Planting Something we have Dreamt About for 10 years!! 

I LOVE that you said you raised babies and toddlers first before raising pampered plants. I'm in the babies and toddler stage right now. (Baby #6 on the way). It's a good reminder for me to pace myself and not try to do everything all at once. Thank you!!

The memories your children will have living on a farm seeing life as God intended it to be. Wholesome.

I was raised old colony Mennonite in Manitoba, my first language was Low German, a lot like PA Dutch but probably some regional accent differences. We grew up with Saskatoon Berries which grew wild on the prairies and were incorporated into our region’s culture with recipes and foods inherited from our ancestors that came over from Russia in the late 1870s. They taste (to me) like blueberries on steroids. Big flavours! They do well in ph soil up to 7.5. My mom, having 6 kids made cookie sheets pies. Simply roll bigger pieces of pie dough into the same size as the sheets…..add sugared and floured berries to the top edge of the pan and top with another sheet of pie dough. When this is cooled and cut into rectangles it makes for an excellent hand snack we often ate outside while playing. It looks a bit like pop tarts but so much better! 😊 we came to expect out saskatoon pies in the form of sheet pan pies. Also she would make a couple of pans and bake them one at a time while the other waited in the freezer for harvest field suppers!

I have a friend who keeps a 3x5 file box with cards for anything she might forget. They're all in alphabetical order, and when she plants something she wants to remember or puts something "in a safe place" that she might forget she writes it on a card and files it. Ingenious!

I love the way the children pop the blueberries in their mouth as fast as they can pick them. Congratulations on your blueberries, may they produce an abundance for many years to come.

I love your videos. I always learn something! I’m 75 and still have lots to learn about gardening.Thank you and May God richly bless you and your gardens. ❣️

Ruth Ann ~ I was so touched by the story of your Zinnias and how you dry and freeze them. It’s my dream to grow Zinnias on our little farm. I am not sure if Zone categories are the same in Europe as in the US. Would you ever share any tips about planting Zinnias for success? I am so happy for your blueberries. I live in a forest full of wild blueberries and lingonberries. Looking forward to the next garden update!

My husband and I are 27. We have a good ten years before we’re able to start out homestead. We’re in the toddlers stage right now, and hubby is military but seeing all of this gives me hope that even though we’ll be nearly 40 then, in ten years we will still be able to do everything we dream of!

Watching the little boys eating the blueberries made me smile😉nothing better for them. I just planted my new blueberry plants after my old ones phased out. Looking forward to my first crop.

I love your channel ❤️. Your channel reminds me of my childhood. I'm a 61 yr old single woman disabled and miss being able to get out in a garden. I still can what I can, but most is store bought.

As you say, "God is good!" Thanks for sharing your experiences. I'm really enjoying your content, family and wise teachings. God blessed me well when He led me to your channel.

My mother used to grow strawberries and raspberries, and we'd pick wild blueberries (and raspberries, too) - I hope your family enjoys your berries as much as we all did! God bless you all.

Those boys are so cute. One is saving them for later and the other boy is feasting on the spot. I love it!!

My great x3-grandparents were Mennonite. They came over from Germany. I have a few pictures of them, but otherwise know nothing about them. I love your videos not only because we bought 10 acres for a homestead, but because maybe it gives me an insight on how they cooked etc. Thank you for your videos. Also, thank you for touching base on raising babies and toddlers. That's where we are now and everything is a slow process because of that, but it's okay !

SO GLAD YOU GET TO DO SOMETHING FOR "YOU". SENDING MUCH LOVE AND PRAYERS YOUR WAY.

Oh how you are blessed to have a tractor...and a brother with a sawmill! ;) God bless your dream & bring it to wonderful harvests.

I just love to see children playing outside. Being bare food is so important for the body to get minerals from the earth. Love your channel!!

This may well have been said earlier -but comfrey as a tight border between your lawn and garden beds will provide a nemotode barrier and grass will not grow past the Comfrey. It's a fabulous plant with many benefits to have in the garden:)

Oh gosh, Ms. Ruthann! That is going to be a beautiful feature in your garden. The bees will love you and there's nothing better than homemade blueberry jam!

We have blueberries and they have been producing so much in these years we been here ! ❤❤❤❤

Espoma makes an acidifier you can use for bluberries. In addition to pine bark, you can also use pine needles.

It’s wonderful to see you teaching your children all the life skills they are learning as they help you.

Lol the boys are like baby bears raiding his blueberries 🫐🫐

This was really great, and very informative for those who would love to grow blueberries. Pine needles are also good for blueberries, but like wood chips they take long to break down. That was a great video thank you ☺️

How exciting your family is going to enjoy these for many years

That’s a Beautiful sight right there wind blowing kidos eating fresh blueberries healthy wholesome goodness and sunshine ☀️

I always enjoy your videos watching your sweet family work so well together, have a wonderful 4th of July weekend 🇺🇸

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My daughter's dream! She LOVES blueberries. I always tell her when she grows up she is going to have to marry a blueberry farmer!

