A dream that has grown for generations. Our families have farmed or gardened in SC since the 1700’s. Dean Family Acres was established on ~3/4 acre in 2013 and expanded to a new 5 acre location in 2016, we strive to be “Real People, Real Homesteading”
Backyard muscadine, blueberry, & blackberry orchard; Lavender Ameraucana chickens, Rhinelander rabbits, 2,500 sq ft of garden space, 3 crazy dogs, a handful of barn cats, and a spoiled fluffy cat named Rover.
Appreciate you asking! We have one disfigured fruit this year on the Asian. (We left it on, but don’t know if it’ll actually ripen.)Hopefully we’ll have a good crop next year. (Need to do a better job of making limbs run horizontally.) We also grafted a Bradford with edible pears this year. It’s taken off and I bet week have some fruit next year.
That mulch ought to help you out. Just planted a little lemon today. Mulched the dog out of it. I need to mulch around my Indian and donut peaches. If you haven't ever trued a little white donut peach you'd be amazed. Sweetest little thing I ever ate.
Not sure which part you talking about, been awhile since we made this video, but the barn is 4x6 minimum, we do wish we had used full posts instead of piecing, but they have held up well. (If your interested in seeing how this build progressed be sure to check out the playlist, we did several episodes and still have a few things that need to be done to finish up. (If anything is ever really considered finished. :)
Great video! I have 3/4” poly tubing on a timer for my garden and 1/4” soaker tubing on my strawberries. Using drippers like you did, plus the diameter of pipe, pressure is not an issue. Soaker hose on the other hand really needs to be on a closed loop system because the pressure never gets to the end the same way as the top otherwise. Two things you might change in the future: 1) those slip unions are not meant to be permanent ;2) above ground plumbing like that, you should consider schedule 80 grey pipe instead of 40. It is designed to withstand uv exposure.
Great tips. - Union was intentional as it is seasonal and will be removed for winter. - I may paint the PVC to prevent any damage, in general it'll last a very long time. - Hoping to modify the soaker hose portion one day, for now we're just glad to have the blueberries fully irrigated.
I am in Zone 9. I have a black, self fertile, very tight bunched, dry scar and very early ripening muscadine that is a heavy producer and I do not know what variety it could be. A neighbor gave me this vine and he is not sure what variety it is because it came with the home he bought. I am thinking it may be a cowart. Would anyone like to guess which variety it could be? This muscadine also have a strong sweet muscadine taste.
Enjoyed the videos. Look into using fishing line for a deer repellent. My brother is using it. He puts it 3' off the ground and around his garden. Use monofilament. It's clear and that can't see it and it spooks them away. He swears by it, but he has a small garden area too
I have some deer netting, just too many other things going on this year. Fishing line is an option too. Hope to get something done this winter or early spring. Appreciate the advice!
Is the souther home the Arkansas new release or was there another? I watch the university of Arkansas talk about a new release but they never said the name or when and where to get it. Do you know the name? thanks
Southern home has been around since 1979 and patented in 1994/96. They highlighted one of the Arkansas varieties at this meetup, can’t remember if there was a second. One was for wine making. I’ll try to follow up in a future video if I find out anymore details. Appreciate you watching and being interested in the future of this fruit.
I bought 6 bare root vines from Isons only 2 made it. One Late Fry that is growing very well and one Hall that is only growing 50% of what my Late fry is doing. I really would like to buy more but I cannot afford to buy from Isons. It ended up costing me $120. for two vines.
Hall is one of our best growing vines and they taste so good! We attended the most recent version of this event over the weekend, new videos will be out in the coming weeks.
i just planted a bunch 3yr old vine: 2 Jumbo 3 Loomis 2 Nesbit (males) Also just to play i stuck in: 1 Lakemont Seedless 1 Lady finger grapes As long as i was at that I grabbed a 3yr old Durbin nectarine tree, 3yr old Black Beauty mulberry, 3yr Crab Apple 3yr Fugi
Where’d you get them from? You should checkout our other video where we added vines to a fence line. Biggest things we’ve learned has been they love water.
Appreciate your feedback! Trying our best to keep episodes coming every Sunday amongst everything else life keeps throwing at us. Few trips snd interviews planned between now and late August, excited to see how they go.
