Redmond's is absolutely amazing! They where gracious enough to partner up with us and become sponsors for SoilFamily Expo... We where blessed to give away Soil Test Kits, salt And so much more. They are beautiful inside/out and we also highly recommend them. Julie is so sweet. We love her dearly. 💜
Becky, I hope you read this comment. I have been watching your channel for awhile and want to seriously "THANK YOU". For the last 5 years, I have only left my house or have been outside for doctor's appointments, a funeral and times I have been in the hospital. Watching your channel is helping motivate me to want to be outside again. Thank you so much for reminding me of how much I love to garden and to be outside in the beautiful weather. You are motivating me to get healthy so I can have a garden again. May God Bless You!!
Thank you for encouraging buying plants at a local nursery. It’s not just for price but they ACTUALLY grow the plants so they have so much information, especially for new gardeners.(from a Farmer’s Market bedding plant grower)
Please share the cost for 1 of your new raised beds. The cost brake down: wood, raised bed mix, fabric, hardware cloth, and fasteners. I think it would be so useful for those of us who are wondering if we can afford it. Thanks again! ❣️
Hi Becky. You have probably already found a solution for the chickens but I wanted to tell you I watched another person on TH-cam, who made low arch tunnels out of hardware cloth and ran them around her garden. They had plenty of room to walk around and also protection from aerial predators.
@@ceceliacampbell7838 , I honestly don’t remember. However, she took long lengths of hardware cloth, probably about 3-3 1/2 feet wide and arched it. She probably staked it into the ground with those long ground staples.
In Master Gardener classes, we used the Extension Service for soil testing. It not only told what was in our soil, but told us what amendments we needed……. I love your raised beds. Our greenhouse arrived this week! Doing a happy dance!
You will have to do a video in early August looking out across your lush garden and green lawn. I know that I'm going to cry when I see it, because I am so happy for you! I'm just getting started on my first homestead, so it is lovely to see all the steps and planning done the right way.
I can't even begin to imagine the cost of this huge project. Necessary, amazing opportunity to become way more self-sufficient in a world that only wants us completely dependent on them. Way to go!
I have wondered on many channels if costs of projects are tax deductible on anything that is used to make content. Whether it be gardening, cooking, travel, etc. I don’t know how much TH-camrs make but I see huge things happening on channels , not just Becky’s.
@@kellanrevere A percentage of the cost could be written off as a business expense, but it wouldn't/shouldn't all be since they also do this for personal use.
It amazes me that the time and expense you have put into you yard and garden. We have been gardening for 45 years in ground 2 acres we also help family and friend with vegetables but have to do it all the old way because of expenses by the farmers almanac been great so far wish you happy times in your garden.😊
Hi Becky. This may suprise you on your subscribers but i want to share it with you. I am 77 years old. I love my beautiful garden, minute but a flower garden. I can not do it any more and was never 'a gardener' so to speak. I live in the south of England a few miles from the sea. I hate cooking. my husband and I are Vegan. So why do i watch you posts? ? Because i am amazed at all that you do. I love to watch you and the abundance of energy you have that you use for the benefit of your family. Your joy and honesty is wonderful. Thank you for being you. Marie.
The soil testing and amendment recs remind me of pool testing. For example, Leslie’s will test chlorine (and probably other pools) and give recommendations on what to add and how much to amend the pool’s calcium, pH, etc. I love this concept!
I just bought a house in February and I've been working on the interior so far. But I am wandering around in my backyard making plans for landscaping projects in the next couple of years. At 68, I am definitely going to do raised beds for everything. Your gardens looked so pretty last year with flowers mixed into the veggies and you have talked about that again for this year. I've definitely decided to add herbs, flowers, and veggies in a combination that will make all my beds pretty to look at and fruitful. Thank you for inspiring and teaching this "old Nebraska gardener" some new tricks.
Becky, this garden is gorgeous already. I don’t even want to ask how much something like this costs but I agree with you, that this will be an investment that pays off for years to come. I love how the beds have that edge to sit on. You are going to have so much food. I’m so excited for you.
Your raised beds and retaining walls look amazing!! Watching you bring your vision into existence on your new homestead is so exciting!! Enjoy your journey!! ❤
@@AcreHomesteadI’ve been looking back at your videos and can’t find where you address what you put down between your beds under the gravel. Right now I have plastic the previous owner put down and wood chips and the weeds are out of control!!
Look for garden and plant expos that may be hosted by the Master Gardeners in your area. Ours (in north central Indiana) was this weekend and you can typically purchase plant starts at reasonable prices. In addition, if you are looking to establish native plants in your landscape, it's a great place to find them.
Becky, you are absolutely amazing, so young and so knowledgeable about your gardening and storage for all the food raised. I am 73 years young, use to raise all our food through gardening, having a cattle herd and having chickens. I have not had a garden for years but you have encouraged me to have a couple of raised beds to garden and to can the food raised - Thank you so much for your enthusiasm! Good luck on your journey on gardening and with your adorable family!! 👩🌾
Pam here….your coop could be in perm spot, with 3 or4 lanes they could alternate roaming in, just directing them with a short hot fence. You could let them out in the fall to clean off the beds when done for season. It is adorable how they follow you.
Please do keep a file folder with your "soil info" to include your compost company reports, your registration sheet, and notes you gather while researching. Periodically, go back through your soil folder to reacquaint yourself with the information you have because as you become more familiar over time, theninfirmatuin you've gathered will make more sense. It will also enable you to understand a wider variety of a whole host of gardening, farming, and soil related articles. Periodically, add to your file folder new information you find valuable.
