I used to have a produce store and somebody told me this and I thought it was crazy but I tried it anyway. Take a broom straw and lay it across the melon and if it moves three or four inches the melon will be ripe. I have had them to spin around full circle. True. It worked many times for me.
Hey brother, You might want to try using a auger attachment on your cordless drill to plant your starts and seeds. The auger is quick and makes the hole the righr size and depth. You should a able to pick one up from Harbor Freight cheap! 😀👍
The change you have made in your videos is in my opinion a very good idea!! (even if I miss having my coffee "with" you every morning) lol..... you got our total annual rain fall in a month.... keep up the great work you are an inspiration!!! Have a blessed day!!
You are crazy Kevin. Pickles all year round is the only way to go :) I usually can enough to get me through a year to 14 months. I eat pickles about 5 days a week. I feel better now knowing I am not the only one who has been delayed planting my garden because of rain. I am in mid-Illinois and sometimes it has felt like it would never stop raining. Love your videos. It is the highlight of my day.
Good morning! I know you are at the market, we are ready to go pick up our black woven ground cover, you have inspired us!! 67 1/2 and so tired of pulling weeds ;-) Thank you both for all your inspiration.
WOW! A lot of work, right? But I know you're loving it! God has provided everything for you to succeed! Can't wait to watch the progression of the gardens. Would you be able to do a little video of you selling at the Farmer's Market? I would love to see that. Blessings from NE Missouri!
I didn’t have a nice small torch like you have so tried burning holes with a larger sort of torch but it got a little out of hand. I ended up using an old solder iron and felt like I had lots more control.
Very happy to see all the tornadoes stayed away from y'all this past week! Isn't it the absolute best feeling in the world when the summer garden is planted out, and seedlings are popping up all over!?! I am moving a couple of our outdoor chairs and a small table down to my new garden area so I can just sit there and stare at it while I sip my coffee.
I love you guys!! I watch every video. Also you have inspired me to garden again. I so enjoy it. Thank you for helping me to rediscover my old passion. Your excitement and dedication has spurred me into action! I love it!!
Helen Marshall Hi, I love sweet million , too! Aand , check out Wild Boar Farm, they specialize in developing tomato varieties ! Lots of fun to "window shop"! : ). There's lots of colors and sizes, and especially flavor profiles. There are the sweet/tropical fruit profile and the smokey/ umami profile. And the regular/tomatoey profile. And different sizes, and the types of blue/anthocyanin !
The weather this year is how Missouri make its famous rocks. Tons of rain for weeks then it heats up and no rain until late August. It takes approx. 5-6 weeks to form the rocks and you can harvest before the fall rains. LOL I feel your pain my garden is almost done but still have some sweet potatoes to go. I am currently dodging tornadoes, rain and hail to get them in the ground.
I just started awhile ago watching you. You make your videos so viewer friendly and I feel like I am part of your homestead. I watched your video why you left your corporate jobs and decided to homestead. I had tears in my eyes because I was so happy that you had realized your dream at a young age. Sometimes it hits us way late. I do container gardening and I love sitting in my garden tending my plants. I am a newbie at this, but each year I get a little better. From watching some of your other videos I do see that you have several enterprises going on. That's where your management skills and your past work has helped you. You may wear a straw hat but both of you are sharp cookies. 😀👩🌾
G'day guys, looking forward to seeing the sunflowers, I love sunflowers, I planted King sunflowers this year they looked awesome such a big flower. God bless you guys.
You guys do such amazing things with your garden and your animals, they are the happiest looking animals, and you all seem to be so happy with all your hard work, God bless you and your family, may the weather be kind, I have a great rest of your weekend, good luck at the farmers market.
Sunflower oil and just plain oily sunflower seeds(black oil sunflower seeds..often referred to BOSS) are becoming more and more common! Very nutritious, and super helpful to add some weight on animals(or humans) who need that extra bit of padding...haven't had any animal turn their nose up at it yet! It sure helps them puff up fast.😘
Me and my wife have been a long time follower on y'alls channel and we really enjoy watching y'all. We have learned a lot from y'all. Just to let y'all know we just processed 25 cornish cross using y'alls techniques. And everything went off without a hitch. Thanks for the passed on knowledge. KEEP ON RUclipsING!
