#1 Tip To Maximize Your Pepper Harvest | Morning Farm Chores
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2021
- Morning chores. If you're a homesteader, you do them. Without thinking. They are just what you do. Same with evening chores. We'll start off the video with morning chores, before Todd even thinks about getting out of bed. And then head off to the garden to work on getting the last few plants in the ground - before we take some time to sit back and watch everything grow!
We planted a lot of pepper this year - like, a LOT of peppers. And we'll talk together about topping (pruning) your peppers plants to increase your yields. It's really easy, and I'll show you how in this video. We'll also wrap up planting our experimental straw bales for the year. After this, all that's left to plant is the sweet potato slips, but we're going to save that for it's own video - as it rightly deserves. So many people have asked how to plant them - so subscribe now so you don't missing it!
♥ Rachel
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I wish I could sit like that to plant my garden. Well, I can...but I’ll have to sit like that for the rest of my life, because I couldn’t get back up.
LOL You sound like me...I can get down but then you have to get back up...ugh...!LOL
Yeah... I have been known to sort of roll myself around to get in a position to push myself back up off the ground. I'm sure anyone watching would think I look pretty silly. :p
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Know this feeling only too well! 🤦🏻♀️ my knees just don’t take the pressure! Well, my legs in general! 😩
I’ll be 65 in a couple of weeks & have a bad back & knee. I take Advil after squatting down planting veggies & it really helps. 👋😊from TN.
Awwww!!! I have my closed captioning on, and when the turkeys were trilling at about 1 minute it said, "Music" "Laughter" "Music". So cute! 💖💕
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I could just hang with you all day … your voice instantly calms me ❤
I love the "I'm just going to pop these seed in and see what happens" attitude. that make gardening so fun to do and watch
Some people are so PRECIOUS about seeds and seedlings; it's kind of weird! I see many people saying they hate to overseed because they just can't stand thinning out the extra seedlings. Relax, y'all. Seeds are not that expensive and if you're growing open-pollinated/heirloom varieties you're going to get more seeds for free anyhow. Plant 'em like they're free and see what happens. Try something different, have fun with it. It's OK to lose or thin out some plants now and then.
Think of the millions and millions of seeds in nature that never germinate at all - it's just not that big of a deal to "waste" a few if a new experiment doesn't work out.
@@dogslobbergardens6606 MIgardener has been experimenting with seeing how close you can plant seeds and still get a great crop. Turns out to be better than following "directions" . Interesting video. Check him out when you get a chance. Blessings to you and yours 🙏❣️
Watching this in February from Montana. Enjoying hearing those beautiful birdies chirping!
You remind me so much of my grandmother.
Girl, this year is MY first time to grow everything from seed with the exception of a few strawberry plants.
I grew WAY too many plants (how was I to know I grew plants from seeds so well?!?!?!)!
I have given plants to everyone I know - and people I have never met!!😁😁
Best wishes to your garden!!
Sending Blessings to y’all!!
There is a saying that pepper plants like “holding hands”. I bet those are going to do awesome for you. Everything looks great! Really loving the front flower beds
I make plant markers using cottage cheese, sour cream, etc.. cut down the side then around the bottom. Cut down the width you'd like the tags to be. Then I cut one end into a point. I use scissors to cut everything. I put a small rubber band around to keep them neat and tidy. Saves a small amount of plastic out of landfills as a bonus.
Its amazing what you can reuse over and over. Milk jugs for winter planting, Ive started cutting some markers from plastic bottles too. And they will make great mini greenhouses even after you plant in case you get a sudden drop in temp.
I was getting rid of some old plastic blinds recently, and happened to also see a video where someone had some of those slats and cut them up for plant markers. Perfect lucky timing for me ;)
I'll also add this - I need to get some paint markers* for that sort of thing. Regular Sharpie etc always seems to fade away or wash off by the end of the season.
*not a paintball gun lol, they're literally like magic markers but they have actual paint inside instead of normal ink, so it stands up to the elements a lot better.
I thought I was the only one to do that! Nice to know others are concerned about keeping plastic out of the landfills. Everything has at least a second life or more before it gets recycled.
