When our kids were born we planted a apple, peach trees and blueberry bushes. Also a grape vine. They are 35, 31, 27 and 23 years old now and still feeding our family long after my babies are on their own.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
Hi Becky, Thinking about your abundance of plums, I thought I would pass along a trick I learned from Chef Alton Brown on his TV cooking show. What you do is make a whole lot of pie filling (in Georgia I'm always covered up with blueberries and peaches, but I'm sure there is a plum pie recipe out there that would work). Take one of your big cooking days and make it a Pie Day. Once your filling is ready, and cooled, pour some in each of your pie pans. I only have 2 pans, so I have to do this in batches. Then freeze the filling in the pie pan. Once frozen, take it out of the pan and put it in a freezer bag or vacuum seal bag (lasts longer). If you have trouble getting it out, you can first line your pan with saran wrap. I never do that, I just turn it over and run hot water over the bottom of the pan for a second or two until it releases. I have these discs lined up in my freezer like books on a shelf. Whenever I want a pie I just roll out my pie dough (and if I know you, you already have a bunch premade), plop in a filling disc that is the perfect shape, let it sit on the counter for 20 mins or so, and bake. You could probably bake it right from frozen, letting it cook for an extra 10-15 mins, but I don't know. I've never done that. The beauty is that all the mess is confined to one time. On the day I want a pie, all I've dirtied is my rolling pin and pie pan. Easy-Peasy. And, although you get sick of tomato pie in the summer, to have one in February, from your own home-grown tomatoes, that is easy and ready in no time, would be a real treat. Cheers.
Brings back memories when I was 13 I went to live with my aunt in Lawrenceville Georgia, I met a girl we would walk all over she showed me the orchards and said let's pick a couple peaches to eat as we walk,me not knowing went along with her. Well the owner caught us and scolded us said if you want peaches come around to the market side I'll give you a basket full. So we went and got a bushel basket took it back to her house and I got to make fresh peach ice cream and eat it for the first time. Such a special memory.
Yes you can harvest the rhubarb this year. It is very prolific. I had a stranger ask one year to harvest some of the rhubarb that I had growing along the driveway. I said yes. They took ALL of the stems that they could (a 20 X 4 foot bed). I hadn't been watching ... Well they did me a very huge favour because the rhubarb put on new growth. I ended up with the best harvest of tender stems I had ever had.
Living in germany, we are not harvesting rhubarb in the late year. After it goes into the later summer season, there is a higher among of nutriance in it, which can cause some kidney stones. So we harvest till the middle / end of June and let the rest doing it thing. (Ofcourse the summary of consumption is always to consider, when you think about risks.) Also I think that it's always a good thing to leave enough leafs on the plant, because they die back. And in my opinion it would help the roots to develop, when the plants are left alone this year. So the plants can get everything what they can get and suck it into the roots for coming good over the wintertime period. (But for everyone which is experiences other things, keep in mind that living over the big pond, the climate and culture - might be also the type of plants - are not similar to your area. So I don't give any advice. It's only something which came into my mind, when I watched the video and read this comment. // That we would do it different over here) Rhubarb benefit of getting split and replanted into fresh places after a few year. Which is giving the plant a fresh boost. I think that is what you are actually able to see. Some roots which only had a few new greens in the earlier days of the year and a fresh place where you planted and it BOOOOSTS.
Hi Becky, I'm not sure if anyone mentioned that you should not let your rhubarb go to seed as it gets bitter. Also, it will die back after the frost and come back in the spring. You can also use it to replace lemons in a recipe. 😉
I’m in SoCal. My Rhubarb was a start from the garden center. Within a year I HAD to harvest. I pulled those outter stalks leaving about 30% of the plant. And it comes back. In your area, I’d think you need to leave a bit more to get through winter. Mixed berry rhubarb pie filling is awesome over yogurt!! And remember the leaves are toxic! Don’t give to chickens!!
This is my 2nd time to comment on you. I'm so impressed with you and your lifestyle. I know you're parents couldn't be prouder of the woman you are. I wish I had a daughter and she was like you. So much of you is exactly how I would have loved for my homelife to be. It was in my thoughts, dreams and still is, I've tried so hard this year to have a garden that will produce for us. I feel like you about our food, the closer to the garden to the table is best. Organic when possible, home-grown and harvested, to the plate. I would have loved to visit your wonderful home but I live in GA. Best of everything in life to you and your family. You certainly are blessed.
Hey Becky! Just a note… if you dampen a coffee filter and cover the croissant (or any meat or bread, it helps keep from drying out what you’re heating. Really makes a difference! Love your channel!!
Hey Becky, I worked on my first freezer meal day….I got half way through and am already exhausted. Lol I did complete 6 freezer meals out of the 12 I planned to do. I am certainly okay with that for my first time. I will finish the other six during the week. You are such an inspiration and I appreciate you.
Omg Becky you looked beautiful under the plum tree. I love peaches,plums and cherries. We in the West-Indies don't have them here to grow, but we get it from the States imported to eat. I am happy you are getting so much from your garden. You are one of my favorite person to watch on TH-cam and I can't wait to watch your next video. Have a great weekend and a blessed one as well.
Hey Becky, the rhubarb is doing amazing. It really does like water, so I'm glad it's irrigated. Pick a few from each plant. I know they say you shouldn't, but if you take a couple, the plant will honestly be fine. Get used to the idea that your mature plants will be huge. 😊
Good morning friend! We were at the farmers market today to buy peaches from the farmer. He told us to come out to his farm and pick them ourselves for 1/5 the price of already picked peaches… you know where I’ll be tomorrow. We did end up buying a few today though. They are SO GOOD!