Good morning, I have to say my favorite animal right now is your ducks, they are so cute and fun to watch that's till you get your pigs, pigs are my favorite. I can't wait till you get your cow!
You are one of my top favorites because you live what you share. So much knowledge given freely to help others. I'd personally buy books such as Living tradition favorite recipes, Market garden tips, or Homesteading for a living. Best all around technical homesteading channel I've seen.
Thank you so much for telling us what size t posts you used and how high up you put the cattle fence. Sarah thank you for the explanation of almost not planting the summer garden and how you almost didn’t do it. It’s very validating to me. I won’t get my tomatoes, peppers or cucumbers planted until Monday for the same reasons. Knowing that you, who do this full time, had concerns about whether or not it was doable this year makes me feel so much better. I work full time and am gone 12 hours a day. You guys gave me such perspective! Kevin’s blooper hit the nail on the head- Missouri weather is DRAMASTIC!
Thank you for this video. You two reminded me of my parents on their hands and knees planting our one acre garden. They would have us kids help around age 5 and it created awesome memories. Sarah...don't use your finger to make holes, as you may damage your nails; use a pointed stick about eight inches long to make the holes in the soil. Please keep up these amazing videos; you two are amazing teachers and I know you are converting many young people to follow a better way of life on a farm...
I'm also growing Lemon boy. La Roma, Sweet Million for the first time. We'll have to compare. It's my second year for Amish Paste since it did so well last year.
It's really great to see the summer garden ready to take-off! I promises to be both full and colorful. I can't wait to see it all bushy and green and full-of-life! AND I am looking forward to your sunflowers, and your oil-making experiment. God's blessings on all of your endeavors.
PUMPED for garden season this year but seeing I only have a small indoor windowsill, I’ll enjoy watching your dreams come true! Happy growing and may your grounds be fertile and blessed! 🙏🏻🌈❤️
I would love to see an update on your edamame, i have trouble growing it - but i really love it - and now that baker creek has the nongmo - im excited to be able to eat it again.
Love watching you guys working on the homestead. Tfs and good luck with the new garden! Can't wait to see it full grown. Looking forward to corn, melons, sunflowers,herbs too.
I know this comment is late but I had to suggest the burgundy okra. It's amazing! I love it because it's so pretty and the pods are much easier to see so you're not likely to miss them when harvesting. It's also slime-free! It does turn green when it's cooked. Not the best for canning or pickling because it will shed the red color into the liquid in the jar, but for frying it just can't be beat. I love it. :)
Wonderful garden... great plans... thanks for all of the exciting, helpful ideas, telling of the seed varieties, etc.!! Everything is looking fantastic in your garden areas! ☺ I'm in SW Missouri, and it really has been a crazy, up-and-down Spring! Cool to summery hot weather, rain, and more rain, high winds, tornado scares, hail, etc. We have much yet to do ourselves, in the beginnings of a couple raised bed garden spots. Congratulations, on getting your summer garden all planted-- and many blessings to you and your family! 👍🏻😊👏 💞
You guys are amazing - Sarah you have a fabulous figure & it is probably from working out in the garden !! The work you guys do together as a team is inspirational & I really admire your strong work ethics. The garden is going to be amazing & I am so glad I will be part of watching your success. Cheers Denise - Australia
I can't wait to see your garden when all of the plants have grown. You have both worked so hard and thank you for sharing, love and blessings from Scotland :) :)
I am hoping that you will take us through the whole process, from farm to table, freezer, preservation, etc. I long for this lifestyle, and enjoy watching you and Kevin do all the things! Coming to you from East Mesa, Az :) I am one of your faithful traditionalist!
wow It sounds like your garden Is going to be amazing this year you have got so many varieties your going to grow and you well be amazed how sweet the Cherokee purple tomatoe Is It well knock you off your feet
Finally got the rest of our tomatoes in the ground yesterday. The summer veggies I got in earlier had to fight dew induced fungal issues and slugs! Thankfully a cucumber and a couple squash got over it... But I still have tons of summer veggies to transplant when bigger and direct sow. This winter was wet period! Then spring was too!!
