Yes, Becky inspired and helped me build my garden from not knowing a thing to a successful gardener, if I'm getting great food for my family from my work it's all worth it!
MIGardener said don't plant broccoli too early. It doesn't like steep changes in temperature. He said that's why you get small heads. Midsummer to get fall harvest.
Huh, I didn't know that. I live on the western side side of Michigan and got pretty decent sized broccoli heads and we get pretty good temp fluctuations. I did plant them in partial shade which probably helped
2 ideas to keep the little brassica worms off your plants are by planting Dill as a companion plant in your beds or cover your bed after you plant with a garden cover netting and slightly bury it the ground. It keeps the moths(butterflies) from laying their eggs on your plants. Just a suggestion. Love your videos
As an avid RUclips watcher lol I greatly appreciate the extra time that you take to link every single thing. It truly is a step that is often left out but I want you to know that your subbies notice and appreciate your effort.
My goodness Becky, you are amazing how easily in the Kitchen you work. I used to be a great multi cooker and worker once apon a time, I loved working like you do, but have gotten old and ill and don't have the need for it any more - now I think I have lost it 🤣🤣🤣. You do inspire me so much though. I love watching everything you do. I never realised just how competent I was untill I saw you working away with energy for 3. Oh, how wonderful it was to be young! It was second nature being such a wizz- although I never had a garden and yours is huge! One never thought about it, one just worked like a busy bee and loved every minute of it. I never had a dishwasher back in the days - my kitchen definatly wasn't so well stocked like yours. But I did used to make everything myself, plus pickels, jams, preserves etc. You name it, I did it! Good on you love - it suits you perfectly and you have a good man and familly who appreciates all you do. Stay so happy - love you chatting away as you work! 💕
Yes, so true "a little is always better than none". Great job Becky for your first year with these gardens. I have had problems with broccoli as well so I have now switched to broccolini with wonderful success.
You should try doing a second fall planting of broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, and cabbage. They do better for me in the fall/early winter. Plus, Brussel sprouts taste a bit sweeter after they go through a light frost.
The veggies boys on RUclips say you have to pull the leafs up and put a rubber band so the sun won’t mess with the color of the cauliflower and it will grow with no blemish that’s what they said and they grow massive crops and beautiful vegetables
I always plant from seed and harvest broccoli late in the season. They grow tall and have multiple size shoots to harvest. I don’t have to do much with them until after most of the other crops have been processed. Win-win!
I LOVE rhubarb. Put my first plant in this year and it’s growing, yay! Fortunately, my neighbor has a rhubarb plant and he just told me it’s time to harvest and to help myself. That rhubarb crisp bars looks amazing. I hope the recipe is in the description. 😃. It WAS, thank you so much. 😘
I’ve never been successful planting broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage in the spring. So I decided to just wait and grow them in my fall garden. I am seeding them right now and will plant them out in august. I got a pretty decent harvest last year. They stayed in the garden and I used as needed right up til November when I harvested everything that was left. The little seedlings didn’t mind the warm weather and by the time heads were forming, the weather was cooling off.
It's always such an encouragement when I see more seasoned/skilled gardeners harvest "small" produce for their garden or have things get eaten or not grow well, etc. Reminds me that it's not just my family 😂
It's also good to remember that farmers plant hybrids that will grow big and live in the idea climate for that crop. Not to mention a lot of farmers add chemicals to make them grow quick and big...
I think Becky has said this is her 3rd or 4th year gardening so she isn't a seasoned gardener. But she keeps on keeping on , learning and trying. That's what it takes. perseverance
I always make like a little hoop house over broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and all that stuff with white garden cover. It keeps the moths from laying the eggs on your plants that hatch the worms. It also helps them grow bigger. I just use pvc pipes to make my hoops and cover. No more bugs on my food and bigger harvest ❤❤❤
So glad you keep it real. I haven't had a garden in years & had a few less-than-ideal outcomes as well and it's deflating. It was actually nice seeing how you were less then happy while simultaneously being kind to yourself. Just what I needed to see.
Becky, for some people they don’t want to use salt as they fear the sodium getting into their food. Adding a 1/2 Cup of vinegar per gallon of water gets the bugs out as well. It’s an alternative to salt.
@@melissahatfield4773 I use vinegar to wash all of my fresh produce at about 1:4 vinegar to water ratio. I let the produce soak in the water for 10-15 minutes, rinse, and drain. I never taste any vinegar and it is so much less expensive than the purchased produce washes.
The salt draws out the bugs. I, too, use vinegar on store bought veggies, but for homegrown cauliflower and broccoli, I use salt. I'm always surprised at how many bugs are hidden in those heads.
@@cindylou7022 there is a mite that can get in broccoli that can kill you. I was told by the local coop here to use vinegar at 1/2 c to 1 gallon water to kill them when I found some bought from a local farmer. Now I won’t use anything else
Hi Becky. Something I learned when I worked at the green grocer is sweeten the rhubarb with fresh strawberries, no white sugar. It makes it so yummy, and the color of the rhubarb is gonna be a beautiful red. The other bonus is less white sugar in your dish. Give it a try. 😉❤️
The sweetest rhubarb of the year is “forced rhubarb”. It’s grown under a terracotta cloche with a hole in the top which results in the rhubarb reaching for the light. The result is long slender stems of the sweetest rhubarb which is bright pink in colour. It’s so delicious.