I was ready to sit for the rest of the day…….but watched your video and headed out to the garden instead to harvest some abundance from my small garden to preserve. Thank you for the initiative to get busy!!
I was told not to pick any rhubarb the first year and that they are very heavy feeders. I put chicken manure pellets on every year. This year the stalks were about 4 foot long. 😊
Hey Becky! If you didn't know, Harvest Right has come out with the new home pro model of freeze driers, and if you have the older model, you can get a new rack for inside that has room for 5 trays instead of 4! You just have to call harvest right and tell them which model you have and they will send you the new interior rack! If you weren't aware, that would get you an extra tray for each batch. :)
The new rack with 5 trays costs $499!! It's not quite as easy as "just calling them to send you one!" I wish it weren't so, but that's what they advised me. Needless to say, I'm quite disappointed!😢
Omg I no I just found of this morning I can’t wait to be able to have one myself omg I can’t wait to be able to freeze dry some herbs N fruits do all kinds of things!! One day it’s on my list of things one day lol ❤ happy harvesting y’all
Husband & I are traveling from Longview to Pasco, WA on Hwy 14. I keep looking up at the hills thinking, some where up in those hills Becky is either in the kitchen or the garden creating some Homestead Magic! 😊
She always looks aglow, as busy as she seems to be with all the harvesting, family life and day to day, it might seem one of the videos her hair would be messy and her eyes tired, but somehow she puts it all together, keeps it all together. The incredible Becky, 😎 🙃🙂 She is a star! 🤩👏
I'm so happy for you and Josh. I can only imagine going out for an evening stroll and picking plums from my own orchard. I can't wait for my tomatoes to reopen so I can try to make a tomato pie.
When I pick my plums I pit them and cook them and blend them up and add enough sugar to taste good and then I make them into juice to put it on our pancakes or waffles it’s really good
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
10:22 Plum onion jam (like your fig & onion jam) is also very good. Have you considered a fruit picking pole so you can reach higher fruit without having to haul out a ladder? I’ve seen them with up to a 24’ pole. 37:50 I wonder if freeze dried tomato slices could be used for a tomato pie in the off season. 🤔 I always hear Jess (Roots & Refuge) in my head when tempted to buy any kind of tomato other than cherry/grape off season. “Grocery store tomatoes taste like disappointment.”
Hi Becky,sucha beautiful harvest! I also have a plum tree. You can simply freeze them. When your ready to processe them, use an apple core and segment tool, while they are still frozen. The seed is easily removed from the core section.
Becky, just a tip from one mom to another. Thise fresh peaches, plums, and pears make wonderful baby food when pureed. The peaches that you have already canned will also be great for Baby Acre.
Freeze dried plums and peaches are super yummy. Plus if you cut them up into small squares, they are a great snacks for babies. You could also blend fruit with yogurt and freeze dry little dollops for another baby snack.
I grew up with a peach tree and a wild honey bee hive in one of our beech trees. My dad struggled to prevent those branches from snapping as the bees pollinated every flower. Mom canned and canned and we stuffed ourselves ... 6 kids. Winter was peach cobblers on a regular basis. We lived in Michigan. Good times.
For my tomato pie, I dice my tomatoes, salt them in a colander to sit in the fridge overnight. This keeps them from being watery and a whole piece does not come out when you cut it. They are delicious! I use the basic recipe from Grits and Groceries in Due West. SC, Hattie Mae's tomato pie.
When I was a kid, my parents and us went and "worked" the orange, fig, and strawberry fields on Saturday and in payment we got to keep a certain amount of our harvest. Towards the end of the harvest season, if there were still fruit on the trees, we could pick all we wanted for free. We had all the fruit we could eat plus enough for mom to preserve and it would last us all year long. They don't do that anymore. I am so excited for you and harvest season. I keep editing this comment. What I did with the kale this year is blanch it, plop it in cold water, squeeze the water out while forming them into pucks, froze them and put them in ziploc bags. Now I can throw them into dishes for a pop of green.
Thank you for the amazing kale idea @justcallmesuzzie !! And the "work" project sounds awesome. Shame they don't do it anymore, with the price of food, you'd have a good number of folk, including myself, that would happily put the time in to reap such a great reward.
I was gifted some fresh freestone peaches. So beautiful. But way too many. So I wanted to use your idea of preserving them by turning the into something else. You had mentioned a book called Freezer Fresh, I'm not sure it was this video. I just came back to leave this comment, sorry. Anyway, I had also seen Sarah on Living Traditions Homestead say she really loved it too. So I got it and on page 228, there is freezer recipe for Roasted Peach Jam for the freezer. I made it last night, I got seven pints of the best jam I've ever made and I used those hard sided containers you recommended for the freezer and it was perfect. What a success. Thank you Becky. I know you would love that recipe. Maybe another video on it, please. You are wonderful Becky. Susan
Fruit trees have a life span. That happened to the apricot tree that was with the house we bought. We got fruit for 2 years and then it stopped producing. Same thing happened with the avocado tree but we had that producing for about 10 years after we bought then it stopped.
I'm not a pro gardener at all, but we have had rhubarb since I was very young. We lived in Spokane, WA. When my husband and I bought our first house, my mother split her rhubarb and we planted it in spring, which I was able to harvest twice that summer from that split bulb. I let it go to seed and had an abundant harvest the next year! If you let it go too long, it loses its flavor and the stalks start to split. We always said the redder, the better! And yes, it loves water! We have since moved to Oklahoma and my mother brought me some more split bulbs. We planted them immediately and they love the 80-100% humidity we've had all summer!
