To be honest, you have one of the most enjoyable channels around and it's a lot of fun to watch as you guys transform the land so to speak. Great work so far and congragulations.
- soil testing - seed native to the area - crops native to the area - surround the garden with fence you aren’t a soup kitchen for wildlife - whatever space you think you need between rows triple it - use sheep manure as fertilizer - next year plant where the pigs were
That's an awesome Harvest. I can't believe it grew that well. I agree with Jason to leave all of that mess there as mulch to cover it with the tarp again for the winter 💚🌞
WOW from what it started out looking like to what you ended up with. You did get a good amount of squash. The long green striped one is a cushaw squash. Have a blessed day 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️👩🏻🌾
My grandfather was a tobacco farmer in Western NC..he always said that tobacco crop was hard on the soil so I think you guys did great for what you had to work with..I know it’s only gonna get better! Awesome job guys❤🙏🏻
Clay will always be hard . . . we had clay but we also had horses, cows and sheep so we had tons of spring manure to put on the garden area. These days it's easy to add crushed stone and sand to clay, lets the rain in where it evaporates slower. Love the background classical music, great video. Cheers.
Great harvest for abandoned and compacted land! Plant nasturtiums and marigolds, and some other things throughout the pumpkin plants. They will leave the pumpkins alone.
This turned out to be an amazing yield. Y'all should be proud of what you're able to get done here for this first year on this spot. Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed day.
It's such a visceral experience watching the pigs scarf these home-grown veggies you give them. Might not be such a bad idea as you develop the garden areas by focusing on one or two varieties of squash as you mentioned. And looking into natural insect control including partner vegetation. Ask around. I agree; for the first harvest of prior hard-pack ground, it's a success.
I’m a new subscriber but I’ve been following you since the beginning. My wife and I recently moved to west Tennessee to be able to afford to grow a good portion of our food. We came from Oregon and I had never heard of a squash bug before. They attacked my butternut squash and killed my only two vines. I had a yellow summer squash starting to perk up and I looked and saw the bugs. I used diatomaceous earth dust and sprinkled both the plant and a one inch wide layer around the stem of course very small plant but it killed the squash bugs after about three days
Uou'll love the Cushaws. They make excellent pies, custards and puddings, even casseroles. I like them better than pumpkins for pies. I'm so glad they did well for you. Happy Fall.
Next year, spread some diatamaceous earth on the plants' stems when they have about half a dozen leaves and then again when the vines are a couple of feet long. It will kill the squash bugs.
Great first year garden patch, you should get rid of the leaves from the pumpkin pmkins they are full of bugs, let the pigs eat them then let chicken in there to eat all the squash bugs:)
Wow Great Video Guys- you have turned a bad pasture into a productive pasture- well done. I enjoy your videos so much & you both have come so far. Cheers Denise- Australia
You could try Hokkaido Pumpkins they are great for eating and the plants have great yield. My grandpas chickens also don’t mess up his pumpkin garden but if you are concerned about the hills maybe try running ducks they work great too
Great first year harvest. I would defiantly put the chickens on their, reduce the bug count, scratch up the soil, and poop on it. You can remake your rows next year. 🎃🥧
I dont get to watch to many you tube videos these days but i have caught a few of yours. You guys are doing a fabulous job with your farm and business. Jason i am glad to see you looking like you have been able to get past your health issues. You have accomplished so much. God's best to all of you.
Wow that stuff grew fast you planted it in July and harvested in mid Sept. wow!!!! Just think what next years garden will be like if you add more good soil and composted material and mix it all up, it makes one wonder how much better, more, etc.. the garden will produce, good job everyone, start planning your next garden and keep up the great work and Jason, looks like you'll have to either put in a pond before it starts really raining to capture that water for the new year or figure something out so you'll have it on hand, you've done well constructing the new shed and the storage tank for it.
That was really smart how you have your pigs moving toward the barn, Are going to be butchering any this fall ? Also great job on that soil. A couple of more years and I bet it'll be great. Stay happy healthy and safe and thanks for the upload
Years ago my uncle brought us some Tahitian squashes. They were 4 1/2 feet long. We just hacked off a chunk and we would cook it and put aluminum foil or saran wrap over the end that we cut and we would get some later and they lasted forever.❤❤❤
Love your idea of raising food for you pigs and chickens, I love the.Cushaw squash(the light green striped) ,butternut ,zucchini, yellow straight neck, and some of the other winter squash that are good winter keepers. I'd turn the chickens in to clean up the bugs and their eggs then ferment 5 gallon of whole corn and scatter it a over the garden and turn the pigs in on it. Jason you are great at building so check out hiller/furowers and build something that will attach to your boxlade to make your chilled up rows next year.
