Easiest way I've found to cook winter squash is to poke holes in it to vent & just pretend it's a great big sweet potato. Bake it until it's nice & soft and sweating just a bit. Then let it sit a while to cool, cut it up, and serve. Mmmm...yummy.
@@LacyO86 I find it easiest to just cut it in half length-wise, season, then roast in cut-side up the oven until it's soft and scoop able. Here is a video I found on how to make the ravioli dish, a classic Italian recipe :) I don't even use the balsamic or amaretto cookies, and it turns out delicious with just the squash, parmesan, butter and sage. ua-cam.com/video/I2dULGrHbuQ/v-deo.html
@@mpobedinsky that looks really good. Ive been wanting the KA pasta attachment for a few yrs, even more so recently, and now here is yet another application I could utilize it with 🤔😁
Amazing winter squash haul! Last year I figured out what to do with all my pattypan (summer squash) and buttercup (winter squash). I peeled and cut them into a fine dice. Coat in taco seasoning. Grease a casserole with olive oil, and add the seasoned squash and about 12oz of cooked or canned black beans. Roast at 400, turning once, until lightly browned. Serve as the filling for Squacos!
@@LazyDogFarm Yay! I hope you try it. My guys agreed that it's just as delicious as ordinary ground beef tacos, maybe even more. Goes well with a dollop of sour cream!
Amen! My garden was prolific in 2020. We shared the excess with several families who were hard-hit during the pandemic. They were glad to get the food and you are correct - sharing felt good! Kate
Brooklyn is a hoot! Her comment about those pumpkins and Hobby Lobby!! Ha! Abram is even more adorable with his front teeth missing! I hope the Tooth Fairy was generous! My great grandmother had saved seeds from Cushaws that my Daddy ended up with and planted probably 30 years ago and none of us knew a thing about them other than she said they made good pie! He had a good yield and we did make pie! I haven’t thought about those in years and wonder if there are more of her seeds in his shop... may have to go digging! Truly an heirloom!
I have been growing in raised beds for a few years and I live it. One of the best tips I can give you is to put down a good thick layer of cardboard then set your little raised beds on top, this keeps grass and weeds from growing up through them. I used mushroom compost this year and love it. Hope this helps you, thanks for all the great videos.
Jess wanted to plant ginger. When we researched it, most said they take about 10 months, so we started indoors about November. We put them in the gardens, in different areas, after it got warm. It looks like the ones that get afternoon shade are doing the best. I'll leave them until the weather starts to cool. They can't handle freezes
Not on gardening topic but I have to say this. I've followed you for a while now starting with Hoss and I'm really glad you cut your hair!! I remember being shocked when I saw how long it was.good call!! Making garden hair great again.lol
My favorite way to eat winter squash is a mix of roasted 3/4 inch squares of squash, and chopped chard, onions, and ground chicken, which I saute while the squash is cooking.. I flavor the squash with olive oil and salt and pepper, and add a little sage to the mix when I add the chicken. Yummy!
Great harvest and I pray God will heal your back without any surgery. I've had 2 surgeries and I still have problems. I would definitely buy a couple of those pumpkins off you if you were a few miles closer.
Your wife is a riot!!! I love her in the videos. She is about to steal the show! Brooklyn keep loving life and sharing it with us. Btw I tried the cobbler with box cake recipe but with peaches, It was pretty good. Thanks!
Travis you and Brooklyn have contagious smiles💞Best garden UA-cam channel in my opinion 🍉🍅🌽🌶🥒🥬🦋🐝🌻Hope you consider selling Lazy Dog Farm apparel 👕🧢Thank you for sharing such a wide variety with your viewer's🤗God bless the Lazy Dog Farm Family 🌄✝️👨👩👦👦🧡
We have always called the peppercini peppers sissy peppers because they really didn't have any heat at all. Don't toss them. Chill and enjoy on your salads! Love, LOVE seeing more of Brooklyn!
My 10 yr old daughter watched this with me and when you said you just like to plant/grow a lot of stuff she looked at me and said that sounds like you! 😊 probably why I love watching y'all so much! The enabling is well received. Hope y'all have a great weekend.
Luv ur new look Travis, spiked hair & a little hair on ur chiney chin chin. You guys are killing these videos, please keep churning them out cause they’re sure fun to watch. Brooklyn seems to like teaching too, great job.
Those kabocha are so pretty! And so is Brooklyn! Out there working in the garden looking fabulous…I look like the swamp thing out in mine haha. Love the idea of the metal rings for raised beds.
Pan roasted winter squash and butternut squash hash have converted many a squash hater! You guys have a great channel, good content and not too much fluff👍🏻
I remember harvesting tobacco in South Georgia summers. 95 degrees with 90-95% humidity. I like fresh, non-mature buttercup or kabocha squash before the skin gets hard. VERY buttery.
I bought 3 -3ft.fire rings from Menards for $35 a piece. They wanted $80 for one "raised bed" on the garden websites.I grow my mint, balms and ground cherries in them.❤👍
@@LazyDogFarm thank you! Y’all are a big part of the reason I have a promising garden this year. Blessing to have some UA-cam content that I learn and laugh.
Wow, what a nice looking harvest. I have some south Anna Butternut that I will probably try to grow this fall I’m thinking. I have some turmeric and ginger growing in tubs as well. I actually just harvested my ginger and made honey ginger candies with it. So you should do fine with the ginger it took about 8 to 9 months for mine .. now just prepping for the tropical storm/hurricane. But not too much growing down here at this time except for mangoes and avocados
@@LazyDogFarm I have big squash envy because I have such a tough time with it, although I do have at least a few squash this year thanks to the seeds I purchased from the other channel :)
AWE SO PROUD OF YALL. SO GLAD YOU ARE NOT LIFTING ANYTHING. YOU ARE SMARTER THAN ME TRAVIS. YOU ARE ALLOWING YOUR BACK TO HEAL. IF ONLY I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT. WE LOVE YALL. PLEASE TAKE CARE.
