Literally just retired, last night was my last shift. Apparently I talk a lot…as one of my gifts I ended up getting several packets of seeds, a watering can and a roots and refuge book. Love it! Now it’s time to start putting my research of things together. TY for all you do.
Congratulations on your retirement!! Here’s a challenge for you...you have 24 hours to research and then you have to get those seeds in the ground. Plant them, plant anything, plant something, just plant. You will be amazed at the results!
My dad was a fisherman. After we cleaned the fish my mother always put the heads/guts in the garden. Best fertilizer! Beats anything out of a plastic container!
I was thinking the same thing…obviously - that’s where modern day “fish fertilizer” came from! My family & I are from Newfoundland, we too use the fish innards and the occasional whole fish in the garden! We also use seaweed as a fertilizer and deterrent for slugs…both work AMAZINGLY!!! Hope you are having a great weekend!🇨🇦😎🇨🇦
@@promisedjubileedaniels I have been fortunate and not have that problem, but I know my poor Mom had a problem with Neighbour hood cats using her gardens as a “litter bix” - YIKES!🫣 My Dad put chicken wire over the gardens and the plants grew through them great & they never had a problem after that! But, I hear you - it sucks big time when you have worked so hard and invested money and time into your garden! Wishing you a great week ahead!🇨🇦😎🇨🇦
@@shelleyhender8537 Unfortunately the neighborhood cats and squirrels were a major problem this year... commenter suggestions were to use plastic forks stuck in the ground tines up... worked great for cats... for the squirrels... I cut dead canes from the spent wild black raspberries plants and laid between the forks... now no squirrels as well! PTL! 🥰👍
We got a really good tip years ago from a good friend. With respect to peaches, nectarines, and pears specifically, when you have ones that need to ripen up evenly, you lay out a large towel, preferably wool, then line up the fruit that needs to be riper without touching each other, then cover them with another towel or blanket, and leave them for 24 - 48 hours. They will gas each other, and they will All ripen beautifully at the same time, evenly. We’ve done this for many years, and have had really good luck with this process (my wife is 70). We love what you are doing for your farm, and love you and your family. As 13 year Army veterans, we thank you and your husband for your service, as well!
I’ve done this as well. I have a tattered vintage Woolrich “Indian” blanket reserved just for such purposes. It’s too frayed to be a collectible, so I don’t worry about damage. I’ve often wondered if another material would work, but if it ain’t broke . . .
My 93 year old grandfather always planted the leftover carcasses from cleaning fish under his tomato plants. His tomatoes are the best I’ve ever had. He learned that from his parents.
Your tomato weighs what our Miracle micro preemie granddaughter weighed at 23 weeks 6days gestation. Yep, Claire weighed 1 lb 5 oz. Seeing that tomato size and weight brought up a lot of emotional memories! Claire is now 6 years old, has Cerebral Palsy, and is the sweetest soul you’ll ever meet. She is a blessing to our family! Love your channel and have learned a lot from you Jess! Thank you so much!
Definitely dehydrate those peppers, Jess - it will save that freezer space for stuff that needs it! Just food processor it and get it small, it will dry fairly fast.
Jess branch out on the mushrooms cause many are full of medicines like Reishi (dissolves tumors, lowers blood pressure, balance cholesterol levels), Maitake (stabilizes blood sugar), Lions Mane (heals gut issues, regenerates nerve damage ). Just to name a few, and one of my favorite medicine mushrooms is Shitake, as it is delightful for broths/soup stock, salads, etc and boosting the immune system - hugs and blessings - Nana Kelli in Florida
Would love to learn about this myself esp the dissolving tumors Mother Medicine Music are they specific tumors it targets. Asking for my dad whom has gleoblastone we had surgery but only get 60 percent of the tumor. If we could dissolve it some how without all those harsh chemo. Or to work with. Man wouldnt that be something????
@@augustagootee6254 look into Essiac tea. My mother in law beat stage 4 glioblastoma, but her immunes system was so weak from chemo & radiation, that a lung infection killed her. Hoping better healing happens for your loved one! 🙏🏼
How a but put a jar regular vinegar with cling wrap over it. Poaking small wholes in the cling wrap. With the peaches, can them either in water or syrup. They are good for banana split or sundaes. Or cut them up small to be used with ice cream, or put in milkshakes, or Smoothies. Delicious.
Jess, you can saute up the peppers up with onions and small amount of red sauce, and cann up pint jars to add to a pan full of Italian sausage. Or just some pasta sauce.
I would make some batches of pepper vinegar with the leftover peppers. I LOVE it on greens. And you can do the mushrooms in cheap laundry baskets too! More holes for the mushrooms to sprout.
I needed that blessing today. I mentioned to my prayer partner the other day that my tomatoes were not growing. Yesterday and today we have had drenching rain, no wind, and not hard rain, but the soft kind gardeners need. Today, I have multiple new shoots on my tomatoes, and new growth on my basil. I have about 90 days from when I planted them to the end of September, so I'm hopeful that they will produce and I can get them preserved for this winter's food supply. First frost is typically late October, so I should have 3-4 weeks of tomato production before that occurs.
