Kevin and Sarah, we have been having issues with Japanese beetles, and we were unable to get our garden in until the middle of June, we had some cold, rain and had some frost in June. Our garden is so far behind, and it is so sad. We also had a problem with a woodchuck, that ate 15 cabbages. This year for us has be so disappointing for us as well this year. We will be praying for y'all on your garden, as I know you do the garden for food and so do we. May God supply all of our needs even with all of our hardships.
I used to flag the fence. I cut strips of old t-shirts or whatever and tied it to the electric fence. I cut it up in about 12" strips so we had a tail to flap in the breeze once tied to the wire. It was a visible reminder of the fence. Then if we had to move the fence to a different area. The horses recognized the flags and knew a fence was there. It also made it easier to find a break in the fence. I suppose you could also use the plastic tape (survey tape). When first using flags. I tied one about every 5-8 feet. After they are used to it, then about every 10-12'.
When we had rabbits, during the summer we would put frozen bottles of water in the cages. They would roll them around and lay on them. It really helped them stay more comfortable.
Hi I don't know if you read our comments, But in case you do if time gets short if you cover with some plastic sheeting over a couple of saw horses and keep temps up about 85F or a bit more they will ripen . They need warm temps for ripening and less water from 2 or 3 weeks before they should be ripening. Too much water and you get cantalopes with a washed out nothing bland taste. If you get stem borers at first sign of frass near the base of the plants split the stem and remove the white maggot inside. then tape the stem shut it will usually heal. then put some moist soil over the stalk a few leaves toward the growing end and usually they will root, and save the plants Works for the vine crops. Rick in Pa.
My dad raised rabbits in KS and NM and when the heat would get really hot he would hang wet burlap bags over the cages and as the breeze passed through then it would lower the air temp. TFS
This is our first year to garden. We were inspired by watching your channel and a few other homesteading channels. We, too, have been hit hard by squash bugs and the vine boreres too. It was discouraging, so we can relate to your struggle this year. We enjoy watching your channel as we are learning so much. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us. You are a blessing.
My rabbit hutch has 2x4s on the bottom outside edges. Its wide enough for them to hop onto while I move it. The downside is they can pee and poop on the wood, so some of it comes with them each move. I also built a second floor of hardware cloth they can jump up onto.
My sister used to put soda bottles with frozen water in them into the cages. The bunnies snuggled up when they were hot, and moved away from the bottles, but they were in elevated cages and it was very hot and dry in eastern Oregon
I live in Northern Ohio. We already have a short planting season. This years spring rains made our season even shorter. I planted my plants June 7th. The ground was still damp, even wet(mud) in some places. But I HAD to get them in the ground or risk never getting them in. Once they were planted. It rained for another several more weeks. So much rain. To the point that my peppers and tomatoes are pretty much lost. Thankfully my melon plants are rebounding. They are late because they were stunted by the rain. But if the weather holds out. I just maybe have some melons before Sept. 🤞
I just planted some patty pan squash seedlings and planted some bush bean seeds.. better late then never right... im using the ground cover fabric, and really love it... !! thank you
ART and BRI's channel recently showed how they are coping with vine borers - using a syringe and directly injecting BT ahead of where the entrance hole is along with spraying the base of the plant. I can't speak to whether it is / was effective.
I enjoy your videos so much. I was raised in a small town and had a lot of chickens and ducks in our back yard. When my two younger sons wanted to raise hogs for FFA we had just moved to the country. We had a friend who had some shoats and we took the trailer to his place to pick them up. Well, he didn't have them penned so we spent a great deal of time trying to get them loaded and by the time we got home it was getting late and we had to put a pen together before dark. Not sure why the guys decided to get the piggies before building the pen. My oldest step son had raised hogs in Missouri, so he was a big help in getting us started in the hog business. When our first sow was about to farrow (we bought her already bred, so we didn't know exactly when she was due) so my oldest son and I spent the night in the farrowing house with her. I really enjoyed the little piggies. They are very lovable little critters. The kids are grown, I lost my husband in 2005, and retired from teaching in 2008 and I really miss the piggies. So, seeing yours is a real treat. And I have made your bread a couple of times. Love how easy it is to make a really nice loaf of bread. I added oats, chia seeds and sunflower seeds to the last one and really liked the way it turned out.
I just really enjoy your videos, you are great folks. I am not able to do the things I used to do but it is good to see you and your homesteading adventures.
