This is evolving into a great idea. Looking forward to the great ride ahead of all the growing, The orchard, chickens, ducks, veggies, the calf, cattle, Alright, Alright!! YA ALL can be proud !! And Big Thanks for taking me along for the ride !!
This was so enjoyable. Sarah and Kevin you are such good people, wonderful hosts, so darn nice, so respectful of your animals and their lives. I'm happier after I spend time "on your homestead."
So happy for you, selling as many plants your first weekend out!! Praise God. What a Blessing. I can't wait to see how your idea works out, also I think Miss Ducky has a Chicken complex, hehe. God's Blessings and Stay safe.
I've following you for more than two years,l'm from the other side of globe,then l learn from you both gardening and english language.God bless you guys.
Seeing both of you, working together, makes my DAY! I usually wait all day, until everything is done and Danny is in bed, to sit down and watch your videos! My cat on my lap, we sit here and watch you go about your jobs! Today at Tractor Supply in Oak Ridge TN, I found the JetStar tomato! I had planned to give it a try next year, but when I saw it, I grabbed it! We will be starting our High Tunnel Greenhouse setup pretty soon! Excited about that! 24 X 40, it will be plenty big enough for our needs. Looking forward to the video of you new larger Greenhouse setup video! Wish it was going to be available for us, but probably not. Thank you both for all of your wonderful videos and for making all of out here feel as if WE belong, along with you, on this journey too! GOD bless
I think you are lucky having a duck that goes "broody" at home. :) Ours always found a way out of their one acre and we had to search19 acres for their eggs before the racoons got them. One year i found 23 eggs under some bushes...well, the dog did and showed me. :) Just in time, one duckling was already pecking to come out. They would have not lasted long with foxes, racoons and eagles always ready for an easy meal. I love watching you! Cherish every day; live goes by so fast! I am 82, a widow and when I watch you it feels like yesterday ....... thank you for letting me visit with you.
Your duck is learning from the chickens. Learned behavior in animals always freaks people out, but it happens all the time. My dog learned to only go to the bathroom outside, that was one thing. I also saw some orca whales on TV teaching the young ones how to force a wave over an ice-float to wash a seal into the water so they could eat it. That was dope! Animals learn a lot more than we give em credit for.
Little miss duck says, who says we can’t lay on eggs!! 😳😄 can’t wait to see how the moats turn out and produce!!! You homestead is so beautiful and neat and clean looking! It really is just beautiful!!
I just love how the cows always turn up to see what you two are doing! I learn so much from your channel! Can't wait to find a rancher with empty mineral buckets!!!
I was glad to see you were planting flowers because it's really important to have as many flowers near the pots as possible to attract the pollinators. The fruit trees will eventually attract them but not yet! Everything is looking good, guys. Can hardly wait to see how these things work out for the shade .
We have a fawn and white Runner duck that went broody TWICE last year! Second time she didn't have any eggs to sit on, so she sat in my raised garden bed on green tomatoes.😄
If you want to do something fun for your chickens, put minnows in the moat. We put a bag of minnows every now and then into a kiddie pool of water for ours and they have an absolute blast fishing them out and eating them. Gives them something entertaining to do :)
For what it's worth, ducks do very well in nesting boxes. Once they get use to them, they will lay in the boxes and very seldom lay the eggs on the ground. Even the runner ducks seem to like them. Great video as always.
Madam Duck wants a family. I have had runner ducks go broody and successfully raise large amounts of ducklings. Keep up the wonderful work on your beautiful farm. I look forward to seeing your videos. Blessings to you all.
Great idea with the tubs ! Y’all are doing so good...but you do put in some hard work ! I love watching your progress year to year . I love Sweet William too ...be blessed and favored always 💖🙏🏽
You two are so precious working together! I’ll bet your girls are so proud of their industrious, loving, parents. I just love going along with you to do things on the homestead. I feel as though I’m there with you. Thanks for bringing happiness and lots of laughs (I.E. the broody duck) to us! Blessings always. ♥️❣️🙏🏼❣️♥️
We grew the Chinese Red Noodle Beans on a trellis in our garden last year. When they bloom they are beautiful. They are prolific and the beans put on a very grand display that had the whole neighborhood excited. We were not fond of eating them but will grow again for the beauty and the WOW factor in the garden.