Mango Chili pepper(of choice) salsa, for those of you getting Mangos. The townhome I owned in Fl, was built on an old Mango grove, and they left a lot of trees, so every season, those of us who lived on property, would get the fresh Mangos, Was a great delicious treat!
Bell peppers. I just cut into qtrs, removing seeds and membrane. Then put in freezer bags. I cut them up later when I pull them from freezer. Cubes in soups. Strips in fajitas. Leaving peppers bigger makes freezing faster, and leaves options for later.
I have grown a lot of tomato plants from suckers and cuttings and, for me, I have found it's not necessary to start them in water. I literally stick them deep in the ground, or in a pot, either one, and keep them watered and within a week they are growing. Just saves time and steps and I have over 90% success. Heck, I have one tomato plant growing right now from where I had just dumped a few suckers on a pile. I didn't plant or water it and it still rooted, lol. 😀
A local guy in Virginia is using a shipping container to grow Mushrooms. He added a mini split and a solar array. It’s self sustaining power wise. He installed foam insulation with plywood on inside of container. Keeps warm in winter & cool in summer. Also the added bonus of no light!!! He grows and only sells fresh and dried mushrooms at farmers market.
It's times like these that I wish I had a second kitchen that is dedicated to processing food. I don't like to disrupt the family living spaces for this purpose. My garden is producing like crazy right now. It seems like everything is getting ripe at the same time. I'm doing cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes. Crazy! On top of all that, I have wild turkeys that are checking out my garden. They like the berry bushes and that's okay because we have enough to share.
We get peaches in the summer and just pit them and then immersion blend them into puree which we freeze in portioned bags and use for "syrup" on waffles or pancakes during the year. I use ascorbic acid in them to keep them a beautiful orange and it also helps with vitamin C for health. Sometimes i use it in glazes for meat. Best freezing technique we have ever done.
At least you got tomatoes. Here in Florida I planted way too late and heat is preventing proper flowering. But we did get two little sungolds. I mean literally two small cherry toms. Yea 😂😂
Great job on the mushrooms! A tip I've learned, to deal with the handles on the buckets damaging my shrooms: Velcro dots or pieces to make straps (the kind with the peel-and-stick adhesive backing) , whichever works best for your particular situation, will keep the handles in place while at rest. I've damaged a lot of shrooms with the handles banging on the side of the bucket, or having to cut them from where they grew around the handle. I NEED those handles to move my buckets, so removing them wasn't an option for me. I get rolls of the Velcro tape and cut what I need as I need it. I grow extra shrooms to dehydrate, and even can some sauted with garlic and onions. I make a shelf-stable mushroom gravy mix. I also add them to my canned pasta sauces and make a mushroom-based canned "catsup". I've never managed to have so many extras that they went to waste. My largest weekly harvest was 106 pounds. Sounds like a lot, but they cook down or dehydrate to very little. I never actually sold any in great quantity, just gave some to friends and family.
One of my favorite canning sessions, I canned pints of spiced peaches. Sweet and tasty, sliced up. We used it on ice cream or custard, morning cereal. And gave some away. I made it with a best friend and we did it for several years. Thanks for reminding me! :-)-
Oh when it comes to fruit flies…put a yellow nat trap all around your fruit boxes…in one day you’ll collect tons of them. I put the cover off one side and then when it fills I flip it over…..I’ve set them on the window sill and trapped so many small flies that are hovering around getting in away from the rain. In the spring it was those beetles that look like lady bugs but are not and stink bugs…caught them by just putting the sticky trap on the window sill. Had a problem with the potting soil I bought hatched tons of those gnats in my seed trays so I put those trap all around and kept changing when full and finally took care of the problem.
Thank you for your constant encouragement and education. I live in an apartment in MN and I finally pull the trigger and I have a super cute container garden. I’m so blessed to be learning from you and these plants 🥰
I was so excited to see the mushrooms. I can't wait to see how you handle them. The 3 sided tomato cage is a winner. I think it's beautiful and practical.
GNAT EATERS!! We bought a Carnivorous Purple Pitcher plant, to help with the gnat issues in our “green” grow room, last spring. Within a few weeks we had no more gnats, except one or two occasionally (I believe after new eggs would hatch) and then they were all gone again. Very cool looking plants too. Prayers for your speedy recovery ❤️🩹 When your a mom, YOU need a vacation after your family vacation 🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
My tomato plants in Colorado have been getting beat down by this ruthless heat. I bought a 40% garden shade that I put over them from about 1-5pm then take it off so they have the cooler fresh air overnight and can breath, they are doing much better
Hi yes I usually cloth over my plants they make them grow better special than the winter plants they’re growing very good your temperature is hotter than I have this is the year we need to protect our plants no matter if it sounds funny
I only have a handful of tomato plants that have survived. I was lamenting over how I tried so hard for tomatoes this year and got nothing. As soon as you said, “the time is now” to water tomato suckers that were pruned, I paused the video and went to cut a bunch. I have a jar with water and about 8 prunings, and some hope, thanks to you!
