He Bought Out The Nursery
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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I can't believe how productive your homestead has grown in just a short time. Very impressed.
The cat has deemed Ben worthy of his protection. He was guarding you when you were planting. He sees how you work the land and respect your animals so in his book you are an OK dude. We have a feral community that we got fixed and have taken care of for many years. They are fascinating creatures. They see everything. When we sit on the front porch at night they surround us on the steps and the fence rail, watching in every direction, protecting us. But don't discount the fierceness of a feral or a barn cat, they will take out birds, rats, squirrels in a heartbeat. They earn their keep. I love grandma Mimi, I think she likes the farm. peace y'all
Our 13 year old TNR’d resident feral left us half of a vole this morning in exchange for kibble. My Victory Garden thanks Greystorm!!
@@akindofmagick Seems like a fair trade. :)
@@akindofmagick That boy is worth his weight in gold. Voles are a difficult prey, and an onion disaster when they start reproducing. Nothing like seeing all your vegetable tops laying over wilting on the soil to find out they all have no bottoms. Bulbs, roots, everything gone. Hard to catch an exit hole from those under ground tiny tunnels. Plus they can climb like mice!
My cats are useless. My yard is alive with rodents and they meow for treats. If I threaten one of them I may have a couple of gifts in the morning.
Cats, Chickens and pigs will all eat Snakes too! GOD bless
Blueberries are a plant you can put fresh chicken bedding on in the fall and get amazing Blueberries the following spring!
Congratulations. Your local wildlife and neighbors will be well fed next spring!!
Good to know
Hey! That’s great to know thank you!
We just found out we can use our rabbit waste for the chickens to peck thru.
It’s always something wonderful to learn about!!
@@xbemos rabbit droppings can go right into garden beds, it's great fertilizer. My son kept rabbits and the plants thrived.
@@xbemos I used to run chickens under hanging rabbit pens.The chickens would clean up anything the rabbits dropped, add their own poop, and mix it all up.
Made the best garden fertilizer and I could put it straight out onto the beds. Best garden ever for that two years.
My 9 month old watches you guys with her snack after every afternoon nap. She loves her “snacks and farm family” routine. :)
That's just the sweetest mental picture! She's a lucky little lady
👏👏👏👍👍👍
Ain't nobody got nothing on Grannie! Go Grandma! You dig holes faster than the youngins!!! We used to own a blueberry farm near Art & Bri, over 20 years ago. We had hundreds of blueberrie bushes. Come June it was Heaven picking thousands of them, and sharing with family & friends!
Considering the length of time you have been on the property the orchard is already showing so much promise.
Dormant planting only applies with bare root. Yours are actively growing in containers so should be no problem if they are planted now are watered well for the season.
Don't forget to use your herbaceous and groundcover plants to manage the grass! Things like rhubarb and asparagus, creeping thyme, purslane, turkish rocket work alongside the comfrey and provide loads of benefits to your food forest and to you ;) Getting some walking onions going in there can't hurt either, and can help some with pests.
LOVE purslane in salads, very nutritious...and it grows in my yard!😋
You had me at Rhubarb:)
I’m so sad that comfrey is black listed in my country. It can help fruits trees and berry bushes out so much ,with making nutrients available . Not to forget the salves and tinctures that one can make from it.
Lupins are also black listed. They are great for binding nitrogen, they are also one of my favorite decorative flower, but I see why it’s black listed. They are in every ditch and along every road almost all over the country .
They kill the native plants , that of course are very important to sustain native wildlife.
It’s still sad that I can’t have them in my flower area.
Some men bring their wives flowers--but the man who brings home 70 blueberry plants, well he's definitely a keeper!!
AMEN!!!
Best family time ever...all hands on deck. Grandma and buggie working with you all. Love seeing your family planting together. Best investment ever.
I have been enjoying how the kitty follows you around and always near you whatever you are doing; a precious addition....
Yes, I love the addition of the kitties 🐱 do you have two or was the lighter one just visiting… I think it’s the first time I saw it.