Since finding your YT channel 6 months ago, I have totally fallen for you two!! I have used your Amazon Store & other links and purchased the fabric, drip systems, & various tools that you have recommended. So this growing season, my 15' x 60' garden is entirely inspired by YOU!!!! Thank You so very much!!
You guys!! I just can't wait to see how all of your hard work on the "chicken tunnels/veg arbors" look. I am so glad I live in the same state as you all do. You have grown so much these last few years. Thanks for sharing🌞
Great idea to plant over the cattle panel hoops. And I like the idea of planting flowers in the pots also. Thank you for sharing what you are doing on the homesteads. God bless! 💜
I have so much fun tagging along with you two. I live out my dream as much as the ole' bod will let me and then I sit back and live out the rest of it with you!!!! You make my heart sing, as the old song goes... you make everything groovy. Oops did I just date myself! Ha, ha!
Don`t you want to plant some perennials? Like Climbing roses, Clematis, things there will blossom and grow bigger every year? And, they also is beutiful to look at and the chicken will not pick on them. :-)
You might want to spray the outside of your buckets white or light gray or light colour so they don’t heat up and cook your plants like mine got cooked with black buckets up to you take care love your videos
Thanks! I have radish seeds but I don't like them, I was thinking of maybe planting some anyway because they have such pretty flowers, now I know where to plant them!
I wanted to thank you for the lovely wireless microphones. I also wanted to say that the microphone on you sun hat fits you better then. The ball caps. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us.
The hard work you do together is amazing.I love to see how you do your planting in raising your food and taking care of your animals. I am 79yrs old and wish I could still do the things I did.I love to grow my own food , I still raise some veggies and can . I love it.
Love this idea of growing the vines on the arches. Keep a eye on the spaghetti squash cause they might need support hanging down cause they can get big. Looking forward to seeing these grow.
Ha! Yes Miss Ducky is doing the chicken see chicken do =) You guys ROCK...I just love seeing couples hang out and doing life together. I did not have that with my ex husband and pray God sends me a God-fearing God-loving guy who loves Him first, loves life and animals =) Love and Light to you both
I am REALLY digging all of the trelleces that the 2 of you build! I like climbing plants so much, and I have a rose that I need a trellece for, amongs all of the other fantastic uses, like fruit, and other climbing edible stuff. I'm enjoying your channel immensely, thank you! I sent the chicken hoop house video to my husband, I think we are gonna try something similar, being that we have multiple roosters
Adding flowers to the tubs is a great idea, for you, the plants, and the pollinators. Going to be so pretty. Just a thought, my IL's have a local bee keeper, put bees on their property. The bee keeper harvests the honey and they get a share. Benefits another local family's income, helps pollinate their trees and plants, and helps the bees. Good luck you guys!
@WhoReally Cares I found a local beekeeper that has Basswood or Larchwood, depending on which side of the Pond you live, that makes an unbelievably DELICOUS Light Spring Honey. I plan to add those trees to my Orchard area and use them for a wind block for the Bee Hives scheduled to be added in 2 years to our Homestead Orchard area.
@@susanschneider-baker49 another thing to consider is his plants. Various minutes are a real problem for honey bees but hope plants produce am acid that kills the mites. When the bees work the hoops and bring back the pollen, it is distributed throughout the hive helping with the mites.
I’m not really a gardener BUT I’ve been watching and enjoying ur channel for over a year now I grew a couple wicking pots last year w/cucumbers & bought 2 plants of strawberries and really enjoy doing all that “dirt”stuff w/my grandkids so yessss I love ur channel!!!🥳😘
I gotta say. I love this whole setup. I have been using the double fence setup around my garden for probably 20 yrs. It has never occurred to me to make the space more usable and multiple functional. We have been researching fruit trees to start an orchard in our climate. The plan from the beginning has been to double fence it so the ideas you guys are doing is great info. Thank you.
