Hey, Becky! I'm from South America. I have depression, anxiety and other diagnosed mental health issues that I am in therapy for. I don't usually comment, but I wanted to point out the not so obvious value of your channel,. I live in an apartment t way there on the other side of the world, no way I can plant anything like you do. But your channel to me is incredibly calming. Thank you!
My Friend, if you plant herbs in flower pots where you are, you will be surprised at how much that little effort will help your mental and emotional state. I know from experience. Start small. God sees and knows. Blessings.
Maybe a small indoor plant collection would be up your alley! I started with houseplants and they have brought me so much joy! Taking care of life helps heal us I think 💕
I encourage you to plant something. I too suffer from depression and when I go out to work in my small garden, I call it "Dirt Therapy". I truly enjoy the small amount of things that I can grow and come back inside to a brighter outlook. Blessings to you my friend!
Gardening in my studio apartment has empowered me mentally in a way that even succeeding at business didn’t. It’s like a bridge from my painful situation to a more healthy lifestyle. The fact that my circumstances led me to garden in the first place and to find resourceful ways of going about that I wouldn’t know about if I had more space and money, reminds me there’s always hope. Follow your bliss. If it makes you feel good just watching someone else do something, it’s worth trying it out yourself. As you go along you’ll find that things will fall into place even if you don’t know how when you start. That’s why they say gardening is like gambling l, even the most experienced growers have obstacles that surprises them. You may also find that the more you do things that make you feel good, the more you’re inspired to do things that make you feel good. You build momentum. For example: I’m now writing a book about gardening and illustrating it myself. It’s a nice escape that’s just for me, and gives me a couple of hours to focus on topic I enjoy talking about. Plus your viewpoint of yourself may change. I know from my own personal experiences that you’re more than those labels you’ve used to describe yourself. ❤
A gardening tip, you don't want to leave squash foliage including cucumber plants breaking down on top of garden soil over winter as mildew & mold spores will take hold especially under landscaping fabric. Which can cause major issues for next years seedlings sown in place. The heat of a large compost pile will kill most mold & mildew spores as you turn it over & over. A clean & tidy organic garden helps prevent disease.
Yes! You don't save disease for next year. Also stop poking holes in squash and pumpkins with fingernails to see if they're ready!! It will make them rot even faster!
At first she said she was going to leave them but changed her mind( because of disease) she said she would let the chickens play with them. On one bed she did leave the roots but a lot of garden blogs say to do this.Thats what she said to ME!!
@@delphine88313 Thank you for explaining that I must've missed her saying that, yes leaving roots is fine they'll wither away causing no threat of disease. Another issue with using non composted garden waste on top of soil is the dreaded Thrips larva over wintering. However there's now an excellent organic solution to treating Thrips using predator mites.
corn is wind pollinated. i wonder if you shook the plants while they are growing would help all the ears of corn get pollinated. that is what i do with my tomato plants and it works
Yes the silks that were not fully formed were still maturing. They were pollinated but still growing. Once the silks are brown and dried up you can pretty much count on the corn being mature. Becky you do amazing job and your energy level is amazing! Love your channel and have learned so much from you.
I was sitting here watching your video, my 8 year old daughter was running by, stopped, and got super excited and said, "Oh, I love her." She sat in my lap and watched your video with me. Thank you so much for your video content. We love it.
I know your mic is a new addition, so please let me tell you it sounds great! Thank you for taking time to keep improving your videos for us. I appreciate your continued hard work and efforts. Wonderful video, as usual.
That shouldn't be as much of an issuing moving forward. I have got a new mic and and increasing the volume on each video. It is just taking time to learn all this new equipment :)
@@AcreHomestead Oh it's not a big deal. I just turn up the volume. It's just odd that your videos are the only ones that the volume is so low. Good luck figuring out the new equipment!!
Ive mentioned it previously too. i have my value all the way up and it's not high. I know from old videos it was not issue. Hopefully this new mic will be better. @@kaesmomFitz
Once again... Thank you for being so faithful posting your videos...also for the length of your videos... it's obvious that you devote a lot of time producing each one. 👍❤️
What happened to using your side by side for big harvesting? I was just thinking it would have been great for all the stuff today! These are some of my favorite videos! So happy to see everything you were able to get!
@@melindawargowsky8176 not in all areas though :) I do understand not wanting to roll over things but it could be off to the side too I think. It was just a thought because that is what she said she really wanted it for when they went out to buy it. That's the only reason I was asking. :D
The 3rd ear of corn you picked that you said didn't get pollinated did get pollinated! Just leave it on the stalk longer and pick when the silks are dry! Not every cob will get ripe before the end of the season but you definitely don't have to harvest all at once! I've been growing corn and sweet corn with my dad and grandpa since I was little and sweet corn is always planted at the same time but harvested throughout the fall!
