Yes this method works very well, the tendril or tendrils ( somtimes there is one sometimes there is two)closest to mellon should be totally dry and brown. The stalk will not be dry yet but it starts to get that aged woody look. The tendrils tells it best. Pick it when totally dry.
What I've learned about knowing if a watermelon is ripe is. There is a tendrill that grows on the backside of the watermelon, it's a little squiggly tendrill, anyway when it turns brown the melon is ready.
Have you tried Overnight Refrigerator Oats? Many recipes variations available but basic concept is... Ingredients: 1 ¼ cup oats or any oats that are not quick-cooking 1 ⅓ cups milk or almond/coconut or oat milk 1 cup yogurt (any flavor) 2 tablespoons Chia seeds (also try: flax seed, any chopped nuts, coconut, raisins, chocolate chips, Nutella, peanut butter) 2-3 cups fruit Honey to sweeten if desired Instructions: * In a large bowl, combine oats, chia seeds/nuts, yogurt and milk * Layer fruit & yogurt mixture in containers - small mason jars work great * Seal and refrigerate overnight, Serves (4)
Saw a video on "living traditions homestead" last week where some of their corn was blown over also. They said they just assumed a loss but found that it "corrected" itself in a few days. I bet there is an "old" farmer nearby who knows. Old timers are usually the best resources.
Also, when you mentioned how your clothes changed; I used to never leave the house without a full face of makeup. Felt like it was the only way I felt "normal and beautiful", and then I moved to Alaska and finally gave up on makeup. Best decision for my skin and I don't spend so much time on it. I will wear makeup for special occasions, but my "worth" is not wrapped up in my appearance any more. It's so freeing. Plus, I think it's one of those things some of us have to go through and grow up from.
I always tell my husband, don't apologize for being a strong,hard working , godly man who has dirt on his clothes, boots and hands a the end of a good day. He is doing the work that God intended him to do, he does the work really well, he provides for his family and should consider the dirt his badge of honor! Same goes for you, Mike, be proud of your dirty boots!
Let ‘em stare in the store Mike, most of ‘em don’t know anything about hard work. Just like Jesus said; “mankind looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart”. Take care my friend.
So someone else said it too: check the first tendril from the melon when it shrivels and the stem starts to turn brown you should have a very nice melon. Keep up the good work, it is all a learning experience. Better blessings on the next melons.
Always like to see a man covered in dirt. Means they work for a living lol. Your family always pulls together and never give care what others think they see, they dont know what you guys do in a day, which is more than most. Good luck and keep strong.
Just found your videos and enjoy them. Your children are learning valuable lessons with growing foods and using natural products for cleaning. God bless your little family.
Downed Corn: T-post at each end. Run string (do not weave it) from one T to the other, and then back again on the other side of the corn (2 Ts per row). As the corn grows add another string, and back again, higher up. If roots have pulled up, mound the dirt from between the rows, up around them.
I learned that to tell if watermelon is ready to harvest the stem where the fruit is attached must turn brown and the tendrils near the stem must dry out. Great harvest. The chickens will love the rind and so will the goats. Nice surprise to see Doug from Doug and Stacy!!
I just started watching your family Mike an Lacie, enjoy seeing all we want to do some years ago ‘ Asthmatic childhood for two ! back brace for our oldest ! Never made it out of Calif, till both of our moms past . We are up in age! Still love seeing others doing our dream! In N . Carolina now son brought us here, and we love it Elizabeth City close to Dr. thank you! All in Jesus time
It is so awesome seeing how amazing your homestead is from all the hard work you have put in, the property is so beautiful, with that stunning lake, it is paradise.... a tribute to you all and your children who are such great helpers!! Welll done : )
Art of the ART & BRI channel, ( and I know you know them), is all about putting a bit more soil around his corn stalks if they fall over due to weather! Luv y’all!
Your philosophy of working to support your family is so admirable. I’m a senior citizen I still put up veggies in case the family might need it. As mom of 6 grown kids I remember a time when their father and (he had gotten laid off when I was in hospital with our youngest baby who came c-section) I sold plasma to make a Christmas for our kids.
With melons and watermelons you will see next to the fruit in the vine like a coil or spring next to each fruit when that "coil" is dry or color brown the fruits are perfect to harvest ,another marvel in mother natures to show us Great channel salutes from P.R.
Of all the birds, vultures are my favorite. The reason is that they might be concidered ugly, but GOD created them to do a specific job and they do it well. They are the perfect life lesson: There might be a job that GOD has put in front of us that might not be the most glamorous but we still need to do that job and do it well. In the end we will find a blessing.
