Early Spring Garden Tour | Utilizing Every Space | April 2024
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- Today we are touring our homestead, bringing you along as we show you what we will plant where and how we are also incorporating perennials into the mix. We hope this video encourages you that YOU CAN GROW YOUR FOOD! Even planting a single tomato plant is taking your first step towards taking care of yourself. Nothing like homegrown food, once you eat homegrown its tough to go back to the conventional stuff!
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Good points made. If more of us grew our food, many environmental problems would be solved. You two are an inspiration. You don't just talk the talk, you walk the walk.
I do believe you have one of the most well tended homesteads I have seen. So many people just let them go, they don’t care about the weeds, the junk or the mess. What a great job! What a great example to your children. And a great example to anyone looking to homestead… that it can be a neat and clean and organized piece of land. Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻
Wow, thank you so much ❤️
You truly are the perfect woman. I hope one day I can find a queen like you to share my life and grow old with. I wish y'all all the love and happiness that life can bring
You’re not wrong.
So sweet.
Lol you aren't wrong, most of us to their surprise, prefer a traditional wife and her homestead usefulness is better than any modern women's attitude
@@Ironstarfish yes...agree 100%. Thing is aswell, some of us come across those that want the traditional but cannot fulfill the role themselves aka traditional husband/wife, homestead operator, maintenance etc in a partnership.
@@Serendipity-Divine I fulfill that role very well but have yet to find a woman that I can share all that with. I'll never give up searching though, my life won't be complete without a queen by my side. I hope y'all have an awesome day.
One of the best things parents can do for younguns is give em a speck of land to grow their own food in.
I was three years old when I got my first speck of land, and it was all tomatoes!!!
Didn't want anything else at three years old.
But it's a great life lessons experience for them, it teaches patience, troubleshooting, and the value of a meal on the table.
And I remember being so proud every time daddy told somebody I growed the tomatoes they were eating.
Tomato sandwich anybody???
;-)
Looks like you got a great start ! The world needs more parents like you two, oh my gosh what a difference that would make.
I absolutely love how you let your son make all the decisions for his garden ❤❤❤❤
10,000 views in 1 day.
Y’all are good people, and living the life that most of us wish we could.
Love your channel.
Y'all have an absolutely amazing homestead. Y'all are truly blessed
I agree with you about the daffodils, Andy! You do think someone at some time really loved seeing them bloom and seeing them again is almost a tribute to them! 🙂
I think the same thing when I’m driving and see daffodils on what was once someone’s homestead. Someone had a life there so long ago.
Your gardens look amazing!
Love yalls farm and family. Looking forward to seeing Jacob plant in his garden beds. Amazing and so sweet. ❤❤
Thank you for the garden tour this morning. Everything is looking good. 😊
I'm live in Alabama on a mountain. It's so aggravating when you work so hard and something comes in and destroyed it.
I knew y’all had your meat and veggie production down. But, y’all!!! The fruit production too?! That’s awesome!!
Your children are amazing but its no wonder why! You are wonderful parents!!!❤ 19:08
We chewed juicy fruit gum and put in the holes, and poof, no more voles! The kids will enjoy chewing all that gum lol
As for the garlic. You can plant a patch and just harvest what you need. And let a few in the ground to multiply. I container garden and I have some garlic I planted 3-4 years ago still comes up every year. After a while I will need to dig them up and divide them. Love you Chanel.❤
Gardens look so good beautiful dirt
Y’all are truly blessed
I just Googled how to get rid of Voles. 2 suggestions. #1. Coffee grounds.put in their holes. #2 1/4 cup castor oil 1/4 cup dish liquid. Mix until it turns white . Mix 3 Tablespoons with gallon of water in garden sprayer. Spray in holes.
I laughed so hard ! Andy’s little quiet comment,” STUPID VOLES !” Lol. I have gophers and I feel your pain. At least your comment was rated PG-13. Lol
My dads ole place has garlic growing all over his yard. Like you said, no bulb to really speak of. But when I’m cutting the grass and the mower get hold of some the smell is amazing ! Sometimes I’ll at least get use from the greens from it
What if you put mouth balls in the holes? That's what we put around the wiring in our equipment for the winter to keep the mice away.
Megan and Andy, I love your southern hospitality. Ya'll have some nice gardens and love your cooking. It's good and wholesome. Those not using wholesome food is missing out!
Love y'all's channel! Look up James Prigioni on what he grows under his fruit trees. He maximizes his space really well!
