Moving your sprout house to the greenhouse and connecting them would save you a lot of schlepping. We used to grow commercially and did just that and it worked quite well for us.
Back in the 70s we used. Mushroom manure. Our fruit trees flourished! We even pruned our neighbors orchard also. He was thrilled. He said he never had such a beautiful crop. He would drive around to all the neighbors and give them apples from his orchard. Those were the good old days!!!!
Barbara Anderson- Yes, the 70s were the best! And that is not just because I was in my 20s. I am using the skills I leaned back then to live off the land today and share what I can with others locally. There are things I dropped along the way, but the organic gardening keeps us healthy and we raise grass fed beef. This channel is one of the best I have seen for showing how to live the good life, grass roots style. And bravo they can make a living by their own hand! I am learning more about the larger green houses and hope to have one. NH winters are long. It would be nice to extend the season. ~ Diane
We live very close to a mushroom farm and we fairly regularly go get a pickup truckload of the mushroom compost. We use it to amend my garden, and add to our tree holes when we plant. I also used it last year to hill up my potatoes and had a bumper crop. We just moved our orchard to a place closer to the house which will be easier to get water to. I plan to side dress those trees before the rain tomorrow..
My favorite thing during grape harvest was putting some of them in the freezer, they tasted like little grape popsicles but totally natural and I could eat a couple handfuls.
So great to see green grass and green plants... here in Minnesota we are so deep with snow yet. It was -9 this morning. Spring will come. I would be interested in a video some time after u have lived in the new house a while a video of what u love n don't love about it and if there are things u would do differently what are they.. May your season be prosperous and blessed!
I have eaten low carb for many years and feel best eating this way. I too have a bowl of berries with my homemade high fat yogurt everyday. I love watching you two working together! You are such a blessing!
You both are such an inspiration to follow...! You put so much time, energy, and love into your homestead...! You give such great ideas to follow...! Have a GREAT day and God Bless...! 🤠❤🙏🎄🍇🤠 Shelly
I am sorry , but I haven't comment'd in a while. I just wanted to say, I enjoy your videos so much that I wish I could give more than one thumbs up. You always have multiple topics that I enjoy. Thank you for sharing.
🤔 Morning! Kevin, next time you need to do a project like this, consider rolling out the fabric the length that you need, and then folding in in half- length wise. This way you can burn your holes right where you want your plants to go, dig your holes, and then you just flip the other side over the plant. I hope I painted that picture right, for you! 😆😆
When we planted our grapes and berries we mowed the rows as close to the ground as possible, dug our holes, laid down the fabric and then cut our holes. It went quicker than we thought it would.
Great job Kevin and Sarah, you worked the covering for the grapes better than we thought it would go . You two worked it like a pro!! The sprout ar looking good and the plants are doing wonderfully. You'll be ready for the seasons planting. Stay safe and keep up the great videos and keep having fun with what you are doing. Fred
Wow you guys!!! Look at all of those plants in your sprout house! I have "sprout envy" 🤣LOL. Fantastic! So fun to see little blossoms on your fruit trees. Spring has sprung where you are. It's always so much fun to see what is going on at your homestead. Thanks so much for sharing with us! Congratulations on achieving that weight loss! Fantastic!🥰
Kevin and Sarah keep on keeping on. You both do so good. I enjoy your videos. As much as I tried to implement your weed fabric in the garden. My health has now stopped me. Both of you please keep doing what you do. YOU BOTH INSPIRE OTHERS VERY MUCH!!!
I laughed so hard about the mulberry trees! Up here in IL, they are noxious weeds. Took us 3 years to prune/cut them out of our windbreak and I spend weeks every year digging and cutting all the others that grow everywhere. Royal PITA! 😁 Enjoy!
They are a nuisance, especially when the birds drop the seeds everywhere! And they are hard to dig up and get rid of.The good thing about them(I have 2 huge ones), is that the birds prefer to eat them instead of my tart cherries and different types of berries, so it saves them for me! I don’t care for mulberries myself, so I don’t mind the birds having them.
Also just planted a Mulberry tree at our back yard. My husband and I looked for this particular kind for a longest time. It's called Pakistan Mulberry Tree. The fruits on it are about a finger size. Very sweet and the tree bears fruit for 4 months out of the year. Absolutely recommend it. It's beautiful and the fruits on it are just amazing.
You've come a long way baby! I have enjoyed your videos so much, and have learned so much along the way. Enjoy your new home and keep smiling. God's Blessings to you both.
I'm also eating low carb/keto and have lost 80 pounds so far. I recently learned how to make my own yogurt using our instant pot, and I love it. I have yogurt once or twice a day just like you, with berries, and either nuts, or a keto friendly granola mix. I do use an artificial sweetener because Im not super fond of the flavor of stevia. I love that I can control what goes into my yogurt, and therefore what goes into my body. I make mine with whole milk and some heavy cream for a higher fat content. It saves me a lot of money compared to the keto friendly yogurts in the store, too. I imagine once you have cows in milk again, it would save you even more.
QUESTION: Can you do a playlist on your keto recipie? I'll hope it will come more of those as time goes bye... Easy to plan dinner and snacks for us keto folks 😁. Best of luck on this garden season 🐞🌾🌻🍉🍇🍅🌶️🥒❤
I love how you're sharing your keto journey. It has been a big help to me as I've been struggling with what to eat with intermittent fasting meals. Thank you
Loved hearing you guys are near Ava. We used to live there 2006 - 2009. A nice small town in the beautiful Ozarks. I always love following your farming adventures and projects. Thank you for sharing with all of us. I have a small farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington now. Growing and getting ready for the Shelton and Aberdeen Farmers Markets May through October. Hucklebeary Homestead
I miss you guys during the week when there are no new videos. I've been watching every single video all the way through from start to finish for at least the past 2 years, maybe longer. I love your orchard. We are planting ours this year.