When I was very small I used to love going on walks with my grandma. My grandma was friends with a few women who had a garden every year. I remember one woman hurrying outside to share rhubarb with us. Grandma made the best strawberry rhubarb pie. Yummy, I looked forward to her pies every summer. 😊 Thank you for bringing this memory to the forefront. Have a wonderful day, Debbie Lavigne ❤
@@robertlavigne6560 I would love to try your Grandmother's strawberry Rhubarb Pie. It sounds scrumptious ❣ I love Rhubarb, but my hubby won't touch it because he had it served to him cooked & unsweetened. I never knew anyone not to sweeten Rhubarb when cooking. I keep telling him if you had a homemade strawberry Rhubarb Pie, you'd love it. Alas I waste my time trying to get him to try it, but I shouldn't have to not have what I have missed for so long. I'm not sure where I have my recipe now. We've been living on our sailboat for just shy of 30 years & now we're preparing it to be sold. We're up there in our years & the work is harder on us as we've both had orthopedic surgeries that has weakened our bodies a bit. I'm hoping to one day soon be able to grow some produce to enjoy & I'm a bit excited to have a full kitchen to create more of my own recipes again. 🙆♀️ I'm praying for our Holy Almighty Messiah to guide us to a suitable place where we can live the rest of our lives out in a retirement type of community, & one that may already have an established community produce garden, would be awesome 🙆♀️😊. Robert, may you have a wonderful life filled with the things that make you happy 😊.
@Robyn M Robert and I are also up in years. I'm 69, and he's 70. Bobby has had 2 hip replacement surgeries. We both have terrible back issues. So we've slowed down quite a bit. Unfortunately, grandma made her pie without a recipe. She was pretty much a by guess and by gosh cook. My mom is 92 and doesn't remember either. Sometimes, I purchase a Strawberry srhubarb pie from Marie Callanders restaurant. If I can locate some fresh rhubarb, I'm going to recipe search. I'm a home cook who reads the recipes and then will combine elements from each recipe. It's so much fun for me. Sending prayers for you and your husband. Enjoy this next chapter of your life. Have a blessed day, Debbie Lavigne 💖
@@robertlavigne6560 Greetings Debbie, I am like you, I like to read recipes and then I alter them to suit my taste & my hubby's (he's 82). He stopped cooking once he realized I can cook 🤭, I've done all the cooking since. I'm a bit younger than you, and I've lived a full life & I've done a lot of things in my lifetime. I miss being able to do the things I used to be able to do just 3 years ago. Now everything we do causes us pain somewhere. We thank our Holy Almighty Messiah for all our blessings & we're so very thankful we can still do some of the things we need to do. My hubby had his right hip done years ago- a pressed fit titanium & leg extension (we went to Colorado & Dr. Kirk Kindsfater did his hip, it took 50 minutes, he's awesome, sadly, now he needs his left one done. I had double wrist surgeries done by Dr. Duncan during the last 2 weeks we were there, I had nerve ganglions due to all the work I've done, he told me to be careful because it can reoccur 🥺 it took me 4.5 months to get full range back, but I did it). I was born with active Acute Intermittent Hepatic Porphyria, so I have to manage it as best as I can on my own (I don't want anything injected) I am now studying & learning everything I can about herbs, roots, and making my own herbal medicines as pure as possible. I'm reading "The Modern Herbal Dispensatory" A medicine making guide & it is loaded with everything & then some, one of the best purchases I've made 😊❣ I recently made 1 quart of homemade Elderberry Immune Boosting Juice & from that I've made 2 batches of jumbo gummies (4 tsp.ea) & a large batch of Elderberry Syrup & it's amazingly good. I did learn that the American Elderberry can be eaten & used for tinctures which is what I'll be making next using Ever Clear grain alcohol due to the higher alcohol content & less amount of water. Most stores only offer 80 proof, so I was glad I found Ever Clear. I don't have any tincture made at this point but I hope to have some made soon. I learned it has a long shelf life due to the high alcohol content. I learned a lot from my friends who were older women that lived to be in their 90s, they're dearly missed. Sorry, I'm rambling again. You & I are very blessed to have had wonderful grandmother's that were good cooks and wonderful role models for us. May our Holy Almighty Messiah bless us & guide us in all our endeavors. Amen 🙌❣ God bless you & all the women in our lives that were good examples for us to learn from. 💞 🥰 🙌❣
Just FYI, you can eat the cauliflower and broccoli leaves! Just use them in place of any other dark, leafy green. You can also freeze them and add them to a green smoothie. Make the most of your harvest!
Becky, you've been using a lot of lemons lately and I saw another homesteader say she zesty all her lemons and freeze dries the zest. It enhances the flavor and she loves it. You should try that too. ❤
Had the best results 😅with cauliflower in our shared gardening locality, by planting overwintering types that are seeded in summer and harvested rhe following spring. Same with broccoli. Less /no bug pressure, and very large heads. Winter gardening in our area is terrific!
Hmmm, thinking you would have better luck planting cauliflower and broccoli in the fall since they grow better in cooler weather. I am in the desert, they grow here all winter.
I harvested two huge mixed varity of herbs from my garden and blessed two of my friendly neighbors with them. It was wonderful to be able to share what has been given to me thru my hard work...I love the work! But it made me so happy to be able to share the mixed varieties I had. It really was a lot!
