We Should’ve Been Planting These in Our Yard All Along! | Homestead Vlog | October 9, 2023

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  • @TrueGritAppalachianWays
    @TrueGritAppalachianWays  Рік тому +35

    This year we decided to dig up the yard, to garden closer to the house. We are SO GLAD we did, this sweet potato harvest is amazing!!
    We planted an old timey whote sweet potato and beauregards!
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    Planting sweet potatoes
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    • @andreamorrison8419
      @andreamorrison8419 Рік тому +1

      Do y'all have a great recipe for sweet potatoes

    • @michaelpardue2400
      @michaelpardue2400 Рік тому +1

      Look like great potatoes Harvest

    • @DonnaRatliff1
      @DonnaRatliff1 Рік тому +2

      I just pulled one of my sweet potato beds up today. It was a small 10 fr row one. To my surprise they did awesome. I literally had 11 hugemongous tators all on one the plant. The entire row was like that. I ended up with 60 lbs of tators on that 1 10 ft row. The chickens had been in the electric netting in that area last winter for a good amount of time. We tilled real good. I made the raised row outside of my sweet corn patch. So that was very impressive. The starts had only been done since first of July. I couldn't believe it.
      My regular sweet potato patch with many rows I'm leaving down for another 2 weeks if weather allows. Then that one will be full 120 days. Theyre the bush sweets. Puerto Rico tators. So will be interesting to see how they do too. 👍👍

    • @bettablue2660
      @bettablue2660 Рік тому

      Please have your daughter play somewhere different when you shoot’s video. Her squealing/screaming I too awful to tolerate.

    • @TrueGritAppalachianWays
      @TrueGritAppalachianWays  Рік тому +5

      Please kindly escort yourself on out, due to this comment and the last regarding my children, I do not need you on my channel, thanks@@bettablue2660

  • @jojoply
    @jojoply 5 місяців тому +5

    Love to see the entire family working together. No ipad, just outside with a plan together. Sunshine family time. Makes me happy to see.

  • @manymoonstraveled
    @manymoonstraveled Рік тому +70

    So lovely seeing parents and their children working together on the farm. One day food will be more valuable than money 🙂

    • @oakmaiden2133
      @oakmaiden2133 Рік тому +7

      Alreay is, I can’t eat a dollar.

    • @nunyabisnass1141
      @nunyabisnass1141 Рік тому +6

      Getting the kids involved is one of the best parts. They already like getting dirty, and they learn fast. Plus they feel like they're digging for treasure so it isn't difficult to convince them to help.
      And the investment on potatoes is almost always manifold positive. One sweet potato creates around a dozen slips, each slip produces about 3-5lbs of potatoes...all you have to do is plant them and that's basically it, very low effort, low investment high yield crop.

    • @foziahramli3001
      @foziahramli3001 Рік тому +4

      True , will come a time when food security and growing your own food is being "the way of life"

    • @dlewis895
      @dlewis895 7 місяців тому +1

      ​​@@foziahramli3001 THATS HOW WORLD OPERATES AN AMERICA. BEFORE. INDUSTRIAL AGE PHILLIPINES EAT THE GREENS FROM.SWEET POTATOES. GOOGLE IT

  • @bethholness5153
    @bethholness5153 Рік тому +76

    Quick tip, when you plant your slips put in a stake beside them then you can find the centres of the plants and never waste time rooting around looking for them. Good on you that is a great harvest.

  • @CamMcB
    @CamMcB Рік тому +28

    It is refreshing to see your children eager to have fun and help in the garden.
    This of course is a testimony to good parenting.

  • @m.b.9209
    @m.b.9209 Рік тому +31

    It's just so wonderful to see children having such a healthy and happy childhood. I wondered if that was lost to this generation completely. Beautiful "yung'uns" you good folks have. ❤

  • @clynthia0510
    @clynthia0510 Рік тому +23

    You are living the best life! And, it's a blessing to see your children working with you. Tell them how blessed they are to live this life. City children are missing out on so much. Your children are blessed! ❤❤❤❤ Baton Rouge Louisiana

  • @tennesseenana4838
    @tennesseenana4838 Рік тому +49

    You can eat the vine leaves like spinach, either steamed, or in a soup. Super nutritious and tasty. Yes, the deer enjoyed mine until I put a barrier up around them.