Some of my relatives planted daffodils all around their gardens. Voles hate them, and they’re pretty and will come back every year for you. If you already have some, you can split off some plants and replant them now, and they can come in next year.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that has a bed of just dandelions
Living in north central Missouri I didn't expect my sage, oregano and lemon balm to survive our winter. I'm sure it's because we didn't have as cold temps like we usually do. Love your garden spaces as well as your beautiful yard!! I let my chickens free range so if I want my hosts and flower bed to survive I have to put fences up!
Beautiful place, love the layout and multiple different techniques! Every great homeplace I've seen is the same, making use and being practical! God bless!❤❤❤
My husband grew up on their family farm. When he was a kid he remembers setting mole traps with his great grandmother. No one lives out there anymore, but we still hunt there. She had those things eradicated, but in the last 10 years (she’s been gone 15) they have definitely come back. So, I guess you just have to learn to manage them so they don’t take over.
It may be a good idea to just keep a few traps set. My boys LOVE to trap. I bet Jacob wouldn’t mind checking them 😉
We had an older babysitter who grew garlic and only harvested it when she wanted to use it. She had garlic for as long as I can remember. And then a man I sat with had garlic planted under his peach trees. He said the garlic kept the worms away from the trees. He also said the best time to plant any fruit barring trees or bushes is after the first rain in the fall.
We check every day for a new video from yall. We love to watch your channel
Your garden is looking great! I love your farm! Congratulations on 40.5 subscribers! YAY!!
Peas and tomatoes 🍅. Take old rope string over the top in a straight line . Them take heavy string let it drop down by your plant 🌱. Peas and tomatoes 🍅 will climb up the string for growning easy picking no bend over in the garden 🪴. It’s work great 👍.
Good morning yall. Again I love your channel. Am 68 and live my life thru yall. Thanks much
You should let Jacob be in charge of the giant pumpkin seeds I sent you. You can win big money for large pumpkins at state fairs
Yes!
We have garlic that stays all year. We never get it all dug and they just keep coming up each year. However they are quite a bit smaller than if you separate them out and replant them. They get quite crowded. But it is maintenance free 😊
That mint prevents spiders from coming into the house!!
I appreciate you guys and your family values.I always just pull my garlic and replant a few of the bulbs right back in we always have a endless supply. You guys are a blessing...
Them little buggers... those voles are a pain...in the past I have put moth balls in the hole or in the tunnel and cover it up... I think they don't like the smell... great video and awesome channel...
Megan look up dandelion jelly from the 18th century! So easy to make and soooo good! Use those up!
I made dandelion jelly last year. Super goood!!
We have such an awful vile problem that we ripped out the raised beds, built a hoop house, lined it with weed fabric, lined it with fine wire fencing and put metal raised beds on top of that with the dirt. So far, those tricky little thieves have not been able to break through
Use peppermint oil on a cotton ball, and put them in the vole run, and cover the hole. I did this for a while in the past to deture the problem.
I wish y’all would do a video on how to keep the bugs out of y’all’s garden. Rather it’s organic or 777. Be looking forward to it from Arkansas! Love y’all’s channel!
We had an apple tree that was really struggling. Last year we built our chicken run around it, and it has just popped this year. I'm sure the chickens will love the bottom leaves to munch on too LOL!
If you have voles, get some castor oil and put it everywhere along with mesh or chicken wire under the soil in a raised bed
Castor oil pellets work for voles or you can buy castor oil (make sure it hasn't had the smell and taste removed) and mix 1 tablespoon to one gallon water and a squirt of Dawn then spray everything really well. It won't kill them, it just runs them out of an area by changing the smell and taste of their food source (your plants). You will need to reapply after it rains.
Take all your coffee grounds, tea bags and some egg shells, mix together and I use that when I'm planting either flowers or garden plants, they LOVE IT!!!!!
GOOD WAY TO RECYCLE & use what otherwise would be wasted.....
You two have a great yard. A little of everything. Soon you will have all kinds of food.
Good Morning Thanks
I get it Andy. You’re leaving your mark with the daffodils. Great idea.
Such a pleasure to watch you share your garden (or permaculture zones 1-2 😉) after a recent video about your story popped up in my feed yesterday. Beautiful farm you have this side of ‘that’ mountain. 💚
I’m in the UK. We have what’s called “the June drop” when a tree naturally shed the fruits it doesn’t want to allow to swell. If still overloaded after the drop, I go through and thin out. I’m sure you have the June, or maybe earlier, drop too. It’s the time mothers learn not to place a baby under the shade of a fruit tree during picnics or afternoon naps. 😅
Anyway, it always intrigued me how trees were designed to choose which and how many fruits it wanted to drop.
