I was just telling a fella here in Australia about how your teaching your kids to real life chores & to be honest this only exists in rural & regional communities on a small scale nowadays. Hopefully your channel can promote good healthy living & learning to the next generation 🤠
Well thank you. That's a nice compliment. Yes living this lifestyle requires "all hands on deck" if you know what I mean... it wouldn't work with 1 or 2 pulling all the weight. Good skills will hopefully give them a jump start on their adult lives. Learning how to live in the wilderness and survive is quite a challenge. They will eventually choose their way, but at least we are teaching them the skills we know... Thanks for watching us 😊
It's so sad to see all your hard work coming down for winter. The good news will be watching it go up in the spring! Excellent job to ya'll. Love watching the family working together. Sarah you're a hoot😅 and Jeff you really know your stuff , so proud.
Thanks Nancy. The work never ends here. But hey at least it keeps us all moving. These menopause hormones are not too " waist friendly" ! Thanks for watching 😊👍
Oh thank you Carol!!! We are putting this and some of your last donation to a good pair of snow bibs for her. We went shopping yesterday. Thank you!!!❤❤❤
Boy that view of Denali behind you was spectacular. It's amazing all the prep work you have to do for your winters. Your family works great together. Thanks for another great video. Wishing you all the best.
I subscribed to harley and I'm gonna find hudsons channel next I love watching your videos makes me relaxed and not think about some specific problems and struggles that I have right now 🥰 Keep it Up You Guys God Bless All Of You 🥰😊🤗
Oh thank you so much! Sorry to hear you are going through rough times... We always say "one day at a time".. With winter and snow coming up we should have some great content in the future. Thanks for watching! Take care
My favorite hard working Alaskan family You are very genuine compared to some yutube families. God bless you and keep you safe. Dave Schmitz in North Pole, Alaska
Thank you Dave! So much to do and so little time...I am sure you can relate. Oh well at least our kids are good helpers and we work together pretty good ( most of the time...! Lol) Thanks for watching 👍😊
You guys got a pretty good potato harvest. The tomatoe seeds I put on paper towel to dry than store them till next yr. Unfortunately the weather here in Florida is calling for a hurricane 🌀 😕 and yep heading towards me, but it will have to cross the state, which isn't much, before it gets to me. So hopefully it won't be to strong by than!
Oh no. That's scary...I will think good thoughts for you. Ok good to know about the tomatoe seeds. I have never done that before so I don't really know what I am doing. Thanks for sharing. I hope you stay safe. Apparently there is snow in our forecast soon? Yikes. It always comes earlier than we want it to. You take care!
Thanks so much for the shout out! I think I was the Wisconsin temp. Reporter. 😅 it will actually shoot back up to 80 next weekend after this week in the mid 60s. Crazy warm weather. Great part 2 episode. I laughed at the red farm vehicle gathering wood!😂
Yep you probably were the Wisconsin temp! Wow 80's! Crazy warm. Yes my kids are very creative and Harley hates being bossed around by big bro Hudson...so he will go through great lengths to keep his independence! Ha. Creative guy. Thanks for watching 😊
Yes, thank you! We will of course do a video soon on milling...thanks for watching us!😊 Yes birch is amazing wood once it is milled. The siding should look pretty good. It does take lots of time to mill out. So it will be a work in progress...😊
Absolutely love your channel. Watch you from here in the UK 🇬🇧 You're teaching your Kids wonderful lessons in Alaska life! Here in UK high 16 low 11. Autumn/ Fall is here!
I love love that view. Thank you sharing your families lifestyle with us .i am from Southeastern North Carolina. We are less than 400 miles from western North Carolina where our state suffered devastation last eeek week with Hurricane Helene. Our temperature on the coast is 85. We live 45 miles from the famous Myrtle Beach South Carolina. We do enkoy watching you and your family. Always love your shopping hauls. God bless you and your family. Best reguards, Ann & Ron Rockwell/ Evergreen NC
Greetings! Yes, horrible hurricane and hopefully you guys were safe it sounds like. I am glad you enjoy our videos and hauls. I am hoping for another Costco trip in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for watching us and stay safe...
Squish the seeds onto paper towel and while they are wettish you can move them into good spacing on the towel, once dry, you can cut the towel into strips, whereby creating your own seed tape, so you can lay it directly into your furrows and not have to tinker about dropping tiny seeds spaced apart, seed tape is good for time efficiency but expensive. This is a homemade version of a fancy product type. I'm replying in real time watching, so sorry for multiple comments lol. The basket of end of season goodies would make a great chutney or relish for some sharp flavor when fresh tastes are less abundant in the winter time.
Here in the U.K. I generally smear the seeds of tomatoes on kitchen roll paper to absorb the jelly around them as this prevents germination. I leave them to dry on the kitchen paper and then flake them off into a paper bag or envelope marked with the variety and date them. Hope this helps. You can also stir the seeds in clean water u til the gel around the seeds washes off then drain away the gel leaving the seeds and again dry them out on kitchen roll paper before storing.
Thank you so much for sharing!!!! I just don't know what I am doing but I am trying. Hopefully it works! Your way is simple.... I like simple Thanks again 😊👍
That was very informative of the wood from Jeff. How’s your water taste? When we came to Florida and our very first day in our home, I had a glass of water and it was horrible. So we got a filtration system. Better now. Watching Lily lift chunks of wood, I can’t life a gallon of milk without it bothering me. If we buy say a 5lb bag of potatoes, we shouldn’t leave them piled in the bag if not used immediately? You struck gold with potatoes. My grandmother used to pickle green tomatoes. When I gardened, I bought plants from the nursery. Are you going to film how you get the seeds out? Thanks Sarah. It’s 9:30 EST here and 76 degrees where I am in Fl. We are under a hurricane watch where we live. Water and tp are sold out at stores.
Oh my, I sure hope you guys won't get hit with the hurricane. That's a scary thing. Here in Alaska it's earthquakes we have to usually worry about. Our water doesn't taste the best, it has lots of iron. If we let it run for a bit it gets better. Yes Lily is tough and runs the show most of the time! The potatoes are great. I would say it's the easiest thing to grow and store. Working on more wood, filming today, burn barrels, etc...it's about 7:30pm and we are still out doing things. My feet hurt! Lol. Thanks for watching and I hope you guys stay safe....