I am new to your videos, but thrilled that I learn something everyday 😍. I remember many things about gardens and farming when I was growing up, but it was not fun like yours 😁 also I don’t remember being told the hows and why things were done a certain way. I love that you teach as you go, so many things to learn and saves asking a lot of questions! 🤣 I am retired and growing a few things in my flower bed and some pots, just for fun! I have watched water keep things alive, but rain makes them grow like crazy 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I have grape tomatoes, cilantro, basil, onions, and lettuce. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your videos!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

You are so fun to watch and your kids. I have a 9 year old granddaughter that lives next door. She helps me with the chickens, we go fishing at our lake and other things. Have a blessed day.

Pine straw will also acidify your soil, as well as provide a mulch cover

Your brother’s garden looks wonderful. Hope you are able to grow your blueberries well. Mine all died this last summer from the intense heat we have gotten. In the triple digits for the last few months. Going to start them over and pray they do well. Do not have any whey but will get the soil down to what it needs. I have a bunch of wood chips I can add to them after I order from Stark Brothers.❤️

I noticed on this video that you do not have any mountains in Iowa I live in Kentucky and we have mountains all around us I live down in a Valley beautiful land in Iowa but I love Kentucky!!! I love you!!!

I learn so much from you RuthAnn! Thank you for teaching me!

❤Wonderful!❤ How awesome for the boys to get full bellies of blueberries straight from the bush! Memories being made!!! We have wild blueberries at the back of our yard here in northern MI. I'm really hoping to get them to prosper next year. I'm going to try some of your tricks and tips this coming spring! Thanks Ruthanne!

Wow, I had no idea of how much work it is raising blueberries, thank you for all the information, good luck with your berries

Maxwell is so darn cute😊

You might like to try honeyberries, they can handle your soil, taste like blueberries, and don't need any baby care LOL. I have to say, how utterly refreshing to find such goodness in all of your videos, I can watch your channel with my grandchild without fear of objectionable language, I thank you. We do have blueberries but they do need a lot of acidification! Also bees for pollination, so maybe plant your flowers very close by.

This was a very educational video thank you. You have beautiful children. You are blessed.

I’m so happy that I bumped through here and found your RU-vid videos. Luv the way you teach and do things with your family. I’m myself learning . Here from Harrisburg Pennsylvania

Beautiful gardens. It seems like all i do is fight weeds ( and loose) in my gardens. Between the weeds and wildlife i get discouraged.

I always put my used coffee grounds on my blueberry plants an left over coffee. You can also use diluted vinegar an water around the plants.

don't know if you have access to pine straw near you , but it works great for the blueberries. Thanks for your all your work, love to watch all the goings on out there.

Something I have heard to use as a natural border is planting comfrey. The roots act as underground wall that weeds and grass have a hard time getting through.

Maxwell is so cute! He seems very shy.

Congratulations on fulfilling your dream! It was so fun watching the boys packing in the berries. If I were there, I’d be joining them. Can’t wait to see them next year.

Lordy Ruth Ann how much more do you think you can stread yourself,bless your heart

Lovely blueberry plants and that water looks so clear and cool.

I wish the best for your blue berries for the next 50 years, and hope you get more plants to be able to have enough for fresh eating and for pies etc.❤😊

My roses came with paper tags on the package and I put them in a binder and listed where I planted each and every one of them it's the same thing about drawing a diagram and keeping a garden notebook. My flower bulbs and things of that nature when I ran out of time and energy to get them into notebook I put them in a box one of the decorative shoe boxes.

I learn so much from you on every video… thank you for sharing!!!

Great Job Everyone from SC !

I’m so thankful for all the information that you gave…. I have one blueberry bush’ it’s called patriot it’s been great. I’ve planted all my fruit trees & berries for my grandchildren & teacher them about good home grown food…. And why it’s so important to do . What’s in your store are not always healthy and how to read labels. 🫶🏼 blessings 🙏🏻

This was so informative and delightful to watch. My soil where I live is also very, very alkaline and I've never known how to amend that so I can plant those acid living plants. Thank you!

Just a joy to a lovely Saturday morning! 🙏🏻

So happy for you I love watching your family thank you for letting me be a part of it for a while and yes God is great

I'm so glad you are able to enjoy your passion.

Thank you for sharing this video. I have learned so much on how to grow blueberries. I too would love to have a large blueberry patch. I learn so much from you, thank you. God's blessing on an abundant garden.

I had a very good friend that did landscaping. I will always remember he told me “water keeps the plants alive but the rain makes them grow”. We see this in God’s creation. God is so good!

Rain is a blessing. I just love the way the garden greens up after a real rain. No matter how you water, it just is not the same.

