Cody and I are so happy to welcome you to our farm.
In November of 2022, with the help of our friends Jolene, Aleya, Chris, and many others, we began this journey. We were to transform just a small piece of these 25 acres of overgrown land, into the beginnings of our beautiful farm. We worked for months and it quickly blossomed into something truly special. Then in September of 2023, our friends Brendin and Kirstie joined the team, and that's when everything changed! Suddenly all this hard work and daydreaming was starting to look like a fully realised inspiration bursting at the seams and begging to be shared.
When I first asked Brendin if he would be willing to come by with his camera and film some of the progress along the way, he took one look at what we were doing and said “THIS could be web series!”
Hi! I have not tried this, because just mulch with my comfrey, but Aranya found a way to make a liquid fertilizer that does not smell: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BSKcY7znRZE.html&ab_channel=LearnPermaculture
Love thos. You have a lot of knowledge for a "kid". A term which i mean in a good way. I am ancient by the way. Most people say no your not but my body says hell we werent playing. I live way down in Texas where we now only have two seasons summer and a tad winter. Wishing all the happiness in the world.
Thank you! And I definitely still feel like a kid inside! My body though… my body tells me otherwise. I’ve never been to Texas, I bet it’s beautiful! We all thank you for your wishes of happiness! And send so much love your way.
Such a great episode. Thank you for being so authentic and real. Have you reached out to Coors to get Cody a sponsorship? I was unaware people under 70 were drinking banquet beers 😂. Do the mountains turn blue?
Your videos are so beautiful❤️ They remind me every time of the love of sharing. That it is not about what you accomplish but what you make of it together☀️
Another great one❤ you’re so blessed to be able to have these memories so beautifully recorded. Thank you for sharing with us. I often put your season 2 playlist on and fall asleep to it. lol not from boredom, but I hope to dream of my own future gorgeous haven like you and Cody have. Truly inspiring ❤
If we wanted to buy flowers and fresh vegies, how do we go about doing that. Your episodes are so heart warming and the amount of knowledge and hard work you put into your farm is amazing, you always leave me with something to think about, whether it's about growing things or just being human. 💞
Thank you for another profound episode. This one brought me to tears thinking about our relationship with land, birth and renewal, flowers as medicine, food for the soul, and the importance of belonging and cultivating joy. Keep up the amazing work! Great job.
Can you remind people what you do with all the flowers and vegetables that you are growing? Do you sell them or just give to the people that help you out around the farm?
Our hope is to sustain the project financially by selling flowers.. although we haven’t gotten very far at all with that yet! The goal with food has been to grow enough to feed six families. That way we can have plenty to eat, preserve, and share. When friends come to help out we send them home with food to feed their families and flowers! We also donate some of our spent veg to locals who have animals in need of extra snacks, and on occasion to the local high school. I wanted to be sure that if people were hungry, I had enough to share! Always! 🥰
She is going to be soooooooooooo excited to see her shoutout from her fav garden RU-vidrs! Thanks again Wilsons for making this channel. It makes a mamas heart happy to see an inspired child!
Oooh man! We are so excited to be able to give a little love her way! And we all feel so honoured to hold a special place in her heart. Thanks for connecting with us!
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Pretty cool to see the people you inspire, isn't it? I'm trying to figure out what to sow now so I can hopefully harvest something this year....we finally got some rain yesterday! I can't wait to see the "crafternoon" boxes when they're ready......Keep on keeping on, my loves!
Sowing seeds in July can be iffy, lots of seeds need more time to finish, constant moisture to germinate, or just go squirrelly in the hot hot heat, which is tricky to accomplish in July! But planting seedlings is still okay. And lots of plant stores have end of season sales on now! Maybe that’s the answer? Mind you.. I did cross my fingers and sow some stuff today. I got out carrots, radishes, and will be sowing peas, lentils, and fava beans next week. 🤣
Keep up the good work, my loves! You're my only hope! My baby garden has gone to s^%#, so I shall garden vicariously (from miles upon miles away) through you guys! Between some really dumb rookie mistakes and lack of rainfall in the southeast my onions and peppers(started from seed and kept them alive as seedlings!) are slowly screaming their demise, in spite of regular watering attempts. Finally got most of the tomatoes looking better after trying to deprive them of nitrogen(learned my lesson!), and now something is not only digging inside of my grow bags, but another creature decided that the top part of the strongest one would be a tasty snack. Hard to swallow, that pill, after finally having a place to grow our own. Next step, learn how to build a fence, or a walled garden! Eagerly awaiting the next episode...Big LOVE from NC! -Margaret
“Slowly screaming their demise” 😂 I’m sorry to hear that, but I do appreciate the laughs 🤣 There are always highs and lows no matter how experienced a person is in the garden! I learn loads of lessons every year! It sounds like you’re definitely on the right track. And thank you so much for your unwavering support of our little adventure ♥️ it means the world to us!!!! Sending love! Emily (and the whole ding dang team)
Thank you for the information on lady bug eggs! I’m going out later to check out the broad beans - the aphids love the broad beans. BTW if you’d like any seeds from our place, the columbine are in seed right now and probably lots of other things. Elaine, Thompson Creek Farm (on Wilson 😊)
Thank you for posting now! Just sat at my computer for dinner. Made some broccoli I picked from the garden last night. Hope all is well! Quality video as always.