Oh jeepers, i just got to the interesting potato part, it does look like a sport, a cross pollinated anomaly. I had some great broad beans that crossed and developed a fantastic purple color. I would save that potato and let him go to seed and plant him, he could be the start of your own signature family heirloom potato.
Oh what a great idea! I like that! I will tell Lily and Harley about that. Thanks so much for your time....we still have so much to learn about gardening 😊
My son in Perth, Australia, is keen to follow along with Hudson on his channel, Harvey is desperate to one day, see a moose in real life! We are small scale homestead where we are, Harvey is a 10 yr old arborist in the making. Very interesting and inspiring content, thankyou. It is getting up to 30 celcius this week in Perth, well into our spring now, all the blossoms are finished, ready for 1 million or so peaches 😂
Awesome. Harvey sounds like a driven person. Oh my, peaches sound amazing right about now! Snow in our forecast this week, we will see...not ready! Thanks for watching!
Oh wow! That temp sounds great right about now!... it's getting pretty cold here Well thank you for sharing 😊 Hopefully another video out this Saturday!
Lots of work and lots of help. Nice, getting it done. Nor cal here. It’s been hot over 100 and not cooling off at night. Staying 80’s. It’s hard to get much done when it is so hot
Oh my goodness...that's so hot. My menopause hormones would not do well in that temp! Whew, hopefully you have good air conditioning... thanks for sharing and hope your temps cool off soon! 😊👍
you can freeze the tomatoe seed with pulp and use for next yr planting. Or you can take the some of the seeds and plant in 5 gal buckets and grow them indoors for winter tomatoes just remember to place in a well lite area and to self pollenate when they flower by tapping the plant. I grow alot of veggies and fruit indoors and i live in an apt. I use a couple cheap grow lights. Hope this gives you some ideas
Oh wow. Great job! Ok that sounds good. I didn't know you could freeze the seeds, neat. I also didn't know you could tap the plant to help pollinate. That's good info. Thank you for sharing! 😊
Texas here its been 87 to 94 lately. Seems warmer than last year this time. At Halloween alot of people dress kids up and they are sweating. Have a blessed day.
I am from South Jersey temperatures in the low 70s -50s at night. But this week coming going to be dropping cooler at night. Love this weather no air conditioner electric expense will drop. We only use a wood stove for heat so gas bill will stay the same.
Oh yes. I remember when our electric bill was through the roof when we lived in a huge house in the city! It was horrible...unexpectedly high too. On top of other outrageous bills. It was stressful It's nice the temps are dropping for you to help save some money. Thanks for sharing your temps!😊
I saw your link with another you tuber Harley mentioned. However i subbed to your channel as i prefer longer videos. That said I'm gonna have to start @ the very first upload & work my way to the latest. From South Africa a new sub 🌍🇿🇦💌🙏👍
Ok not bad in New Jersey! We are dipping off into freezing temps at night. It's nice though because the bugs are finally gone! Yeah Thanks for sharing & watching 😊
Early fall in the Va foothills much appreciated Next week 40-75 range. We usually try to season our hardwoods for the wood stove to 15-17% . Been working hard to stay at least 1 years worth ahead.
Oh I am jealous you are a year ahead. We try, but there's always a million other things to do... it's difficult! Oh well...we are starting to mill some birch for inside siding. That's next on the to do list. Thanks for watching! 😊
Hello sorry been shopping all day just got back home I just watched your video lots of work to do before winter comes it’s really nice to see the hole family working together wow for have a lot of potatoes 🥔 how long will they last the family have a great Sunday and week coming up here from Ontario Canada ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦😎
Yeah!!! Harley is more of the "adventurous kind" of kid... I worry about him because he loves doing dangerous things!Ah! Hudson is more of the cautious, first born child. So funny. They are brothers but so very different!
Yeah and thank you!!! Australia 15 C. Nice! Well as you see here we are in winter. So much more snow through the dark winter. Thanks for watching us!!!
Here in Oregon we've gone over 5 months with no rain. Fires everywhere. Our temperatures have been running in the high 70's late September. Can't wait until Autumn really kicks in.
Wow. I bet it's pretty smoky there. My mom lives in Oregon City and she said we are lucky here in Alaska to have the cooler weather. No rain for Oregon in 5 months. Wow, strange. It seems the weather everywhere is a bit different these days! Thank you so much for sharing. I am crossing my fingers for you for rain and cooler temps soon! 😊
Wow. No summer means affecting food crops sometimes. Seems like weather has been whacky all over! Well apparently there is snow in our forecast soon.. Yikes here we go! Thanks for watching and sharing!😊
Wow, mid October 88 degrees? That seems warm! Well the weather everywhere seems to be warmer than usual here and there. Apparently we have snow in our forecast soon.... yikes! Well thank you for sharing!😊
Hi from Upper peninsula Michigan,High 73° today but the next week is in the high to middle 60's then back up in low 70's again! Then 50's are coming the week after!😢😢😢
Oh my...sounds like you are slowly heading into late fall/winter.... thanks for sharing! 😊👍 We are hitting freezing temps at night. The good news is bugs are finally gone. I can leave the front door open for a minute and not have hundreds of mosquitoes flying in! Lol
21C that sounds pretty comfortable! Hopefully some nice sunshine with those temps! Well apparently there is some snow in our forecast soon...yikes and here we go! Thanks for sharing!😊
Weather: Sunday 3:00 am Mostly cloudy, with Rain and Thunder for the whole coming week, As for the temperature its i'll post it in F so no one thinks i am Biased... highest will be 85° and minimum same time tonight will be 79° Regard from Singapore, Stay safe n Warm.. God bless.
Wow. Rain and thunder... well hopefully you have had some sunshine in there too! Sounds like comfortable weather as far as temps go. We have had freezing temps in the morning lately. Thank you for sharing! 👍😊
I live as far north as you can go in Texas and we’re still sitting records for heat. It was 96 yesterday. That’s 20 degrees higher than our normals. Some years we have had snow by now. We’re suppose to be able to see northern lights tonight. We’ve had them twice this year. I’ve never heard of them being seen here before this year.