Two thoughts about your cauliflower and broccoli: Soil may be too warm because of the landscape fabric. Also it looked to me like they were planted too close together - I would say half as many plants in the same space. Great videos - thank you!
A little off topic, but I've seen you use that lemon juicer tool in a few of your videos, and I finally bought something similar. I've always done the very old fashioned way of juicing lemons with a lot of wrist action over that cone shaped thing, and I've always done a bag of lemons at time, which is hard work, messy and leaves me with an aching wrist. I was very sick a couple of weeks ago and needed more lemon juice to add to my hot water and honey, and couldn't face the old juicing method. So I finally upgraded to one similar to yours and OMG, what a pleasure! Thanks so much for the inspiration ❤
love your mental approach to gardening. i tried gardening for 3 years... first year: all the small plants were eaten by animals, the only pumpkin was already rotting althugh being small. second year: nearly no fruit production. 3 tomatos from one plant, it was depressing. didn't know what i did wrong, got super frustrated and this year i haven't planted anything. you go out there, look at those tiny coliflowers, say "oh well that sucks, but better than nothing" and just go on. i really admire that!
Becky "U" make our day. I'm always excited when a new video from u posts.I believe the community u have built here agree unanimously. Have a wonderful evening. God bless ❤
Becky, I am in zone 8 as well and have MUCH better luck growing them in the fall garden. I start the seeds in august and put them out as late in September as I can. Sometimes here in sept it’s still 90*+
Its odd, but Ive realized I much prefer the old garden compared to this one. I love to see the soil in the beds and little plants just coming up wherever you planted your seeds. Also the ground with the woodchips and just the general feel of the garden. This new garden, although logically its much more efficient, it has a cold look to it. I guess I wont be using that black weed cloth in my beds. I do love watching your videos, and I'm learning a good bit. ❤
Hey, Becky! Upcoming topic suggestion: I’m a new mom, and I’m curious how you manage to “get it all done” with a baby. I know when your son was younger, you did a lot of baby wearing in your videos, but I’m curious how you are balancing baby and gardening/food prepping? Do you have childcare? Do you have a particular schedule for when baby is napping. Any tips would be appreciated!
❤❤Good morning Becky! So exciting! It's always so wonderful when you get to have c'est dinner from the garden!! It turned out great! Thank you for all of your hard d work not only with growing and cooking, but filming and editing! You are amazing!! ❤❤
Your broccoli and cauliflower will grow bigger if you plant it earlier. The heat is causing it. I’m in northern Wisconsin and we plant cold crops (peas, cauliflower, broccoli, radishes, ect) when the ground can be worked… so like mid march to April 1st… I cover them with a floating row cover to protect against snow. They do fine, even when we get 7” of snow 😂 The cover also prevents cabbage moth worms. Our neighbors are Amish… I just follow what they do and suggest! They say snow peas got their name because they taste better after a good snow 😅
I have seen other homesteader put a shade cover over their brassicas to reduce the heat as it's a colder weather grower and as others have suggested the white cloth over them could also help reduce the moth issues.
Becky I really enjoyed this video. Although you may not have intended to convey it! I personally take away so much especially the importance of togetherness and family additionally how our foods can make all of these things work so well together 💞 I'm not sure if there's another similar channel that would come close to the level of presentation and information for the home and not have all those technical devices and type setups. The videos are a bit lengthy! But so amazing 🤩
OMG Yummy!!! I'm watching this laying in bed at 3:40am and Now I'm Hungry!!! Becky can we please have another garden tour just to see how the pumpkins and everything are doing? Great Job and Videos 🌠💜🍀!!! Western Upstate New York here 💕
I am SO impressed with your harvest! You may think it humble, but I think it's amazing. I live in the mid-west and every thing in my garden is looking a bit sad. I'm hoping things get better as the months go on. You are such an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your day and recipes with us. ❤
I don't know if you are northern Midwest or smack dab in the middle like I am. She's so far north she's going to get tons more sunlight, even with the temperature variances (she might have to deal with altitude as well).
I am not sure if you can access it but aged cow manure is excellent for adding nutrients to raised garden beds. After each season planting I amend my raised garden beds by a sprinkle of blood and bone that’s what we call it and a few bags of cow manure that has been aged. It will also help with moisture content in the gardens as well. A good liquid fertiliser every couple of weeks over growing season works wonders.
Hello friend, You should wash your basket then spritz it with White vinegar and sit to dry in full sun. It will help to get rid of the mold on it. I am so happy for your harvest.
Becky, I've planted broccoli, and cauliflower and had small heads, and medium heads. They've never grown big! Most of the time, the bugs, and worms seem to get to them before we can even have a taste 😊 I'm going to try planting them again inside, then harden them off outside before planting in a covered rows. I can imagine both these dishes you've prepared were delicious.....including dessert. Hugs to y'all!
We have harvested yellow jalopeno's that were supposed to be green jalopeno's but are yellow- our Son in SD said his package was to be green but theirs are yellow also. Cayenne's are coming quick and Early girl tomatoes. We canned 10 quarts tomatoes and 3 quarts pickled jalopeno's. I lost most my strawberries in our grow tower think we got a bug and seem be to better after spraying diamatreous earth on them. We didn't get enough variety of plants planted this year this our Texas heat came on now have Heat indexes of 100 to 120 degree's. Hoping all my tomatoe plants can whether this heat! I have so many tomatoes on the plants I want to can and turn into ketchup and other sauces from tomatoes. Nice harvest you got. If you thicken strawberries like pie filling it would work on your dessert, I may give this a try as strawberry is my husbands favorite.