Hi Becky, I suggest you give each rised bed a number or a name, and make an excel sheet to keep track of what you do in it: what verity of produce, how much yield, what rotation, when and what was the emendments... you can keep record every year so you can retrace your steps to repeat or change. Love your work, you give us so much!❤
You got me thinking about planting pumpkins next season instead of buying them. Hubby already planning my beds. I’m so happy. You really brightened my day. Happy Harvesting!!!🎉
Using a seed starting mat with thermostat, to ripen your pumpkins. You could drape them with a plastic tarp and have a bowl of water under the tarp with the pumpkins to increase the humidity. This is also a way to ripen sweet potatoes (I have them in a tote, with the glass of water inside all on the mat set at 85) Good luck with your ripening.
Has anyone ever commented and asked Becky why she does not use her truck down there to load up her larger harvests, such as this one? Instead of pushing all that distance with a wheel barrel? I’m just curious.
Question: I thought part of the layout and width of, and leveling and graveling of the ‘roads’ between your raised beds was to facilitate your little utility vehicle to be able to drive between them yet I see you with the heavy wheel barrel or several trips of baskets. Why not drive your little utility vehicle and put everything on the bed of that little truck?
I want to preface this by saying that it was not funny you got stung, but when that cut away happened and then you popped up and said " I just got stung by a wasp", I got tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. I'm not sure if you are aware of how funny you are in your videos, but you are hilarious!!! And then when your voice over came on and you said how you were so rudely stung I was with you on that. RUDE old wasp!!!!! I love your videos so so much 🖤
I finally tried the Cinderella pumpkin after I saw you roast one in another video at your last homestead.... it was sooo good! Can’t wait to see you roast pumpkins this year so I can see which ones I want to try next! Great harvest! 🎃 Corn Tip: when the tassels begin pollinating, take a stick or broom handle (or something of the like) and tap the stalks to help the pollen fall and pollinate the silks better. You will have more fuller cobs and less that are not pollinated. You can also pull a tassel and rub the silks with a tassel. Learned that from an agricultural university where we live, so I thought I would pass on the knowledge! 😊
I'm only 7:32 the video so far, but wow! Well done on your gorgeous harvest. You're hard work has definitely paid off. Next year, will you leave fabric off that bed? That way, the vines can attached themselves to the soil and grow more roots. This will also allow them to take up more nutrients. You could lay removable shorter strip's of fabric between each plant down the bed until the vines give enough ground cover if that's a concern. But you have done SO AMAZING!! I'm so proud of you and I don't even know you, so I can only imagine how much your family and parents are proud of you.
I found you yesterday and guess what I've done since I found you...watch your videos. I'm currently watching a pantry tour video as I write this comment. My husband and I are now hooked and completely inspired to start canning and preserving again. Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing what you do. Hugs from Ontario Canada. 😊❤️
I used to think of her as an friendly acquaintance and I’m sure the baby has been in the garden plenty with her and Josh but has no plans on sharing any of those. She’s not our friend. She provides teaching on cooking and gardening. And she has a nice disposition as she shares.
If you lay a tarp on the gravel before you clean out a raised bed, you can drop all the vines or stalks or whatever onto the tarp and then you can easily drag it out of the garden to the chicken coop or compost pile.
Oh No! I notices some corners of your new raised bed garden are separating. Quickly get some L brackets on there to reinforce the corners before they really get weathered in the winter.
Becky you will not believe what to me. I went out and fed my chickens and turkeys. Sandy my female turkey 🦃 she's been taking chicken 🐔 egg 🥚🥚 and sitting on them trying to hatch 🐣. Well this morning 🌄🌄 I have seven baby chick 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣. Yes the turkey hatch the baby 🐥🐥🐥
A little tip for growing great pumpkins, they are very heavy feeders. The spiky texture on their vines is small roots. Wherever they touch the ground, they will root in helping the pumpkins vine grab nutrients from the ground around them. They also need a lot of water. If you want your pumpkin to produce lots of pumpkins, you will have to give them lots of organic fertilizer and water. Now for the pumpkins that are ment to produce very large pumpkins you not only need to give them a lot of fertilizer and water but you also need to only let one pumpkin develop on the vine and some will keep the sun off the pumpkins skin in an effort to keep the skin from hardening. That way, the pumpkin can still grow and not split. Powder mildew happens at the end of each year, it is do the hot days and cool nights, but do not put any of the vines that have the disease back into your garden. The mildew can winter over, and you will have it earlier next year. Hope this helps. Good luck.
Well Done You!!!! The harvest looks AMAZING!!! Baby A will learn many valuable skills growing up in the homestead. So excited for you and your beautiful family.
I kept waiting to see you with your side by side loading up all those pumpkin vines in its bed. Oh and attach a trailer to it and you could save yourself lots of walking. Your garden looks amazing!
You inspire me! If I just do 1 new thing because of what I learn from you, then all of your hard work is worth it. Thank you so much for sharing your life, your experience, your ups and downs, your knowledge and your love for your family and your homestead.
I love these videos, Becky. A tip I go with, though, your corn, I wait till the ends are a crispy crunchy dried frizz before harvesting. I saw some of the silks were still silky, which means they aren't ready.