I talked with a pumpkin grower in South Louisiana, S of New Orleans, who said his pale orange pumpkins tasted so good because he grew cushaw in the next field.
filling the planters. look for a soil/compost company. I am in Sonoma CA and we have a materials yard and I buy compost/mix for $42/yd. (27 cu. ft.) at the garden store you pay (here) up to $14 for a 2 cu ft bag. or almost $180/ cu yd.
All of my raised beds are those fire rings this year! They work great...onions, carrots, flowers, potatoes, peppers...the "fire ring plants" are growing and producing way better / faster than the in ground and 5 gallon bucket gardens. No weed problems / competition and soil / nutrient control, I guess.
We grow tons of stuff in fire rings and it does great! I'm not sure about ginger and turmeric but we've had really good success with them. Grats on that amazing harvest!
Yeah I liked that comment you made too about you and your cat not picking any squash, but we all know yoy would if you could! Brooklyn and the family are doing a great job! Hate that your pepperocinis didn't work out the way you wanted. I hope you do show another or section on those and how they turn out. Thanks for introducing poor homestead. He's got alot of useful ideas I can use. I like to repurpose alot of stuff from around our homestead or picking up stuff. And he's from my neck of the woods! Louisiana! His personal story is that of a hardworking kid turned to an even harder working adult. I've definitely subscribed to his channel. Hope you are healing well!prayers for you and the family. Congrats on all those pumpkins, you had some gorgeous ones!
Great Vlog! Lots of great information! Y’all need to do a few cooking videos showing us all the ways to cook the winter squash. I’m a Georgia girl too and like Brooklyn didn’t grow up cooking allot of winter squash. Keep on growing!👍👍
I thought that was an amazing winter squash harvest! I like the look of those metal planters, it would be amazing to grow your own ginger! Could you grow a Lemmon tree down there?
Good size for Jerusalem artichokes aka sunchokes beautiful flowers and plentiful tubers needs to be contained. I actually like to ferment mine and slice them into salads. Have you thought about growing cucamelons or pineapple ground cherries? Would be fun for the kids its like a easter egg hunt
My back is shot. Arthritis has taking a toll on it, so bending and me are no longer friends. I now use tall garden beds that I got from Epic Gardens. They're 30" tall and can be filled 1/2 way with tree limbs and such, so aren't terribly pricey to fill. Added bonus to not needing to bend is bunnies leave my plants alone. PS. I'd keep planting a plant or 2 of those little squashes just for decorating purposes.(so cute) Hope you heal not only quickly but that you heal well too.
My cushaw squash has a longer neck and some are bent. They are green then Tanish orange. Spanish folks love it in soups and with black or red beans. I bake them scoop them and make pie or other baked goods or just slice them and fry it up with onions. Do you like the flavor of cushaw, speckle hound or Seminole better?
This was our first time growing speckled hound, so we shall see. The Seminole is a good producer and is very disease-resistant, but I don't think it's the best tasting pumpkin. I prefer Cushaw over it.
Good timing on the raised beds. I'm about to get a few 55 gallon barrels to make and charge biochar. But I was wondering how they might work, cut in half as raised/container beds.
Travis you mentioned before that your garden patches used to be planted pines. I’m thinking about expanding my garden space, and would need to take out some yellow pines to do that. Did y’all just use a chainsaw or did you have them bulldozed etc.? How did you deal with the stumps and the roots?
We used a tractor with a front-end loader to uproot the entire tree. Then we let the rain knock the dirt off the roots, I stacked them in a massive pile, waited a few weeks for them to dry and burned them. I wouldn't just cut them at the base of the ground. Need to get those roots outta there. After stacking the trees, we used a harrow to chop any of the remaining root debris. Took a little while to get it nice and clean, but it's worth it.
Many times I'm asked why did I grow so much. It's because it's always better to have too many than not enough. At the worst extras can go in the compost pile and feed the garden the next year. 👍
I think at this point Brooklyn is like, “stop growing anything right now”. Lol 😂 You need to take up reading or crocheting bahaha I love growing stuff too so I get it. I also have had some long term illnesses so I get having to watch and not get your hands dirty. It drives you nuts. Hopefully you’ll be better soon.
@@LazyDogFarm oh I totally get it. I love to plant and garden. All the way to canning and preserving. I was teasing you because I know this has to be a difficult time for you. Trying to lighten the load with humor. I broke my back several years ago and it was so hard to watch everyone function around me. It will get better and you will be planting, growing, and harvesting soon. God bless you and your family! I think an herb garden will be cool in the tanks. I have ginger, basil, thyme, and lavender growing right now in a raised bed. Look up potager gardens. That may be something lighter you can do closer to home and still keep your hands in the soil. It’s what our southern grandmas called their kitchen garden. Happy gardening.
What a fun video. I have so many pumpkin seeds to still try out. That being said, take a jar of pepperocini & dump it over a chuck roast in the crock pot. Pepperoncini is generally mild in heat. Add a few garlic choices, let it cook on low. It's fantastic...even my small kids would eat it.
Those fire rings look great, especially for spready, invasive types like mints, horseradish and even rhubarb. Wish I had a half dozen or so to stick into the nooks and corners. Storing the squash in the "cool" of the barn sounds like a relative term in your part of the country. Got me a nice digital postal scale for the tomato trials coming up including the Red Snappers just coming into flower. That 28 ounce rascal of yours will be a tough target to beat, so I'll be needing to bear down.
Yes, "cool" is very relative. Not necessarily cool in terms of the inside of the house, but much cooler than sitting in the sun. Good luck with growing that monster Red Snapper.
Bt or Spinosad will kill the larvae, but you've be pretty frequent with the applications (1x week). Once they get inside the fruit, they can't be killed. If you know you're going to have problems, start spraying early in the life. We get them on cukes and summer squash, but usually don't have issues with them on our winter squash.