Rabbit cage with metal roof, even if white, creates a small oven-like effect. One side blocked with walls doesn't really allow for good air flow always, depends upon wind direction. We always placed our cages in the shade on hot days.
I knew that little girl was going to be trouble, and she got everybody put back in their starter pen. LOL I think it's all trial and error, that's the best way to learn. Pigs and goats are both hard to train, but I think goats can be a little more tenacious. I hope your cucumbers do well and that the rest of your garden survives The beatles, unfortunately I don't have any ideas that you haven't already tried. Thanks for sharing your homestead with us, Jimmy
I put Agribon on my curcubits on the day of planting and remove when we see the first male blossoms. I also plant through Lumite like you do, I have had some sheets for 30 years. Bulletproof!
Your videos are so educational! I am praying that you will be safe from Tropical Storm Barry. Hope you don't get too much rain. As always, take care and God Bless all of you. ♥️🙏
Thankyou guys so much for all that you do in showing us the trials and tribulations of homesteading. Its nice to see not everything always go perfect, but it always works out.
I really enjoy watching your videos and coming along with you on your daily life on the homestead! Thank you for sharing your lives with us! God bless!
Mimi used to bury a styro cup with bottom cut off to create a collar around the squash, melon, and cuc plant. this kept the vine borrer out. it there any kind of pharamon trap for squash beetles like japanese beetles? shoud be :o)
My garden is having similar struggles here in Michigan. It's comforting to hear that someone as seasoned and great at gardening as you guys are, can sometimes have struggles too. I love the encouraging perseverance you show by planting again and again, that in itself will make your garden do great...eventually.
It is encouraging that you also have problems as it makes one realise to just try again. As a relatively new food planter, I was a bit discouraged when my first planting last year totally flopped, due to excessive heat for weeks. But in a way it was a good lesson and my second planting went really well. I am now watching my winter garden as my broccoli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts are looking fantastic and I expect them to start making heads anytime now. We have very mild winters and my basil did not even die, it is still green and giving leaves! The little naughty pig, but one cannot help chuckling at her cheekiness. The bunnies are so cute, I would not be able to eat them lol
Very understandable because we have the regular fencing and with goats they always get there heads through to eat the grass from the other side of the fence and we always have to go help them out from the fence
Love the shirt Kevin ~8^) I can deal with bugs, but what I can't deal with, nor am I allowed ..... are feral cats tearing my melon plants out of the ground. I have lost half my melon plants to this vermin. They use my grow bags as their litterbox ..... I'm at wits end with them. If anyone knows a deterrent to keeping them out of your garden I'd love to know. Hopefully you can get your porkers back into the larger enclosure soon. Take care Kevin & Sarah.
David ... my sister swears by BITTER APPLE sprayed on things that animals chew. She is a professional dog raiser, plenty of experience with destructive chewing. Anyway, hope this will help your problem. Can you trap them in a ''have-a-heart'' trap and relocate them ... some towns will handle feral cats if you trap ... even to the point of jumping on the persons who feed them out of mistaken ''kindness''. Maybe someone at local AUDUBON society will have some ideas for you .... feral cats eat song birds. Back in my gardening day, l used to put rocks and twigs in places the cats used as cat box ... garden didn't look very tidy and neat, but waaay better than having that poop in my garden.
Does your family plant fall garden?? When do you plant in your area?? I hope your watermelon, cantaloupe, & cucumbers make it this time. We plant ours on a hill of soil for each watermelons our comes each year in NC.
Good morning. The timing of your rain storm was perfect. I love the baby bunnies. The bunny mom is so attentive. The moment the first baby was scooped up and placed in the bucket in order to keep it safe while the tractor was moved the mother bunny scampered right over to the bucket to investigate. That little Peewee is a rebel! Good luck with the melon seeds. Everything is so beautiful there. Hope Grace has a good day and that she is feeling good. Take care.
I learn so much from your videos. It has been a hard year in the garden. I live in southern Mn and we went from snow to floods. You guys are inspiring to keep on trying.
Love your videos, Can't do it our selfs anymore due to health. But We have a couple container's and we can watch your videos and pretend we're with you on the homestead GOD BLESS.