I agree. Some fishy weather and auroras going on for sure. Sorry to hear you are still very hot temps there. I had a lady from somewhere very warm that said her garden and fruit trees all died this year because of the extreme heat. So sad. Well I wish you well and hope for some cooler temps for you! 🤞 Thanks for sharing... !
Hey guys well number one I saw that you had all that fine leaves at your getting rid of or moving to another place it didn't look like you were composting them you need to compost them really important if you have that much leafy matter seriously. Not to your tomatoes i wouldn't do anything we are rotted Tomatoes I would get some really good soil and I would dig down a little deep about a foot half a foot half a foot and mixing new soil and I'd stick them back and put straw on top about a foot of straw to keep ground warm and then cover it with plastic probably so it didn't freeze too bad but let tomatoes reseed naturally that's the best thing. Now if you want to put in tomatoes i suggest starting your tomatoes 3 to 4 weeks inside the house get them nice and healthy until you're grounding temperature is above 60°, you want warm ground temperature seriously. Same thing for cucumbers if you want to put up pickling cucumbers you need to do the following boston's are the best pickling cucumbers by far since we've been having global warming and it's been screwing everything up i used to for years with plant for plants on either side of my house and by June i would have a trellis and cucumber plants would meet each other over the top of my house really and I could feel to every day i can feel too jars full of pickles and that was wonderful i'll give you the recipe you need a hydrometer 22% on a hydrometer scale of salt now I use fresh dill and some bridal also about a teaspoon but I pack it with a lot of fresh still and a handful of garlic and pickling spice without pepper about a tablespoon or more and then I packed pickles in this tight as I can get them before I do that I cut them almost in half so they will receive the brine quicker once you fill it up with Brian captain good and tight and datum date them you want a place 45° i have a spare refrigerator and I said it so everything is 45° and I just shove it my pickle jars there in about a month and a half you have half hour pickles and then they will last for at least a year and they get better and they become full pickles within 9 months but they have showers are incredible at 22% salt don't go any higher and don't go any lower this is the best I found to work in salt content. Your potatoes look beautiful very nice looking potatoes. I normally plant purples potatoes and some russets burbank russets and when I think you need is more fertilizer that's what I think you need on your potatoes that usually helps and remember potatoes are the easiest thing to grow and you could grow if you had to a big place where you have really good turn soil they grow fast also another good thing to grow that likes cold weather down to about 35 ° is garlic it's a weird plant but it's good it keeps all the bugs away and what I would recommend is finding garlic around your vegetables the outside plants and I would plan them about half a foot away from each other and it usually keeps most of the bugs away that any hot herbs
Well thank you so much for all of your gardening tips! I am always eager to learn more about gardening. I like your tip on the certain type of cucumber. I will look into that. We are most likely going to tarp the leaves and add to our compost area. I know leaves have incredible nutrients. I didn't know garlic kept the bugs away! Cool to know. Thanks for all of your tips! 😊
Just joined your channel and live in Central Australia. Lots of hard work by the look of it but will pay off. Is it hard for the kids to go to school or are you doing home schooling. Children learn a lot by living of the land.👍🏻
Hello there!!! We have homeschooled all the kids since they have been small. It works best for our family. They learn soooo much living off the land. When I was their age, I just didn't have many " skills" for survival and self sufficiency. They are so far ahead of where I was. They actually now teach me things, it's pretty neat! Thanks for watching!
57 sounds nice. We don't get much rain here... it's usually just snowing or overcast and cloudy in the summer. When we used to live in Oregon we would get lots of rain. Thanks for sharing!!! 😊👍
No use for it in winter. We get about 6 or more ft of snow. It builds up all around it. Too hard to keep snow off. It can snow 2 ft overnight so it would collapse
There is an ice skating spot. However the kids didn't really want to do that. They don't play hockey. They do like to snowboard and ride their snowmachines around though. That is their favorite thing to do in the winter. Lots of space and lots of snow too
Wow. That is crazy. Yes it seems lots of the viewer comments have stated it's warmer than usual all over the world. I had a lady that said she lost her garden and fruit trees because of the heat. So sad. Well thank you for sharing!😊 Apparently we have snow in our forecast soon here...
Yes that seems to be the trend I am noticing with the viewer comments. It's been very interesting.... well we are getting freezing temps in the morning now here in Alaska. At least the bugs are finally gone! Thanks for sharing!😊
One more thing what kind of wood do you use inside the house for shelving? I know you told us but don’t remember and is that wood plentiful there. I’m very interested in the life of Alaska
Oh no problem Cathy! Hudson built me some simple shelving out of live edge spruce. It's still holding up just fine. We are going to mill birch for the inside wall siding. We are starting to mill boards out for that. It should look beautiful when it's done. However it will still be a while, one log at a time....! 😊👍
Yes...it's about time already. I am so sick of looking at pink insulation and plastic inside... but we are starting to work on it so that's exciting!...😊
Great video. Did you end up getting close to your 500 lbs of potatoes.? I wonder if your onions were so small because of the crowding from cabbage and beets.
I would say we have harvested about 200-250 LBs so far. Not bad and more to pull up. I think you are right with the crowding. We are still eating them though, and they are very tasty!!!
Nice! Those are pretty good temps. I bet you have lots of sunshine too. We are possibly going to get snow this week...yikes... not quite ready yet! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Yes, if I remember Idaho can have some decent winters there! We lived in Eastern Oregon for a bit and it was pretty comparable to Alaska winters! Well, enjoy those great temps before winter...thanks for watching 😊
I see you have a tractor do you have a bush dog to knock all those weeds down and how come when you cut trees down you don't cut it all the way to the ground
Hello there! We do not have a bush hog. I think why he leaves a higher stump is for the excavator to eventually pull it. We will rent one again soon. We have to clear 16 acres for Alaska state requirements for agriculture land. Our requirements need to be met in a couple of years Thanks for watching,! 😊👍
Oh that's not too bad of a temp! We apparently might get snow this week! Not ready yet...at least our potatoes are all harvested and our greenhouse is all taken down
Hello Norway!!! Sounds like a pretty comfortable temp. Thanks for sharing!!!😊👍 We have been dipping into freezing temps overnight. It is nice because the bugs are finally gone!!