All those berries will be booming next year! And once they're established and producing massive amts if berries, imagine all the canning, freezing, freeze drying, on top of fresh berries to eat everyday during season!!!!!!! I'm so proud of your veggies, fruit trees, and berries you're growing!!! Looking back to your backyard garden in California, you guys now have the ability to supply your whole family year round from you're sweet farm...your own milk cow to keep you in milk, butter, yogurt, cheese, a whole beef soon to go in your freezer, pork in your freezer, chickens in your freezer, eggs year round, and a great variety of vegetables to store year round!!! I'm very proud and excited you've accomplished so much no longer than you've lived there!🥰
I'm doing the same thing in my fruit orchard. 66 blueberry plants!!! I'm a little jealous. 😉. Can't wait to see this grow and fill in and watch what Meg makes with the harvest. 😂
Do the birds eat your blueberry? I planted once, and birds ate them all, the next year the blueberries died.
@@HappyElephant No. They normally eat my strawberries and blackberries. But if birds eat your blueberries, I'm not sure that's connected to them dying. My neighbor has problems with birds but she puts t posts around the blueberry patch, and when they're almost ripe, she'll put bird netting over them to protect them until she's done picking them.
@@PlowAndPantryHomestead Yes... when they are getting ripe well worth investing in a sturdy bird netting. My friend puts posts in to hold it up... works great.
CONGRATULATIONS on such a great blessing for your homestead!!!!
About the orchard and adding some great produce plants. Perhaps consider Rhubarb!!! It pairs great with those fruits and berries for jams and pies!!!
I love straight rhubarb crumble. And blueberries are a great antioxidant.
It's definitely worth a try but I hear rhubarb does not work well in a climate as hot as theirs
Awesome love Blueberries. Depending on where you live, I used to make a deal with our local nursery for perennials usually the smaller ones and ended up with 6 flower gardens. We also had blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and grapes, yes and 10 different fruit trees. Only problem processing not just the veggies, but the fruit as well 😜, nice, but alot of work. May your harvest be plenty. Blessings to you all. 😊🇺🇲
Buggy has so much character, I just laugh with joy everytime I see her.
I am so happy that your kids get to spend time with their great-grandmother - who is obviously one tough lady! 🤩😁👏🏽. The story of Meme helping to plant the blueberries will be told to your great-grandchildren. 😁🥹❤️May the Lord continue to shower blessings on all of you. 🥰
Hi Ben 😊 Awesome job getting all the blueberry bushes. Your orchard is fantastic and I love how you are planning a huge amount of sustainable food sources. The farm is abundant with huge vegetable gardens, huge orchard, chickens, pigs and a cow. Wow!! Way to go Ben and Meg.🥰🥰
Mimi is awesome! She kept up with all of you! Go Mimi!!!!
I can only imagine what wonderful things Meg will make with all those blueberries . Even Mimi helped that is sweet.
I immediately thought: the muffins and scones and johnny cakes she is going to make ... [insert Homer Simpson power-drool audio].
I still want them to run a full board rooming house, because I'd move in permanent for that cooking!
The amount of fruit ll that ~50 surviving blueberry bushes will produce is going to leave plenty of opportunities for creative blueberry endeavors: blueberry wines or something.
@@movinon1242 LOL
The mulch around the trees is great, but keep the mulch away from the base of the tree trunk itself. You can suffocate them if you bury the base. I have experience with this, unfortunately.
Good tip. We forgot this too and then brought it back from the graft area in time. We had semi-dwarf apple trees we mulched.
Good advice!
Yes, keep mulch away from the trunk.
It looks to be ground stumps of tree trunks (solid wood), not woodchips you’re putting down on the fruit trees. If so, woodchips (w/ branches & leaves chipped) work MUCH better & will not pull nitrogen from the tree. Am curious to know how it turns out (wood only). Nice work!
When I purchased blueberry plants about 9 years ago, the owner of the nursery said use fine pine mulch and mix in with the soil. Blueberries like the soil where pine trees grow. We also laid cardboard down to help control the weeds. That section is pine mulched also. If the leaves turn red and it is not during the fall...that means your plants are stressed.
I also planted them in order of bloom. There are varieties from early, mid and late blooming times.
@@lorindahall1560 Great idea!
Good job, Grandma!!!!!!
You need to get some figs also and elderberries.your orchard looks great. Love watching you guys!
Ohhh elderberries is my next obsession. I want to make syrup and all the things for boosting immune systems.
Rainy days outside means we could watch Meg inside whipping up her wonderful recipes. Would love a cook book from y'all.
YES, PLEASE!! You could leave recipes on your description page. When you have enough, do a cookbook.😍
just make sure the blueberry plants get enough sun... each day... full sun at least eight hours a day. Blueberries will tolerate soils with pH from 3.8 to 5.5, but prefer a soil pH closer to 4.5, which will require the addition of elemental sulfur to lower the pH in most areas.... Watch out for squirrels !! they love blueberries and the leaves !!!