God Bless you, your family and 🇺🇸.
A 10 ft deer ,pig fence is what you need to start with ,they ll clean out a garden over night as I ve had it done ,,now I have a 10 ft chainlink fence,6 ft lower link and 4 ft barbed wire that's elect above,,no more animals at all,, it is nice in about 1.5 arcers tilled and I hold #6 275 gal black totes of renewable captured gutter rain water water totes that are shielded and sun covered with some cheap used old vertical vinyl siding I found at the landfill for free
Voles are more prevalent and destructive in gardens with good mulch. You can dig a trench around the perimeter of the garden which may deter them.
Great update! Thank you! Darn voles! Yup, using 1/2 inch hardware cloth works in the bottom of raised beds to keep the varments out. I heard that sticking juicy fruit gum in the holes attracts them and gums up their stomachs. There may be some grubs or something in the compost that is attracting them. I battled voles in Florida and never had any for years until the last couple of years. Always something new. Keep on keeping on. It's going to be a great growing season ahead.
I’m down here in South Alabama an hour from the coast. Had a vole problem for years. Mainly they will eat my seeds before they come up in spring. This year I planted a row of squash, went in to rest a bit. Came back out to do another row and vole had already dug 2 hills. I just plant enough for them too. They are aggravating for sure. Always eat on my taters. I pour a handful of fertilizer down their hole when i find them 😅 Also, I leave garlic in spots to come back every year. I divide and plant them in other spots. Like you say, bulbs don’t get as big though.
I'm convinced you all have green thumbs!!😘 Everything you've planted looks to be thriving. Once your fruit orchard gets a little more established, you will have apples, pears, peaches, and cherries galore plus berries!!!! Hey, did you know there's a new fruit tree in nurseries called a "fruit cocktail tree"?! They have grafted peaches, plums, cherries, and nectarines onto one tree trunk somehow. I'm curious how it will really grow and produce. If you google "fruit cocktail tree", you will find nurseries that sell them. Was watching a UA-cam weather channel and it sounds like starting next Sunday or Monday there will be a severe cold front all across the eastern US. According to that, TN and NC will have lows in the 30s. Sure do pray none of the crops people have planted gets frostbite. Boy, your azalea bushes are gorgeous in full bloom!!!❤ I enjoyed the walk around to see all your different flower and veg beds!!! Iris are one of my favorite flowers too. Marigolds and cosmos are my most favorite as they last all summer and into frost.
It’s really gorgeous! Spring has sprung and it’s showing out! Also shows how much love and care it gets too!
My Rosemary bloomed for the first time this year 😊
God morning!!!!
Take a piece of juicy fruit gum, leave the foil on and tear it in half. Stuff the pieces in the vole tunnel.
Beautiful homestead and amazing gardens and orchard! Thanks for the walk through. 😊
I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED A WHOLE FIELD OF DAFFODILS, MY ABSOLUTELY FAVORITE FLOWERS!!!!!!
Same here!
Everything is looking good👍🤓👍.
I have never had a problem with Voles and didn't even know what they were until this year and boy did I find out what they are
Looking good around there and we are looking forward to seeing everybody's gardens in full swing and especially during your harvesting. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and the fun you all share while making the videos. Fred.
You can make a green tea from the strawberry leaves. Dry and crush them and use coffee maker to make a pot of tea. Store in fridge and heat to drink. Suppose to help with inflammation.
I have made a garden in front of our house. 10 raised beds to grow what I want. The fruit trees are planted in between the the raised beds.
Hey 👋 little trick on carrots 🥕, make a potatoe roll and plant on top off roll thick , keep the weed out plus the ground is soft for the carrots 🥕 to grow down . Them planting carrots 🥕 on level or flat ground. Have set little mice traps 🪤 in your onions 🧅 patch , iiiii iiiii never heard off them . 😮
It’s no wonder why my potatoes I planted haven’t come up yet!! I planted them way too deep lol. I’ve never planted them before. I’ve planted several things but never taters! I will try again next year!! I’ve learned so much from y’all and this channel ❤
Molemax works well to rid moles/voles. Just use it around the beds but not in them.
I’m proud of your gardens, they are nice. I know that takes a lot of work because I do the same things.
I absolutely love watching y'all. I've learned so much ❤️
I remember my grandma had a garlic bed that came back every year. She had hers right next to her asparagus bed. I have thought about doing that but I rotate my crops & havent decided on a dedicated bed for garlic yet.