I was just telling a fella here in Australia about how your teaching your kids to real life chores & to be honest this only exists in rural & regional communities on a small scale nowadays. Hopefully your channel can promote good healthy living & learning to the next generation 🤠
Well thank you. That's a nice compliment. Yes living this lifestyle requires "all hands on deck" if you know what I mean... it wouldn't work with
1 or 2 pulling all the weight.
Good skills will hopefully give them a jump start on their adult lives.
Learning how to live in the wilderness and survive is quite a challenge.
They will eventually choose their way, but at least we are teaching them the skills we know...
Thanks for watching us 😊
It's so sad to see all your hard work coming down for winter. The good news will be watching it go up in the spring! Excellent job to ya'll. Love watching the family working together. Sarah you're a hoot😅 and Jeff you really know your stuff , so proud.
Thanks Nancy. The work never ends here. But hey at least it keeps us all moving. These menopause hormones are not too " waist friendly" ! Thanks for watching 😊👍
The KIDS are doing a great job guys this is the best way to raise kids. Smart and wIlling to do whatever it takes!!😇!😇!😇!😇!😇!😇!
Oh you are nice. Thank you, they are really great. They are each so different yet all get along very good! We are lucky.
Thanks for watching 😊
BEAUTIFUL JOB I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS ALOT OF THINGS LEARNED. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. YOUR FAMILY IS VERY WONDERFUL TO HELP OUT.
Thank you!!! Glad you learned something. I am almost 50 and it's neat to keep learning new things! ...
Thanks for watching 😊👍
Thanks! For Lilly.
Oh thank you Carol!!! We are putting this and some of your last donation to a good pair of snow bibs for her.
We went shopping yesterday.
Thank you!!!❤❤❤
Boy that view of Denali behind you was spectacular. It's amazing all the prep work you have to do for your winters. Your family works great together. Thanks for another great video. Wishing you all the best.
Thank you so much!!! Lots more to do still. Good thing our kids help out. Would be hard to do without them! Thanks for watching 😊
Loved this video. Got a lot done this week. I have subscribed to Harley and Hudson's channels. Have a great week guys. Ty for sharing.
Oh yeah!! They are funny and they each have their own "styles".... we appreciate your family support.
Thanks again 😊
Love your programs. The reason behind everything, and how things work. Your kids are great. Your tomatoes should ripen more in the window,
Oh thank you! Very nice of you and glad you enjoy them. Yes my kids are such great helpers! Sounds good on those tomatoes..thanks for the tip!😊
Great video!! I can’t believe winter is so close! I wish fall lasted a littler longer here in Alaska!
I hear you there Jessica... Oh well the white stuff will be here soon! At least there are no bugs😊👍
Right! The bugs get annoying when doing chores outside
I subscribed to harley and I'm gonna find hudsons channel next I love watching your videos makes me relaxed and not think about some specific problems and struggles that I have right now 🥰
Keep it Up You Guys
God Bless All Of You 🥰😊🤗
Oh thank you so much!
Sorry to hear you are going through rough times...
We always say "one day at a time"..
With winter and snow coming up we should have some great content in the future.
Thanks for watching! Take care
My favorite hard working Alaskan family You are very genuine compared to some yutube families. God bless you and keep you safe.
Dave Schmitz in North Pole, Alaska
Thank you Dave! So much to do and so little time...I am sure you can relate.
Oh well at least our kids are good helpers and we work together pretty good ( most of the time...! Lol)
Thanks for watching 👍😊
Lots of work just prepping. Grate video!
Thank you. Yes you are right. Thank goodness our kids are such great helpers. Lots of work to live this way but we love it 😊👍
You guys got a pretty good potato harvest. The tomatoe seeds I put on paper towel to dry than store them till next yr. Unfortunately the weather here in Florida is calling for a hurricane 🌀 😕 and yep heading towards me, but it will have to cross the state, which isn't much, before it gets to me. So hopefully it won't be to strong by than!
Oh no. That's scary...I will think good thoughts for you.
Ok good to know about the tomatoe seeds. I have never done that before so I don't really know what I am doing.
Thanks for sharing. I hope you stay safe.
Apparently there is snow in our forecast soon? Yikes. It always comes earlier than we want it to.
You take care!
Thanks so much for the shout out! I think I was the Wisconsin temp. Reporter. 😅 it will actually shoot back up to 80 next weekend after this week in the mid 60s. Crazy warm weather.
Great part 2 episode. I laughed at the red farm vehicle gathering wood!😂
Yep you probably were the Wisconsin temp! Wow 80's! Crazy warm.
Yes my kids are very creative and Harley hates being bossed around by big bro Hudson...so he will go through great lengths to keep his independence! Ha.
Creative guy.
Thanks for watching 😊
Great video.
Thank you so much! Apparently snow is in the forecast soon... yikes!
First milling and firewood you guys are going to be set for the winter I want to know how pretty it is after you've mailed it. Birchwood of course.
Yes, thank you! We will of course do a video soon on milling...thanks for watching us!😊
Yes birch is amazing wood once it is milled. The siding should look pretty good. It does take lots of time to mill out. So it will be a work in progress...😊
@@Alaskan6pack thank you for answering me
Absolutely love your channel. Watch you from here in the UK 🇬🇧 You're teaching your Kids wonderful lessons in Alaska life! Here in UK high 16 low 11. Autumn/ Fall is here!
Oh you are sweet. Thank you.
We try. Yes the colors of fall are amazing! Sounds like you are in fall season. Thank you for sharing and watching us! 👍😊
Wow Excellent Family Team❤💪👍🙏😊
Oh thank you....!!! Appreciate that 😊
I love love that view. Thank you sharing your families lifestyle with us
.i am from Southeastern North Carolina. We are less than 400 miles from western North Carolina where our state suffered devastation last eeek week with Hurricane Helene. Our temperature on the coast is 85. We live 45 miles from the famous Myrtle Beach South Carolina. We do enkoy watching you and your family. Always love your shopping hauls. God bless you and your family. Best reguards, Ann & Ron Rockwell/ Evergreen NC
Greetings! Yes, horrible hurricane and hopefully you guys were safe it sounds like. I am glad you enjoy our videos and hauls. I am hoping for another Costco trip in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for watching us and stay safe...
