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Escape From City Life
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 20 เม.ย. 2023
Welcome to the Channel! We moved from the city to a rural countryside setting in the Midwest.
We've been wanting to escape from the city for a long time, hence the name of the Channel!
We encounter a lot of new things in the country, especially things we need/products, services, gardening, and many more topics. We plan on doing videos on these types of topics...
Check out our new blog.
www.escapefromcitylife.com
Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, and COMMENT!
We've been wanting to escape from the city for a long time, hence the name of the Channel!
We encounter a lot of new things in the country, especially things we need/products, services, gardening, and many more topics. We plan on doing videos on these types of topics...
Check out our new blog.
www.escapefromcitylife.com
Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, and COMMENT!
Sweet Potato Harvest 2024: Our Variety|Amendments|How We Keep Voles Away!
Come check out our sweet potato harvest. We had a much better crop than last year! Next year we plan to create a couple more beds worth of crops. These are the Georgia Jets variety. I think next year we will go back to the Beauregard variety.
We have a heavy clay soil and have reaped the rewards by digging most of it out and backfilling with peat moss, top soil, and cow manure. Lots of watering over the hot summer months!
We have a heavy clay soil and have reaped the rewards by digging most of it out and backfilling with peat moss, top soil, and cow manure. Lots of watering over the hot summer months!
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Chickens are enjoying their new space! #backyardchickens #escapefromcitylife
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Hello there! The Wyandotte chicks love their new home and play area! We had to purchase windscreens due to really high winds we often get out in the country. We hope you enjoy the little Silver and Golden Bells #gardening #escapefromcitylife #chicks #wyandotte #backyardchickens
Our chicks have graduated to the great outdoors coop! #chicken #escapefromcitylife #gardening
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Howdy! Our Wyandotte Chicks have grown so big that they are ready to go outside. Watch as they get acclimated. #gardening #escapefromcitylife #chicks
Harvesting Sweet Potatoes? Make Delicious Homemade Fries with a Fry Cutter!
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Hello Did you add a gallon of water to your gallon of vinegar
I've been using the full 45% lately with dawn soap. Weeds out here in the country are savage so is the grass. This has proved more effective than diluting for us
Thank you for making this video.. It was very helpful. :)
You are welcome.... Just used it the other day to water in milky spore granules. Used the hose attachment to water some things in the garden. Great time saver.
Thank you for your help
Happy to help
Exactly 🎉
🙂
Can you use the 75% concentration?
I've never seen the 75% concentrate interesting. Not sure if it would be more devastating than the 45%.
It Works
Definitely
👍 You need a few more of those
Yep. Just bought three more and put them downwind from some small trees we planted. Will give updates there too
Bro, bend those staples over. It will save your hands in the future! Nice lookin' soil!
Good tip, thanks!!
Perfect! Thanks for taking the time to describe the assembly process. I, too, have roughly 3 acres to tend to with a sprayer. I wonder if you could use a drop of Loctite on those two nuts that occasionally shake loose? I subscribed to your channel. I like the way you explained everything plainly.
Thank you glad to help others...
I just got two of these exact barrels. I would love to see the piece you were talking about. I look forward to getting these in place hopefully this week.
Yes I made a short of that piece.
Lol I didn’t dilute or wear a mask wasn’t that bad
We get crazy wind put here so a precaution really.
man you went heavy on the 2,4d. i've been doing 1 qt for every 25 gallons. seems to take about 2 weeks for me see weeds dying . maybe i'll to try a heavier rate. i use that same stuff & i've been happy with it..
Yea. It's good stuff.. I did go a little heavier gone in days. This year I haven't had to use any
Thank you, lots of great information! They look amazing! 🍅
Appreciate it thx!
Looking great 👍
Thanks 👍
which fertilizer are you using for the dandelions? They look great
At the time tried the 24d. This year didn't have to spray anything
would this hurth the mulch if i was to spray this on the weeds coming up from under the mulch?
I have done that myself and haven't seen discoloration or anything. Not sure if over time it would break it down faster. Use it on my rock beds as well
So? At the end, those terrible creatures came back? I hope not
They did a little bit but only a fraction of before. A big improvement. I also have been spreading milky spore granules to control them at grub stage
Front yard looks great.