My tomatoes never had tomatoes and drought pretty much finished them off! Sooooo I hit the farmers market ! 🥰I making my Grandmother’s Ripe Tomato Relish, the best thing ever with pinto beans! Salsa, and Her Green tomato Chow Chow! No peaches to be had anywhere near Taylor county Texas!
I imagine you are already familiar with Korean natural farming KNF or maybe JADAM techniques. The ability to build and remedy soil is a blessing from God!
Actually $40/bu local peaches is a great deal, Jess! We have phenomenal peaches here in CNY but to pay only $10 a peck would be a steal! I loooove juicy locally grown peaches and buy them by the bushel to process in a bunch of different ways as well as baking fresh cobblers & such. I'll also chop them up in a VERY light syrup and mix into a tub of yogurt to freeze. So refreshing in July heat!
I know how you feel, sweetheart. I, too, got a late start - My son and I got CV 19. Then, we've got record heat in the 100's and drought in the North Florida panhandle. Then, about two weeks ago, we've been getting almost daily rain. The rain is a blessing, but the between the heat, drought, the tomatoes had really bad BER, and now, because of the rain and not being able to spray for pests, the bugs and weeds are taking over. I am getting some usable tomatoes, but I'd say only about 10 or 15% of what I planted - Most are either all stung up or rotting from the bottom up. Maybe next year! Like you, I'm not at all adverse to buying produce from local growers, and I'll have to do more of that to make my yearly canning goal. We just have to be thankful and grateful for what God is blessing us with!
Preserves is the way I Go! I make strawberry peach use a large pot peel, & cut half peaches half strawberry, 2 cups sugar, two low sugar pectin, boil heavy and can. Sooooo yummy and less sugar all fruit. You can feel better about your kids, or friends eating the whole jar!! WITH A SPOON!!
The Wild Yam commented that Yarrow can also help to remediate soil. I haven’t researched it. I have also gotten potting mix that I think had herbicide in it. My flowers were stunted the entire summer. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge.
That yellow purple combination pepper looks like bakers creek blot pepper. There is a old time homesteading woman who built a log cabin, has a small seed selling business and a great canning cookbook she wrote with lots of personal stories in it. Thats where I always get my jam recipes. Her name is Jackie Clay. Thank you for making us the video. Hope you feel better soon.
Thank you for the tomato sucker advice. I have about three cherry tomato suckers in a jar in the window of my kitchen with good roots on them. I was going to replace a couple of tomato plants that have pooped out. Didn't think about "up potting" them into a container with soil to help them transition. The weather is so hot here, 90's this week (zone 6a, Cumberland Plateau, TN) Maybe after this week I can plant them.
Oh neat, I've never grown mushrooms on purpose. I'm going to get in gear and try. For surplus mushrooms y'all can dehydrate or freeze dry. And, I guess mushroom tea/coffee is a thing. PS. I am impressed by the 3 sided cattle panel trellis. Ease of harvesting and pruning. Quite pretty too!
Funny how Vacations make people more tired than the regular work week. Your right your normal routine gets screwed up. When you get back home you just want to sleep for a couple days. 🌞🌴🌊😎
I love watching your channel. I feel like I’m sinking under the weight of gardening this year- everything has been such a struggle- ~deer - inspite of fencing, scare crows, bags, spinners, and repellent have eaten peas and beans and sweet potatoes back to nubs three times. ~Beetles are decimating my beans and making them Lacey skeletons. Tried all the naturals (been, peppermint, soaps, picking them off early morning and evening. I’ve never had them before this year. ~heat- even if the beetles weren’t destroying beans, they aren’t bearing. Blossoms just drop off without beans.
I'm part of a fb group for your farm, my friend introduced me... I'm FINALLY watching your vids. I see why everyone loves you 😍 what a sweetie! Thank you.
Love that tomato cage idea. Such a lush plant but still access and air flow. Glad you are feeling better. Mushroom market and market for mushroom compost seems to be taking off. I would say you could make it very successful, especially if you sold dehydrated/freeze dried for food and spawn kits.
