Reacting To Our Biggest Homesteading Fails and Successes!
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2024
- Join @jacquesinthegarden and I as we look back on the crazy year we had, roast ourselves and occasionally praise ourselves for some big wins in the garden!
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Huge Cabbage, Beet & Kale Harvest
01:21 - I Finally Learning To Love Homegrown Radishes
02:40 - DIY Outdoor Chicken Run Build For The Epic Hens
03:47 - Making Homegrown Beet Ravioli
05:35 - We Started Too Many Seeds... Again
06:16 - We Shouldn't Be Allowed To Do This
07:50 - I Waited 90 Days, Only To Have My Crops Die?
08:29 - We've Never Grown Onions This Big
09:48 - I Waited 90 Days, Only To Have My Crops Die? Part 2
10:33 - Trying To Make Scones From Homegrown Grains
11:45 - Pressure Canning Homegrown "Zesty Salsa" For The First Time
12:34 - Huge Stone Fruit Harvest & Tasting
13:44 - The Flock Expands...
14:21 - The Summer Garden Is Dying
15:25 - Storing Hundreds Of Pepper For Winter
16:22 - Will The Harvests Ever End?
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Anyone else notice how much wildlife is going on in the background here?? There's constantly something flying around in the background, you have created an epic environment!!
It's been so cool to see the development, right?
I noticed a crow! They're bringing presents, probably
I am very proud of you both 💚🌱💚🌱💚🌱💚🌱💚🌱💚
What is the name/type of peach tree ?
Actually, Eric found a secret recipe to make radish taste like a cookie. Kevin, it is all your fault that he cannot share it with anyone anymore!
LOL
When Jacques said “I never respected it.” I 😂
The truth comes out
Some wins, some fails, but you two never fail to make us laugh. Your editor needs a raise..they take great material and raise it next level with the gaming sounds and overlays 😂😂
They are highly cherished
I. Love. You. Guys. You’re so funny but so informative! I wish you were zone 7a. Happy New Year. You guys keep me inspired.❤
Jacques, what’s your favorite tomato? Mine is pink brandywine. Way ugly but super delicious.
What I love about this is how much fun you both have whether a success or a failure, I learn while chuckling over the antics, you guys are the best!
I decided this year to grow more of what I like to eat. Cucumbers, alliums, beans, pok choi, sunflower, ginger, sweet potatoes and okra.
I’m sure there will be many more things that I grow, but I’m growing more of these for sure!
I've never liked radishes and I still can't stand the taste of them raw, but eventually I came to realize they're the vegetable equivalent of parsley: they taste terrible on their own, but enhance the flavor of whatever they're in, raw or cooked. I grate them and put a little in guac, potatoes, or any savory dish, really. As long as you don't put in enough that you get that radish taste, I find they improve basically everything.
I often think how fortunate that you guys happened to live nearby each other and met - just a great UA-cam channel duo. 🙂
I have to start thinning out my apples next year. My neighbour does it all the time, but I can never seem to get around to it. Your experience with the peaches will maybe push me past my resistance.
Truly serendipitous
Roasted radishes (like with a pan of other roasted veggies with olive oil, garlic and other herbs) are delicious! Also, the French breakfast variety is wonderful raw.
That's not a leek...that's a baseball bat! Well done.
It's funny: I attributed my great garlic harvest to getting twice our normal rainfall but you just got rust. Sometimes the garden goddess giveth and sometimes she taketh away.
I’ve got a couple radish tips for you guys. The first is Hidden valley ranch. The kind where you mix up the dry packet with the milk and mayo. Dip those crisp little radishes in that and it’s *muah* 🤌🏽. Also, if you wash your radishes and store them in a container filled with water they are ice cold and crispy crunchy and they last a long time.
Not a Ranch dressing fan, BUT I do love a good Ceasar, and radishes are delicious dipped in it 😊
just finished the video
didn't realize it was literally JUST uploaded😅
just moved into a house that has a yard (and a koi pond!!), so excited to finally have my own space (that's larger than a balcony) to grow things!!
CONGRATS
Try pickled radish!!!! It's crispy, not bitter, and holds all the flavor of brine. It's awesome as a side dish. Make it sweeter with sugar and a bit of vinegar and cut into matchsticks for a salad or make it more savory with spices, it pairs so well with soups, stews, and meat 😁
Agree - exploring pickled more in the new year!