So awesome to have 66!! My sister has a u-pick blueberry farm, and recommended to me (also planting blueberries) to pick off blossoms the first year so that it encourages good root growth. She also grows hers on hugel beds so you don’t break your back bending over to pick berries.
Sounds perfect since they like lots of organic matter in their soil. Nice that you don't have to bend down.
Congratulations - you’re doing it! Geoff would be proud. I wish every family in America could live as you are doing. Love your videos. 👩🌾 🥕🥕
I love Mimi and the cat. Grandma rocks. I love how she was like: "Why not?" when Ben asked why she was helping plant. Lol
Go Grandma!
Ben - you're just a straight up cool dude! What ever "it" is, you get it! Keep that sh*t up, it's a treat to watch! Cheers!
My beloved grandmother was our MiMi…. She would’ve been 120 years old this year. We miss her terribly, even now. She was the heart and soul of our family. Your orchard is looking SO good! Your trees are lush and happy. I will probably be copying your (Billy’s) permaculture model for ours. Our orchard is coming along here in SW Missouri, but it is only a year old, so still has a ways to go.. we just moved to our forever farm last year and have been running full speed ahead, getting in pasture divisions, getting some shade and wildlife beneficial trees planted in our open pastures, deciding what will remain a hay field and seeing what it needs for optimal production, planting our orchard, getting a garden going, getting a small beef herd and our chickens…. Hard work, yes,… but so rewarding!
Hmm. Mom is a great cook. Those boys will be motivated. And if they do well, probably will have some to sell, which some boys might appreciate for a little cash.
My mom sent me out to pick blueberries in our backyard, great mental health aid. Came back relaxed and happier.
Ben I have 8 blueberry bushes n I have more than I can eat, so can u imagine how much u will have. Plan on selling a ton of blueberries, they do take a lot of nitrogen, mine are big as quarters, I have four mounds of strawberries too, seems like every year I end up with a new mound, lol💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Freeze em up
Marga - this may be an obvious question, but do homegrown blueberries taste better than those bought at the grocery store? I love fruit, but the blueberries are get are just meh.
@@lmauser8490 I use to pick them from fields before they were sold to stores. To answer question, YES! They are heavenly from home.
You pick farm income!!!
@@margiemistretta8885 I do n make juice jam cobblers pies, desserts, etc
Okay y’all. I know how frugal you guys are and I absolutely LOVE that about y’all,…. But I am soooooooooo excited about this splurge!!!
If this is a mid life crisis, I can’t wait for mine!!!
So exciting to have that much food growing. Good job Ben on going after your vision .
If you're stumped for making content you can give Buggy the camera and see what your life looks like at 3ft high.
The Cats are making themselves known, so a proper introduction to both of them would be great .
Every homestead wannabe family, should watch your channel and follow your story you guys are setting a standard..
Wow you guys are manifesting wealth right before our eyes.. another great addition...Ben's reaction told just how excited he was to get such a good find.
Canopy, understory, shrub, herbaceous, groundcover, root zone, vine :)
When I had Littles and it rained, I would say, "batten down the hatches boys and girls!"
The kids loved it. They knew it meant a fun day of family games and hanging out.
That would be awesome to see ya'll doing a family indoor game day!
The family IS the real thing that you are raising! It is what everything else is for.
It never hurts to ask! It might cost a little more than you want, but it is well worth it in the long run. I have blackberry, blueberry and strawberry. This year I added elderberry and a grape. I have one grape, planted two more. but sadly only one is growing. You are correct, there is never enough wood chips, or compost. God bless your family and keep growing.
That was fun to watch. I have a much better visual impression of your young food orchard now and it’s exciting to see it taking shape. Big leap forward with your bulk deal purchase and family coming together to get it planted. As always, I appreciate y’all bringing us along on your homesteading adventures. Enjoy your bountiful life! 🌞🌱🌻🍄
Hey guys,
We’re down around the piedmont and the advise I would give you is to check and adjust the PH in the soil for blueberries.
This Carolina clay tends to run a little higher than they like.
Good luck.
Coffee grounds. At least in my clay soil in California. They like acidic soil I think. At least mine seem too.
@@eaccristo not a bad idea but I’m not sure they would ever be able to drink enough coffee for the grounds they would need to make a difference. Plus I don’t think they are near a Starbucks to get their leftovers.
