On July 3rd I was at the Clackamas Costco and I got to meet Becky in the parking lot. She was so kind to take a couple of minutes to talk to me. Thank you Becky!
@@AcreHomestead If you come to Frisco, TX I hope to run into you too!!! HEE HEE.... Question??? was the milk you used for the yogurt already pasturized or was is raw???? confused here....can you use the oven to dehydrate to make yogurt and use regular grocery store milk????
An idea for you, Becky. Make a large batch of caramelized onions and since you didn’t like canning them, then freeze dry them. They are fantastic freeze dried and sprinkled over casseroles or veggies, or my favorite is to powder them and add into any dish that will benefit from a wonderful caramelized onion flavor.
If you begin to replace the tomato cages, or need more, PLEASE buy the square ones! They store flat!!! Another way to keep your storage area organized & neet!
Was thinking about you and Jess from Roots & Refuge today as I decanted my vanilla extract so I could bring the bottles to my family for early Christmas presents. Now I'll dehydrate the beans that I didn't put into the bottles so I can make vanilla sweetener (going to add them to Splenda instead of sugar). Thanks for the inspiration!
FYI, if you plant basil as a companion to tomatoes, the smell will confuse the moth that produces tomato horn worms and they will bypass laying eggs on your tomatoes.
Speaking of tomatoes, there was a woman that advertised Dr. Wichies tomato starts a couple of months ago. I bought three! These are the first time I am growing this variety and eating them, all thanks to you Becky!
I use fairlife milk. It's ultra pasteurized, so I just put it in my instant pot, add a little store bought yogurt, and push the yogurt button. In 8 hours, I take the pot out, cover it, and put it in the fridge for 8 hours. Love it❤❤❤
Dumb question - this is how I’ve done mine but I was told to add a can of sweetened condensed milk too. But the end product is way too sweet. I’d get the same result with just the milk and yogurt?
@RVACraft if I want some sweetness, I add some sweetened coffee creamer. Sometimes plain and sometimes flavored. I'm diabetic, so I use sugar-free. It always turns out
@@RVACraftyes skip the sweetened condensed milk. I make it with only milk and one container of plain yogurt in the crockpot overnight. I sweeten as I need it.
Becky, I hope you won’t mind if I suggest that you don’t leave your cooking utensils, especially wooden spoons in the pot as the contents are cooking. The metal utensils can get hot and burn your hands and it’s possible for the wooden utensils to absorb flavors. Just some grandmotherly advice from someone who has been cooking for a very, very long time. I love watching your videos, I’ve learned a lot from you. 💕
When you fill your sugar jars, try setting the jar into the sugar container. That way, if you spill, it goes into the big bin instead of all over the floor.
I have been outside in the garden for 4hrs in this heat...SC...pulled all 50 of my tomato plants n reseeded more winter squash n pumpkins!...I have soo many tomatoes..they are coming out my ears!...been planting bush beans n pole beans every 2 wks...canning season is going to be bananas!..Lets all give Becky a thumbs up guys!...we need these videos to keep coming...Becky keep doing a great job!
You might have bought the tomato cages already but if not, an other homesteader channel said they have rectangular cages and they love them because they can be fold and so much easier to store... Love watching these little choirs around the house, it's so peaceful before the big harvesting/canning "storm" lol😂
I can’t believe how your channel is growing. Congrats Becky. You’re going to be a million viewer channel before you know it. I’ve been watching you since you only had 150, but I binge watched all the older videos. I’m so proud of you and Josh for what you are doing. Keep up the good job. Love from Debbie in Missouri.
I think she had like 8k followers when I started watching. I’m so proud of how they’ve grown and still stayed the same. This is my favorite channel & the only one I watch RELIGIOUSLY.
Becky, just checking to see if you know that you can use the whey from making greek yogurt to make further yogurt? (Obviously the yogurt itself works too but I know you know that already!) I freeze it in ice cube trays and it definitely keeps for a long time -- longer than I've ever gone before wanting more yogurt. One batch of straining makes enough for multiple batches of new yogurt. Reminds me of saving seeds. 😃
Thank you for the great preservation ideas. My sister and I put in a garden for my parents and my mom picked up a couple of the square, collapsible tomato cages and I have to say they are working great and will be so much easier to store!