Nice to see a family working as a solid unit ! LIttle Lily is a tough one !
Oh yes, she is small but packs lots of power. She is 100% the boss!!
Hi from New Zealand our weather temps at the moment are around 5 to 20 degrees Celsius.
Oh those are very nice temps....hopefully some beautiful sunshine to go with it!
Thanks for sharing 😊
Squish the seeds onto paper towel and while they are wettish you can move them into good spacing on the towel, once dry, you can cut the towel into strips, whereby creating your own seed tape, so you can lay it directly into your furrows and not have to tinker about dropping tiny seeds spaced apart, seed tape is good for time efficiency but expensive. This is a homemade version of a fancy product type. I'm replying in real time watching, so sorry for multiple comments lol. The basket of end of season goodies would make a great chutney or relish for some sharp flavor when fresh tastes are less abundant in the winter time.
Oh I love the idea about creating a seed tape! Neat thought. Saves money too!
Thanks so much for sharing a great creative idea. 😊
Great video 👍
Thanks bud👍
My dream is can feel winter.. And see snow.. I hope someday my dream come true.. Now I just can see in UA-cam.. Your video make me feel very happy..
Well great...you will see snow soon!
It's in the forecast, guess we will see.
Thanks for watching us!😊
Here in the U.K. I generally smear the seeds of tomatoes on kitchen roll paper to absorb the jelly around them as this prevents germination. I leave them to dry on the kitchen paper and then flake them off into a paper bag or envelope marked with the variety and date them. Hope this helps. You can also stir the seeds in clean water u til the gel around the seeds washes off then drain away the gel leaving the seeds and again dry them out on kitchen roll paper before storing.
Thank you so much for sharing!!!! I just don't know what I am doing but I am trying. Hopefully it works! Your way is simple.... I like simple
Thanks again 😊👍
@@Alaskan6packit will work. I’ve done it like that when I gardened ❤
Yeah!!! Then I will probably do it that way...thanks for sharing 😊👍
That was very informative of the wood from Jeff. How’s your water taste? When we came to Florida and our very first day in our home, I had a glass of water and it was horrible. So we got a filtration system. Better now. Watching Lily lift chunks of wood, I can’t life a gallon of milk without it bothering me. If we buy say a 5lb bag of potatoes, we shouldn’t leave them piled in the bag if not used immediately? You struck gold with potatoes. My grandmother used to pickle green tomatoes. When I gardened, I bought plants from the nursery. Are you going to film how you get the seeds out? Thanks Sarah. It’s 9:30 EST here and 76 degrees where I am in Fl. We are under a hurricane watch where we live. Water and tp are sold out at stores.
Oh my, I sure hope you guys won't get hit with the hurricane. That's a scary thing.
Here in Alaska it's earthquakes we have to usually worry about.
Our water doesn't taste the best, it has lots of iron.
If we let it run for a bit it gets better.
Yes Lily is tough and runs the show most of the time!
The potatoes are great. I would say it's the easiest thing to grow and store.
Working on more wood, filming today, burn barrels, etc...it's about 7:30pm and we are still out doing things.
My feet hurt! Lol.
Thanks for watching and I hope you guys stay safe....
@@Alaskan6pack Thank you. We are under a warning now.
Yea it’s been running in the low eighties and I’m ready for the fall temps!!!😊
I hear you there!!! Well hopefully it dips down soon.
Thanks for sharing!😊👍
Oh jeepers, i just got to the interesting potato part, it does look like a sport, a cross pollinated anomaly. I had some great broad beans that crossed and developed a fantastic purple color. I would save that potato and let him go to seed and plant him, he could be the start of your own signature family heirloom potato.
Oh what a great idea! I like that! I will tell Lily and Harley about that. Thanks so much for your time....we still have so much to learn about gardening 😊
My son in Perth, Australia, is keen to follow along with Hudson on his channel, Harvey is desperate to one day, see a moose in real life! We are small scale homestead where we are, Harvey is a 10 yr old arborist in the making. Very interesting and inspiring content, thankyou. It is getting up to 30 celcius this week in Perth, well into our spring now, all the blossoms are finished, ready for 1 million or so peaches 😂
Awesome. Harvey sounds like a driven person. Oh my, peaches sound amazing right about now! Snow in our forecast this week, we will see...not ready!
Thanks for watching!
Temperature in Puerto Rico at 6:32pm 82° F but it feels like 90° F, I enjoy your videos very much. Many blessings.
Oh wow! That temp sounds great right about now!... it's getting pretty cold here
Well thank you for sharing 😊
Hopefully another video out this Saturday!
Lots of work and lots of help. Nice, getting it done. Nor cal here. It’s been hot over 100 and not cooling off at night. Staying 80’s. It’s hard to get much done when it is so hot
Oh my goodness...that's so hot. My menopause hormones would not do well in that temp! Whew, hopefully you have good air conditioning... thanks for sharing and hope your temps cool off soon! 😊👍
you can freeze the tomatoe seed with pulp and use for next yr planting. Or you can take the some of the seeds and plant in 5 gal buckets and grow them indoors for winter tomatoes just remember to place in a well lite area and to self pollenate when they flower by tapping the plant. I grow alot of veggies and fruit indoors and i live in an apt. I use a couple cheap grow lights. Hope this gives you some ideas
Oh wow. Great job! Ok that sounds good. I didn't know you could freeze the seeds, neat. I also didn't know you could tap the plant to help pollinate.
That's good info.
Thank you for sharing! 😊
Loved the video
Thank you Debbie!! 😊👍
Texas here its been 87 to 94 lately. Seems warmer than last year this time. At Halloween alot of people dress kids up and they are sweating. Have a blessed day.
Oh no!!! Poor kids...yes it seems everywhere is a bit warmer from lots of the comments. Well I sure hope you cool down soon!! Thanks for sharing 😊
MID 50's at night
Mid 80's in the day 😊
Where are you at? Thanks!
@@Alaskan6pack North Louisiana, close to SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA
Oh ok, cool thanks for sharing!!
I am from South Jersey temperatures in the low 70s -50s at night. But this week coming going to be dropping cooler at night. Love this weather no air conditioner electric expense will drop. We only use a wood stove for heat so gas bill will stay the same.