Thanks for the video. I was a little stressed about the new format, as you guys have become part of my everyday routine. But, I do like the longer videos. Well worth the wait. Appreciate you both and the knowledge. Thanks again.
Part of what I look forward to, when watching your videos, is seeing what message is on Kevin's T-shirt, lol! Love it..
Yes. Yes very much.
I would love to see a video about your day at the Farmers Market
You'll be seeing one soon!
Rhonda Montiel Me too😀I requested that very same thing at the beginning of spring🦋💜
It always QUACKS me up when the 3 ducks are let out of their house!!
Makes my heart smile!❤😊
👏👏🤦♀️👏👏👍👏👏👏💞
At the end of each row of vegetables, both ends, we plant a marigold. They keep the bugs away.
BRILLIANT!👏👏👏👏
LOL! Around 15:20-ish...a new word: DRAMASTIC!
I think I'll be using that one...a LOT!
Can you please do an episode or include in one of your videos how to pick a ripe melon please??? Thank you!!!❤️❤️❤️
We sure can as soon as it's time to start picking melons!
I used to have a produce store and somebody told me this and I thought it was crazy but I tried it anyway. Take a broom straw and lay it across the melon and if it moves three or four inches the melon will be ripe. I have had them to spin around full circle. True. It worked many times for me.
Hey Kevin.. for the life of me, just can't understand why anyone would give a thumbs down 🤨. Informative as always! Thanks guys
Someone's always got some burr under their saddle!
@@preppingmama 🤗🤗🤦♀️
Doesn't matter if it's thumbs up or down, you tube counts them all the same; it's a response.
I was thinking that very same thing..those silly thorns
Pls do video on fridge pickle that Kevin is talking about😍
I am also interested in your refrigerator pickle recipe.
you two work like two people with one mind..... great pair
In Michigan it is not unusual to not have a garden in until mid June. Missouri has a huge growing window in comparison.
Surprisingly your chicken speak the same language that our chicken speak here in India.
That made me laugh. :-) As a matter of fact, I think our chickens speak the same language in Australia as well :-)
Wish I lived close enough to buy from you at the farmers market!
Hey brother,
You might want to try using a auger attachment on your cordless drill to plant your starts and seeds. The auger is quick and makes the hole the righr size and depth.
You should a able to pick one up from Harbor Freight cheap!
😀👍
The change you have made in your videos is in my opinion a very good idea!! (even if I miss having my coffee "with" you every morning) lol..... you got our total annual rain fall in a month.... keep up the great work you are an inspiration!!! Have a blessed day!!
It would be interesting to see your pantry shelves as time goes by: the stuff used, and the new jars of canned and jarred stuff :-)
You are crazy Kevin. Pickles all year round is the only way to go :) I usually can enough to get me through a year to 14 months. I eat pickles about 5 days a week. I feel better now knowing I am not the only one who has been delayed planting my garden because of rain. I am in mid-Illinois and sometimes it has felt like it would never stop raining.
Love your videos. It is the highlight of my day.
Hey Kevin! Quick tip. Refrigerate canned pickles at least 24 hours for crispy pickles!
Good to know! Thank you!
Thankyou I'm going to try that
Wendy C. And use pickling cukes.
I've been following for awhile now. Totally enjoy each and every one of your videos!
You guys are so inspiring!! I wish you a bountiful harvest and the best of luck.
Good morning! I know you are at the market, we are ready to go pick up our black woven ground cover, you have inspired us!! 67 1/2 and so tired of pulling weeds ;-) Thank you both for all your inspiration.
I'm 68 and I covered my garden with it last year. I like it.