You can't fruit grape vines until year 4. If you fruit them earlier you will stunt them. Tom Zebadal ( I think this is the wrong spelling, but close) has really good videos on anything grapes, like which trellis system to use or where to grow them and how to align the rows etc.
Excellent day in the life video. So glad you have your grapevines planted and weed control in place. I like the new weed cloth set up. I enjoy watching your new farm grow. 💕💕
Î really like the way gardening is done in the US. This huge "gardens"/farms, no neighbors that tell you not to do this and that, etc. I don't understand everything, especially the special terms for material or plants, but I really like watching you. Enjoy the upcoming season!
Good morning 🙏😊. I’m about to start my plants. This is my first year to start my own plants . You guys are an encouragement to me and everyone who watches your videos. Have a blessed day🙏🥰
Your plants look awesome! I wish you the best of luck at the farmer's market! I love mulberries! The shade cloth is a terrific idea! I love you green house!
How are the girls doing. Hope y’all are still enjoying the new house. Love learning from such a lovely couple. Y’all are so kind and the love you show each other is heart warming. God bless and happy homesteading from the MS Gulf Coast The Bladsacker’s
I am surprised that you used a 6' width ground cloth for this, but then I'm not sure how small the DeWitt cover comes. I have a partial roll of DeWitt that I used in my backyard plant nursery and I LOVE it. You guys really inspire me to do more but honestly, at 78 I don't have that many "productive" years left! LOL great job on all you're doing on your homestead. If nothing else, I can live vicariously through your efforts!
I bought the 4' because they didn't sell the 6' back then. Those grapes will get wide at the top so the 6' will allow them to pick grapes while standing on the fabric and not in the grass. At 68, I love mine around my tall raised beds because no weeds, or critters lurking, and my garden seat rolls on it easily.
We planted 2 seedless concord and 2 red reliance about 6 years ago and have been getting tons of grapes! We made our first batches of wine this year, and we love it! You will have oodles of grapes before you know it!
I HIGHLY recommend worm casting compost for your trees! In fact I use it all over my garden and it’s a miracle compost. I’m in Eastern Ontario (Canada) and our growing season is much shorter than yours. You should see my plants after just a month of planting. Anyway, love your videos, my wife and I watch you guys every video you put out.
Mulberries are awesome! I get them from my grandpa's old place and grabbed some babies from there and planted them at my house. Mulberry jam is my all time favorite.
I started Keto on March 1st and already down 12 pounds. I’m also doing intermittent fasting. Only eating two meals a day. Keeping the carbs around 20 grams a day
Years ago I put a pellet stove in a large greenhouse, made a heat coil to heat water and had several barrels, and fired it up on cold nites, also double layered the plastic.
Hello living traditions family! I love your content and you both are such an inspiration! I've learned so much in the years that I have watched you and I want to thank you for all the teaching and inspiration! God Bless!
Mulberry trees I love so much. In South Africa and Rhodesia we had these trees and the beautiful Mulberry Jelly my mom in law made was absolutely delicious. Miss them, have not had a mulberry in 28 years. Enjoy.
Love seeing all those plants thriving. The orchard will be a great addition to your garden. Wishing I was closer to purchase some of your plants. Best of luck in the next few weeks with the farmers market. God's blessings
Here in Arizona our brassicas are done, getting warm, slow cool year, the tomatoes are blooming, peppers budding, getting into the soil now. I've sold over 200 plants already, and in a couple days I'm sold out, it's just a hobby.
Mulberries!!!! My Plan this year too!!!! Apparently a bonus is the high protein content in leaves for livestock such as bunnies and goats etc.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Look into the "Gripple" wire tensioners, and use the hardened wire, as it holds up, remember the wire loosens in the warm summers, and you need to loosen it for the cold winters, or it pulls posts, anchor your end posts, Gripple makes a full line of vineyard hardware.
Lay the weed blocker down. Burn the holes in the weed blocker then dig the planting holes with a post hole digger. I put the dirt on a piece of card board to keep things neat. I do this with tomatoes, peppers, squash, just about everything.
We love our Mulberry trees! I grew up with them and wouldn’t be without them. Try making mulberry sea salt homemade ice cream… you will NOT be disappointed!
Hi, sorry I have missed you for a while. The two hurricanes in south Florida took my job and my place to live and then my daughter died so I have not been anywhere or visiting anyone for the most part. You are in my prayers.
when we gardened, we bought the long lanky plants, planted them in a firtilized trough. just curled up the last little top to come out of the trough. that all became root system and we had tomatoes coming out of our ears. just a FYI good luck!
I have done almost the same thing but found that cutting the weed cloth down the center and cutting it around the plants worked better without injury to the plant. But I am doing this alone so for me it was easier. I love your channel.
On "Dwarf trees" they are grafted to a tree stock base that limits their size by limiting growth by root growth. If you accidentally bury the tree with dirt above the graft it will allow the plant to grow off the non dwarf stock.
Where I grew up in southern SD, we had a Huge mulberry tree in an old homestead. We only picked it once, but I remember they were a lot like a raspberry only sweeter.
Yay for new fruit trees!!! My second order of fruit trees comes this week from Stark Bros. I’m so excited!! I can’t wait to get outside this weekend and add to my orchard!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@debbiesscrapbookingroom4245 oh nice!!! We are just getting ours started! Blueberries like acidic soil and here in the Arizona desert we have Alkaline soil but they started producing so we will see.
@@hiddenvalleyfarmstead we are 5B. I have a 100 year old baking cherry tree that was struck by lightning a few years ago. It’s not looking soo good, I thought I’d get a new one started.