I LOVE the tomato cage, you allow the tomato to still get good air flow while allowing it to grow to its full potential, great idea for small space gardens where you can't plant many different plants but u have that one strong plant that can get huge!! 😀 yall just keep being creative it's soo inspiring. love you guys and glad you feeling better Jess! I BLESS YOU 🙌🏾 this time 😁
Isn’t it wonderful how the worst circumstances create the most incredible opportunities for NEW ideas or solutions! I too think the Tomato Cage is BRILLIANT! Have a beautiful Sunday! Good Bless You!🇨🇦😎🇨🇦
That's an official term "nubblies" ☺️ 😉 I am so encouraged by you, I love your positive attitude and your openess with your walk with God! Thank you for being you! 😊
Such the perfect tomato cage! I mean for the ones that are getting only light pruning, none at all, or just flat out got away from you. Looks like it could be installed at any point, vs snapping half the plant apart trying to corral it late from over the top. LOVE the center air flow. Speaking of snapping tomato plants, I've always just made a finger hole, and stuck the tomato suckers to root directly where I want them. Or some other temporary soil spot. 100% root, unless life happens in a bad way to the human meant to water them! Even some of those survive to thrive, if God is inclined to do some watering.
For the flies in the house… this year we bought an indoor bug zapper and we have zero flies in our house for the first time in a long time. The will get in during the day but at night when everything is dark they go to the bug zapper light and it’s been so nice!
My tomatoes aren't doing well in Michigan, either. The dirt I bought was garbage, and it's too late to do anything. None of my plants look anything like they did last year. It's really disappointing. I'm glad you are feeling better, Jess.
Those peppers are California wonder. I have about 20 of them going in my garden. Glad your feeling better! Lots of Vit C!!!! Love the canning. Going to be doing a bunch of that this year and I'm very excited
Happy to see you up and around. You still sound a little sick. Don't over do it. Give your body a chance to recover. I love mushrooms. I'm very interested in your process. Thanks for allowing us into your classroom.
No one needs a vacation more than the Mom who just took a family vacation!
Great point.🌻
Amen to that!
Lol isn’t that the truth
Ain’t that the truth🤣
Haha, so true!
Literally just retired, last night was my last shift. Apparently I talk a lot…as one of my gifts I ended up getting several packets of seeds, a watering can and a roots and refuge book. Love it! Now it’s time to start putting my research of things together. TY for all you do.
Congratulations on your retirement, AND such a wonderful gift!!!
Congratulations!!! I cannot wait to have more time to pour into my gardening and harvest production.
CONGRATULATIONS! You Grow Girl!😊🌻🐛
Hey! Enjoy your retirement and gardening!
Congratulations on your retirement!! Here’s a challenge for you...you have 24 hours to research and then you have to get those seeds in the ground. Plant them, plant anything, plant something, just plant. You will be amazed at the results!
My dad was a fisherman. After we cleaned the fish my mother always put the heads/guts in the garden. Best fertilizer! Beats anything out of a plastic container!
I was thinking the same thing…obviously - that’s where modern day “fish fertilizer” came from!
My family & I are from Newfoundland, we too use the fish innards and the occasional whole fish in the garden! We also use seaweed as a fertilizer and deterrent for slugs…both work AMAZINGLY!!!
Hope you are having a great weekend!🇨🇦😎🇨🇦
Unless you have dogs/cats, then it can become bait for them to dig up your garden 😆
@@promisedjubileedaniels I have been fortunate and not have that problem, but I know my poor Mom had a problem with Neighbour hood cats using her gardens as a “litter bix” - YIKES!🫣
My Dad put chicken wire over the gardens and the plants grew through them great & they never had a problem after that! But, I hear you - it sucks big time when you have worked so hard and invested money and time into your garden!
Wishing you a great week ahead!🇨🇦😎🇨🇦
@@promisedjubileedaniels or your neighbor has cats 😊
@@shelleyhender8537 Unfortunately the neighborhood cats and squirrels were a major problem this year... commenter suggestions were to use plastic forks stuck in the ground tines up... worked great for cats... for the squirrels... I cut dead canes from the spent wild black raspberries plants and laid between the forks... now no squirrels as well! PTL! 🥰👍
We got a really good tip years ago from a good friend. With respect to peaches, nectarines, and pears specifically, when you have ones that need to ripen up evenly, you lay out a large towel, preferably wool, then line up the fruit that needs to be riper without touching each other, then cover them with another towel or blanket, and leave them for 24 - 48 hours. They will gas each other, and they will All ripen beautifully at the same time, evenly. We’ve done this for many years, and have had really good luck with this process (my wife is 70). We love what you are doing for your farm, and love you and your family. As 13 year Army veterans, we thank you and your husband for your service, as well!
I’ve done this as well. I have a tattered vintage Woolrich “Indian” blanket reserved just for such purposes. It’s too frayed to be a collectible, so I don’t worry about damage. I’ve often wondered if another material would work, but if it ain’t broke . . .
Same for tomatoes.. We ripen them in shoeboxes. Touching each other is ok.
We put ours in a brown bag. seems to work
Watch those baby kittys around the vehicles they get so trusting they don't realize vehicles are bad.❤🐾❤🐾
That painting brought tears to my eyes. What a special gift! ❤️
You my friend are one smart cookie! Taking off suckers to grow new plants in the midst of all that chaos.