Your garden set up are my gardening goals! You have a beautiful set up and I just love watching what you do with your space and what you grow! Truly inspired! ❤
Awesome garden Becky!! And such a great harvest! Even the green pumpkins will be beautiful to display! Thank you for allowing me to come with you on this journey.❤ Sending love and blessings to your family!
As someone that suffers with tinnitus and is very hard of hearing, I really appreciate the new mic. Hadn't been able to really hear the videos and I had to watch once with subtitles then again to see what I'd missed, while reading 😊 Thank you ❤
Becky have you tried Candy Roaster pumpkins? It was my first year and I'm hooked. I had one ripen early in the season and the vines looked like they died off amongst the fairytale pumpkins. The other day I was clipping leaves around pumpkins to have them ripen quicker and noticed 10 -15 new candy roasters. That made me excited because I made a pumpkin pie with the first one and the meat was so dense and sweet. I will have to scale down the sugar in pies made with candy roasters. They are fun to grow too!
Becky!! As someone in Scotland i could only dream of growing the products that you are able to grow ❤ What an amazing job you have done this year, You definitely should be proud and give yourself a pat on the back for your hard work....And mothering a little baby! What an amazing MAMA Bear you are ❤❤
Oooh, how cute some photography of your son would look with these magnificent pumpkins!!! I'd love to see a few photos of these gorgeous pumpkins on IG. Awesome job Becky, indeed 😃
Next time put down a tarp for all the garden waste and pull it with the side-by-side. Then you don’t have to keep picking up the vines and it will keep debris out of the walkway
Just watched your other video where you said you were going to harvest your corn! So excited for your corn success. I haven't had success with corn quite yet but I'm sure its coming :)
U can pick small under ripe pumpkin & slice up & fry Like other have said about corn it's ripe when tassels r dried up. It's not they weren't pollinated, they were not done growing. I grew feed corn for years (160+/- acres). B4 I had lived there I had a friend who planted 5 acres of sweet corn to share with 4 families & some for church friends. The 3 ladies would pick & our kids would run the buckets to dump in bed of truck & 1 lady to rough shuck. Later we split into groups - 2 shucking & 2 blanching & bagging (then switch). In the 80s I shared harvesting with others... sharing makes work go fun & it doesn't seem to take as long. Then I moved away for the 90s & did it with my kids help only. When I moved back I had become disabled & have cut to little or no garden
I love seeing all your hard work pay off and you get to harvest beautiful produce. I would love to see a behind the scenes video on how you do your videos, like how long does 1 video take you with camera repositioning etc and your thought process behind it as a content creator. I know you know have an editor but it would be nice to see for us all
You always seem professional, so hearing you scream made my day!😆 Sorry you were stung, but you've got something for a blooper video now. WOW!! That is quite A nice haul of pumpkins & winter squashes!
My favorite channel! You are so good at explanations and descriptions, and your joy in gardening is absolute balm to my cynical old soul. Thank you friend!
Hi Becky. The little orange pumpkins are the Jack-be-little pumpkins, and the mini-white ones are the Baby Boo pumpkins. They are both so darn cute and fun to decorate with. To help you remember which is which, just think of Casper the friendly ghost is white, I hope that helps.
Those banana squash are my favorite. We grow North Georgia Candy Roasters and they grow prolifically here in my Coastal Oregon garden where it’s a bit too cool for some varieties.
What a beautiful Fall days to harvest pumpkins from your garden. I was just wondering how your ornamental pumpkins were doing. Everything looks great! Yay! 🌻🍂🍁☀️
A wonderful harvest!!! That darn wasp! Lol. Your garden has been a pleasure to watch this season!!! You’ve done an amazing job!! The pumpkins are beautiful!
Cinderella, Fairytale, and Musgee De Provonce are the same pumpkin. They are just called different things by the seed companies. If you saw comments in your planting videos, I also mentioned it there. Also, I had a wasp nest IN my fruit tree and when I went to pick the fruit, I stuck my hand IN the nest. Now I wear gloves and try to look ahead. 😊
Pumpkins and gords are so much fun to grow! We also grow a bunch of squash.. Butternut, spaghetti, acorn, carnival, honeynut, sweet dumpling, and Zucchini.. So rewarding and huge yields! Next year I am going to try the North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash! Your little man is gonna love the pumpkins next year! We grow a pumpkin/squash patch every year and oh is it fun for little ones!
your gardens are so interesting and pretty. Would it be a strange idea to actually have a brunch or luncheon among your gardens? I mean, literally out there next to some of your most beautiful looking plants. I think it would be fun.
I’m to old for the wheelbarrow I would be using the side by side to tote all that stuff. 😂 love your content..today I am 64 I learn something new every time you post!
I noticed your corn tassels were not dry. Also, the corn was not mature all the way to the top. All corn does not mature at the same time. Ripe: tassels are brown and dry. Fill along the outside of the cob. Make sure the cob is fat all the way to the top before you pick.