I love the garden content. 😍 Thank you so mucg for sharing! And also huge thank you to the builders/gardeners for being okay with being on camera it adds so much fun to watch them in action!
Clearly , you are blessed with a lot more money than the average subscriber, BUT, this being said , we just need to watch and see what we can glean from this video , maybe how to prepare one raised bed, or make us start to think about other options we can use for beds, I have two raised beds made from discarded vinyl widow shutters screws together. I have added screen wire / wire cloth on the bottom before adding soil slowing down moles/ voles and gophers from killing plants. Kiddie pools are great for radishes , lettuce crops.Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Becky. I so understand why you tested all the soil in each bed. No two soils are the same unless you've been purchasing from somebody reliable that you've used over the years. But even then, they may have picked up soils from other places that aren't good quality. It's always good to test and retest, because the bi-product is going into your family's body. Thank you for giving us the short cut. Much appreciated.🥰👍💞
A quick way to enclose the chickens would be to put a divider in the garlic & strawberry bed gardens that are already fenced. Thanks for sharing & have a great day! I think you can pinch the heads off your broccoli starts & still plant them out, Blessings 🤗💜🇨🇦
What about putting the chickens up in the top old garden where the strawberries were is already fenced and they can scratch around in the beds so they can be contained
I feel our food is grown in soils that are so depleted from nutrients and minerals, which is probably why so many people are on vitamins. Your plants will not only thrive, but your food will be nutritious. Fantastic information on soil.
Thanks all of this info on soil. Should help many of us. Also pray you continue to do what you do best and can ignore recent the negative comments and videos that are criticizing your channel. Appreciate you giving your time to share with us!
Thank you, Becky, for this video. Wish I had watched it before planting. I ordered my kit and look forward to a better soil for my raised bed gardening.
Becky I'm not going to have a homestead And unfortunately I'm not even gonna have a garden because I live in a Condo and all I have is a Balcony... But I'm going to grow as much as I can That will grow in the environment where I live Which is windy salt air ... You and josh Make me excited about life & I want to thank you for that!
ARE YOUR STARTS SO HEALTHY BECAUSE OF THE FISH EMULSION? I THINK SO! I AM SOOO HAPPY FOR YOU ABOUT THE RAISED BEDS, & EQUALLY HAPPY FOR ME!!!❤❤ I GET TO GO ALONG ON YOUR JOURNEY. THANK YOU, BECKY AND JOSH!! DUDE, YOU'RE NOT IN THE VIDS ENOUGH 😊❤❤❤ PRAYERS AND LOVE NURSE JUDI IN SCOTTSDALE AZ ❤
Thank you for bringing the soil test to our attention! Such a logical approach for home gardeners and homesteaders! I think you're going to have so much fun in the garden this year!
Becky, my dear girl. What a wonderful life you have created. Your business "Acre Homested" is so very exciting. Your YourTube channel and Scratch Pantry are informative and entertaining. I really enjoy the snipits of your personal life and getting glimpses of your living room, sun room and that view! What a beautiful kitchen work environment, your desk is right there for you to be able to compartmentalize work and personal life. As an entrepreneur, scheculing time is most important. You are my inspiration and hero! I'm retired now, but most of my working career I was owner, operator. Love, love, love you and what you are contributing.
I never respond to your videos although I’m an avid friend of your channel. Thus, I must say that your homestead is going to be beautiful and your detail for research is very commendable. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Love your channel.
From a brown thumb gardener: They should have people to hire, like Ms. Becky. To start a garden for non gardeners like me. You are an amazing young lady to watch and learn from.
Here in GA, you can buy single starts for 5.98. If you are lucky, you can find them six starts for the same price. I am thankful that I have a greenhouse, plus most of what I will eat, I can start from sow.
All of this is so amazing. Huge undertaking. I just built my first 4 x 8 raised bed. it is 24" deep. Professionally done. I have made my own simple raised bed. This new one is a game changer. My green beans look so healthy. Next one will be peas. You have inspired me. Thank you. I am a little slower going. Chickens are next. I buy eggs from a local lady who has free range chickens but I am ready for my own.
Becky your raised beds are gorgeous! The gound in area is hugh and you will love that big greenhouse when its done. I ckeck everyday to see if you have another video up, and it makes my day when i see you have a new one. I cant wait to see your raised beds and in ground garden all in bloom. Thank you for all the sharing. I know it has to be alot of work to edit all your videos and get them where you present them.
I didn't realize it wasn't common but our county extension office here in Arkansas DOES list values, what ranges are normal, color coded and what to add for veggies vs flowers vs hay ground. Only took me about 20 mins to understand it.
Here in Australia we buy our vegetables and flowers in punnets. There are usually 8 plants in each punnet for $3.95 or $4.95. It’s really affordable. I personally buy my starts form a small local grower who grows a lot of heirloom plants organically. I get punnets for $3 which usually contain about 10 plants. It’s autumn now so I have a winter garden in which over here is brassicas, beets, carrots, peas, greens. Excited to see yours in the ground.
Our local extension in Georgia sends ours off to UGA and they send about a report that looks just like this. They also tell us how to amend different plant beds like blueberries vs veggies. They cost $9 a test so check your local extension because many work with state universities in your area.