My 93 year old grandfather always planted the leftover carcasses from cleaning fish under his tomato plants. His tomatoes are the best I’ve ever had. He learned that from his parents.
Hmmm the biologist in me want to know the science behind it guess like decaying fish emulsion slow release fertlizer
Dehydrate or freeze dry mushrooms to add to your sausage or anytime your cooking. They would make a beautiful display on your pantry shelf.
I made cowboy candy with a mix of bell, banana and jalapenos. Beautiful jewel tones and a bit less hot. Great way to use up the last few peppers.
Your tomato weighs what our Miracle micro preemie granddaughter weighed at 23 weeks 6days gestation. Yep, Claire weighed 1 lb 5 oz. Seeing that tomato size and weight brought up a lot of emotional memories! Claire is now 6 years old, has Cerebral Palsy, and is the sweetest soul you’ll ever meet. She is a blessing to our family! Love your channel and have learned a lot from you Jess! Thank you so much!
A little girl I babysit was born at 1lb 8oz at 24 weeks and with Down Syndrome. It’s pretty wonderful to see what a little fighter can grow into😊
Definitely dehydrate those peppers, Jess - it will save that freezer space for stuff that needs it! Just food processor it and get it small, it will dry fairly fast.
French shallots, sauteed with your oyster mushrooms, white wine and cream....on chicken!!
Jess branch out on the mushrooms cause many are full of medicines like Reishi (dissolves tumors, lowers blood pressure, balance cholesterol levels), Maitake (stabilizes blood sugar), Lions Mane (heals gut issues, regenerates nerve damage ). Just to name a few, and one of my favorite medicine mushrooms is Shitake, as it is delightful for broths/soup stock, salads, etc and boosting the immune system - hugs and blessings - Nana Kelli in Florida
And turkey tail boosts the immune system and is a must have for people under going chemotherapy.
Would love to learn about this myself esp the dissolving tumors Mother Medicine Music are they specific tumors it targets. Asking for my dad whom has gleoblastone we had surgery but only get 60 percent of the tumor. If we could dissolve it some how without all those harsh chemo. Or to work with. Man wouldnt that be something????
Yes! Check out Paul Stamets, if you haven't already, Jess! 💗🍄
@@augustagootee6254 look into Essiac tea. My mother in law beat stage 4 glioblastoma, but her immunes system was so weak from chemo & radiation, that a lung infection killed her. Hoping better healing happens for your loved one! 🙏🏼
Love mushrooms for their medicinal properties!
How a but put a jar regular vinegar with cling wrap over it. Poaking small wholes in the cling wrap.
With the peaches, can them either in water or syrup. They are good for banana split or sundaes. Or cut them up small to be used with ice cream, or put in milkshakes, or Smoothies. Delicious.
Jess, you can saute up the peppers up with onions and small amount of red sauce, and cann up pint jars to add to a pan full of Italian sausage. Or just some pasta sauce.
The colrs on Nanna’s painting are so vivid and just lovely 💗
Dehydrate the excess mushrooms and you can have a sellable product thru the winter.
I love that painting so much, what an absolute treasure!
Wow! Your picture from Nana is beautiful! How very thoughtful of her!
I would make some batches of pepper vinegar with the leftover peppers. I LOVE it on greens.
And you can do the mushrooms in cheap laundry baskets too! More holes for the mushrooms to sprout.
Yes hang the painting in the milk room! That's a great idea, right about the sink :)
When you talked about the fish. My grandfather always planted fish with his potatoes. He grew great potatoes.
Mine too!😎
Prayers for you feeling better. So excited about the mushrooms. That painting is phenomenal!!! Congratulations.
I needed that blessing today. I mentioned to my prayer partner the other day that my tomatoes were not growing. Yesterday and today we have had drenching rain, no wind, and not hard rain, but the soft kind gardeners need. Today, I have multiple new shoots on my tomatoes, and new growth on my basil. I have about 90 days from when I planted them to the end of September, so I'm hopeful that they will produce and I can get them preserved for this winter's food supply. First frost is typically late October, so I should have 3-4 weeks of tomato production before that occurs.
Hey girl, we are starting all over- again...on tomatoes this year. Well, on everything. Thanking the Lord we can start over! Feel better, sunshine.
Jess, you can plant those tomato suckers straight in the soil. I do it every year. They will grow the roots from there. Keep them moist. God bless.
I just stuck my suckers in the ground. They’re doing good.😊❤️
Wow... I am just amazed with the mushroom project. How wonderful !
Oh boy - a surprise is coming!! I enjoyed the brief pop-in so the surprise will be icing on the tomato!
Mango Chili pepper(of choice) salsa, for those of you getting Mangos. The townhome I owned in Fl, was built on an old Mango grove, and they left a lot of trees, so every season, those of us who lived on property, would get the fresh Mangos, Was a great delicious treat!