When cleaning out raised beds..maybe by putting a TARP on gravel walkway to keep it clean and then pull the tarp to the chicken coop to feed them would be helpful for you.
Hey Becky 👋👋 NaNas here for your Winning year of all the things Squash,Gourd,Pumkin n Spice n a corn salsa in the future or nice corn on the cob dinner 👏💥👏❗... You did Awesome even for the mini decor you gathered 😉❗.. @acre homestead I remember mom cutting the corn off the cob at dinner time n giving me the cob n i was in the highchair then 😅😂❗... Its still so good when i scrape the cob after cooking n butter on it n it soaks in n i get to scrape the cobs n put it on the corn too 😋😊😆❗... I bet baby A would love it too Becky 💗😍❗... Thank you for sharing your homestead with us , being in Kentucky My tomatoes were late but my Banana Peppers were on time, Im still getting atleast 10 Roma or paste tomatoes daily 😮, yes n a hand full of cherry tomatoes every other day , Green beans I gathered 4 lbs for my 1st time growing n i am so Excited 😲😉❗... Thank you for being a inspiration to a 52 yr oold NaNa who is going bigger n collecting both flower , herb n vegeable garden next year n YES I have to try Potatoes , So Ill plant them together with beans 💯 for Nitrogen , lol 😂❤💦❗... Sending bunches of 💞💖💞 to you always😍😘 Stay Awesome Friend , Ive learned so much from my homestead family on here , my parents been gone 8 months apart in 2010 september n May 2011 n that was all i had to garden with me n Tomatoes ive grown most years but now this year was my 1st n My strawberries something got to em b4 us n we only got a few 😢... Im hoping they come back😲😋❗... Ive alaso started small compost n im starting a worm bed , growing up we always had bait for fishing lol😮😅❗... Have a Blessed day , I could talk to you all day Friend 👋👀👋😉❗
As a person who lives in a concrete jungle in India - you have no idea how vicariously I live through your videos! Love love love harvest videos!
⚘How lovely!
Aw thanks so very much! It's a blessing I get to make these videos :)
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⚘ I have lived in a concrete jungle in Minnesota, USA for the past 10 years.
Harvesting videos are my favorite right now. 🎉🎉
Hey, Becky! I'm from South America. I have depression, anxiety and other diagnosed mental health issues that I am in therapy for.
I don't usually comment, but I wanted to point out the not so obvious value of your channel,. I live in an apartment t way there on the other side of the world, no way I can plant anything like you do. But your channel to me is incredibly calming. Thank you!
God bless you
My Friend, if you plant herbs in flower pots where you are, you will be surprised at how much that little effort will help your mental and emotional state. I know from experience. Start small. God sees and knows. Blessings.
Maybe a small indoor plant collection would be up your alley! I started with houseplants and they have brought me so much joy! Taking care of life helps heal us I think 💕
I encourage you to plant something. I too suffer from depression and when I go out to work in my small garden, I call it "Dirt Therapy". I truly enjoy the small amount of things that I can grow and come back inside to a brighter outlook. Blessings to you my friend!
Gardening in my studio apartment has empowered me mentally in a way that even succeeding at business didn’t.
It’s like a bridge from my painful situation to a more healthy lifestyle. The fact that my circumstances led me to garden in the first place and to find resourceful ways of going about that I wouldn’t know about if I had more space and money, reminds me there’s always hope.
Follow your bliss. If it makes you feel good just watching someone else do something, it’s worth trying it out yourself.
As you go along you’ll find that things will fall into place even if you don’t know how when you start. That’s why they say gardening is like gambling l, even the most experienced growers have obstacles that surprises them.
You may also find that the more you do things that make you feel good, the more you’re inspired to do things that make you feel good. You build momentum.
For example:
I’m now writing a book about gardening and illustrating it myself. It’s a nice escape that’s just for me, and gives me a couple of hours to focus on topic I enjoy talking about.
Plus your viewpoint of yourself may change. I know from my own personal experiences that you’re more than those labels you’ve used to describe yourself.
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Becky will you please show us when you give the girls 🐥 🐓 stuff from your garden? I love seeing them get all happy
I agree. I love watching her chickens. Something about it is soothing.
Me to😊
There’s a quick video of my chickens getting excited over treats 😊
Yes!! Please
I found a ripe coffee cup growing in my garden today😊. ☕️
lol I find them all the time! lol
Those corn stalks would've looked so cute on your porch! Tied in bundles, and propped up with your pumpkins.
What a great idea, she could make a braid out of them and decorate between the pumkins, smart idea!
Or tie them around the porch posts.
Yes, corn stalks are great for outdoor fall decorating!
@@joycewilson3620 Yes! This way is the cutest!
I was thinking the same thing!
The sound and volume has improved vastly! Thank you so much for hearing us and taking steps to help us out, it's tremendously appreciated!
I was just about comment say that as well much better with microphone everyone will be able to hear wot she is saying 😊
A gardening tip, you don't want to leave squash foliage including cucumber plants breaking down on top of garden soil over winter as mildew & mold spores will take hold especially under landscaping fabric.