This is going to be fun to watch these plants grow up and over the moat....those long beans will be having the chickens stretch their necks to reach them they will look like they were crossed with giraffes. LOL. Have a blessed day.
The hoop trellises work really well. Much later you are going to have to watch for 2 things: 1 - As the fruit develops, reposition any that are right over a wire ( I have seen them develop completely around the wire. 2 - As the squash gets bigger and heavier, you have to tie a sling to support their weight or they will break off the vine. I use old panty hose. Any knit stretchy knit will work. I am glad I am not the only one that plants flowers in my vegetables and vegetables in my flowers. A border of carrots are always pretty.
Maybe add some shade cloth on the opposite (outside) side of the arch. Carry it over the top and down close to your containers. Fix it so you can roll it up out of the way as the plants grow. That way you’d have instant shade and be able to shade the whole arch without putting pots on both sides.
It was so nice to meet you all in person last Saturday, my wife and I enjoyed and appreciated how open, friendly and helpful you all and everyone was there in Ava. We also went to cowboy church and found it delightful. Thank you to your daughter for being so kind to share her parents with us.
Y'all blow me away with your AH.MAY.ZING green thumbs! Also, each and every video is carefully thought out and prepared so that it makes us feel like we're right there in the pasture with you. Major high fives!
Sarah, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY; sweet William is one of my favorites as well. Thank you for another great video. Its really not that difficult to get out there and plant something, and reape the benefits. For most it's just getting out to do it.
A tip for growing in any container: fill in the holes in the bottom, and put drainage holes in the side. The height of the holes in the side depend upon the depth of the container. For a drinking cup, or a small plant container, I’d go 1/3 to 1/2 an inch up. For a container the size in the video, I’d go 3 to 4 inches up. This allows the container to hold some water so the soil doesn’t dry out so quickly. I experimented with this in FL and in VA in actual drinking cups with spouting seeds, and a large container for trees, and two season long garden beds made out of kiddie pools. It differs from a container with a reservoir because you aren’t doing anything to separate the water from the soil. I found it was great for supporting earthworm populations, as well as for growing almost all my plants. It was only NOT good for sprouting squash or pumpkins. The extra moisture allowed the seeds to rot instead of sprouting.
I agree. What an ingenius idea the chicken moat is. I was already buying trees, but I got some from Stark Bros and they are EXCELLENT trees! I've planted 9 trees, so far. I have plans for more and I love it! I love to see my trees thriving.
@@juliebarnett9812 We planted a total of 10 trees. 4 apple, 2 peaches, 2 pears and 2 Cherry trees. It is exciting even know it will take some years to see the results.
Sara, you are so strong and toned. No need (nor time, I’m sure) for you to have a gym membership. Your dedicated work on the homestead has awesome benefits all the way around. Blessings and thanks for taking us along on the journey.
Hey guys, I find this chicken moat and everything you're doing in regards to it very interesting. I hope you give regular updates on this ingeniously designed project!
This is evolving into a great idea. Looking forward to the great ride ahead of all the growing, The orchard, chickens, ducks, veggies, the calf, cattle, Alright, Alright!! YA ALL can be proud !! And Big Thanks for taking me along for the ride !!
This was so enjoyable. Sarah and Kevin you are such good people, wonderful hosts, so darn nice, so respectful of your animals and their lives. I'm happier after I spend time "on your homestead."
I love how you repurpose everything. Saving the planet. My grandchildren thank you❣️
So happy for you, selling as many plants your first weekend out!! Praise God. What a Blessing. I can't wait to see how your idea works out, also I think Miss Ducky has a Chicken complex, hehe. God's Blessings and Stay safe.
I've following you for more than two years,l'm from the other side of globe,then l learn from you both gardening and english language.God bless you guys.