Coffee grounds do not acidify. You must amend with sulfur yearly if your soil isn’t right.
I add phosphorus also but I see wonderful results from coffee grounds. So since you are telling me otherwise I will say ok. But I will continue to RECYCLE my grounds.
You guys are so blessed to have those 4 strong boys that help with so many projects. And little buggy is growing up so fast. She’s such a doll! I just love seeing all that your family can accomplish when you work as a team. You are unstoppable! Awesome work everyone.
I love the cats and I love to see where you are going with your gardens - its just looking so cool. Looking from the outside I probably see more sometimes than you do from the inside... its all looking so good and well established. I love when you take walks around your grounds and talk about your ambitions... Meg is always smiling... and Ben always has some new project that he wants to get into. Look after yourselves and your family... God bless you all.
I knew a woman several years ago that started blueberry bushes. She continually care for them until they were tree size..6ft. She trimmed underneath them so when picking time came you could walk under and pick as well as from the top. Crazy, huge sweet blueberries. I'll never forget her giant orchard!
@Charlie Strickland, where was she growing the blueberry "trees"? Curious about the climate. Thanks.
@@thisorthat7626 In North Fla, I don't know how she tended her soil but I've never seen anything like them since
@@charliestrickland6194 Thanks for the reply. Warm weather and lots of rain then. Sandy soil seems to be good for blueberries. I will research more. Your comment really helped because now I know what is possible! Cheers.
@@thisorthat7626 You are so welcome! Let us know how it turns out for you!
Baby bees love blueberry plants!!! My mother-in-law would keep a netting over them so they couldn't get in. She would take the netting off one blueberry plant at a time when she picked the some that was ready. Then covered back up and take off the next one and so forth with the other eight trees.
Great to see Megs MeMe. She's a hard worker. Your Homestead is looking Great. Can't wait to see all the things Meg makes with all the Fruit from your Orchard. She is amazing at food preparation. You all are very hard working Homesteaders. Love to watch your Vlog. God Bless and Peace from WV
YAY BLUEBERRIES!!! 🫐
I LOVE how Buggy said "Lady" that was so cute 🥰😍
I live in Florida and planted my Turmeric rhizome's out in Mid February that I got from Honey Tree Farms, it is just now within the past 2 weeks that I am seeing shoots emerging from the ground, so be patient, I guess it takes a while for them to come up!
My turmeric also doesn't come up until the heat really gets going in the evenings. So further south from them, in SC, mine are just now throwing up their tips. If we had them in ground and mulched, would probably be even longer. The ginger is about a week behind the turmeric each year.
Heads up… 1 raspberry plant
2nd year= 4x4 foot space
3rd year= 8x8 ft space
4th year= you get the idea… ur gonna wanna move that….
Love watching you guys❤️ yout home and farm is a dream❤️
Either let them roam or dig a 3 foot ditch around them and pour concrete in it, or they will be coming up everywhere!
We planted our raspberries along a pig pen so the pigs could take care of the canes growing into their area. We built a frame of wires around them to try to contain the canes and make them grow up. We cut down the old canes and thin them each year. We still get a ton of raspberries.
The orchard is going to be an amazing food source 👍
Ben, My Blueberry production has increased greatly by this one free trick. Bberries need acidic soil. Its a old wives tale that pine needles or coffee grounds will help. Minimal acidity in brown pine needles. Coffee grounds leach the acid into the COFFEE ITSELF. They are good for a nitrogen source, but make sure they dont create a hard crust around the plants. We spend every winter saving left over cold coffee and water it down to half strength. We water them several times over winter and have great production from 5 plants.
I'll have to start doing that too. So you actually give your blueberry plants coffee? That sounds hilarious but it sounds like it works.
Wonderfull! I would think about growing rhubarb in the under story, when harvesting (it's one of the first crops in spring) the leaves, which are huge, can also be left/used as mulch. Needs to be planted in super rich compost. They love the spring rains.
It's SUCH a blessing watching Ben get his "Love of the garden" on!! To see a man who will work so hard for his family and future, its just soooo flipping amazing!! Meg, I bet Mimi thought your bread was amazing(I know you made some!!) 😁😊😁😊
Love it when you have a plan. It is one more great idea. I'd love to be back there. Great seeing all the family working together. Nice to see Grandma with you for a while, 4 generations of the family at one time, not often you get to enjoy that,
You have bloomed into your gardening self this year. Wow, you will be swimming in blueberries next year. It will be awesome. 💞
My favorite Family Homestead channel to watch. Much ❤️ from Texas City, Texas
Grandma helping in the garden, would be me! Love this so much!