Which can cause major issues for next years seedlings sown in place.
The heat of a large compost pile will kill most mold & mildew spores as you turn it over & over.
A clean & tidy organic garden helps prevent disease.
I love a clean and tidy garden.
Yes! You don't save disease for next year. Also stop poking holes in squash and pumpkins with fingernails to see if they're ready!! It will make them rot even faster!
At first she said she was going to leave them but changed her mind( because of disease) she said she would let the chickens play with them. On one bed she did leave the roots but a lot of garden blogs say to do this.Thats what she said to ME!!
@@delphine88313 Thank you for explaining that I must've missed her saying that, yes leaving roots is fine they'll wither away causing no threat of disease.
Another issue with using non composted garden waste on top of soil is the dreaded Thrips larva over wintering.
However there's now an excellent organic solution to treating Thrips using predator mites.
corn is wind pollinated. i wonder if you shook the plants while they are growing would help all the ears of corn get pollinated. that is what i do with my tomato plants and it works
I love the fact that you could have easily edited out the wasp incident but you left in for us to enjoy 😂
Hey Becky. Just a fyi your corn wasn’t all fully ready. The silks need to be dry. That’s when your kernels fill out more.
Yes, that’s true, a few weeks more and they would have yielded a little more
Yes the silks that were not fully formed were still maturing. They were pollinated but still growing. Once the silks are brown and dried up you can pretty much count on the corn being mature. Becky you do amazing job and your energy level is amazing! Love your channel and have learned so much from you.
I was sitting here watching your video, my 8 year old daughter was running by, stopped, and got super excited and said, "Oh, I love her." She sat in my lap and watched your video with me. Thank you so much for your video content. We love it.
I know your mic is a new addition, so please let me tell you it sounds great! Thank you for taking time to keep improving your videos for us. I appreciate your continued hard work and efforts. Wonderful video, as usual.
I have to put all of her videos at a much higher volume than anyone else's. I don't know why.
Aw thanks! I am trying :)
That shouldn't be as much of an issuing moving forward. I have got a new mic and and increasing the volume on each video. It is just taking time to learn all this new equipment :)
@@AcreHomestead Oh it's not a big deal. I just turn up the volume. It's just odd that your videos are the only ones that the volume is so low. Good luck figuring out the new equipment!!
Ive mentioned it previously too. i have my value all the way up and it's not high. I know from old videos it was not issue. Hopefully this new mic will be better. @@kaesmomFitz
Once again... Thank you for being so faithful posting your videos...also for the length of your videos... it's obvious that you devote a lot of time producing each one. 👍❤️
Aw you are so welcome!
What happened to using your side by side for big harvesting? I was just thinking it would have been great for all the stuff today! These are some of my favorite videos! So happy to see everything you were able to get!
The side beside would be running all over the squash vines.
@@melindawargowsky8176 not in all areas though :) I do understand not wanting to roll over things but it could be off to the side too I think. It was just a thought because that is what she said she really wanted it for when they went out to buy it. That's the only reason I was asking. :D
I was wondering the same😊
I wondered the same.
I prefer her human harvesting method actually.
The 3rd ear of corn you picked that you said didn't get pollinated did get pollinated! Just leave it on the stalk longer and pick when the silks are dry! Not every cob will get ripe before the end of the season but you definitely don't have to harvest all at once! I've been growing corn and sweet corn with my dad and grandpa since I was little and sweet corn is always planted at the same time but harvested throughout the fall!
Hi Becky, I suggest you give each rised bed a number or a name, and make an excel sheet to keep track of what you do in it: what verity of produce, how much yield, what rotation, when and what was the emendments... you can keep record every year so you can retrace your steps to repeat or change. Love your work, you give us so much!❤
I thought you brought a ride on like ATV thing for the garden to help collect big stuff? I ❤ your raised bed garden.
You got me thinking about planting pumpkins next season instead of buying them. Hubby already planning my beds. I’m so happy. You really brightened my day. Happy Harvesting!!!🎉
You will love it!
YUCK!! Carbonated water is something I could never get into lol.
Also great harvest. Love all the pumpkins.
Using a seed starting mat with thermostat, to ripen your pumpkins. You could drape them with a plastic tarp and have a bowl of water under the tarp with the pumpkins to increase the humidity. This is also a way to ripen sweet potatoes (I have them in a tote, with the glass of water inside all on the mat set at 85) Good luck with your ripening.
Oh good idea!
You are the epitome of a Phenomenal Woman! Everything you do is such a joy to behold!!
Beckie is in the house.....and garden! I have had a tough day. A Beckie video was just what I needed. Thank you Beckie ❤😊
Aw I hope it brings you the joy you need today :)
Watching you is seriously my self-care. Somehow so relaxing. I appreciate you. *Exhales slowly
Becky, I would love to see the chickens having fun with the garden discards!
I was thinking the exact same thing. Lol 🙌🏼
I would love to see more of the chickens in general. I miss seeing and hearing them.