Hey Tr.avis could you do a mustard variety review. Tried the Savannah and really liked the mild flavor. Have you tried any other varieties that are not spicy. Thanks! Rest and heal fast.
Those butternuts...cut them in half, top to bottom...scoop out the gunk..place all halves on an oven tray spritz with oil, salt, pepper ...some like sugar( which will caramelize in the oven) and put into your std. 350'f 180'c oven for usual roast time..like potatoes. Eat them by scooping straight out the skin shell...easypeasy. well that's how we do it in africa😎🦏🇿🇦😃
Lucky you..ive ordered ginger tumeric horseradish n I can't get it...i looked for comfrey also...anyway I got 1 tiny little tumeric and have babied it but it likes being in the sun ..im in florida n it's HOT it's loving the sun...yes put them in the special rings.if they like where they grow they spread😁
This year I'm growing 'Calabaza de Castilla' pumpkin - 1st time to try. Now I wish I'd grown some other varieties after seeing yours. Getting ready to order fall/winter seed. Really mostly wanting Chinese Broccoli. Brooklyn's funny (pecan pie reference). Try fermenting some of the kabocha - thinly slice on mandolin with skin, add some ginger and jalapeno or serrano (just don't ferment too long as you want to keep crunchy - test at 5 days). Note that some kabocha do better than others when fermented, with another favorite being Red Kuri. Don't overferment as they'll turn into something your kids left in a diaper. Pith is the white stuff in a citrus. I grow my ginger and turmeric in ~7 to ~10 gallon pots and keep them in the shade of the citrus trees. Turmeric blooms can be amazing.
Thanks for all the tips. We'll definitely have to try fermenting some of the kabocha. And it sounds like our shady spot should be perfect for the ginger and turmeric.
@@LazyDogFarm So all cucurbita maxima taste pretty similar? My first experience with growing squash is the butternut I sowed 4 weeks ago, so I'm not really sure what the range of taste is like in squashes.
@@Lochness19 There are some differences among C. maxima. Those giant pumpkins we grew would probably taste a bit different than the kabocha. But the buttercup and kabocha are pretty similar. Winter squash are fun to experiment and try different varieties.
@@LazyDogFarm Yeah, so many varieties and not much space to grow them in, it's gonna be hard to pick for next year. Experimental Farm Network has their Guatemalan Green Ayote and Pueblo Highlands squashes that look interesting. Have you tried them?
Precious family, great harvest and great content! Continued prayers for complete healing! (No recipes here, newbie gardener gleaning off the experienced growers.)
You sure did have a haul!! Sometimes them pepperocini peppers aren’t very hot for some reason, we make pie out of cushaw just like pumpkin pie. We take our pumpkins and cushaw cut them in half,seed them then put them in the oven at 350 and keep an eye on them until they’re soft. Once they are soft we scoop out the meat and freeze it or eat it. We take butter and brown sugar and cook them in a pot like yams. That was a good size and pretty tomato, I got a few I believe could break the WV state record of 6.5 pounds if all goes well!!
@@LazyDogFarm well I’ll hopefully have some growing that get that big!! You get a chance go look at the mega blooms I have on these plants and they aren’t even my competition plants but may turn into the ones I take to the state fair! It’s the best way we’ve found to do our pumpkins and squash and freezes and keeps well. I would like to get one of them harvest right freeze dryers cause that would be the cats meow especially since jars,lids, rings are so hard to find right now! It does take a while to do the freeze drying but the advantages are definitely there over canning for certain applications and purposes!!
@@LazyDogFarm we use cheap vinegar to wipe when we first bring winter squash in house!! We still have butternuts we grew last year that when you cut them open are still super orange and delicious!!
Man what an amazing video!!! U know, cushaw is the most popular squash/pumkin in my area, but they are harvested at about a week of age, tender. And u can get about 30 out of one plant !! Lol
I grew up in Massachusetts. What you all just harvested as pumpkins we call squash. Normally the butternut and cushaw are best & used extensively in New England for "pumpkin" pie. I'm wondering if that Autumn Gold butternut got cross pollinated with something else (maybe the cushaw) accounting for its unusual color combo. It does look very decorative. The sizes you harvested of them seem perfect for one. I'm wondering how long they will store for. That kubocha squash is very pretty. I haven't grown the Spotted Hound yet, but I have previously grown other kubocha that looked like that flattened round green one. That was some really good eating, and is a favorite. I'm just now planting squash & melons up here in Iowa. As it's about a month later than I'd planned, it will need to be restricted to some of the 90 day varieties. Do you ever plant the 90 day melons? If so, what has been your experience with them?
The butternut shouldn't have cross-pollinated because there were no other C. moschata species in that plot. The giant pumpkins and the kabocha could have cross pollinated since they're both C. maxima. I've never planted any 90 day melons.
They're not supposed to cross-pollinate because they're different species. Those kabocha squash start out green and then develop their pinkish-orange color as they mature.
I was given a turmeric plant in a pot a few summers ago, at the end of summer I emptied the pot and found half a kilo of turmeric. I broke it up into small pieces and planted it out the following summer at a spacing of 150 to 200 mm apart into 2 raised garden beds 1.2 by 2 meters each, good soil with plenty of compost. 1 bed had partial shade and the other, full son till 1pm then shade. both did well, we harvested around 15 kilos at the beginning of winter 2022 when leaves died back. Not bad from one plant. Tried ginger, and I think it doesn't like direct sun. never the less, I will try again and this time in part shade. We live in a subtropical climate on the eastern side of Australia in New South Whales and just below the Queensland border, occasional summer days hit 35 to 40°C, and this summer so far ranged from 23 to 34°C to Dec. 23 Steve,
I would love some of that winter squash if I didn't live a thousand miles away from you up in the north. I have plants, six inches high and it will probably freeze before I get anything, but I love squash and just poke a few holes in them, wrap in wet paper towels and cook on high in the microwave until soft. I'm happy eating them with a little butter and salt and pepper or blended up with a little onion and herbs and heat up and make a soup, so I don't have any fancy recipes for you, but thanks for the videos, and hope the healing goes well.