Well I am another one who is SO curious about the cost of this project... So rude, I know. I've recently had landscaping done and the price $39,000. Knocked my 73 year old socks off!!! Would you share that at all? I so admire your energy and enthusiasm! I wish more young people had your love of home and cooking. Love your channel, forgive my prying if it is offensive. diana in illinois
Becky this is an excellent video! In all my years gardening I’ve never seen a video of soil testing let alone in this detail. I’m s excited about trying this company. Thanks much!
I'm so excited we just started our garden rehab which turned me to being this crazy plant lady lol I love having something to take care of now my kids are adults, I've been demanding the chicken runs put up so my garden doesn't get eaten when I can finally plant outside I've got like 35 things started for my project .... thank you so much for inspiring me Becky
I'm envious of your garden! I live in the SF Bay Area and am currently "turning my waiting room into a classroom" (I love Jess @ R&R Farm but it's something I've said since I was a kid but no idea where I learned the phrase). Hope you are getting your beds filled this weekend! You and your baby will end up spending so much time bonding in the garden! Our son spent hours with my MIL in her garden & I wish I was both able and into gardening when he was little! I started gardening in LOTS if containers and grow bags last spring and grew to LOVE it! This winter, I designed two tall raised beds (attached to a partial or faux pergola) around my front yard paver patio. My hubby and I (w/Dad's help on the pergola erection) did all the work to sand, cut, and organically seal them. We also put in 1 short 6'x4' on the side of front yard and 2 short 4'x4' raised beds on either side of the pavered walkway that connects our patio to the sidewalk. It's been a slow but steady process over the last two months but all that is left is running water lines (tape) and putting down a grid (using halved vinyl corner rounds w/ holes) so I can give square foot gardening a try in some of my raised beds. My plants are nearly hardened off too so only a few more days until I get to start putting things in their final homes!
Becky, your garden is looking amazing! May I make a modest suggestion that I believe will make that gorgeous rock retaining wall REALLY POP? In between the stones you could plant some bold-colored trailing-type flowers. I absolutely love stone, rock, and flagstone, and I would spruce up the wall. I'd plant the in-between areas with cocoa coir, potting soil, and various colorful Pansies, Moss Rose, and in the larger in-between areas I'd plant various Climbing and Trailing Roses. Even all on it's own, your garden is becoming more breath-taking with every video update you share with us. I feel your excitement and I'm so happy for you! HAVE FUN & ENJOY!! 🌱🌺🌼
Omg Becky this is great!! Things are really turning around especially with the soil and testing it. Best of luck with your garden. I can’t wait to see what veggies you get! ❤
Looking fantastic, Becky! You’ve inspired me big time and we discovered a baby eggplant today! We’re so excited to go on this years garden journey with y’all.
I used the same company to test the soil in my new garden area. our soil was terrible. time to amend! ugh! also bought some new raised beds to save me time on amending for smaller veggies. thanks Redmond Agriculture!!
What a fab idea I would have never thought of this living here in England, we do really well with some things but not others mostly due to caterpillars and butterflies as they munch on cabbages and cauliflower so we decided not to plant them. And are quite happy to purchase from the farmers in the Area as we are surrounded by farmland. loved this so informative i can see how beautiful everything will be out there. love to you all xxx
I enjoyed this video so much so educational on the soil test. That's something I really need to do maybe then I can grow beautiful vegetables. God bless you all. Watching from Berry Alabama Alabama
You're looking for a quantity of starts from a local, small nursery operation consider contacting them with the quantity of what you want. Sometimes a deal can be worked out and even if its only a little amount per tray pack, if you're looking for enough tray packs, cents can become dollars.
Got my mind blown a couple of years back stumbling on Korean Natural Farming and it's sister method JADAM. Basically it's using cheap, natural inputs to improve the soil. Am also integrating Back to Eden gardening using wood chips in with that. Nigel Palmer, Paul Gautschi, and Chris Trump are good Utubes channels covering it.
I just learned from another gardener that if you use wood and wood chips make sure it's broken down as much as possible because it will suck up a lot of nitrates❤
@@melaniedennis9540 That held me off from doing it for a long time, but as I understand it B2E composts them. We are thinking of mixing them with lawn clippings before we lay it down provide the nitrogen, and see how that works then go a different route if not.
Cheers Becky. You are always so encouraging. So excited for you. I actually went out today and looked at flowers to plant on my patio pots. Totally new for me. Thank you for always being YOU!!🌷🫶🏻💯🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
I have a permanent compost yard that is attached to my chicken yard. I also have about 100 ft of a chunnel (chicken tunnel) for the chickens to be able to run and feel like they are free ranging. Having a separate compost yard that is completely enclosed in 2x4 welded fencing. Chickens are happy. Get black gold. And my veggie garden is safe! If I want to let the chickens in the garden, I just move the chunnel. The chunnel is the 2x4 welded fence. I used the 5ft tall femce. Folded at the 2ft and 3ft. Creating a U shaped tunnel for the chicken to run around under. It’s a win win.
Raney´s at Homestead Rescue made a nice and simple solution for the birds in one program. They took a mesh net, maybe what I think you name "cattle fence", bend it to make a half circle. like a tunnel, and secured it to the ground. That would be an easy way to get a pretty big secured yard for them as big as you want to do it. They can not fly out into the garden and they are also safe from flying predators. Your garden starts to look more and more stunning! There is also one thing you have to think about when it comes to soil for growing in: the contents are also important due to where you live and what you want to grow. For example, for me as living way up north with a lot of snow (often 3 feet) on my beds, it is important to have a permeable soil in my beds (at least for those with garlic and other things sown in the autumn) because it can be very vet in springtime. Sandy soil is underrated as a growing medium, you can grow in pure sand if you want to. The important thing is to feed a bed with soil is to feed it, preferable with cover crop (grass clipping is great for that). I have found it easier to get nice carrots, parsnips and similar veggies in sandy soil than in a rich soil with a lot of more heavy soil. So everyone have to consider what to put in their beds due to where they live, thinking of temperature, moist, wind and what they want to grow most of when it comes to veggies. Maybe it is more easy to have a more sandy soil and give complements than struggling with a heavy soil for half of the veggies... For cabbages; sow them outside in trays and they start to grow when they feel it is time to grow. I seed mine in the middle of april, shovel some snow over the trays and forget about them, just checking them later on so they do not dry out before putting them into the beds.