Ur so nurturing with ur animals. Ur family is great. Hope everyone is doing fine. Good luck with ur cantaloupes, watermelon and cucumbers. Let us know how they r doing. Good luck💕👍🏻
FYI for you, there is a product called Calf Mana it is a supplement of minerals to feed to calfs and a friend uses it for her poultry, it helps with egg production and fowl animal health.
I planted stars and moon watermelon and they did great, got 6 watermelons from two plants. My cucumbers struggled this year, only got two cucumbers. Hope everything kicks into action soon!! It's been a weird year.
Oh my! That big little peewee is a troublemaker . The bunnies are beautiful. And you guys working hard as always and in the garden keep your chin up that you'll be rewarded for your truly hard work . Good Bless.
The rabbits are adorable, the ducks crack me up they way they come out running. The runts are always the funniest, Pee Wee is going to give you a run for your money. I hope she learns quickly for you. We all hope Grace is continuing to heal and feeling much better.
We learn something new every day. The fun part of living with animals. You both are doing a great job on your homestead and have accomplished so much since you moved there. 👏You're a good team. Blessings 😊🙏
We are about to start building our garden in hopes to have a couple beds before the season ends. So glad to see you start the cantaloupe, watermelon and cucumbers. That lets me know we have a shot. Thanks!
I put my garden in 300g stock tanks it floods when we alot of rain. Haven't had it flooding over the banks yet. Haven't had bug problem w anything but worms falling out of fruit tree onto cabbages. So I have been fortunate this year. Hadn't had time to till.
I noticed the grass was pretty high under the fence in the new pig pen and I was wondering how you plan on keeping the electric fence working. I have never had a problem with squash borers on watermelon plants .Cantaloupes might be another problem. If you would just try peppermint oil and water sprayed on your squash and pumpkin plants I think you would see a difference. It needs to be reapplied after every rain. We have such a problem with squash bugs that I quit growing them for two years.. It works for us. Do you still have your milking goats? I haven't seen them lately.
Thank goodness you showed where your plants aren't perfect. Not that I wanted anything bad for yours, but I kept seeing your garden and wondered why my plants don't look as good. Now I'm relieved. Thanks. I've been hoping you would consider doing a more in depth pest identifying video that show close ups of the actual bugs as well as how you control them. I have no clue except just dumping some pesticides on them, and I'm trying to avoid that. Another suggestion: as you grow your garden, could you include segments about how, when and with what you are fertilizing. Other than the rabbit pellets, I haven't a clue. Thank you.
What I didn't like about the electric fence would ground out by à weed. Do you cut each day? I had horses here in Phoenix, Arizona. Hope it's working great for you. I love your Farm. So wonderful all you accomplish and teach us. Thank you so much for sharing with all of us. Blessings to you and your Family...
Hi guys. This is maybe too late because I remember a vid of yours where you were selling all the goats. I watch and enjoy lots of your vids. (Maybe even all of them.) I'm a small livestock homesteader/prepper, too!😊Anyway, been keeping Dairy goats for years. Now have only saanens. If you build them a multi-level playground of stumps and planks, that they can in no way have a foot entrapment on, and build or set it in the center of their confined area...they stay pretty much away from the fences. The key is that the center of the goat gymnasium is higher than the fence so that they look out and across the fence and over the rest of the view from a commanding height.
Always a great way to start my day watching you on your regular day! Love the information on the pigs! So far, our's have not tried yet and fingers crossed. Love your homestead!
Hi! I really enjoy your videos. I found you a few month ago researching canning videos. I don't know how long you've been living in the Midwest but i learned gardening from my childhood and i know it might sound crazy but the old timers taught us here in southern Ohio to plant all our melons, cucumbers and squash in mounds of dirt above the ground because of the temperate weather here. You never know whats going to happen here in the Midwest. Not sure you ever tried this but its not an old wives tale. I think it just keeps the seeds out of water soaked ground like we have experienced this summer. We also floated row covers over them, especially with the bugs. Maybe you were aware of this and have tried it or maybe not. My mom always felt we got a better yield planting that way.
Sarah on your cranberry sauce just cut up the urges skin and all and add it to your sauce. It’s OK to eat the rind you scraped it leave it in chunks it’s delicious.
I love your videos and the comments; it's funny how so many of us think of the same things [especially, concerning the rabbits and the heat]..By the way, how is your daughter doing? is she fully recovered yet? I hope she is well...Also, how are the goats doing on weeding that one area? I can't wait to see how long it takes them to eat all of that.. I really enjoy watching you guys.. makes me think of growing up on the farm!