    • @josegonzales54195
      @josegonzales54195 Рік тому +2

      I did not know that.... Thanks for the info.

    • @Dnugrahari
      @Dnugrahari Рік тому +3

      We like the leaves in a stir fry with smol shrimp

    • @mistyblue526
      @mistyblue526 Рік тому +2

      Hmmm....maybe I'll try some leaves in a smoothie?

    • @whereswipa2268
      @whereswipa2268 Рік тому +4

      I always eat sweet potato vine tips. I stir fry it with olive oil, crushed garlic, salt and pepper. Super simple.

  • @giddelgonzalez8744
    @giddelgonzalez8744 Рік тому +48

    It’s great to see your harvest and y’all’s hard work being blessed, Proverbs 12:11,12 says Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread/food,, Y’all are hard workers and you are reaping the fruits of your labor, Blessings!!!!

  • @cathymoffatt9074
    @cathymoffatt9074 4 місяці тому +1

    The both of your children are hard working just like their parents

  • @barbaramckinley7524
    @barbaramckinley7524 6 місяців тому +2

    Love how the children help and seem to enjoy it

  • @robbielynnhowle
    @robbielynnhowle Рік тому +32

    Great harvest! Jacob is such a smart young man. Both your kids are so helpful around the farm! 😊

  • @ericsplace3004
    @ericsplace3004 Рік тому +3

    Now that's how you do sweet potatoes! GOD IS GOOD!

  • @JustinGrows
    @JustinGrows Рік тому +19

    LOVE THIS!! huge potato harvest!! The kids having fun helping out is the icing on the cake!

  • @simpsonfarms
    @simpsonfarms Рік тому +21

    You can can the sweet potaotes for use in pies and casseroles or just to bake with brown sugar later
    Cut the big ones and make fried sweet tater in a skillet with brown sugar and butter - yum! That kind reminds me of my Mom and was one of my Dads favorite ways to cook them

  • @ruthkelly6625
    @ruthkelly6625 6 місяців тому +1

    If you guys like spinach , that’s what the leaves taste like , I just love your son driving the little truck , did you guys make that for him , the children are so sweet & enjoying helping that’s beautiful , May God continue blessing your garden ❤❤

  • @paulbalogh4582
    @paulbalogh4582 Рік тому +1

    Wow - nice werk. Next year I’m plant’m!

  • @donaldwells2102
    @donaldwells2102 Рік тому +11

    Sweet potatoes are a super food, from what I've read.
    I really like them, ours done well also,some were unbelievably big. Thanks all and God Bless 🙂.

  • @GardenGal13
    @GardenGal13 Рік тому +9

    If you do not like big sweet potato’s you could use them to make your own homemade dog food. This year I planted things my dogs could eat right along with us. And a treat for the other animals on your homestead which you already do.
    I tried sweet potato’s in the ground and in grow bags. The grow bags did the best because this summer the ground was so hard . I will amend the soil and try some in ground next year.
    Have a great day! I enjoy watching your channel.

  • @ullab.1984GO
    @ullab.1984GO Рік тому +1

    Great. I live in a big city in Germany. Rented house with 24 tenants. I'm old and in a wheelchair. There's a mini meadow on the ground floor. I use about 10 plant pots (50cm diameter). This year I have 2 sweet potatoes in one pot Big as baby heads).I use some leaves in Asian dishes.I came across your channel by chance. Subtitles help me. Thank you for your video and warm greetings from an old Saxon woman ^^formerly Chemnitz today Berlin.all the best to you all--hope google translates correctly^^^--

    • @QueenGail
      @QueenGail Рік тому

      That’s a great idea using pots as I’m afraid the critters would eat mine if I tried growing in my yard, I’m in the city in Michigan USA
      Blessings 💚💜

  • @a.p.5429
    @a.p.5429 Рік тому +2

    Those big sweet potatoes would make awesome fries. 😁 oh my, I'm almost envious. Almost, glad God blessed you.