Thank you!
Good idea about the manifold. Also if you are just using one barrel for gardening hose, you can raise it on blocks and it will give more pressure too. I have a couple of 32 gal. rubber trash cans I drilled a spigot hole about 10 inches up from the bottom to make room when i want to use my watering can. I have the second barrel connected to the first one with a 2 inch by 10-inch (an extendable length 10 to 20 inch) hose about 7 inches lower than the hole of the first barrel. I also have an overflow hose on the first barrel about 4 inches from the top. My roof space is about like yours and I really use that overflow hose with just the two barrels. Isn't this a fun project. I remade my downspout to make it come out to the barrel, as you did. I had to drill a lot with a hole saw but it was worth it since we are getting so much rain. The overflow hose (24 ft.) goes to a tree in the backyard and the spigots have garden hoses going to the front yard.
Thanks. We are probably buying a small water pump to create more psi to drive the water down the decline into our garden. We'll see how it goes. Eventually I'm moving our oversize shed to the backyard near the garden installing some gutters to collect rainwater and then create a free flowing irrigation. For now the pump...
Kudos to you for consistently delivering videos that stand out, my friend. Your unique style and creativity make them unforgettable. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.
Thanks Sarah! Yes I will check out your channel. We will be having chickens this summer. Should make for some interesting videos.
If it was a little tailess mouse it sounds like voles, the have nests in ground and don't hill like moles do
Yes you are right. A vole indeed... Ruined some of our sweet potatoes! Mother nature you gotta love it...
Great recipe, thanks for sharing. 🌞Hi, I'm a new subscriber.
Thx! Thanks for subscribing.
Nice harvest, exciting!
Yes, thanks
Much less work to use a bag lawn mower
Agreed, but... she wanted to experiment today. I also just spread them out over a plot and mowed them over as well. Worked out well...
Beautiful view...like your video..
Thank you so much 🙂
Yay! Lovely hike
Yes!
Try it in a deeper bucket or old garbage pail, you wont get as much spillage 😊
Yes we ended up taking our little battery operated lawnmower over it.
Happy happy harvesting sweet potato...like it...😍😍
Yes, thank you
@@countryprideliving you're welcome
Great video, I am considering buying the same aerator/seeder combo. What are your thoughts on the spike aeration vs plug aeration, and did you do any dethatching? Thank you for your time.
Hello and thank you! I have read the plug actually can do a better job at getting a bit deeper and allow for more water extraction than the spike aeration. For me I went with this combo seeder/spike aerator because it suited my needs more for spreading granules more efficiently like for instance my Milky Spore application for grub prevention. Aeration and seeding at the same time allowing my granules to root themselves better. I've never had the need for dethatching at this point. I think it's also a discussion of how much time commitment someone wants to put into their lawn. We are so busy with gardening/composting/maintenance/etc that I'm willing to only devote so much time to lawncare. At this point I feel I do enough... Thanks for the comment.
@@countryprideliving Thank you and I appreciate your opinion, have a good one.
Hey Friend, great video I am considering buying one also, I was going to purchase the plug aerator, broadcast spreader, and the dethatcher, all by Brinly. I only have a half acre of land to manage but do not want to buy a manual aerator and spreader. What are your thoughts on how effective the spike aerating will be instead of plug aeration? Thank you for your time.
@darrellshinn5983, please see my other comment where I replied to this. thx.
Nice harvest enjoy
Thanks!
Not had for the first harvest...next year try putting a lot of mulch..good luck.
Thanks will do! Also I didn't build mounds or anything... But still think we had success due to the very loamy soil we created when planting. Thinking about doing a whole patch of these next year.
No you wont get more waterflow or pressure.... you are restricted by the diameter of your hose ... need a manifold outlet CLOSE to source bigger then source outlet
Sorry I disagree. I'm not claiming powerful pressure but I did see an increase in the flow by sourcing the hoses through the manifold and letting them all flow versus just using the hose straight from the rain barrel. Again I didn't measure it by just from my own visual I could tell it made a bit of a difference. More so the manifold is also for convenience just not pressure.