Need lots of tomato cages? ---- get cattle panel that comes in a roll and can be cut to length (use double-hinged cutters or have your home improvement store cut them for you). Zip-tie the two ends together for whatever size circle you need. Easy to put around tomato plants that were let to too long.
I swapped to the square ones last year. I actually like them better for all things. It is easier to set up, take down, and theybfold up for storage. Worth the investment especially for Roma style. I've used them for my cucumbers too
For the instant pot yogurt, if you keep pressing the yogurt button, it takes you to the boiling function and it actually turns off automatically when it reaches the boiling temperature
In Texas I have been harvesting and canning with my Roma and San Marzano tomatoes making a yummy Seasoned tomato sauce. After this making cucumber salad and making zucchini bread from our garden. I have more than I can handle right now. Our garden season is coming to a close until fall with the summer heat coming. I ran out of tomato cages this year will have to get more for next years crop. Hopefully that is at our 10 acres land hoping to sell this home and start building. Something interupted her egg cycle since it was empty, nothing to worry about as long as her next one is normal.
I make a wonderful omelette that includes cilantro, tomato and onion. Very fresh and tasty. The whole time you were harvesting the cilantro i’m craving this omelette!! ❤
Went to a new construction convenience store near me, and thought of you. When I walked in, I noticed the floor. It was polished cement. Maybe an option for your grow room floor? Sand the floor down and then seal.
Butter lettuce is my favorite!! Bolts in my greenhouse though if misters or swamp cooler not working 🫤 I use alfalfa for cover in the garden....love the smell and feeds the animals through the winter if they dig through the snows
Omg I feel so lazy just drinking my tea (while there’s so much to do around my house and yard) but instead of working just watching you being a busy beaver
I always do my yogurt in half pint jars. I do that for portion control because I know me...I would eat more than I should at each setting. I flavor my yogurt with homemade vanilla bean paste and then top with a fruit sauce. Best breakfast.
I mince my cilantro and freeze it in lime juice in ice trays. When I need some for guacamole, salsa or pico I just grab a cube or two and let it melt in my recipe.
I live alone so it takes me a while to use a quart of yogurt. I used to have problems with it getting moldy, so I switched to individual serving size. Now each jar stays sealed until I'm ready to use it and I don't waste yogurt like I used to.
I‘m also in the Yoghurt game. I like to fill individual portion size glasses. So my husband has a breakfast every day and there is nothing left and forgotten and wasted.
Hi Becky! I’m constantly learning different things from you! I’m going to be making our own yogurt! I buy organic & it’s quite expensive. I’m going to try it! We also like to add a tablespoon or so of lemon curd & blueberries on top of our yogurt with chopped nuts. It’s yummy! Thank you for teaching me new things! I love your channel! 😍
Tomato cages… watch Broyans farm you tube. They tie their tomatoes and it’s a lot cheaper for those on a budget or just want to save money. The small tomato cages at my HD were like $10 each and they outgrew them. I have 10 tomato plants and already spent $100 on cages. Instead I bought a few metal stakes for $3 each and had a roll of twine and it would have saved me a lot of money if I had tied them to begin with!!
I have no issue with indeterminate tomatoes growing in my tomato cages. I make sure to prune side branches and I have a great harvest. Sadly this year I didn't plant as we are leaving for a long road trip. Good luck on yours.
I just sat down to slice my vanilla beans to start a new batch of extract and clicked on your video to watch while I do it. Surprise, your also working with vanilla beans!
You can also powder the spent vanilla beans to add to sugar or sweet recipes, but it probably would work better to freeze dry them rather than dehydrating. =)
I learned this year that some Roma tomato plants are indeterminate. Sadly I realized it too late and assumed they were determinate and don't have a good trellis for them now 😩
Greetings from Germany! So cool to see you make homemade vanilla sugar. Here in Germany, using vanilla sugar for any kind of baking is our way to go, we usually do not use any vanilla extract. Would recommend you to try some German Christmas cookies this year, they are called Vanille Kipferl and are light, halfmoon-shaped cookies which are tossed into vanilla sugar (and are also very delicious!)