Hi Becky, last year I made cinnamon-plums, they are really delicious on sweet dishes. Just cut them in Quarters (or smaller if you like) then pour over a mixture of water, sugar and cinnamon (ratio to your liking) and waterbath-can it for 15 Minites (long enough for fruits according to the Weck-preserving book, wich is the most common over here in Germany)
We have a farm here in Australia 🇦🇺 and I put a large tarpaulin on the ground around the plum trees and then shake the tree. Much easier than picking.😊
I noticed that your freeze dryer had gone back to freeze mode and your trays were frosty. I lost an entire load because of the condensation on the trays. I now use the warm trays mode to make sure that doesn't happen again. It's so frustrating to have to throw food away. I so enjoy all your posts. You always are so upbeat and fun to watch, you make everyone feel like a friend. Thank you for all you do.
One of my favorite snacks as a kid was frozen plums. You just quarter them and flash freeze them and pull one or 2 out when you want a frozen treat. They are so refreshing when it's hot and don't make as much of a mess as ice cream. Give it a try!
Dearest Becky, how beautiful you look with your fruit harvest. You definitely picked (lol a pun on words) the right color top for this photo. Stunning!
I live in an area that enjoys "Palisade" peaches in Colorado. Something our state is RIGHTFULLY proud of. I bought a box of 2nds and froze most. When my daughter came to visit we had a mexican fiesta of food topped with PEACH margaritas. They are fabulous!!!
Blue lake bush is my favorite. I can them every year, you might laugh which is ok, but ever since I was a child I would go out in my garden and pick the first tomato and sit in the middle of the garden and eat the warm juicy sweet tomato lol I will be 70 this year June and I still do it lol
Hi Becky, you look so pretty in lavender! I was so glad to see you feed the girls. I bet they are loving the surplus. The harvest is looking great. Love your channel and can't wait until the next episode.
I‘ve seen you make that tomato pie before but crustiest sounds perfect for my husband. And I checked out your new page for the first time and I LOVE the printing options! Great job, Josh!
For my tomato pie, instead of mayo, I use cottage cheese to mix the spices into and spread between layers. Continue to add the cheeses you prefer and do use Parmesan! Cottage cheese and Parmesan add stability to the pie so that the shell doesn't break, plus it refrigerates well so that when we want a slice, we can pick it out of the pie pan in the refrigerator and eat it cold. But really, tomato pie is so delicious, it doesn't last more than a day, even with just two people in the household.
A tip for future take a rake and rake all the fallen fruit to one area . It helps you not to step on them and possibly twist an ankle. Also if the ripe fruit falls while picking you can tell exactly which ones just fell. Your Roo Apron would be great for this task . Beautiful 🍑 and plums .
Wow you are so fortunate that you can reply or give a suggestion because when ever I do I have other people answering or commenting for Becky I do ask her and I get replies from people who I never sent a message to I won’t bother anymore everyone else gets replies from her directly
@@maryybarra4841 I don't get direct replies from Becky . But I still post my tip or thoughts just in case it might help her or someone else in here .I imagine she has so many people in here it would be impossible for her to comment on everything. I feel we are just part of a community trying to help and encourage each other in homesteading .
@@maryybarra4841 I very rarely see that she replies to anyone's comments, you may see a red heart that's about it. Don't take it to heart I'm sure your suggestions help others.
The pie is amazing! It's definitely a rite of Summer. Òne thing I like to add is a crumble topping. Rough mix mayo, bread crumbs, parsley and parmesan until it. Forms marble size crumbles. After pie has baked 30 minutes, I add the crumble topping àñd finish baking.
I was watching another youtuber curing garlic and onions.. He had a wire rack. Hw put the green tops through the wire allowing the bulbs to rest on the wire rack shelves to cure.. leaving space between each bulb to allow air flow..This kept the bulbs off the ground. And in neat rows. This made sence.. you Don have garlic or onions laying all over the patio giving plenty of walking space.
Our favorite is plum cake. Just your basic coffee cake recipe, topped with plum halves, and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake as usual. Doesn't last long around here.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
Becky I see that you bring a basket to the garden to pick your produce and I think you a bigger container for the quantity of produce you have, maybe you should bring out a pull wagon with you and some tools and gloves 🧤
I hear that the tomato 🍅 pie is delicious and I first had a opportunity seeing one prepared by Meg on the Hollar homestead channel another absolutely amazing Cook and Mother
I absolutely love watching your videos!! So inspiring. I made meatloaf for dinner a 1:55 couple weeks ago, doubled it and froze one and it turned out great! Bought 14 doz ears of corn from local farmer, blanched it and pit on freezer baggies. Going to try the breakfast burritos next! Keep the videos coming please!❤
Yeah!! Love peaches and love getting a post from acre homestead- you are inspiring me to get up and do some preserving. I am canning cherry tomatoes and pickled coleslaw today!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
My aunt used to make the best plum cake! She passed away before giving me recipe! It was almost a upside down cake but didn’t have the same sugar coating like a pineapple. Those type of plums were the ones she used! The tomato pie looked so yummy!
Becky when picking apples/ plum/ peach /any tree fruit. It is best to actually twist gently. If the fruit is totally ripe and ready it will come off easily. Plus reduces the dropping of fruit to almost nil. Pulling can hurt the tree.
Born and reared in the Deep South. Tomato pie is a staple when the harvest is coming in. I use all types of tomatoes and actually prefer a paste tomato. Your recipe is almost identical to the one I make. Just made one this morning for lunch and then I open your video and you were doing the same. Also if someone wants to exclude the mayo, they can mix the shredded cheese with an herbed cheese like Boursin or even cream cheese and it is still really good.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
I got rhubarb from my grandparents before they passed away so the rhubarb I have is now over 100 years old. They love,/need heavy fertilizer. We put cow manure on ours with straw at least twice a year ( I live in Michigan) and they are heavy drinkers so they like lots of water. Your rhubarb is ready for harvest. Good job on growing them. They look really healthy. They do not take years for a harvest, as you have learned, but they might now have as much flavor as they will next year. If they are not watered well they will be woody tasting. If they are not heavily fertilized they will struggle and you will have very skinny stalks. Rhubarb crunch is one of my favorite ways to use them.