Nice harvest! Small is good too! Ours get so big hard to eat all at one time,lucky our kids love veggies so we get to share with them,my mom,neighbors! I can’t wait til our veggies get big enough to harvest!! Yum! Love rhubarb too,yumo!! Thanks for sharing your yummy recipes!
In my state cauliflower and broccoli are a fall crop. It’s not something we plant in spring because it gets so hot. It’s something that we plant in like the end of August into the cooler months
You are starting from stratch where there was absolutely nothing, i think it is going really well. Your other garden the soil had been there for quite awhile and there had been some gardening. I do think it is such a good idea to get rhubarb and your trees you want in as soon as you can. Thank You and your sister in law for the great recipes.
I wanted to recommend reusable parchment paper. I personally love the brand Cookina , but even my knock off ones are great! I have washed and reused some over 40-50 times and they are still going strong. It works wonders for roasted veggies, cookies, fish sticks, and many more :)
😮 I have reusable cheesecloth which is amazing but I go through a lot of parchment so I will look for that. I also found reusable bamboo “paper towels”. Thanks!
Maybe adding mulch on top of black weed barrier would help keep it from getting to hot and burning the bottom leaves of the plants. That barrier draws heat
Lucky you getting veggies from your garden . We planted our Memorial Day weekend and while it is doing awesome , have not been able to pick goodies from it yet..we live in a cold area and our last frost date is late
Hi Becky great video yet again! It’s such a thrill harvesting the garden then cooking it up! I’m looking forward to trying that roast veg salad. I’d suggest to try growing cauliflower and broccoli in the fall. I harvested one bigger than my head weeks ago although I’m in Australia so it’s the start of winter here. Good luck!
Becky, you are so inspirational. I wish I had your knowledge of gardening and cooking. You should be so proud of yourself❤❤❤
Yes, Becky inspired and helped me build my garden from not knowing a thing to a successful gardener, if I'm getting great food for my family from my work it's all worth it!
MIGardener said don't plant broccoli too early. It doesn't like steep changes in temperature. He said that's why you get small heads. Midsummer to get fall harvest.
I really like Luke. Great channel
Huh, I didn't know that. I live on the western side side of Michigan and got pretty decent sized broccoli heads and we get pretty good temp fluctuations. I did plant them in partial shade which probably helped
Broccoli and cauliflower is better as a fall plant
2 ideas to keep the little brassica worms off your plants are by planting Dill as a companion plant in your beds or cover your bed after you plant with a garden cover netting and slightly bury it the ground. It keeps the moths(butterflies) from laying their eggs on your plants. Just a suggestion. Love your videos
As an avid RUclips watcher lol I greatly appreciate the extra time that you take to link every single thing. It truly is a step that is often left out but I want you to know that your subbies notice and appreciate your effort.
My goodness Becky, you are amazing how easily in the Kitchen you work. I used to be a great multi cooker and worker once apon a time, I loved working like you do, but have gotten old and ill and don't have the need for it any more - now I think I have lost it 🤣🤣🤣. You do inspire me so much though. I love watching everything you do. I never realised just how competent I was untill I saw you working away with energy for 3. Oh, how wonderful it was to be young! It was second nature being such a wizz- although I never had a garden and yours is huge! One never thought about it, one just worked like a busy bee and loved every minute of it. I never had a dishwasher back in the days - my kitchen definatly wasn't so well stocked like yours. But I did used to make everything myself, plus pickels, jams, preserves etc. You name it, I did it! Good on you love - it suits you perfectly and you have a good man and familly who appreciates all you do. Stay so happy - love you chatting away as you work! 💕
Becky, the idea of a trip away, doing cooking classes from different places sounds so fun. You and Josh should do that one day!!
Yes, so true "a little is always better than none". Great job Becky for your first year with these gardens. I have had problems with broccoli as well so I have now switched to broccolini with wonderful success.
Taste comparison?
Yay! For first harvest! All I could think about was using a bigger bowl for mixing 😂😂😊
I often think that 😅
It drives me crazy when she doesn’t use a bigger bowl or a bigger pot! Urgh!
Me too!
This first harvest was so ADORABLE ❤
It was like a harvest for mini people 😊😊
why? Its not growing bigger??
@@tinakon4386 she talks about why they are so small. They should get bigger.
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I laughed so hard when you said “a good glug of vanilla” Definitely my kind of measuring. 😂😂😂
The cauliflower leaves are delicious too in soups and stews etc. they give a depth of flavour. They can also be freeze dried and frozen etc 💚
Good reminder. Many blessings all
Does that apply to broccoli also??
@@lizzy9975 I'm almost certain they both have edible greens.
@@MissBetsyLu Thanks.
@@sapphire22011 Yes, love those too!
You should try doing a second fall planting of broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, and cabbage. They do better for me in the fall/early winter. Plus, Brussel sprouts taste a bit sweeter after they go through a light frost.
Agree! They do better on fall, couliflowers (did I wrote it right?) and broccoli are cold resistant and doesn't like warm weathers
I'm going to do this as well. Frustrated with spring crops even though I plant them early, they just don't seem to do well.