I learn so much from you Becky, even though i am in my 50’s! You are very knowledgeable. I have never made yogurt. I want to try it! You are always so busy, and inspire me. Thanks for the great video. 💖😊
I have a gallon of purple bull peas, 35 more lbs of peaches, another 50lbs of Roma tomatoes or so- 2 more gallons of blackberries, and a pound of peppers to preserve this week. I’ve been going non stop for a month and after 27 surgeries and having severe arthritis in every part of my body (even hands and feet)….. I’m so tired 😭 this has flared up my RA like nothing else but I’ve already preserved up 120lbs of peaches and this is the LAST of them. I’ve made peach jam, peach honey butter, peach pie filling, strawberry jam, strawberry honey butter, blackberry honey butter, salsa, 25+ jars of spicy garlic dill pickles, I’m currently canning pizza sauce, pickled jalapeños, hot sauce, and so much more.. Preservation season is a LOT of hard and long labor, that doesn’t seem to end for a couple months. Just when you think you’re done, more produce appears in your garden or at farmers markets or stores or wherever you get it from! But BOY I AM EXHAUSTED I stood over my pot of pizza sauce today crying while it splattered into my face and eyeballs😂 my body needs weeks of rest and recovery after this but I still have a ways to go. I also have 6 gallons of vanilla extract that I’ve had going for a year and it’s so delicious, I put it in everything! I have Madagascar beans in bourbon, Mexican beans in vodka and in bourbon, Tahitian beans in vodka, Uganda beans in vodka- I think out of everything, the Tahitian in vodka is what I reach for the most and what smells the best! Bourbon kind of overpowered the fragrance of the vanilla beans but i still bake with it and it tastes amazing. But my canner is dinging at me so im gonna go get back to it, but im bringing ya with me so i can keep watching my comfort channel to help out some wind in my sails to go peel another thousand Roma tomatoes😂🥲🥲 ive been throwing peaches and tomatoes into a pot of BOILING water for 40 seconds and then straight into a huge bowl of ice water- the peeling literally slides off for me and there’s no fussing over it. Its the fastest method ive tried
@@Farmer76021 I am the younger person😭 I’m 29! But after being thrown 221 feet from a car that an 18 wheeler plowed into at 75mph, and 27 surgeries- I have the body pain of an 85 year old lol I’m the only person in my family who cans or preserves food and I’m self taught- so nobody really helps out. My mom started helping me peel peaches but with her schedule, it’s just hard for us to get together at the same time.
Do you know how many plants you have of the purple hull peas by chance?? I planted over 100 and only harvested about a quart. I did have some kind of disease that may have affected it which is why I ask if you know how many you planted. Curious if it's worth even trying again with the little space I have here.
Become a member of Indri Vanilla Co-op. Their beans come directly from the growers from all over the world. They have so many kinds! They generally go for $10.00/ounce.
Agree! I buy from them too. They recommend 1 ounce of beans to 8 ounces booze, let sit for one year. Makes they most spectacular vanilla and so much cheaper than good store bought. Indri's retail site is fantastic too and just a few dollars more than a group buy. So glad you mentioned them.
I have been a member for 4 years, and I usually do mine for 18 mos and it is so rich by then, I currently have 1 and 1/2 gallons right now. I give it out for gifts and use it of course.😊😊. I use the spent ones and make vanilla sugar after they dry. I want to try making the non alcohol vanilla next time.
I planted a ton of paste tomatoes this year. I'm getting ready to pick green beans tonight for the first time. My cilantro has gone to seed so going to harvest coriander and maybe replant some in the fall.
I love your videos, but I think I missed the one that you made the vanilla extract, can you tell me in with one did you make it? Thank you and keep that beautiful work that you do!
Can u do canning in a instant pot? And if so when u have time cud u do a video please xxx also ur videos have motivated me to do more home cooking and fresh and even meal prep i love it and tried loads of the receipes ive seem u make there yum x
Yes the chickens get old they're eggs start getting weird The shells will get weird The yolks will get weird the runny will get weird that just means the chickens almost done
I make my yorgurt in my instantpot then after ive drained the whey off overnight i put it into 60z individual jars. for our BK or Lunch dessert with jam or fresh fruit and crushed nuts. I
Hi Becky how do I know what grade of vanilla beans to source. I'm in Australia. I absolutely love following you. I've started growing and preserving a lot more because you have inspired me so much. Blessings Debbie
I like the square ones much better. You can make them into many shapes. Zig zag. "C" shape . Now I'm using it in a straight line. In 4 years they are my favorite. Also easier to plant in between squares for extra plants. Thanks for your videos. You are sweethearted and informative.
