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They have their perks. We’ve tried to balance letting them out some vs. being in the coop/run or completely free ranging. Actually had to go catch a few today that went rogue. 🤦‍♂️

We definitely need to catchup soon, can probably swap some cuttings with you this winter.

@@DeanFamilyAcres Yes 🙌

Agreed, we’re honored to have them, hope they continue to produce great fruits!

We've never had an issue before with this type of setup, always had nesting boxes hanging over our out like this. Some hens never get it, but most lay in the boxes. Maybe those others would lay in a different style. Appreciate the feedback.

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.

@@DeanFamilyAcres Thanks. I plan to plant next two weeks! Your video was a great help.

Appreciate you watching!

Yes, we had a good crowd. We videoed and will have several videos out in the near future.

@@DeanFamilyAcres Good deal, appreciate it.

Thank you!

Hoping the Saturn peaches we grafted produce in the next few years. They look good so far, just need to stake one of them up soon. (They’re very similar to doughnut style.)

We hope so! Excited to see this coming together!

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. :)

One step at a time! Definitely soil test first, let us know how your place progresses.

Upstate, SC zone 8a for 20+ years.

He said it quit one day as it hydrolocked, not water in oil, but water was in cylinder.

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.

Thanks!

We have a video update coming soon. This has been the most successful grafting we’ve had thus far.

Looking forward to seeing this

Not sure what that might be. This try to ask over on the Muscadine Growers Facebook group. Lots of good info over there. facebook.com/groups/581310545314262

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!

It did not thus far. Headed back down soon for updates. Stay tuned.

@@DeanFamilyAcres Thank you. I think it might be good for me here in Texas

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.

You should have contacted them, they honor their warranty if you abide by the requirements. (Personally I much prefer potted.)

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 want to get a bunch more and plant down my whole fence line

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.

They’ve done very well. Hope to have an update in the next month. Any specific details you’d like to see or hear?

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!!

@@DeanFamilyAcres Yeah man. I got to give mine some fertilizer tomorrow, I missed on the 15 🥲

It’s making an evident difference. Now if we can get up that deer fence we’ve talked about for years. 😤

Appreciate you watching! I doubt it’s approved for drinking water because of the additional costs & regulations.

@@DeanFamilyAcres thank you

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.

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.

They’re looking good, my only concern is when/if I trim the pines back and the canopy opens up more.

@@DeanFamilyAcres Yeah maybe do a little at a time.

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.

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!

A bird got to my few blue berries before me. Did the Sweety Pie black berry come from Pense?

It’s sprouted out two limbs, with about 4” of growth on each. I’m excited to see how they each do too.

@@DeanFamilyAcres Sounds like it might make it then!

Hoping so, keeping a 3 gallon bucket next to it with a slight crack in the bottom. Hoping to do an update video on all three this summer.