Get Your Garden Ready NOW for a Successful Spring (compost and more!)
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2023
- Did you know there is a LOT you can do now, in the Fall, to make Springtime so much easier? Spring on the homestead can be crazy busy and overwhelming, and it's really important to do everything you can NOW to make it smoother. We're gonna talk composting, cleanup, and strategy. Happy gardening!
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I don't trust any govt agency in their "testing" of anything. I learned to just pay attention to what my plants are telling me and learning which plants are nitrogen loving and which ones aren't. Companion planting is also a must. No tomato horn worms when you plant basil in between plants. Also put garlic and onion on each side of your potato bed and you get no potato beetles. Keep up the great work guys! I love that you aren't suffering from the "more" syndrome that a few homesteaders started out as small and then lost the charm.
Thank you for the tips and the kind words 😊
I just took a lot of my last tomatoes to my friend and her neighbors in her senior complex. Some of them had their first summer tomato sandwich, what a treat. Seniors so rarely get fresh, homegrown produce. If anyone has extra, try these facilities. It is so appreciated.
So TRUE.
That's so awesome!
Every video is filled with useful information for any gardener or homesteader. I can't tell you how refreshing it is to see videos with honest, down to earth unstaged content. I also very much appreciate that you only very occasionally mention product links. I've stopped following a few "homesteaders" because of the amount of Amazon links used in the videos. Thank you for always keeping it real and humble. 🦋
Thanks so much! Really appreciate the kind words.
Michelle is real. I knew that as soon as I seen the girl barefoot as barefoot can be. My own mother who is 85 now was exactly like her. And I know how special my mom is, so Michelle, congrats! You ROCK!
Thanks 😊
This family is very awesome, that by the grace of God they do everything from the scratch from the farm to the table. Keep up the good job guys. God bless.
I absolutely love your videos! You guys are amazing. Getting your little one involved with her own wheelbarrow is sooo cute!
Thank you 😊
When I listen to you speak I realize the many things you said you didn’t accomplish! Maybe you’re attempting to do too many things. Lower your expectations a little bit and stop disappointing yourself. And make sure you accomplish the realistic goals you’ve set for the homestead! 🙏👍
You should try fried green tomatoes:)
I love your channel! You two have got the garden ‘wired’ and helping each other out is heartwarming to me. 💜🦋
I’m addicted to your channel! It’s winter in Alaska where I live. So living vicariously through you guys!😂
Good to hear.. It's supposed to be winter here, but we ain't gettin much of it.
one of my Sunday high lights. Thanks for a great and educational video. I prepared my raised beds today. In my area we have mild winters. I was still able to sow spinach, postelein and Asian lettuce. Lamb's lettuce and winter cress also work well. Guys, your number of followers is constantly increasing, what a joy. You deserve this so much, your videos are so authentic, that's what makes you successful. Have a good week,
Hey, thank you so much! That's really cool that you can get some more planting in. Enjoy the harvest!
Fryed green tomatoes with ranch
Fried green tomatoes and tomato chutney are so great!
It’s awesome seeing all of you out there as a family. Your kids are absolutely darling!! You are blessed!💕
Here in the south we love love love fried green tomatoes
Thank you! After watching a number of your videos, I am now making plans to homestead the 15' x 15' deck out back of my townhouse. I'm gonna build one raised bed this winter (2' x 6'?) and in the spring plant at least carrots (Danver half shorts!), beets and kale ... and some flowers. Thanks for the link to the Berlin Seed Co. I grew kale in planters this year, so I know I can to that successfully. We'll see about the carrots and beets! If I can get this done, I'll add another raised bed next year.
Love it! Good luck!
I love the ask for dropped leaves delivered idea, but im obsessively organic at home due to health issues. I'll keep thinking on it. Thank you!
Ooh, since you guys have such a good source for large amounts of compost, you might consider a no-dig/no-till bed. It does a beautiful job of increasing drainage and managing wet clay. We are extremely wet in eastern missouri and it really makes a huge difference.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks again for these tips. I’m just now putting in a small fall garden and need to work on more compost. My husband and I build an elevated garden from scrap wood and free cedar drawers. We found swivel canister wheels online that elevate and lower anything you add them to that we want to purchase later. Maybe you can add them to your chicken coup to help with the mobility. Have a beautiful blessed Sunday!