Yes pickled radishes are the best!!
That sounds really good!
@@epichomesteadingpickled radish on a taco is really good. The taco truck by us does marinaded chicken, cilantro, some crumbly cheese and pickled radish and lime on hand made tortilla. The spice is very nice.
@@epichomesteading I almost forgot radish kimchi is also dope 💕
Add lemon/lime juice and salt to radishes and top your tacos with them. Another option is adding sliced onions to the mix. Last, add some sliced serranos, jalapeños or dried Chile flakes or powder instead of salsa or in addition to it!!
You guys are like a comedy duo! Laughed so hard I choked! Keep it up; don’t ever stop. 💚
Some folks wanna give ya'll grief for "selling out" so to speak (i've done my share of pushing back against certain sponsored segments) but honestly this channel is the perfect example of monetizing a passion without selling your soul. Epic Gardening/Homesteading is still first and foremost an education channel as evidenced by the fact that you dont seek to hide any mistakes or missteps. Even when those mistakes included endorsing a product that later turned out to be crap. You show the results and we all get to learn together.
I really really appreciate that about you guys and its what makes watching the success of your business such a rewarding part of the viewer experience.
Loved this recap! The ravioli was probably one of my favorite videos of the year - the editing was just so funny and I thought the giant ravioli was so humorous. It actually encouraged me to make my own ravioli from scratch, so thanks! Love the cooking videos, and always appreciate the garden updates. Keep being epic!
You two never fail to make me laugh - THANK YOU! 😂😄🍉🍊🍋🍍🍏🍑🍓🍉🥦🍅🌽🥕🥔🍆🥬🥦🌶
Jaques: "I am thinking less variety"
Kevin "less variety, so like 1 or 2 tomato types"
Jaques "HOW DARE YOU"
I just placed an order for something like 30 different varieties of tomatoes. Thats in addition to the 10 or 15 I already have. They are all open pollinated though so I will never have to buy tomato seeds ever again, maybe.
@2:32 Radish greens chopped up and fried in homestyle potatoes with onions and some scrambled eggs with cheese ontop. Like a breakfast scramble with radish greens. super bomb! As for radishes I'm fortunate enough that I like them sliced with everything so I don't have to worry about making them into something special to enjoy them. Doing the same thing I mentioned first and cutting your radishes in half and adding them to the breakfast scramble would be bomb too!
Boil your radishes in beef broth until mushy. Then mash them into a mash-potato paste consistency. Add salt, pepper and sour cream. Tastes just like mashed potatoes.
Haha this is such a fun recap. The completely homegrown burger is such a flex. More of this!
In regard to radishes, try growing daikon radishes. They're very mild tasting, not peppery. They will break up hard-pan/clay soil. Some varieties will grow to baseball bat size. (!) My daughter-in-law, who is Taiwanese, makes radish croquettes with daikon radishes.
I've mentioned it before, the guy who has the Skill Cult YT channel did a leek breeding experiment to grow giant leeks & he succeeded. His leeks were enormous. One of the varieties he used in his breeding program was Bulgarian Giant. He's kinda-sorta semi local to y'all. (NorCal? I think?)
Jacques had some epic shroom success. I used his staw layering method and got a ton of wine caps 👍👍
Radishes.. I just clean them and trim, leaving them whole. put them in a bowl of cold water and keep them in the fridge.
They get super crunchy and mild.. my son loved to snack on them
Oh and I just gotta say I totally LOVE watching you two, together your so much fun🥰 and Jock is a cutey
The scones and how you both were laughing all I could think about was Play-doh 😂.
Some good light hearted laughs, thanks!
I would take your tiny bugs and worms any day of the year. Here in central Florida it is like living in Jurassic World. At least your corn grew - albeit infested. My corn was smaller than the 5 inch grasshoppers we had eating them. I tried to hose them off and the darn things grabbed the hose from me and chased me in the house. It was a kaleidoscope of terror at the patio door as I tried to get in the house alone. Count your many blessings, guys. 😉
2023 was my very first year gardening at all.
I started with store-bought pepper and tomato plants in early April (Zone 10a), I used prepared bags of soil (since i had no clue how to fertilize).
And in that time I remember buying cilantro seeds and just planting them going "well, I hope these pop up."
