Hello, guess I am working back to front in watching your videos. Really enjoyed your garden tour. I am going to try your bean tunnel with the brassicas underneath for shade. I am on Whidbey island and we get interesting weather at times. Not nearly as cold obviously. One problem I do get is the voles when I mulch the garden. They have ruined whole crops at times...winter garden mostly. Last year I put out a trap line which helped. I also put extra layer of composted soil on to help protect the crop. Haven't been able to talk my hubby into a cat/s, but I know it would probably be our best answer. One thing I have learned with our raspberries is they love chips as a mulch. Great channel. Love you guys...my favorite.
I've noticed these folks don't reply to any comments but the videos are very good 👍. If i was guessing i would say from the size of there garden they just don't have the time to respond. Just in case you read this love the video's thanks for showing us .
I can't wait to see how your hazelnuts and almonds do. I'm in the Pacific NW (Sequim to be exact), and found out a few years ago that two of my backyard tree are almond trees. They'd never done anything for the prior owner (I purchased this home in Jan. 2013). It was so exciting to watch them grow. Since then, they haven't produced again, but that's okay. It's very rare for my area because of the area. I do have two giant hazelnut trees/Bushes (they are really kind of like a mix, not like your regular fruit tree that's for sure). Currently mine are about 25ft tall which isn't normal, but I'm only a few houses from the Dungeness River so the water level in the soil makes things grow. Haha! I'm actually going to be cutting them back a bit, because they massively produce nuts and are just too tall. I really hope you guys are able to grow almonds it's really awesome to watch them grow (and especially be able to cut into them and see how they are formed, start to finish). I used to have a large garden, but since it's just my little daughter (who's only 6) and I, I had to put that on hold for a while. Just the house, land and fruit trees (a very large hybrid cherry tree roughly 30ft with Rainer and Bing cherries, a smaller Bing, 2 purple plum, two hazelnuts, 2 Apple trees, 1 Golden plum, 2 almond trees, and two different pear trees), alone are quite a task for a single Mom, but I'm going to find a way to still have a small garden next year. I think it's meant for us to have one, because even without planting ANYTHING this year, a bird must've dropped some strawberry seeds in my flowers bed in the front yard, because we actually have a strawberry plant growing there now. Hahaha!!!! Thank you for sharing your incredible life with us. It's so neat to see what people do with their homes/land. ❤️
This is just gorgeous. It's always fun to see what crops people like to grow, especially in large quantities, and I've loved following along as you've been building up this new land!
This may be my favorite video of yours. Love info on growing harvesting and preserving and using food. Also hoping to see more on your preserving kitchen.
Definitely take us along during the creation of the orchard. Will love to see how you put that together, and the steps you take to keep young trees thriving.
Thanks for squeezing a garden tour into your busy schedule! It looks incredible! I love the fruit tree "nursery" idea. My peas have not been happy with the crazy fluctuating weather we are having here in Western Washington too. Down in the 40's at night and two days later we hit 95! I would love to hear more from your friend that owns the fruit tree nursery.
I hope you are talking about pernicious herbicides and the dangers of buying straw, hay, manure and compost that have them included. I'm quite fearful as so many people have had this issue.
Really enjoying your first year in this garden. We are on a first year garden this year again as well. Went from heavy clay zone 8 Western Oregon with lots of moisture to sandier/drier zone 4 of Alaska Kenai Peninsula. So, we feel the struggle of learning a new garden/growing season too and find following along with yours to be a real treat. Thanks for sharing
Looking good for your first year there in you new home. Good luck with ALL your gardens. Can’t wait to hear about the jam making.😁 Would love to have a tour of your new homestead at some point. 💛
As always, a really great video. You are correct about using the hoop house at our elevation; and you can also cover the rows inside of a hoop house and raise the temperature even more (Eliot Coleman, The Winter Harvest Handbook). Also, you may already know this but our water in the Rocky Mountains is quite alkaline. Blueberries like acidity. You may want to add acidity in your water at least for the blueberries. I’ll leave it up to your imagination as to what you can add to make the water acidic. Locally sourced seeds / plants is vital for success here. So smart! We just planted plum, apple and a maple (!) and we’ll see how that goes... Th e 20-Acre Wood, Salish Mountains
We have had so much flooding that farmers didn't plant corn. I'm wishing I could afford fencing -worried the deer will come after my corn. Our peas are rocking here. Unseasonably chilly in n. Ohio.