At 3:58 into the video, the first duck out of the house fell on his face and I almost lost my bladder. I had to watch it ten times. 😂😂😂👍❤️
One of the things I love about your videos is that you have eye contact with the camera. It feels like you are talking personally to me. So nice!
Kevin and Sarah, we have been having issues with Japanese beetles, and we were unable to get our garden in until the middle of June, we had some cold, rain and had some frost in June. Our garden is so far behind, and it is so sad. We also had a problem with a woodchuck, that ate 15 cabbages. This year for us has be so disappointing for us as well this year. We will be praying for y'all on your garden, as I know you do the garden for food and so do we. May God supply all of our needs even with all of our hardships.
I used to flag the fence. I cut strips of old t-shirts or whatever and tied it to the electric fence. I cut it up in about 12" strips so we had a tail to flap in the breeze once tied to the wire. It was a visible reminder of the fence. Then if we had to move the fence to a different area. The horses recognized the flags and knew a fence was there.
It also made it easier to find a break in the fence.
I suppose you could also use the plastic tape (survey tape). When first using flags. I tied one about every 5-8 feet. After they are used to it, then about every 10-12'.
Love the frozen bottle trick! Good stuff guys!!
Urban Farmer seed company says that Honey Rock is an heirloom, which won the AAS award in 1933.
When we had rabbits, during the summer we would put frozen bottles of water in the cages. They would roll them around and lay on them. It really helped them stay more comfortable.
Hi I don't know if you read our comments, But in case you do if time gets short if you cover with some plastic sheeting over a couple of saw horses and keep temps up about 85F or a bit more they will ripen . They need warm temps for ripening and less water from 2 or 3 weeks before they should be ripening. Too much water and you get cantalopes with a washed out nothing bland taste. If you get stem borers at first sign of frass near the base of the plants split the stem and remove the white maggot inside. then tape the stem shut it will usually heal. then put some moist soil over the stalk a few leaves toward the growing end and usually they will root, and save the plants Works for the vine crops. Rick in Pa.
My dad raised rabbits in KS and NM and when the heat would get really hot he would hang wet burlap bags over the cages and as the breeze passed through then it would lower the air temp. TFS
This is our first year to garden. We were inspired by watching your channel and a few other homesteading channels. We, too, have been hit hard by squash bugs and the vine boreres too. It was discouraging, so we can relate to your struggle this year. We enjoy watching your channel as we are learning so much. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us. You are a blessing.
My rabbit hutch has 2x4s on the bottom outside edges. Its wide enough for them to hop onto while I move it. The downside is they can pee and poop on the wood, so some of it comes with them each move. I also built a second floor of hardware cloth they can jump up onto.
My sister used to put soda bottles with frozen water in them into the cages. The bunnies snuggled up when they were hot, and moved away from the bottles, but they were in elevated cages and it was very hot and dry in eastern Oregon
Great video. Individual, refrigerated floor tiles are also good for helping rabbits stay cool. 🤗
And piece of carpet to the inside of the lid that'll help a lot with the heat to block the heat from that metal lid
Love you channel. Love animals. Your garden so great. Love watching you canning you vegetables . Love your family ❤️💙
Thank you, bless you
Your seeds got watered good. Love your channel!!!
I live in Northern Ohio. We already have a short planting season. This years spring rains made our season even shorter. I planted my plants June 7th. The ground was still damp, even wet(mud) in some places. But I HAD to get them in the ground or risk never getting them in. Once they were planted. It rained for another several more weeks. So much rain. To the point that my peppers and tomatoes are pretty much lost. Thankfully my melon plants are rebounding. They are late because they were stunted by the rain. But if the weather holds out. I just maybe have some melons before Sept. 🤞
I just planted some patty pan squash seedlings and planted some bush bean seeds.. better late then never right... im using the ground cover fabric, and really love it... !! thank you
ART and BRI's channel recently showed how they are coping with vine borers - using a syringe and directly injecting BT ahead of where the entrance hole is along with spraying the base of the plant. I can't speak to whether it is / was effective.
Those ducks are cross country runners! And fast ones...I love watching your videos. I hope your daughter is all better from the car accident.