I just fell in love with this so much. Emily you are the cutest thing ever! I am so happy I randomly found you. I love what you are doing. So inspiring! I love the circle....everything has a center. Keep going!
I think it was this video where you were talking about ladybugs and aphids? The thing is, lady beetles aren't raised in captivity. Which makes sense given their diet. From Whitney Cranshaw, an entomologist from Colorado State University, who I became familiar with when I lived in the state... "A great many nurseries and garden catalogs offer lady beetles for control of garden pests. Essentially all those sold are the convergent lady beetle, Hippodamia convergens. This insect is field collected from mountainous areas of the West Coast states where the beetles periodically migrate and aggregate in large masses when their normal prey are absent in the lower elevations. Unfortunately, the record for effective use of lady beetles released in a garden is typically poor. One reason for this is that the beetles are highly dispersive, poised to migrate long distances from their collection areas. With few exceptions, expect released lady beetles to fly away from gardens where they have been introduced. Furthermore, these field-collected lady beetles usually are in a state known as reproductive diapause, during which time they do not produce eggs. Only after feeding for several weeks after release do they resume egg laying. Another concern raised about field-collected lady beetles is that a proportion of them contain a natural enemy of the convergent lady beetle. A small wasp, Perilitus coccinellae, develops as an internal parasite of these lady beetles. Their presence is evident when the larva completes development and subsequently pupates within a cocoon underneath the lady beetle." Lots of native species of lady beetles in the U.S. and Canada. Hopefully, with your wonderful work, "if you build it, they will come" and find your aphids, even if you can't mail order them. Check out this video (mine) at 7:22 to see lady beetles "converge" in the mountains. It was just CRAZY to see them. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7ywpPNKePT8.htmlsi=74Z3vucJGYq-ihox
Wow! I just checked out your video, I’ve never seen that many in one place! Very cool! It makes sense why there has been such a shortage since the wildfires, so much of their natural habitat was burned! I’ve always had such good luck with lady bugs/beetles. Usually when I release them they go to wherever the largest food sources are. Which is exactly what I want! Then I’ll always see the little orange eggs hanging on the leaves after and it just brings me such joy! Thanks for sharing your perspective with us! There’s some really good info in there!
I like the longer format! I subscribed after the year one video, because I liked how it reminded me a lot of the documentary, the biggest little farm. The 10 minute type videos are beautyfully shot, but I started reconsidering my subscription since I prefer 30 min+ videos in general. I am of course only speaking for me, but definitely thumbs up to the longer videos, even though they probably require more work
We appreciate the feedback! We have definitely settled in to a *somewhat* longer format recently. It has taken a LOT of experimenting and learning since our launch in October. We are doing our best to stay consistent with the quality of videos but boy or boy is it a lot of work. This video took Brendin about 40 hours to edit! But we are incredibly proud of what we are putting out and gonna keep pushing to release something great every week. Thanks again for your support and feedback!
I hope this doesn’t come out wrong but it helps me to see you guys struggle. Like it’s not easy man. And seeing you guys go through it makes me feel better about my own struggles, in the garden and otherwise. So thank you ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this. From the beginning we agreed that we wanted to share things truly. The ups the downs, all of it. Sometimes it’s really really hard. Doing it, capturing it, creating it! And sharing it. But knowing that is helping people in any way, makes the hard days feel worth it! Sending love! ❤️
This is what I use to remove aphids when there are no lady bugs around - mix together 1 quart of water, 1-2 tsp liquid (dishwashing) soap, 20-30 drops peppermint oil. Shake it up and you’re good to go. Test on a small area before using it liberally.
YES! You ARE making it better! Compare one of the earlier videos with this - It is soooooo obvious! And TEN Arches for 50 Bucks?? WOW! What an awesome find! I'm constantly looking for stuff like that, but no luck, yet. They are gorgeous and will of course be even more beautiful with flowers all over them.
All of the great big (((((((HUGS))))))) to you!!!! Hard days will always be there, but they make the good days even better! Baby steps are still steps moving forward, sister! Sending all of the good vibes to you and the fam from NC!
Great song...!! I love that you are using found/given materials instead of buying all the new stuff and going into debt! Hope you don't mind if I start using the Free 99 phrase...I LOVE IT!
