sweet potatoes. Wishing you the best of luck in your garden!
The first thing I noticed was the clean sweet potatos.
You're boys' enthusiasm is contagious!!! Great video! Can't wait to try! "That's a big boy!"
We had so much fun harvesting the potatoes together! Thanks for the wonderful comment, happy gardening to you!
I am in the UK ...I have just ordered my straw bales..so appreciate you doing this video..so stoked I found it..thanks for teaching me something new...I already have my slips sprouting ..perfect timing.
Hooray! Wishing you the best of luck!
So much fun to see the kids enjoying the garden with dad. Growing your own food is some of the best family time there is
What a nice comment ☺️ we had a fun time
I think dad was more excited than the kids…
The enthusiasm from your children was infectious! You are blessed. ❤ I live in the Southern US and might be able to get two rounds of harvest. I'll have to try it.
Thank you! It was so fun harvesting with my boys. Yes, you definitely have a longer growing season down there!
Just WOW! I love how clean the sweet potatoes are when grown in straw! Thank you!
It sure makes harvesting them fun! And no damage from shovels etc :)
Ooooh Myyyyyyy Flippin Gggggggggd!!! I hadn't expected those results. That's phenomenal. Flat out. You nailed it. I am hardly ever impressed/surprised, but this one got me. Haven't read a single comment, yet the abscence of pest damage coupled with the cleanliness and SIZE-OF-END-PRODUCT is simply unmatched. Outstanding. Superb Job. A+++++. Speculation over. This is the model to follow. Thank you for this and your guidance. Terrific insight on this one. Take a Bow. You deserve it👏👏👏
Hi Nyles, wow, what a great comment! Really appreciate it =). We absolutely love this method and will do it again next year! Sounds like people want a little more in depth video so I'll work on that for next year. Wishing you a wonderful new year!
FWIW - I have an undergrad in Env. Science and lived (on Campus) at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. The spirit of their teaching is "Learn by doing." I then enjoyed two decades in the Parks Departments of three different California City Environs. I worked my way through the system and speak a very rare language that very few understand. Even more rare is to be surprised by a different approach. You floored me. Absolutely stunned by your results. That happens maybe twice in a decade at best. That was just a remarkable surprise. AND Sweet Potato's are a multi-level product to boot. I understand that post-harvest, they have to be cured in order to build the sugar level up in time for Thanksgiving. But your results - clean (pest-free with minimal damage) and Huuuuuuge clusters (they look like a bushel of ripe Mango's), I'd never seen that before. Something tells me your end product DID NOT NEED A 2nd stage curing - do I have that right? The temps in that bale were already up so high throughout the season, that a 2nd stage curing process was not needed? I suspect that to be the case with your approach. Terrific post and can't thank you enough🙏You!!! Merry Christmas and following closely your posts from here on.
@@nylesgregory2120 not sure why it didn't notify me of this reply. Small world, I taught a prep course at Cal Poly back in 2007. I was living in Santa Barbara at the time. There's definitely something about that composting straw the sweet potatoes really like, I think a lot of it is they get started nice and warm! We did end up curing them, not sure if we had to but we did. We've been eating them the last couple months and they are delicious =). Hope you have a wonderful new year!
The excitement in this video is palpable! What an incredible harvest!
Me and my boys sure had fun!!
I love listening the boys.. How they're amazed of your produce..
Yes, we had such a great time harvesting together! Thank you =)
Good job! Loved the boys being so excited.
Yes! Thank you! The three of us were all pretty excited 😆 ☺️
It's really cool to see people growing their own food. It would be great if more people acquired this habit. In addition to improving our health by consuming healthier foods, we contribute to preserving our planet by reducing the use of pesticides. Congratulations on sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
Thank you so much for your kind words! Trying to teach my kids to pass things on to the next generation =)
I second that last comment!! How fun!! I love the pure joy in your kids 😂😂 Never mind the fabulous harvest! So very cute 🥰 Please give us your step by step process!!
Well thanks Misty! Me and the boys sure had fun harvesting them, and now we are eating them for Thanksgiving! I'll work on the step-by-step next year =)
Yes! I'd love an instructional from start to finish. Especially seeing the slips planted. This is very encouraging. And the curing process. Thank you so much!!!😊
I’ll be working on it this season! I’ll probably release it as a few videos so I can get them out to everyone in a timely fashion…first video will be starting slips and conditioning straw bales :)
Very nice result! - How many slips did you plant per straw bale? Did you use a lot of water during this cultivation or is this mainly at the beginning of the conditioning process? I look forward to your full demonstration . I will soon try growing sweet potatoes this way for the first time and am looking for a lot of information before I start. Thank you in advance for your answer. Greetings from Belgium .
New subscriber, so I certainly don't miss your follow-up videos.