Hi Becky, Beautiful plums. Good that you picked up the plums from the ground. You can use it to prepare alcohol or just simply discard them elswhere if they are damaged. Thisway you will have less fruitfly around and overwinter below the tree, plus less worms in the next year crop.
I make my tomato tart with a layer of homemade pesto, a quiche-like custard instead of mayo, and gruyere cheese, and it's so delicious it's something I dream about in winter. Thank you for the tomato salting step...mine can be a bit watery when the tomatoes are super juicy.
Please keep adding your recipes to scratch pantry ..I have shaky hands hard to write but if I can print it ..that makes life so much easier..your so awesome❤
Not ready for fall either but half the garden is preserved with tomatoes, peppers, zukes, winter squash and cukes left to go. All the berries are done for the year. I am in zone 4b so it’s coming quick for us.
Wow, I didn't know peaches grew so far north! The part of south Texas I live in is famous for its peaches. Love seeing your chickens go after the garden leftovers.
We have them here in Connecticut also but I think it's a very short window of time. I have eaten peaches from all different parts of our country but I will always say the best peaches I have ever eaten have been in Georgia my gosh they are sooo delicious I believe the variety that I love were the keystone peaches my mouth is watering just thinking about them!
@dawnportousa I agree Georgia has the best. I got peaches from SC and they were so good so maybe second place. Lol I hate buying store bought peaches I hardly ever get a good peach. Funny thing Teo days ago I bought 1 peach and it was really good for store bought peach.
@@cherylwarren6208 I know exactly what you mean about the peaches in the grocery stores and especially when they have the nerve to advertise them as tree-ripened peaches haha! All this talk about peaches is making me want one so badly LOL!
That pie looks delicious 💞. In the North East a tomato pie is actually made on pizza crust. It has tomato/pizza sauce with fresh sliced tomatoes and herbs on top- no cheese. It is served cold and it's so good. Might be something you'd like to try.
Wow what a great harvest! So happy everything is growing so well for you! Its not easy and takes years to get good at it you are an inspiration for what hard work can do!
The rhubarb stalk still looks very green, it’s lovely and red when mature. Omg I didn’t realise how big it got, I’ve got an L shaped garden and have some growing in the corner, I think it’s really going to overtake the whole corner and then some 😮
You have said you don't need to make plum jam, but have you ever taken it a step or two further? Strain the pulp through a jelly bag for the clearest pink jelly, and then use the pulp left in the bag to make plum butter. Add the spices needed a 12:58 nd simmer in a crock pot till cooked down then jar and water bath. Just a tip, you might need to add a couple drops of red food coloring to the butter so it looks more appetizing.
Plums are so good for jelly! I just love it. Please do research on care for apples Becky, I had a Hugh granny Smith tree in Missouri, and we put a really good natural fertilizer on the ground the full size of the tree in the fall so all the snow and rain in winter took it into roots. Also they may have treated for worms, just watch them each spring and if you notice them at all, you want to jump on it. Hope your harvest is abundant!
Rhubarb loves sun and water You will get pups off it eventually My great grandfather cultivated his owner variety as he was a market gardener with his own land, we have it in our yard.
When our kids were born we planted a apple, peach trees and blueberry bushes. Also a grape vine. They are 35, 31, 27 and 23 years old now and still feeding our family long after my babies are on their own.
😊 so beautiful..my goal someday
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
Hi Becky, Thinking about your abundance of plums, I thought I would pass along a trick I learned from Chef Alton Brown on his TV cooking show. What you do is make a whole lot of pie filling (in Georgia I'm always covered up with blueberries and peaches, but I'm sure there is a plum pie recipe out there that would work). Take one of your big cooking days and make it a Pie Day. Once your filling is ready, and cooled, pour some in each of your pie pans. I only have 2 pans, so I have to do this in batches. Then freeze the filling in the pie pan. Once frozen, take it out of the pan and put it in a freezer bag or vacuum seal bag (lasts longer). If you have trouble getting it out, you can first line your pan with saran wrap. I never do that, I just turn it over and run hot water over the bottom of the pan for a second or two until it releases. I have these discs lined up in my freezer like books on a shelf. Whenever I want a pie I just roll out my pie dough (and if I know you, you already have a bunch premade), plop in a filling disc that is the perfect shape, let it sit on the counter for 20 mins or so, and bake. You could probably bake it right from frozen, letting it cook for an extra 10-15 mins, but I don't know. I've never done that. The beauty is that all the mess is confined to one time. On the day I want a pie, all I've dirtied is my rolling pin and pie pan. Easy-Peasy. And, although you get sick of tomato pie in the summer, to have one in February, from your own home-grown tomatoes, that is easy and ready in no time, would be a real treat. Cheers.
Brings back memories when I was 13 I went to live with my aunt in Lawrenceville Georgia, I met a girl we would walk all over she showed me the orchards and said let's pick a couple peaches to eat as we walk,me not knowing went along with her. Well the owner caught us and scolded us said if you want peaches come around to the market side I'll give you a basket full. So we went and got a bushel basket took it back to her house and I got to make fresh peach ice cream and eat it for the first time. Such a special memory.
They should have hired y'all! I bet they would have loved to have yalls help picking all that fruit! That really is a beautiful memory tho❤
May be a simple thing but one of my favorite things is watching you feed the chickens, I do wish we got those shots a little more often
Gotta love those cute girls! And I'm afraid of chickens!