In areas that don’t get a good frost, you can pick your sprouts and put them in the freezer for 12-24 hours and they will sweeten up.
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The veggies boys on RUclips say you have to pull the leafs up and put a rubber band so the sun won’t mess with the color of the cauliflower and it will grow with no blemish that’s what they said and they grow massive crops and beautiful vegetables
I always plant from seed and harvest broccoli late in the season. They grow tall and have multiple size shoots to harvest. I don’t have to do much with them until after most of the other crops have been processed. Win-win!
I LOVE rhubarb. Put my first plant in this year and it’s growing, yay! Fortunately, my neighbor has a rhubarb plant and he just told me it’s time to harvest and to help myself. That rhubarb crisp bars looks amazing. I hope the recipe is in the description. 😃. It WAS, thank you so much. 😘
I’ve never been successful planting broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage in the spring. So I decided to just wait and grow them in my fall garden. I am seeding them right now and will plant them out in august. I got a pretty decent harvest last year. They stayed in the garden and I used as needed right up til November when I harvested everything that was left. The little seedlings didn’t mind the warm weather and by the time heads were forming, the weather was cooling off.
It's always such an encouragement when I see more seasoned/skilled gardeners harvest "small" produce for their garden or have things get eaten or not grow well, etc. Reminds me that it's not just my family 😂
It's also good to remember that farmers plant hybrids that will grow big and live in the idea climate for that crop. Not to mention a lot of farmers add chemicals to make them grow quick and big...
I think Becky has said this is her 3rd or 4th year gardening so she isn't a seasoned gardener. But she keeps on keeping on , learning and trying. That's what it takes. perseverance
I always make like a little hoop house over broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and all that stuff with white garden cover. It keeps the moths from laying the eggs on your plants that hatch the worms.
It also helps them grow bigger.
I just use pvc pipes to make my hoops and cover.
No more bugs on my food and bigger harvest ❤❤❤
A little shade helps a lot
I need to do this!
Thankyou for sharing your children’s journeys with us … for me, it is a look back 😃 ❤ !
Becky I just love you and your videos, and girl, I want to buy you a couple of new shirts!!!
So glad you keep it real. I haven't had a garden in years & had a few less-than-ideal outcomes as well and it's deflating. It was actually nice seeing how you were less then happy while simultaneously being kind to yourself. Just what I needed to see.
Vinegar water is also very good for cleaning your greens
Becky, for some people they don’t want to use salt as they fear the sodium getting into their food. Adding a 1/2 Cup of vinegar per gallon of water gets the bugs out as well. It’s an alternative to salt.
But then you might add a pickled flavor. As long as you rinse well, salt may be the better option
@@anabetbarr3192 believe me, there is no pickle flavor. I’ve been doing it for years. I’m from Texas and we actually prefer vinegar to salt.
@@melissahatfield4773 I use vinegar to wash all of my fresh produce at about 1:4 vinegar to water ratio. I let the produce soak in the water for 10-15 minutes, rinse, and drain. I never taste any vinegar and it is so much less expensive than the purchased produce washes.
The salt draws out the bugs. I, too, use vinegar on store bought veggies, but for homegrown cauliflower and broccoli, I use salt. I'm always surprised at how many bugs are hidden in those heads.
@@cindylou7022 there is a mite that can get in broccoli that can kill you. I was told by the local coop here to use vinegar at 1/2 c to 1 gallon water to kill them when I found some bought from a local farmer. Now I won’t use anything else
I love that you chose a positive outlook on a smaller harvest! Choosing to be positive helps us so much as people and gardeners 💚💚💚
Hi Becky. Something I learned when I worked at the green grocer is sweeten the rhubarb with fresh strawberries, no white sugar. It makes it so yummy, and the color of the rhubarb is gonna be a beautiful red. The other bonus is less white sugar in your dish. Give it a try. 😉❤️
The sweetest rhubarb of the year is “forced rhubarb”. It’s grown under a terracotta cloche with a hole in the top which results in the rhubarb reaching for the light. The result is long slender stems of the sweetest rhubarb which is bright pink in colour. It’s so delicious.
When I was very small I used to love going on walks with my grandma. My grandma was friends with a few women who had a garden every year. I remember one woman hurrying outside to share rhubarb with us. Grandma made the best strawberry rhubarb pie. Yummy, I looked forward to her pies every summer. 😊 Thank you for bringing this memory to the forefront. Have a wonderful day, Debbie Lavigne ❤
@@robertlavigne6560 I would love to try your Grandmother's strawberry Rhubarb Pie. It sounds scrumptious ❣
I love Rhubarb, but my hubby won't touch it because he had it served to him cooked & unsweetened. I never knew anyone not to sweeten Rhubarb when cooking.
I keep telling him if you had a homemade strawberry Rhubarb Pie, you'd love it.
Alas I waste my time trying to get him to try it, but I shouldn't have to not have what I have missed for so long.
I'm not sure where I have my recipe now. We've been living on our sailboat for just shy of 30 years & now we're preparing it to be sold.
We're up there in our years & the work is harder on us as we've both had orthopedic surgeries that has weakened our bodies a bit.