We're always brand new gardeners! We carry what we've learned and pick up so much information and learn from our mistakes and progresses. Every year new things come out, we can take what we need to apply to our gardens. My father worked for a company, Nachurs. He would take samples from farmers' fields and find out what nutrients were needed. He then sprayed the proper amounts needed onto the fields. It sounds like the great company you found. Very useful. I can not WAIT to get in the garden! Your garden plan is wonderful, it looks like it's going to be so efficient for you. Good job!! ❤
I want to thank you, for letting me live vicarious through you. I'm not able to do any gardening right now. I'm learning so much from you, hopefully I can put it to use someday. I tell my husband that I want to be like you when I grow up. We get a laugh, (we're in our 60's). We love to watch the chickens, they are good supervisors lol, they make such cute noises too.
Becky, u & ur garden r going 2 have a beautiful relationship 4 years 2 come. Cheers🎉 I'm so happy 4 u. Can hardly wait 2 c ur orchard, greenhouse & permanent chicken run. God bless
So happy to see these filled! I don’t know why but when you panned over the full beds I just had the urge to lay on one of from and make dirt angels. So exciting!!
I guess every extension office much be different. Ours gives results in a bar graph and tells you where the sample falls in that range. If it’s outside the range is has an explanation of what needs to be done to correct it. I love the idea of supporting small business so I’m definitely giving Redmond a try. Thanks for the recommendation!
I hope you don’t have issues of bad drainage with these plastic barriers, I had a issue with mine had to use 1x1/2 hardware wire to keep out the voles in bottom of my raised beds . You have such a beautiful garden set up Becky can’t wait to watch what your planting , I only have .68 of a acre and using my back yard and just added a in ground bed along with my 7 raised beds 10 wicking tubs and 4 45lb tubs those large tubs are for potatos lol it’s just me and wish my husband would take a interest instead of belling up to the table after the fact god bless you guys and thanks for taking me along
When you do get to making your hen house/run. Use that old chain link fencing on the ground then cover with soil, etc... This way you'll keep foxes from digging under the hen house/run!
I’m at the very beginning of my garden journey. I so love watching you from the very beginning of your journey. You and Rachel and Todd from That 1870’s homestead have been such an inspiration. Can’t thank you enough!!!! Right now I’m doing container gardening on my porch…hoping to buy some property this year…space for a garden is a must!!!!
I just finished filling my newly built garden beds today and it is so exciting.. for family reasons I haven’t had a garden the last two years and this year we went all in mostly because I have been watching your videos all along and had to go for it this year.. thank you for always sharing what you learn. I had many seedling successes this year as well that Vermont compost is great! Only big fail is my tomato starts I will see if I can salvage any tomorrow... happy planting!
That is really cool! Thanks for sharing. I giggled about Josh and the pun thing. My husband and I are uber dorks when it comes to trying to out-pun each other.
This is a serious big job. Wow! Chicken manure is great for fertilizer. Becky this will be a lot of work. I hope you get someone to help you care for all your harvests when they grow in. Fish fertilizer is also great! A raised bed mix is the best!
Hi Becki. Hope your well. You are my inspiration to make a garden up, not easy with English weather lol. Being a mum of 7 I have everything crossed that I can grow some things for my family xx
I'm just starting to understand how amazing your garden is going to be in a couple of years. Can't wait to see it in full bloom.
I know! I am very excited to see her garden in full swing! And I look forward to her preservation videos for her harvest!!! ❤❤❤
Redmond's is absolutely amazing! They where gracious enough to partner up with us and become sponsors for SoilFamily Expo... We where blessed to give away Soil Test Kits, salt And so much more. They are beautiful inside/out and we also highly recommend them. Julie is so sweet. We love her dearly. 💜
That’s awesome!
The machine they used was a cement buggy, normally used for pouring concrete.
Becky, I hope you read this comment. I have been watching your channel for awhile and want to seriously "THANK YOU". For the last 5 years, I have only left my house or have been outside for doctor's appointments, a funeral and times I have been in the hospital. Watching your channel is helping motivate me to want to be outside again. Thank you so much for reminding me of how much I love to garden and to be outside in the beautiful weather. You are motivating me to get healthy so I can have a garden again. May God Bless You!!
Prayers for better health for you & for being able to get outside 🙏🤗
Thank you for encouraging buying plants at a local nursery. It’s not just for price but they ACTUALLY grow the plants so they have so much information, especially for new gardeners.(from a Farmer’s Market bedding plant grower)
Please share the cost for 1 of your new raised beds. The cost brake down: wood, raised bed mix, fabric, hardware cloth, and fasteners. I think it would be so useful for those of us who are wondering if we can afford it. Thanks again! ❣️
Love the way your garden is coming together.
Your raised garden beds are goals! There are so many...how awesome!