Has anyone ever commented and asked Becky why she does not use her truck down there to load up her larger harvests, such as this one? Instead of pushing all that distance with a wheel barrel? I’m just curious.
Question: I thought part of the layout and width of, and leveling and graveling of the ‘roads’ between your raised beds was to facilitate your little utility vehicle to be able to drive between them yet I see you with the heavy wheel barrel or several trips of baskets. Why not drive your little utility vehicle and put everything on the bed of that little truck?
I want to preface this by saying that it was not funny you got stung, but when that cut away happened and then you popped up and said " I just got stung by a wasp", I got tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. I'm not sure if you are aware of how funny you are in your videos, but you are hilarious!!! And then when your voice over came on and you said how you were so rudely stung I was with you on that. RUDE old wasp!!!!! I love your videos so so much 🖤
I finally tried the Cinderella pumpkin after I saw you roast one in another video at your last homestead.... it was sooo good! Can’t wait to see you roast pumpkins this year so I can see which ones I want to try next! Great harvest! 🎃 Corn Tip: when the tassels begin pollinating, take a stick or broom handle (or something of the like) and tap the stalks to help the pollen fall and pollinate the silks better. You will have more fuller cobs and less that are not pollinated. You can also pull a tassel and rub the silks with a tassel. Learned that from an agricultural university where we live, so I thought I would pass on the knowledge! 😊
I'm only 7:32 the video so far, but wow! Well done on your gorgeous harvest. You're hard work has definitely paid off.
Next year, will you leave fabric off that bed? That way, the vines can attached themselves to the soil and grow more roots. This will also allow them to take up more nutrients. You could lay removable shorter strip's of fabric between each plant down the bed until the vines give enough ground cover if that's a concern.
But you have done SO AMAZING!! I'm so proud of you and I don't even know you, so I can only imagine how much your family and parents are proud of you.
I found you yesterday and guess what I've done since I found you...watch your videos. I'm currently watching a pantry tour video as I write this comment. My husband and I are now hooked and completely inspired to start canning and preserving again. Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing what you do. Hugs from Ontario Canada. 😊❤️
Aw welcome! I am so glad you are here!
At the end of clean up go through your garden with a leaf blower (if you have one) to remove debris from the stones.
It won’t be long and the baby is going to be outside with you awesome garden ❤
I used to think of her as an friendly acquaintance and I’m sure the baby has been in the garden plenty with her and Josh but has no plans on sharing any of those. She’s not our friend. She provides teaching on cooking and gardening. And she has a nice disposition as she shares.
There's something about pumpkins that is just so whimsical. Loved watching this harvest!
You’ve done a fabulous job. So sorry you were stung. And I absolutely love your pumpkins. They turned out great.
If you lay a tarp on the gravel before you clean out a raised bed, you can drop all the vines or stalks or whatever onto the tarp and then you can easily drag it out of the garden to the chicken coop or compost pile.
Next year you should use your corn stalks as decoration for the front of the house!
Oh No! I notices some corners of your new raised bed garden are separating. Quickly get some L brackets on there to reinforce the corners before they really get weathered in the winter.
I love the tiny pumpkins so adorable,your hard work has paid off Becky 💜💜💜
Becky I felt so sorry for you when the hornet stung you ,but you carrryed on like a trooper that you are !!! We so enjoy all you do!!!
Becky you will not believe what to me. I went out and fed my chickens and turkeys. Sandy my female turkey 🦃 she's been taking chicken 🐔 egg 🥚🥚 and sitting on them trying to hatch 🐣. Well this morning 🌄🌄 I have seven baby chick 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣. Yes the turkey hatch the baby 🐥🐥🐥
A little tip for growing great pumpkins, they are very heavy feeders. The spiky texture on their vines is small roots. Wherever they touch the ground, they will root in helping the pumpkins vine grab nutrients from the ground around them. They also need a lot of water. If you want your pumpkin to produce lots of pumpkins, you will have to give them lots of organic fertilizer and water. Now for the pumpkins that are ment to produce very large pumpkins you not only need to give them a lot of fertilizer and water but you also need to only let one pumpkin develop on the vine and some will keep the sun off the pumpkins skin in an effort to keep the skin from hardening. That way, the pumpkin can still grow and not split. Powder mildew happens at the end of each year, it is do the hot days and cool nights, but do not put any of the vines that have the disease back into your garden. The mildew can winter over, and you will have it earlier next year. Hope this helps. Good luck.
Well Done You!!!! The harvest looks AMAZING!!! Baby A will learn many valuable skills growing up in the homestead. So excited for you and your beautiful family.
I kept waiting to see you with your side by side loading up all those pumpkin vines in its bed. Oh and attach a trailer to it and you could save yourself lots of walking. Your garden looks amazing!
You inspire me! If I just do 1 new thing because of what I learn from you, then all of your hard work is worth it. Thank you so much for sharing your life, your experience, your ups and downs, your knowledge and your love for your family and your homestead.
You should have driven the sid by side to move the pumpkins up front and the other waste 😂.