I enjoy your videos so much. I was raised in a small town and had a lot of chickens and ducks in our back yard. When my two younger sons wanted to raise hogs for FFA we had just moved to the country. We had a friend who had some shoats and we took the trailer to his place to pick them up. Well, he didn't have them penned so we spent a great deal of time trying to get them loaded and by the time we got home it was getting late and we had to put a pen together before dark. Not sure why the guys decided to get the piggies before building the pen. My oldest step son had raised hogs in Missouri, so he was a big help in getting us started in the hog business. When our first sow was about to farrow (we bought her already bred, so we didn't know exactly when she was due) so my oldest son and I spent the night in the farrowing house with her. I really enjoyed the little piggies. They are very lovable little critters. The kids are grown, I lost my husband in 2005, and retired from teaching in 2008 and I really miss the piggies. So, seeing yours is a real treat. And I have made your bread a couple of times. Love how easy it is to make a really nice loaf of bread. I added oats, chia seeds and sunflower seeds to the last one and really liked the way it turned out.
I noticed at our county fair that people freeze 2 liter pop bottles and put them in the rabbit cages.
I LOVE how candid u are about any issues that pop up and how u share them with us.
I like that yall keep it so REAL.
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Thank yall so much for that!💜💜💜
Awwww you’re so sweet to those rabbits! You two work very hard!
I just really enjoy your videos, you are great folks. I am not able to do the things I used to do but it is good to see you and your homesteading adventures.
I agree love the woven fabric!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love that you share you are human. :-)
Thank you!
One bad pig ruins it for everybody. Those borers get me every year. I usually get one or two zuks then the plant is gone.
Wow!!!! 175k subscribers! I was in your first 2000. How time flys!! Love and miss you guys! See you in September!
When you direct sow your melons & cukes, perhaps plant a couple in the house as well for transplants (just in case.)
Rabbit cage with metal roof, even if white, creates a small oven-like effect. One side blocked with walls doesn't really allow for good air flow always, depends upon wind direction. We always placed our cages in the shade on hot days.
I knew that little girl was going to be trouble, and she got everybody put back in their starter pen. LOL I think it's all trial and error, that's the best way to learn. Pigs and goats are both hard to train, but I think goats can be a little more tenacious. I hope your cucumbers do well and that the rest of your garden survives The beatles, unfortunately I don't have any ideas that you haven't already tried.
Thanks for sharing your homestead with us,
Jimmy
I put Agribon on my curcubits on the day of planting and remove when we see the first male blossoms. I also plant through Lumite like you do, I have had some sheets for 30 years. Bulletproof!
Shalom! Sarah and Kevin, I learn so much from y'all. Thank you for bringing us so many pertinent living skills. Blessings to you and yours!
Your videos are so educational! I am praying that you will be safe from Tropical Storm Barry. Hope you don't get too much rain. As always, take care and God Bless all of you. ♥️🙏
How is grace..think of her every day...god bless
Another great vid. Thanks.
And this little piggy wanted to go to town...LOL! HOT HOT HOT all around! Stay cool!
Thankyou guys so much for all that you do in showing us the trials and tribulations of homesteading. Its nice to see not everything always go perfect, but it always works out.
YOU have a very nice home stead.
I really enjoy watching your videos and coming along with you on your daily life on the homestead! Thank you for sharing your lives with us! God bless!
Thank you for your time and honesty.
Hi y'all good to see you this morning ! Thanks for sharing your morning with us !,
Mimi used to bury a styro cup with bottom cut off to create a collar around the squash, melon, and cuc plant. this kept the vine borrer out. it there any kind of pharamon trap for squash beetles like japanese beetles? shoud be :o)
My garden is having similar struggles here in Michigan. It's comforting to hear that someone as seasoned and great at gardening as you guys are, can sometimes have struggles too. I love the encouraging perseverance you show by planting again and again, that in itself will make your garden do great...eventually.
It is encouraging that you also have problems as it makes one realise to just try again. As a relatively new food planter, I was a bit discouraged when my first planting last year totally flopped, due to excessive heat for weeks. But in a way it was a good lesson and my second planting went really well. I am now watching my winter garden as my broccoli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts are looking fantastic and I expect them to start making heads anytime now. We have very mild winters and my basil did not even die, it is still green and giving leaves! The little naughty pig, but one cannot help chuckling at her cheekiness. The bunnies are so cute, I would not be able to eat them lol
Stay safe during all these storms!!! Sending love and hugs!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Enjoyable video, as normal.
