HUGE Cabbage Harvest & More Garden Chores!

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
  • It's time to clear out the fall crops, starting with some HONKING cabbages, some of which went to the epic chickies. Join @jacquesinthegarden and I as we make our way through some classic garden chores.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 251

  • @EE-hk7if
    @EE-hk7if 2 роки тому +104

    My aunt uses those towers as 'bee towers' filling them with bee attracting flowers. So she can move them to area's where her veg needs pollinating.

    • @dianepuskas6362
      @dianepuskas6362 2 роки тому +3

      Wonderful cabbage harvest. Growing up, one of our favorite meals was Hungarian Cabbage With Noodles (Káposztás Tészta), in case you are looking for a recipe. Enjoy and have a great spring.

    • @imaniniles-perez8529
      @imaniniles-perez8529 2 роки тому +6

      Thats mad smart tho

    • @my3bsfarm863
      @my3bsfarm863 2 роки тому +2

      What a great idea

    • @OliviaLovesPugs
      @OliviaLovesPugs 2 роки тому +4

      That’s a great idea actually! Must be quite ornamental and beautiful as well

    • @CarlaJ9
      @CarlaJ9 2 роки тому +1

      That's such a nice idea!!

  • @davidcheever8175
    @davidcheever8175 2 роки тому +23

    Those were some amazing cabbages you harvested. Now you know what you're going to have to make, sour krout, kimchi, cornbeef & cabbage, cabbage gratin, roasted cabbage, cabbage and noodle stir-fry, grilled cabbage, stuffed cabbage, cabbage rolls, rubin cabbage wraps, cabbage enchiladas, cole slaw, and cstuffed cabbage tacos, to name a few. Enjoy all the good food.

    • @rhodealexandre6583
      @rhodealexandre6583 2 роки тому +1

      😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀and they turn into huuuge cabbage’ heads.

  • @piscesdreamer1154
    @piscesdreamer1154 2 роки тому +19

    Lol that's not a "wild" cat Kevin, its a stray 🤣❤

  • @padyn4911
    @padyn4911 2 роки тому +20

    Awwww your little cat friend is so cute! Great for keeping pests away too 😊

  • @patcox8745
    @patcox8745 2 роки тому +30

    I love your interaction with each other. Great video as usual. Thanks for the bare root strawberry planting hack; I’m planting mine today. I see lots of sauerkraut in your future.....Take care!

  • @melissawatkins1615
    @melissawatkins1615 2 роки тому +16

    You should name the silver laced chick Prada since the other is Gucci 😉❤🥰🐤 thank you for sharing the video! Those cabbages are crazy!!!

  • @rebelpepper7397
    @rebelpepper7397 2 роки тому +29

    Twinning level 100! I will say, I love the casual talks while cleaning an epic cabbage harvest.

  • @goranbreskic4304
    @goranbreskic4304 2 роки тому +11

    I totally understand the cat. I would also love to just "kind of hang out" in such a garden.

  • @vlong7112
    @vlong7112 2 роки тому +20

    I recently bought a straw hat! I was super excited about it and had an "I used to be cool" moment 😂 but I've accepted my new role as a plant lady.
    I'd totally buy an Epic straw hat!! 🧑‍🌾

  • @charliegroves
    @charliegroves 2 роки тому +8

    Had a rough day, but came home and saw a new Epic Homesteading video and my mood has lifted! Thanks Kevin & Jacques for providing a safe space for us all to unwind and enjoy gardening.
    Just seen the cat - absolutely love it.

    • @epichomesteading
      @epichomesteading  2 роки тому +3

      Means a lot!

    • @enyo24
      @enyo24 2 роки тому +1

      @@epichomesteading I missed what type of cabbage it was that you grew. What is it? Thanks

  • @JonShep93
    @JonShep93 2 роки тому +2

    Those are some pretty huge cabbage! Lots of preserving to be done in the day/a ahead!
    You should try to make sure to remove any veg waste from the chicken coop and into the compost after a couple days to prevent flies / rodents etc!
    My own chicken coop hunt has begun!