I'm hoping to one day soon be able to grow some produce to enjoy & I'm a bit excited to have a full kitchen to create more of my own recipes again. 🙆♀️
I'm praying for our Holy Almighty Messiah to guide us to a suitable place where we can live the rest of our lives out in a retirement type of community, & one that may already have an established community produce garden, would be awesome 🙆♀️😊.
Robert, may you have a wonderful life filled with the things that make you happy 😊.
@Robyn M Robert and I are also up in years. I'm 69, and he's 70. Bobby has had 2 hip replacement surgeries. We both have terrible back issues. So we've slowed down quite a bit. Unfortunately, grandma made her pie without a recipe. She was pretty much a by guess and by gosh cook. My mom is 92 and doesn't remember either. Sometimes, I purchase a Strawberry srhubarb pie from Marie Callanders restaurant. If I can locate some fresh rhubarb, I'm going to recipe search. I'm a home cook who reads the recipes and then will combine elements from each recipe. It's so much fun for me. Sending prayers for you and your husband. Enjoy this next chapter of your life. Have a blessed day, Debbie Lavigne 💖
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Greetings Debbie,
I am like you, I like to read recipes and then I alter them to suit my taste & my hubby's (he's 82). He stopped cooking once he realized I can cook 🤭, I've done all the cooking since. I'm a bit younger than you, and I've lived a full life & I've done a lot of things in my lifetime.
I miss being able to do the things I used to be able to do just 3 years ago. Now everything we do causes us pain somewhere. We thank our Holy Almighty Messiah for all our blessings & we're so very thankful we can still do some of the things we need to do.
My hubby had his right hip done years ago- a pressed fit titanium & leg extension (we went to Colorado & Dr. Kirk Kindsfater did his hip, it took 50 minutes, he's awesome, sadly, now he needs his left one done.
I had double wrist surgeries done by Dr. Duncan during the last 2 weeks we were there, I had nerve ganglions due to all the work I've done, he told me to be careful because it can reoccur 🥺 it took me 4.5 months to get full range back, but I did it).
I was born with active Acute Intermittent Hepatic Porphyria, so I have to manage it as best as I can on my own (I don't want anything injected) I am now studying & learning everything I can about herbs, roots, and making my own herbal medicines as pure as possible. I'm reading "The Modern Herbal Dispensatory" A medicine making guide & it is loaded with everything & then some, one of the best purchases I've made 😊❣
I recently made 1 quart of homemade Elderberry Immune Boosting Juice & from that I've made 2 batches of jumbo gummies (4 tsp.ea) & a large batch of Elderberry Syrup & it's amazingly good.
I did learn that the American Elderberry can be eaten & used for tinctures which is what I'll be making next using Ever Clear grain alcohol due to the higher alcohol content & less amount of water.
Most stores only offer 80 proof, so I was glad I found Ever Clear. I don't have any tincture made at this point but I hope to have some made soon. I learned it has a long shelf life due to the high alcohol content.
I learned a lot from my friends who were older women that lived to be in their 90s, they're dearly missed.
Sorry, I'm rambling again.
You & I are very blessed to have had wonderful grandmother's that were good cooks and wonderful role models for us.
May our Holy Almighty Messiah bless us & guide us in all our endeavors.
Amen 🙌❣
God bless you & all the women in our lives that were good examples for us to learn from. 💞 🥰 🙌❣
What a great use of the rhubarb and I love the creativity of the salads too!
I never realized that harvesting cauliflower was so stress relieving. She ended them with a ferocity!
OMG those little cauliflowers are so cute! I bet they will be tender and delicious
Just FYI, you can eat the cauliflower and broccoli leaves! Just use them in place of any other dark, leafy green. You can also freeze them and add them to a green smoothie. Make the most of your harvest!
I would add a squeeze of lime and something red (finely chopped red bell?) to that pasta salad 😘
Never fails I always love your videos. Those salads look so good
I have been recovering from a back surgery and it your videos brighten my day. While I’ve been home, I’ve tried so many of your recipes! ❤
Everything looks amazing! Great job, love watching you! 🎄🧑🎄❤
Hi Becky, hi friends! Lovely harvest
Try folding the leaves of the cauliflower over the curd once it starts to form keeps the colour and keeps the curd tight 😊
Becky, you've been using a lot of lemons lately and I saw another homesteader say she zesty all her lemons and freeze dries the zest. It enhances the flavor and she loves it. You should try that too. ❤
Had the best results 😅with cauliflower in our shared gardening locality, by planting overwintering types that are seeded in summer and harvested rhe following spring. Same with broccoli. Less /no bug pressure, and very large heads. Winter gardening in our area is terrific!
Hmmm, thinking you would have better luck planting cauliflower and broccoli in the fall since they grow better in cooler weather. I am in the desert, they grow here all winter.
The cauliflower turns pink from the sun, you have to put the leaves 4:14 on top to stop that .. but pretty good harvest
I harvested two huge mixed varity of herbs from my garden and blessed two of my friendly neighbors with them. It was wonderful to be able to share what has been given to me thru my hard work...I love the work! But it made me so happy to be able to share the mixed varieties I had. It really was a lot!
I absolutely admire your positive attitude!
Those rhubarb bars look AMAZING!!! I just love your videos, Becky. You have helped me change the way I think about my household and garden. 🙂
Two thoughts about your cauliflower and broccoli: Soil may be too warm because of the landscape fabric. Also it looked to me like they were planted too close together - I would say half as many plants in the same space. Great videos - thank you!