Hi Becky. You have probably already found a solution for the chickens but I wanted to tell you I watched another person on TH-cam, who made low arch tunnels out of hardware cloth and ran them around her garden. They had plenty of room to walk around and also protection from aerial predators.
A Chunnel! (Chicken tunnel) they’re great
I want to make a chicken tunnel too!!
I saw that too! Ingenious!
Which channel? I would like to see how it's done. Thanks!
@@ceceliacampbell7838 , I honestly don’t remember. However, she took long lengths of hardware cloth, probably about 3-3 1/2 feet wide and arched it. She probably staked it into the ground with those long ground staples.
In Master Gardener classes, we used the Extension Service for soil testing. It not only told what was in our soil, but told us what amendments we needed…….
I love your raised beds. Our greenhouse arrived this week! Doing a happy dance!
How exciting! I hope you post pics.
You will have to do a video in early August looking out across your lush garden and green lawn. I know that I'm going to cry when I see it, because I am so happy for you!
I'm just getting started on my first homestead, so it is lovely to see all the steps and planning done the right way.
I can't even begin to imagine the cost of this huge project. Necessary, amazing opportunity to become way more self-sufficient in a world that only wants us completely dependent on them. Way to go!
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I have wondered on many channels if costs of projects are tax deductible on anything that is used to make content. Whether it be gardening, cooking, travel, etc. I don’t know how much TH-camrs make but I see huge things happening on channels , not just Becky’s.
@@kellanrevere A percentage of the cost could be written off as a business expense, but it wouldn't/shouldn't all be since they also do this for personal use.
It amazes me that the time and expense you have put into you yard and garden. We have been gardening for 45 years in ground 2 acres we also help family and friend with vegetables but have to do it all the old way because of expenses by the farmers almanac been great so far wish you happy times in your garden.😊
Hi Becky. This may suprise you on your subscribers but i want to share it with you. I am 77 years old. I love my beautiful garden, minute but a flower garden. I can not do it any more and was never 'a gardener' so to speak. I live in the south of England a few miles from the sea. I hate cooking. my husband and I are Vegan. So why do i watch you posts? ? Because i am amazed at all that you do. I love to watch you and the abundance of energy you have that you use for the benefit of your family. Your joy and honesty is wonderful. Thank you for being you. Marie.
The soil testing and amendment recs remind me of pool testing. For example, Leslie’s will test chlorine (and probably other pools) and give recommendations on what to add and how much to amend the pool’s calcium, pH, etc. I love this concept!
I just bought a house in February and I've been working on the interior so far. But I am wandering around in my backyard making plans for landscaping projects in the next couple of years. At 68, I am definitely going to do raised beds for everything. Your gardens looked so pretty last year with flowers mixed into the veggies and you have talked about that again for this year. I've definitely decided to add herbs, flowers, and veggies in a combination that will make all my beds pretty to look at and fruitful. Thank you for inspiring and teaching this "old Nebraska gardener" some new tricks.
Becky, this garden is gorgeous already. I don’t even want to ask how much something like this costs but I agree with you, that this will be an investment that pays off for years to come. I love how the beds have that edge to sit on. You are going to have so much food. I’m so excited for you.
Your raised beds and retaining walls look amazing!! Watching you bring your vision into existence on your new homestead is so exciting!! Enjoy your journey!! ❤
Thank you!
@@AcreHomesteadI’ve been looking back at your videos and can’t find where you address what you put down between your beds under the gravel. Right now I have plastic the previous owner put down and wood chips and the weeds are out of control!!
Look for garden and plant expos that may be hosted by the Master Gardeners in your area. Ours (in north central Indiana) was this weekend and you can typically purchase plant starts at reasonable prices. In addition, if you are looking to establish native plants in your landscape, it's a great place to find them.
Becky, you are absolutely amazing, so young and so knowledgeable about your gardening and storage for all the food raised. I am 73 years young, use to raise all our food through gardening, having a cattle herd and having chickens. I have not had a garden for years but you have encouraged me to have a couple of raised beds to garden and to can the food raised - Thank you so much for your enthusiasm! Good luck on your journey on gardening and with your adorable family!! 👩🌾
Pam here….your coop could be in perm spot, with 3 or4 lanes they could alternate roaming in, just directing them with a short hot fence. You could let them out in the fall to clean off the beds when done for season. It is adorable how they follow you.
Please do keep a file folder with your "soil info" to include your compost company reports, your registration sheet, and notes you gather while researching. Periodically, go back through your soil folder to reacquaint yourself with the information you have because as you become more familiar over time, theninfirmatuin you've gathered will make more sense. It will also enable you to understand a wider variety of a whole host of gardening, farming, and soil related articles. Periodically, add to your file folder new information you find valuable.
Yeah! A new post from Becky! That garden is beautiful!!!! Can not wait to see how your garden grows!
I love the garden content. 😍 Thank you so mucg for sharing! And also huge thank you to the builders/gardeners for being okay with being on camera it adds so much fun to watch them in action!
Clearly , you are blessed with a lot more money than the average subscriber, BUT, this being said , we just need to watch and see what we can glean from this video , maybe how to prepare one raised bed, or make us start to think about other options we can use for beds, I have two raised beds made from discarded vinyl widow shutters screws together. I have added screen wire / wire cloth on the bottom before adding soil slowing down moles/ voles and gophers from killing plants. Kiddie pools are great for radishes , lettuce crops.Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Becky. I so understand why you tested all the soil in each bed. No two soils are the same unless you've been purchasing from somebody reliable that you've used over the years. But even then, they may have picked up soils from other places that aren't good quality.