Yes you can harvest the rhubarb this year. It is very prolific. I had a stranger ask one year to harvest some of the rhubarb that I had growing along the driveway. I said yes. They took ALL of the stems that they could (a 20 X 4 foot bed). I hadn't been watching ... Well they did me a very huge favour because the rhubarb put on new growth. I ended up with the best harvest of tender stems I had ever had.
Aw thanks!
My grandma used to say, “Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?” I always thought that it didn’t like water, but maybe it is the opposite?
Living in germany, we are not harvesting rhubarb in the late year. After it goes into the later summer season, there is a higher among of nutriance in it, which can cause some kidney stones.
So we harvest till the middle / end of June and let the rest doing it thing. (Ofcourse the summary of consumption is always to consider, when you think about risks.)
Also I think that it's always a good thing to leave enough leafs on the plant, because they die back. And in my opinion it would help the roots to develop, when the plants are left alone this year. So the plants can get everything what they can get and suck it into the roots for coming good over the wintertime period. (But for everyone which is experiences other things, keep in mind that living over the big pond, the climate and culture - might be also the type of plants - are not similar to your area. So I don't give any advice. It's only something which came into my mind, when I watched the video and read this comment. // That we would do it different over here)
Rhubarb benefit of getting split and replanted into fresh places after a few year. Which is giving the plant a fresh boost.
I think that is what you are actually able to see. Some roots which only had a few new greens in the earlier days of the year and a fresh place where you planted and it BOOOOSTS.
Hi Becky, I'm not sure if anyone mentioned that you should not let your rhubarb go to seed as it gets bitter. Also, it will die back after the frost and come back in the spring. You can also use it to replace lemons in a recipe. 😉
@@mountaincreekhomestead thanks for the info. Will let my mum know, too. Are you the same folks with the channel?
I’m in SoCal. My Rhubarb was a start from the garden center. Within a year I HAD to harvest. I pulled those outter stalks leaving about 30% of the plant. And it comes back. In your area, I’d think you need to leave a bit more to get through winter. Mixed berry rhubarb pie filling is awesome over yogurt!! And remember the leaves are toxic! Don’t give to chickens!!
This is my 2nd time to comment on you.
I'm so impressed with you and your lifestyle. I know you're parents couldn't be prouder of the woman you are. I wish I had a daughter and she was like you. So much of you is exactly how I would have loved for my homelife to be. It was in my thoughts, dreams and still is, I've tried so hard this year to have a garden that will produce for us. I feel like you about our food, the closer to the garden to the table is best. Organic when possible, home-grown and harvested, to the plate.
I would have loved to visit your wonderful home but I live in GA.
Best of everything in life to you and your family. You certainly are blessed.
Hey Becky! Just a note… if you dampen a coffee filter and cover the croissant (or any meat or bread, it helps keep from drying out what you’re heating. Really makes a difference! Love your channel!!
I wrap mine in a slightly damp paper towel!
I do mine in the air fryer, makes them toasty and flaky. Micto makes them doughy😮
@@lindacline7333you’re welcome
Praying the wildfires stay away from you and yours!
Hey Becky, I worked on my first freezer meal day….I got half way through and am already exhausted. Lol I did complete 6 freezer meals out of the 12 I planned to do. I am certainly okay with that for my first time. I will finish the other six during the week. You are such an inspiration and I appreciate you.
To get half of it done is amazing and you should be so proud of yourself.
Omg Becky you looked beautiful under the plum tree. I love peaches,plums and cherries. We in the West-Indies don't have them here to grow, but we get it from the States imported to eat. I am happy you are getting so much from your garden. You are one of my favorite person to watch on TH-cam and I can't wait to watch your next video. Have a great weekend and a blessed one as well.
You could try planting the plum stones and see what happens
Can't wait to see your mom and dad again! Thanks for the peek at the chickens. Love watching them 🤗
Hey Becky, the rhubarb is doing amazing. It really does like water, so I'm glad it's irrigated. Pick a few from each plant. I know they say you shouldn't, but if you take a couple, the plant will honestly be fine. Get used to the idea that your mature plants will be huge. 😊
Good morning friend!
We were at the farmers market today to buy peaches from the farmer. He told us to come out to his farm and pick them ourselves for 1/5 the price of already picked peaches… you know where I’ll be tomorrow. We did end up buying a few today though. They are SO GOOD!
I was ready to sit for the rest of the day…….but watched your video and headed out to the garden instead to harvest some abundance from my small garden to preserve. Thank you for the initiative to get busy!!
I was told not to pick any rhubarb the first year and that they are very heavy feeders. I put chicken manure pellets on every year. This year the stalks were about 4 foot long. 😊
Hey Becky! If you didn't know, Harvest Right has come out with the new home pro model of freeze driers, and if you have the older model, you can get a new rack for inside that has room for 5 trays instead of 4! You just have to call harvest right and tell them which model you have and they will send you the new interior rack! If you weren't aware, that would get you an extra tray for each batch. :)
That’s awesome!
The new rack with 5 trays costs $499!! It's not quite as easy as "just calling them to send you one!" I wish it weren't so, but that's what they advised me. Needless to say, I'm quite disappointed!😢
@@kathleenororke549no it’s $425 includes new rack, 1 tray and free shipping
Omg I no I just found of this morning I can’t wait to be able to have one myself omg I can’t wait to be able to freeze dry some herbs N fruits do all kinds of things!! One day it’s on my list of things one day lol ❤ happy harvesting y’all
Husband & I are traveling from Longview to Pasco, WA on Hwy 14. I keep looking up at the hills thinking, some where up in those hills Becky is either in the kitchen or the garden creating some Homestead Magic! 😊
Lovely to see the orchard. The beauty of healthy trees. You shine Lady
I swear I check your channel constantly for a new video. You are so inspiring. Feels like I’m hanging out with my friend everyday
She always looks aglow, as busy as she seems to be with all the harvesting, family life and day to day, it might seem one of the videos her hair would be messy and her eyes tired, but somehow she puts it all together, keeps it all together. The incredible Becky, 😎 🙃🙂 She is a star! 🤩👏
I'm so happy for you and Josh. I can only imagine going out for an evening stroll and picking plums from my own orchard. I can't wait for my tomatoes to reopen so I can try to make a tomato pie.