A little off topic, but I've seen you use that lemon juicer tool in a few of your videos, and I finally bought something similar. I've always done the very old fashioned way of juicing lemons with a lot of wrist action over that cone shaped thing, and I've always done a bag of lemons at time, which is hard work, messy and leaves me with an aching wrist. I was very sick a couple of weeks ago and needed more lemon juice to add to my hot water and honey, and couldn't face the old juicing method. So I finally upgraded to one similar to yours and OMG, what a pleasure! Thanks so much for the inspiration ❤
What a lovely video. It was a fun 'field trip" for a city slicker like me. You were the perfect host. Thank you for a relaxing time.
I've always noticed you tend to use the smallest bowl possible and then struggle to mix without the contents flying all over lol
Go big Becky!!!
I wonder, Becky, do you know if the current owners of your old house kept the garden going?
I too am curious to know
Me too
I THINK she said the new owners are into gardening.
I hope they are growing.
This may be a question we never get answered. In order to honor the new owner's privacy. I'm ok with that, but I am curious too.
love your mental approach to gardening. i tried gardening for 3 years... first year: all the small plants were eaten by animals, the only pumpkin was already rotting althugh being small. second year: nearly no fruit production. 3 tomatos from one plant, it was depressing. didn't know what i did wrong, got super frustrated and this year i haven't planted anything. you go out there, look at those tiny coliflowers, say "oh well that sucks, but better than nothing" and just go on. i really admire that!
I can get supper bummed about it too it's normal
Becky "U" make our day. I'm always excited when a new video from u posts.I believe the community u have built here agree unanimously. Have a wonderful evening. God bless ❤
Becky, I am in zone 8 as well and have MUCH better luck growing them in the fall garden. I start the seeds in august and put them out as late in September as I can. Sometimes here in sept it’s still 90*+
@@cynthiafisher9907 my outdoor garden typically dies from heat in august so I start them inside the house just like my spring starts. (South Carolina)
Same here! My broccoli and cauliflower bolt every time, so I only grow for fall.
Very good point. I always forget there's a fall planting and gardening season. Many blessings everyone.
Any harvest is a Blessing ❤
Enjoy the fruit of your labor.
Fresh harvest is the best. Yummiest!
Its odd, but Ive realized I much prefer the old garden compared to this one. I love to see the soil in the beds and little plants just coming up wherever you planted your seeds. Also the ground with the woodchips and just the general feel of the garden. This new garden, although logically its much more efficient, it has a cold look to it. I guess I wont be using that black weed cloth in my beds. I do love watching your videos, and I'm learning a good bit. ❤
Wonderful cooking and baking! Thanks for sharing! Great that you have wonderful family meals! 🤗💜🇨🇦
I just watched on Little Mountain Ranch, she bought some netting to put over the broccoli and cauliflower, to keep the bugs out.
Our 1st harvest!!!! This is so exciting!!!
Your videos are such a blessing Becky! I’m so glad I get to watch them.
Hey, Becky! Upcoming topic suggestion: I’m a new mom, and I’m curious how you manage to “get it all done” with a baby. I know when your son was younger, you did a lot of baby wearing in your videos, but I’m curious how you are balancing baby and gardening/food prepping? Do you have childcare? Do you have a particular schedule for when baby is napping. Any tips would be appreciated!
yummie thanx for sharing and have a great day
❤❤Good morning Becky! So exciting! It's always so wonderful when you get to have c'est dinner from the garden!! It turned out great! Thank you for all of your hard d work not only with growing and cooking, but filming and editing! You are amazing!! ❤❤
Hi from Australia, I am loving some of your delicious recipes, great job Becky. Thanks for sharing
Great tips!
Your broccoli and cauliflower will grow bigger if you plant it earlier. The heat is causing it. I’m in northern Wisconsin and we plant cold crops (peas, cauliflower, broccoli, radishes, ect) when the ground can be worked… so like mid march to April 1st… I cover them with a floating row cover to protect against snow. They do fine, even when we get 7” of snow 😂 The cover also prevents cabbage moth worms.
Our neighbors are Amish… I just follow what they do and suggest! They say snow peas got their name because they taste better after a good snow 😅
Her garden wasn’t ready yet so she just planted them when it was ready.
You are an inspiration to many of us. Love your little harvest. Keep up with your garden and the progress is great to see. You are awsome
I love your channel! I also cringe when you use your knife to scrape up things you've chopped! Be careful with the sharp knives!! 😂😂
I enjoyed kitchen time and gardening time, blessings 👍
Thank you for the video.
I have seen other homesteader put a shade cover over their brassicas to reduce the heat as it's a colder weather grower and as others have suggested the white cloth over them could also help reduce the moth issues.
I am salivating! 😋 I Just love these recipes and I’m so excited to try them out! Thank you and God bless to you and your wonderful family. ❤
Pretty cool your harvesting from your garden already. Yay
Great first harvest Beckie.
Yea!!! Becky is harvesting already. I'm so excited for you.
I love that you are harvesting from your garden already! Also, I'm going to need that link for the bowl with the lid.
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Becky I really enjoyed this video. Although you may not have intended to convey it! I personally take away so much especially the importance of togetherness and family additionally how our foods can make all of these things work so well together 💞 I'm not sure if there's another similar channel that would come close to the level of presentation and information for the home and not have all those technical devices and type setups. The videos are a bit lengthy! But so amazing 🤩
I have 2 bowls for my mixer and it's so nice to have a clean bowl if I need one.