It's always good to test and retest, because the bi-product is going into your family's body.
Thank you for giving us the short cut. Much appreciated.🥰👍💞
Heyyyy Beautiful SoilSista! Happy Earth Day SoilBrotha's and SoilSista's 🌴
Same to you!
A quick way to enclose the chickens would be to put a divider in the garlic & strawberry bed gardens that are already fenced. Thanks for sharing & have a great day! I think you can pinch the heads off your broccoli starts & still plant them out, Blessings 🤗💜🇨🇦
As I watched them move soil through that area I thought the same thing!
What about putting the chickens up in the top old garden where the strawberries were is already fenced and they can scratch around in the beds so they can be contained
I feel our food is grown in soils that are so depleted from nutrients and minerals, which is probably why so many people are on vitamins. Your plants will not only thrive, but your food will be nutritious. Fantastic information on soil.
Thanks all of this info on soil. Should help many of us. Also pray you continue to do what you do best and can ignore recent the negative comments and videos that are criticizing your channel. Appreciate you giving your time to share with us!
Love u Becky im a professional cook recovering from a hip accident slowly regaining strength you give me courage to go forward
Thank you, Becky, for this video. Wish I had watched it before planting.
I ordered my kit and look forward to a better soil for my raised bed gardening.
Becky-that handy dandy machine is called a Georgia Buggy! Garden is looking amazing!!!!!
Just the difference in your garden so far is amazing. It's so fun to watch this being done & see the changes from vlog 2 vlog.
Becky I'm not going to have a homestead And unfortunately I'm not even gonna have a garden because I live in a Condo and all I have is a Balcony... But I'm going to grow as much as I can That will grow in the environment where I live Which is windy salt air ... You and josh Make me excited about life & I want to thank you for that!
You are a true gardener to love the smell of compost and fresh soil. Blessings.
ARE YOUR STARTS SO HEALTHY BECAUSE OF THE FISH EMULSION? I THINK SO! I AM SOOO HAPPY FOR YOU ABOUT THE RAISED BEDS, & EQUALLY HAPPY FOR ME!!!❤❤ I GET TO GO ALONG ON YOUR JOURNEY. THANK YOU, BECKY AND JOSH!! DUDE, YOU'RE NOT IN THE VIDS ENOUGH 😊❤❤❤ PRAYERS AND LOVE NURSE JUDI IN SCOTTSDALE AZ ❤
Oh my goodness, I see my daughters’ dad, he’s one of the workers
Thank you for bringing the soil test to our attention! Such a logical approach for home gardeners and homesteaders! I think you're going to have so much fun in the garden this year!
Those beds look SO good out there. That garden is going to be stunning!
Thank you because of you i'm now in my second year of gardening 😊
Yay!
Becky, my dear girl. What a wonderful life you have created. Your business "Acre Homested" is so very exciting. Your YourTube channel and Scratch Pantry are informative and entertaining. I really enjoy the snipits of your personal life and getting glimpses of your living room, sun room and that view! What a beautiful kitchen work environment, your desk is right there for you to be able to compartmentalize work and personal life. As an entrepreneur, scheculing time is most important. You are my inspiration and hero! I'm retired now, but most of my working career I was owner, operator. Love, love, love you and what you are contributing.
I would recommend getting the help of your local county extension agent with your soil test. They also offer free testing and help with gardening.
I never respond to your videos although I’m an avid friend of your channel. Thus, I must say that your homestead is going to be beautiful and your detail for research is very commendable. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Love your channel.
From a brown thumb gardener:
They should have people to hire, like Ms. Becky. To start a garden for non gardeners like me.
You are an amazing young lady to watch and learn from.
Taking a break from MY gardening. IS THAT SOIL IN YOUR BEDS?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Oh my goodness I am so excited for y'all!
Here in GA, you can buy single starts for 5.98. If you are lucky, you can find them six starts for the same price. I am thankful that I have a greenhouse, plus most of what I will eat, I can start from sow.
All of this is so amazing. Huge undertaking. I just built my first 4 x 8 raised bed. it is 24" deep. Professionally done. I have made my own simple raised bed. This new one is a game changer. My green beans look so healthy. Next one will be peas. You have inspired me. Thank you. I am a little slower going. Chickens are next. I buy eggs from a local lady who has free range chickens but I am ready for my own.
Becky your raised beds are gorgeous! The gound in area is hugh and you will love that big greenhouse when its done. I ckeck everyday to see if you have another video up, and it makes my day when i see you have a new one. I cant wait to see your raised beds and in ground garden all in bloom. Thank you for all the sharing. I know it has to be alot of work to edit all your videos and get them where you present them.
Happy spring, everyone!
I didn't realize it wasn't common but our county extension office here in Arkansas DOES list values, what ranges are normal, color coded and what to add for veggies vs flowers vs hay ground. Only took me about 20 mins to understand it.
Here in Australia we buy our vegetables and flowers in punnets. There are usually 8 plants in each punnet for $3.95 or $4.95. It’s really affordable. I personally buy my starts form a small local grower who grows a lot of heirloom plants organically. I get punnets for $3 which usually contain about 10 plants. It’s autumn now so I have a winter garden in which over here is brassicas, beets, carrots, peas, greens. Excited to see yours in the ground.
Our local extension in Georgia sends ours off to UGA and they send about a report that looks just like this. They also tell us how to amend different plant beds like blueberries vs veggies. They cost $9 a test so check your local extension because many work with state universities in your area.