I have wanted to grow blueberries forever, but, even though they are naturally grown in my area, they do not thrive in my yard. It’s too alkaline as well. BUT Saskatoon berries (also called service berry) do great! They taste like a mild blueberry, a little smaller with a larger, edible seed. They are a favourite in my home. Haskaps (also called honey berry) also do good but they need an appropriate pollinator. Saskatoons are self pollinating. No babysitting.

Oh I am going to try these trip with Blueberries here, we have volcanic soil and it’s high PH so going to try again planting with your tricks. Love your channel so much. Hi from cool Queensland Australia (winter here)

Sooo excited for the new video. You and your family are such an inspiration. I always learn something new from you. I pray God's blessings on you all.

I’m 4 hours North in Minnesota of your farm and I’m learning so much that I can use in my everyday life. At my age you’d think I was wiser 😉….but a person never stops learning and I needed this information on growing blueberries!! I originally grow up in the International Falls area which is on the Ontario Canada border and we just naturally would head to the woods to our secret find, as we called it, and would go blueberry picking! So I naturally thought all of Minnesota would be ripe for blueberry growing….but that’s not true 😂…so I’m learning so much from your channel that I just wanted to take this time (I’m sure there’ll be many more times) to say a thank you for your learning, teaching and sharing! So much appreciated!! 💕👍

Thank you❤!!! I just planted blueberries. I ordered the sulfur pellets and a ph meter after watching your video.

i especially njoy your videos which are engaging and informative but mostly I njoy them bc of you! it’s like a visit with a dear sister! Blessings ✨

This makes me realize how much I took for granted all the blueberry bushes growing wild along my grandmother’s lake cabin property in New Hampshire.

You are welcome I so enjoy your channel and your farm...reminds me of my childhood, but my mother had to start working out side the home...and it was hard on a 9 year old to start cooking and doing a womans work with 7 males and me and my mom...she worked pm shifts so we never saw her. So I learned to cook on my own. And I am a great cook still. But i chose not to have kids;;because I had to raise her's

Love this video. Looking forward to raising my own blueberries (planting anyway) this next year; 2024. I’ll save this video and refer back to it. 🥰

When I had raspberries and blueberries, only a few of each we put down chicken droppings around them to make more acidity

Ruth Ann you don't need to write down the blueberry plants . Just review this video. I hope your plants flourish and you have abundant harvests. Did you know in the deep south all they can grow is elephant garlic. It is because all other garlic needs to go through stratification.

I love that you mentioned hoping that your grandchildren would be enjoying the fruits of you labor for years to come.

We are looking at trying bit grow Blueberry plants when we get our land cleared; this info will be a tremendous help😀

Your kids picking fruit snacks was priceless. When my raspberries are on, I tell my kids fruit snacks are ready. They love picking fresh fruit. Enjoy your new blueberry plants, time and a season for all things. It really is good to know when needs your time and attention the most from year to year.

Beds look beautiful. I love your farm. Reminds me of home. (a dairy farm on the eastern shore of Maryland.). Wonderful memories. Thank you.

Yay! A dream coming true is always exciting.

Ruthann, I just recently discovered your videos and I enjoy them so much. Keeping on keeping on and yes, God is good! Blessings to you and yours! Andrea

I live about a half hour from starks nursery. They have very nice plants and trees. Love watching your videos!

Enjoy your blueberries! I love them. Be blessed for all your hard work!!!!

Those are enormous angle worms! Must be very healthy soil. You will have a wonderful harvest of blueberries. The plants in your brothers garden are amazing. 300! Wow!

Thank you for all the blueberry tips. I had a viewer gift me a blueberry from my Amazon wish list this spring. It started to grow really good at first but now it's starting to yellow maybe I need to check the ph. Thanks for sharing. Garden is beautiful.

Another wonderful video! Love the family working together on a project.

I'M HAPPY FOR YOU. MAY YOU HAVE MANY YEARS OF BOUNTIFUL HARVESTS.. STAY BLESSED.

Amen on the rain

Those babies are the cutest 💖💖💖

This was so helpful! I now know probably why I havent been very successful with Blueberries.

Boys are always hungry . Glad to see them filling up their tummys.

I love how your kids are always involved! The two little ones sure know how to use that stapler!!!😂❤️

Thank you! Love, love, love your videos! I look forward to watching each one!

I’ve really been enjoying your videos! I’ve been binge watching while I’m in my pottery studio!

Beautiful video. You have beautiful well behaved children. Thank you for sharing your family.

Hope yaw get a big harvest love the planting beds

Thumbs up . . . Thanking you . . . ❤💖❤

Thanks for sharing your knowledge about planting blueberry plants, maybe I’ll try again.

❤❤❤🎉🎉❤❤❤ SO HAPPY YOU DID IT. BLUEBERRY PIE COMING UP 😊

Kendrick and them blueberries 😂💙

You have really done your research.

So glad y’all you got your blueberry bushes! Your garden is really gruzwza❤z c.

On my allotment everyone mulches their blueberries etc with pine needles as they are acidic 😉😉❤️❤️❤️