@@chomama1628 Remember only #1 (PET) and #2 (HDPE) are actually recyclable! Everything else goes to the landfill in the USA.
I was told by my MIL not to plant my hot peppers and bells together. Supposedly if cross pollinated the bell peppers will be hot, and the hot varieties will be mild. I’m new to gardening, so still learning. But I did separate my varieties. Thanks for all your great content! 🌺
No, that is not how it works. Your plants will grow fine this year. It is only if you save cross pollinated seeds from the peppers and plant them next year that you may have some crazy varieties. Good luck! 👍
I love listening to the birds as you garden. Song bird songs are not as plentiful as they used to be, I don't hear them much anymore, sadly. First time watcher, what a georgeos acreage you have. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations on getting your garden completely planted, it must feel wonderful. Here is to a good growing season for everyone!
Sipping my morning coffee, listening to your birds, watching your video, trying to wait patiently for the rain to stop. I need to do my own walk through and chores.
With all the rain and coolness the seeds I planted for peppers and tomatoes just broke through after a whole month or so. The weather has been crazy. Today and yesterday we have a break in the weather. Its actually sunny. Im just starting up gardening here in central south and learning how to do it in our hot weather....if it ever gets here...lol My peas are starting to blossom and and Im understanding why my mother used to tell me God was in the garden.
What a beautiful, down to earth and elegant woman! We bought a house with earth beds but we moved in too late in the spring. Your videos have me looking forward to next spring already.
Plant something anyway, so many things can be grown if short season left. Brassicas due well now. Onions do well over winter if mulched well.
my son and grandkids built me a raised bed that is tall enough for me to stand at and garden. It is as deep as your straw bales so there is plenty of depth. It is so nice I told them I need some more longer ones.
Loving all the nature sounds in the background! I can’t wait to see how it goes for y’all!
Hi Rachel. It is fun seeing you in the garden. I hope all the plants grow tall. You are a wonderful person. Keep sharing you videos with us. God Bless you Rachel. Take care. Love your videos. Maria. 😎😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍👍👍🌷🌷🌺🌹🍁💐🌻🏵🌼🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌡🌡🌡🌡🌡🌡🌡🌡
The peppers that are close together will probably do great. Peppers like to hold hands.
Glad to see I’m not alone- my labels melted🤪so I had no idea what most of my seedlings were- I knew tomatoes and peppers but not which variety🤦🏻♀️ everything else I had to wait for some true leaves to start determining what was what🤷♀️🤪
I created 3 new raised beds this year and must have done something right, because everything I plant in them are exploding.... including my jalapeno and bell peppers, cukes, cantaloupe, green beans and southern peas.
Peppers are fun; they like to hold hands, mine are planted 2 per hole and close together to their friend peppers. :) I'm excited to see how your 5 planted peppers turn out!
I just found that out this year... as a matter of fact, hours after I had thinned mine. At least I'll know for next year.
I put 2 in a hole for the first time this year. I am excited to see what happens.
I grew green bells & hot peppers from seeds this year. I’ve already planted the yellow & red ones I got at Lowe’s. I’m planting them this evening & was wondering if I can put two together & how close I should plant them.
@@jonihughey1352 I always heard that peppers like to hold hands. I put 2 of the same kind in a hole. So we will see but I have always put them close.
I put 2 per hole last year by accident - they were a gift so I didn't realize that's how they were potted. They did well.
You did such a great job starting your seedlings indoors! Best of luck
Just transplanted the last of my tomatoes today and made a trellis for my beans. I have just one thing I'm waiting on to sprout so it can be transplanted. And if it doesn't grow, I'll transplant something else. And a larger trellis and that's all I need to do. Everything else is in the ground and doing well.
Gosh I just saw tou for the first time. Slow gentle no fuss no animated rapid talking no shouting your message out .
I loved the gentle calmness and will be looking to see what else I've missed from you ❤
600+ videos in the books, so plenty to pick from 😁
How do I search to see if you have any tutorials on cold pickles ?Here in the UK most pickle food is cooked but I remember seeing a man from achannell called Art and Bri and he fermented? White cabbage and I wondered if you can do that with other vegetables. I'm trying to grow nadepenos and cucumbers for preserving
I remember you always woke up super early in the morning and did a bunch of things (feed the goats, chickens, etc.) before I opened my eyes :v It is still something I have to learn from you hahaaaaa. Love and miss you
But I always went to bed early ❤️ love you
I also top my pepper, but i also put them in bigger and bigger pots and now they are in 1 liter pots before I plant them out. They are realy big nog.