  • @lk9637
    @lk9637 Рік тому +10

    Our sweet potatoes surprised us as well. They were enormous! It was a great year for sweet potatoes.

    • @CH-hm8ud
      @CH-hm8ud Рік тому +1

      By what month you plant your sweets potatoes?

  • @rayclay2
    @rayclay2 Рік тому +4

    OMG.. some very pretty ones in the raised beds...well.. maybe next time..The world's heaviest sweet potato 🥔(Ipomoea batatas) weighed (81 lb 9 oz) on 8 March 2004... what a day to remember~! YUM

  • @jillclark1744
    @jillclark1744 Рік тому +3

    That's a great harvest. I take the great big ones and peel them and cut them up for fries or cubes and then can them. The cubes I use for sweet potatoes pie or make muffins with them. Really good.

  • @galeriadesol948
    @galeriadesol948 Рік тому +1

    You could eat some of the leaves too. Very nutritious, wonderful just sauteed.

  • @donnabennett1256
    @donnabennett1256 3 місяці тому

    I’m so sorry for the loss of your father, Meagan❤ I am rewatching this video today since you don’t have new videos coming out this week and I want to give you all the support I can. This was the very first video of yours that I ever watched and I think it was brand new when I first watched it. That means I’m coming up on a year of being a subscriber. I have watched every video you’ve put out since and many/most of your older ones too. I love watching you because it reminds me of the way I grew up-just on the NC coast instead of the foothills.

  • @adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852
    @adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852 7 місяців тому +1

    Have a beautiful weekend y'all 👍🤠👍❣️🫶❣️

  • @jameswilliams3713
    @jameswilliams3713 Рік тому +2

    I would like to complement you and your whole family for a wonderful sharing with your two little ones working in the background. It reminds me when my son and daughter was much younger, helping in the yard gardening and cleaning up. Keep it coming, the entire video kept me smiling on what being a family is truly about. I love the subject on harvesting sweet potatoes but I even love the family atmosphere of seeing the two little ones learn gardening from their parents.
    Love, James Williams.

  • @PatPaul-wl7eq
    @PatPaul-wl7eq 9 місяців тому +1

    For the very large sweet potatoes, here is a good way to cook them: Peel and either slice about 1/2 in. thick or cut in small chunks. Mix them with sliced or chunk apples and toss with melted butter mixed with some brown sugar and cinnamon. Add either chopped pecans or walnuts if desired. Put in baking dish that has lid or cover securely with foil. Bake at 350 until desired tenderness. Delicious! Or cut in chunks, boil and make mashed sweet potatoes.

  • @homesteadingpastor
    @homesteadingpastor Рік тому +5

    Awesome tater harvest guys! I love how you all work together as a family on your farm/homestead. Those youngins don’t realize the value of the lifestyle y’all are giving them right now, but as time goes on they will. Thanks for sharing. 😇🙏🏻❤️🙌🏻

    • @TrueGritAppalachianWays
      @TrueGritAppalachianWays  Рік тому +2

      Thank you so much!

    • @onionguts
      @onionguts Рік тому +1

      How beautifully put. And how upside down our world is at this time. These beautiful children and parents are the answer 💕💕💕

  • @dalexfilms
    @dalexfilms 4 місяці тому

    I LOVE big sweet potatoes -- so easy to peel, and one potato feeds the whole family. :-)

  • @teresawebster3498
    @teresawebster3498 Рік тому +3

    If you can the big sweet potatoes you can use them for sweet bread and things like that. Or you can blanch and freeze them and roast them in the oven with seasoning until they are browned a little, they will still be soft, but they are really good to eat. My family loves them, I even make make sweet potato pancakes.

  • @janicelasee9214
    @janicelasee9214 Рік тому +4

    Love seeing your babies helping .memories of our 8 on the farm blessings

    • @heidimisfeldt5685
      @heidimisfeldt5685 Рік тому +1

      8 kids, how blessed and wonderful. Must have been so much joy.❤😊

  • @shevasativa2169
    @shevasativa2169 Рік тому

    We cut them into cubes and cook with a little olive oil. We add spices. A little salt, pepper, garlic powder, and a lot of Italian Seasoning. At the end, we put some Brown Sugar on them and allow to caramelize. SO good!