  • @TheNeon1234
    @TheNeon1234 2 роки тому +2

    OMG! look at those cabbages! Really enjoy watching you guys! I am a first time gardener & I am learning lot from you both! Keep it up!

  • @evev2041
    @evev2041 2 роки тому +10

    Those are monstrous size. I've never seen cabbages so big.

  • @lmichelle6244
    @lmichelle6244 2 роки тому +8

    🤣 when you decapitated those cabbages all i could think was "Finish Him!" In mortal combat lol...! Your cabbage goals definitely!

  • @authorcharlieboring
    @authorcharlieboring 2 роки тому +1

    I refreshed my Mr. Stacky soil by adding black kow manure, blood meal, bone meal, peat moss and azomite.

  • @connecticutwormsgardens
    @connecticutwormsgardens 2 роки тому +8

    Roasted cabbage is my favorite way of eating it. Wait 🤔 No.... It used to be. I always made what is referred to on recipe sites as cabbage steaks. You simply slice through the heads of cabbage cutting the wedges and inch thick horizontally, brush on a good coating of olive oil and roast on high heat until they caramelize. Delicious. However, I experimented and kicked it up a notch. I make what I call cabbage bruschetta lol. I follow the steps to make cabbage steaks but in the last 15 minutes of roasting I add cherry tomatoes, crushed garlic, basil and some olives to the top and It is so incredibly good. Trust me you'll love it.

    • @epichomesteading
      @epichomesteading  2 роки тому +2

      SUCH a good idea!

    • @connecticutwormsgardens
      @connecticutwormsgardens 2 роки тому +1

      @@epichomesteading Let me know how you like it. I know already what you're going to think. Amazing. Cabbage was a big thing during my weight loss journey and it can get boring unless you find creative ways to make it good and omg roasted cabbage bruschetta is the bomb 🎉

  • @1MzSyd1
    @1MzSyd1 2 роки тому +5

    Animals are the best judgement of character.
    Bobca knows she is in good company. What better way to get UA-cam famous lol, smart kitty 😺 💜

  • @siamstation
    @siamstation 2 роки тому +1

    So impressed with your cabbages. Mine have never grown that big. Chickens are looking beautiful.

  • @DelightedAcres
    @DelightedAcres 2 роки тому +1

    Wow!!! I’ve never seen cabbage that big. Awesome!

  • @tylerweidman3119
    @tylerweidman3119 2 роки тому +9

    Just started my cabbage seeds! So exited for this growing season coming up. I’m jealous of the fact you can grow all year round!

  • @SuperStruct
    @SuperStruct 2 роки тому +3

    Jacques saying "Okey :))" right off the bat has me dying

  • @Tf03
    @Tf03 Рік тому

    Cabbage content and stylish practical hats this is what I’m here for. Love love love it.

  • @annakramar5088
    @annakramar5088 2 роки тому +5

    You two make a great team..MEOW!😸

  • @nickoyler8639
    @nickoyler8639 2 роки тому +1

    That's some awesome cabbage! And the chickens are growing super fast! Love seeing them! I also have a stray cat chill around when I'm outside in my garden!

  • @jeaniemario2093
    @jeaniemario2093 2 роки тому +7

    WOW! This is my first year growing cabbage, and I have serious cabbage envy! As for the greenstalks, my favorite things to grow in them are my strawberries, herbs, leafy greens, dwarf tomatoes, and smaller pepper plants.

  • @Artsouls1111
    @Artsouls1111 2 роки тому +8

    Before you know it that cat will be an official part of the Epic Garden Family Team.

  • @chrisdepner1153
    @chrisdepner1153 2 роки тому +2

    Those cabbages are insane! "Not too sizable" he says! In all seriousness, you need to drop the knowledge on us (seed to harvest) on cabbages.

