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Iona Homestead
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Life and happenings at Iona Homestead.
New Seed Starting Station that will make life so much easier!
Here I show my newly created seed starting station that will save me so much time and effort. I’ve previously used a plastic tote and worked off the floor in my basement.
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Fall Clean up and season ending changes.
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Fall Clean up and season ending changes.
Foggy start to a full day of transplanting. Tomato sales are under way and I’m swamped!
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Just a walk and talk, all things green are growing!
Here’s a look at the transplanting process in use at the homestead.
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This is how I’m doing it lately. Later when I’m open for business I setup out front and can sell and transplant at the same time.
Transplanting has been going well! Sales of plants to start soon.
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It’s that time again, transplanting season. As I complete my transplanting I have to juggle where to put them. Over the next 10 days we will see temperatures dipping into the 40’s at night so my little heaters will be earning their keep. If I hold 50 degrees inside my makeshift greenhouses I’m good.
Bed building at Kelly’s Garden.
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Been spending time building a garden at a friends house. Kelly wanted a garden so I started building this one for her. About 2,000 sq/ft and looking great so far. Next step will be wood chips in the walkways.
Therm-a-Trol part 2, Fujitsu mini-split A/C, third attempt to fix line set pass through leak.
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Atfter a third attempt to seal the line set where it passes through the red brick exterior of my house, it is obvious that without a section of the line set sloping downward and away from the house that water will continue to leak into the house. The first attempt to seal this pass-through was at the date of installation at which time there was NO sealant used to close the gaps around the line ...
Suburban Farmer Grows Out of Space in the Basement
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Here’s a look at my underground operations at the homestead.
Therm-a-trol Fujitsu A/C Installation without drip leg on line set pass through
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When water is given a path gravity WILL find it and a leak will develop. Here a simple downward lead before an upward lead would cause water to find its low point outside the house and drip outside the house. The second indoors video shows the leak after an attempt to apply more sealant around the opening outside the house. To fix this properly the existing sealant should be removed then additi...
Clearing brush with my BCS 853 and the Flail Mower.
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The brush and vines hadn’t been cut since 2015.
I made it through the renovations reasonably well!
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After having spent as much time indoors as I did during the Covid lockdown days it was time to renovate. There where. Red oak floors under years of carpet and tiles. The wool looked terrible but it has been restored. Lastly is the ac system that’s making an amazing difference in the quality of life indoors!
A Ruff Audience to please with Garlic Scapes!
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Each year the precursor to harvesting garlic heads is the trimming of the garlic scapes. This years haul is a combination of one and two year old plants. The two year old head looks great!
Running low on tomato plants, but it’s a good thing!
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Running low on tomato plants, but it’s a good thing!
End of May end of day! Sales are going great, the Sunset is beautiful on the homestead.
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End of May end of day! Sales are going great, the Sunset is beautiful on the homestead.
The 411 on 4/11/23! Just a great sunny day ahead.
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The 411 on 4/11/23! Just a great sunny day ahead.
Making progress with new garden beds and seedlings are growing right on schedule for spring sales.
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Making progress with new garden beds and seedlings are growing right on schedule for spring sales.
Pepper seedlings are off to a good start.
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Pepper seedlings are off to a good start.
2023 Will this year see a greenhouse? Thoughts on greenhouse space.
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2023 Will this year see a greenhouse? Thoughts on greenhouse space.
Things I learned and how I’m adapting my seedling sales for 2023
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Things I learned and how I’m adapting my seedling sales for 2023
November heatwave and clear sky and garden upstate
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November heatwave and clear sky and garden upstate
Fall Garden Walk. Chickens at work….or is it play?
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Fall Garden Walk. Chickens at work….or is it play?
Creative Fall tour, follow the Sunflower!
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Creative Fall tour, follow the Sunflower!
September walk around and a critter to go!
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September walk around and a critter to go!
Summertime happenings on the homestead.