Very understandable because we have the regular fencing and with goats they always get there heads through to eat the grass from the other side of the fence and we always have to go help them out from the fence
WE LOVE WHEN YOU SHOW LETTING OUT THE ANIMALS 1ST THING IN THE MORNING ❣❣❣❣
You need to get the book on plants that help each other. Also flowers of certain types ward off bugs. They are good for vegetables.
Such a life you have... I've spent almost 40 years in IT, retired recently and can see the value of our lives. If I had my chances again....
I just love seeing the ducks. I can see the reason you enjoy them too.
Love the shirt Kevin ~8^) I can deal with bugs, but what I can't deal with, nor am I allowed ..... are feral cats tearing my melon plants out of the ground. I have lost half my melon plants to this vermin. They use my grow bags as their litterbox ..... I'm at wits end with them. If anyone knows a deterrent to keeping them out of your garden I'd love to know. Hopefully you can get your porkers back into the larger enclosure soon. Take care Kevin & Sarah.
David ... my sister swears by BITTER APPLE sprayed on things that animals chew. She is a professional dog raiser, plenty of experience with destructive chewing. Anyway, hope this will help your problem. Can you trap them in a ''have-a-heart'' trap and relocate them ... some towns will handle feral cats if you trap ... even to the point of jumping on the persons who feed them out of mistaken ''kindness''. Maybe someone at local AUDUBON society will have some ideas for you .... feral cats eat song birds. Back in my gardening day, l used to put rocks and twigs in places the cats used as cat box ... garden didn't look very tidy and neat, but waaay better than having that poop in my garden.
You can also put 2 liter bottles of water and put in freezer and they will lay on them too
Does your family plant fall garden?? When do you plant in your area?? I hope your watermelon, cantaloupe, & cucumbers make it this time. We plant ours on a hill of soil for each watermelons our comes each year in NC.
Good morning. The timing of your rain storm was perfect. I love the baby bunnies. The bunny mom is so attentive. The moment the first baby was scooped up and placed in the bucket in order to keep it safe while the tractor was moved the mother bunny scampered right over to the bucket to investigate. That little Peewee is a rebel! Good luck with the melon seeds. Everything is so beautiful there. Hope Grace has a good day and that she is feeling good. Take care.
I'm so glad that you are showing me to replant some seeds when they don't come up , even in the heat of Summer !
I learn so much from your videos. It has been a hard year in the garden. I live in southern Mn and we went from snow to floods. You guys are inspiring to keep on trying.
Love your videos, Can't do it our selfs anymore due to health. But We have a couple container's
and we can watch your videos and pretend we're with you on the homestead GOD BLESS.
God bless you!
Maybe put the rabbit trailer under the tree shade to cool the rabbits 👍...
Moving the rabbit enclosure to a shady area would help to keep them a little cooler.
Sending you the best wishes
Ur so nurturing with ur animals. Ur family is great. Hope everyone is doing fine. Good luck with ur cantaloupes, watermelon and cucumbers. Let us know how they r doing. Good luck💕👍🏻
Just love watching and learning from you two.
wow they have really gotten big.
FYI for you, there is a product called Calf Mana it is a supplement of minerals to feed to calfs and a friend uses it for her poultry, it helps with egg production and fowl animal health.
I planted stars and moon watermelon and they did great, got 6 watermelons from two plants. My cucumbers struggled this year, only got two cucumbers. Hope everything kicks into action soon!! It's been a weird year.
Oh my!
That big little peewee is a troublemaker .
The bunnies are beautiful.
And you guys working hard as always and in the garden keep your chin up that you'll be rewarded for your truly hard work .
Good Bless.
The rabbits are adorable, the ducks crack me up they way they come out running. The runts are always the funniest, Pee Wee is going to give you a run for your money. I hope she learns quickly for you. We all hope Grace is continuing to heal and feeling much better.
We learn something new every day. The fun part of living with animals. You both are doing a great job on your homestead and have accomplished so much since you moved there. 👏You're a good team. Blessings 😊🙏
love your family love your channel.
Always such good advice.
Aww turkey puppies! Pigs are hard to keep in. its why I no longer keep them. I have a 75 mile charger and they still broke out.
We are about to start building our garden in hopes to have a couple beds before the season ends. So glad to see you start the cantaloupe, watermelon and cucumbers. That lets me know we have a shot. Thanks!