It's so wonderful to watch you all and learn too I appreciate your time and wisdom. I want to try fermenting. Thankyou for inspiring me. God bless your family and give you all strength. Off grid in Oklahoma Mt.Momma 🎈🍉
Mike whenever I find a dead animal in the yard I always plant it around the drip edge of my fruit trees. This in itself helps fertilize the fruit trees.
Hi Lacey and Mike I love your videos ❤️. I watched you open the melons. To me they look like the Backer creek seeds you gotten a few months ago I believe 2 of them are Chinese watermelon. I do watch a few Chinese UA-camrs and they do harvest their melons young and when they get older. I love watching you guys as a family doing farming as a family and it's beautiful to see. l wake up every morning the first thing I do is grab my coffee and my cell phone to watch my favorite UA-camrs work around the homestead and and that's you guys .. I am living in Florida in a motel and I would love to do this when I get my home.. like the old saying home is where your heart is 😇 . With that said have a beautiful bless full day and God bless you all..🥰
The space between the soil and the edge of your container is called a watering lip. A mistake many people make is packing soil tightly to the very top of their growing container. Then they wonder why it is so difficult to keep the plants watered. The water runs off instead of pooling and soaking in. Nice done!
I absolutely love the sunflower seed microgreens. I buy them at the farmers market here in town when the farmer is there. Thanks for turning me on to them.
Hello y'all, from Southeast Missouri! I enjoy watching y'all, and just subscribed. I'm hoping to start homesteading soon, as soon as I can get land. Thank you for being true people and wish y'all the best
Was wonderful to see the fermenting. Those unripr watermelon can be fermented in sweet brine with stevia leafs. Like candy. Use bread and butter pickles brine.
One or two sets of town clothes. No tears, no stains. Quick change, go to town, home and change back to work clothes. You can get half a dozen trips before thy have to hit the laundry.
When you need to deal with decaying animal flesh again put some “Vick’s” in and under your nose or one of the essential oils. If you have a heap of leaves, weeds, manure etc slowly changing to compost as long as the heap is really heated up inside you can put animals inside to decompose. !@Sheepishly Me used that technique to deal with any dead sheep or lambs they have. The heap needs to be hot and long term.
I love to soak raw oats in milk overnight in the fridge with a little vanilla, nutmeg and sweetened condensed milk. Then I eat it cold first thing in the morning. Absolutely no stickiness. Yum.
Thank you for you guys being my inspiration for my Homestead I watch you faithfully every day you give me encouragement enlightenment and I would love to meet you guys someday God bless!! Sincerely “Anna’s Someday Farm”...
Lacie, have you done a video on fermenting cabbage? I would love to see one. I will definitely try the quash, looks yummy. Your kids always put a smile on my face. 🙏👍❤
From what i understand, from the old timers around here, watermelon isnt ripe till the vine dries up to the melon. We did that last year. Most were a success. However, some were starting to rot under, so of course now we add straw to them.
There is nothing like a North Carolina thunder storm use to live in old fort NC and those storms were scary to me and my kids when they were little stay safe
@TheFitFarmer , The next time you pick a watermelon too early, just pickle it! There's lots of YT videos on picked watermelon rind, but I've also done it with cutting the whole young melon up into wedges or even making relish. 😋
Lacey, try watermelon rind pickles. They are so good and crunchy. You takeoff the skin on the outside and use the white part down to where you start eating. Delicious!
When Selah was holding the watermelon all I could think of was the scene in Dirty Dancing "I carried a watermelon?!" Lol Yayyyy!!! Two of my favorite youtubers in the same video! Love Doug and Stacey too!!
Thanks again for sharing your real life with us! And yes I soak my grains whenever possible. I got the GREAT book Nourishing Traditions when Meg Hollar recommended it on a video. I wish that every doctor was required to read it. Would have saved me decades of needless agony if I would have just started eating real food instead of junk food and prescribed drugs.
I am so intrigued with fermenting veggies now, thanks to Lacie. I cannot wait until we get our garden going next spring. We will be on our homestead in less than 2 months if all goes well. Maybe I could even try a fall garden here in North Florida. Really want some of those fermenting weights and lids.
Watching this video, I'd swear you lived in East Texas Piney Woods country. Looks just like it! So I was surprised when I realized you're in NC! Funny thing is, y'all have very similar weather out there too!
Selah is such a good girl, always smiling and helping...god bless her!
For watermellon you must wait for the first two tendrils to dry and the stalk to go a little bit brown.
and you just demonstrated why I spend more time reading comments than I do watching the videos... and I watch the entire video twice.