  • @ljgerken
    @ljgerken Рік тому +1

    Cut up the big sweet potatoes into cubes and boil them and mash them with butter, salt and cinnamon. Yummy!

  • @AaricHale
    @AaricHale Рік тому +7

    You guys had an awesome harvest ! We picked ours yesterday and I was amazed how well they did with it being dry this year . We had around 12 slips given to us and ended up with 2 feed sacks full . This was our second time growing them because I only just started liking the taste of them . I think next year I will plant a lot more . I can see how people used to survive on them in the old days . Heck I never fertilized and got potatoes the size of footballs lol . Thanks for sharing and have a great day !

  • @raymetcalf3928
    @raymetcalf3928 Рік тому +5

    We are learning so much for you folks! Thank you! Yall have a wonderful family!

  • @barbaraterry3060
    @barbaraterry3060 6 місяців тому

    Love watching those kids. 😊😊😊

  • @rachelmick4051
    @rachelmick4051 Рік тому +1

    I lived in Appalachia when I was in my twenties and listening to y'all talk is like music. :-)

  • @wilmabaker4500
    @wilmabaker4500 Рік тому +3

    Wow .those were some big sweet potatoes.👍❤️

  • @rebeccadees2300
    @rebeccadees2300 Рік тому +1

    Such a pleasant video of your family.

  • @brandynash1409
    @brandynash1409 Рік тому

    I can big sweet potatoes in a TINY bit of honey. Then add them to pancakes during the winter. I use freshly milled flour so it keeps it more moist and les dense. I do pancakes and waffles as a quick run out of the door breakfast. So I cook them the night before and we don’t use syrup. So the extra sweetness and nutrition makes it work for us.

  • @janiehomesley7971
    @janiehomesley7971 3 місяці тому

    Even doggie is helping pulling up taters! You folks are amazing.

  • @crystalallen4031
    @crystalallen4031 Рік тому +1

    I tried two slips this year…one in a bucket and one in a hill in the garden. The sweet potato in the ground did awesome!! The bucket grew little skinny potatoes. I am west of Asheville

  • @theresaherfindahl5781
    @theresaherfindahl5781 Рік тому

    Clean those big ones up , Peal and dice to 1inch squares and roast in the oven, add salt and butter. Then freeze what you cant eat. The young leaves can go in the salad! Be sure to Cure them to get them to sweeten up.

  • @Candys_Corner
    @Candys_Corner Рік тому +2

    WOW, I need to plant sweet potatoes next year..🥰👏

  • @deborahthompson5041
    @deborahthompson5041 2 місяці тому

    Very nice harvest. enjoy your gift from God,

  • @ijahdagang6121
    @ijahdagang6121 Рік тому +2

    Great potatoes harvesting, both kids are so helpful...

  • @rosevillacarampatana5684
    @rosevillacarampatana5684 Рік тому +1

    Good harvest. That kind of soil is suitable for root crops. The stems can be planted again.

  • @laurielyon1892
    @laurielyon1892 Рік тому +4

    So happy you had such a great harvest. When it comes to the leaves, they are wonderful! I sauteed them like spinach and I've dehydrated them and turned into powder and add them to my smoothies!

  • @imaprepper1866
    @imaprepper1866 Рік тому +1

    Great harvest . May God be the glory.

  • @cathymoffatt9074
    @cathymoffatt9074 4 місяці тому

    He’s a hard working young fella

  • @karensparks10
    @karensparks10 Рік тому +3

    I was excited along with you watching those potatoes come out of the ground!

  • @sandrawyrick
    @sandrawyrick 7 місяців тому

    I enjoyed watching this sweet potato harvest!

  • @cblair8501
    @cblair8501 Рік тому

    I can tell. There's a lot of them. Very nice! I grew 3 slips of white sweet potaoes in a large whiskey barrel. I made out like a bandit.

  • @fayecorbett9768
    @fayecorbett9768 3 місяці тому

    Till in some gypsum two weeks before planting and it will run the voles for the season. Also gives good minerals for your crops.