Where there also sweet potatoes in the ground , where the vines attached themselves to the ground.
What climate do you live in? because that obviously makes a big difference. Here in (Belgium we have a temperate climate)
@@lily-annevereecken53 thank you! We planted 4 slips per bale but probably could have done 2 or 3. The straw bales take about as much water as raised beds (more than in ground plantings). I will try and get a video up when I start the conditioning process!
@@lily-annevereecken53 a few small potatoes starting forming where the vines went into the ground but not big enough to harvest. We are in a humid, continental climate so we have cold winters and warm humid summers. Sweet potatoes definitely like warmth! Our average summer highs are around 85F (30C) and lows are generally around 65F (18C). You may need to find ways to increase heat in Belgium if it has cooler summers?
This is amazing. Yes, please do a step by step video of the conditioning process and planting from seed to stem. Thank you
I’ll be working on it this season!
I just love the simplicity of it. Thank you.
Thanks! It’s a great method!
Well done loyal and faithful servant that harvested hay bale sweet potatoe. Happy Fall Days!
Thank you! And I hope you have a blessed Fall as well ☺️🙏
Wow! That is an amazing harvest in such a small space! 😮
Thank you! The vines do need to sprawl out a bit but a lot of sweet potatoes in not very much space is great!
Wow! That is very impressive considering the actual square footage used. Also, and to me more importantly, you really showed HOW to grow the slips, and what they look like, AND that part about pre-planting/starting the slips in a small amount of dirt BEFORE planting them in the straw bales. Your time-frames and procedures were very clear and accessible. Also, I never before heard anything about your high nitrogen/watering to condition the bales. Thank you, and I'm putting your video in my favorites list! Thank you from California, because I always thought sweet potatoes would only grow in the southern states.
Hi John, thanks for the kind words! Very nice to know it was well received. Wishing you all the best next season!
One thing good is the red leaves .In Phillipines we use to put it in soup or just cook it and put one teaspoon of lemon.Lot of vitamins in it.
"Look at this big boy". Kids are so funny. Lol
Love my boys! 💙💙
Beautiful family! Beautiful video! Awesome harvest!💜
Thank you very much! We had a very fun time harvesting
The colour on those potatoes is beautiful 🎉🎉🎉❤
They really were a great color! and no dirt on them =)
What a cool idea indeed 👌 sweet potatoes i hay bales 👏.
Very beautiful upload and thanks for sharing 👍.
Greetings from 🇬🇧 Simon and Beth ❤❤❤
Hi Simon and Beth, thank you very much for watching and for the nice comment. Happy gardening to you both!
Hahaha!! The kids are so excited. Thank you for the video and for all of your hard work.
Thank you! We had such a fun time =) Happy gardening to you
How fun. Yes, I'd be interested in more information on the conditioning process as well. This would be great in an area where I need straw bales for erosion control. Yet, still being able to successfully grow something well.
That would definitely work super well, might as well get some sweet potatoes while you’re at it right?! I’ll work on a more step by step video this coming season
I just so enjoyed the enthusiasm of your boys. My son are gone onto adulthood
Well thank you! They definitely grow up fast
Holy smokes, that was a BIG haul! Im impressed!
Thank you! We had a lot of fun harvesting =)
This is awesome,perfect harvest for sweet potatoes. Easy and smart
Thank you! It is definitely an easy way to harvest
That was great! And your boys are so sweet and cute! They were so excited. Very nice video!! Ty❤❤
well thank you! We had such a fine time harvesting together =)
Such a good dad!
Aww, thanks Christy ☺️🙏 had a great time harvesting with my boys
Nice Peter! It always amazes me to see how soil forms and the haul is pretty incredible
Yeah, I’ve always loved growing them this way. They grow super well in the ground as well (as you know!) but the harvest is just so easy in the straw bales. Me and the boys had a fun time :)
So glad you featured growing potatoes in this manner. I’ve seen others grow in ground and in compost. I like this way much better. I would definitely like to see the step by step tutorial. I’ve subscribed so I won’t miss it when it’s released.
Great! I'll work on a "how to condition your bales" video in Spring and get footage of my whole season next year and put out a longer comprehensive video starting with slips and ending with a harvest next year!
@@TheGardenFamily Thanks!
Yes, please!@@TheGardenFamily
me, too!
Mee too (from Belgium)
This is AWESOME! Please do a step by step video starting with the slips. Thank you.
Will do! I'll try and get a more comprehensive growing guide for next year
I love how enthusiastic the children are❤
Thank you! Me and the boys had a great time :)
Very cool method. Can’t wait to try this out. Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome! Hope it works well for you!