YES! Our hens lived to the ripe old ages of 12-13 years old. Beginning at around ages 5-7 (depending on the breed. some begin earlier) they started laying fewer eggs, fairy eggs, yolk-less eggs, lash eggs, even sometimes shell-less eggs. It's very common when they begin as well as when they are at the end of their laying due to old age. You will start seeing more abnormalities now.
@@mariaTsounakis1521 That is true for younger hens, not so much for older ones. These abnormalities, along with laying less and less, is why most hens aren't allowed to live more than 3 years.
Fairy eggs, some have yolk, some dont. It’s way too hot here in fl to grow cilantro. I dont have any of your equipment in order to make yogurt, my H is going through something and needs it. Every time i buy a kitchen gadget, he does the “Al bundy, aw peg” voice.😂
For doing the yogurt without the thermometer, I usually bring it to a boil then let it cool down for 30 minutes.. it will be at the desired temperature to add my leftover yogurt and cover 👍🏼
Just wondering if you can freeze dry the vanilla beans instead and then blend them to mix with the sugar. I think it will flavour alot more sugar with less beans.
I appreciate that you remember about us, Celsius people!
Yes, only the whole world :)
On July 3rd I was at the Clackamas Costco and I got to meet Becky in the parking lot. She was so kind to take a couple of minutes to talk to me. Thank you Becky!
It was so nice to meet you, Kimbery! Thanks for saying hi!
@@AcreHomestead If you come to Frisco, TX I hope to run into you too!!! HEE HEE....
Question??? was the milk you used for the yogurt already pasturized or was is raw???? confused here....can you use the oven to dehydrate to make yogurt and use regular grocery store milk????
@@lisas4453 I believe she usually said she buys raw milk from farmers. The milk from grocery stores does not sour but gets bitter when it spoils.
If you hit the yogurt button twice it will switch from ferment to boil. The boil setting will stop when the milk reaches the temperature needed.
An idea for you, Becky. Make a large batch of caramelized onions and since you didn’t like canning them, then freeze dry them. They are fantastic freeze dried and sprinkled over casseroles or veggies, or my favorite is to powder them and add into any dish that will benefit from a wonderful caramelized onion flavor.
I do too. Roasted garlic and onions.
Love that idea!
What a great idea!
Wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for including the Celsius conversion, super helpful ❤
You have a BEAUTIFUL garden!! Your Snap Dragons are pretty and vibrant looking 👀
If you begin to replace the tomato cages, or need more, PLEASE buy the square ones! They store flat!!! Another way to keep your storage area organized & neet!
1/2 the reason I switched to the square ones as well
@@juliedyer540Where do you get them?
I was going to say the same. Square are so much easier to manage
Great idea
😊
Was thinking about you and Jess from Roots & Refuge today as I decanted my vanilla extract so I could bring the bottles to my family for early Christmas presents. Now I'll dehydrate the beans that I didn't put into the bottles so I can make vanilla sweetener (going to add them to Splenda instead of sugar). Thanks for the inspiration!
FYI, if you plant basil as a companion to tomatoes, the smell will confuse the moth that produces tomato horn worms and they will bypass laying eggs on your tomatoes.
That is a great idea! I will have to check if I have any basil seeds!
My experience, I don't make mine in an instapot but my experience is straining the yogurt for Several hours is what gets you your thicker Greek yogurt
Speaking of tomatoes, there was a woman that advertised Dr. Wichies tomato starts a couple of months ago. I bought three! These are the first time I am growing this variety and eating them, all thanks to you Becky!
I use fairlife milk. It's ultra pasteurized, so I just put it in my instant pot, add a little store bought yogurt, and push the yogurt button. In 8 hours, I take the pot out, cover it, and put it in the fridge for 8 hours. Love it❤❤❤
I do the same. So easy. I strain mine overnight to make a thicker yogurt,but, it’s sooo good. Her way is very putzy compared to ours. LOL
Dumb question - this is how I’ve done mine but I was told to add a can of sweetened condensed milk too. But the end product is way too sweet. I’d get the same result with just the milk and yogurt?