WOW! A lot of work, right? But I know you're loving it! God has provided everything for you to succeed! Can't wait to watch the progression of the gardens. Would you be able to do a little video of you selling at the Farmer's Market? I would love to see that. Blessings from NE Missouri!
I am growing all new types to me this year I grew from seed for the first time. I am so excited to see what I think of them.
Love Paul Robeson and Cherokee Purple tomatoes I grow them in Oklahoma.
If the sunflower oil works out for you I hope you share your knowledge. Gardens looks great. Hope you have a great weekend
I love your enthusasium * very inspirational. Thanks for all the ideas
Miss seeing you more often, but understand that this is very busy season for you.
Keep up the good work 👍
God bless you 🤗
Sarah, I planted today and used a handful of rabbit 💩 in each hole!! My rainbow chard is doing splendidly , and gave them each a handful too!!!
I didn’t have a nice small torch like you have so tried burning holes with a larger sort of torch but it got a little out of hand. I ended up using an old solder iron and felt like I had lots more control.
Very happy to see all the tornadoes stayed away from y'all this past week! Isn't it the absolute best feeling in the world when the summer garden is planted out, and seedlings are popping up all over!?! I am moving a couple of our outdoor chairs and a small table down to my new garden area so I can just sit there and stare at it while I sip my coffee.
I love you guys!! I watch every video. Also you have inspired me to garden again. I so enjoy it. Thank you for helping me to rediscover my old passion. Your excitement and dedication has spurred me into action! I love it!!
Can't wait to see the garden all coming up thank you for sharing God bless
I look forward to watching your garden grow!
Those edamame skins'hulls will be great food for the pigs/goats/whatever. Very nutritious.
I can’t wait to see the pumpkins by the pond! Great job as always God Bless you with a bountiful garden!
Sweet million is the sweetest tomato ever and very prolific.
Helen Marshall Hi, I love sweet million , too! Aand , check out Wild Boar Farm, they specialize in developing tomato varieties ! Lots of fun to "window shop"! : ). There's lots of colors and sizes, and especially flavor profiles. There are the sweet/tropical fruit profile and the smokey/ umami profile. And the regular/tomatoey profile. And different sizes, and the types of blue/anthocyanin !
The weather this year is how Missouri make its famous rocks. Tons of rain for weeks then it heats up and no rain until late August. It takes approx. 5-6 weeks to form the rocks and you can harvest before the fall rains. LOL I feel your pain my garden is almost done but still have some sweet potatoes to go. I am currently dodging tornadoes, rain and hail to get them in the ground.
I just started awhile ago watching you. You make your videos so viewer friendly and I feel like I am part of your homestead. I watched your video why you left your corporate jobs and decided to homestead. I had tears in my eyes because I was so happy that you had realized your dream at a young age. Sometimes it hits us way late. I do container gardening and I love sitting in my garden tending my plants. I am a newbie at this, but each year I get a little better. From watching some of your other videos I do see that you have several enterprises going on. That's where your management skills and your past work has helped you. You may wear a straw hat but both of you are sharp cookies. 😀👩🌾
Dang, you guys are hard workers. I think the sunflowers will be beautiful. I can`t wait to see how everything comes along !
You've got to try New Mexico's Hatch chilie peppers. So good roasted
Good Morning!
Sarah, I hope you will be doing a video on refrigerator pickles. I don't like the canned ones, they get too soft.
Adopt me plz. lol absolutely love your homestead.
Sarah, Your pretty as a peach in your straw hat, braids, bright smile and big dimples:)! God keep on blessing you guys and your family:)!
I'm excited about all the new gardens! Cottage garden yey!
I always look so forward to your videos! Inspiring as always! Blessings!
I look forward to the coming months to see how your gardens are progressing. Great video, as always. God bless.
I love how the enthusiasm for your gardens just spills from you both.
I dehydrate cucumber slices after putting a dry ranch dressing on them. Easy, hands off and great snack for those cukes that get away from me.
Never thought about drying those. Interesting
G'day guys, looking forward to seeing the sunflowers, I love sunflowers, I planted King sunflowers this year they looked awesome such a big flower. God bless you guys.