What an amazing harvest Becky! You must be so proud, I know I would be! Congratulations on this years garden. ❤
I live in the deep South and we always plant corn 🌽 and green beans together. And they always grow really well.
I love these videos, Becky. A tip I go with, though, your corn, I wait till the ends are a crispy crunchy dried frizz before harvesting. I saw some of the silks were still silky, which means they aren't ready.
Yay I'm so glad you've gotten a microphone! The tour and this video have been great being able to hear you. Thank you!!
Your garden set up are my gardening goals! You have a beautiful set up and I just love watching what you do with your space and what you grow! Truly inspired! ❤
Becky you are the hardest working stay at home Momma i have ever seen ❤ love this video ❤
Awesome garden Becky!! And such a great harvest! Even the green pumpkins will be beautiful to display! Thank you for allowing me to come with you on this journey.❤ Sending love and blessings to your family!
As someone that suffers with tinnitus and is very hard of hearing, I really appreciate the new mic. Hadn't been able to really hear the videos and I had to watch once with subtitles then again to see what I'd missed, while reading 😊 Thank you ❤
Becky have you tried Candy Roaster pumpkins? It was my first year and I'm hooked. I had one ripen early in the season and the vines looked like they died off amongst the fairytale pumpkins. The other day I was clipping leaves around pumpkins to have them ripen quicker and noticed 10 -15 new candy roasters. That made me excited because I made a pumpkin pie with the first one and the meat was so dense and sweet. I will have to scale down the sugar in pies made with candy roasters. They are fun to grow too!
So yummy and this year we even grew Mashed Potatoe Squash....Roasted with a little oil and slat anf pepper. was amazing!!
Where I live people tie cornstalks together and use them as part of their fall decorations
Becky!! As someone in Scotland i could only dream of growing the products that you are able to grow ❤ What an amazing job you have done this year, You definitely should be proud and give yourself a pat on the back for your hard work....And mothering a little baby! What an amazing MAMA Bear you are ❤❤
Oooh, how cute some photography of your son would look with these magnificent pumpkins!!!
I'd love to see a few photos of these gorgeous pumpkins on IG.
Awesome job Becky, indeed 😃
Hi Beckie, I wonder why you're not regularly using your side by sure vehicle?
I would love to have a golf cart, but that's not practical in Zambia
Sorry the wasp got you but glad you left your reaction to it in the final cuts. Honest part of gardening.
Your hard work always pays off!!! Great job Becky!!! 👍💯👍
Next time put down a tarp for all the garden waste and pull it with the side-by-side. Then you don’t have to keep picking up the vines and it will keep debris out of the walkway
Gorgeous pumpkins Becky! You're such a beautiful bright spot and so inspiring ❤️ blessings and love to you and your family 🙏🏽
Was a video removed? I just watched one of Becky making cookies containing pumpkin? Now I don’t see it.
This harvest is amazing !! For the first time gardening in your wonderful new beds, you did great!.
Thank you for not adding music over you harvesting. Love to hear the actual sounds better!
Just watched your other video where you said you were going to harvest your corn! So excited for your corn success. I haven't had success with corn quite yet but I'm sure its coming :)
U can pick small under ripe pumpkin & slice up & fry
Like other have said about corn it's ripe when tassels r dried up. It's not they weren't pollinated, they were not done growing. I grew feed corn for years (160+/- acres). B4 I had lived there I had a friend who planted 5 acres of sweet corn to share with 4 families & some for church friends. The 3 ladies would pick & our kids would run the buckets to dump in bed of truck & 1 lady to rough shuck. Later we split into groups - 2 shucking & 2 blanching & bagging (then switch).
In the 80s I shared harvesting with others... sharing makes work go fun & it doesn't seem to take as long. Then I moved away for the 90s & did it with my kids help only. When I moved back I had become disabled & have cut to little or no garden
This was a super fun video!! Can't wait to see the carrot harvest!!
I ❤ love the pumpkins watching your show make run to my backyard and start a vegetable garden soon 😊
I love seeing all your hard work pay off and you get to harvest beautiful produce. I would love to see a behind the scenes video on how you do your videos, like how long does 1 video take you with camera repositioning etc and your thought process behind it as a content creator. I know you know have an editor but it would be nice to see for us all
You always seem professional, so hearing you scream made my day!😆 Sorry you were stung, but you've got something for a blooper video now.
WOW!! That is quite A nice haul of pumpkins & winter squashes!
My favorite channel! You are so good at explanations and descriptions, and your joy in gardening is absolute balm to my cynical old soul. Thank you friend!
Hi Becky. The little orange pumpkins are the Jack-be-little pumpkins, and the mini-white ones are the Baby Boo pumpkins. They are both so darn cute and fun to decorate with. To help you remember which is which, just think of Casper the friendly ghost is white, I hope that helps.
Hi Becky that was quite a pumpkin harvest. You never cease to amaze me ! 🥰🥰
Hey Becky ,👋🏾 you can make corn stalks decorations for the entrance of the garden. Have a awesome week.