Thanks for the tour! Wow the garden has grown so much in the last few months. Wish we could grow raspberries and blueberries here. We love them. Nice work😉 cant wait to see the cottage garden progress next. 😍
I really enjoyed your video/tour! Are you able to share the local/regional nursery/seed company you spoke about at the end of your video? I live in Spokane and would love to find a nursery that I could support and that provides seeds for our climate. Looking forward to the upcoming pantry chat on meat birds!
I love the garden tours! They are my favourite! My raised back yard garden is growing great too! It’s a lot of work to get them up and going! It’s a busy time of year for sure! Good luck! Cus Nancy from Canada
Hey Josh, great job, we planted 8 raspberry bushes this year.. We are in Maine and won’t get to harvest anything until late August....Hoping earlier but time will tell..Your garden is absolutely amazing...
I am amazed how far you've all come from what it seems such a short time ago with tarps down!! Do you have friends and family help get everything in? I know the older kids can be a big help, but still, what a feat!!! :)
Check out "Stefan Sobkowiak" RUclips channel. He also put out a video on how to plant an orchard so you don't have bug and disease problems. Ne calls it NAP: Nitrogen fixer, Apple, Plum; nitrogen, apple, pear or paw paw. He explains real well in the video. Touches on grafting and starting your own root stock. Might want to view it before your friend arrives.
Great video and the garden is coming along nicely. You could also try planting spinach in between rows of corn as it will help keep it shaded and benefit from the extra nitrogen .I did it here in western WA and it turned out pretty good, even in the heat of summer.I grew teton that year I think and got 12-14 oz per plant. I also like how you are shading your brassicas / cole crops with the pole beans..great idea to give them some relief from the heat of the day.
How are your black currents doing thought about doing those but do they do well in containers just asking because I am thinking about doing some eledery berries trees and I am also thinking about doing some raspberries and strawberries
Can you please tell me what your mulching with it’s hard to tell is it straw is it hey is it wood shavings. Your garden is looking beautiful I really appreciate the walk-through thank you so much for sharing your info and your videos in your time God bless you all
Im wanting to start a raspberry patch so I can harvest my own berries rather than buy them. We are moving onto a 5 acre lot here in Idaho as well, just wondering how many berry plants would be a good number to plant? They would be used for jam and for freezing whole to add to homemade yogurt.
I planted for the first time Broccoli and Brussels Spouts. I am not sure what they should be looking like. Do Broccoli flower before they produce heads?
@UCqjItAz4lhPHf6xPV1ErUNQ Ah that's sad.. I'm growing tomatoes in my apt.. They are 5 feet tall and beautiful.. But no tomatoes.. I take them outside and water every other day.. I think the seeds were defective.. Hope your luck changes.. Food and veggies are getting very expensive now!🙇🙇🙇🙇🙋
@@cherilcooper289 Your plants are probly not getting pollinated. they can't produce fruit if that doesnt happen some way. Being inside you may have to do the pollination yourself. I've never done it but you may be able to find ways with a quick internet search.
@@cherilcooper289 If you give them a little spanking (as in shake them gently) they should self-pollinate. I have had great success doing that. It sounds like you might have indeterminate tomatoes which means they grow more like a vine rather than a bush. They produce longer but usually more sporadic. They do need a certain amount of hours of daylight which they might not get by you moving them in and out. Try to provide them with a grow light for a few extra hours when they are inside. Hope that helps and good luck! P.S. Also make sure you remove the suckers so the plant can put the energy into growing flowers and fruits rather than leaves.
Just found your channel !!! Great huge garden !!! Looks like a full time job !!! Suggestion, Early Girl tomatoes are great early tomato and indeterminate, they produce till frost. I live in zone 6B a few mile west of you in the ajoining state, last year first tomato june 16 last first of Nov due to first frost. great tomato to throw in the mix. be advised there also is a determinate, bush same variety that is not nearly as productive !!! Be advised also the Black Locust is a toxic plant to animals and also humans. you do not need that type of locust !!!