Yes this method works very well, the tendril or tendrils ( somtimes there is one sometimes there is two)closest to mellon should be totally dry and brown. The stalk will not be dry yet but it starts to get that aged woody look. The tendrils tells it best. Pick it when totally dry.
What I've learned about knowing if a watermelon is ripe is. There is a tendrill that grows on the backside of the watermelon, it's a little squiggly tendrill, anyway when it turns brown the melon is ready.
😂😂😂 Lacie, your face....”You can all see how entertaint I am by this”....😂😂😂 Thank you for the video.
Salah never has a grumpy face always pleasant and loving. What a sweet child. Always willing to help.
Don't worry about the clothes Mike, the dirt stains tell a story of hard work and love
Tipically watermelons are ripe when the stem attached to it turns brown.
Not the stem... but the curly tendril closest to the stem dries up and turns brown when the watermelon is ripe.
Exactly.. I call it the Curley Q when it gets Brown it’s not taking on any more water .. it done and ready.
Stem and two closest tendrils.
Love❤ Doug & Stacy Too
Just Like I ❤Love🤗Ya'All😘
Have you tried Overnight Refrigerator Oats? Many recipes variations available but basic concept is... Ingredients:
1 ¼ cup oats or any oats that are not quick-cooking 1 ⅓ cups milk or almond/coconut or oat milk 1 cup yogurt (any flavor)
2 tablespoons Chia seeds (also try: flax seed, any chopped nuts,
coconut, raisins, chocolate chips, Nutella, peanut butter)
2-3 cups fruit
Honey to sweeten if desired
Instructions:
* In a large bowl, combine oats, chia seeds/nuts, yogurt and milk
* Layer fruit & yogurt mixture in containers - small mason jars work great
* Seal and refrigerate overnight, Serves (4)
the yellow on the melon can be misleading sometimes, I believe they are best pick after the tendril at the fruit dries up.
Saw a video on "living traditions homestead" last week where some of their corn was blown over also. They said they just assumed a loss but found that it "corrected" itself in a few days. I bet there is an "old" farmer nearby who knows. Old timers are usually the best resources.
Also, when you mentioned how your clothes changed; I used to never leave the house without a full face of makeup. Felt like it was the only way I felt "normal and beautiful", and then I moved to Alaska and finally gave up on makeup. Best decision for my skin and I don't spend so much time on it. I will wear makeup for special occasions, but my "worth" is not wrapped up in my appearance any more. It's so freeing. Plus, I think it's one of those things some of us have to go through and grow up from.
Hi...... Mike Dickson, thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
I always tell my husband, don't apologize for being a strong,hard working , godly man who has dirt on his clothes, boots and hands a the end of a good day. He is doing the work that God intended him to do, he does the work really well, he provides for his family and should consider the dirt his badge of honor! Same goes for you, Mike, be proud of your dirty boots!
Let ‘em stare in the store Mike, most of ‘em don’t know anything about hard work. Just like Jesus said; “mankind looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart”. Take care my friend.
I know that was fun for you all because I was having fun watching!! Ty. My watermelons and pumpkins didn’t even. Insider growing!
So someone else said it too: check the first tendril from the melon when it shrivels and the stem starts to turn brown you should have a very nice melon.
Keep up the good work, it is all a learning experience. Better blessings on the next melons.
I love Doug n Stacey too they are the reason I watch ya'll ...they mention u n I was hooked..wish I could have been there to try that squash.
Hi love ya,ll house it look so nice stay safe god bless🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
I was taught to watch the tendrils across from where melon attaches to the vine. When that dries up your melon is ripe
"Yes, sir!"
That makes my Southern grandma heart happy. :)
You have a great attitude and a heart of gratitude, we need more men leaders like you. You have a lovely family. God is good.
Always like to see a man covered in dirt. Means they work for a living lol. Your family always pulls together and never give care what others think they see, they dont know what you guys do in a day, which is more than most. Good luck and keep strong.
Just found your videos and enjoy them. Your children are learning valuable lessons with growing foods and using natural products for cleaning. God bless your little family.
Downed Corn: T-post at each end. Run string (do not weave it) from one T to the other, and then back again on the other side of the corn (2 Ts per row). As the corn grows add another string, and back again, higher up. If roots have pulled up, mound the dirt from between the rows, up around them.
I learned that to tell if watermelon is ready to harvest the stem where the fruit is attached must turn brown and the tendrils near the stem must dry out. Great harvest. The chickens will love the rind and so will the goats. Nice surprise to see Doug from Doug and Stacy!!
Nooo don't throw the rinds away you can pickle them 😋
I think the melons just need ripen way more. I love how well mannered your children are.. the whole family is just so nice to be around! God bless.