Fantastic! I've been hoping you would do a restrospective view of the before and after. Your green fields are looking lush and lovely :) Just a suggestion about the squash bugs. You have a TERRIBLE infestation so I would burn the leftover vines and leaves, right there in the garden just make a pile and burn them. Use your premier fencing and let the pigs and chickens in for the winter to get more of the bugs and larva that are left in the soil - you'll find that you almost always have to redo your hills every year anyway as they collapse into the paths over time and you'll want to add compost. Don't be complacent about this or they will come back even worse next year! Also check out Doug & Stacy's channel and use her recipe for bug repellant made of onions, garlic and vinegar and water and spray regularly when the plants are young - Good luck :)
Cushaw squash make delicious pies. Tastes much like pumpkin pie. My mom always grew them and made pies throughout the year. Use same recipe as you use for pumpkin pie!
the nice thing is that as you add a lot of organic material every year, the soil gets easier and easier to work and pest pressure drops a lot--for some reason bugs are attracted more to unhealthy plants
Hey Sow abundance reap the same! Great experience for the next time. I’ve read studies about using Blue Hubbard squash as a trap crop to protect other squash from vine borers and squash bugs. Check that out? Love that you feed the animals as well as you feed yourselves! Keep up the good work 💖
My first job ever was when I was 15 and worked in the tobacco fields. When the plants got tall enough they would bloom and we would take the tops off with a tool similar to that. We called it “suckering”the tobacco. I’ve seen tobacco plants almost 10 feet tall.
Hi.... Jason and Loraine thanks you for showing your video homestead 🏡🐔🐓🐣🐤🐥🦃🐑🐖🐷🐝🎥👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍
To be honest, you have one of the most enjoyable channels around and it's a lot of fun to watch as you guys transform the land so to speak. Great work so far and congragulations.
- soil testing
- seed native to the area
- crops native to the area
- surround the garden with fence you aren’t a soup kitchen for wildlife
- whatever space you think you need between rows triple it
- use sheep manure as fertilizer
- next year plant where the pigs were
Looks good! Love watching the progress. If you put the chickens on that squash patch they'll eat all the bugs and the grubs. God Bless!
Lorraine just a thought I saw a Gardner treat herself to a little hand held vacuum- as soon as she saw squash bugs she vacuumed them up😊❤
What a great idea. Much better than having to pick them all off by hand or use poison.
That’s a great idea! 🙏🏻
What an awesome harvest! I loved the entire process and your datings of when you started to 'turn' this space into food production.
I absolutely LOVE the Kune’s ❤ They are the cutest babies ever 🐷🐽
Hi, Jason and Lorraine! Your dedication and tenacity in building your homestead are inspiring and commendable. Congratulations on your progress.
That's an awesome Harvest. I can't believe it grew that well. I agree with Jason to leave all of that mess there as mulch to cover it with the tarp again for the winter 💚🌞
WOW from what it started out looking like to what you ended up with. You did get a good amount of squash. The long green striped one is a cushaw squash. Have a blessed day 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️👩🏻🌾
The green striped squash is Cushaw. It's in the pumpkin family and makes a great pumpkin pie
My grandfather was a tobacco farmer in Western NC..he always said that tobacco crop was hard on the soil so I think you guys did great for what you had to work with..I know it’s only gonna get better! Awesome job guys❤🙏🏻
💚 Hreat pics from last year and how things have changed and improved over the year. That's a beautiful harvest and the Kunis are loving it too! 💚
Plant the three "sisters" together pumpkins, beans, and corn.
Turned out to be an abundant garden. Definitely worth the work to create the garden space. Awesome job‼️ 🥰😊
Clay will always be hard . . . we had clay but we also had horses, cows and sheep so we had tons of spring manure to put on the garden area. These days it's easy to add crushed stone and sand to clay, lets the rain in where it evaporates slower. Love the background classical music, great video. Cheers.
Considering what you started with, you've come a long way. ⚡🌾🍉
Great harvest for abandoned and compacted land! Plant nasturtiums and marigolds, and some other things throughout the pumpkin plants. They will leave the pumpkins alone.