  • @sherryrug
    @sherryrug Рік тому +1

    You can always mash the big potatoes and freeze them also. Don't add any butter or milk until you defrost them.

  • @beckym5730
    @beckym5730 Рік тому +1

    Tip mustard green are Amy when you pick small leaves most people wait for huge leaves but they are best when leaves are small collard as well.
    Sweet Potatoes love the dirt you have.

  • @lawandawilliams2797
    @lawandawilliams2797 Рік тому +2

    First time watching your channel. Your children are precious. Working so hard without complaining. All those yummy sweet potato's. I can only think of Sweet Potato Pies and candied sweet potato's. Congrats on your harvest.

  • @divainthedirt
    @divainthedirt Рік тому

    WOW! THOSE are fabulous!!! 5:56

  • @shahannagrey8427
    @shahannagrey8427 Рік тому

    Don’t you love it when kids enjoy chores!

  • @jrae6608
    @jrae6608 Рік тому +1

    Great harvest. Big one will taste fine. Can can them. Hard to cut up but well worth the time. Make sure to use potato fork and dig all of them up.

  • @cherylkirksey
    @cherylkirksey Рік тому

    The yungins are having a great time!

  • @susanrand512
    @susanrand512 Рік тому

    Those sweet potatoes are amazing, WOW. Thanks so much for sharing, you have a beautiful family

  • @stevewoods293
    @stevewoods293 10 місяців тому

    Those little kids are like mom and dad there some working machines for young children they are just getting right with help hand awsome steve

  • @Tess316
    @Tess316 11 місяців тому

    Wow those kids did a lot❤ no complaints just enjoying ❤

  • @ladilynne
    @ladilynne Рік тому

    Those really big sweet potatoes are really good baked. Wash, oil them and wrap them in foil.

  • @zenygajes5845
    @zenygajes5845 Рік тому

    Steam the young leaves of sweet potato for salad .add tomatoes ,onion and sauce,yummy.

  • @MsdebinBC
    @MsdebinBC Рік тому +1

    Zinnia flowers take tons of water from vegetables I found out using containers and all summer double watered squash and zinnias to keep bee's around, I'll use different flowers next year, maybe marigolds

  • @southalroots
    @southalroots 6 місяців тому

    Oh yeah sautéing those greens like spinach is sooooooooo good. And good for you.

  • @Johnku-v1t
    @Johnku-v1t Рік тому

    I love to hearing you guys talking each other, sounds like my fav. movie "the hatefull eight".

  • @LittleWillie1000
    @LittleWillie1000 Рік тому

    Sweet potato greens are absolutely delicious. Not only that they are packed full of vitamins and minerals.

  • @spoonnwithsunshinehomestead
    @spoonnwithsunshinehomestead 7 місяців тому

    Now that's a sweet potato patch! 😮

  • @jerrystout3032
    @jerrystout3032 7 місяців тому

    YOUR KIDS are just GREAT 👍!😇!😇!😇!😇!

  • @lauraharvey7424
    @lauraharvey7424 Рік тому +1

    Take and bake all those big ones and take skins off mash ‘em and freeze them they are great ❤

  • @orscrub3161
    @orscrub3161 Рік тому

    It’s like Christmas. 🤗

  • @melissamartin8208
    @melissamartin8208 Рік тому

    Precious kids -- sooooo cute and helpful to their parents.

  • @danawitta9739
    @danawitta9739 Рік тому

    Yesterday I watched a UA-camr with a small sweet potato harvest in raised beds and today your great harvest. It proves that potatoes are a pioneer crop that do best in unimproved soil. The best potatoes form when the plant is struggling a little and doesn't have everything it needs easily.