I have done this before and stapled every 1” because gophers and moles are very clever!
Well I am another one who is SO curious about the cost of this project... So rude, I know. I've recently had landscaping done and the price $39,000. Knocked my 73 year old socks off!!! Would you share that at all? I so admire your energy and enthusiasm! I wish more young people had your love of home and cooking. Love your channel, forgive my prying if it is offensive. diana in illinois
Becky this is an excellent video! In all my years gardening I’ve never seen a video of soil testing let alone in this detail. I’m s excited about trying this company. Thanks much!
I'm so excited we just started our garden rehab which turned me to being this crazy plant lady lol I love having something to take care of now my kids are adults, I've been demanding the chicken runs put up so my garden doesn't get eaten when I can finally plant outside I've got like 35 things started for my project .... thank you so much for inspiring me Becky
I love learning gardening along with you Becky and so greatful for all you share! Thank you
I'm envious of your garden! I live in the SF Bay Area and am currently "turning my waiting room into a classroom" (I love Jess @ R&R Farm but it's something I've said since I was a kid but no idea where I learned the phrase). Hope you are getting your beds filled this weekend! You and your baby will end up spending so much time bonding in the garden! Our son spent hours with my MIL in her garden & I wish I was both able and into gardening when he was little!
I started gardening in LOTS if containers and grow bags last spring and grew to LOVE it! This winter, I designed two tall raised beds (attached to a partial or faux pergola) around my front yard paver patio. My hubby and I (w/Dad's help on the pergola erection) did all the work to sand, cut, and organically seal them. We also put in 1 short 6'x4' on the side of front yard and 2 short 4'x4' raised beds on either side of the pavered walkway that connects our patio to the sidewalk. It's been a slow but steady process over the last two months but all that is left is running water lines (tape) and putting down a grid (using halved vinyl corner rounds w/ holes) so I can give square foot gardening a try in some of my raised beds. My plants are nearly hardened off too so only a few more days until I get to start putting things in their final homes!
Becky, your garden is looking amazing! May I make a modest suggestion that I believe will make that gorgeous rock retaining wall REALLY POP? In between the stones you could plant some bold-colored trailing-type flowers. I absolutely love stone, rock, and flagstone, and I would spruce up the wall. I'd plant the in-between areas with cocoa coir, potting soil, and various colorful Pansies, Moss Rose, and in the larger in-between areas I'd plant various Climbing and Trailing Roses. Even all on it's own, your garden is becoming more breath-taking with every video update you share with us. I feel your excitement and I'm so happy for you! HAVE FUN & ENJOY!! 🌱🌺🌼
Omg Becky this is great!! Things are really turning around especially with the soil and testing it. Best of luck with your garden. I can’t wait to see what veggies you get! ❤
Looking fantastic, Becky! You’ve inspired me big time and we discovered a baby eggplant today! We’re so excited to go on this years garden journey with y’all.
I used the same company to test the soil in my new garden area. our soil was terrible. time to amend! ugh! also bought some new raised beds to save me time on amending for smaller veggies. thanks Redmond Agriculture!!
You can pinch back your broccoli and plant them many times actually. BLESSED in Pennsylvania.........
What a fab idea I would have never thought of this living here in England, we do really well with some things but not others mostly due to caterpillars and butterflies as they munch on cabbages and cauliflower so we decided not to plant them. And are quite happy to purchase from the farmers in the Area as we are surrounded by farmland. loved this so informative i can see how beautiful everything will be out there. love to you all xxx
I enjoyed this video so much so educational on the soil test. That's something I really need to do maybe then I can grow beautiful vegetables. God bless you all. Watching from Berry Alabama Alabama
You're looking for a quantity of starts from a local, small nursery operation consider contacting them with the quantity of what you want. Sometimes a deal can be worked out and even if its only a little amount per tray pack, if you're looking for enough tray packs, cents can become dollars.
Good morning, Becky!❤
Got my mind blown a couple of years back stumbling on Korean Natural Farming and it's sister method JADAM. Basically it's using cheap, natural inputs to improve the soil. Am also integrating Back to Eden gardening using wood chips in with that. Nigel Palmer, Paul Gautschi, and Chris Trump are good Utubes channels covering it.
Oh Thank you! I’ll look more into it
I just learned from another gardener that if you use wood and wood chips make sure it's broken down as much as possible because it will suck up a lot of nitrates❤
@@melaniedennis9540 That held me off from doing it for a long time, but as I understand it B2E composts them. We are thinking of mixing them with lawn clippings before we lay it down provide the nitrogen, and see how that works then go a different route if not.
Cheers Becky. You are always so encouraging. So excited for you. I actually went out today and looked at flowers to plant on my patio pots. Totally new for me. Thank you for always being YOU!!🌷🫶🏻💯🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
It’s so exciting following along and watching your dreams come true. Thank you for being you and sharing with all of us
What you have shared has been a HUGE help! Thank you!
I have a permanent compost yard that is attached to my chicken yard. I also have about 100 ft of a chunnel (chicken tunnel) for the chickens to be able to run and feel like they are free ranging. Having a separate compost yard that is completely enclosed in 2x4 welded fencing. Chickens are happy. Get black gold. And my veggie garden is safe! If I want to let the chickens in the garden, I just move the chunnel. The chunnel is the 2x4 welded fence. I used the 5ft tall femce. Folded at the 2ft and 3ft. Creating a U shaped tunnel for the chicken to run around under. It’s a win win.