Yeah if you live up north, you've gotta on time with the winter squash planting to get a crop before the frost. But I've seen guys in Vermont grow a fabulous crop of them, so it can be done.
Funny comment about Travis and the cat. "Neither one of us have pick a single pumpkin." Hilarious 😺
Lazy cat!
Brooklyn should be on all the time. Love her. “You made that up”. Hilarious
Haha. That's always a good line when someone says a word you've never heard.
I'm with Brooklyn on that. LOL
I agree, that was too funny when she told him that 🤣
But "pithy" really is a word.
Yep pithy is a word. My mom would use that especially when we had watermelon. It is like Travis described, a spongy texture not very good eating.
My all-time favorite: butternut squash ravioli with toasted sage and brown butter. Yum.
I'd love to know how you make that! I'm with Brooklyn on not ever knowing/learning how to cook with squash.
Easiest way I've found to cook winter squash is to poke holes in it to vent & just pretend it's a great big sweet potato. Bake it until it's nice & soft and sweating just a bit. Then let it sit a while to cool, cut it up, and serve. Mmmm...yummy.
@@LacyO86 I find it easiest to just cut it in half length-wise, season, then roast in cut-side up the oven until it's soft and scoop able. Here is a video I found on how to make the ravioli dish, a classic Italian recipe :) I don't even use the balsamic or amaretto cookies, and it turns out delicious with just the squash, parmesan, butter and sage. ua-cam.com/video/I2dULGrHbuQ/v-deo.html
@@mpobedinsky thank you, I will check it out!!
@@mpobedinsky that looks really good. Ive been wanting the KA pasta attachment for a few yrs, even more so recently, and now here is yet another application I could utilize it with 🤔😁
Omg your accents are just killer - can’t stop watching your videos! You make me which I had more land! (❤ from RI)
Also love that your wife is wearing lipstick in the garden - my spirit animal
I really, really like to see Brooklyn on these videos! She's so much fun. Sorry you hurt your back, Travis, but we get to see more of Brooklyn! Yay!
Thanks Tammy! Glad you're enjoying it!
Brooklyn probably praying every night Lord please let Travis have a fast recovery he is killing me in this garden.🤣🤣
Amazing winter squash haul!
Last year I figured out what to do with all my pattypan (summer squash) and buttercup (winter squash). I peeled and cut them into a fine dice.
Coat in taco seasoning.
Grease a casserole with olive oil, and add the seasoned squash and about 12oz of cooked or canned black beans. Roast at 400, turning once, until lightly browned.
Serve as the filling for Squacos!
Squacos! I love it! Thanks for sharing.
@@LazyDogFarm Yay! I hope you try it. My guys agreed that it's just as delicious as ordinary ground beef tacos, maybe even more. Goes well with a dollop of sour cream!
Sounds yummy!
Man, imagine what we could do if we all planted more than we needed. I absolutely enjoy sharing our eggs and the few vegetables we grow.
Amen! My garden was prolific in 2020. We shared the excess with several families who were hard-hit during the pandemic. They were glad to get the food and you are correct - sharing felt good! Kate
I totally agree!
Brooklyn is a hoot! Her comment about those pumpkins and Hobby Lobby!! Ha! Abram is even more adorable with his front teeth missing! I hope the Tooth Fairy was generous! My great grandmother had saved seeds from Cushaws that my Daddy ended up with and planted probably 30 years ago and none of us knew a thing about them other than she said they made good pie! He had a good yield and we did make pie! I haven’t thought about those in years and wonder if there are more of her seeds in his shop... may have to go digging! Truly an heirloom!
You should definitely try and find them. Maybe you could still get a few of them to germinate.
I have been growing in raised beds for a few years and I live it. One of the best tips I can give you is to put down a good thick layer of cardboard then set your little raised beds on top, this keeps grass and weeds from growing up through them. I used mushroom compost this year and love it. Hope this helps you, thanks for all the great videos.
Thanks for the tips Lynne! The area we'll be putting them is pretty grass free, but good to know about the cardboard.
Love Brooklyn! She is real!! Love your videos!! 🌱🌱🌱
Thanks Gail! Glad you're enjoying them.
Really nice to see you both in the garden. Brooklyn is a good sport and her personality is sweet.
Thanks so much Marie!
Jess wanted to plant ginger. When we researched it, most said they take about 10 months, so we started indoors about November. We put them in the gardens, in different areas, after it got warm. It looks like the ones that get afternoon shade are doing the best. I'll leave them until the weather starts to cool. They can't handle freezes
Yeah I might have to cover mine a time or two come winter, but hopefully they enjoy the partial shade where we're planting them.
Not on gardening topic but I have to say this. I've followed you for a while now starting with Hoss and I'm really glad you cut your hair!! I remember being shocked when I saw how long it was.good call!! Making garden hair great again.lol
Haha! Had to cut it for meetings and such. Needed to look a little more presentable.
Brooklyn’s funny and I love hearing her laugh. What a great partnership y’all have!
Like that raised bed idea!!
Continued prayers for you.
Thanks Rhonda!
My favorite way to eat winter squash is a mix of roasted 3/4 inch squares of squash, and chopped chard, onions, and ground chicken, which I saute while the squash is cooking.. I flavor the squash with olive oil and salt and pepper, and add a little sage to the mix when I add the chicken. Yummy!
That sounds tasty! Thanks for sharing.
Great harvest and I pray God will heal your back without any surgery. I've had 2 surgeries and I still have problems. I would definitely buy a couple of those pumpkins off you if you were a few miles closer.
Thanks Mary!
Your wife is a riot!!! I love her in the videos. She is about to steal the show! Brooklyn keep loving life and sharing it with us. Btw I tried the cobbler with box cake recipe but with peaches, It was pretty good. Thanks!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.