@RVACraft if I want some sweetness, I add some sweetened coffee creamer. Sometimes plain and sometimes flavored. I'm diabetic, so I use sugar-free. It always turns out
@@RVACraftyes skip the sweetened condensed milk. I make it with only milk and one container of plain yogurt in the crockpot overnight. I sweeten as I need it.
@@nancern53Becky makes her yogurts both ways
I love Becky's sweet expressions when she is thinking about what to do next . Becky has a special channel. Thankyou Becky😊🤩
Becky, I hope you won’t mind if I suggest that you don’t leave your cooking utensils, especially wooden spoons in the pot as the contents are cooking. The metal utensils can get hot and burn your hands and it’s possible for the wooden utensils to absorb flavors. Just some grandmotherly advice from someone who has been cooking for a very, very long time. I love watching your videos, I’ve learned a lot from you. 💕
When you fill your sugar jars, try setting the jar into the sugar container. That way, if you spill, it goes into the big bin instead of all over the floor.
I have been outside in the garden for 4hrs in this heat...SC...pulled all 50 of my tomato plants n reseeded more winter squash n pumpkins!...I have soo many tomatoes..they are coming out my ears!...been planting bush beans n pole beans every 2 wks...canning season is going to be bananas!..Lets all give Becky a thumbs up guys!...we need these videos to keep coming...Becky keep doing a great job!
You might have bought the tomato cages already but if not, an other homesteader channel said they have rectangular cages and they love them because they can be fold and so much easier to store... Love watching these little choirs around the house, it's so peaceful before the big harvesting/canning "storm" lol😂
I love your shows. I watch new and old basically all day long. You are very helpful.
Hi Becky. God bless from Australia 🇦🇺 I’ll watch this later on today. It’s 430am! 🥱
I can’t believe how your channel is growing. Congrats Becky. You’re going to be a million viewer channel before you know it. I’ve been watching you since you only had 150, but I binge watched all the older videos. I’m so proud of you and Josh for what you are doing. Keep up the good job. Love from Debbie in Missouri.
Same, I'm also a 150k follower! Her old videos are great to binge, I always go back to the one where she meal prepped for her sister postpartum.
@@ellenjonasson94 yes, I love them💕
I think she had like 8k followers when I started watching. I’m so proud of how they’ve grown and still stayed the same. This is my favorite channel & the only one I watch RELIGIOUSLY.
I've been watching so many of your videos the last few days.i love the ones with your parents and extended family.
Hi Becky! Hi friends, love spending the afternoon with the Acre family! ❤
Becky, just checking to see if you know that you can use the whey from making greek yogurt to make further yogurt? (Obviously the yogurt itself works too but I know you know that already!) I freeze it in ice cube trays and it definitely keeps for a long time -- longer than I've ever gone before wanting more yogurt. One batch of straining makes enough for multiple batches of new yogurt. Reminds me of saving seeds. 😃
Wow! Good to know. Ill be trying that next round. love all the knowledge being shared in the comments!!!
Came here to say this! :)
If you press the yoghurt button 2 or 3 times it puts it into boil mode with exact temperature for yoghurt making
Thank you for the great preservation ideas. My sister and I put in a garden for my parents and my mom picked up a couple of the square, collapsible tomato cages and I have to say they are working great and will be so much easier to store!
Need lots of tomato cages? ---- get cattle panel that comes in a roll and can be cut to length (use double-hinged cutters or have your home improvement store cut them for you). Zip-tie the two ends together for whatever size circle you need. Easy to put around tomato plants that were let to too long.
I add my spent vanilla beans to my yogurt before fermenting it. Adds a touch of vanilla to my breakfast parfaits. Delicioys!
I swapped to the square ones last year. I actually like them better for all things. It is easier to set up, take down, and theybfold up for storage. Worth the investment especially for Roma style. I've used them for my cucumbers too
I had always wondered how Hreek yoghurt differed from standard! Thank you for the video!
Grind the dried vanilla beans up into a powder and mix into the sugar. Makes it a no waste project and a great gift with all the vanilla flecks.
I love this video. Puttering around all day…….totally my style!
For the instant pot yogurt, if you keep pressing the yogurt button, it takes you to the boiling function and it actually turns off automatically when it reaches the boiling temperature
Don't forget to order vanilla beans to make extract!
