Planting Our FIRST Fruit Trees | Starting a Food Forest | Homestead Life
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
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DeGroot company has a guarantee. They replaced one tree that died the first year we planted it. Keep your tags and receipt and contact the company directly if they don’t survive.
good to know! I didn't know this
If you put something around the trunk of your leaning tree and stake it pull it up straight like a tent peg. You need an old hose or something like that
Definitely need to straighten that one out a little
What a great start! If you plant 4 a year it will be glorious down the road!
Keep a note book of all the trees you that you plant on your property, write down all the details of your plantings, cost, names etc. which will be a great reminder if you need to look back & check the details. Thanks for sharing all you do.
Definitely smart to do this! We've got a binder full of info :)
I've been watching you since around early December I love watching your little homestead grow and your channel I hope you both the best
Awh, thanks! So glad you're enjoying our channel!
You guys are awesome! Keep up the good work somedays maybe tough but push through you will be in awe when you get that homestead to where you want it 😊
Add vegetable oil with your seasoning for the pretzels and garlic powder then throw them in a plastic bag and rotate every hour or so for 24 hours and enjoy! Oh yeah dried dill makes it super yummy
If you want to keep the deer away, all you have to do is take eggshells crunched up and sprinkle around the area. It smells like sulfur to deer, and they dislike it immensely. It also adds calcium as a decomposes to the dirt around the fruit tree.❤
I love goldens for applesauce and honey crisp is the best fresh eating apple in my opinion.
Oh yes, goldens are great in applesauce!
Look up your county’s conservation district. They sell many trees and plants for cheap!
How nice to be able to sit on your property, enjoy the view, and have a snack and think about the future
So true! It's so rewarding
Yay!! Tractor supply $15 tree is what we bought this year too. 2 honey crisp and a peach. Along with kiwi and ton of berry bushes. We’re going in SC. Hope they work out for both our sakes.
Fingers crossed for both of us!
Great progress on your homestead! Congratulations on being selected for the film festival. Blessings & thanks for sharing! 🤗🇨🇦
thank you for watching!
You two are so adorable! May I suggest cattle panels around the trees. The wieght of a deer is easily over 100-150 lbs or more. They can topple the netting very easily. I even did tall chicken wire with rebar 3'ft away from my trees and my lambs squashed my chicken wire. 😢
We will invest in higher quality fences for the orchard in the future when funds allow. Cattle panel costs add up fast!
Love the shirts, the gray one is my fav.
Thank you!
I can't get over how much you look like a guy I used to know named Alex in Texas... great video!
thank you!
Well done.Exciting days ahead to harvest from your orchard..little improvements/additions will all contribute to great future harvests 👏🥰
Agreed!
Goldenrod is not a weed, it’s a fantastic native species. Great for pollinators and birds. If you would’ve putting the trees in water for a week or so, the roots would have grown quite a bit. Good luck with them, so nice to have fresh fruits in your yard. Those birds!! 😍
We have lots of goldenrod here & love it for the pollinators in the fall. I said “weed” before I realized what it actually was lol
The definition of a "weed" is any plant that is growing where it's not wanted. It was growing where it wasn't want, therefore, technically, it was a "weed"...a weed with value but still a weed.
Costco sells affordable fruit trees ever year about that size
My favorite apple is also the Honeycrisp! I find it makes excellent applesauce and my favorite cider is made with Honeycrisp apples too. On occasion I do use different varieties of apples for applesauce which is delicious as well. What a fun project to get done and I absolutely agree, the view will be beautiful and it’s refreshing to hear you recognize that it will be one day too. Day by day you’re working toward your vision for the homestead and I think you’re doing a great job! The recipe sounds awesome and I hope to try it. Congrats on getting a video into the Abundance Plus film festival!! I’ll have to check into that too.
May the work of your hands be blessed.
Congratulations! Love the orchard! God’s Blessings 🙏❤️🙏
thank you!