Nice work ❤❤
Thank you! ☺️
That's one of the best videos I seen. The best gardening is with kids 😅
Thanks Kent! Me and the boys had such a fine time pulling these out. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Tell us all about the process of preparing the straw beds and how to maintain them. Thanks for sharing this great idea 👍👍👍❤
Love this idea and that HUGE sunflower head, thanks for sharing
🌻✌🏼
thank you! Yes, we have a few mammoth sunflowers we are letting dry to harvest seeds from soon =)
waiting on this years harvest. best looking crop we have evey seen. fewest weeds.
Exciting! Wishing you a wonderful harvest
Thank you for sharing! Great job on sweet potatoes! Greetings from VT.
Well thank you! Hope you have a mild winter up there!
Late to this- the excitement of the kids was infectious! And wowzers, that was a crazy harvest. Maybe next time bigger bales and more spread out slips? I need to try this next season here in Oregon!
Yes, great plan! We are actually thinking of doing a big 3x3x6 foot bale next year so they have more room to spread. And the kids (and I!) had so much fun pulling them out!
Awesome video! Yes, would love a video on hay bale preparation also.
Thank you! I’ll work on one next spring :)
@@TheGardenFamily Great!
Sweet Potato, yeay I like this.
Yuhu
Very helpful tips , thanks you for sharing this method.
You are welcome!
wow beautiful sharing
Thank you! ☺️🙏
EXCELLENT!!! Going to go get me some straw bales for planting. Going to do regular potatoes too and hope it works better than last summer's attempt!!!
Great! Best of luck :)
Oh wow.. Amazig😮😮I must try this in my garden🙏 Your boys are so sweet😍😍
Thank you!! ☺️👍🙏
Simply amazing😊. I’ve never seen sweet potatoes grown like this! Going to try it myself. New sub also😊
This is best chanel.that i ever seen.i can give subcrib.thank you for you experien
Thank you Ahmad! ☺️
Unreal! Learned something new! Thanks gonna try
Thanks Steve, it’s a great method! Working on a more step by step video this season ☺️
Cant wait. This is a GEM!@@TheGardenFamily
Great video! We’re going to do this this year thanks to you!
Thank you! Wishing you great success! ☺️
This is so fantastic and great, can't believe it
Thank you!
That was s cute. Your boys are adorable
YES PLEASE MAKE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO...😊
Will do next season!
Wow I really love that idea !!!!!
It’s a great way to grow them! ☺️🙏
Please do make a step by step teaching video for those of us who have never planted a garden.Thank you
@@Teresa-dg8yn I missed the opportunity to do it this year but I’ll try and put one together next season!
Yes I too like it
Man, this is game changing, im definitely gonna try this.
You won't be disappointed!
Am going to use your method next time I plant potatoes.
Best of luck!
Damn ! They're great and it sounds as good as original ! 😊
Thank you!
New subscriber here! I’m in NorCal and I would like to see a step by step guide on preparing a straw bale. Thank you! ❤your channel.
@@diablomom welcome and thank you! We will try and put something together this growing season! We actually grew up in California and lived in the Bay Area 15 years ago 😊
Whoa! This is amazing! I'm in NE ohio and am totally trying this next year
👋 fellow Ohioan. It’s a great method for us here in zone 6!
happy harvest family.
great video, I am definitely going to do this
Thank you! Hope you have a great harvest!
That is truly amazing!!
thank you!
Thanks for this. Such a great idea. I will be trying this.
You're welcome and best of luck!
Yes a step by step video would be great if you’re willing.
I missed the boat last season but I'll try and get one together this season
That was amazing and yes no dirt...
So U just put fertiliser on the bales and some soil when planting them and fertilised them after that...
As I can't wait until next May as we are warming up here in Australia as today was 35deg...so I would love to try your method also want were the sweet potatoes you grew never seen that colour...
I love eating it raw like a nutty taste...
Well done looks great...glad I have just found your channel...😂❤😂❤
Among the utube potato growers, your bale produced the most harvest, the easiet method, the easiet harvest and cleanest tubers.
Thank you! It's a wonderful method!
@@TheGardenFamily Yes, you are very welcome. I also shared your sweet potato success with othe utubers who put 3x your work and got less than half of your harvest.
As simple as growing sweet potato, like ginger, the growing medium with not so wide space are the top secrets.
The best I have ever seen! 😮
Thanks! Was a good year ☺️🙏
I'm curious to know if potatoes will work as well. Can't think why not. Lord willing, I will do that next growing season. Thank you for this video! From Payson AZ
They work as well but I suggest two modifications: 1) plant them in some potting soil (doesn’t have to be much), since you plant seed potatoes rather than slips. And 2) they seem to prefer second year bales
Woww that's so amazing,,
I never see this before, how the sweet potato can grow so well in that..
It is a very good method!