Cool to know people form across the globe can watch too.
Beautiful job, beautiful people.
Seeing both of you, working together, makes my DAY!
I usually wait all day, until everything is done and Danny is in bed, to sit down and watch your videos! My cat on my lap, we sit here and watch you go about your jobs!
Today at Tractor Supply in Oak Ridge TN, I found the JetStar tomato! I had planned to give it a try next year, but when I saw it, I grabbed it!
We will be starting our High Tunnel Greenhouse setup pretty soon! Excited about that! 24 X 40, it will be plenty big enough for our needs. Looking forward to the video of you new larger Greenhouse setup video! Wish it was going to be available for us, but probably not. Thank you both for all of your wonderful videos and for making all of out here feel as if WE belong, along with you, on this journey too! GOD bless
I think you are lucky having a duck that goes "broody" at home. :) Ours always found a way out of their one acre and we had to search19 acres for their eggs before the racoons got them. One year i found 23 eggs under some bushes...well, the dog did and showed me. :) Just in time, one duckling was already pecking to come out. They would have not lasted long with foxes, racoons and eagles always ready for an easy meal. I love watching you! Cherish every day; live goes by so fast! I am 82, a widow and when I watch you it feels like yesterday ....... thank you for letting me visit with you.
Your duck is learning from the chickens. Learned behavior in animals always freaks people out, but it happens all the time. My dog learned to only go to the bathroom outside, that was one thing. I also saw some orca whales on TV teaching the young ones how to force a wave over an ice-float to wash a seal into the water so they could eat it. That was dope! Animals learn a lot more than we give em credit for.
Little miss duck says, who says we can’t lay on eggs!! 😳😄 can’t wait to see how the moats turn out and produce!!! You homestead is so beautiful and neat and clean looking! It really is just beautiful!!
I just love how the cows always turn up to see what you two are doing! I learn so much from your channel! Can't wait to find a rancher with empty mineral buckets!!!
I love your videos. They are simple and easy to understand. God Bless You both.
The Market More cucumber is amazing. I looked around for the seed in Australia and surprisingly found them. Thanks for the advice. X
Duck is bonding with the chickens
So cute
Since I am now old and decrepit (LOL) I live vicariously thru a few homesteading channels. Yours is my #1 to watch and enjoy. Very informative.
I was glad to see you were planting flowers because it's really important to have as many flowers near the pots as possible to attract the pollinators. The fruit trees will eventually attract them but not yet! Everything is looking good, guys. Can hardly wait to see how these things work out for the shade .
We have a fawn and white Runner duck that went broody TWICE last year! Second time she didn't have any eggs to sit on, so she sat in my raised garden bed on green tomatoes.😄
Hi Guys lovely to see you. Loving the Hat. xx
My Indian Runner ducks were the BEST mama's, staying on the nests and even being step-mama's for other ducks.
If you want to do something fun for your chickens, put minnows in the moat. We put a bag of minnows every now and then into a kiddie pool of water for ours and they have an absolute blast fishing them out and eating them. Gives them something entertaining to do :)
For what it's worth, ducks do very well in nesting boxes. Once they get use to them, they will lay in the boxes and very seldom lay the eggs on the ground. Even the runner ducks seem to like them. Great video as always.
You're reasoning for planting on the inside is very well-thought-out and totally logical
Ducks are funny creatures. I love the idea of the fence moat. TFS! 👍😎🌴🌻🌸😀😎🌴👍 - Liz
Madam Duck wants a family. I have had runner ducks go broody and successfully raise large amounts of ducklings. Keep up the wonderful work on your beautiful farm. I look forward to seeing your videos. Blessings to you all.