Can you go to your extension office sometimes they give you trees I live in Texas in Houston and we actually have a company called trees for Houston and they give out all kinds of trees, fruit trees, regular trees bushes. They’re having one Saturday and I don’t think I’m gonna go cause I was gifted trees from friends that went there last fall thinking and they gave me a lot of trees so I have way too many trees and plus my backyard has Wild trees already I have mulberry and I have elderberry plenty of elderberry. Plus we have banana trees and my beautiful pear tree that I love so much and you know where we don’t have that much land but believe me, I would love to just plant trees all the time.
You can propagate the elderberry, take a cutting and then then put in a thing of water. It’ll get root and make another elderberry and even better put it in a small pot like a little 5 gallon pot and keep it outside bring it in for the winter and the next year, you can plant that one into the ground as well. I have tons of elderberry in my backyard. They grow wild over here.🌱🌱💚
Love your channel 😊
Thank you so much!
Yeah, that elderberry is good
I love ALL Calico Cow Acres videos!
red and golden delicious are my fave apples, but any apple is a god send in my book lol xx
Those shirts are adorable!!!!! Good luck with the trees!
thanks so much!
Pink lady is better! Honey crisp was a favorite but what I find in the store don't taste good lately!
Go for it! What you got to lose...
Pink lady is where it is at 🍎
Don’t tell Tay but I totally agree😉 pink lady is my favorite
I’m so excited for your find it’s going to be a great orchard 😊
Thanks!
I can see the dream you both have....congrats!
thanks so much!
Don't make the mistake I did. I planted my peach trees too deep and wound up with some kind of bradford pear.
definitely don't want to bury the rootstock lol!
Yay! Congrats on your fruit trees. I would look into white washing the trees. I've heard that helps to keep the young trees from getting sun scorched.
Agree on the apples ,,this fall when y’all want to take a ride ,,come to my county , Alexander county ,,go to Perry Lowe’s orchard and get you some of those honey crisp ,,expensive but this orchard has been proclaimed to have the best tasting apples in the world. Then for your most beautiful views in the world ask where Moore mt road is and travel the extreme of it ,,,breath taking
Congratulations! I wish you the best!
thank you :)
Love your new orchard!! Hope you will start to see little buds soon! Pies, jellies, cobblers, sauces, butters, etc. in your kitchen videos in the future!
Take care!
Yes yes yes! All the fruity deliciousness :)
Do they have V neck T shirts? I can’t wear the crew neck. I’m sure others are like me too
they do! I can add a V neck to the shop
Would love a recipe for your ranch powder
I'll try and type it up soon for our blog :)
What a great idea for the tree protection. We think we lost all 4 of the Elderberry we planted last year to deers, but if we didn't lose them, I'm definitely trying something like this out!
Congrats on getting an entry into the film festival! We are also going to the Black Mountain location for viewing as well! Hopefully we will meet you!
We thought we lost one of ours too but hey it’s coming back! Don’t give up hope 🤞🏼
Oooo that’s so exciting. Can’t wait to meet you guys! Taylor & I keep saying we need to stop by to start getting new country feed for our birds, too, so I’m sure we’ll be meeting up more than once soon!
👏 👏👏🌱 in some year ya will have great amount of of fruit to eat and preserve.. 🍑 🍎
for sure!
Why just 4 trees? They take so long to grow, you might as well plant all you want now. In a few years you'll be glad you did!
Not everyone has the ability to invest in a lot at one time. We'll add them slowly as we are able to.
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Do apple trees propagate from roots only or can you start one from a cutting?? I wonder if farmers of old traded tree starts. Maybe from seeds only? Good luck with the orchard. I know peaches here in E. TN almost never make it past heavy frost unless near a sheltered area or just covered completely.
We haven't dove into the world of grafting fruit trees or starting them from seed yet, but I'm sure we'll find ourselves experimenting with that in the future haha! We are in a pretty mild climate in the thermal belt area here, and strategically put the peaches where it doesn't warm up so quickly. Hopefully they'll grow some nice fruit!
Best Apple is the cosmic apple
Why cut bare root trees down after you brought them.
Just following the instructions