When I pick my plums I pit them and cook them and blend them up and add enough sugar to taste good and then I make them into juice to put it on our pancakes or waffles it’s really good
Great harvest. On another note, the color purple looks great on you.
What a beautiful harvest! It was great that the other owners planted it. We were told to clean up the windfalls and such, they brings the bugs.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
10:22 Plum onion jam (like your fig & onion jam) is also very good.
Have you considered a fruit picking pole so you can reach higher fruit without having to haul out a ladder? I’ve seen them with up to a 24’ pole.
37:50 I wonder if freeze dried tomato slices could be used for a tomato pie in the off season. 🤔
I always hear Jess (Roots & Refuge) in my head when tempted to buy any kind of tomato other than cherry/grape off season. “Grocery store tomatoes taste like disappointment.”
Hi Becky,sucha beautiful harvest! I also have a plum tree. You can simply freeze them. When your ready to processe them, use an apple core and segment tool, while they are still frozen. The seed is easily removed from the core section.
Becky, just a tip from one mom to another. Thise fresh peaches, plums, and pears make wonderful baby food when pureed. The peaches that you have already canned will also be great for Baby Acre.
Freeze dried plums and peaches are super yummy. Plus if you cut them up into small squares, they are a great snacks for babies. You could also blend fruit with yogurt and freeze dry little dollops for another baby snack.
I grew up with a peach tree and a wild honey bee hive in one of our beech trees. My dad struggled to prevent those branches from snapping as the bees pollinated every flower. Mom canned and canned and we stuffed ourselves ... 6 kids. Winter was peach cobblers on a regular basis. We lived in Michigan. Good times.
For my tomato pie, I dice my tomatoes, salt them in a colander to sit in the fridge overnight. This keeps them from being watery and a whole piece does not come out when you cut it. They are delicious! I use the basic recipe from Grits and Groceries in Due West. SC, Hattie Mae's tomato pie.
When I was a kid, my parents and us went and "worked" the orange, fig, and strawberry fields on Saturday and in payment we got to keep a certain amount of our harvest. Towards the end of the harvest season, if there were still fruit on the trees, we could pick all we wanted for free. We had all the fruit we could eat plus enough for mom to preserve and it would last us all year long. They don't do that anymore. I am so excited for you and harvest season. I keep editing this comment. What I did with the kale this year is blanch it, plop it in cold water, squeeze the water out while forming them into pucks, froze them and put them in ziploc bags. Now I can throw them into dishes for a pop of green.
Thank you for the amazing kale idea @justcallmesuzzie !! And the "work" project sounds awesome. Shame they don't do it anymore, with the price of food, you'd have a good number of folk, including myself, that would happily put the time in to reap such a great reward.
No Need to describe everything. It's fun to watch and learn
it would be so awesome for the next garden tour if you 'premiered' it on youtube so we can all chat with you as we go through your garden!!
I can do that!
I LOVE this idea!!!
Would love this
I was gifted some fresh freestone peaches. So beautiful. But way too many. So I wanted to use your idea of preserving them by turning the into something else. You had mentioned a book called Freezer Fresh, I'm not sure it was this video. I just came back to leave this comment, sorry. Anyway, I had also seen Sarah on Living Traditions Homestead say she really loved it too. So I got it and on page 228, there is freezer recipe for Roasted Peach Jam for the freezer. I made it last night, I got seven pints of the best jam I've ever made and I used those hard sided containers you recommended for the freezer and it was perfect. What a success. Thank you Becky. I know you would love that recipe. Maybe another video on it, please. You are wonderful Becky. Susan
Fruit trees have a life span. That happened to the apricot tree that was with the house we bought. We got fruit for 2 years and then it stopped producing. Same thing happened with the avocado tree but we had that producing for about 10 years after we bought then it stopped.
I'm not a pro gardener at all, but we have had rhubarb since I was very young. We lived in Spokane, WA. When my husband and I bought our first house, my mother split her rhubarb and we planted it in spring, which I was able to harvest twice that summer from that split bulb. I let it go to seed and had an abundant harvest the next year! If you let it go too long, it loses its flavor and the stalks start to split. We always said the redder, the better! And yes, it loves water! We have since moved to Oklahoma and my mother brought me some more split bulbs. We planted them immediately and they love the 80-100% humidity we've had all summer!
Hi Becky,
last year I made cinnamon-plums, they are really delicious on sweet dishes. Just cut them in Quarters (or smaller if you like) then pour over a mixture of water, sugar and cinnamon (ratio to your liking) and waterbath-can it for 15 Minites (long enough for fruits according to the Weck-preserving book, wich is the most common over here in Germany)
We have a farm here in Australia 🇦🇺 and I put a large tarpaulin on the ground around the plum trees and then shake the tree. Much easier than picking.😊
I noticed that your freeze dryer had gone back to freeze mode and your trays were frosty. I lost an entire load because of the condensation on the trays. I now use the warm trays mode to make sure that doesn't happen again. It's so frustrating to have to throw food away. I so enjoy all your posts. You always are so upbeat and fun to watch, you make everyone feel like a friend. Thank you for all you do.