Location impacts affordability greatly. Especially if you’re looking for acreage. Property in most of the state has increased greatly with the influx of new residents from traditionally higher cost of living areas over the last 3-4 years. There are a few opportunities, but they’re usually word of mouth, a FSBO sign or similar. If a realtor gets ahold of it it’s usually going to end up at a premium.
Trying to be a little organized. They definitely love water, we’re amazed at how some seem to take off vs those without irrigation. Appreciate you watching!!
Thanks for asking It's been several years, but these kits seem to be similar to kit(s) to what we used: Bucket Cylinder Seal Kit LA480 (S/N Before 21531) amzn.to/4bIjRf3 Boom Cylinder Seal Kit LA480 (S/N Before 21531) amzn.to/3XXIIZ2
We've found potted to do well as long as you amend your soil properly. The boxed bare root ones at TSC, etc not so much, spend the $ to get a potted plant or order from a dedicated nursery.
I spotted the stunt double a few times haha. I really liked the Pink Lemonade. I think that shirt at the beginning was affecting your taste a little too haha. Were you able to put in up in the freezer this year? My best-tasting berries were the ones that I did not know the variety.
We put a few gallons of blackberries up. Between deer and birds they are putting a damper on our crops. You'd think with the amount we have it wouldn't be an issues.
@@DeanFamilyAcres Yeah I thought you have a ton with you having so many. Maybe once they get taller. My neighbor I got mine from this year had tons on hers with only three bushes, but hers were really tall and full. I wasn’t wanting mine that tall but I may have too to fight those birds. I hate to mess with netting.
It’s always a dance with frost. That’s one reason we’ve tried to expand our varieties. Be sure the blackberries are fully ripe, hard challenge when you have birds to compete for them.
I've got about 20 varieties of blueberries, and honestly most of them have disappointed me in flavor. But two are standouts: Darrow and Razz - they are crazy tasting! Honorable mention goes to pink lemonade, it has a unique almost tropical taste to me. I've also got about 50 varieties of blackberries and raspberries going, to figure out which ones I want to grow forever. I noticed you mentioned that Sweetie Pie is very good, I look forward to trying mine next year! Also, after tasting my PAF's I just gave them away 😂
Sounds like you have a really nice collection. What zone are you? With blackberries I think irrigation and timing makes a difference in taste. It’s a fine line vs them not producing well.
@@DeanFamilyAcres I'm in Plano, TX - Zone 8b. Most of my raspberries are not making it through the Texas summer heat - I have a video on my channel of how they look, it's not pretty!
I love Cowart, Ison, Dixie Red, Supreme. I'm growing them in a large greenhouse in Seattle. I love the thick skin. You're spitting out the healthiest part of the grape. Ruby Crisp was awful. Bland and tastes nothing like a traditional muscadine. I'm replacing it with Paulk this year.
That’s cool that you’re able to grow them in a greenhouse. Skin is good for you, but not my personal favorite. Tastes and flavors can be different depending on climate, soil, water schedule and ripeness. Imho Ruby Crisp tastes much better when you let it get fully ripe. Hoping we get a few Paulk off our personal vine this year. (It’s in a semi shady area, so not as much fruit/flowering) We’ve been to Seattle once about 13 years ago, neat city back then. Good friend lives on Orcas.
Personal preference, they definitely can sprout up on you. We have about 5-10 different varieties at our place, they’re beautiful as long as they’re pruned properly.
Calcium Nitrate at any local feed and seed. 10-10-10 can be purchased almost anywhere, big box stores to the feed and seed. Personally we try to support local whenever possible. If you have 5 or more vines I’d encourage you to buy large 20+ lb bags of each. It’ll last a few years but costs much less per lb.
We don’t really have a video specifically on lessons learned, but that would be a great topic to focus on. We’ll try to add that to my list of ideas/to do. We will often make comments in other videos about specific things. Thanks for the idea!
That bbq place looked good. How was it? Man he has a nice place. I can’t wait to get my tree from ya! I’m excited!! You didn’t mention what all you bought for yourself. The ppl want to know haha.
Man when you told me about this, I had no clue it was this huge. Thats unreal man. So cool!!! It’s hard to imagine 400 years. Also, side note, watching you squat like that is making me hurt lol 😂