Travis you and Brooklyn have contagious smiles💞Best garden UA-cam channel in my opinion 🍉🍅🌽🌶🥒🥬🦋🐝🌻Hope you consider selling Lazy Dog Farm apparel 👕🧢Thank you for sharing such a wide variety with your viewer's🤗God bless the Lazy Dog Farm Family 🌄✝️👨👩👦👦🧡
Thanks so much 😊
We have always called the peppercini peppers sissy peppers because they really didn't have any heat at all. Don't toss them. Chill and enjoy on your salads! Love, LOVE seeing more of Brooklyn!
The ones I've bought in the store have a little heat, but was surprised that these didn't have any. I do like that nickname for them though. lol
My 10 yr old daughter watched this with me and when you said you just like to plant/grow a lot of stuff she looked at me and said that sounds like you! 😊 probably why I love watching y'all so much! The enabling is well received. Hope y'all have a great weekend.
Happy to enable more gardening anytime!
Luv ur new look Travis, spiked hair & a little hair on ur chiney chin chin. You guys are killing these videos, please keep churning them out cause they’re sure fun to watch. Brooklyn seems to like teaching too, great job.
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the videos.
That's a lot of pumpkins. Well done. I have started to try curing mine.
Yall are still in my prayers 🙏
We appreciate it Carl!
Those kabocha are so pretty! And so is Brooklyn! Out there working in the garden looking fabulous…I look like the swamp thing out in mine haha. Love the idea of the metal rings for raised beds.
Oh and fermented hot sauce is the bomb! I do a green and a red version.
Gonna have to make some fermented hot sauce soon!
Pan roasted winter squash and butternut squash hash have converted many a squash hater! You guys have a great channel, good content and not too much fluff👍🏻
That sounds fabulous. We like cutting them in little cube chunks and putting them in the air fryer or roasting in the oven.
I remember harvesting tobacco in South Georgia summers. 95 degrees with 90-95% humidity. I like fresh, non-mature buttercup or kabocha squash before the skin gets hard. VERY buttery.
That humidity is suffocating some days. It'll have you drenched in no time!
Worked in tobacco every summer through high school. Brutal but we had so much fun. SE Ga.
Oh and I like you idea on the smaller raised / container gardens. The wheels are turning!
Should be a fun experiment!
Brooklyn is the best Travis, You are a very Lucky Man. You will owe her a weekend getaway when you finally get all healed up. You hear me?
I hear you! She already has a Disney trip planned with some of her girlfriends in a few weeks. She deserves it!
I bought 3 -3ft.fire rings from Menards for $35 a piece. They wanted $80 for one "raised bed" on the garden websites.I grow my mint, balms and ground cherries in them.❤👍
Wow. That's half of what I paid for mine. Would love to find them that cheap around here.
Brooklyn you are amazing! I enjoy the channel more with you around. Your commentary on the harvest shapes and sizes made me chuckle.
Thank you so much!
@@LazyDogFarm thank you! Y’all are a big part of the reason I have a promising garden this year. Blessing to have some UA-cam content that I learn and laugh.
I use those fire rings a lot. I Double stack for added height. Love ‘em.
Nice! Not a bad idea to get them higher off the ground.
Wow, what a nice looking harvest. I have some south Anna Butternut that I will probably try to grow this fall I’m thinking. I have some turmeric and ginger growing in tubs as well. I actually just harvested my ginger and made honey ginger candies with it. So you should do fine with the ginger it took about 8 to 9 months for mine .. now just prepping for the tropical storm/hurricane. But not too much growing down here at this time except for mangoes and avocados
Y'all stay safe during the storm. You'll love those butternuts. Just give them plenty of room -- the plants are quite vigorous.
one of the happiest looking harvests I ever saw
Very happy and excited about all this beautiful (and tasty) food!
@@LazyDogFarm I have big squash envy because I have such a tough time with it, although I do have at least a few squash this year thanks to the seeds I purchased from the other channel :)
AWE SO PROUD OF YALL. SO GLAD YOU ARE NOT LIFTING ANYTHING. YOU ARE SMARTER THAN ME TRAVIS. YOU ARE ALLOWING YOUR BACK TO HEAL. IF ONLY I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT. WE LOVE YALL. PLEASE TAKE CARE.
Trying to be a good boy! Thanks for watching Melinda!
Awesome harvest! Our turmeric and ginger like afternoon shade.
Good to know. They should love the spot I've got for them!
Amazing Family and friends pitch in and help. Travis - as much as one wants to get back into the battle - give yourself time to heal.
Sometimes you've gotta let someone else fight your battles while you recover. It's tough, but 8 weeks will pass in no time!
I love growing green striped Cushaw. The biggest one I ever grew was 21lbs!
Wow, that's a good one!
I talked with a pumpkin grower in South Louisiana, S of New Orleans, who said his pale orange pumpkins tasted so good because he grew cushaw in the next field.
Interesting ...
How lucky 🍀 to have a super helper.
I am always inspired by the way you gardening 🧑🌾.
Thanks Leslie! She's a super helper indeed!
filling the planters. look for a soil/compost company. I am in Sonoma CA and we have a materials yard and I buy compost/mix for $42/yd. (27 cu. ft.) at the garden store you pay (here) up to $14 for a 2 cu ft bag. or almost $180/ cu yd.
All of my raised beds are those fire rings this year! They work great...onions, carrots, flowers, potatoes, peppers...the "fire ring plants" are growing and producing way better / faster than the in ground and 5 gallon bucket gardens. No weed problems / competition and soil / nutrient control, I guess.
Great to hear they're working well for you Roxanne!
Gorgeous squash, the second one and amazing song. Love it. The second one picked looks like a Cinderella pumpkin.
It reminds me of a variety called "porcelain doll," although a little smaller. Cinderella pumpkins are delicious as well!