Great idea with the tubs ! Y’all are doing so good...but you do put in some hard work ! I love watching your progress year to year . I love Sweet William too ...be blessed and favored always 💖🙏🏽
You two are so precious working together! I’ll bet your girls are so proud of their industrious, loving, parents. I just love going along with you to do things on the homestead. I feel as though I’m there with you. Thanks for bringing happiness and lots of laughs (I.E. the broody duck) to us! Blessings always. ♥️❣️🙏🏼❣️♥️
We grew the Chinese Red Noodle Beans on a trellis in our garden last year. When they bloom they are beautiful. They are prolific and the beans put on a very grand display that had the whole neighborhood excited. We were not fond of eating them but will grow again for the beauty and the WOW factor in the garden.
I LOVED hearing the turkey in the background!!! Thanks for sharing all you do!!
Since finding your YT channel 6 months ago, I have totally fallen for you two!! I have used your Amazon Store & other links and purchased the fabric, drip systems, & various tools that you have recommended. So this growing season, my 15' x 60' garden is entirely inspired by YOU!!!! Thank You so very much!!
You guys!! I just can't wait to see how all of your hard work on the "chicken tunnels/veg arbors" look. I am so glad I live in the same state as you all do. You have grown so much these last few years. Thanks for sharing🌞
Ducks are amazing and yes, they can learn with the critters they are around with. Hugs from Esquimalt
Beautifully done each time you post, I watched you let the test of life set you free to farm awesome time's watching your lifestyle.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Kevin and Sarah you two are amazing. The wonderful ideas you guys come up with to improve your gardens
Yes they do have great ideas!
Great idea to plant over the cattle panel hoops. And I like the idea of planting flowers in the pots also. Thank you for sharing what you are doing on the homesteads. God bless! 💜
I have so much fun tagging along with you two. I live out my dream as much as the ole' bod will let me and then I sit back and live out the rest of it with you!!!! You make my heart sing, as the old song goes... you make everything groovy. Oops did I just date myself! Ha, ha!
Loving the landscape fabric! We just put it in our market garden & high tunnel 🤙-Josh
Don`t you want to plant some perennials? Like Climbing roses, Clematis, things there will blossom and grow bigger every year? And, they also is beutiful to look at and the chicken will not pick on them. :-)
That would have been my choice with some annuals like Cardinal climber or Cypress vine. I like morning glories also but they are so invasive.
We always try to use perennials so we aren't planting every year over and over again.
You might want to spray the outside of your buckets white or light gray or light colour so they don’t heat up and cook your plants like mine got cooked with black buckets up to you take care love your videos
You two are such a hard working pair. Such great ideas. God bless you both.
Good morning! Making me want to ditch the corporate job and go spend time in mygarden instead today.
Yes same here! It’s tough to have a full time job and try to record and edit videos!
DO IT! Best thing I did was to get away from the desk.
Can’t wait to see the new plantings growing on the cattle panels
Can’t wait to see how beautiful the trellis’s will be. ❤️
radishes, nasturtiums, marigolds, planted around plants help with squash bug found in old garden book
Thanks! I have radish seeds but I don't like them, I was thinking of maybe planting some anyway because they have such pretty flowers, now I know where to plant them!
We're trying the marigold flowers this year. Hope it works.
I wanted to thank you for the lovely wireless microphones. I also wanted to say that the microphone on you sun hat fits you better then. The ball caps. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us.
So excited you sold so many plants! That’s awesome!
The hard work you do together is amazing.I love to see how you do your planting in raising your food and taking care of your animals. I am 79yrs old and wish I could still do the things I did.I love to grow my own food , I still raise some veggies and can . I love it.
I love watching you guys. Thanks for teaching me everytime I watch. God bless you and your
Looking forward to seeing how everything grows, love the fact that you’re putting flowers in the pots too
That's it right there. Teamwork makes the dreamwork
What a great idea! I love that you added the flowers for beauty too!
Lots of work God will Bless you and I always enjoy watching.
What a fun and satisfying project. Thanks for bringing us along. You've given us loads of ideas for our garden. Take care.
Love this idea of growing the vines on the arches. Keep a eye on the spaghetti squash cause they might need support hanging down cause they can get big. Looking forward to seeing these grow.