The square tomato cages can also be attached to one another if need be. Much sturdier than the typical round cages. Perfect 4 my cherry tomato plant.
Always good spending some time with you 🤎
In Texas I have been harvesting and canning with my Roma and San Marzano tomatoes making a yummy Seasoned tomato sauce. After this making cucumber salad and making zucchini bread from our garden. I have more than I can handle right now. Our garden season is coming to a close until fall with the summer heat coming. I ran out of tomato cages this year will have to get more for next years crop. Hopefully that is at our 10 acres land hoping to sell this home and start building. Something interupted her egg cycle since it was empty, nothing to worry about as long as her next one is normal.
I have been having trouble with my tomatoes here in Texas this year, haven't gotten much production. Can you tell me what has worked for you?
I make a wonderful omelette that includes cilantro, tomato and onion. Very fresh and tasty. The whole time you were harvesting the cilantro i’m craving this omelette!! ❤
Love when you show multi task days…… watching you “think” through what you are doing and what you need to do!
Good afternoon Becky
Went to a new construction convenience store near me, and thought of you. When I walked in, I noticed the floor. It was polished cement. Maybe an option for your grow room floor? Sand the floor down and then seal.
hey becky! just that you know: the big measure cup is in the sugar bucket ;)
Wow! I think that every time you drop a new video. It is obvious the time and work you and Josh put into this channel!
Oh perfect timing! I am currently downsizing my wardrobe and needed some new motivation. Becky to the rescue!
Good luck! ❤
Butter lettuce is my favorite!! Bolts in my greenhouse though if misters or swamp cooler not working 🫤
I use alfalfa for cover in the garden....love the smell and feeds the animals through the winter if they dig through the snows
Hi Becky😊 my granddaughter mentioned watching homesteaders and I asked if she watches you and she does ❤ Made my day.
Omg I feel so lazy just drinking my tea (while there’s so much to do around my house and yard) but instead of working just watching you being a busy beaver
Love this video well rounds showing all of us how to do it all.❤❤❤
Interesting about heating the milk first. Glad to have learned that about yogurt making!
I always do my yogurt in half pint jars. I do that for portion control because I know me...I would eat more than I should at each setting. I flavor my yogurt with homemade vanilla bean paste and then top with a fruit sauce. Best breakfast.
Becky, girl you are awesome, you make everything look so easy. Your always on the go . love your video's❤❤❤❤
So inspirational love it the garden looks so vibrant. xxx
Best time of day thank u 🙏
Can you please do get ready with me video? I wanna see how you do your hair so beautifully and make up routine too!
Thank you, Becky, for sharing how to use vanilla beans after making vanilla 😊
Becky is the reason I have a you tube subscription!
I mince my cilantro and freeze it in lime juice in ice trays. When I need some for guacamole, salsa or pico I just grab a cube or two and let it melt in my recipe.
This was a great video. You make your videos so interesting, doing so many different things around your homestead. Until next time……….
I live alone so it takes me a while to use a quart of yogurt. I used to have problems with it getting moldy, so I switched to individual serving size. Now each jar stays sealed until I'm ready to use it and I don't waste yogurt like I used to.
I got my tomato cages at the dollar store for cheap and they are the exact same ones as the garden store and hardware store.
I‘m also in the Yoghurt game. I like to fill individual portion size glasses. So my husband has a breakfast every day and there is nothing left and forgotten and wasted.
So interesting to watch you get things done. 😮😊❤
Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting!
Love from South Africa xoxo
Hi Becky! I’m constantly learning different things from you! I’m going to be making our own yogurt! I buy organic & it’s quite expensive. I’m going to try it! We also like to add a tablespoon or so of lemon curd & blueberries on top of our yogurt with chopped nuts. It’s yummy! Thank you for teaching me new things! I love your channel! 😍
Tomato cages… watch Broyans farm you tube. They tie their tomatoes and it’s a lot cheaper for those on a budget or just want to save money. The small tomato cages at my HD were like $10 each and they outgrew them. I have 10 tomato plants and already spent $100 on cages. Instead I bought a few metal stakes for $3 each and had a roll of twine and it would have saved me a lot of money if I had tied them to begin with!!