One of my favorite snacks as a kid was frozen plums. You just quarter them and flash freeze them and pull one or 2 out when you want a frozen treat. They are so refreshing when it's hot and don't make as much of a mess as ice cream. Give it a try!
I harvested rhubarb the very first season I planted as well. You can harvest in both spring and the fall once it cools down.
Dearest Becky, how beautiful you look with your fruit harvest. You definitely picked (lol a pun on words) the right color top for this photo. Stunning!
I live in an area that enjoys "Palisade" peaches in Colorado. Something our state is RIGHTFULLY proud of. I bought a box of 2nds and froze most. When my daughter came to visit we had a mexican fiesta of food topped with PEACH margaritas. They are fabulous!!!
I just bought Vivids this year and they are for real the sweetest peaches I’d ever eaten. Made great pie and preserves with them.
Try caramelized onions. Use a half a cup of mayonnaise and a half a cup of sour cream.
Tomato pie with no mayo. I use a layer of goat or ricotta cheese seasoned with dill & Italian seasoning. Also I add Dijon to tomatoes.
Blue lake bush is my favorite. I can them every year, you might laugh which is ok, but ever since I was a child I would go out in my garden and pick the first tomato and sit in the middle of the garden and eat the warm juicy sweet tomato lol I will be 70 this year June and I still do it lol
My mom had a plum tree in our yard in Florida and we always had plums. Such a great memory, thanks Becky for all you do in your garden!
Love that your microwave has brail on the buttons! My grandfather is blind he had to adapt his with stick on bumps from the craft store.
Hi Becky, you look so pretty in lavender! I was so glad to see you feed the girls. I bet they are loving the surplus. The harvest is looking great. Love your channel and can't wait until the next episode.
I‘ve seen you make that tomato pie before but crustiest sounds perfect for my husband.
And I checked out your new page for the first time and I LOVE the printing options! Great job, Josh!
LOVE the updates to your website!!
For my tomato pie, instead of mayo, I use cottage cheese to mix the spices into and spread between layers. Continue to add the cheeses you prefer and do use Parmesan! Cottage cheese and Parmesan add stability to the pie so that the shell doesn't break, plus it refrigerates well so that when we want a slice, we can pick it out of the pie pan in the refrigerator and eat it cold. But really, tomato pie is so delicious, it doesn't last more than a day, even with just two people in the household.
Your hard work is paying off, I love all the crops you are growing ❤
I love tomato pie but I have always used ricotta in place of the mayo. Sometimes I add an egg as well... delicious!
A tip for future take a rake and rake all the fallen fruit to one area . It helps you not to step on them and possibly twist an ankle. Also if the ripe fruit falls while picking you can tell exactly which ones just fell. Your Roo Apron would be great for this task .
Beautiful 🍑 and plums .
Or from offending a wasp eating the fallen fruit.
Ask me how I know!
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Exactly it will draw them away to another area so hopefully you can pick them in peace.
Wow you are so fortunate that you can reply or give a suggestion because when ever I do I have other people answering or commenting for Becky I do ask her and I get replies from people who I never sent a message to I won’t bother anymore everyone else gets replies from her directly
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I don't get direct replies from Becky . But I still post my tip or thoughts just in case it might help her or someone else in here .I imagine she has so many people in here it would be impossible for her to comment on everything. I feel we are just part of a community trying to help and encourage each other in homesteading .
@@maryybarra4841 I very rarely see that she replies to anyone's comments, you may see a red heart that's about it. Don't take it to heart I'm sure your suggestions help others.
The pie is amazing! It's definitely a rite of Summer. Òne thing I like to add is a crumble topping. Rough mix mayo, bread crumbs, parsley and parmesan until it. Forms marble size crumbles. After pie has baked 30 minutes, I add the crumble topping àñd finish baking.
I was watching another youtuber curing garlic and onions.. He had a wire rack. Hw put the green tops through the wire allowing the bulbs to rest on the wire rack shelves to cure.. leaving space between each bulb to allow air flow..This kept the bulbs off the ground. And in neat rows. This made sence.. you Don have garlic or onions laying all over the patio giving plenty of walking space.
Great color for you, lavender. Enjoy your posts so much💕
Our favorite is plum cake. Just your basic coffee cake recipe, topped with plum halves, and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake as usual. Doesn't last long around here.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
Hi Becky, I'm so glad you're here today, my anxiety is high today and watching you're vlogs really help. Thank you.
Becky, If you have extra produce to share, please think about a local food pantry.
Becky I see that you bring a basket to the garden to pick your produce and I think you a bigger container for the quantity of produce you have, maybe you should bring out a pull wagon with you and some tools and gloves 🧤
So happy for your beautiful produce. So glad former owner left. That was so giving
I hear that the tomato 🍅 pie is delicious and I first had a opportunity seeing one prepared by Meg on the Hollar homestead channel another absolutely amazing Cook and Mother
I absolutely love watching your videos!! So inspiring. I made meatloaf for dinner a 1:55 couple weeks ago, doubled it and froze one and it turned out great! Bought 14 doz ears of corn from local farmer, blanched it and pit on freezer baggies. Going to try the breakfast burritos next! Keep the videos coming please!❤
Yeah!! Love peaches and love getting a post from acre homestead- you are inspiring me to get up and do some preserving. I am canning cherry tomatoes and pickled coleslaw today!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
My aunt used to make the best plum cake! She passed away before giving me recipe! It was almost a upside down cake but didn’t have the same sugar coating like a pineapple. Those type of plums were the ones she used! The tomato pie looked so yummy!
Becky when picking apples/ plum/ peach /any tree fruit. It is best to actually twist gently. If the fruit is totally ripe and ready it will come off easily. Plus reduces the dropping of fruit to almost nil. Pulling can hurt the tree.