Fast-forward to the end of the year and we now have 17 small raised garden beds (3x5) that I made with old shed paneling from tearing down my old shed, 10 chickens, and hoping for a great season. Got about 50 sub-par corn ears, some grean beans, sunflowers, a few handfuls of tomatoes, a handful of peppers and maybe 4 or 5 cucumbers.
But I've learned some lessons and now I'm ready for the next season.
All that to say, thank you guys. Your knowledge has helped me tremendously in this journey 👍.
That purple cabbage is quite beautiful✨💜
Cabbages are always targeted by insects🐛
The green clothing mark is in the middle and looks like Superman's mark😊🦸
I love raw radishes but my husband doesn’t like the heat so much. I found growing French breakfast and daikon radishes to be better for him since they’re more mild. We love them with just salt or used in salads or tacos. We also LOVE experimenting with pickling radishes and using them for tacos or our homemade poke bowls. If you don’t like the spice of radishes I would recommend staying away from black Spanish radishes as they’ve been the most spicy in my experience. I hope you both find a way to love radishes!!
A great recap💚💚. Nothing better than mixing gardening and laughter ❣️. Thanks for a great year of garden tips; many were very helpful in my garden way up here in Alberta, Canada.
For radishes I definitely reccomend making miso soup!! Its a Japanese soup and usually they use the daikon radish but I feel any radish would work and its just such a stable when it comes to drinking warm soups during the winter!!
I love seeing the wins and fails!
EPIC! Failures are best failures. That's how we learn. Happy New Year, Lads!
Yes Jacques, I am also backing off on varieties. We found 3 OP squash we like so we can save seeds. Will try one more, a Lakota to see if we like it and if it can resist vine borer. I haven’t found too many varieties of tomatoes or squash that others recommend to our liking. Some were awful.
I find we are eating less and to concentrate more on finding OP vegetables that do well in our garden. Vegetables are being marketed for sweetness and afraid we will lose the true flavor. A late season Sun Gold last fall tasted and had the texture of a grape-Yuck! Blindfolded I may not have known the difference.
You guys crack me up, love this (and Jacques) channel.
These videos just make me feel good. Never stop .. this is the best content out on any platform
Yes, absolutely!❤
You guys Rock! You both deserve all the success you have achieved! John McHatton
You guys always cheer me up, it doesn't matter if it is a success or a failure it's always a win for me.
Radish kimchi. Highest and best use of the radish. Second highest/best use: pickled radish and carrot to go in a Vietnamese bahn mi sandwich.
Peanut butter and radish sandwiches are my favorite! Peanut butter takes the bite out of the radish and the radish adds a crunchy texture to the sandwich!
We're proud of you two .
I like radishes sauteed, especially with peas. Sauteing brings out their sweetness.
My favorite thing to do with radishes is to quarter them and roast them in the oven with garlic, salt, pepper, and olive oil. Other seasonings like thyme, oregano, and rosemary are really good with them too. I even add the roasted radishes to soups and stews because roasting them really changes the flavor of them. I'm planning on making my own pickled or fermented radishes because I have tried to make my own yet.
My gardening win this year were my peppers. I had so many habaneros and jalapenos. The only downside was that we had a drought this summer in Texas so my fall peppers were so hot we couldn't eat them. Not even my super hot loving relatives could handle them.
I’ve seen people in Alaska grow insane sized brassicas because of their long light hours. It’s impressive what people with greenhouses can do as well in their short season.
My fails: Kajari melons - I caved and tried them. Had some moderate success with growing them but discovered, I just don't like them. Also - wanted to grow a 2+lb tomato. For this, I chose the Domingo variety. I managed to get the 2lber - but man, that mater was soooo - tasteless. Success: Onions. They weren't huge - but MAN, so good and they stored so well. Was very proud. Great vid - HNY Epic team and thank you.
Ditto! Everyone raves about the kajaris. But they were like.... fine, I guess. Nothing special. My favorite melon has been the Honey Blonde from Johnny's. That stuff is nature's candy!
So nice to see how much you guys enjoying what you do. Life is way too short, enjoy every minute, the successes & “failures”. In reality the failures are really about learning what not to do, so they aren’t failures. They are lessons learned, that’s always a good thing. Great to see you guys laughing & having fun through it all. 😊👍🏻🤣
Boo to anyone bullying you about your weight. You are BOTH adorable. If you feel your health is negatively affected by weight gain then I applaud your desire to get healthier, but your cuteness is just as awesome as always.
our season is just about to begin, and it looks a bit dire, lots and lots of snails ruining my crops but it seems me and the predatory snails finally won the fight, as i find less and less damage each day. beans, tomatos, squash and pumpkins and potatos are doing good, everything else pretty much got eaten - but hey, you cant win em all.