This turned out to be an amazing yield. Y'all should be proud of what you're able to get done here for this first year on this spot. Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed day.
It's such a visceral experience watching the pigs scarf these home-grown veggies you give them.
Might not be such a bad idea as you develop the garden areas by focusing on one or two varieties of squash as you mentioned. And looking into natural insect control including partner vegetation. Ask around.
I agree; for the first harvest of prior hard-pack ground, it's a success.
What a beautiful harvest! Looks like Cushaw is the way to go on that particular garden spot.
I’m a new subscriber but I’ve been following you since the beginning. My wife and I recently moved to west Tennessee to be able to afford to grow a good portion of our food. We came from Oregon and I had never heard of a squash bug before. They attacked my butternut squash and killed my only two vines. I had a yellow summer squash starting to perk up and I looked and saw the bugs. I used diatomaceous earth dust and sprinkled both the plant and a one inch wide layer around the stem of course very small plant but it killed the squash bugs after about three days
The sunflower seeds, you could roast them to sell or grind them to make flour.
Uou'll love the Cushaws. They make excellent pies, custards and puddings, even casseroles. I like them better than pumpkins for pies. I'm so glad they did well for you. Happy Fall.
Hard work has paid off. Congratulations 🎉
You guys have done a great job. The pigs will love the squash.
It obviously is very rewarding to you to see the improvement in the land. We too, enjoy seeing the difference. Good job!!
HooRay! Good Harvest Day!
Watching them little piggies eat them yummy scraps was the highlight of my day❤
Cool tobacco harvester Jason. Nice haul. Too bad the squash bugs did so well on your squash garden. Thanks for this video Jason and Lorraine!
I LOVE watching you two!! Thank you for taking us along on your life........
Next year, spread some diatamaceous earth on the plants' stems when they have about half a dozen leaves and then again when the vines are a couple of feet long. It will kill the squash bugs.
That’s pretty good for planting for the first time! Each year will be better!
Great first year garden patch, you should get rid of the leaves from the pumpkin pmkins they are full of bugs, let the pigs eat them then let chicken in there to eat all the squash bugs:)
Jason and Lorraine you are doing fantastic!
❤ what y’all are doing! Great harvest, and pig food. 🎉
Wow Great Video Guys- you have turned a bad pasture into a productive pasture- well done. I enjoy your videos so much & you both have come so far. Cheers Denise- Australia
Wow great harvest guys 😋
You could try Hokkaido Pumpkins they are great for eating and the plants have great yield. My grandpas chickens also don’t mess up his pumpkin garden but if you are concerned about the hills maybe try running ducks they work great too
Awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
Good job, y'all ! That effort paid off.
Bringing the chickens to the pumpkin patch next year to eat the bugs!!!🎉
Great first year harvest. I would defiantly put the chickens on their, reduce the bug count, scratch up the soil, and poop on it. You can remake your rows next year. 🎃🥧
There's so much I love about this video! You guys are continually progressing in a life filled with such worth and value all around. ❤
You turned that old horse arena into great crop but also great content for a video.
I dont get to watch to many you tube videos these days but i have caught a few of yours. You guys are doing a fabulous job with your farm and business. Jason i am glad to see you looking like you have been able to get past your health issues. You have accomplished so much. God's best to all of you.
Plant a cover crop for the winter. Crimson clover helps to break up the soil.
I say success indeed animal feed, human food.👍🏽
Good Haul , Did really well on that hard ground
Wow that stuff grew fast you planted it in July and harvested in mid Sept. wow!!!! Just think what next years garden will be like if you add more good soil and composted material and mix it all up, it makes one wonder how much better, more, etc.. the garden will produce, good job everyone, start planning your next garden and keep up the great work and Jason, looks like you'll have to either put in a pond before it starts really raining to capture that water for the new year or figure something out so you'll have it on hand, you've done well constructing the new shed and the storage tank for it.
Great 👌 harvest you have there well done 🎉 love Pete cape town south Africa looking forward to seeing you soon 😮
Good on you .... all the best from Arkansas!!!!
Peach bacon sounds amazing with a drizzle of honey. Oh man my mouth is watering!!💯
Amazing transformation
Thank you! Cheers!
You don't have to leave the chickens on long enough to destroy the beds but they will get a ton of the pests left behind.
Good job. 🕊️
Love it!! patience paying off!