I think you should take a pitch fork and go through that whole area where vines were. Potatoes tend to grow off those side vines
Thank you! Yes we found the pitchfork and went back through again. Not much more to speak of but a few more were found.
Seems like more is left in the ground. Thanks for sharing
You bet
Need to follow the roots all the way because they run under the ground. Nice harvest .
Thanks! We did go back through the area again with a pitchfork and did get a few more.
New subscriber to your channel ❤ Nice sweet potato harvest. 🎉
Thanks for subscribing! We can't wait to start making some fries with our new fries cutter. Stay tuned...
Rather than a trellis, I built a cafe around my blackberries. About three feet high, three feet wide and three feet long. Your plants are small now but the new canes next year will be able to grow up and hang over the sides, and not trail on the ground. Show a video next year of how your canes have grown! 😊
Thank you and good idea. You should see them already here at the end of summer. I'll post a short video when I can, the growth has been amazing for the first year and they are already hanging over the top wire!
I have used Dirt Booster Plus from The Andersons co. Really speeds up the process. Also spread it on the lawn to help improve soil and reduce fertilizer usage.
Great tip! I'll have to look into that product.
Can you screw in a hose or sprayer to the black hoses ?
Yes you can .Just need to make sure the connector is suitable (male vs female). I also bought a manifold to connect all 3 hoses into 1 central location to allow all barrels to flow at once or to allow each individual hose 1 at a time. Let me know if you'd like me to show a short video on the manifold.
Aww your chickens are soo cute❤❤❤
Thank you! These are our friends chickens. We were in Maine visiting their homestead.
Good info, thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching. Glad it was informational!
Excellent video.
Thank you very much!
💘 P R O M O S M
thx
Don't forget to make sure all 4 tires have the correct air pressure, before you take any measurements.
Definitely. I have another video for other than just pitch covering this as well. Thanks for adding that note.
i live fairly rural and less than a mile from a retired hydroelectric dam that is home to a wildlife sanctuary and critters are abundant in my neck of the woods (i have a coyote den about 100 ft from my front door). i also do trashcan composting but i either procure trashcans with holes in the lid for a locking mechanism, in my case bungee cords, or drill holes for such to keep the lids on so the critters can't get in. racoons & possums are crafty creatures. i also anchor the primary can, i have 8, to my back deck (with a hook & bungee cord) and then attach each trashcan together by their handles so they don't go anywhere or get carried off. when those trashcans start to approach capacity they are very heavy and not very likely to go anywhere. i also place the bottoms of my trashcans right on the soil and water like you but i also will put down something to attract worms like molasses or maple syrup along with a dusting of cornmeal, oats or flour. i usually have worms in a days if not right away. i make 1/2 holes about 6 in apart in my trashcans and don't worry about screening the holes. i have never noticed any untoward pests and i am checking temps daily (all year) and turning if necessary. also, when i add moisture to my compost, i usually add some molasses, maple syrup or even soda (which also adds phosphorus) to keep the beneficial microbes & worms fat & happy. i would love to be able to worm farm out back also but it just gets too hot here in the summer & too cold in the winter. i have inquired about closing in my back deck but hoa says no :(
Great info my friend. We actually talked about the worm farm the other day as well. I like the tip on attracting the worms as well. We definitely have some now but that might have attracted even more.
This stuff is a game changer for me! Using 40%, with some dish soap & it works great even on woody sprouts.
Totally agreed. We had some little fungus coming through our wood mulch and this stuff was magic.
Where do i buy a vinegar with that high a percentage?
Hi. I include a link in the video description. Purchased from Amazon. Thx. I've never seen 45% in stores.
Here is the link as well. bit.ly/3qpxKMY
Love this stuff!
Yes it 's awesome
Are there any issues with mosquitoes accessing these barrels and laying eggs?
No not at all. These are not sitting around any major vegetation (bushes, trees, etc) so that may account for it as well. The filter mesh lids are pretty dense too.