You 2 make gardening fun 😂 Happy 2024! Be Epic 🍅🥒🌶️
I’m really enjoying your video. You two are so relatable, I do a success and fails each gardening season too. We all have them. I love you can laugh at yourselves, I find myself doing the same in hindsight. I enjoy seeing the fun and laughter between good friends ❤❤
Pickled radishes are a MUST in our household. I pickle them like red onion and use in all the same ways.
Radishes are great if you cut them up and roast them with other root vegetables. Olive oil and herbs, and roast under a whole chicken or bone-in/skin on chicken breasts/thighs. They become really sweet.
If you don't have daikon (which I hardly ever have) for your Banh Mi sandwich substitute sliced radish that you can quick pickle along with your shredded carrots.
Barika Reese is right on: pickled radish all the way. Make bahn mi’s and cover in pickled radish and pickled carrot - the best!
Love these success & fail videos! I laugh my head off but also learn things as well. It helps us realize everyone has fails and successes no matter who you are! Keep up the good work!
Great to see good friends having fun
Happy new year everyone, this is soo cool to see a Recap of all the Videos, I can't Believe I saw all these videos 😅 Loved Them Thank you again
Radishes will withstand weather down to the 20s, so I grow some in the cold to add the young tender (not spiky) leaves to salads
I made the mistake of putting some pretty spiky radish leaves in my salad and I can say it was very hard to swallow.
Loved this video. Thanks for the recap! You guys make me giggle. Thanks for all you do to bring joy and laughter to everyone.
Love how much fun you guys have with these videos
So proud of you guys!
Bake 'em. Radishes, when halved, coated in a thin schmear of olive oil and baked are a classic "low carb" potato substitute. Daikon radish is NOT just an excellent soil-breaking cover crop, it is also excellent chopped up in stews.
Very entertaining video fellas!
Happy New Year 🎉
Enjoyed this year in review guys. Happy New Year! Jacques try espalie fruit trees.
For low carb, roast radishes like potatoes, or put them in soups and stews as substitutes...very good!
Love u guys and I'm also preparing a big planting project of beans
What a great year overall. The purple cabbage was a thing of beauty and I thought that leek was a palm tree lol. Love from 🇨🇦
Daikon radish is GREAT in soups! A super easy Korean soup aka sogogi muguk is beef, daikon and salt to season. The longer you boil it, the better it tastes. It gives a very refreshing flavor. We also make kimchi from it aka kkakdugi. Give it a try next season
French breakfast radish with a little butter and Maldon salt…. *chefs kiss*
I like fermented radish pickles
Love the humor videos!!!!
My son eats radishes with ranch dressing. He just cleans and cuts them (sometimes cuts) and dips them raw in ranch.
I have a table like the one the onions are on. I love it!
I hope this year we get alot more cooking in the garden videos... im already planning what seeds im going to start 1st this year on the calendar... this year im going to focus on variety that will be used my own epic 40'x200' garden and orchard are ready for this new year .. my apple tress need some serious triming in a few weeks
Large Radishes with carrots, onions, mushrooms and celery and NO potatoes with a roast or beef stew take the place of potatoes and they are delish you won't know they from potatoes, if they are too large just cut in half & enjoy your meal. You can also pickle them and beets. Yum!!! I'm in Orange County Ca what are the names of the Onions you grew would love to grow them this year. Thanks and keep the fails and success's coming you are both so much fun!
If you can't laugh at yourself & have fun, then why garden? 🤣🎉 😎
Hilarious! Love the innuendos. Keeping it real.
My success this past year was tomatoes. I had such an abundance! I live in zone 6 and all the years I have been gardening, this was the best one I've ever had for tomatoes.
Maaaaaaaan, I looooove the epic franchise channels. Thank YAH for you. Thank you all for your outstanding work. 💚💛
Have you ever looked into fermented (not pickled) veggies? I hear it’s supposed to be great not just for preservation, but also for your health.
Fermentation is supposed to make veggies even more nutritious.
I got a kit for Christmas to ferment in Mason jars. I’ll let you know how it goes!