I think as long as the blueberries are in pots, they will plant just fine. But, I have heard that they do not like calcium, but want acidic earth.. so that is something to be aware of if they are planted among plants that wants calcium... but I`m sure you have got it covered. Hope you get wonderful harvests in years to come!
Your farm is really expanding and looking great , I’m so happy for you all. 🤗
Ben and Meg... I know the work is difficult and yet rewarding. From the viewer point of view, your ability to choreograph the music and time lapse family accomplishment is very entertaining. It keeps me coming back for more. Thank you for sharing your life and your wisdom. In times like these, it pumps with much motivational encouragement. Blessings Hollar family.
Love those ginger cats! I have had several over the years. Have 2 at the moment mother and son: 15 and 14 yrs old. Gingers have nice personalities. Mine our inside cats.
You are going to have plenty of blueberries next year, to eat and preserve. Well done.
I have watched your channel from the beginning and enjoy the content very much . I have seen a rough cut gem that thru hard work has been polished and polished to where there is more and more shine . God Bless and keep up the hard work . It has been a joy to see your improvement on the farm and the future looks bright .
I love the idea of your orchard! I’ve begun to work on something similar. Make sure you protect your blueberry bushes from rabbits! They love eating them to a nub. They get through my garden fencing. I’m thinking hardware cloth next.
Ooooh, now we all know where to come for blueberries! Ha! Your orchard is looking fantastic. Good thing you had all of those helping hands. It would have taken Ben alone more than a week to plant them all :)
Thoroughly enjoy watching you guys complete all your projects, I’ve been dairy goat farming/homesteading for over 15 years now and watching you guys gives me an extra push to still do news things. Thank you for sharing your journey with us!
I love watching Meg manage her kitchen, meals, preserving and cooking from scratch! As a mom of almost 4 on a homestead, it can feel overwhelming some days and it is always encouraging watching you! The joy you emanate in tending to your home is contagious! 🧡
Love watching your videos.
Out of all the homesteaders I follow, you guys are the most capable, productive, and joyful. Your enthusiasm and growing knowledge of permaculture are such an excellent education for your viewers even if some of us are not in the position to do it ourselves. Your daily food and meal preparation and eating together as a family is a model for today's families. Thanks for taking us along in your remarkable evolution.
The orchard is looking beautiful. I remember you planting your first trees from Stark Bros. Who doesn't love strawberries and blueberries!
Three things. Remember to keep your alleys such that you can run animals through. Where are your nuts(?) usual pattern in two fruit to one nut as canopy.
Take that pesto and mix with two parts ricotta and make ravioli, tortellini, filled shells.
And that is last layer is vines and mushrooms.
Check out parkrose permaculture in Portland. Roughly the same climate but with colder springs. Just as wet and similar hardiness zone.
I am so proud of your boys, they work so hard helping their dad outside. I’m sure there are days that not what they want to do but they jump in . Not many kids today know what a shovel and digging holes are, they want to be on the computer or some game machine growing to be nothing. God bless your family ❤️❤️❤️
So exciting I love the fruit you guys will have growing as delicious sweet treats that Meg will create. and I ❤️❤️ your farm cats. I have one and she is the best !! So spunky and full of help catching things💕
you might need this book in the future "The Joy of Blueberries Nature's Little Blue Powerhouse"by Theresa Millang it has over 200 blueberry recipes in it.
Awesome purchase, I have 12 plants in my backyard, I wish I had your 5 extra “pickers”. You, and the family, will stay busy next May to July. Don’t spread the blueberries too far apart, you may need bird netting, depends on a few factors.
Hats off to Granny she was just going and going. I love the way Meg was so excited and when you mentioned the strawberries well that cliched the deal. Your property is really coming on now. I love all your helpers and the camera lady. Have a great day Holler Homestead.
How awesome, dried fruit, canned fruit, fresh fruit. So many things you can do with fruit. So exciting!!