Raney´s at Homestead Rescue made a nice and simple solution for the birds in one program. They took a mesh net, maybe what I think you name "cattle fence", bend it to make a half circle. like a tunnel, and secured it to the ground. That would be an easy way to get a pretty big secured yard for them as big as you want to do it. They can not fly out into the garden and they are also safe from flying predators.
Your garden starts to look more and more stunning! There is also one thing you have to think about when it comes to soil for growing in: the contents are also important due to where you live and what you want to grow. For example, for me as living way up north with a lot of snow (often 3 feet) on my beds, it is important to have a permeable soil in my beds (at least for those with garlic and other things sown in the autumn) because it can be very vet in springtime. Sandy soil is underrated as a growing medium, you can grow in pure sand if you want to. The important thing is to feed a bed with soil is to feed it, preferable with cover crop (grass clipping is great for that). I have found it easier to get nice carrots, parsnips and similar veggies in sandy soil than in a rich soil with a lot of more heavy soil. So everyone have to consider what to put in their beds due to where they live, thinking of temperature, moist, wind and what they want to grow most of when it comes to veggies. Maybe it is more easy to have a more sandy soil and give complements than struggling with a heavy soil for half of the veggies...
For cabbages; sow them outside in trays and they start to grow when they feel it is time to grow. I seed mine in the middle of april, shovel some snow over the trays and forget about them, just checking them later on so they do not dry out before putting them into the beds.
We're always brand new gardeners! We carry what we've learned and pick up so much information and learn from our mistakes and progresses. Every year new things come out, we can take what we need to apply to our gardens.
My father worked for a company, Nachurs. He would take samples from farmers' fields and find out what nutrients were needed.
He then sprayed the proper amounts needed onto the fields. It sounds like the great company you found. Very useful. I can not WAIT to get in the garden!
Your garden plan is wonderful, it looks like it's going to be so efficient for you. Good job!! ❤
I love love love your garden :) x you have done so much, I can’t wait to see everything growing
I want to thank you, for letting me live vicarious through you. I'm not able to do any gardening right now. I'm learning so much from you, hopefully I can put it to use someday. I tell my husband that I want to be like you when I grow up. We get a laugh, (we're in our 60's). We love to watch the chickens, they are good supervisors lol, they make such cute noises too.
This garden is going to be so amazing I am so happy seeing all of this beauty, can't wait to see the beautiful crops that you will reap🖒💖
Becky, u & ur garden r going 2 have a beautiful relationship 4 years 2 come. Cheers🎉 I'm so happy 4 u. Can hardly wait 2 c ur orchard, greenhouse & permanent chicken run. God bless
So happy to see these filled! I don’t know why but when you panned over the full beds I just had the urge to lay on one of from and make dirt angels. So exciting!!
I guess every extension office much be different. Ours gives results in a bar graph and tells you where the sample falls in that range. If it’s outside the range is has an explanation of what needs to be done to correct it.
I love the idea of supporting small business so I’m definitely giving Redmond a try. Thanks for the recommendation!
I hope you don’t have issues of bad drainage with these plastic barriers, I had a issue with mine had to use 1x1/2 hardware wire to keep out the voles in bottom of my raised beds . You have such a beautiful garden set up Becky can’t wait to watch what your planting , I only have .68 of a acre and using my back yard and just added a in ground bed along with my 7 raised beds 10 wicking tubs and 4 45lb tubs those large tubs are for potatos lol it’s just me and wish my husband would take a interest instead of belling up to the table after the fact god bless you guys and thanks for taking me along
That wonderful machine is a motorized dump cart! Great for moving lots of stuff!
Totally amazed your garden area is looking amazing
Never been here so early 😅 I’m virtually invested into this beautiful garden! Looking good, Becky 👩🏽🌾
Thank you!
When you do get to making your hen house/run. Use that old chain link fencing on the ground then cover with soil, etc... This way you'll keep foxes from digging under the hen house/run!
Just got my soil yesterday…. Is planting day today… so excited 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Happy Saturday. Always a great day when Becky has a video up 😊
I’m at the very beginning of my garden journey. I so love watching you from the very beginning of your journey. You and Rachel and Todd from That 1870’s homestead have been such an inspiration. Can’t thank you enough!!!! Right now I’m doing container gardening on my porch…hoping to buy some property this year…space for a garden is a must!!!!
I love watching them work on your yard and beds!
Ohhhhhhh Becky.....you are doing sooooo well!!!!! CONGRATS!! 💜👍
I just finished filling my newly built garden beds today and it is so exciting.. for family reasons I haven’t had a garden the last two years and this year we went all in mostly because I have been watching your videos all along and had to go for it this year.. thank you for always sharing what you learn. I had many seedling successes this year as well that Vermont compost is great! Only big fail is my tomato starts I will see if I can salvage any tomorrow... happy planting!
At the UW Wisconsin system, the soil results tell you if the nutrients are high or low. They also recommend the fertilizer to use.
That is really cool! Thanks for sharing. I giggled about Josh and the pun thing. My husband and I are uber dorks when it comes to trying to out-pun each other.
Great video. And thank you for being you as well.
Raised beds looking Awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
This is a serious big job.
Wow! Chicken manure is great for fertilizer. Becky this will be a lot of work. I hope you get someone to help you care for all your harvests when they grow in. Fish fertilizer is also great! A raised bed mix is the best!
Hi Becki. Hope your well. You are my inspiration to make a garden up, not easy with English weather lol. Being a mum of 7 I have everything crossed that I can grow some things for my family xx
I love the raised beds it's amazing way to raise things easy to work in and it's beautiful