Love these recipe ideas. I'm looking for the larger bowl and snap lid link 🎉
OMG Yummy!!! I'm watching this laying in bed at 3:40am and Now I'm Hungry!!! Becky can we please have another garden tour just to see how the pumpkins and everything are doing? Great Job and Videos 🌠💜🍀!!! Western Upstate New York here 💕
What a beautiful harvest
I am SO impressed with your harvest! You may think it humble, but I think it's amazing. I live in the mid-west and every thing in my garden is looking a bit sad. I'm hoping things get better as the months go on. You are such an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your day and recipes with us. ❤
I don't know if you are northern Midwest or smack dab in the middle like I am. She's so far north she's going to get tons more sunlight, even with the temperature variances (she might have to deal with altitude as well).
I am not sure if you can access it but aged cow manure is excellent for adding nutrients to raised garden beds. After each season planting I amend my raised garden beds by a sprinkle of blood and bone that’s what we call it and a few bags of cow manure that has been aged. It will also help with moisture content in the gardens as well. A good liquid fertiliser every couple of weeks over growing season works wonders.
Hello friend, You should wash your basket then spritz it with White vinegar and sit to dry in full sun. It will help to get rid of the mold on it. I am so happy for your harvest.
Becky, I've planted broccoli, and cauliflower and had small heads, and medium heads. They've never grown big! Most of the time, the bugs, and worms seem to get to them before we can even have a taste 😊 I'm going to try planting them again inside, then harden them off outside before planting in a covered rows. I can imagine both these dishes you've prepared were delicious.....including dessert.
Hugs to y'all!
Such a lovely party prep!
We have harvested yellow jalopeno's that were supposed to be green jalopeno's but are yellow- our Son in SD said his package was to be green but theirs are yellow also. Cayenne's are coming quick and Early girl tomatoes. We canned 10 quarts tomatoes and 3 quarts pickled jalopeno's. I lost most my strawberries in our grow tower think we got a bug and seem be to better after spraying diamatreous earth on them. We didn't get enough variety of plants planted this year this our Texas heat came on now have Heat indexes of 100 to 120 degree's. Hoping all my tomatoe plants can whether this heat! I have so many tomatoes on the plants I want to can and turn into ketchup and other sauces from tomatoes. Nice harvest you got. If you thicken strawberries like pie filling it would work on your dessert, I may give this a try as strawberry is my husbands favorite.
29:58 The roasted veggie salad sounds delicious! I would have to add some roasted onion as well though because onions are my favorite. =)
Nice harvest! Small is good too! Ours get so big hard to eat all at one time,lucky our kids love veggies so we get to share with them,my mom,neighbors! I can’t wait til our veggies get big enough to harvest!! Yum! Love rhubarb too,yumo!! Thanks for sharing your yummy recipes!
In my state cauliflower and broccoli are a fall crop. It’s not something we plant in spring because it gets so hot. It’s something that we plant in like the end of August into the cooler months
You are starting from stratch where there was absolutely nothing, i think it is going really well. Your other garden the soil had been there for quite awhile and there had been some gardening. I do think it is such a good idea to get rhubarb and your trees you want in as soon as you can. Thank You and your sister in law for the great recipes.
I haven't watched from the beginning, but I believe she mentioned that she and Josh made and filled the beds at their last place?
Becky, I had only little broccoli florets, but the leaves and stems are delicious!. I chopped them up, froze them and am using them in so many things.
I wanted to recommend reusable parchment paper. I personally love the brand Cookina , but even my knock off ones are great! I have washed and reused some over 40-50 times and they are still going strong. It works wonders for roasted veggies, cookies, fish sticks, and many more :)
I need to look into that
😮 I have reusable cheesecloth which is amazing but I go through a lot of parchment so I will look for that. I also found reusable bamboo “paper towels”. Thanks!
Maybe adding mulch on top of black weed barrier would help keep it from getting to hot and burning the bottom leaves of the plants. That barrier draws heat
Everything looks yummy! Thank you for sharing 🤗
Love your videos. Could you please link the bowls with the lids. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
You should carry scissors or a knife in your basket to harvest your veggies, then it’s with you when you’re in your garden.
Thanks Becky and Congrats on your First Harvest 6-17-2023❤
Hi Becky, wow look, no weeds! A good way to illuminate bugs altogether is by using big pieces of cotton muslin fabric draped over your plants😊
Wow, congratulations on your first harvest!
Lucky you getting veggies from your garden . We planted our Memorial Day weekend and while it is doing awesome , have not been able to pick goodies from it yet..we live in a cold area and our last frost date is late
Me too! But I had a great herb harvest, two so far!
Thank you for this great video.
Yum…..everything looks delicious! 😸🌸🐾🐝
aww x loved your first harvest , fantastic use of it in those recipes x
Humble abundance- awesome Becky!!🫶🏻💯🌷
Hi Becky great video yet again! It’s such a thrill harvesting the garden then cooking it up! I’m looking forward to trying that roast veg salad. I’d suggest to try growing cauliflower and broccoli in the fall. I harvested one bigger than my head weeks ago although I’m in Australia so it’s the start of winter here. Good luck!