  • @czmiccommando537
    @czmiccommando537 2 роки тому +3

    Those cabbages are impressive 💪

  • @napoleonsgarden5162
    @napoleonsgarden5162 2 роки тому +3

    Well congrats on your new cat 😂. A cat in the garden is probably pretty helpful. And I’d love to see some garden hats!

  • @EmonyLP
    @EmonyLP 2 роки тому +12

    "A house is not a home without a cat."

  • @nenemaria-cornfieldsgarden
    @nenemaria-cornfieldsgarden 2 роки тому +1

    I've never seen cabbage close to that size here in the UK, it must be your epic sunshine!

  • @gregbluefinstudios4658
    @gregbluefinstudios4658 2 роки тому +5

    I LOVE a tower of herbs for those Greenstalks!

  • @OliviaLovesPugs
    @OliviaLovesPugs 2 роки тому +1

    I’d love to see mini, micro, and tumbling/trailing tomatoes grown in one of the greenstalks. That would be very interesting to watch grow and a great demonstration of the use of those types of tomatoes. You don’t see greenstalks used like that often. You could probably get a ton of tomatoes in a small space. A cool use for the other would be as an herb tower. All types of herbs and many different varieties all together in one fragrant, flavourful tower.
    I just ordered my first greenstalk for this season and I’m going to do strawberries. I have a small space so after planting all the veggies and herbs, I had no space left for fruit. This is the first year we’re going to (hopefully) have homegrown fruit! If they weren’t so expensive (especially to ship all the way over here to Canada) then I’d get one for small tomatoes, one for herbs, one for lettuce and other greens, and maybe even try mini peppers in one. Really would save space in the garden beds for other things. They also look beautiful loaded up with flowers as a flower tower! Maybe I can collect them over time. They’re supposed to be quite durable and great quality.

  • @gwendyrose8905
    @gwendyrose8905 2 роки тому +1

    Those cabbage heads are EPIC!!!! :D As to the strawberries, the straw isn't going to help one bit! I purchased Albion strawberry roots last spring and put 24 in a 4x8ft raised bed. I mulched it throughout the year with grass clippings and straw but didn't do anything else (other than water them occasionally). The summer got too hot for me, so I wasn't able to stay on top of the runners. In the fall, I had to thin the runners out and ended up with over 100 plants that I pulled and STILL had plants in the bed! I let them over winter in the bed and here in zone 6a they are just starting to come out of dormancy! Hoping I can keep on top of the runners this year. :) Too bad I couldn't sell those runners, though. I could have made a fortune! :D
    Oh, and just to warn you, you have officially been deemed worthy enough to become EPIC cat slaves now! :D hehe Good luck with that. ;) ;)

  • @celticlass8573
    @celticlass8573 2 роки тому +1

    I get so hungry after watching these videos!

  • @cuttwice3905
    @cuttwice3905 2 роки тому +1

    In the future you may want to give them the winter experience by giving them December in the fridge, January in the freezer and the first two weeks February in the fridge. Then you can plant them when the days start warming up for you. You may end up treating them as annuals if you don't want the work. Strawberries need a colder winter than you have.

  • @kamaliancirranoush1916
    @kamaliancirranoush1916 2 роки тому +1

    Your comment about cannabis and grape growers is so spot on! After working in the cannabis industry, coming from a vegetable/home gardening background it is amusing seeing the approach of soul/nutrients etc from a strictly cannabis growing mindset. IMO the narrow scope and hyper fixation of one plant makes it harder than it has to be. As you stated the monetary value of certain crops is higher, but factor in taxes, and high overhead compared to growing vegetables the ROI is pretty close between both. That is the case in my area in northern climate/indoor only. I have stepped away from the industry and all their rules so I can enjoy all the plants again lol. Love your channel and super job on the cabbages. We grow giant ones here in Alaska, sometimes up to 100lbs at the state fair.