Oh yes. I remember when our electric bill was through the roof when we lived in a huge house in the city! It was horrible...unexpectedly high too. On top of other outrageous bills. It was stressful
It's nice the temps are dropping for you to help save some money.
Thanks for sharing your temps!😊
86 degrees today in North Georgia. Supposed to cool down next week though. Love y’all’s videos.
Well thank you. Wow 86 degrees! That's hot. I know lots of our viewers are ready for a cool down in most places.
Thanks for sharing!😊
I saw your link with another you tuber Harley mentioned. However i subbed to your channel as i prefer longer videos. That said I'm gonna have to start @ the very first upload & work my way to the latest. From South Africa a new sub 🌍🇿🇦💌🙏👍
Greetings!!! Well thank you for watching us!😊 Harley and Hudson are my boys...they are prescious sons.
What a magnificent view. 72/54 in central New Jersey.
Ok not bad in New Jersey! We are dipping off into freezing temps at night.
It's nice though because the bugs are finally gone! Yeah
Thanks for sharing & watching 😊
Early fall in the Va foothills much appreciated Next week 40-75 range. We usually try to season our hardwoods for the wood stove to 15-17% . Been working hard to stay at least 1 years worth ahead.
Oh I am jealous you are a year ahead. We try, but there's always a million other things to do... it's difficult! Oh well...we are starting to mill some birch for inside siding. That's next on the to do list.
Thanks for watching! 😊
@@Alaskan6pack Well we usually only burn for 6 months so need less than you do but at 72 we don't work as fast as you young folks.
Hello sorry been shopping all day just got back home I just watched your video lots of work to do before winter comes it’s really nice to see the hole family working together wow for have a lot of potatoes 🥔 how long will they last the family have a great Sunday and week coming up here from Ontario Canada ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦😎
Hey Mike!!! Potatoes will probably last us 4-6 months.
They store very easy
Thanks for watching!!!😊👍
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Thank you Mike!!!😊👍
@@Alaskan6pack I just watched all Harleys videos he is doing well with it I am subscribed to his channel
Yeah!!! Harley is more of the "adventurous kind" of kid... I worry about him because he loves doing dangerous things!Ah!
Hudson is more of the cautious, first born child.
So funny. They are brothers but so very different!
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Oh thank you for sharing!!! 😊
Hope you have some great sunshine to go with that temp.
Thanks for watching us!
Spring in Melbourne, Australia, currently it's 15 degrees Centigrade. Just subscribed to your channel
Yeah and thank you!!! Australia 15 C. Nice!
Well as you see here we are in winter.
So much more snow through the dark winter.
Thanks for watching us!!!
The kids can’t do any winter sports this year because you’re only young ones. Tell them to enjoy it.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yes, we will. Pretty soon you will see them snowboarding down the hill like last year! 👍😊
Are the kids gonna do any winter sports? Are they going to get epic season ski pass this Christmas?
@@Alaskan6pack are they in the hockey team or anything like that just to play because you’re only young ones
Thankyou 😊
Thanks for watching us👍😊
Here in Oregon we've gone over 5 months with no rain. Fires everywhere. Our temperatures have been running in the high 70's late September. Can't wait until Autumn really kicks in.
Wow. I bet it's pretty smoky there. My mom lives in Oregon City and she said we are lucky here in Alaska to have the cooler weather. No rain for Oregon in 5 months. Wow, strange. It seems the weather everywhere is a bit different these days!
Thank you so much for sharing.
I am crossing my fingers for you for rain and cooler temps soon! 😊
That’s a Yooper hat!!
England, south coast, min 8C max 16C today . We had hardly any summer this year, in my opinion and it's been autumn weather for over a month already.
Wow. No summer means affecting food crops sometimes. Seems like weather has been whacky all over!
Well apparently there is snow in our forecast soon..
Yikes here we go!
Thanks for watching and sharing!😊
G'day mate, Downunder here and +15 celsius or 59 Farenheit. Going into summertime 🦘🦘
Oh wow...summertime. Wish we could rewind our clock back to summertime!
Thanks for sharing 😊
Apparently there is snow in our forecast soon....
Greetings from sunny Bangkok Thailand
Hello there!!! Thanks for watching us!
Snow in our forecast soon...not ready yet!! 😊
Bowling green ky/ south central ky 85 to 88 degrees the last few days
Wow, mid October 88 degrees?
That seems warm! Well the weather everywhere seems to be warmer than usual here and there.
Apparently we have snow in our forecast soon.... yikes!
Well thank you for sharing!😊
A lot of hard work
Yes you are correct and snow isn't even here yet! That's ok. We knew what we signed up for... my boys actually love the snow. They are excited
Hi from Upper peninsula Michigan,High 73° today but the next week is in the high to middle 60's then back up in low 70's again! Then 50's are coming the week after!😢😢😢
Oh my...sounds like you are slowly heading into late fall/winter.... thanks for sharing! 😊👍
We are hitting freezing temps at night.
The good news is bugs are finally gone.
I can leave the front door open for a minute and not have hundreds of mosquitoes flying in! Lol
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Yes. Family photos are great especially in the fall with all the wonderful colors! 😊👍
Temp. in Bulgaria today 21 dgrs. C. town of Ruse on the Danube
21C that sounds pretty comfortable!
Hopefully some nice sunshine with those temps! Well apparently there is some snow in our forecast soon...yikes and here we go!
Thanks for sharing!😊
Weather: Sunday 3:00 am Mostly cloudy, with Rain and Thunder for the whole coming week,
As for the temperature its i'll post it in F so no one thinks i am Biased... highest will be 85° and minimum same time tonight will be 79°
Regard from Singapore, Stay safe n Warm.. God bless.
Wow. Rain and thunder... well hopefully you have had some sunshine in there too! Sounds like comfortable weather as far as temps go.
We have had freezing temps in the morning lately.
Thank you for sharing! 👍😊
Minneapolis, Mn 76 today 85 tomorrow, unusually warm!!
Yes, being warmer seems to be the trend this year...very interesting.
Thank you for sharing!😊
We have snow in the forecast this week!
Sarah, have you ever heard of fried green tomatoes....a good old southern dish, delicious!!!