Thanks for the video! Love watching calm gardening and outdoor food videos while I eat my breakfast and sip my tea in the morning ☺️
Sounds like a great time to have some garden inspiration for the day. Thanks for watching Aspen!
Would love to see when you cut and cook these. First time I have seen these. Will enjoy watching your excursion into raised bed growing.
Raised bed video coming on Monday!
Travis, what a good harvest of squash. God bless .
Thanks Imma! God bless.
What a fabulous squash harvest.Sounds like you've picked a good spot for the ginger and turmeric.
Thanks Sue! And thanks again for the ginger and turmeric!
I like the acorn squash. Growing table queen. This is the 2nd year growing from my self saved seed. Winter squash sure can run and take up space.
We love acorn squash too. So many good choices for winter squash, it's hard to choose!
Now that's a lot of pumpkins! Love the idea of pumpkin 🎃 decorating in July!
Left a comment on Eddie's latest video and subbed! Thank You 👍
Let's start a new trend!
@@LazyDogFarm let's do it! 😁👍
Thank You MLP
We grow tons of stuff in fire rings and it does great! I'm not sure about ginger and turmeric but we've had really good success with them. Grats on that amazing harvest!
Thanks! Can't wait to get them planted.
I planted Pink Eye Purple Hull Peas today in a raised bed. I live in Southern Indiana.
Good deal! Hope you have a great harvest!
Wow... so many pumkins/squash... and so pretty. I have wanted to know about the kushaw...thanks for info...
I've seen them get bigger than that -- up to 20 lbs or so. That's a lot of food in one fruit!
Yeah I liked that comment you made too about you and your cat not picking any squash, but we all know yoy would if you could! Brooklyn and the family are doing a great job! Hate that your pepperocinis didn't work out the way you wanted. I hope you do show another or section on those and how they turn out. Thanks for introducing poor homestead. He's got alot of useful ideas I can use. I like to repurpose alot of stuff from around our homestead or picking up stuff. And he's from my neck of the woods! Louisiana! His personal story is that of a hardworking kid turned to an even harder working adult. I've definitely subscribed to his channel. Hope you are healing well!prayers for you and the family. Congrats on all those pumpkins, you had some gorgeous ones!
Thanks for checking out his channel!
Great Vlog! Lots of great information! Y’all need to do a few cooking videos showing us all the ways to cook the winter squash. I’m a Georgia girl too and like Brooklyn didn’t grow up cooking allot of winter squash. Keep on growing!👍👍
We sure will!
Love squash! Wish I lived closer..I would buy from you!
We'd be glad to just give you some!
Cushaw stores very well. Just leave as much stem as you can.
Good tip!
Cool Travis glad to find you here. I been following you for a good bit of time. Just subbed here. Keeping you and yall in my prayers. God Bless.
Glad you found us Bobby! Welcome to the channel!
I thought that was an amazing winter squash harvest! I like the look of those metal planters, it would be amazing to grow your own ginger! Could you grow a Lemmon tree down there?
We can grow lemon trees down here. You just have to protect them with a blanket or cloth until they get established well.
Best line, "I just like to grow stuff." 😍
Too much fun trying new stuff!
@@LazyDogFarm absolutely agree
Good size for Jerusalem artichokes aka sunchokes beautiful flowers and plentiful tubers needs to be contained. I actually like to ferment mine and slice them into salads. Have you thought about growing cucamelons or pineapple ground cherries? Would be fun for the kids its like a easter egg hunt
Have not considered growing those, but always willing to try new stuff!
Have you ever tried butternut squash bread ?? Yummy !
Have had zucchini bread and pumpkin bread, but don't think I've specifically had butternut squash bread. Sounds tasty though!
My back is shot. Arthritis has taking a toll on it, so bending and me are no longer friends. I now use tall garden beds that I got from Epic Gardens. They're 30" tall and can be filled 1/2 way with tree limbs and such, so aren't terribly pricey to fill. Added bonus to not needing to bend is bunnies leave my plants alone. PS. I'd keep planting a plant or 2 of those little squashes just for decorating purposes.(so cute) Hope you heal not only quickly but that you heal well too.
Thanks Tammy. Good to hear you're still able to garden despite your back issues.
How did all the pumpkins grow without pickle worm damage?
Most of these pumpkins have a pretty hard skin. We'll get them on cucumbers and squash, but not much on pumpkins.
My cushaw squash has a longer neck and some are bent. They are green then Tanish orange. Spanish folks love it in soups and with black or red beans. I bake them scoop them and make pie or other baked goods or just slice them and fry it up with onions. Do you like the flavor of cushaw, speckle hound or Seminole better?
This was our first time growing speckled hound, so we shall see. The Seminole is a good producer and is very disease-resistant, but I don't think it's the best tasting pumpkin. I prefer Cushaw over it.
Love this video. Yall grow great veggies. Thanks for the posts!
Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel! Was wondering why you weren't on hoss tools anymore. I missed the videos
Glad you found us Jim! Welcome to the channel!
Good timing on the raised beds. I'm about to get a few 55 gallon barrels to make and charge biochar. But I was wondering how they might work, cut in half as raised/container beds.
That should work, as long as you do something so the edges aren't too sharp after cutting -- or just put the cut edge facing the ground.
Travis you mentioned before that your garden patches used to be planted pines. I’m thinking about expanding my garden space, and would need to take out some yellow pines to do that. Did y’all just use a chainsaw or did you have them bulldozed etc.? How did you deal with the stumps and the roots?
We used a tractor with a front-end loader to uproot the entire tree. Then we let the rain knock the dirt off the roots, I stacked them in a massive pile, waited a few weeks for them to dry and burned them. I wouldn't just cut them at the base of the ground. Need to get those roots outta there. After stacking the trees, we used a harrow to chop any of the remaining root debris. Took a little while to get it nice and clean, but it's worth it.
i will go check his channel out. and also travis if you were going to take those peppers out of the crock where were you going to put them?