What a blessing you and your family are.
I just started watching your family Mike an Lacie, enjoy seeing all we want to do some years ago ‘ Asthmatic childhood for two ! back brace for our oldest ! Never made it out of Calif, till both of our moms past . We are up in age! Still love seeing others doing our dream! In N . Carolina now son brought us here, and we love it Elizabeth City close to Dr. thank you! All in Jesus time
Oh wow how cool a visit from Doug and Stacey now that's a nice surprise 🥰💐🌷
I love how we can learn so much from others now through the power of the YT & the internet!
I could hear 👂 the crunch. Good to know the grape leaves work.
It is so awesome seeing how amazing your homestead is from all the hard work you have put in, the property is so beautiful, with that stunning lake, it is paradise.... a tribute to you all and your children who are such great helpers!! Welll done : )
Love your videos! And yurt looking awesome!
Thanks so much!
That second melon has a lot rind. Perfect for watermelon rind pickle!
Keep going your doing great.
Good bless you and your family, this is a much enjoyable life.
Excellent! Two of my favorite youtube families!
Lordy! What a thing to find in your pond. Peewwe! 😮
All your children are so precious so well behaved.🍉😊
That was fun watching you guys taste test the watermelons and the fermented squash! 😊👍💕💕💕
Art of the ART & BRI channel, ( and I know you know them), is all about putting a bit more soil around his corn stalks if they fall over due to weather! Luv y’all!
Your philosophy of working to support your family is so admirable. I’m a senior citizen I still put up veggies in case the family might need it. As mom of 6 grown kids I remember a time when their father and (he had gotten laid off when I was in hospital with our youngest baby who came c-section) I sold plasma to make a Christmas for our kids.
With melons and watermelons you will see next to the fruit in the vine like a coil or spring next to each fruit when that "coil" is dry or color brown the fruits are perfect to harvest ,another marvel in mother natures to show us
Great channel salutes from P.R.
Of all the birds, vultures are my favorite. The reason is that they might be concidered ugly, but GOD created them to do a specific job and they do it well. They are the perfect life lesson: There might be a job that GOD has put in front of us that might not be the most glamorous but we still need to do that job and do it well. In the end we will find a blessing.
Yes we need scavengers! They do a great job of cleaning up.
@@MikeTheFitFarmer so why did you take away its food and bury it ?! Next time leave it to them. they'll clean up fast and no stink for you
It's so wonderful to watch you all and learn too
I appreciate your time and wisdom. I want to try fermenting. Thankyou for inspiring me. God bless your family and give you all strength. Off grid in Oklahoma Mt.Momma 🎈🍉
Mike whenever I find a dead animal in the yard I always plant it around the drip edge of my fruit trees. This in itself helps fertilize the fruit trees.
Hi Lacey and Mike I love your videos ❤️. I watched you open the melons. To me they look like the Backer creek seeds you gotten a few months ago I believe 2 of them are Chinese watermelon. I do watch a few Chinese UA-camrs and they do harvest their melons young and when they get older. I love watching you guys as a family doing farming as a family and it's beautiful to see. l wake up every morning the first thing I do is grab my coffee and my cell phone to watch my favorite UA-camrs work around the homestead and and that's you guys .. I am living in Florida in a motel and I would love to do this when I get my home.. like the old saying home is where your heart is 😇 . With that said have a beautiful bless full day and God bless you all..🥰
Thanks Mike and family learning a lot keep up the good work.
Beautiful melon varieties, can’t wait to see next harvest. Thank you for tasting the squash, so cool!!! Show us the dehydrated squash too please.
The space between the soil and the edge of your container is called a watering lip. A mistake many people make is packing soil tightly to the very top of their growing container. Then they wonder why it is so difficult to keep the plants watered. The water runs off instead of pooling and soaking in. Nice done!
Thank you guys for putting up videos so regularly, what a joy seeing you... you're awesome 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Y’all have the most awesome kids!
God bless you and your family. Love you guys so much
I absolutely love the sunflower seed microgreens. I buy them at the farmers market here in town when the farmer is there. Thanks for turning me on to them.
Hello y'all, from Southeast Missouri! I enjoy watching y'all, and just subscribed. I'm hoping to start homesteading soon, as soon as I can get land. Thank you for being true people and wish y'all the best
Awesome family and God bless
I watched this late but am enjoying your channel. I like your families attitudes and respect for each other.
Was wonderful to see the fermenting. Those unripr watermelon can be fermented in sweet brine with stevia leafs. Like candy. Use bread and butter pickles brine.