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Summertime happenings on the homestead.
Getting things done with Wwoof’er help!
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Getting things done with Wwoof’er help!
The seedlings are looking great, Bill. Great looking garlic too. The fog is a welcome relief from the heat, I'd guess.
You are showing mostly Idle Hour…yes it technically is Oakdale, but come on now
14:26 something new I learned today! Thanks
Kelly has a good friend in you, Bill. Thanks for sharing the progress.
Well, if all goes well I'll be selling her (our!) veggies at my stand too! More to come! Thanks Rob
lol funny my wife dont get either she just scratches her head at the things i do but it works
Same here!
plants are looking great sir.friend of mine cajun hydroponics A.K.A. swamprat sent me over to check your channel out looking good .
Thanks for coming
Nice job helping your friend out, Bill.
The renovates look great.
The garden has done well for you this year too, Bill.
Nice updates, Bill. Some nice firewood gadgets. I need to start looking at enjoyable and easy side hustles myself, to stay busy in my retirement years.
Great update and information on the garlic, Bill.
If I didn’t sound it I was impressed with the amount of garlic that grew in the big garlic bed.
Nice updates, Bill. Glad the greenhouse is holding up. The starts are looking good. Glad the market garden has been so successful this year. The home garden is looking good too.
Great updates Bill. So glad the sales are going great.
Nice look at the market set up. Hope the sales takeoff this year even more.
Thanks Rob, and I’m glad to report that sales are up! I e surpassed last years sales and hope to double the totals by Fathers Day! Fingers crossed!
You have so much ready to go good for you brother! I am not a fan of those jiffy pots but if they work for you that's great. Apparently nothing works well for me! Lol when it comes to seed starting. Take care bro! Gro Dat!!
It’s all in the poking! You might be a master tomato poker but I poke a mean peat puck! Lol!
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Great video, I hope your garden grows well in the upcoming spring! I just subscribed! BTW I also have a small gardening channel 🌽🌶🥒🍆🍅🥦🥕
Glad you enjoy! I’ll check out the channel.
Lots started up your way, Bill. I've tried the peat pellets but like making my own mixes better. We get large bags of perlite, vermiculite and blocks of coir, and they last us a few seasons or more of indoor mixes. Last time we got any was pre pandemic and was well under $100.
I’m not sold completely on the peat pucks but I’m trying them for a herb garden of sorts. I have some smaller 3 way flower pots that can hold small seedlings in each of 3 lobes and one in the center. Im going for a parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme concept… now all I have to do is get all 4 of them growing…seeds went into the pucks this week and I hope to get them growing big enough for end of April. They are quick to fill a tray with!
A nice set up, Bill. It is always so great to see seeds germinating.
It sure is!
That sounds like a good idea, Bill. That would be a great way to extend the market cart business and hopefully pay for itself over time.
Yes, it will give me more options. I did go ahead with buying a greenhouse kit from Amazon for around $250.. Danny at Cajun Hydroponics bought a similar quality GH from Amazon too, after beefing it up a bit the cost might run $400. That’s a lot of $2 tomato plants but I should be able to offer more options to my customers. I find that they only typically stop by once, if I have what they want then I have a chance at selling it to them on that one visit, else they go to home depot to get it! I’m also thinking that flowers could get started outdoors in the GH if I can have standby heat. More to follow!
Very nice! Always fun to be getting seeds started! Continued luck with that! Take care bro! Gro Dat!!
Thanks 👍
You may be able to use those hoops for the 12 foot. Just push them in a bit more would make them taller in the middle but the sides may also be higher. Once to get one there you will want a bigger one! Lol It's getting close brother good luck with the season. Take care! Gro Dat!!
Great video, Bill. You cover a lot in this one, for sure. Looking forward to seeing how the garden and market cart goes this year.
Somehow it got to over a half hour! And that’s edited! Which I seldom do any of! So I guess next time I’ll talk faster or say less! Lol!