Nice that you also grow them from your own seeds, that is so nice to grow from own seeds. Good luck 🥰
What a big and nice garden you have.
Helene in Sweden
You inspire me. I also work full time and I’m just getting started with developing my garden. I’ve started some plants from seed also. So far so good. Ty
I see you have learned all my tricks. drop the shovel and move and now its out of reach. Put the plant in the ground and realize I forgot to fertilize. Unlike me, you remembered after one. I usually remember later that night or the next day after they are all planted.
I have done peppers with 2 plants in one cell. I didn't have the heart to tear it out. =)
With all of those peppers you will have more Cowboy Candy, thank you the recipe last year. We made 36 pounds of this and it’s all gone. This year I’m growing more jalapeños.
Once it's all mature it's going to be so beautiful 😍
Ohhh! I am so ready for that vineborer video. Thanks for sharing 🌱👍🏾💚
Look at how well you did with your seedlings! You did it!
Rachel , You are one great gardener. You have the most beautiful garden and well kept farm, *****'s all the way.
We are so far behind this year with our garden 😆... we will get it in... flowers were really pretty
The natural hair look without color or highlights looks really good on you, good job!
Love what you are doing and your curiosity with expanding your gardening knowledge.❤️
It’s a lovely feeling when you see your hard work coming to fruition. Thanks for sharing 👍😎🐝🐝
The birds in the background sound magical!!
So many great ideas!! Thank you Rachel, I look forward to watching it grow❤🌱
Thank you for sharing, Rachel; it looks wonderful!! 👩🌾
You might kind of watch the straw bails I had some and a whole family of snakes moved in. Like your videos.
Garden is coming along spectacularly 🥰🥰
Wow. Well that’s amazing. Thanks for the inspiration and knowledge 🙏🏼❤️ both of you
what a wonderful garden you have.
I absolutely LOVE you place!
I love your videos and training! Thanks
Very nice and so peaceful
Thank you so much for sharing, love your videos.
Congratulations on getting so much work done. It's such a satisfying feeling 😊.
Loved watching the Turkeys break out. The flower beds outside the Garden look so awesome Rachel. Great job! Nice work in the Garden today. Everything looks so good. Many blessings for a bumper harvest this year. I can't wait to watch what you do with all the peppers.
You guys are truly so intriguing to watch. I love what you share, but I enjoying watching as if I’m there with you just visiting a friend. ☺️ We love your channel! Have a blessed harvest this year!
Your soil looks amazing! I'm hoping to get my garden looking as good as yours!
Your from seed peppers are looking great! Good job!
This is going to be so fun to watch you discover what's growing on your 'mystery' plants! Lots of experiments and a 'journey into the unknown' feel to your garden this year...I like it! 😎
Wonderful tips for growing peppers. Stew bale gardening, I think I'll try it this spring.
Looking forward to seeing the sweet potato journey 👍😎 i have just one slip so just trying it out yay 👍😎
I have always planted basil between the tomatoes makes them sweeter!
Garden look fab!
Good to know about your peppers. I'm excited to give it a try!
Happy Gardening to you as well. We have had somewhere between 12 and 15 inches of rain in the last 2 weeks. So far my garden is flourishing. Everything is growing so fast it is becoming a jungle. I have those same.mushrooms in my raised beds, and some in ground rows. Also amended with goat barn clean out.
I'm going to try the pepper pinching! Beautiful out in your garden! So peaceful and inviting! Thank you for sharing! Fellow Michigander from Jackson ❤️💜💙
Love your garden and new flower bed. Your starts look great!!! I watched video a few years ago called The 52 Week Garden's Bale Garden July 2015. I believe if I remember right he is in Georgia. The entire garden made out of bales and he has them on drip. I liked how he mentioned no weeds and garden going strong during the hot months. And the fact that everything is raised. I have a fractured back and always trying to make things easier. Purchased timer and trying to get things on drip this year. I am so glad your trying the bale experiment. I will be watching your progress. Love your videos!!!