My friend cuts up RADISH with cucumbers and puts them in cottage cheese to add a nice texture and crunch for a healthy snack.
Have a Buff Orpington the size of a small Dino! It’s been a lot of fun raising them! They started laying at 24 weeks! I was totally surprised after being told I wouldn’t get any eggs until April.
They're monsters!
Loved this video....ok...I love them all!! Jacque...do you have a cookbook of some recipes of Bulgaria?? You mentioned using tarragon, I've grown it, dried it, stored it.....never used it. Need a Jacque recipe!!!
You two crack me up! Jacques: one method to get that peach tree into your yard is planting it as the anchor of a FRUIT GUILD. I'd love to see a mainstream gardening channel share this innovative way to create a mini ecosystem for fruit bushes and trees.
This method solved watering and soil fertility issues for our 3 fruit trees here in NE Indiana. It works in every growing zone. Godspeed gentlemen.
I have a friend who slices radishes in the bottom of her crockpot, then adds onion, stew meat, seasoning and let’s it cook for several hours before adding the rest of her ingredients. She says it ok, but her hubs LOVES it! He especially loves it once she puts the potatoes in. I have not tried it, but I will when I grow my big purple radishes. I am looking forward to the large purple radishes, because they are supposed to taste a lot better. I’ll keep you posted.
I would love to come see and learning more.❤
Spicy quick pickled radishes with red onions, amazing garnish to avocado toast 🤌
On the topic of the day length, its kind of a necessity. The light intensity way up north cannot compare to California sun. The light intensity is just as important as the length, 8 hours under a grow light is way better than a full day by a shady window in your house.
That thumbnail had me thinking this was a prophylactic sponsorship .... I'll see myself out 🤣🤣
Our biggest success last year was kale. It just kept producing and is still producing. Only three kale plants and we’ve been eating it every day for months. Our biggest fail was eggplants. We produced a good number of them, only for them to all be eaten by rats before we could harvest. We had over thirty I think, but ate only two small ones 😂
I love radish! Make kimchi, super thinly sliced pickled radish, and put it in sinigang and let it cook until soft
Radish (thin slices) on toast with butter. Add some chives or pesto on top for bonus points.
I know y'all work super hard, but the fun and self deprecation is gold!
Parmesan toasted radishes, like you're doing to any veggie, is the best way to eat them.
Toss in olive oil, little bit of salt and pepper, garlic powder or minced garlic, and a healthy amount of Parmesan (because yum cheese) makes them taste like roasted potatoes for none of the carbs that potatoes give you.
Great & hilarious video! ❤
always a joy when the video starts with laughing. :)
I am glad you share your failures as well as the successes. I actually learn more from my failures. Only after failing a few times, I either figure it out, or figure out that it is better if I buy it from the store. I totally agree with finding ways to preserve the harvest by picking, canning or freezing, but with a limited space, it is better to grow more variety and less quantity, and grow what you like to eat. You could grow luffa and eat it when it is young (Chinese okra) or make sponges with it if you let it mature. Crops that give you more than one product are good. It also requires timing. You don't need to have a hundred pounds of onions, but you don't want your lettuce, bok choy, and spinach to be ready in the same week unless you can give away or eat it all in that short space of time. I prefer crops that produce over a longer time and are cut an come again. I love your little orchard. I have lemons, limes, calamondin, kaffir lime, finger lime, and tangerines. My elevation and rainfall is not the best for sweet citrus like oranges, but it is fine for sour citrus
Radish plus Tacos is the only true way to enjoy it. Spicy taco bite followed by a crunchy cool radish.
Like Jacques, one of my bigger successes was tomatoes, and their cousins the humble, but delicious potato! Oh did I mention how flush my peppers were? For whatever reason, they both seem to love my soil and climate here in the Boston area! My pollinator garden was another huge success! I'd call my squash/gourds a successful failure because I was battling powdery mildew for the last few months chasing it up the vines to try to stay ahead of it. I did manage to get crazy large plants that couldn't help but put out a harvest! My complete failures (still got a very meager harvest) were my beans and corn which did not appreciate the excessive rainfall all summer, and the pests were fun as well! My brassicas, particularly broccoli was not thrilled about the random early spring days where it shot up into the mid 80s - lower 90s like it can sometimes do here towards the coast. I'm currently troubleshooting why things didn't grow and where I might move things to this summer!