Keep up the good work❤❤❤❤ love watching your videos!!!
I have to say.. you are an absolute queen. I have learned how to do so many things through your videos
❤❤❤ The pumpkin harvest is beautiful.
Those banana squash are my favorite. We grow North Georgia Candy Roasters and they grow prolifically here in my Coastal Oregon garden where it’s a bit too cool for some varieties.
What a beautiful Fall days to harvest pumpkins from your garden. I was just wondering how your ornamental pumpkins were doing. Everything looks great! Yay! 🌻🍂🍁☀️
You can also dry those corn stalks for decorations
I just made your corn chowder recipe last night and omg! Soooo yummy!! Happy Harvest 🍁
Where can I find that recipe?
I went to the store to buy dry corn stalks for decorating. $15.99 for one!!!! Insane! You could sell them!
A wonderful harvest!!! That darn wasp! Lol. Your garden has been a pleasure to watch this season!!! You’ve done an amazing job!! The pumpkins are beautiful!
Cinderella, Fairytale, and Musgee De Provonce are the same pumpkin. They are just called different things by the seed companies. If you saw comments in your planting videos, I also mentioned it there. Also, I had a wasp nest IN my fruit tree and when I went to pick the fruit, I stuck my hand IN the nest. Now I wear gloves and try to look ahead. 😊
It has to be so rewarding to grow, harvest, preserve and cook for your family. True blessing
Pumpkins and gords are so much fun to grow! We also grow a bunch of squash.. Butternut, spaghetti, acorn, carnival, honeynut, sweet dumpling, and Zucchini.. So rewarding and huge yields! Next year I am going to try the North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash! Your little man is gonna love the pumpkins next year! We grow a pumpkin/squash patch every year and oh is it fun for little ones!
Beautiful pumpkins! And how exciting to grow your own corn!
your gardens are so interesting and pretty. Would it be a strange idea to actually have a brunch or luncheon among your gardens? I mean, literally out there next to some of your most beautiful looking plants. I think it would be fun.
Love it!!!! ❤🎉 🎃
I’m to old for the wheelbarrow I would be using the side by side to tote all that stuff. 😂 love your content..today I am 64 I learn something new every time you post!
Beautiful colorful harvest!
Wow Charlie Brown would be in awe from the great pumpkins
I noticed your corn tassels were not dry. Also, the corn was not mature all the way to the top. All corn does not mature at the same time. Ripe: tassels are brown and dry. Fill along the outside of the cob. Make sure the cob is fat all the way to the top before you pick.
When cleaning out raised beds..maybe by putting a TARP on gravel walkway to keep it clean and then pull the tarp to the chicken coop to feed them would be helpful for you.
I'm far from an expert, but it looks more like squash bug damage than disease on the pumpkin foliage.
I agree.
Don't put powdery mildew in your compost. I learnt this the hard way. It lasts a long time and can transfer in the compost.
I think your corn needed the stay on the stack until the silks had died. That usually means the cob has developed and has corn on it.
Becky, why don’t you use your 4 x 4? If you’re nervous driving it around your gates, you’ll never get any better if you don’t practice….
Becky - I thought you bought the side-by-side - ATV - UTV whatever it’s called for using in the garden for heavy hauling etc. ?
First 😂😂😂I don’t know why people do this……..silly 😂😂
Hey Becky 👋👋 NaNas here for your Winning year of all the things Squash,Gourd,Pumkin n Spice n a corn salsa in the future or nice corn on the cob dinner 👏💥👏❗... You did Awesome even for the mini decor you gathered 😉❗.. @acre homestead I remember mom cutting the corn off the cob at dinner time n giving me the cob n i was in the highchair then 😅😂❗... Its still so good when i scrape the cob after cooking n butter on it n it soaks in n i get to scrape the cobs n put it on the corn too 😋😊😆❗... I bet baby A would love it too Becky 💗😍❗... Thank you for sharing your homestead with us , being in Kentucky My tomatoes were late but my Banana Peppers were on time, Im still getting atleast 10 Roma or paste tomatoes daily 😮, yes n a hand full of cherry tomatoes every other day , Green beans I gathered 4 lbs for my 1st time growing n i am so Excited 😲😉❗... Thank you for being a inspiration to a 52 yr oold NaNa who is going bigger n collecting both flower , herb n vegeable garden next year n YES I have to try Potatoes , So Ill plant them together with beans 💯 for Nitrogen , lol 😂❤💦❗... Sending bunches of 💞💖💞 to you always😍😘 Stay Awesome Friend , Ive learned so much from my homestead family on here , my parents been gone 8 months apart in 2010 september n May 2011 n that was all i had to garden with me n Tomatoes ive grown most years but now this year was my 1st n My strawberries something got to em b4 us n we only got a few 😢... Im hoping they come back😲😋❗... Ive alaso started small compost n im starting a worm bed , growing up we always had bait for fishing lol😮😅❗... Have a Blessed day , I could talk to you all day Friend 👋👀👋😉❗