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Yes! The apples looked wonderful!

Glad it was helpful!

Our pleasure!

I bet they are super yummy! I think we will plan a trip back to pick some. Thanks for checking out the video!

Thank you!

We did adjust the flame as much as possible. This was the best we could get for roasting the chiles.

Look into how blueberry farms pick wild blueberries on their property. They use these combs. Why would they do that if it destroyed the bushes? That is their livelihood. Think about what that plant endures all season with winter, spring, fall and animals. They are constantly stomped on and when other animals eat on them they chew the whole plant. This does not ruin the bushes. In fact I went back to the same bushes this year and they were loaded with berries. That evidence and a little bit of thought tells me this method does not destroy the bushes.

​@@MontanaMidValleyFarmThose bushes get destroyed with barely no berry left. Unlike the animal that eats and defecates the seeds, people that treat wildlife as their likelihood take everything and give none back. That makes everything disappear, not just berries. We have locals here that abandoned their jobs at field and plow the mountains. No mushrooms, no berries just a bunch of idiots that ruined everything.

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for the variety suggestion!!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment!

I did use shake and feed maybe twice, that was really the only thing I added. They were on drip irrigation also, which probably helped. Hope your zinnias are a little bigger next year! Thanks for checking out this video!

I would say get back to the routine, but at the same time don’t overwater. Ours now get about 1.5 gallons per day and they are doing great this year. Of course your soil type should be taken into mind as far as if it holds moisture and this is weather dependent also. Good luck!

You’re welcome! They are wonderful, I hope you like them too!

Thanks and yes likely, but I want to see what we have for seed from this seasons beans. Please send an email to montanamidvalleyfarm@gmail.com when seed buying time comes and we will arrange that.

I should make a video about that. It’s super yummy and just a way to use up garden veggies on hand! This is a basic overview: Strip the Swiss chard leaves. Fine chop the stems and rough chop leaves. Toss stems in a sauté pan with a little bit of butter and start to cook. I also sometimes throw in some chopped onions at this point. Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and maybe even ranch seasoning. I season as I add each new item below also. Next add in some rough chopped kale leaves. Then add the Swiss chard leaves and let them wilt. I sometimes add a splash of water to create steam. I usually put a lid on for a bit. From here, I pretty much utilize whatever veggies are in the garden. Often I add chopped up tomatoes, if doing zucchini I sauté a them little first, and one of the best things to add is a cob of fresh corn cut off the cob. Allow to sauté, stir every now and then, and then add some heavy whipping cream (you can substitute half and half and I’ve even used whole milk but heavy whipping cream is best!). Allow it to continue to cook. Top with some cheese, turn the burner off, add a lid and when the cheese melts it’s ready. I hope that gave you an idea and that it was not too confusing!

@@MontanaMidValleyFarm wow! Thanks so much for the quick reply and the recipe! I would love to buy some of your green bean seeds!

@jennan3407 you’re welcome! Please send an email to montanamidvalleyfarm@gmail.com when seed buying time comes and we can arrange that.

I actually thought it was pretty. I liked that it was easy to see the brand and small enough. I’ve noticed that with some stoves out there it’s hard to decipher who makes them without a lot of looking.

Glad you are enjoying the stove. Thanks for sharing!

@daviddelahanty5088 you’re welcome ☺️

The heat is typically very mild. I even enjoy them and I don’t care for spice. However, we have had a few that were HOT. My husband likes these a lot more. Sorry this is a mixed answer but this is our experience.

I just tried our chili roaster. LOTS of residue on the chilies. What happened?

@shelleystewart4295 oh no! Did you purchase the same roaster? Did you burn the roaster empty as hot as you could get it to burn off the coating that comes from the factory? I recall this being very necessary as it stunk and we could see “stuff” burning off. I believe we gave it a rinse after once it was cool. Did your chilies look like ours at the end of the video or were they more blackened?

They are black with smoke really. Like from the propane. We did burn it off prior to using. I’m hoping one I slick the skins off that most of it will paper towel off. I’m going to try the Big Jims next year! BTW we are in Mississippi. Roots in Colorado and really miss the green chile availability!!

@shelleystewart4295 I hope you have success in Mississippi with Big Jim! Also hope you can salvage the chile you roasted this year. Ours were charred but it came right off with the skins.

You’re welcome! That is interesting to me that they are a perennial for you! Thanks for checking out this video!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the suggestions. However, the beans out there do not seem to be doing well. They are a lime green color.