I would have just put them in mason jars in the fridge, along with some brine in the jar to keep them wet.
Many times I'm asked why did I grow so much. It's because it's always better to have too many than not enough. At the worst extras can go in the compost pile and feed the garden the next year. 👍
That's right! And it's just as easy to plant a whole row than it is a half row.
I think at this point Brooklyn is like, “stop growing anything right now”. Lol 😂 You need to take up reading or crocheting bahaha I love growing stuff too so I get it. I also have had some long term illnesses so I get having to watch and not get your hands dirty. It drives you nuts. Hopefully you’ll be better soon.
6 more weeks! It takes just as much time to plant a whole row as it does a few plants, so 'bout as well have fun with it!
@@LazyDogFarm oh I totally get it. I love to plant and garden. All the way to canning and preserving. I was teasing you because I know this has to be a difficult time for you. Trying to lighten the load with humor. I broke my back several years ago and it was so hard to watch everyone function around me. It will get better and you will be planting, growing, and harvesting soon. God bless you and your family! I think an herb garden will be cool in the tanks. I have ginger, basil, thyme, and lavender growing right now in a raised bed. Look up potager gardens. That may be something lighter you can do closer to home and still keep your hands in the soil. It’s what our southern grandmas called their kitchen garden. Happy gardening.
@@apiecemaker1163 Will do. We've got a big plot of herbs that's still kicking pretty well -- especially the tarragon and basil.
What a fun video. I have so many pumpkin seeds to still try out. That being said, take a jar of pepperocini & dump it over a chuck roast in the crock pot. Pepperoncini is generally mild in heat.
Add a few garlic choices, let it cook on low. It's fantastic...even my small kids would eat it.
We've done that quite a few times. It is excellent! Seems like some folks call that a Mississippi pot roast or something like that.
I hate you hurt your back but its fun having brooklyn
Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Do you guys deal with vine borers? They're bad in DFW and this year the squash bugs are bad.
For some reason we don't have vine borers that bad. We do get squash bugs, especially when things get hot in the summer.
Those fire rings look great, especially for spready, invasive types like mints, horseradish and even rhubarb. Wish I had a half dozen or so to stick into the nooks and corners. Storing the squash in the "cool" of the barn sounds like a relative term in your part of the country. Got me a nice digital postal scale for the tomato trials coming up including the Red Snappers just coming into flower. That 28 ounce rascal of yours will be a tough target to beat, so I'll be needing to bear down.
Yes, "cool" is very relative. Not necessarily cool in terms of the inside of the house, but much cooler than sitting in the sun. Good luck with growing that monster Red Snapper.
Please tell me how y’all control the pickle worm who also attack pumpkins watermelons , squash, etc
Bt or Spinosad will kill the larvae, but you've be pretty frequent with the applications (1x week). Once they get inside the fruit, they can't be killed. If you know you're going to have problems, start spraying early in the life. We get them on cukes and summer squash, but usually don't have issues with them on our winter squash.
@@LazyDogFarm thanks for the advice !
Hey Tr.avis could you do a mustard variety review. Tried the Savannah and really liked the mild flavor. Have you tried any other varieties that are not spicy. Thanks! Rest and heal fast.
That's the "least spiciest" variety that I'm aware. I also like Tatsoi, but it has a little more kick. That would be a great video to do in the fall.
Peeling your butternut before you cut it makes much easier to cut.
Those butternuts...cut them in half, top to bottom...scoop out the gunk..place all halves on an oven tray spritz with oil, salt, pepper ...some like sugar( which will caramelize in the oven) and put into your std. 350'f 180'c oven for usual roast time..like potatoes.
Eat them by scooping straight out the skin shell...easypeasy. well that's how we do it in africa😎🦏🇿🇦😃
That's how we usually cook our pumpkins too -- minus the sugar. Easy way to roast them for sure.
I am not a squash or pumpkin fan, but your harvest looks great. How is the okra doing?
Okra is going well. About to plant more if we can get a break in all this rain.
Lucky you..ive ordered ginger tumeric horseradish n I can't get it...i looked for comfrey also...anyway I got 1 tiny little tumeric and have babied it but it likes being in the sun ..im in florida n it's HOT it's loving the sun...yes put them in the special rings.if they like where they grow they spread😁
I'd like to try horseradish as well. Maybe that's what I should put in that third fire ring we have.
Yes then please tell where you got the horseradish 😁
This year I'm growing 'Calabaza de Castilla' pumpkin - 1st time to try. Now I wish I'd grown some other varieties after seeing yours. Getting ready to order fall/winter seed. Really mostly wanting Chinese Broccoli. Brooklyn's funny (pecan pie reference). Try fermenting some of the kabocha - thinly slice on mandolin with skin, add some ginger and jalapeno or serrano (just don't ferment too long as you want to keep crunchy - test at 5 days). Note that some kabocha do better than others when fermented, with another favorite being Red Kuri. Don't overferment as they'll turn into something your kids left in a diaper. Pith is the white stuff in a citrus. I grow my ginger and turmeric in ~7 to ~10 gallon pots and keep them in the shade of the citrus trees. Turmeric blooms can be amazing.
Thanks for all the tips. We'll definitely have to try fermenting some of the kabocha. And it sounds like our shady spot should be perfect for the ginger and turmeric.
Is there much of a difference between buttercup and kabocha? Buttercup seeds are easy to find here, kabocha not so much.
It's very similar. They're the same species. I would almost consider them the same thing, just different shapes and colors.
@@LazyDogFarm So all cucurbita maxima taste pretty similar? My first experience with growing squash is the butternut I sowed 4 weeks ago, so I'm not really sure what the range of taste is like in squashes.
@@Lochness19 There are some differences among C. maxima. Those giant pumpkins we grew would probably taste a bit different than the kabocha. But the buttercup and kabocha are pretty similar. Winter squash are fun to experiment and try different varieties.