Wilbur Finnigan, what I've learned from Ben Falk is the complete opposite with regards to Black Locust. Here's an interesting video of his harvesting black locust flowers, edible, and sounds delicious. ruclips.net/video/hYdyAziLanU/видео.html
I would love to have the children show us their gardens!
Wow!! Very very nice
I loved this. Inspiring. Thanks!
Beautiful!!!!
Hello, guess I am working back to front in watching your videos. Really enjoyed your garden tour. I am going to try your bean tunnel with the brassicas underneath for shade. I am on Whidbey island and we get interesting weather at times. Not nearly as cold obviously. One problem I do get is the voles when I mulch the garden. They have ruined whole crops at times...winter garden mostly. Last year I put out a trap line which helped. I also put extra layer of composted soil on to help protect the crop. Haven't been able to talk my hubby into a cat/s, but I know it would probably be our best answer. One thing I have learned with our raspberries is they love chips as a mulch. Great channel. Love you guys...my favorite.
Looks amazing!
I've noticed these folks don't reply to any comments but the videos are very good 👍. If i was guessing i would say from the size of there garden they just don't have the time to respond. Just in case you read this love the video's thanks for showing us .
Garden is looking good!
I can't wait to see how your hazelnuts and almonds do. I'm in the Pacific NW (Sequim to be exact), and found out a few years ago that two of my backyard tree are almond trees. They'd never done anything for the prior owner (I purchased this home in Jan. 2013). It was so exciting to watch them grow. Since then, they haven't produced again, but that's okay. It's very rare for my area because of the area. I do have two giant hazelnut trees/Bushes (they are really kind of like a mix, not like your regular fruit tree that's for sure). Currently mine are about 25ft tall which isn't normal, but I'm only a few houses from the Dungeness River so the water level in the soil makes things grow. Haha! I'm actually going to be cutting them back a bit, because they massively produce nuts and are just too tall. I really hope you guys are able to grow almonds it's really awesome to watch them grow (and especially be able to cut into them and see how they are formed, start to finish). I used to have a large garden, but since it's just my little daughter (who's only 6) and I, I had to put that on hold for a while. Just the house, land and fruit trees (a very large hybrid cherry tree roughly 30ft with Rainer and Bing cherries, a smaller Bing, 2 purple plum, two hazelnuts, 2 Apple trees, 1 Golden plum, 2 almond trees, and two different pear trees), alone are quite a task for a single Mom, but I'm going to find a way to still have a small garden next year. I think it's meant for us to have one, because even without planting ANYTHING this year, a bird must've dropped some strawberry seeds in my flowers bed in the front yard, because we actually have a strawberry plant growing there now. Hahaha!!!!
Thank you for sharing your incredible life with us. It's so neat to see what people do with their homes/land.
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Y’all are so precious😊. Great video! Thank you for sharing all this great content. God bless all you do❤️
This is just gorgeous. It's always fun to see what crops people like to grow, especially in large quantities, and I've loved following along as you've been building up this new land!
nice video.
amazing garden. hope you have an abundant harvest
This may be my favorite video of yours. Love info on growing harvesting and preserving and using food. Also hoping to see more on your preserving kitchen.
Current jelly yum
Definitely take us along during the creation of the orchard. Will love to see how you put that together, and the steps you take to keep young trees thriving.
Thanks for squeezing a garden tour into your busy schedule! It looks incredible! I love the fruit tree "nursery" idea. My peas have not been happy with the crazy fluctuating weather we are having here in Western Washington too. Down in the 40's at night and two days later we hit 95! I would love to hear more from your friend that owns the fruit tree nursery.
You've done an amazing job converting the garden to your needs!! SO much hard work :)
What a great new space. Congratulations!
It’s looking great.
Wish I could grow amaranth here in north Georgia but the flea beetles destroy it every time. Beautiful garden...thanks for sharing! Blessings
Boy you guys have been busy! Looks great! Can't wait until it fills out.
I hope you are talking about pernicious herbicides and the dangers of buying straw, hay, manure and compost that have them included. I'm quite fearful as so many people have had this issue.