I have no issue with indeterminate tomatoes growing in my tomato cages. I make sure to prune side branches and I have a great harvest. Sadly this year I didn't plant as we are leaving for a long road trip. Good luck on yours.
Thank you for the great video
. Blessings
Fun to see your beautiful smile today!! Thanks for sharing. ❤
I just sat down to slice my vanilla beans to start a new batch of extract and clicked on your video to watch while I do it. Surprise, your also working with vanilla beans!
You can also powder the spent vanilla beans to add to sugar or sweet recipes, but it probably would work better to freeze dry them rather than dehydrating. =)
I enjoyed seeing your chickens. I’m thinking of raising chickens, so I’m on a learning curve!
I learned this year that some Roma tomato plants are indeterminate. Sadly I realized it too late and assumed they were determinate and don't have a good trellis for them now 😩
Becky yay!
I chopped cilantro and put in ice trays. Add water. And freeze. Then store in freezer bag. So I have ice cubes that I throw salsa or soups.
Greetings from Germany! So cool to see you make homemade vanilla sugar. Here in Germany, using vanilla sugar for any kind of baking is our way to go, we usually do not use any vanilla extract.
Would recommend you to try some German Christmas cookies this year, they are called Vanille Kipferl and are light, halfmoon-shaped cookies which are tossed into vanilla sugar (and are also very delicious!)
We have the square cages for our tomatoes and I like them better.
My patient freezes little portions of yogurt with different types of fruit in them.. good for a summer day snack.
Greetings from germany ❤ I also watch later, right now the opening of the Chio Aachen, with partnerland USA this year, is on.
I learn so much from you Becky, even though i am
in my 50’s! You are very knowledgeable. I have never made yogurt. I want to try it! You are always so busy, and inspire me. Thanks for the great video. 💖😊
I have a gallon of purple bull peas, 35 more lbs of peaches, another 50lbs of Roma tomatoes or so- 2 more gallons of blackberries, and a pound of peppers to preserve this week. I’ve been going non stop for a month and after 27 surgeries and having severe arthritis in every part of my body (even hands and feet)…..
I’m so tired 😭 this has flared up my RA like nothing else but I’ve already preserved up 120lbs of peaches and this is the LAST of them.
I’ve made peach jam, peach honey butter, peach pie filling, strawberry jam, strawberry honey butter, blackberry honey butter, salsa, 25+ jars of spicy garlic dill pickles, I’m currently canning pizza sauce, pickled jalapeños, hot sauce, and so much more..
Preservation season is a LOT of hard and long labor, that doesn’t seem to end for a couple months. Just when you think you’re done, more produce appears in your garden or at farmers markets or stores or wherever you get it from! But BOY I AM EXHAUSTED
I stood over my pot of pizza sauce today crying while it splattered into my face and eyeballs😂 my body needs weeks of rest and recovery after this but I still have a ways to go.
I also have 6 gallons of vanilla extract that I’ve had going for a year and it’s so delicious, I put it in everything! I have Madagascar beans in bourbon, Mexican beans in vodka and in bourbon, Tahitian beans in vodka, Uganda beans in vodka- I think out of everything, the Tahitian in vodka is what I reach for the most and what smells the best! Bourbon kind of overpowered the fragrance of the vanilla beans but i still bake with it and it tastes amazing.
But my canner is dinging at me so im gonna go get back to it, but im bringing ya with me so i can keep watching my comfort channel to help out some wind in my sails to go peel another thousand Roma tomatoes😂🥲🥲 ive been throwing peaches and tomatoes into a pot of BOILING water for 40 seconds and then straight into a huge bowl of ice water- the peeling literally slides off for me and there’s no fussing over it. Its the fastest method ive tried
My goodness, you wore me out just reading this! I'm heading off for a nap with the dog! 😊
You are wonderful. Hang in there. Do you have a younger person that would be able to learn and help?
@@Farmer76021 I am the younger person😭 I’m 29!
But after being thrown 221 feet from a car that an 18 wheeler plowed into at 75mph, and 27 surgeries- I have the body pain of an 85 year old lol
I’m the only person in my family who cans or preserves food and I’m self taught- so nobody really helps out. My mom started helping me peel peaches but with her schedule, it’s just hard for us to get together at the same time.