Everything you grew looks fantastic! Even better and healthier than the ones I bought from the nursery. Next year I will attempt growing my own plants. Plenty of time to research grow lights. Thanks for all you share.
Beautiful gardener
Your plant starts look amazing! Mine are so tiny and skinny, even in a window that gets more than 8 hours a day of full sun
Looking forward to future videos
just an all round Beautiful garden and Lady
Thanks. I learned some new things.
I have also heard that if you pick off the first blooms on your peppers that you get a better yield. Great video. I plan on getting my garden all in Memorial Day weekend. I have a full hip replacement coming very soon after that so I want to get it all in at least. We'll figure everything out after that. I may have to ask for help this year at least for a little while.
I’m new to your channel and I love your garden 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the all the good information , good video.
The weather here in SW Washington feels more like fall. It as been awful trying to plant our summer vegetables. Very cool and overcast here. Am hoping it warms up soon or this growing season is going to be a bust. Happy it is nice there. Send some warmth our way.😁
I just came in at 5am.....from my next to last garden push. I need to start my own YT channel on "the night-time gardener". I just cannot take the heat plus I work night-shift as an RN. So it has worked out (so far) that I work in my garden on the hotter days at night. I have had a couple of days off together and have been finishing up my garden "push". I get up about 2pm and work until 2-5am getting things done. I do this all summer long. I try to harvest during the evening daylight hours so I can see the best and do any "chores" at night with a camping type headlamp. I appreciate all of your content. So happens last year my tiller transmission went out so I set up a "no till" garden. I am loving it so far. Covering everything with straw mulch and over winter covered a "problem area" with black plastic. Had great production last year. Will see how this year goes. I love being able to set up garden structures (that I never could have done before with "traditional" tilling), and leaving them in place and planting around them. Best wishes for great garden.............I have already seen pest pressure down here in KY. I have a feeling our early spring.....is going to lead to lots and lots of bugs. Trying marigolds this year and other intercrops such as basil and dill to see if that really works. Thanks again.
My hardening off process this year involved sitting the plants outside in the sun for six hours one day then planting them the next day, that was almost two weeks ago and so far so good.
Your videos are amazing
Your look so happy when your in the garden. My garden is my happy place too. I had done some starts for a friend....they moved to California. So I'm going to put those in my garden. My very first time starting from seed. So glad I did my own starts. The prices here are at least $1 more per 6pk than they were last year. I did buy a few peppers and tomatoes of different kinds that I wanted and didn't have. Hope I'm able to save seeds for next year and to share.
Really good video. Interested in the straw beds. Judi
I continue to learn so much from you. Thanks so much!
You are so welcome!
It is always relaxing watching you plant and see your techniques. 👍😎🌸🌻🌴☀️😀🌴- Lazy Liz Life
Thank you for sharing. It is a pleasure to see your joy for gardening. We also share the innovative attitude about trying new ways of planting. I want to see the results of your experiments.
Thank you 💐🥰❤️
I’ve got trays of hot & bell peppers to plant this evening. CA Wonders usually do good. I still have a dozen Super Sioux tomato plants I grew from seeds to plant. I’ve already got 33 in the ground, a few with green tomatoes on them. My yellow grape tomato has fruit today after all the rain we’ve had in middle TN. I held my SS tomato plants back so they wouldn’t all come in at the same time. I planted 3 hills of cantaloupes that are doing well. My peas & green beans, squash, cucumbers, & okra are doing good. We’ve been eating radishes, spinach, onions, lettuce & strawberries for a month. Enjoyed watching your video. Hey from right outside Nashville! 👋😁
Very good video. First time viewer and I'm happy to hear Ruth Stout mentioned 🌞
What a lovely and brilliant lady she was.
I adore your jumper, I've never seen one like it and would like information on it if you'd care to share.
You're doing a great job on your homestead and I'm looking forward to following it along.