  • @Wolf-E-Romeo
    @Wolf-E-Romeo 2 роки тому +2

    Just wondering because I know next to nothing about chickens, but how much cabbage would be too much cabbage for them?
    I am both curious and laughing. I feel like that would tare up anyones stomach 😆
    Those cabbages are HUGE! Amazing harvest :) I just started the first round of my seeds for the year. Im so excited! Hope your strawberries do well. Im still trying to do good by mine. Havent gotten a good harvest from them yet.

  • @RunaaSteinamrk
    @RunaaSteinamrk 2 роки тому +1

    Chaaaarlie, let's go to the cabbage mountain 😄

  • @greenthumbelina7331
    @greenthumbelina7331 2 роки тому +1

    I love that you have a cat named Bob ...so does that make him a bobcat? Sorry, but I couldn't resist that! 🤣😂🤣

  • @tara4586
    @tara4586 2 роки тому

    Love your videos! I appreciate the honesty that you guys bring to gardening! Sometimes life just happens and we get to the garden when we can. I appreciate hearing hey were a couple days late but it's ok. I get flooded with perfect gardens and perfect harvests that sometimes it feels overwhelming! I just wanted to say thank you for being real and being completely relatable! ❤️❤️

  • @StormWarningMom
    @StormWarningMom 2 роки тому +1

    Holy cannoli, those cabbages are fit for a king (or two)!

  • @swankshire6939
    @swankshire6939 2 роки тому +3

    i grow some amazing organic strawberrys in my grow room lol. cannabis is a gateway to gardening.

  • @rogaineablar5608
    @rogaineablar5608 2 роки тому +3

    You guys can save the external leaves and cook them up (after rinsing).

  • @IanFarquharson2
    @IanFarquharson2 2 роки тому +1

    Nice episode. That's a lot of cabbage to get through, only so much coleslaw, sauerkraut, and pickles you can eat. Trading time for some more plants perhaps?

  • @kytoeryu7835
    @kytoeryu7835 2 роки тому +1

    I'm so glad they mentioned the cannabis thing. I sometime do those techniques on my garden and it works out well

  • @TheAdhdGardener
    @TheAdhdGardener 2 роки тому +1

    Cabbage goals 💯

  • @cynthiaarmstronghopefulhom9672
    @cynthiaarmstronghopefulhom9672 2 роки тому +5

    Congratulations on the cabbage harvest Kevin they are beautiful and I'm sure they taste wonderfully delicious. 👍

  • @crazymedogs
    @crazymedogs 2 роки тому +1

    great looking cabbages. Please share the cabbage variety that was. Thanks.

  • @sheba19
    @sheba19 2 роки тому +1

    Those cabbage are massive 👀 love the background music

  • @georgiasw7512
    @georgiasw7512 2 роки тому +2

    WOW! Those cabbage look amazing 🤩

  • @SistersThatSurf
    @SistersThatSurf 2 роки тому +1

    I would love to see a video of what you do with your harvests 😊

  • @thesilentone4024
    @thesilentone4024 2 роки тому +2

    You should give some very large pumpkins and watermelon in the same bed to see how hungry they are compared to the rest of your garden.

  • @c0ldlight1
    @c0ldlight1 2 роки тому +2

    Oh my what a lovely cabbage harvest! My favorite way to eat cabbage is to slice it up, sautee it with onions and then braise it in a little bit of v8. you end up with a sweet tomato-y cabbage dish thats sort of like the best part of stuffed cabbage without having to stuff cabbage.

  • @MaxusFox23
    @MaxusFox23 2 роки тому +3

    My very first cabbage (which I harvested today) PALES is comparison to yours (cultivated on a plant pot), but is full of love. Very proud and I might try again.
    Those aphids are no joke btw, had to blast them with water pretty much every day. I'll make sure to have neem oil for next time.

  • @kylehubbell5610
    @kylehubbell5610 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing cabbage. I've grown some citronella in the towers and had it by my patio along with some flowers. It was nice to have last summer

  • @trinnistevens9150
    @trinnistevens9150 2 роки тому +1

    Oh my gosh the chickies are getting so big! They're adorable. Also, love the light jazz music as you're violently decapitating those cabbage lol. They look great! I didn't realize they got that big.