I am about to make them because I have too many green tomatoes that will not turn red! Lol
Too cold already
@@Alaskan6pack fried green tomatoes are very tasty!
I live as far north as you can go in Texas and we’re still sitting records for heat. It was 96 yesterday. That’s 20 degrees higher than our normals. Some years we have had snow by now. We’re suppose to be able to see northern lights tonight. We’ve had them twice this year. I’ve never heard of them being seen here before this year.
I agree. Some fishy weather and auroras going on for sure. Sorry to hear you are still very hot temps there. I had a lady from somewhere very warm that said her garden and fruit trees all died this year because of the extreme heat. So sad.
Well I wish you well and hope for some cooler temps for you! 🤞
Thanks for sharing... !
Hey guys well number one I saw that you had all that fine leaves at your getting rid of or moving to another place it didn't look like you were composting them you need to compost them really important if you have that much leafy matter seriously. Not to your tomatoes i wouldn't do anything we are rotted Tomatoes I would get some really good soil and I would dig down a little deep about a foot half a foot half a foot and mixing new soil and I'd stick them back and put straw on top about a foot of straw to keep ground warm and then cover it with plastic probably so it didn't freeze too bad but let tomatoes reseed naturally that's the best thing. Now if you want to put in tomatoes i suggest starting your tomatoes 3 to 4 weeks inside the house get them nice and healthy until you're grounding temperature is above 60°, you want warm ground temperature seriously. Same thing for cucumbers if you want to put up pickling cucumbers you need to do the following boston's are the best pickling cucumbers by far since we've been having global warming and it's been screwing everything up i used to for years with plant for plants on either side of my house and by June i would have a trellis and cucumber plants would meet each other over the top of my house really and I could feel to every day i can feel too jars full of pickles and that was wonderful i'll give you the recipe you need a hydrometer 22% on a hydrometer scale of salt now I use fresh dill and some bridal also about a teaspoon but I pack it with a lot of fresh still and a handful of garlic and pickling spice without pepper about a tablespoon or more and then I packed pickles in this tight as I can get them before I do that I cut them almost in half so they will receive the brine quicker once you fill it up with Brian captain good and tight and datum date them you want a place 45° i have a spare refrigerator and I said it so everything is 45° and I just shove it my pickle jars there in about a month and a half you have half hour pickles and then they will last for at least a year and they get better and they become full pickles within 9 months but they have showers are incredible at 22% salt don't go any higher and don't go any lower this is the best I found to work in salt content. Your potatoes look beautiful very nice looking potatoes. I normally plant purples potatoes and some russets burbank russets and when I think you need is more fertilizer that's what I think you need on your potatoes that usually helps and remember potatoes are the easiest thing to grow and you could grow if you had to a big place where you have really good turn soil they grow fast also another good thing to grow that likes cold weather down to about 35 ° is garlic it's a weird plant but it's good it keeps all the bugs away and what I would recommend is finding garlic around your vegetables the outside plants and I would plan them about half a foot away from each other and it usually keeps most of the bugs away that any hot herbs
Well thank you so much for all of your gardening tips! I am always eager to learn more about gardening. I like your tip on the certain type of cucumber. I will look into that. We are most likely going to tarp the leaves and add to our compost area. I know leaves have incredible nutrients. I didn't know garlic kept the bugs away! Cool to know.
Thanks for all of your tips! 😊
Just joined your channel and live in Central Australia. Lots of hard work by the look of it but will pay off. Is it hard for the kids to go to school or are you doing home schooling. Children learn a lot by living of the land.👍🏻
Hello there!!! We have homeschooled all the kids since they have been small.
It works best for our family.
They learn soooo much living off the land.
When I was their age, I just didn't have many
" skills" for survival and self sufficiency.
They are so far ahead of where I was.
They actually now teach me things, it's pretty neat!
Thanks for watching!
Mountains of Oaxaca Mexico 57 F today. Rainy season until end of October so at night is in the 40's.
57 sounds nice. We don't get much rain here... it's usually just snowing or overcast and cloudy in the summer. When we used to live in Oregon we would get lots of rain. Thanks for sharing!!! 😊👍
Can you use your green house during the winter too or it’s just for summer?❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
No use for it in winter. We get about 6 or more ft of snow. It builds up all around it. Too hard to keep snow off.
It can snow 2 ft overnight so it would collapse
@@Alaskan6pack did nobody goes ice-skating in Alaska in the winter you can’t even play hockey
There is an ice skating spot. However the kids didn't really want to do that.
They don't play hockey.
They do like to snowboard and ride their snowmachines around though.
That is their favorite thing to do in the winter. Lots of space and lots of snow too
I hope they get the icon season ski pass for Christmas so you can fill them in the ski resorts there
Oh I am sure they would love to go skiing! 😊
You're welcome
Highlands Scotland 11 degrees celsius which is 51.8 fahrenhite. dropping down to 7c over night and getting colder as week moves on
Oh nice!!! Thanks tor sharing! Sounds like it's getting colder there too.
We may have snow this week? Not ready yet! Oh well....thanks for watching 😊
Hi Sarah, thanks for sharing 🫶
Absolutely. Thanks for watching us 😊
My last pic of snow here in Ga was Jan. 17, 2018. Global warming is already here.
Wow. That is crazy. Yes it seems lots of the viewer comments have stated it's warmer than usual all over the world.
I had a lady that said she lost her garden and fruit trees because of the heat.
So sad. Well thank you for sharing!😊
Apparently we have snow in our forecast soon here...
Winter prep comes way too soon. Nice potatoe harvest
You know it...sad seems like the summer went by too fast....
Yep the potatoes are awesome and definitely the easiest crop to grow and store... 😊
Great content , hope you made some fried green tomato’s
Jackson michigan had a high of 72 degrees today. A bit warmer than it should be.
Yes that seems to be the trend I am noticing with the viewer comments.
It's been very interesting.... well we are getting freezing temps in the morning now here in Alaska.
At least the bugs are finally gone!
Thanks for sharing!😊
One more thing what kind of wood do you use inside the house for shelving? I know you told us but don’t remember and is that wood plentiful there. I’m very interested in the life of Alaska
Oh no problem Cathy! Hudson built me some simple shelving out of live edge spruce. It's still holding up just fine.