That sounds cool!
Put down cardboard and then wood chip in the walkways. As it breaks down it will feed your garden. It’s easier to pull up any weeds that do come up.
Hi I’m Joe from Springfield Mo. I’ve been watching your videos! Cool. I see you put your corn stocks for next year mulch. ( But ) you can sell your corn stocks for Halloween or Thanksgiving. We tie them to the front porch poles. 6 stocks for $5.00 depends on how many you have on hand. As for canning. It’s may take time to do everything. But you know what’s in the jar, which taste better then store bought. As for what you both want to do outside per year you want to do. Make a list of projects plus cost. Then take it one step at a time. Depending on how many acres you have, why not look into how to plant grain wheat, rye, barley , sorghum! You can get the very from the brain and make your own flowers. You see your cows and chicken free food for the animals!! When I was small, I helped my uncle back on the farm back in Pennsylvania in the mid 60s until I graduated in the mid 70s. I wish your partner get a piece of paper right you need to do suggestions you might be able to another piece of equipment. Good luck on your invention. Joe!!
Thanks for the tips Joe, and welcome to the channel!
Really enjoyed this video. So stoked for you guys! The channel is blowing up, you’ve earned it!! I’m finally catching up on all your recent videos. End of summer was crazy busy over here!! Cheers, keep at it. The video quality is superb as always. You’re making it 😄.
Hey thanks man! I know what you mean.. it’s hard to keep videos on schedule. Keep at it man!
In Lakewood co. The county has a once a yr cleanup day. Homeowners bag up their leaves and take them to a central place. I would be there collecting free nahhed leaves that were taken home where I put them two feet deep in the chicken pen.i would collect two hundred bags and used it all.i mixed it with sent grain from the local 12:47
brewery . I also put bags of grass I scrounged fromu neighbors
Another friend savede her horses dropping s
Some mighty fine compost.
Michelle.. I would love to have your meatloaf recipe and your BBQ sauce recipe. I havent found a good meatloaf recipe yet.
Here's a video with the BBQ recipe 😊 ruclips.net/video/RwHn-FrtlQY/видео.htmlsi=SNpCEy41FuO32ja3
Great video of your family working together to get your gardens better prepared for the Spring time planting. It is a great learning experience for your kids being so involved in your projects. Congratulations on having such a successful garden this year and that all of your blood, sweat and tears paid off in the end.
Hi Ben! It really is fulfilling to bring in the harvest, and also to know that our kids are learning. Have a good week!
I noticed you are throwing out green tomatoes. Every year just before the frost I collect all of my tomatoes which are mostly green and store them in the garage that is freeze protected. All of the green tomatoes eventually turn red and only about 10 percent of them rot before fully ripening. I have ripe fresh tomatoes clear into February.
We did save a lot of the green ones, just not the ones that were super green.
I have a tiny two 30 and 50 gallon barrel compost piles (one a very rusty steel former burn barrel and the other a plastic garbage can with holes drilled around the bottom and low sides. Very hard here in the desert to compost as I have to wet the piles pretty often or stuff does not break down - very dry climate. I like your big pile and if we were not on a 100X120' lot I'd have a bigger one (we also don't have a tractor and our tiller is electric and tiny).
Way to go workin with what you have!
Wonder if you put a little hitch on the chicken tractor and pull it with four wheeler or something like that if you have it, you guys rock love your video’s keep on keeping on 😊
Definitely not a bad idea 😏
Just love watching you build you homestead. You are doing great work. Your pantry is amazing! Keeep up the great work!
Thanks so much!
Use the green tomato, big or small, the make relish!! I make something called 'Dutch salad'... nothing goes to waste!! Love your videos.
I live in Pennsylvania the Pocono mountains and I send my soil to get tested at Penn State extension
Pulled my tomato, pepper, and bean plants last week. Sad but I'm happy it's done. Now I need to go get some leaves! Thx for the reminder! I love your channel, and I look forward to your next video! ❤
Sounds good! Glad you're a part of the community 😊
Hi guys, just a quick note. To have fresh tomatoes until almost Jan. pick all green ones. Lay them on cardboard flats. Cover with newspaper. Put another layer of tomatoes and then newspaper. Put in cool dark place. God Bless
Ooh thanks!