  • @xSunshinex4206
    @xSunshinex4206 2 роки тому +1

    Hmmm... I think Gucci's sister might be Prada! 🌻
    The cabbages are simply amazing 💚

  • @Carmen-ok
    @Carmen-ok 2 роки тому +1

    Love the video and seeing you guys together again. Great cabbage harvest, they are enormous, never seen them that big. The hat is a great idea, I would definitely buy one. Have you ever considered creating your own soil mix and sell it. Between you and Jaqués can create something great 😊

  • @simonem.3092
    @simonem.3092 2 роки тому +1

    I would name Gucci's little counterpart "Goo". 😃

  • @GardenKatt
    @GardenKatt 2 роки тому +2

    38 degrees here in Ky. So jealous.

  • @kevinbossick8374
    @kevinbossick8374 2 роки тому

    Those cabbages are massive. Good job Kevin.

  • @sunsetgrange6357
    @sunsetgrange6357 2 роки тому +1

    That cat has found the garden of Eden lol

  • @mailesweeney3291
    @mailesweeney3291 2 роки тому +1

    Jade Buh green beans do very well in my Green Stalk planters.

  • @connecticutwormsgardens
    @connecticutwormsgardens 2 роки тому +2

    Hmmmmm.... I'm looking at the first cabbage you cleaned up Kevin right at the 5-minute mark and it seems to be a pretty good model for the hat you plan to make from Jacques head shape. Perhaps the cabbage can model the hat?🤔

  • @japanesewithnana
    @japanesewithnana 2 роки тому +2

    You have your own farm cat now!

  • @Davidmaxwell07
    @Davidmaxwell07 2 роки тому

    So close to hitting a million subs. Holy smokes. I remember finding this page at 11k

  • @will-by-the-bay4890
    @will-by-the-bay4890 2 роки тому +1

    That is so much sauerkraut!

  • @teedub1990
    @teedub1990 2 роки тому +1

    What a great cabbage harvest! I can imagine 5 different ways to make sauerkraut. Suggestion on towers: plant weird varieties of beans from around the world to see which do well in socal climate. Name for nameless chick: silverwings since you basically call her that already.

  • @13whill
    @13whill 2 роки тому +1

    Would 100% buy an epic straw hat!

  • @kristinraabe6887
    @kristinraabe6887 2 роки тому +1

    Holy heads of cabbage!!! I would love to know how you will store those. Fermenting maybe? Blessed bounty. Love the channel and thanks for sharing. 🌈❤️🌎✌️

  • @christophervanmeier1648
    @christophervanmeier1648 2 роки тому +3

    Just a passing thought...When yur chickens start laying, or they are getting close, don't buy the ceramic eggs. We use golf balls. Toss in two in each nesting box...and away we go. Cheap and very easy to clean.

  • @its_holtzzy
    @its_holtzzy 2 роки тому +3

    Could do all different varieties of Basil in the Green Stalk, and make a Basil tower!

  • @styleme3375
    @styleme3375 2 роки тому +2

    I’m testing the limits of my greenstalks this year. I have eggplants, bush tomatoes,broccoli, peppers. I have a lot of smaller things like herbs and lettuce but I want to try to grow a bunch of things and see what I can get away with. Harvested my first lettuce and green onion of the season for dinner tonight!!

  • @setapartfarmandgardens
    @setapartfarmandgardens 2 роки тому

    I'm loving the chicken updates! Would love more videos on them! Great video as always!

  • @Steve53W
    @Steve53W 2 роки тому +2

    I did strawberries in the greenstalk last year and they produced really well. Overwintered them in the GS (zone 8b) and they’re doing really well this spring. Letting them go this year too along with some tea plants (mint, camomile, etc.). I like to use the greenstalk for stuff that spreads prolifically to keep it contained.