HI THERE SARA AND KEVIN .THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEOS CONTINUING. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING
Ha! Yes Miss Ducky is doing the chicken see chicken do =) You guys ROCK...I just love seeing couples hang out and doing life together. I did not have that with my ex husband and pray God sends me a God-fearing God-loving guy who loves Him first, loves life and animals =) Love and Light to you both
Everything is so beautiful.
I am REALLY digging all of the trelleces that the 2 of you build! I like climbing plants so much, and I have a rose that I need a trellece for, amongs all of the other fantastic uses, like fruit, and other climbing edible stuff. I'm enjoying your channel immensely, thank you! I sent the chicken hoop house video to my husband, I think we are gonna try something similar, being that we have multiple roosters
Adding flowers to the tubs is a great idea, for you, the plants, and the pollinators. Going to be so pretty.
Just a thought, my IL's have a local bee keeper, put bees on their property. The bee keeper harvests the honey and they get a share. Benefits another local family's income, helps pollinate their trees and plants, and helps the bees. Good luck you guys!
@WhoReally Cares
I found a local beekeeper that has Basswood or Larchwood, depending on which side of the Pond you live, that makes an unbelievably DELICOUS Light Spring Honey. I plan to add those trees to my Orchard area and use them for a wind block for the Bee Hives scheduled to be added in 2 years to our Homestead Orchard area.
I was kinda of thinking asking those lines. I would consider wisteria and hops. Bees would also be of benefit when the orchard is planted.
@@susanschneider-baker49 another thing to consider is his plants. Various minutes are a real problem for honey bees but hope plants produce am acid that kills the mites. When the bees work the hoops and bring back the pollen, it is distributed throughout the hive helping with the mites.
I can't wait to see when everything is grown.
Wish we could “fast forward” so we could see these grown up and over that cattle panel.... ☺️
Love the chicken moat! The trellises will be beautiful cant wait to see them.
Love the chicken run setup - very smart.
I grow long beans. A big advantage is they are easy to see so you don’t get ginormous beans hiding in the leaves.
Those noodle beans direct sow easy!! Best I’ve ever done.
I’m not really a gardener BUT I’ve been watching and enjoying ur channel for over a year now I grew a couple wicking pots last year w/cucumbers & bought 2 plants of strawberries and really enjoy doing all that “dirt”stuff w/my grandkids so yessss I love ur channel!!!🥳😘
I gotta say. I love this whole setup. I have been using the double fence setup around my garden for probably 20 yrs. It has never occurred to me to make the space more usable and multiple functional. We have been researching fruit trees to start an orchard in our climate. The plan from the beginning has been to double fence it so the ideas you guys are doing is great info. Thank you.
My husband and I worked together like you two, but going on upper 60’s we have slowed a LITTLe. Love watching you all.
This is going to be fun to watch these plants grow up and over the moat....those long beans will be having the chickens stretch their necks to reach them they will look like they were crossed with giraffes. LOL. Have a blessed day.
I love it when my chickens stretch their necks up to see what I'm doing or carrying. 😁
The hoop trellises work really well. Much later you are going to have to watch for 2 things: 1 - As the fruit develops, reposition any that are right over a wire ( I have seen them develop completely around the wire. 2 - As the squash gets bigger and heavier, you have to tie a sling to support their weight or they will break off the vine. I use old panty hose. Any knit stretchy knit will work. I am glad I am not the only one that plants flowers in my vegetables and vegetables in my flowers. A border of carrots are always pretty.
Oooh, plant Jerusalem artichokes at different location in your moat! Lots of shade and food for you AND the chickens!
LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE AWESOME PLACE < STAY SAFE 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Maybe add some shade cloth on the opposite (outside) side of the arch. Carry it over the top and down close to your containers. Fix it so you can roll it up out of the way as the plants grow. That way you’d have instant shade and be able to shade the whole arch without putting pots on both sides.