Bell peppers. I just cut into qtrs, removing seeds and membrane. Then put in freezer bags. I cut them up later when I pull them from freezer. Cubes in soups. Strips in fajitas. Leaving peppers bigger makes freezing faster, and leaves options for later.
I have grown a lot of tomato plants from suckers and cuttings and, for me, I have found it's not necessary to start them in water. I literally stick them deep in the ground, or in a pot, either one, and keep them watered and within a week they are growing. Just saves time and steps and I have over 90% success. Heck, I have one tomato plant growing right now from where I had just dumped a few suckers on a pile. I didn't plant or water it and it still rooted, lol. 😀
A local guy in Virginia is using a shipping container to grow Mushrooms. He added a mini split and a solar array. It’s self sustaining power wise. He installed foam insulation with plywood on inside of container. Keeps warm in winter & cool in summer. Also the added bonus of no light!!! He grows and only sells fresh and dried mushrooms at farmers market.
I am about to plant the suckers that I rooted. Love trying new things
It's times like these that I wish I had a second kitchen that is dedicated to processing food. I don't like to disrupt the family living spaces for this purpose. My garden is producing like crazy right now. It seems like everything is getting ripe at the same time. I'm doing cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes. Crazy! On top of all that, I have wild turkeys that are checking out my garden. They like the berry bushes and that's okay because we have enough to share.
Amen! DITTO!🌻🐛
We get peaches in the summer and just pit them and then immersion blend them into puree which we freeze in portioned bags and use for "syrup" on waffles or pancakes during the year. I use ascorbic acid in them to keep them a beautiful orange and it also helps with vitamin C for health. Sometimes i use it in glazes for meat. Best freezing technique we have ever done.
Try cutting some up and freezing in orange juice, it’s so yummy!
Nana your painting is beautiful! She is so so talented. Glad you are feeling better and reminding us to get in the garden, I’ve got pruning to do!
Beautiful painting, Nanna. 🍓🍓🍓
Loving the mycelium 👌🏻😃
Greetings from Estonia.
At least you got tomatoes. Here in Florida I planted way too late and heat is preventing proper flowering. But we did get two little sungolds. I mean literally two small cherry toms. Yea 😂😂
Putting a fish or
an egg under a plant is a sure way to get the plant dug up around here. Every time I do something comes along and digs it up.
Those peppers are amazing freeze dried! I freeze dried well over a 100 pounds last year and they have been just amazing to cook with.
Great job on the mushrooms! A tip I've learned, to deal with the handles on the buckets damaging my shrooms: Velcro dots or pieces to make straps (the kind with the peel-and-stick adhesive backing) , whichever works best for your particular situation, will keep the handles in place while at rest. I've damaged a lot of shrooms with the handles banging on the side of the bucket, or having to cut them from where they grew around the handle. I NEED those handles to move my buckets, so removing them wasn't an option for me. I get rolls of the Velcro tape and cut what I need as I need it.
I grow extra shrooms to dehydrate, and even can some sauted with garlic and onions. I make a shelf-stable mushroom gravy mix. I also add them to my canned pasta sauces and make a mushroom-based canned "catsup". I've never managed to have so many extras that they went to waste. My largest weekly harvest was 106 pounds. Sounds like a lot, but they cook down or dehydrate to very little. I never actually sold any in great quantity, just gave some to friends and family.
One of my favorite canning sessions, I canned pints of spiced peaches. Sweet and tasty, sliced up. We used it on ice cream or custard, morning cereal. And gave some away. I made it with a best friend and we did it for several years. Thanks for reminding me! :-)-
Oh when it comes to fruit flies…put a yellow nat trap all around your fruit boxes…in one day you’ll collect tons of them. I put the cover off one side and then when it fills I flip it over…..I’ve set them on the window sill and trapped so many small flies that are hovering around getting in away from the rain. In the spring it was those beetles that look like lady bugs but are not and stink bugs…caught them by just putting the sticky trap on the window sill.
Had a problem with the potting soil I bought hatched tons of those gnats in my seed trays so I put those trap all around and kept changing when full and finally took care of the problem.
Thank you for your constant encouragement and education. I live in an apartment in MN and I finally pull the trigger and I have a super cute container garden. I’m so blessed to be learning from you and these plants 🥰
I would love to see more kitchen videos. Cooking preserving even a tour of your organization and systems!!
I was so excited to see the mushrooms. I can't wait to see how you handle them.
The 3 sided tomato cage is a winner. I think it's beautiful and practical.
GNAT EATERS!! We bought a Carnivorous Purple Pitcher plant, to help with the gnat issues in our “green” grow room, last spring. Within a few weeks we had no more gnats, except one or two occasionally (I believe after new eggs would hatch) and then they were all gone again. Very cool looking plants too. Prayers for your speedy recovery ❤️🩹 When your a mom, YOU need a vacation after your family vacation 🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
My tomato plants in Colorado have been getting beat down by this ruthless heat. I bought a 40% garden shade that I put over them from about 1-5pm then take it off so they have the cooler fresh air overnight and can breath, they are doing much better
My Grandpaw always put fish in the soil before planting his tomatoes. So cool to hear you mention trying it.