  • @christymartin3846
    @christymartin3846 Рік тому +3

    What a blessing ❤ I saw 👀 some of the reds, peeking 🫣 out, as you were heading to start digging up the white ones. Do the white ones have the same taste as the red? Can’t wait for you to show me how to preserve them. I got football size ones too! Last year, I grew them in the ground and turned out rats got to them, not voles, like I thought ❤ this year container, & they’re huge & bountiful ❤no damage yet, but will finish up harvest today 😂 God is Good

    • @Jaynes-Path
      @Jaynes-Path Рік тому +2

      To me the white ones have more starch in them, more like a Russett potato would. Also not as sweet as the orange ones are. They make great fries, baked in the oven or air fryer or even on the stove with some oil. The red ones we like to put some brown sugar and cinnamon on.Yum

  • @maricelumban3388
    @maricelumban3388 Рік тому

    So exciting and what a nice family bonding you have,

  • @brokendolly6967
    @brokendolly6967 4 місяці тому

    WOW, y'all have really been blessed with sweet taters 😋 yummy good food for this winter❤️

  • @barbaranoel6118
    @barbaranoel6118 6 місяців тому

    White sweet potatoes are my favorite

  • @UtilemUnus
    @UtilemUnus Рік тому

    I love those giant ones they are family-sized and you only need to cook one for a whole meal

  • @rin-tacomaplasmahunter3204
    @rin-tacomaplasmahunter3204 Рік тому

    the greens are great in smothies

  • @thames308
    @thames308 Рік тому

    Just beautiful.

  • @paulabrown5685
    @paulabrown5685 Рік тому +1

    I agree….dig before frost. Also one year I had the most lush vines but not one potatoe….voles🙄

  • @jerrystout3032
    @jerrystout3032 5 місяців тому

    Wow! What a great harvest!😇

  • @SK-lt1so
    @SK-lt1so Рік тому

    The leaves! The leaves are delicious!

  • @martinarcher1503
    @martinarcher1503 10 місяців тому

    what an idyllic life you have! I'm jealous

  • @keithbarton9859
    @keithbarton9859 Рік тому

    Those stems are highly sought after food in Asian countries. In its season you can see them in bundles at farmers markets all over, quite pricy also.

  • @debbihook
    @debbihook Рік тому

    I have sweet potato chunks canned up. Then I mash them when I want to use them.

  • @reavisstockard2994
    @reavisstockard2994 Рік тому +2

    I enjoy your videos but your kids excitement made my morning! Y’all are definitely raising them right!

  • @anneyoung1011
    @anneyoung1011 Рік тому +1

    What a great harvest, they will be yummy roasted and also boiled and mashed with butter.

  • @AngelaWatson-t5x
    @AngelaWatson-t5x 10 місяців тому +1

    Large sweet potatoes are just as good as small ones. Just cube them and bake them.

  • @laurenmariebishop8409
    @laurenmariebishop8409 Рік тому

    The young three leaves are edible you can eat them. You can shock in hot water then put them in cold water. Then eat them soy sauce and lime or lemon.

  • @4698mags
    @4698mags 11 місяців тому

    You can roast the larger ones just put some cuts in them stuff a grain of garlic and put some salted butter then roast them on a medium fire, tasty

  • @heidimisfeldt5685
    @heidimisfeldt5685 Рік тому

    The bigger, the better. More food.☺🙂😊😇😋

  • @linabradfield3922
    @linabradfield3922 Рік тому +2

    I love watching you all work together.😊 nice sweet potatoes.

  • @cherylbertolini3140
    @cherylbertolini3140 Рік тому +1

    Sweet potatoes are usually harvested 90-100/days after you plant them. You had a great harvest:) you have great soil, and your children are great helpers.

    • @TrueGritAppalachianWays
      @TrueGritAppalachianWays  Рік тому +2

      Yes we’ve been planting them for 5 or 6 years but have never had great luck even leaving them longer than the above, we planted these in the yard instead of our usual spot and honestly we weren’t in a hurry because they never do well for us, but what a pleasant surprise we had this year! Thank you!

    • @fancythat5136
      @fancythat5136 Рік тому +1

      We have better luck with min 120 days growing time.

    • @fancythat5136
      @fancythat5136 Рік тому +1

      A small cup of baking soda/flour will get rid of the moles...

  • @TheKrazysinner
    @TheKrazysinner Рік тому

    Nothing wrong with them being big, you can do SO MUCH with them, sweet potato pie, fries, canning them and so much more