Really enjoying your first year in this garden. We are on a first year garden this year again as well. Went from heavy clay zone 8 Western Oregon with lots of moisture to sandier/drier zone 4 of Alaska Kenai Peninsula. So, we feel the struggle of learning a new garden/growing season too and find following along with yours to be a real treat. Thanks for sharing
That was a BIG job but looking good so far, great job!
Amazing looking garden space! Can't wait to see it as the season progresses.
Wow--you guys have really done lots, especially considering you just recently moved to your new place. Hope your harvests are bountiful!
It's looking great!
Wonderful! So much growth it's amazing! Thanks for sharing
Beautiful garden!
Amazing garden! Thanks for sharing.
It's come a long way!! Great amazing hard work! The bounty will be magnificent from what is seen now!
Looking good for your first year there in you new home. Good luck with ALL your gardens. Can’t wait to hear about the jam making.😁 Would love to have a tour of your new homestead at some point. 💛
wow what an awesome garden, gr8 video, thnx for sharing. I like all your different beds.
It looks great!
It's looking great! Still trying to get ours in.
Wow this looks so great. You guys do a great job! 🎉 thanks for the great video . Excited for you guys. Happy planting. Blessings to you and yours.
Just found your channel! Lots of good information without all the drama you find in a lot of places!
This is an unusual question. How do you make the bird bed and stay with it from falling so high. Who do you make it so safe for the birds too?
As always, a really great video. You are correct about using the hoop house at our elevation; and you can also cover the rows inside of a hoop house and raise the temperature even more (Eliot Coleman, The Winter Harvest Handbook). Also, you may already know this but our water in the Rocky Mountains is quite alkaline. Blueberries like acidity. You may want to add acidity in your water at least for the blueberries. I’ll leave it up to your imagination as to what you can add to make the water acidic. Locally sourced seeds / plants is vital for success here. So smart! We just planted plum, apple and a maple (!) and we’ll see how that goes... Th e 20-Acre Wood, Salish Mountains
We have had so much flooding that farmers didn't plant corn. I'm wishing I could afford fencing -worried the deer will come after my corn. Our peas are rocking here. Unseasonably chilly in n. Ohio.
very fun to see your garden! Loved it :D
Thanks for the tour! Wow the garden has grown so much in the last few months. Wish we could grow raspberries and blueberries here. We love them. Nice work😉 cant wait to see the cottage garden progress next. 😍
I really enjoyed your video/tour! Are you able to share the local/regional nursery/seed company you spoke about at the end of your video? I live in Spokane and would love to find a nursery that I could support and that provides seeds for our climate. Looking forward to the upcoming pantry chat on meat birds!
You have such an amazing space! 🤗
The Weather is Off Globally 🌍
Thanks for Sharing
I love the garden tours! They are my favourite! My raised back yard garden is growing great too! It’s a lot of work to get them up and going! It’s a busy time of year for sure! Good luck! Cus Nancy from Canada
Hey Josh, great job, we planted 8 raspberry bushes this year.. We are in Maine and won’t get to harvest anything until late August....Hoping earlier but time will tell..Your garden is absolutely amazing...
I am amazed how far you've all come from what it seems such a short time ago with tarps down!! Do you have friends and family help get everything in? I know the older kids can be a big help, but still, what a feat!!! :)
Would you share how you took care of the flea Beatles with the ash/DE? What’s the ratio? Do I sprinkle it on top or at the base?
Check out "Stefan Sobkowiak" RUclips channel. He also put out a video on how to plant an orchard so you don't have bug and disease problems. Ne calls it NAP: Nitrogen fixer, Apple, Plum; nitrogen, apple, pear or paw paw. He explains real well in the video. Touches on grafting and starting your own root stock. Might want to view it before your friend arrives.
How did you install your cattle panel archways!
How come you are not eating your carrot tops? They make the best!!! pesto ever and are nice herbs in a salad.
Great video and the garden is coming along nicely. You could also try planting spinach in between rows of corn as it will help keep it shaded and benefit from the extra nitrogen .I did it here in western WA and it turned out pretty good, even in the heat of summer.I grew teton that year I think and got 12-14 oz per plant. I also like how you are shading your brassicas / cole crops with the pole beans..great idea to give them some relief from the heat of the day.
What sort of system do you use to water your garden? It looks fantastic (and huge!).