You could run the center wire as a ground also helps sometimes. I find dry ground makes for a weak ground at times.
Love your golden-laced Wyandottes! Those baby rabbits, oh how cute.
Thanks I enjoyed your video and all the info. Both of you work so hard to make everything perfect.
I enjoy seeing the animals 🤗
Living in Chandler,Az, that rain looks good!
I put my garden in 300g stock tanks it floods when we alot of rain. Haven't had it flooding over the banks yet. Haven't had bug problem w anything but worms falling out of fruit tree onto cabbages. So I have been fortunate this year. Hadn't had time to till.
An old farmer fried said if you have vine borders to try use cedar either as mulch or as stands sound them
No one is perfect and we all enjoy that about your channel, pure honesty 👍
Keep up the good work
God bless you
I noticed the grass was pretty high under the fence in the new pig pen and I was wondering how you plan on keeping the electric fence working. I have never had a problem with squash borers on watermelon plants .Cantaloupes might be another problem. If you would just try peppermint oil and water sprayed on your squash and pumpkin plants I think you would see a difference. It needs to be reapplied after every rain. We have such a problem with squash bugs that I quit growing them for two years.. It works for us. Do you still have your milking goats? I haven't seen them lately.
HOw about some row covers on the cantaloupe and cucumbers at least till they are bigger
I'm on my 2nd planting of cucumbers... I understand the frustration...
Thank goodness you showed where your plants aren't perfect. Not that I wanted anything bad for yours, but I kept seeing your garden and wondered why my plants don't look as good. Now I'm relieved. Thanks.
I've been hoping you would consider doing a more in depth pest identifying video that show close ups of the actual bugs as well as how you control them. I have no clue except just dumping some pesticides on them, and I'm trying to avoid that. Another suggestion: as you grow your garden, could you include segments about how, when and with what you are fertilizing. Other than the rabbit pellets, I haven't a clue. Thank you.
Pamela - l think they mentioned fish fert. But wouldn't it be fun to see still photos
of month by month progress, posted side by side to see progress.
Haha! Love the bucket O` bunnies!😄😄
Dont give up guys! I keep planting my cukes as well. Its such a tough year!!!
Sara, what about the melons out in the bush that you planted?
What I didn't like about the electric fence would ground out by à weed. Do you cut each day? I had horses here in Phoenix, Arizona.
Hope it's working great for you.
I love your Farm. So wonderful all you accomplish and teach us. Thank you so much for sharing with all of us. Blessings to you and your Family...
Hi guys. This is maybe too late because I remember a vid of yours where you were selling all the goats. I watch and enjoy lots of your vids. (Maybe even all of them.) I'm a small livestock homesteader/prepper, too!😊Anyway, been keeping Dairy goats for years. Now have only saanens. If you build them a multi-level playground of stumps and planks, that they can in no way have a foot entrapment on, and build or set it in the center of their confined area...they stay pretty much away from the fences. The key is that the center of the goat gymnasium is higher than the fence so that they look out and across the fence and over the rest of the view from a commanding height.
Sad to hear of the garden woes you are experiencing, but you have a carry on attitude that will keep you going . 👍
Always a great way to start my day watching you on your regular day! Love the information on the pigs! So far, our's have not tried yet and fingers crossed. Love your homestead!
Hi! I really enjoy your videos. I found you a few month ago researching canning videos. I don't know how long you've been living in the Midwest but i learned gardening from my childhood and i know it might sound crazy but the old timers taught us here in southern Ohio to plant all our melons, cucumbers and squash in mounds of dirt above the ground because of the temperate weather here. You never know whats going to happen here in the Midwest. Not sure you ever tried this but its not an old wives tale. I think it just keeps the seeds out of water soaked ground like we have experienced this summer. We also floated row covers over them, especially with the bugs. Maybe you were aware of this and have tried it or maybe not. My mom always felt we got a better yield planting that way.
Sarah on your cranberry sauce just cut up the urges skin and all and add it to your sauce. It’s OK to eat the rind you scraped it leave it in chunks it’s delicious.
I love your videos and the comments; it's funny how so many of us think of the same things [especially, concerning the rabbits and the heat]..By the way, how is your daughter doing? is she fully recovered yet? I hope she is well...Also, how are the goats doing on weeding that one area? I can't wait to see how long it takes them to eat all of that.. I really enjoy watching you guys.. makes me think of growing up on the farm!