We are going to mill birch for the inside wall siding. We are starting to mill boards out for that. It should look beautiful when it's done. However it will still be a while, one log at a time....!
😊👍
@@Alaskan6pack birch is a beautiful wood. I’m happy to wait and watch when it starts to come about ☺️
Yes...it's about time already. I am so sick of looking at pink insulation and plastic inside... but we are starting to work on it so that's exciting!...😊
Great video. Did you end up getting close to your 500 lbs of potatoes.? I wonder if your onions were so small because of the crowding from cabbage and beets.
I would say we have harvested about 200-250 LBs so far.
Not bad and more to pull up.
I think you are right with the crowding.
We are still eating them though, and they are very tasty!!!
@@Alaskan6packsmall onions work. Next year maybe carrots and onions outside. Try some beets and cabbage outside too
Yes, agree. We will.
None of those small onions will go to waste. They are for sure tastier than the big ones from the store!
Carolina, Puerto Rico is low 90’s in the daytime and 80 at night.
Nice! Those are pretty good temps. I bet you have lots of sunshine too.
We are possibly going to get snow this week...yikes... not quite ready yet!
Thanks for sharing! 😊
In Idaho its been the mid 40s for the lows and mid to high 70s. Not ready for the winter...brr.
Yes, if I remember Idaho can have some decent winters there! We lived in Eastern Oregon for a bit and it was pretty comparable to Alaska winters!
Well, enjoy those great temps before winter...thanks for watching 😊
Central Maine here 60 for a high and 48 overnight today
Hello Maine! Sounds like comfortable temps!...hopefully some nice sunshine in there too
Thank you for sharing!👍😊
In the Uk Midlands it is a high of 15 degress c and a low of 5 degrees c
Oh, sounds like it's dipping down in temps...we are supposed to get snow possibly this week! Yikes, not quite ready...😊
Is that Willow or Talkeetna? (where is your homestead)
It is Willow...Thanks for watching 👍😊
Connecticut... 75 degrees daytime, 47 degrees tonight. Crisp cool 1 blanket night, aka: 1 dog night.
That's pretty nice! Thanks for sharing!!😊👍
It's 4c in Dryden Ontario Canada
Oh you guys are nipping off!!! Thanks for sharing 😊
Hello from Armenia! Today's temperature is 26c
Hello there!!! Oh wonderful temp...!.
Thanks for sharing 😊
79% is the high and 50s in the lows Tennessee
Oh not too bad on temps...thanks for sharing! We have possible snow here tomorrow. Far from ready...! Thanks for watching 😊
Oregon High 70s low around 48 to 50 God Bless
Great to know. Not too bad... I had another Oregon viewer today that said you Oregonians have not had rain in 5 months....
Crazy!
Thanks for sharing 😊
I see you have a tractor do you have a bush dog to knock all those weeds down and how come when you cut trees down you don't cut it all the way to the ground
Hello there! We do not have a bush hog.
I think why he leaves a higher stump is for the excavator to eventually pull it.
We will rent one again soon.
We have to clear 16 acres for Alaska state requirements for agriculture land.
Our requirements need to be met in a couple of years
Thanks for watching,! 😊👍
N Idaho about 70-75 daytime, 32-42 night time.
Oh those are nice temps! Hopefully you are getting some great sunshine too!
Thanks for sharing 😊
Eastern north Carolina is sunny and 80 but humid.
Oh the sunny sounds amazing but not the humid part! Lol.
Thanks for sharing!!👍😊
Hayward Wisconsin will be high of 66 degrees low of 46
Nice! That's not too bad... we were around 20 degrees F this morning.
The generator didn't want to start up.
Getting colder here for sure!
Its currently 62 degrees in northwestern Michigan
Oh that's not too bad of a temp! We apparently might get snow this week!
Not ready yet...at least our potatoes are all harvested and our greenhouse is all taken down
In Massachusetts 74 for a high and 45 overnight 🍂
Pretty nice temps!!
We had freezing temps the other morning...
Thank you for sharing!! 👍😊
Texas 84 degrees. We are starting to cool off finally.
Yeah! I bet you are ready for a cool off!
Thanks for sharing 👍😊
It was still 86° in Nebraska today oct 5th
Wow! I would expect it to be cooler by now there.... well thanks for sharing! 😊
Hello , from spain , 27C - 15C
Hello Spain!!! Thanks for sharing!
We woke up to about 23 degrees F
Chilly,!!!
New video out hopefully on Saturday!
In Bristol Tennessee 27
Nice! Thanks for sharing!!
In Columbus Ohio it's now 76 degrees.
Oh 76 sounds perfect! Especially if it's sunny and blue skies 👍
It is shining. But its getting chilly at night but warms up really quick.
Well good it's shining. Good vit D!
I do love days with sun 😊
Temperature in New Zealand high of 20c low of 14c.
Oh my, that sounds great.
I have heard good things about New Zealand. Do you like it there?
Thanks for sharing!😊👍
@@Alaskan6pack I’m very blessed to be living here. Appreciate you taking the time to share your family’s life in Alaska.
Well thank you...😊
Galena Alaska high 44 degrees low of 28 degrees today
Sounds like you are colder than we are here in Willow! Thanks for sharing 😊
@@Alaskan6pack yep you a little warmer. have a safe winter. Have had the white fluffy stuff already.
North Carolina USA,, warm 78-80
Wow. That does seem warm for almost mid October. Well apparently there is snow in the forecast for us soon here.
Yikes!....
Thanks for sharing 😊
Coolville Ohio the high of 85 and the lows in the 50s
Wow! So many highs still in the 80s and 90s everywhere. I am so surprised. Especially since it's October now! Wow.
Thanks so much for sharing ! 😊
Joliet Illinois 75°
Oh nice temp. We have been nipping off in the mornings lately.
I don't miss the bugs !!! Glad to have them gone finally 👍
7,141 views at 8 hours. Awesome.
Oh thank you! 😊
East Norway : 14 Celsius+
Hello Norway!!! Sounds like a pretty comfortable temp. Thanks for sharing!!!😊👍
We have been dipping into freezing temps overnight. It is nice because the bugs are finally gone!!