One or two sets of town clothes. No tears, no stains. Quick change, go to town, home and change back to work clothes. You can get half a dozen trips before thy have to hit the laundry.
"The future belongs to the few people who are not afraid to get their hands dirty." 💚
When you need to deal with decaying animal flesh again put some “Vick’s” in and under your nose or one of the essential oils.
If you have a heap of leaves, weeds, manure etc slowly changing to compost as long as the heap is really heated up inside you can put animals inside to decompose.
!@Sheepishly Me used that technique to deal with any dead sheep or lambs they have. The heap needs to be hot and long term.
great idea I never thought of holding it down with a rock
I love to soak raw oats in milk overnight in the fridge with a little vanilla, nutmeg and sweetened condensed milk. Then I eat it cold first thing in the morning. Absolutely no stickiness. Yum.
Love Doug and Stacy u tube channel . Great video
Great vlog today! Blessings🙏🏻💖
Thank you for you guys being my inspiration for my Homestead I watch you faithfully every day you give me encouragement enlightenment and I would love to meet you guys someday God bless!! Sincerely “Anna’s Someday Farm”...
Love your videos and family♥️🙏
Thanks for sharing the out come of squash.
I have found from experience that all you need to do is mould them upright and they continue like a normal day of growing
Fun watch guys. Sad about the melons, but much better luck next time.
Aww I love how Doug and Stacey stop by for a visit. I just love it so much I cant stop smiling lol
Lacie, have you done a video on fermenting cabbage? I would love to see one. I will definitely try the quash, looks yummy. Your kids always put a smile on my face. 🙏👍❤
Nice job Salah❤️
Ya gotta look at the tendril/curlyque when it dies back to the vine it’s ready.
In the Caribbean we call putting that mound around the corn and other plants, molding.
You are a lovely family
Mike for the corn stock a temporary support with a stick or metal rod tied with soft cloth would work also
You have inspired me to ferment some squash for the garden. 😁
Nice to hear what you do with your first fruits-
From what i understand, from the old timers around here, watermelon isnt ripe till the vine dries up to the melon. We did that last year. Most were a success. However, some were starting to rot under, so of course now we add straw to them.
There is nothing like a North Carolina thunder storm use to live in old fort NC and those storms were scary to me and my kids when they were little stay safe
@TheFitFarmer , The next time you pick a watermelon too early, just pickle it! There's lots of YT videos on picked watermelon rind, but I've also done it with cutting the whole young melon up into wedges or even making relish. 😋
Tfs you guys are awesome ! Diana Romero ❤️🙏🏼
i eat the steel oats because they are excellent fiber. i don't soak before i eat them. i absolutely love them because they are firmer and not mushy.
Lacey, try watermelon rind pickles. They are so good and crunchy. You takeoff the skin on the outside and use the white part down to where you start eating. Delicious!
Your corn will right itself, still pretty young. Watermelon are ready when the curly tendril and leaf where the fruit connects to the vine die.
When Selah was holding the watermelon all I could think of was the scene in Dirty Dancing "I carried a watermelon?!" Lol
Yayyyy!!! Two of my favorite youtubers in the same video! Love Doug and Stacey too!!
Thanks so much.
Thanks again for sharing your real life with us! And yes I soak my grains whenever possible. I got the GREAT book Nourishing Traditions when Meg Hollar recommended it on a video. I wish that every doctor was required to read it. Would have saved me decades of needless agony if I would have just started eating real food instead of junk food and prescribed drugs.
You guys are precious ❤️❤️💙💙💙
I love steel cut oats and they are better when soaked overnight then after cooked add just a little honey, cream and a pinch of salt yum 😋
Thanks. I’ve been soaking oatmeal for years. Add a bit of apple cider vinegar. Learned from Doug and Stacey.
My notifications dont come regularly?? Hey Im close to you. Live in Huntersville, NC. May come to visit.
I am so intrigued with fermenting veggies now, thanks to Lacie. I cannot wait until we get our garden going next spring. We will be on our homestead in less than 2 months if all goes well. Maybe I could even try a fall garden here in North Florida. Really want some of those fermenting weights and lids.
You should definitely try at least some fall crops as your first frost date Is probably late December. Good luck.
You inspire me every video 🌟
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Watching this video, I'd swear you lived in East Texas Piney Woods country. Looks just like it! So I was surprised when I realized you're in NC! Funny thing is, y'all have very similar weather out there too!
For watermelon u need to look at the vine the tendril and wait until it’s all dried up then u can pick them.
Guys melon ripeness test is in where the vine meets the melon. It needs to be dried out and the melon needs to pop off easily.
Thank you for sharing