You guys do such amazing things with your garden and your animals, they are the happiest looking animals, and you all seem to be so happy with all your hard work, God bless you and your family, may the weather be kind, I have a great rest of your weekend, good luck at the farmers market.
Great garden, not a homesteader but I enjoy watching you. I love that you show all, the good and bad.
Isn’t it GREAT to know where your food comes from! Our tomatoes & peppers went in the ground this week...southern Colorado. Sunflower oil...genius!
Sunflower oil and just plain oily sunflower seeds(black oil sunflower seeds..often referred to BOSS) are becoming more and more common! Very nutritious, and super helpful to add some weight on animals(or humans) who need that extra bit of padding...haven't had any animal turn their nose up at it yet! It sure helps them puff up fast.😘
Ghee I just love you both. Thank You for all you do. Hugs!!
Me and my wife have been a long time follower on y'alls channel and we really enjoy watching y'all. We have learned a lot from y'all. Just to let y'all know we just processed 25 cornish cross using y'alls techniques. And everything went off without a hitch. Thanks for the passed on knowledge. KEEP ON RUclipsING!
Love lemon boy! Lol Sara Ade you plant those plants lol I can't wait for the farmers market to have tomatoes
Sarah loves to grow & Kevin loves to eat, lol. Y'all make a GREAT couple! Loved the tour and praying for a wonderful growing season.
Thanks much for sharing your experiences, knowledge and blessings...!
Both gardens are beautiful. Good luck with your new tomatoes!!
The sun golds are one of my favourite! So tasty! 😋
Good morning, I have to say my favorite animal right now is your ducks, they are so cute and fun to watch that's till you get your pigs, pigs are my favorite. I can't wait till you get your cow!
You are one of my top favorites because you live what you share. So much knowledge given freely to help others. I'd personally buy books such as Living tradition favorite recipes, Market garden tips, or Homesteading for a living. Best all around technical homesteading channel I've seen.
Guys I really love the fact that you are making longer videos, great job.
Thank you so much for telling us what size t posts you used and how high up you put the cattle fence. Sarah thank you for the explanation of almost not planting the summer garden and how you almost didn’t do it. It’s very validating to me. I won’t get my tomatoes, peppers or cucumbers planted until Monday for the same reasons. Knowing that you, who do this full time, had concerns about whether or not it was doable this year makes me feel so much better. I work full time and am gone 12 hours a day. You guys gave me such perspective! Kevin’s blooper hit the nail on the head- Missouri weather is DRAMASTIC!
Thank you for this video. You two reminded me of my parents on their hands and knees
planting our one acre garden. They would have us kids help around age 5 and it created
awesome memories. Sarah...don't use your finger to make holes, as you may damage your
nails; use a pointed stick about eight inches long to make the holes in the soil.
Please keep up these amazing videos; you two are amazing teachers and I know you are
converting many young people to follow a better way of life on a farm...
Such pretty rabbits!🐰In KS, the folklore on peppers is put a couple of matchheads in the hole underneath, for the sulfur.
Good morning! Such a beautiful garden. Thank you for sharing. God bless
I use an old toothbrush handle for poking the holes for bean/bigger seeds.
Loving to watch your growth as a family and homestead! Stay Blessed!
I'm also growing Lemon boy. La Roma, Sweet Million for the first time. We'll have to compare. It's my second year for Amish Paste since it did so well last year.
Is your sweet million a cherry tomato? I've grown sweet million cherry tomatoes for a few summers, and they are aptly named!
You are going to have so much canning to do! LOL I keep thinking she's going to need help! ! Lol
It's really great to see the summer garden ready to take-off! I promises to be both full and colorful. I can't wait to see it all bushy and green and full-of-life! AND I am looking forward to your sunflowers, and your oil-making experiment. God's blessings on all of your endeavors.