@@LazyDogFarm Yeah, so many varieties and not much space to grow them in, it's gonna be hard to pick for next year. Experimental Farm Network has their Guatemalan Green Ayote and Pueblo Highlands squashes that look interesting. Have you tried them?
@@Lochness19 Have not tried either of them. But let us know how they do for you.
Precious family, great harvest and great content! Continued prayers for complete healing! (No recipes here, newbie gardener gleaning off the experienced growers.)
Thanks Jodi! Always good to see "newbie" gardeners here!
Hey Travis! Do your potatos stay in your barn in summer? Wonder if I can keep my haul in my detached garage but it can get warm in there.
Yes they stay there during the summer. They'll usually store for several months that way.
You sure did have a haul!! Sometimes them pepperocini peppers aren’t very hot for some reason, we make pie out of cushaw just like pumpkin pie. We take our pumpkins and cushaw cut them in half,seed them then put them in the oven at 350 and keep an eye on them until they’re soft. Once they are soft we scoop out the meat and freeze it or eat it. We take butter and brown sugar and cook them in a pot like yams. That was a good size and pretty tomato, I got a few I believe could break the WV state record of 6.5 pounds if all goes well!!
Wow! I'd love to see a pic of a 6 lb tomato. We cook our winter squash and pumpkins the same way -- cut in half, roast and scoop the meat.
@@LazyDogFarm well I’ll hopefully have some growing that get that big!! You get a chance go look at the mega blooms I have on these plants and they aren’t even my competition plants but may turn into the ones I take to the state fair! It’s the best way we’ve found to do our pumpkins and squash and freezes and keeps well. I would like to get one of them harvest right freeze dryers cause that would be the cats meow especially since jars,lids, rings are so hard to find right now! It does take a while to do the freeze drying but the advantages are definitely there over canning for certain applications and purposes!!
Like your hair cut, Travis.
Thanks Opal!
I wipe my pumpkins with a dilution of ten percent bleach and water and that increases the storage time .
Apple cider vinegar works just as well - I’m still eating on the squash harvested in September last year.
Neat tip! Did not know that. Thanks for sharing!
@@LazyDogFarm we use cheap vinegar to wipe when we first bring winter squash in house!! We still have butternuts we grew last year that when you cut them open are still super orange and delicious!!
Man what an amazing video!!! U know, cushaw is the most popular squash/pumkin in my area, but they are harvested at about a week of age, tender. And u can get about 30 out of one plant !! Lol
Interesting. Did not know you could harvest them that small.
I grew up in Massachusetts. What you all just harvested as pumpkins we call squash. Normally the butternut and cushaw are best & used extensively in New England for "pumpkin" pie. I'm wondering if that Autumn Gold butternut got cross pollinated with something else (maybe the cushaw) accounting for its unusual color combo. It does look very decorative. The sizes you harvested of them seem perfect for one. I'm wondering how long they will store for.
That kubocha squash is very pretty. I haven't grown the Spotted Hound yet, but I have previously grown other kubocha that looked like that flattened round green one. That was some really good eating, and is a favorite.
I'm just now planting squash & melons up here in Iowa. As it's about a month later than I'd planned, it will need to be restricted to some of the 90 day varieties. Do you ever plant the 90 day melons? If so, what has been your experience with them?
The butternut shouldn't have cross-pollinated because there were no other C. moschata species in that plot. The giant pumpkins and the kabocha could have cross pollinated since they're both C. maxima. I've never planted any 90 day melons.
I need to find a tough hybrid spagetti squash lol for low carbing
Small Wonder is the best spaghetti squash I've ever grown. They're smaller, more personal size, but very prolific.
@@LazyDogFarm Aww thanks man I will look it up for next year!
Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Jerry!
It looks like something you’d buy at hobby lobby 🤣🤣🤣❤️
Haha!
Looks like those little ones CROSS pollinated with the kushaw. Good luck
They're not supposed to cross-pollinate because they're different species. Those kabocha squash start out green and then develop their pinkish-orange color as they mature.
Brooklyn **** Darn Wish you hadn't said 'Pecan Pie'. Now got to find me some.
We have a freezer full of pecans from the couple trees on our homestead. So good!
You should try Candy Roaster.
I should! I've never grown that one.
I was given a turmeric plant in a pot a few summers ago, at the end of summer I emptied the pot and found half a kilo of turmeric. I broke it up into small pieces and planted it out the following summer at a spacing of 150 to 200 mm apart into 2 raised garden beds 1.2 by 2 meters each, good soil with plenty of compost. 1 bed had partial shade and the other, full son till 1pm then shade. both did well, we harvested around 15 kilos at the beginning of winter 2022 when leaves died back. Not bad from one plant. Tried ginger, and I think it doesn't like direct sun. never the less, I will try again and this time in part shade.
We live in a subtropical climate on the eastern side of Australia in New South Whales and just below the Queensland border, occasional summer days hit 35 to 40°C, and this summer so far ranged from 23 to 34°C to Dec. 23
Steve,
I would love some of that winter squash if I didn't live a thousand miles away from you up in the north. I have plants, six inches high and it will probably freeze before I get anything, but I love squash and just poke a few holes in them, wrap in wet paper towels and cook on high in the microwave until soft. I'm happy eating them with a little butter and salt and pepper or blended up with a little onion and herbs and heat up and make a soup, so I don't have any fancy recipes for you, but thanks for the videos, and hope the healing goes well.
Yeah if you live up north, you've gotta on time with the winter squash planting to get a crop before the frost. But I've seen guys in Vermont grow a fabulous crop of them, so it can be done.
@@LazyDogFarm I am new at this but that is good to hear about Vermont, I am in Minnesota, zone 4.
Poor Travis. I bet it kills you inside not being able to help in the garden. Fast healing my brother!
It's tough, but Brooklyn has been doing a great job.
Good stuff!
Thanks David!
We use piffy in Virginia
What is "piffy?"