@@morethanfarmers You guys should get a PO box. Would love to have the PO box to send you some original heirloom seeds that are from a tomato plant 33 years ago. With these seeds your tomato cages would not be enough support. I use cattle panel raised off the ground about 2' and they still flop over! I will only be planting one plant this year just for fresh eating. I have so many jars of canned tomato everything that I'm planting other stuff in the tomato spots this year. I planted 11 plants.
I am in Ohio also, I set up my in ground beds and aisles and only spread my compost on the planting beds then I cover them with OLD rotted HAY, round bales, for the winter. In the aisles I try to rake the pine needles from our place, that way I have defined beds/aisles. I also do not sift my compost or broken down manure, but always get this done in the fall. Another thing I did with the asparagus was to burn the whole patch in the spring, it got rid of a lot of the bugs, I hand picked the rest, and weeds in the patch. It worked out GREAT and I will leave my asparagus ferns standing and plan to burn in the spring again. I am a lazy gardener! I love your channel and did go to Berlin Seeds after you had mentioned it, I didn't know they were there even though I go to Amish country all the time, I usually go to Yoders Produce in Fredericksburg.
Sounds great! Do you have an issues with grass seed from the hay?
YAY another video! I love seeing your family getting things done together.
I look SOOOO forward to your videos ❤
Good to hear 😊
Have you tried no till gardening - would make your spring work easier and you end up having greater soil life, less weed problems, greater fertility and a whole lot less work - just apply your compost and plant into it.
No till can be a double edged sword. I've seen some no till gardens, and honestly so far I haven't been impressed 😬 I know there are great successful ones too. At this point we feel we've figured out what works best for us.. It's kinda a combo of both.
Ive been putting so much work into getting our 1st harvest season prepared..... THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO cuz i have the discipline to read a whole book on gardening 😅🤣
You're very welcome 😁
Don't worry about the pipes in the compost! Turn it when you can and water as needed, otherwise let Mother Nature do most of the hard work and in 6 months you'll have the best compost for your garden
More recipes, please. That meatloaf looks great…and so does the cake!
Y'all have the best life ever! I love your channel!!!
Watching this while I’m on a break from putting several areas of our garden to rest. We’re also taking down a couple of fences to get our semi dwarf orchard finished up. I enjoy your videos and your vibe.
Awesome! Glad you're part of the community 😊
bush hog, till, and plant cereal ryegrass for winter cover crop.
I like your life system, god bless you
I love seeing you work together ❤
you could just put down weed barrier fabric around the raised beds. cheap and easy compared to pavers or w/e
I am now addicted to your videos and all your tips.... I so love your wee one with her red wheelbarrow, doing their share of helping ❤🎉... Champions, keep it up
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy 😊
I’m having a hard time pulling out my tomato plants because there are tons of tomatoes left! I have the hardest time killing something that is still producing but like you I am so done with tomatoes!
I hear ya! But keeping on after you don't need more tomatoes is just an extra stress. Cheers to a good harvest!
Took your advice on ordering through Berlin seeds. I have received my first order and waiting on a catalog to complete my second order. Thank you for that video on ordering seeds and suggesting Berlin. They had what I wanted and what I could grow in 8B! Concerning soil samples, I did want to make it know that where I am from (NC) our Cooperative Extension office will send soil samples to NC State University at no cost. The form tells you how to collect, asks what you plan to plant in that area, you drop the boxes and forms (provided by cooperative extension) back off at your local cooperative extension office for them to transport to NCSU. Then NCSU will email you the results and suggestions. Not sure this is an option for all but being no cost it is worth looking into. Thank you guys for your videos!
Sounds good! Thanks!
Hi. You guys have such great ideas 😊
When you put in the pavers you should put a weed barrier under the pavers so you don’t have them coming up between the pavers later on.
Plannin on it!
The JOY of the LORD is your STRENGTH ❤
Wonderful as always. Truly amazing family.
I am going to order from Berlin seeds this year. I have enjoyed learning from your family. I am so thankful for you guys.