It was so nice to meet you all in person last Saturday, my wife and I enjoyed and appreciated how open, friendly and helpful you all and everyone was there in Ava. We also went to cowboy church and found it delightful. Thank you to your daughter for being so kind to share her parents with us.
Love the chicken moat Trellises. That’s a good idea
Nothing like a good start of the day with a garden video ... remember to stay safe and stay blessed
Y'all blow me away with your AH.MAY.ZING green thumbs! Also, each and every video is carefully thought out and prepared so that it makes us feel like we're right there in the pasture with you. Major high fives!
I can't wait to see these take off.
Be nice to see how it comes to fruition this year, especially the arbors you planted today . ! Enjoy All and Take care .
Great ideas! Keep them coming.
I can't wait to see how well they all do !
I adore the way you two work together so seamlessly.
I can’t WAIT to see how the trellis plants all do!
Sarah, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY; sweet William is one of my favorites as well. Thank you for another great video. Its really not that difficult to get out there and plant something, and reape the benefits. For most it's just getting out to do it.
I like to use Chinese noodle beans in 3 bean salad. They are really good slightly pickled.
Blackberry plants would be nice on those trellises. You to are so sweet to watch, makes my day😊
Backberry's grow crazy around here and great for jams and mead. The get a bit bushy though.
Great thinking up new ideas! New ideas that I'm sure will spread to others - thanks!
Never raised ducks, and it sounds like a good thing! Learned a lot about ducks right here. Thanks!
This is all so amazing.. I can wait to see how it comes alive.. Thank you for sharing. Have a good day.
You could turn the ground under the trellis into a dust bath for the chickens
I love watching your videos. I always learn so much and y'all are just so friendly. Always makes me feel like i am right there with you:)
Thank you for this entertaining video. Have a great day👍
Smart idea. protection from deer, and chicken safe place to go. Plus you get your vegetables!❤❤
That is such a neat idea for cover, it’s natural and the chicken and ducks will love it. Plus it gives you more food. Awesome!!
A tip for growing in any container: fill in the holes in the bottom, and put drainage holes in the side. The height of the holes in the side depend upon the depth of the container. For a drinking cup, or a small plant container, I’d go 1/3 to 1/2 an inch up. For a container the size in the video, I’d go 3 to 4 inches up. This allows the container to hold some water so the soil doesn’t dry out so quickly.
I experimented with this in FL and in VA in actual drinking cups with spouting seeds, and a large container for trees, and two season long garden beds made out of kiddie pools. It differs from a container with a reservoir because you aren’t doing anything to separate the water from the soil. I found it was great for supporting earthworm populations, as well as for growing almost all my plants.
It was only NOT good for sprouting squash or pumpkins. The extra moisture allowed the seeds to rot instead of sprouting.
I love the Chicken moat idea. Being creative is a big part of homesteading. We just planted 4 more fruit trees on our property.
Yes it’s a great idea we just did our version of it also but the video isn’t out yet! We have to move our chickens next
I agree. What an ingenius idea the chicken moat is. I was already buying trees, but I got some from Stark Bros and they are EXCELLENT trees! I've planted 9 trees, so far. I have plans for more and I love it! I love to see my trees thriving.
@@juliebarnett9812 we planted an apple tree and plan on getting about 8 more within the next couple weeks
@@juliebarnett9812 We planted a total of 10 trees. 4 apple, 2 peaches, 2 pears and 2 Cherry trees. It is exciting even know it will take some years to see the results.
@@stonewallfarmmaine 🤗
Love the chicken most idea!
Sara, you are so strong and toned. No need (nor time, I’m sure) for you to have a gym membership. Your dedicated work on the homestead has awesome benefits all the way around. Blessings and thanks for taking us along on the journey.
Very clever using the buckets to plant in . And nice choices of plants !
Love your "outside-the-box" ideas for multi-use of the moat trellises. Hope the fowl aren't able to get at the plants. They're creatively destructive.
Hey guys, I find this chicken moat and everything you're doing in regards to it very interesting. I hope you give regular updates on this ingeniously designed project!