@@MontanaMidValleyFarm how do cucumbers do? They also tolerate more chalk than tomatoes.

Thank you and so positive! I agree there is always a bright side! I’m banking on potatoes too! 🤞

We did get that tested and the iron level was 5 ppm. Do you know what your iron level is?

Thanks I hope so too!

I’m sorry you’ve had such a tough time with yours this year! That is a bummer!! Ours are on drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation with timers that do water once daily. I never think about watering them and that has been set it up once and forget it. Also they are in areas somewhat protected by wind (either by the house or by other larger flowers). This has helped them not snap off. With these two things in place and given our particular growing conditions they have been very low maintenance. We also are lucky to not experience powdery mildew. I know everyone has different growing conditions that can change outcomes a lot. The most annoying thing has been weeding them and snipping a few that became too top heavy.

​@@MontanaMidValleyFarmI have an update, ya know its funny but I've kinda started to look forward to sprucing up the Zinnias when I get home. Ya see because I didn't really know what I was doing or what these plants were when I planted the seeds has lead to my having to put in extra care. Today at work I deliberately searched for sticks, any kinda sticks, so today I came home with a fist full of broom sticks and started sticking them all over the place because some of these puppies have gotten 3-feet tall and the front of my house really has some wacky curb-appeal to say the least, I have a few big pots and one Long cement planter with many really tall Zinnias and there's sticks poking out all over the place, it looks like some serious growing going on. I keep trying to untangle them, because i obviously didn't plant them right, i keep removing shriveled up leaves but all and all it all looks really good. They only make broom-sticks so long so i hope they dont get too much higher but id like to see how tall i can get them😂😅😊

Thanks for the insight. We also planted some Antonovka trees in another place so we will see how those grow. What rootstock do you recommend?

That’s great!! Now you can enjoy them again next year and for FREE!

Thanks!

Thank you for your comment as always! The main garden is doing pretty well, not wonderful. We have an update on the big field coming soon. That one is not good.

Hi and thank you. I would personally wait until next year just to get the most out of them. Where we are we could get our first frost next month. (Hopefully not though!)

We also had some garden flops this year too! Soil makes or breaks the outcome often.

Glad it helped! There is a little egg cleaning scrubby tool that makes the job less gross. Not necessary, but helpful so you don’t have to touch the yuck. We have a video about it on our channel if you want to check it out.

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That is very helpful! Thanks for the advice and insight!

Thanks for the suggestion! How do they taste?

@@MontanaMidValleyFarm Excellent. I did have one two years ago that was super bitter. Other than that, all have been tasty

Thanks! I forgot to mention it’s very easy to trellis on the cattle panels and not demanding with weaving them through.

Thanks!

I’ll have to look into that. That’s a great thought! We should have went vertical.

I honestly don’t know how they were that tall! Good potting mix I’m guessing!?! They were not that tall this year unfortunately.

Thanks!

Thank you! We will see soon!

Thanks for the thought. We considered that as we’ve had some issues with that in the past. We’ve kept in touch with the last owners that lived on the property for the last 14 years and they were very anti spray. They actually sold us the property largely because they wanted to sell it to organic farmers. They said this a few times so it seems this was important to them. At this point we are looking into fixing the high PH as well as the boron. Thanks for the comment.

@@MontanaMidValleyFarm Ok good to know you've already explored that avenue. What a blessing to have a property that hasn't been sprayed, those are getting harder to come by these days. Good luck with the PH and Boron issue, I subscribed so I'll follow along to see how it goes. Cheers.

@jeffmeyers3837 thanks for subscribing! Glad to have you along!

@marthawhitehouse9838 They don't "keep" tilling, they did an initial till to establish the garden. You are right that tilling brings up new seeds from the never ending seed bank in the soil, but many no-till folks perform an initial till to get started, especially on weedy overgrown areas. I've dealt with pernicious, invasive field weeds that have been established for years. Cardboard sheet mulching with 12" of wood chips isn't going to do it. Ask me how I know, lol

It wasn’t even predicted to be anywhere near that cold, which was the most frustrating part.

I debated that, I know it got lengthy. I mostly posted this video to reflect on it in the future and show how plans can change so much with different circumstances when gardening.

The drip tape, end/start fittings, and pressure reducer is from dripdepot.com and many of the other fittings and poly pipe is from our local box store, which is Home Depot.