Born and reared in the Deep South. Tomato pie is a staple when the harvest is coming in. I use all types of tomatoes and actually prefer a paste tomato. Your recipe is almost identical to the one I make. Just made one this morning for lunch and then I open your video and you were doing the same. Also if someone wants to exclude the mayo, they can mix the shredded cheese with an herbed cheese like Boursin or even cream cheese and it is still really good.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask????❤
You can make a plum sauce for like dipping egg rolls in. Yummy!
Thank you for bring me along. 💙
Seeing how you used that basil 😍 thank you. Living for good food and a good life. Perfect.
I got rhubarb from my grandparents before they passed away so the rhubarb I have is now over 100 years old. They love,/need heavy fertilizer. We put cow manure on ours with straw at least twice a year ( I live in Michigan) and they are heavy drinkers so they like lots of water.
Your rhubarb is ready for harvest. Good job on growing them. They look really healthy. They do not take years for a harvest, as you have learned, but they might now have as much flavor as they will next year. If they are not watered well they will be woody tasting. If they are not heavily fertilized they will struggle and you will have very skinny stalks. Rhubarb crunch is one of my favorite ways to use them.
Hi Becky, Beautiful plums.
Good that you picked up the plums from the ground. You can use it to prepare alcohol or just simply discard them elswhere if they are damaged. Thisway you will have less fruitfly around and overwinter below the tree, plus less worms in the next year crop.
Before picking, we lay A tarp underneath the tree while picking so those that fall are on the tarp. Saves going through all on the ground.
I love tomato pie! My Aunt makes it but uses buttermilk biscuits instead of dough. Delicious!
And i ❤ you for your sweet Care of your animals and Caring person that you are God bless you
The cheese mayo basil mixture also makes a fabulous dip! Just add garlic powder.❤
I make my tomato tart with a layer of homemade pesto, a quiche-like custard instead of mayo, and gruyere cheese, and it's so delicious it's something I dream about in winter. Thank you for the tomato salting step...mine can be a bit watery when the tomatoes are super juicy.
Please keep adding your recipes to scratch pantry ..I have shaky hands hard to write but if I can print it ..that makes life so much easier..your so awesome❤
Not ready for fall either but half the garden is preserved with tomatoes, peppers, zukes, winter squash and cukes left to go.
All the berries are done for the year. I am in zone 4b so it’s coming quick for us.
There is a long fruit picker I have from my dad. It almost looks like a half a catchers mask on a long pole. 12:01 it is the best thing ever.
Wow, I didn't know peaches grew so far north! The part of south Texas I live in is famous for its peaches. Love seeing your chickens go after the garden leftovers.
We have a great local farm in Western PA known for their peaches!
We have peaches all the way up here in Canada! 🍑
We have them here in Connecticut also but I think it's a very short window of time. I have eaten peaches from all different parts of our country but I will always say the best peaches I have ever eaten have been in Georgia my gosh they are sooo delicious I believe the variety that I love were the keystone peaches my mouth is watering just thinking about them!
@dawnportousa I agree Georgia has the best. I got peaches from SC and they were so good so maybe second place. Lol I hate buying store bought peaches I hardly ever get a good peach. Funny thing Teo days ago I bought 1 peach and it was really good for store bought peach.
@@cherylwarren6208 I know exactly what you mean about the peaches in the grocery stores and especially when they have the nerve to advertise them as tree-ripened peaches haha! All this talk about peaches is making me want one so badly LOL!
That pie looks delicious 💞. In the North East a tomato pie is actually made on pizza crust. It has tomato/pizza sauce with fresh sliced tomatoes and herbs on top- no cheese. It is served cold and it's so good. Might be something you'd like to try.
Wow what a great harvest! So happy everything is growing so well for you! Its not easy and takes years to get good at it you are an inspiration for what hard work can do!
The rhubarb stalk still looks very green, it’s lovely and red when mature. Omg I didn’t realise how big it got, I’ve got an L shaped garden and have some growing in the corner, I think it’s really going to overtake the whole corner and then some 😮
It’s been a long time since you have shown us the girls, I totally enjoy, seen you feed them with the greens and that their doing okay.
Roloff farms, yes I'm from Albany Oregon ❤
here in the south tomato pie is a Southern staple in the summer...every good southern cook has their own recipe...and they are so good
You have said you don't need to make plum jam, but have you ever taken it a step or two further? Strain the pulp through a jelly bag for the clearest pink jelly, and then use the pulp left in the bag to make plum butter. Add the spices needed a 12:58 nd simmer in a crock pot till cooked down then jar and water bath. Just a tip, you might need to add a couple drops of red food coloring to the butter so it looks more appetizing.
Have all family and friend come and help harvest all the fruit , they can make their favorites with their share.
I love blue lake green beans and that's what I regularly plant, but I've never planted jade so I'm excited to hear which one you like.
I made a tomato pie myself and happened to have a half packet of ranch dip mix so….. yep- added it in to the mayo mix- let me say YUMMMM!
Plums are so good for jelly! I just love it. Please do research on care for apples Becky, I had a Hugh granny Smith tree in Missouri, and we put a really good natural fertilizer on the ground the full size of the tree in the fall so all the snow and rain in winter took it into roots. Also they may have treated for worms, just watch them each spring and if you notice them at all, you want to jump on it. Hope your harvest is abundant!
There is a sticky tar wrap to put around your fruit trees in the autumn/Fall. It stops the moth larvae creeping up your tree into the fruit! 😊
I see plum sauce with all those beautiful plums
Becky are you Josh the baby and your family all safe from the fires going on in your state right now?? My prayers are with you.
Rhubarb loves sun and water
You will get pups off it eventually
My great grandfather cultivated his owner variety as he was a market gardener with his own land, we have it in our yard.
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