Hi yes I usually cloth over my plants they make them grow better special than the winter plants they’re growing very good your temperature is hotter than I have this is the year we need to protect our plants no matter if it sounds funny
Glad your feeling better. This video is a great example showing people that you don't have to grow it to preserve it.
you get butter ok hugs from pam and john we love you friend
Thank you for pointing out the fruit flies. I have cases of peaches on the table for peach salsa. I always feel bad about the fruit flies.
I only have a handful of tomato plants that have survived. I was lamenting over how I tried so hard for tomatoes this year and got nothing. As soon as you said, “the time is now” to water tomato suckers that were pruned, I paused the video and went to cut a bunch. I have a jar with water and about 8 prunings, and some hope, thanks to you!
My husband's ears perked up when you said peach habenero jam..... we're looking forward to that!
My tomatoes never had tomatoes and drought pretty much finished them off! Sooooo I hit the farmers market ! 🥰I making my Grandmother’s Ripe Tomato Relish, the best thing ever with pinto beans! Salsa, and Her Green tomato Chow Chow! No peaches to be had anywhere near Taylor county Texas!
I'm glad your up and about🐦.
WOW that was Fast 😱.
I love Oyster Mushrooms 👍.
What a beautiful painting 💝.
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I imagine you are already familiar with Korean natural farming KNF or maybe JADAM techniques. The ability to build and remedy soil is a blessing from God!
Fantastic tip on healing the soil with home-grown mycelium - awesome! great vid x
The best part is knowing you still get the same excitement at a more experienced level than most of us.
You can clean out all the fruit flies using your vacuum. It's oddly satisfying.
I love when you bless me at the end of every video. It feeds my soul. Thank you. I bless you and your family. ❤️
Actually $40/bu local peaches is a great deal, Jess! We have phenomenal peaches here in CNY but to pay only $10 a peck would be a steal! I loooove juicy locally grown peaches and buy them by the bushel to process in a bunch of different ways as well as baking fresh cobblers & such. I'll also chop them up in a VERY light syrup and mix into a tub of yogurt to freeze. So refreshing in July heat!
Sounds delicious, especially the peaches in yogurt and freezing! Thank you for the idea!
Yes! Love peaches in yogurt. Here in Hudson Valley NY I just bought 5 peaches for 6 bucks!
Diana Barbieri.... hello almost neighbor. Between Syracuse and Oswego here!
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Vonnie Merriam You should try freezing them in orange juice. It’s a revelation!
I know how you feel, sweetheart. I, too, got a late start - My son and I got CV 19. Then, we've got record heat in the 100's and drought in the North Florida panhandle. Then, about two weeks ago, we've been getting almost daily rain. The rain is a blessing, but the between the heat, drought, the tomatoes had really bad BER, and now, because of the rain and not being able to spray for pests, the bugs and weeds are taking over. I am getting some usable tomatoes, but I'd say only about 10 or 15% of what I planted - Most are either all stung up or rotting from the bottom up. Maybe next year! Like you, I'm not at all adverse to buying produce from local growers, and I'll have to do more of that to make my yearly canning goal. We just have to be thankful and grateful for what God is blessing us with!
In a tough year Jess, those tomatoes are still huge and lovely 😍
I really like the U-shaped tomato cage. Oh, Nanna, what a beautiful painting. Rest Jess.
Preserves is the way I Go! I make strawberry peach use a large pot peel, & cut half peaches half strawberry, 2 cups sugar, two low sugar pectin, boil heavy and can. Sooooo yummy and less sugar all fruit. You can feel better about your kids, or friends eating the whole jar!! WITH A SPOON!!
We harvested oyster mushrooms from our rotting persimmon tree by the bag full. Delicious. Was quite a pleasant suprise to find them.
Thanks for showing your tomatoes! Mine don't look great either and it's comforting to see you sometimes struggle, too.
The Wild Yam commented that Yarrow can also help to remediate soil. I haven’t researched it. I have also gotten potting mix that I think had herbicide in it. My flowers were stunted the entire summer. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge.
That yellow purple combination pepper looks like bakers creek blot pepper. There is a old time homesteading woman who built a log cabin, has a small seed selling business and a great canning cookbook she wrote with lots of personal stories in it. Thats where I always get my jam recipes. Her name is Jackie Clay. Thank you for making us the video. Hope you feel better soon.
I remember Jackie Clay had a question and answer section in a country magazine. Can’t remember which one. She has some really great ideas !!
@@billiejoblizard6050 BackwoodsHome Magazine She also blogs everyweek
Thank you for the tomato sucker advice. I have about three cherry tomato suckers in a jar in the window of my kitchen with good roots on them. I was going to replace a couple of tomato plants that have pooped out. Didn't think about "up potting" them into a container with soil to help them transition. The weather is so hot here, 90's this week (zone 6a, Cumberland Plateau, TN) Maybe after this week I can plant them.