I see you put a lot of hay/straw. Is that the truck to keep down the weeds and grass??
I have some flower bed I'd like to use for herbs and food. What do you think about growing organic and using soil that has been sprayed?
How are your black currents doing thought about doing those but do they do well in containers just asking because I am thinking about doing some eledery berries trees and I am also thinking about doing some raspberries and strawberries
How many acres do you have? When did you move to this property?
I would also love to know how large the garden is as well. Janice
can we see a garden update?
WOW y’all have really been busy with the garden! Looks wonderful. First year gardens can be tough. Approximately how big is your garden spot?
Can you please tell me what your mulching with it’s hard to tell is it straw is it hey is it wood shavings. Your garden is looking beautiful I really appreciate the walk-through thank you so much for sharing your info and your videos in your time God bless you all
Looks like wheat straw, and easy to obtain in their area.
I would love to get a start for goose berries can't find them anywhere here in southern Illinois.
Im wanting to start a raspberry patch so I can harvest my own berries rather than buy them. We are moving onto a 5 acre lot here in Idaho as well, just wondering how many berry plants would be a good number to plant? They would be used for jam and for freezing whole to add to homemade yogurt.
ya'll need to follow Lisa Steele on Fresh Eggs Daily! d
I just moved to Northern Idaho and I am zone 6a what zone are you planting in? Do you have any local nurseries that you would recommend for plants?
Wow!!! Thank you! are you growing dwarf fruit trees?
Hi family why is mulch so important? Thanks
Holy cow! Things are looking Great! I'm in awe
I planted for the first time Broccoli and Brussels Spouts. I am not sure what they should be looking like. Do Broccoli flower before they produce heads?
How do you deal with rust. Growing pole beans from seed this year and they look terrible. Southwest of st Louis mo and trying to grow organic.
Is there a video on mulching your garden? I am terrified about introducing chemicals accidentally.
Your garden looks awesome! Is that straw you have between the rows? It looks different than what I can get in Ohio.
Your garden is awesome, but how do you water?
Remember the Indians planted the beans with the corn.. As the corn grew the beans grew up the stalk..
Your garden looks great! 😀😁🙇🙇🙇🙏🙏🙋
@UCqjItAz4lhPHf6xPV1ErUNQ Ah that's sad.. I'm growing tomatoes in my apt.. They are 5 feet tall and beautiful.. But no tomatoes.. I take them outside and water every other day.. I think the seeds were defective.. Hope your luck changes.. Food and veggies are getting very expensive now!🙇🙇🙇🙇🙋
@@cherilcooper289 Your plants are probly not getting pollinated. they can't produce fruit if that doesnt happen some way. Being inside you may have to do the pollination yourself. I've never done it but you may be able to find ways with a quick internet search.
@@Lissa71 I took them outside to pollinate.
@@cherilcooper289 If you give them a little spanking (as in shake them gently) they should self-pollinate. I have had great success doing that.
It sounds like you might have indeterminate tomatoes which means they grow more like a vine rather than a bush. They produce longer but usually more sporadic. They do need a certain amount of hours of daylight which they might not get by you moving them in and out. Try to provide them with a grow light for a few extra hours when they are inside.
Hope that helps and good luck!
P.S. Also make sure you remove the suckers so the plant can put the energy into growing flowers and fruits rather than leaves.
Gorgeous garden :) What state are you in?
Carrot tops have much nutrition
what Zone are you in?
meat birds :)
Just found your channel !!! Great huge garden !!! Looks like a full time job !!! Suggestion, Early Girl tomatoes are great early tomato and indeterminate, they produce till frost. I live in zone 6B a few mile west of you in the ajoining state, last year first tomato june 16 last first of Nov due to first frost. great tomato to throw in the mix. be advised there also is a determinate, bush same variety that is not nearly as productive !!! Be advised also the Black Locust is a toxic plant to animals and also humans. you do not need that type of locust !!!
Wilbur Finnigan, what I've learned from Ben Falk is the complete opposite with regards to Black Locust. Here's an interesting video of his harvesting black locust flowers, edible, and sounds delicious. ruclips.net/video/hYdyAziLanU/видео.html
Farming is not for the ideal.
Garden looks great!!
Beautiful garden! Thanks for sharing!!