You all please take care and be safe
So excited about those blueberries! A farm near us allows pick your own berries... and it's the highlight of our summer. Really envying your neighbors. 😉 🫐🌿🫐
Hey... be easy on yourselves. You are such hard workers and you've come SO far. 👨🌾👩🌾🐄 🐓🦆🐖🐈🌽🍅🫑🌶🥕🧄 🍞🧈 🔩⚙️🔨 🧼🧼🌸🌹🌸
🎥 📽 🎬 📹 💻 😄
Grandma is a worker! 🤗 Buggy is such a cutie "lady"😍 God bless you guys! Enjoy grandma! 🤗💗🤗
Ben/Meg, you may want to plan the last 13 blueberry plants in full sun somewhere. Blueberries grow best in full sun, and under your canopy, they will get mostly shade - when those trees are grown. So you may want to plan for the future when those trees are super huge and have a blueberry patch in the full sun.
Love all the blueberry bushes. Your orchard is looking great. The boys always willing to help makes the work go quickly. Bug is so happy all the time, smiling & chattering away. She’s a doll. Love your videos.
You might consider a bee hive to pollinate all your fruit trees. Maybe one of the boys might get interested in it. Pay a visit to a local aviary and see what is involved.
If Mimi is up for it. Would love it if you interviewed her about her own experiences growing up gardening, etc. As well as what she thinks about what yall have accomplished since your move.
That sounds really fun. I'd love to see that.
Great blessing to get all those blueberries. Can’t wait to see your orchard permaculture forest grow out. We were gifted two blueberry plants early spring and I had one so on my way. Not the space you have but I will have a little permaculture area soon. Already have 2 apricot, a peach I am grafting this Fall, 2 black locust, strawberries and several herbs I am dividing. Progress is good.
Having watched your orchard from the very beginning, I can’t believe how much y’all have accomplished😍!! I’m so very happy how your homestead has grown!! I love blueberries and getting your 66 plants will bring in such a bounty before you know it! Love your family…may you always be blessed!
I am rolling over outside of my grave. My thrill and excitement for trees and shrubs knows no bounds.
Hip hip hooray
There is joy in every day.
FYI -When transporting plants in an open truck, please put a tarp over them, especially if you travel on the highway. The wind created can dry out the leaves and denude the tree after it is planted.
I would love a video on what the expenses are for your homestead. For example, what are your utility bills and even your grocery bills with what you are able to grow on your own? Plus, more with Meg! I love it when she cooks and provides for everyone. We love you Ben, but I think some of us want to see Meg in action behind the scenes!!!!! lol We all know the kitchen is mission control in a home full of men! :)
I love blueberries!!!!!! Can't wait to see the orchard do it's thing!!!!
Purchasing and planting the blueberry bushes was a really smart investment! Take care of them and you will be able to benefit your family for many years to come.
Its wonderful that you got ALL those blueberry plants! I bet you’ll have luck with most all of them! Save some rainwater now in any containers you have so you can have the boys water them in the next couple of weeks when we need rain. (I LOVE you guys and I LOVE cats and kittens)!
It’s wonderful that Meg’s Grandma is there visiting! Hope you get lots of photos and videos of her and the children, especially baby girl!
It's so nice to watch the entire family chip in to get your blueberries planted. Maybe you can talk grandma to move to your property and you guys can build a small house for her. Stay safe out there.
Hey Ben, that was awesome, I would have tried to make a similar deal! Speaking of food forests, have you seen James Prigioni. He has an awesome backyard, just goes to show what you can grow even in a normal size yard.
I can see you now-blueberries on cereal, blueberry muffins, blueberry cobbler, blueberry pies, blueberry jelly, blueberry smoothies-the list goes on!!! We have about 12 bushes and the harvest is great!!!
Blessings to you!!
In a few years that orchard berry patch is going to be a little slice of heaven on earth.
I love blueberries! I don't blame you one bit! I have our first 13 planted in our front yard permaculture food forest!
Fantastic, you won't be sorry.
Can y'all grow pigeon peas where you are? They're super productive and a great chop and drop and nitrogen fixing plant.
Ben, it is so sweet how much that cat loves you.
Love those cats!!! Orange cats are special…I was one cat away from being the “Cat Lady” Well, done Grandma. You did good.. Orchard will look amazing. Good shopping skills Ben. Doesn’t hurt to ask.
Meg. Silly question but can you incorporate blueberries into your soaps etc. I know you’ll bake them also but I got to thinking. Blueberry pancakes..etc. can you dry them and make teas? Soaps? Creams?
Orange tabbies are my absolute fav. 😁
Its takes a bit of time for no till but the benefits are amazing. In a few years you'll be amazed at the difference. I can now use my hands to move soil around to plant.I love to show people who have an interest!! Happy Gardening!