Well. I am amazed! Gives me hope that I could plant sweet potatoes in my zone 7 plot. (You can always pressure can the broken ones.)
Thank you! Yes, we are here in Zone 6 and have good results every year this way!
Wow thank you for this video
My pleasure!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video, thanks! We’re farming/homesteading in Oxford, Ohio so I’m thinking we must be close-by.🤠 What I’m really impressed by is the lack of vole damage! We grew ours under the black plastic this year and gave a lot of bites to the voles, but wonder if starting and having them up off the ground discouraged the vole activity?
A few people have mentioned that...we live in the country next to a large prairie and definitely have voles. We also have fox and a few feral / barn cats. So far we did not see any vole damage in our garden, but it also is a brand new garden so hopefully that won't change in the future. We did proactively place hardware cloth beneath all our raised beds. In the straw bales, they likely would feel exposed getting into the bales in comparison to staying hidden in their holes under ground...
Nice to see a fellow SW Ohioan. We will follow along your channel!
Oh my goodness! Fantastic! We grow sweet potatoes every year and lately the southern shrews have been chewing on them badly. Maybe this would solve our problem. Thank you!
Hopefully this helps! We didn’t have any rodent issues but this was also the first year for our veggie garden at our new property. Hopefully that’s stays true in the coming years!
So Amazing ! 🤩I will test that process the next year. Kiss for you and yours boys from my little city Cinq-Mars-la-Pile in France 🇲🇫
Thank you! Wishing you the best of luck next season!
HOW FAR AWAY ARE FROM DAYTON I LOVE YOUR TWIST ON FARMING. YOU MAKE IT FUN.
We are about 25 minutes south, between Dayton and Cincinnati =)
I’ll have to give this a try thank you so much
Wishing you the best of luck!
Love the video plz make one this coming year
Will do!
I would love to try planting this way next year.
The kids make this video so exciting 🙃
Love my boys! We all felt like kids finding all those potatoes :)
Just saw your short on fb and here i am.
glad you found us on here! =)
Love it!
Amazing nice one
@@MamajoeneMatubatuba thank you! 😊
Don't worry about the broken ends. ALL sweet potato varieties need a curing period after harvest to convert the starches to sugar, otherwise they do not taste very good at all. During that process the skins harden and any broken ends "heal" themselves. So no worries about broken potatoes.
Good tip! They did indeed store pretty well after curing. We ate the broken ones first and actually still have a few of the others a year later!
Great Job
Thank you!
Your kids are cute! 😊
Thanks Tasha! ☺️
Si beautiful!! Congratulations!! Can you olease share how many slips did you plant per a straw bale?
Thank you!!
Thank you! We planted 4 slips in each straw bale =)
Hi. Well done.
Please tell us more about straw bales planting.
Regards
Thank you! I will work on a video next season that is more step-by-step
Love it I need to harvest mines now ❤❤❤
Thanks! Have a great harvest! 🍠
That's lovely ❤
Thank you!
That is great .How do you arrange strows.and what fertrizer do you use.
When placing the bales just make sure to have the cut side up so it can absorb water. To condition the bales we use just a high nitrogen lawn fertilizer (inorganic). Once the bales are conditioned they don't need much fertilizer but we usually add a slow release organic fertilizer (I believe we used espoma this year)
That's so cool like those boys they are so passionate
We had so much fun harvesting together! Almost time to do it again this year :)
Yes, when you plant next year do a video -please.
Will do! I usually will condition bales in March or so, I’ll get some footage then!
@@TheGardenFamily Yes please and the slips as well... and how you fertilize them throughout the season until harvest.
I LOVED watching this video! I LOVE the enthusiasm of your children!
Do you use ORGANIC straw bales?
I tried gardening in bales before and didn't have great success and someone told me straw bales are sprayed with glyphosate and you need ORGANICALLY GROWN STRAW. Is that true?
well thank you! our straw is not organic but it comes from a wheat farm down the road from us. That farm does use an herbicide prior to planting the straw and an antifungal spray but no herbicides on the straw itself before harvest like many growers do. It's definitely hard to find organic straw but we felt good knowing how this was treated and have not had any issues in our garden!
Wow amazing !!!
☺️☺️ thanks for the comment!
Very good
Thank you!
Nice! I think I'll try this next year!
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😲 Now I've gotta up my straw bales next spring. Lol. What a "problem" to have! Lol
=) it's a fun way to grow food for sure!
So fun ! I want to try this
You should! It's a great method for sweet potatoes =)
Wondering if we could get somilar results from grass clipping and leaf mold piles to stay away from pesticides
Good idea! You can definitely do this but you have to have a way to condense the bale into a tighter form. So perhaps a breathable structure and condense the material inside the structure? The combination of greens and browns would reduce the amount of fertilizer needed as well!