Do you know how many plants you have of the purple hull peas by chance?? I planted over 100 and only harvested about a quart. I did have some kind of disease that may have affected it which is why I ask if you know how many you planted. Curious if it's worth even trying again with the little space I have here.
@@A-G5518 I wish I knew! I actually got the purple hull peas from a farm stand, as well as some of my romas & the cayenne peppers!
Become a member of Indri Vanilla Co-op. Their beans come directly from the growers from all over the world. They have so many kinds! They generally go for $10.00/ounce.
Agree! I buy from them too. They recommend 1 ounce of beans to 8 ounces booze, let sit for one year. Makes they most spectacular vanilla and so much cheaper than good store bought. Indri's retail site is fantastic too and just a few dollars more than a group buy. So glad you mentioned them.
I have been a member for 4 years, and I usually do mine for 18 mos and it is so rich by then, I currently have 1 and 1/2 gallons right now. I give it out for gifts and use it of course.😊😊. I use the spent ones and make vanilla sugar after they dry. I want to try making the non alcohol vanilla next time.
I second this, big high quality beans, and their FB group has a lot of great ideas for using them.
I've never heard of that before! I always learn something great in the comments here. ❤️
Thanks for the advice.
I planted a ton of paste tomatoes this year. I'm getting ready to pick green beans tonight for the first time. My cilantro has gone to seed so going to harvest coriander and maybe replant some in the fall.
I love your videos, but I think I missed the one that you made the vanilla extract, can you tell me in with one did you make it? Thank you and keep that beautiful work that you do!
Can u do canning in a instant pot? And if so when u have time cud u do a video please xxx also ur videos have motivated me to do more home cooking and fresh and even meal prep i love it and tried loads of the receipes ive seem u make there yum x
I bought a cilantro plant for the garden this year I have never tried it. Guess what I have the soap gene. Was pretty disappointing LOL
Yes the chickens get old they're eggs start getting weird The shells will get weird The yolks will get weird the runny will get weird that just means the chickens almost done
Will you do a before summer pantry tour?
Thanks Becky. I needed this. My dog passed away this morning.
oh no, sorry for your loss, that is super sad, sending big hugs from me in New Zealand
@@taniamurray2356 Aww thank you so much.
I make my yorgurt in my instantpot then after ive drained the whey off overnight i put it into 60z individual jars. for our BK or Lunch dessert with jam or fresh fruit and crushed nuts. I
Hi Becky how do I know what grade of vanilla beans to source. I'm in Australia. I absolutely love following you. I've started growing and preserving a lot more because you have inspired me so much. Blessings Debbie
I like the square ones much better. You can make them into many shapes. Zig zag. "C" shape . Now I'm using it in a straight line. In 4 years they are my favorite. Also easier to plant in between squares for extra plants. Thanks for your videos. You are sweethearted and informative.
Becky you just make my heart happy.
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YES! Our hens lived to the ripe old ages of 12-13 years old. Beginning at around ages 5-7 (depending on the breed. some begin earlier) they started laying fewer eggs, fairy eggs, yolk-less eggs, lash eggs, even sometimes shell-less eggs. It's very common when they begin as well as when they are at the end of their laying due to old age. You will start seeing more abnormalities now.
Also can indicate a calcium deficiency.
@@mariaTsounakis1521 That is true for younger hens, not so much for older ones. These abnormalities, along with laying less and less, is why most hens aren't allowed to live more than 3 years.
Good afternoon Becky 👋👋👍🥰👍♥️😋😋😋😋😋😎. Wishing everyone a Happy 4th of July !
Great video.❤
I recently learned that you can make vanilla extract in a sous vide in 24 hours! It resulted in the best vanilla I’ve ever made.
Fairy eggs, some have yolk, some dont. It’s way too hot here in fl to grow cilantro. I dont have any of your equipment in order to make yogurt, my H is going through something and needs it. Every time i buy a kitchen gadget, he does the “Al bundy, aw peg” voice.😂
For doing the yogurt without the thermometer, I usually bring it to a boil then let it cool down for 30 minutes.. it will be at the desired temperature to add my leftover yogurt and cover 👍🏼
Can you flavor with freeze dried strawberries?
Just wondering if you can freeze dry the vanilla beans instead and then blend them to mix with the sugar. I think it will flavour alot more sugar with less beans.
Becky you should buy a garden wagon. It would be easier for you