Last year when I planted my potatoes I didn't have to buy any potato starts or plant any potatoes because all the time I was digging my potatoes out I just let the little tiny baby ones stay in the ground and they'd come up the next year I have one garden is all purple potatoes they're small but they're good eating I like them and I haven't only bought starts the first year and this is the third year going
What a nice tour. It will be fun to watch the progress. Thank you for sharing. 😊
Get some castor bean seed or if you can find the plants at a nursery plant one at each end of your beds or garden spot. Just make sure you put a little fence or something around it so your animals don’t eat it. And tell the kids not to touch it because it’s toxic. But I promise it works for moles and voles.
I tried everything for years to get rid of moles nothing worked. I got some castor seed and been planting them and saving seed from it every year since.
I'm a new watcher can't seem to get enough. I've already bought your cookbook. Look through it seems doable. Keep up the good work
I have never had any luck with strawberry plants at my mom and Dad's I even started putting them up at planters because snakes were eating them and then if you have any kind of wood around them wood bugs eat them I had them in my greenhouse one year and the greenhouse is all made out of logs so they got eaten by wood bugs constantly so I quit even trying Too bad cause I can have so many good memories of going to my grandma's house when I was a young boy and she had a whole garden full of strawberries and raspberries we eat them like crazy And that my mom knows she had so many raspberry bushes we had a hard time getting rid of them because they're in the middle of the yard after a while and they were taken over but the raspberry bushes I planted here did good for a couple years and then they died I planted some last year they died I think it's just because the areas that I'm planting are too shaded
We have a vole problem too! It sucks! So I always plant more than I need to make up for that. They got our sweet potatoes bad last yr. Now they are digging threw our carrots and asparagus. If you find a way to get rid of them THAT WORKS ..let us know!!
I think the same thing when I see daffodils in a field😂 There used to be a house there !😂
You all are sweet hearts ❤️ ❤yes children need to have chores to do onion herbs I do not use I like simple food cornbread’s I made every day but no more you 4 Lord bless
Try putting red pepper flakes on the garden. I use red pepper flakes to keep squirrels out of my bird feeders. I also put flake under my house that keeps the racoon from go under.
ThankYou for the tour 🤗🦩
Man you guys are getting a really good start on the garden season and things are looking so good around there. Now I've gotta catch another gear and get my garden started for the year. Take care
Looks like you may have a great fruit harvest this year.
My aunt had a place in the cow pasture she would dig up garlic when she needed one. Left them to multiply year to year. She was in her 70's when I was a little girl.
Awesome!
Looking great already!!! I can’t wait to see everything grow!! Love your family & channel ❤
Down with the VOLES!!!
Really love watching!
Good morning, my sweet little family.
Good morning!
Second year garlic produces the seed pods from what I seen from my moms garden
My Aunt would always plant" Gopher Nip" to keep out the critter problem.
I love it, keep growing and showing......Blessings
Thank you for sharing your garden and everyday life. So enjoyed the visit this morning! Have a blessed day .
I had voles eating on my tomatoes about a month ago and I read where you can mix castor oil in some soapy water and spray around the edge of your bed and it will repel voles. It said they hat the smell of the castor oil and they want mess with your plants. I tried it and it has actually worked! I can’t remember the mixture but you can google it. I just spray once a week. Hope this helps
Everything looks so beautiful😍
I love this! I love that it’s not beautiful and you are real! We are the same here except higher north. Have a great day!
I love looking at gardens thank you
In our little town of Elkhorn City they have a apple blossom festival in May.💐🐝💐🐝💐🐝
Collect ur dandelions because The leaves are used to stimulate the appetite and help digestion. Dandelion flower has antioxidant properties. Dandelion may also help improve the immune system. Herbalists use dandelion root to detoxify the liver (this is what I use it for) and gallbladder, and dandelion leaves to help kidney function. Kim
Your gardens are amazing, y'all really have thought things out and your plans are working. I love the fact that you allow your children to have a garden as well.
I used to think it was wasteful for peach farmers to pick off half of their fruit and drop it on the ground. But then I was told that the remaining peaches got big and juicy.
My whole backyard fence it's a wire fence and I've been trained in the wild blackberries to grow all along that whole fence line and I have so many blackberries and the best thing about a blackberry fences ain't no one going to climb over your fence I did the same thing with my mom and Dad's house we always had problems because we were close to the school and kids coming over and raiding mum's garden so I trained black while blackberries to grow along the fence and after that we had no problems with kids coming in our yard because they'd have to crawl over that big blackberry bush and wild blackberries got big prickles but are they ever good