Good work guys. We have 14 raised beds and we put down landscape fabric and cardboard on top then cover with mulch or tree clippings and u will not get weeds growing thru and u can top up with mulch each year to prevent any weeds growing thru. Good luck.
So very true we are working towards growing as much of our food and our foods - food as possible. Those dinners looked amazing, do you have a spot where I could see your recipes, and if so where would it be? Wonderful video, as usual, its beautiful to see a family all working together.
Glad you could join us! We don't have many of our recipes put together.. Maybe someday 😊
Oh I see you all are in Ohio, well hello neighbor I am next door in Indiana God Bless!~!!
Very informative and helpful video , thanks for sharing your success and your failures . It’s all about learning and growing and experimenting with different processes . Im trying to learn the whole composting thing . Your videos help 😆 Thank you
You're very welcome! Good luck 😊
I just discovered u folks. You guys work so hard. I dont homestead, but I DO appreciate how hard u work. We do can and grow we eat. I have fruit trees. But I garden in pots. You might consider soaker hoses.
So glad you're here! It's cool that you are growing some of your food at least.
@@morethanfarmers im in coastal NC. Bug here are awful and so is humidity and heat. I am a master gardner. I did the homeschool thing too. I am retired now. This spring, in order to avoid the heat, I sm going to try hydroponics. I wish u young folks the very best...
My daughter earned great scholarships to college by doing 4H. She grad with a BA in ecology and environmental sciences. But is a vet nurse. U might consider 4H for your kids. I know Ohio has strong groups.
Love ALL your videos! Thank you !
Glad you enjoy! You're very welcome 😊
Thank you for your videos! I really enjoy and appreciate them.
You are so welcome!
Love the content you guys put out. Thank you.
Awesome video's 😀
Very inspiring ❤ Great ideas and explanations on why to donor that way 😊 👏🏼
Have you guys heard of the back to eden method of gardening with Paul Gautschi? You could for sure lay down cardboard and woodchips and be good with those pathways. Then grow some whine cap mushrooms in pathways. Great video guys so cool to see your progress.
Yeah, we've heard of it. It's a neat idea.
I enjoy watching your videos.
cattle panels work great I use 3 tee post to hold them
I order from Berlin Seeds also & have those cages. They are very nice!😊
Great videos. Instead of pavers what about doing a think layer of bark mulch or chips around the raised beds? You can typically sign up for free chip drops with tree clearing companies. :)
That is a good idea.. definitely cheaper.. hmmm...
I was looking for a link to the fold up tomato cages you use.
Sorry, I don't have a link for those because I bought them locally. Berlin Seeds carries them though. You can find their catalog here: berlinseeds.life/
You didn't put in the Link 😂 Great job you guys! Blessings 💕🤗💕
Oops 😬 It's in there now! 😁
Great vid we do all the same on our farm try pickling your green tomatoes they are delicious slice the big ones and also whole cherry tomatoes. 👣👣 love your barefoot gardening👣 we are full time barefooters as well👣
Right on! 😊
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Hello G and A,
Do not you have to put some stress cuts in your slab? Here is the Midwest we had too . Just wondering?
How do you keep the chickens from jumping or flying over the fence?
They mostly just don't. We give em what they need to be content on the inside. Every once in awhile one or two do, and we just gotta catch em.
Why do you guys wait 2 years for the compost? I basically do the same, a lazy composting method because we don't have time to manage it. But I do use the bucket on the tractor probably every other day for the first week or 2 and then maybe once a month to aerate it. I drag the pile out, push it back in and just lift it up and dump it back down. I also spray it down. I've got horse, chicken and goat manure in along with their bedding and kitchen scraps. It's been steamy this past week, so I'm happy about that because I know a hot compost is not easy to achieve sometimes! I will probably use this next fall because I've still got a lot leftover from this past batch.
We wait 2 years cuz I don't turn it at all 😏
Compost is something I have NEVER been good at. It always seems like a stinky pile of GARBAGE JUICE.
I know what you mean. That likely means that you need more carbon. Mix in some straw or dead leaves or something like that. Our compost piles have a lot of carbon mixed in because it's deep bedding, not just straight manure.