PUMPED for garden season this year but seeing I only have a small indoor windowsill, I’ll enjoy watching your dreams come true! Happy growing and may your grounds be fertile and blessed! 🙏🏻🌈❤️
Thanks, I love your videos, keep showing those gardens. I never get enough of them garden tours.
You have a beautiful farm so organized and everything around you is so green. On our farm it still feels like winter LOL.
I’m so jelly! I can’t wait to have that much room to GROW!
Great video! Made me feel better about how late a start I am getting here in north east. Hoping my advarski peppers do well to!
I would love to see an update on your edamame, i have trouble growing it - but i really love it - and now that baker creek has the nongmo - im excited to be able to eat it again.
❤great looking summer garden, my mother always wanted a summer kitchen !
Love watching you guys working on the homestead. Tfs and good luck with the new garden! Can't wait to see it full grown. Looking forward to corn, melons, sunflowers,herbs too.
Great job guys. I like that net around the entire garden and the tomato trellis. And, the weed free garden will be nice.
I know this comment is late but I had to suggest the burgundy okra. It's amazing! I love it because it's so pretty and the pods are much easier to see so you're not likely to miss them when harvesting. It's also slime-free! It does turn green when it's cooked. Not the best for canning or pickling because it will shed the red color into the liquid in the jar, but for frying it just can't be beat. I love it. :)
Wonderful garden... great plans... thanks for all of the exciting, helpful ideas, telling of the seed varieties, etc.!! Everything is looking fantastic in your garden areas! ☺ I'm in SW Missouri, and it really has been a crazy, up-and-down Spring! Cool to summery hot weather, rain, and more rain, high winds, tornado scares, hail, etc. We have much yet to do ourselves, in the beginnings of a couple raised bed garden spots. Congratulations, on getting your summer garden all planted-- and many blessings to you and your family! 👍🏻😊👏 💞
You guys are amazing - Sarah you have a fabulous figure & it is probably from working out in the garden !!
The work you guys do together as a team is inspirational & I really admire your strong work ethics.
The garden is going to be amazing & I am so glad I will be part of watching your success. Cheers Denise - Australia
I can't wait to see your garden when all of the plants have grown. You have both worked so hard and thank you for sharing, love and blessings from Scotland :) :)
That little brown bunny looks like a porcupine! Cute.
I love your videos! I can’t wait to follow the progress of your gardens this year. The two of you make such a great team.
I am hoping that you will take us through the whole process, from farm to table, freezer, preservation, etc. I long for this lifestyle, and enjoy watching you and Kevin do all the things! Coming to you from East Mesa, Az :) I am one of your faithful traditionalist!
wow It sounds like your garden Is going to be amazing this year you have got so many varieties your going to grow and you well be amazed how sweet the Cherokee purple tomatoe Is It well knock you off your feet
Finally got the rest of our tomatoes in the ground yesterday. The summer veggies I got in earlier had to fight dew induced fungal issues and slugs! Thankfully a cucumber and a couple squash got over it... But I still have tons of summer veggies to transplant when bigger and direct sow. This winter was wet period! Then spring was too!!
Glad to see your finally able to get things planted. It's wouldn't be the same without a summer garden.🌱🌽🍅😆👍
Thanks for the video. I was a little stressed about the new format, as you guys have become part of my everyday routine. But, I do like the longer videos. Well worth the wait. Appreciate you both and the knowledge. Thanks again.
Looking forward to seeing how the garden and sunflower oil turn out.
I am so excited for you.. Your garden is going to be awesome.. :")
Great summer garden, and like you, I love okra straight off the stalk.
You two make all that hard work look easy. Wish I was still young enough to do this. I look forward to your videos and watch them all. Happy growing!!
Also, Cherokee Purple tomatoes are the best tasting tomatoes. We love them.
I hope the adult ducks are nice to the newbies/younger ones!
Your garden is beautiful. That fabric is awesome. Everyone should do that
Kevin-dramastic-Me thinks you've coined a new word-I love it! Keep up the gr8 work, worker bees, praying 4 U!
just watched this episode we haven't been able to plant our summer garden because we haven't had any rain in over two years lucky you