That squash-variaty harvest makes all that hardwork pay off! Next year’s harvest should even be better! Great job you guys! Keep up the good work! :)
Effort paid off. Good haul. 👍
Awesome harvest Jason and Lorraine
Harvest looks amazing!
Great harvest!👍🏻
Really quick turnaround!❤
Always enjoy your vlogs.
Classical music was a nice touch and really fitting!
That was really smart how you have your pigs moving toward the barn, Are going to be butchering any this fall ? Also great job on that soil. A couple of more years and I bet it'll be great. Stay happy healthy and safe and thanks for the upload
Impressive harvest, congratulations.
Years ago my uncle brought us some Tahitian squashes. They were 4 1/2 feet long. We just hacked off a chunk and we would cook it and put aluminum foil or saran wrap over the end that we cut and we would get some later and they lasted forever.❤❤❤
It makes a giant difference if one has big equipment and many hands make light work.
Amazing bro… pampuna,calabaza,auyama, and pumpkins the same names but amazing. Nice bro!!! Keep pushing.
A shop vac does wonders on squash bugs.😂
Love your idea of raising food for you pigs and chickens, I love the.Cushaw squash(the light green striped) ,butternut ,zucchini, yellow straight neck, and some of the other winter squash that are good winter keepers. I'd turn the chickens in to clean up the bugs and their eggs then ferment 5 gallon of whole corn and scatter it a over the garden and turn the pigs in on it. Jason you are great at building so check out hiller/furowers and build something that will attach to your boxlade to make your chilled up rows next year.
Cushaw! Makes great empanadas.
Fantastic! I've been hoping you would do a restrospective view of the before and after. Your green fields are looking lush and lovely :) Just a suggestion about the squash bugs. You have a TERRIBLE infestation so I would burn the leftover vines and leaves, right there in the garden just make a pile and burn them. Use your premier fencing and let the pigs and chickens in for the winter to get more of the bugs and larva that are left in the soil - you'll find that you almost always have to redo your hills every year anyway as they collapse into the paths over time and you'll want to add compost. Don't be complacent about this or they will come back even worse next year! Also check out Doug & Stacy's channel and use her recipe for bug repellant made of onions, garlic and vinegar and water and spray regularly when the plants are young - Good luck :)
Hi guys, great garden!
Thanks for visiting
You have enough open land now to create multiple patches for separate varieties. Keep room between varieties so they don’t cross pollinate.
I’d say you did pretty good!
I would definitely call that a success!!
Abundant garden harvest is best thing everyone want it..i do too..just like feeling blessed..thank you dear friend
Well done. Something from nothing and you’re improving the soil. You should be proud!
Would sowing marigolds between the rows/plants repel the squash bugs?
Cushaw squash make delicious pies. Tastes much like pumpkin pie. My mom always grew them and made pies throughout the year. Use same recipe as you use for pumpkin pie!
Definitely try companion gardening,I’m really loving the vertical hydroponic system’s huge yeild🤗🌲🦋🇨🇦
Great harvest! You should try cover cropping that area.
Thanks 🙏 for posting ❤❤❤
Great job!
Awesome video😊❤
Where we live Deer eat everything,definitely need a greenhouse 🤗🇨🇦🌻
Love all those pumpkin and squash
Put in drip irrigation and cover the rows with white plastic to control unwanted plants(weeds)
Your cushaw look ok. Next year will be better 🎉
You can mix cushaw butternut any winter squash and use for pumpkin pie mix
the nice thing is that as you add a lot of organic material every year, the soil gets easier and easier to work and pest pressure drops a lot--for some reason bugs are attracted more to unhealthy plants
Wow, that was a lot. God bless.
Yes it was
Curshaw squash. One of my favorites
Hey Sow abundance reap the same! Great experience for the next time. I’ve read studies about using Blue Hubbard squash as a trap crop to protect other squash from vine borers and squash bugs. Check that out? Love that you feed the animals as well as you feed yourselves! Keep up the good work 💖
¡Bravo! Encouraging for next year.
Great choice of music at the start of your vid. I'd say you guys were darned successful re your squash. Bravo and enjoy!
I like the peach bacon idea.
My first job ever was when I was 15 and worked in the tobacco fields. When the plants got tall enough they would bloom and we would take the tops off with a tool similar to that. We called it “suckering”the tobacco. I’ve seen tobacco plants almost 10 feet tall.