Buried 6x 200+ lb bluefin tuna heads and carcasses in my tomato beds. Best Tomato Year EVER!
So glad you are feeling betters! 🙏🙏🙏 for full recovery! ❤️
Thanks for sharing! Glad you’re on the mend but please rest! Many blessings to your family ❤️🤗🇨🇦
Oh neat, I've never grown mushrooms on purpose. I'm going to get in gear and try. For surplus mushrooms y'all can dehydrate or freeze dry. And, I guess mushroom tea/coffee is a thing.
PS. I am impressed by the 3 sided cattle panel trellis. Ease of harvesting and pruning. Quite pretty too!
Funny how Vacations make people more tired than the regular work week. Your right your normal routine gets screwed up. When you get back home you just want to sleep for a couple days. 🌞🌴🌊😎
Thank you for the pop-in. It's much appreciated
I love watching your channel. I feel like I’m sinking under the weight of gardening this year- everything has been such a struggle-
~deer - inspite of fencing, scare crows, bags, spinners, and repellent have eaten peas and beans and sweet potatoes back to nubs three times.
~Beetles are decimating my beans and making them Lacey skeletons. Tried all the naturals (been, peppermint, soaps, picking them off early morning and evening. I’ve never had them before this year.
~heat- even if the beetles weren’t destroying beans, they aren’t bearing. Blossoms just drop off without beans.
I'm part of a fb group for your farm, my friend introduced me... I'm FINALLY watching your vids. I see why everyone loves you 😍 what a sweetie! Thank you.
I used a fish under one of my tomatoes as an experiment. My barn kitties had the best dinner ever. The little stinkers.
Glad you are feeling better.. those mushrooms are beautiful
Irish Spring soap is what I use and it works. No bugs to report on any of my veggies.
Thank you...so exciting to think that mushrooms could heal the land....thank you and feel better soon
So glad to see you are feeling better.
Wow, Jess that tomato weighed more than my first son! He was a micro premier just over a pound. Alive and thriving at 22 years of age!
Premature I meant to say. you tube won't let me edit my typos for some reason today.
Glad to see you up and about. 🥰🙏🏼🥰
Love that tomato cage idea. Such a lush plant but still access and air flow. Glad you are feeling better. Mushroom market and market for mushroom compost seems to be taking off. I would say you could make it very successful, especially if you sold dehydrated/freeze dried for food and spawn kits.
I LOVE the tomato cage, you allow the tomato to still get good air flow while allowing it to grow to its full potential, great idea for small space gardens where you can't plant many different plants but u have that one strong plant that can get huge!! 😀 yall just keep being creative it's soo inspiring. love you guys and glad you feeling better Jess! I BLESS YOU 🙌🏾 this time 😁
Isn’t it wonderful how the worst circumstances create the most incredible opportunities for NEW ideas or solutions! I too think the Tomato Cage is BRILLIANT!
Have a beautiful Sunday! Good Bless You!🇨🇦😎🇨🇦
That's an official term "nubblies" ☺️ 😉
I am so encouraged by you, I love your positive attitude and your openess with your walk with God! Thank you for being you! 😊
Mushroom bucket is amazing 👍 Blessings ❤️
Such the perfect tomato cage! I mean for the ones that are getting only light pruning, none at all, or just flat out got away from you. Looks like it could be installed at any point, vs snapping half the plant apart trying to corral it late from over the top. LOVE the center air flow.
Speaking of snapping tomato plants, I've always just made a finger hole, and stuck the tomato suckers to root directly where I want them. Or some other temporary soil spot. 100% root, unless life happens in a bad way to the human meant to water them! Even some of those survive to thrive, if God is inclined to do some watering.
Yep pickling/canning our hot banana peppers too..freezing some also..our peppers are coming in crazy..banana peppers, ancho and jalapeno too.
For the flies in the house… this year we bought an indoor bug zapper and we have zero flies in our house for the first time in a long time. The will get in during the day but at night when everything is dark they go to the bug zapper light and it’s been so nice!
My tomatoes aren't doing well in Michigan, either. The dirt I bought was garbage, and it's too late to do anything. None of my plants look anything like they did last year. It's really disappointing. I'm glad you are feeling better, Jess.
I am struggling in Texas too. Its so hot but even before the soil I bought to add to my raised beds was bad. I could not even get bean to grow.
@@carolstacey4955 This is not a coincidence then. The soil they sold nation wide was tainted.
Those peppers are California wonder. I have about 20 of them going in my garden. Glad your feeling better! Lots of Vit C!!!! Love the canning. Going to be doing a bunch of that this year and I'm very excited
Happy to see you up and around. You still sound a little sick. Don't over do it. Give your body a chance to recover. I love mushrooms. I'm very interested in your process. Thanks for allowing us into your classroom.