  • @preshussunshine
    @preshussunshine 2 роки тому

    Love how you harvest the cabbages

  • @user-ti6ej3kd4y
    @user-ti6ej3kd4y 2 роки тому

    My grandmother making fermanted cabbage from such amount. It is ggod source of Vit C for the winter. And for long storage she never take off outer leaves. They protect all the cabbage from degidration

  • @kysacheshire3926
    @kysacheshire3926 2 роки тому +1

    I would love to see you grow some Napa Cabbage and make some kimchi. Kimchi is great for home steading and it's so good with so many meals, both basic like rice, or big meals like different kinds of meats and veggies. (:

  • @jeannamcgregor9967
    @jeannamcgregor9967 2 роки тому +1

    That's a lot of sauerkraut. So jealous...mine never did head up. Not sure why not.

  • @shamancarmichael5305
    @shamancarmichael5305 2 роки тому

    Those cabbages are why your channel has it's name! You've got a lot of chopping in your near future boys! Put something unusual in the greenstalks, or something that takes up a lot of space in ground?

  • @matthewbias3602
    @matthewbias3602 2 роки тому

    Some folks in the Appalachian area will slice cabbage into inch thick "steaks" and either pan fry or grill them as a main dish for a meal.

  • @aileentmify
    @aileentmify 2 роки тому +1

    You guys are too cute...like 2 kids in the playground playing with dirt... where's the toy dump trucks and pail 😅

  • @Progwale
    @Progwale 2 роки тому

    Lime Caviar +Epic Homesteading :)
    PRetty cool stuff!

  • @courtneylee2187
    @courtneylee2187 2 роки тому +1

    Silver laced Wyandotte should be named Sylvia 🥰

  • @aimeevanlandingham3844
    @aimeevanlandingham3844 2 роки тому

    If my last dog was still with us I'd have to cover the cabbage with 'dog fence' lol. Cabbage was his favorite snack and I'd never get any if I grew them.

  • @TylerDurden404
    @TylerDurden404 2 роки тому

    please do a video on how you control all the pests including - snails, slugs and everything else.

  • @daisyblooms4813
    @daisyblooms4813 2 роки тому +1

    Bob the "wild cat" lol

  • @julipolito7761
    @julipolito7761 2 роки тому

    I grill my cabbage, too! So delicious!

  • @PrincessTS01
    @PrincessTS01 2 роки тому +1

    so much rain today in los angeles my rain barrel is full i should buy more cause its still raining...

  • @catreeves963
    @catreeves963 2 роки тому +1

    Little no name chickie could be called another designer name to match up with Gucci 😄 My fav is Givenchy. Gucci and Givenchy 😅

  • @Michellegrows
    @Michellegrows 2 роки тому +1

    Silver bebe should be the silver moon or just moon. 🖤🖤🖤

  • @brooksfisher353
    @brooksfisher353 2 роки тому +1

    More epic homestead videos please!!!

  • @hiltonvg
    @hiltonvg 2 роки тому

    Loving the Wyandottes

  • @bravowhiskey4684
    @bravowhiskey4684 2 роки тому +1

    If the blue wyandotte is Gucci, the silver one needs to be Chanel. 😂

  • @MD-ki7qw
    @MD-ki7qw 2 роки тому

    Dang those chickens eating good aphids and cabbage yummy for them!!!

  • @Kat-mf7mt
    @Kat-mf7mt 2 роки тому +1

    0:01 that smol Jacque noise

  • @jelatinosa
    @jelatinosa 2 роки тому +3

    Welcome to the "adopted by a cat" club!

  • @BrendaBodwin
    @BrendaBodwin 2 роки тому

    Chicken manure is nitrogen rich. Super rich. JS. The cabbage is. beautiful. 😁👍🏻

  • @colleenfoster5004
    @colleenfoster5004 2 роки тому +5

    Cabbages look amazing. So, silly thought, have you ever thought of having a rabbit or two. Their poop is an amazing source of nutrients especially nitrogen. I got one last summer when my garden was stunted and in two weeks everything became possessed with growth. Just a thought.