Hi came over from Cajun hydroponics . Excited to learn some stuff from you ☺️
The garden is looking nice and tidy. And nice view of the full moon. Nice overview of the coop. Hope it keeps those raccoons out.
That was a nice sunflower tour, Bill. LOL
The chickens are definitely earning their keep. Tilling, cleaning, fertilizing and composting machines, all rolled into one.
Glad to see you are still growing, Bill. Looking good!
Not the poop though! 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣
At first I thought that they were the butterfly eggs! But then again I wasn’t sure what end was what!
good vedio this friend is very good
Really cool set up it’s hard to beat fresh garlic and you have a nice garden. New subscriber here. Stay blessed
Hello my friend. This is more than just a video, you put love and passion into it. Great job! Thanks for sharing this video! I love your channel! Always believe in yourself and keep doing what you love, good luck! 🌷🌸🌻👍
Looking good up your way, Bill. You have a tomato jungle to navigate through. 🍅🌱🍅🌱🍅🌱🍅🌱
Very nice what you do with the area you have brother! Looking great Gro Dat!!
Very nice what you do with the area you have brother! Looking great Gro Dat!!
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The market garden is looking good, Bill. Nice having extra hands to help get things in order.
It’s been keeping me busy too! Just catching up on ack videos and comments! I’ll be catching up on Essayon’s garden soon!
Not sure why but your videos aren't showing when they first come out, Bill. I know I check both for updates last week and did not see this one. The market garden is looking good. Probably a good idea to undervalue the plants until you have a firm customer base.
Gumbeaux is ready for the chores, Bill. The garden looks like it will produce well for you and your customers this year.
For a guy that’s making it up as I go it’s looking good….I just can’t always explain why! Thanks Rob!
OMG the fall of this big branch was scary
Great sharing my dear friend.thank you for these beautiful video
The homestead looks nice and tidy. Ready for a clean start to 2022!
Bro your yard is so clean. You can come spend a week here and get mine looking like that! Lol Lol 60 for the high that would be great here the last couple weeks. It has been a really weird winter to this point. Christmas in shirt here this year. It's been a long time for that. Take care and God bless brother! Merry Christmas and happy new year. Gro Dat!
The yard is clean because I bought a backpack leaf blower that’s way more powerful than I needed! But man the fun you can have moving leaves around! Big boys love big toys!
That is some nice looking Kale!
That frost makes it even tastier.
Yes it does! I was out blowing leaves and kept pulling kale to chow on! It’s amazingly good after and during the frost! I have that in my front yard garden Rob! I’m getting a little crazy but I’m thinking of pushing a side hustle on building raised beds for locals. Bill’s Build-a-Bed! I’m going to use this as my demo garden. Hopefully the kale will overwinter well and have some early growth in the spring.
Came over from Ernie Hatmakers Sunday Shout-out
You have had a great year from the look of things, Bill. Glad you are helping the local charities.
Rob, I can't complain! And today a generous passer-by gave $400 for two dozen peppers! People are amazing! Do you follow Earnie Hatmaker? She did a shout out for my channel on her channel (same name)? I think she might be one of your subs! IDK! ua-cam.com/video/RZha_CQ676s/v-deo.html
I want to plant garlic! Any special instructions for them? Great video- thank you for sharing 🌻
Just put the pointy end up! I have loose loamy soil so it's kinda easy to just push the cloves in and cover them. Then wait til July!
Did you build your carts? I want to get one for the next vegetable season! Great job! 🌻NEW SUBSCRIBER
Hi there! New friend here coming over from Ernie's Hatmaker's shout-out this morning. I love your garden wagons!! Hope you'll come over and visit me, too! Take care now!!
Nice updates from the end of August garden, Bill. The hens will love those sunflower heads. Nice harvest at the end.
Hello Bill 👋 this is Marina love this video wow. What an awesome place
Thanks!
nice video GODBLESS :)