Blessings to you and yours from a non-compliant great grammie in Wonderful Michigan 💖🙏🇺🇸
Lovely Rachel! I got my tomato's in yesterday, they were so tall, we had to do the on the side tunnel burying. My husband had to do the breaking up of the soil with his auger, and I made the tunnels. It took two of us to put the plant in, beause they were SO leggy, literally 2 foot tall. It took us 4 hours to get 30 plants in the ground. I was exhausted. Today is peppers, and squash seeds. We are having to water now, as its gone from 30 degrees at night (Brighton Michigan) to 60 at night and 80 during the day. We started the tomato's and peppers and put them on my sewing machine table in a room that had three windows. Everything did real well, until they got so tall. I have a small iron back porch, so I moved them all to that and the steps, husband put plastic sheeting around three sides. I could get to them through the sliding door and water them. But they did so well even despite the very cold Michigan spring. This is much easier for us then a hoop house. (maybe next year we'll do that when husband is retired). (so much work).
We have decided to grow green beans one year (enough to can 40 or 50 quart jars, and then alternate tomato's the following year. This way I'm not canning so much during the hot summer.
Just not as young as I used to be. Blessings to you guys! I appreciate your well done video's.
Sounds like it's going to be an awesome year for you! Happy growing and preserving season
Hello Rachel and Todd and family. Your garden looks gorgeous. Got Covoid 19 for the fourth time even though I have all three shots and I at the isolation hotel again. I'm not feeling very good at all this time after five days. God Bless you and Todd and your family from a viewer in Toronto Ontario Canada
Pickled peppers are great!
This year I am trying 2 pepper plants in one hole. I heard they like that.
I winter over peppers in zone 4 Minnesota. Peppers are very hard here but my 2 year old peppers get as big as a bush and have huge yields for me. I also get red bell peppers in June with 2 year old peppers.
how do you overwinter the peppers?
I had 8 seeds in a starter pot of Roma tomatoes and peppers - poblano, green bell, red bell, jalapeños, etc and I planted them around together. I did prune some of the non bearing limbs off tomatoes so there would be plenty of air circulating through and we had the best growth season ever! I didn't even give anymore fertilizer after the initial planting. I figured so many in one close area that they would consume all of the nutrients out of the soil and would need more. They ALL did great! Did it again this year. Green beans too! Will thin anything that starts to look like they need it. High yields!!!!
Peppers like to hold hands, for real...LOL
much luck Rachel 👍👍👍 ❤❤❤ 💋💋💋
Zone 5b Central IL, we have yet to be able to harden off the plants we've started inside.... We've had hard frosts. Snow flurries, lots of rain!!!
I'm rather jealous....
I heard that peppers like to grow with a buddy...so they will probably do well 'in a bunch'...😍
Good morning Rachel I see the turkey is doing very well and I recognize the antiseptic blue spray!! It makes me feel warm and fuzzy to know I have helped one more animal. I always wanted to be a large animal vet when I was young as I love animals more than humans most of the time lol! So how is she doing?
Take care and talk soon! From Nortwestern Ontario Canada to you!
i love your videos
Folgers cans are so handy!
Onions are looking great as well!
Im getting a ton of those mushrooms in my raised bed too. Everything is so fertile.
Dry them and eat them 🤪🤯
Same here. I mulch with straw and mushies love straw.
@@NickRichards7 A few years ago I had some cubensis appear in one of my beds. It disappeared the next night. I suspect my son. ;)
I chopped some of mine this year to see if they produce more.
the mrs. here...i had to laugh when i saw your red toenail polish! my sister had to stop wearing any so her turkeys would stop pecking her toes, lol!!! and i am so jealous! wisconsin has been so humid that i have been physically sick. i go out every am and pm to care for my happy little transplants that are waiting to be planted. take pride in a job well done! Blessings to you and yours!
Yep boots always during chores, sandals for garden 😜
I live in TN now but grew up in WI. It's pretty funny... people back in WI say "OMG how do you stand the summers" and people here say "oh you don't know what hot and humid is." I got news - it's really not that different at all. WI gets 90F+ and crazy humid too... the only real difference is that summer there lasts about eight weeks and summer here lasts five months ;) I'll take the longer growing season over those brutal northern winters every time.