A Garden Harvest You Don't See Everyday | Caught on Film
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- Something has been getting at our sweet corn. We think it's probably a raccoon but I suppose it could just be worms. So today we're going to go and harvest what's ready, and then take a look around the garden to see what else we can find. We also had a surprise swarm of one of our beehives while we were out there. At the end of the video, we'll try to catch them ♥
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Todd, I had 7 queens in a swarm this year. If you see a swarm taking off try the tanging method. Banging metal will make them think it is thundering and they will all land quick. Often times it will stop them from going high. Late summer swarm!
Hi Rachelle! I wanted to ask you a question about my tomatoes. I used your method of “tea” when planting them and they are doing amazing. The best tomato plants I’ve had yet. I have been watering and they have been doing great. Yesterday I noticed they looked a little sluggish and it’s not from lack of water. I need to feed them but I’m unsure what to use. I shoveled some fresh manure in a bucket and added water yesterday. Should I feed this tea to them? Should I add milk and if so, does it need to be raw? I have lots of tomatoes, just green still. Thanks for all your help!
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The bee footage is great. Your garden crop is always beautiful to look at. Look forward to your tomato canning video.
Once the critters have found the corn there is no stopping them. The same thing happened to me this year. I picked some ears after I saw a few had been nibbled on. The next day they destroyed nearly the whole harvest. I tried to salvage what I could but it wasn't much.
Hey Rachel 🌻
My neighbor has a big garden w corn and said she plays talk radio outside all night and it deters the raccoons from the corn patch! 🌽 🌽 🌽
Awesome ideA 💡
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about the bees. Fingers crossed they're able to get back down. Be safe! Oh, and thanks for the tip on the bell peppers. My beloved poblanos, ended up being bell peppers. They were gifted starts from a family friend. I don't care for bell peppers, but I'm happy I'll get to share them with neighbors and friends.
I charred some and put them on sandwiches. You'll want them still crispy. Just cut top and bottom, remover seeds and white pith, salt inside, char on grill, cram into jars, add a little olive oil, cool on counter, refrigerate, keeps long time.
@@smas3256 Oh thank you! I've never heard of bells stored like that. I'll have to try it. I may even end up liking them. 😁. I do like charring poblanos like that. One year I even made vegetarian tamales for my Mom. We used charred poblanos, and her special vegetarian cheese.
As kids we would pick the tiny ear eat the whole thing my dad found the tiesil, he wasn't mad but let's us know don't do it again ..
Oh, the purple hull peas bring back memories of me as a small child sitting on my great-grandmother's porch shelling those peas. 😍
Same!
We have had so many swarms this year, doubled our hives. It was very impressive to see you in the tree. We would have let that one go. Grannie used to get to pots or pie pans and bang them together over a hive to bring the swarm down into the hive. I don't do bees and hubby rolls his eyes at my grannies bee whisper technique.
That’s hilarious! Did it really work?
The bee swarm is super exciting! I'm curious about the tie dye tomatoes and ones that aren't red. How do you know when to pick them if you can't rely on red coloring?
Thanks for getting the bigger camera lense, Todd, the swarm footage was amazing! Hope you can lure them into a hive box. Nice morning harvest, you two! 🍅🐝
don't you love the compression of that lens? (I have it also, x-wedding photographer here). Rachel, we went to Blocks last week and they had lots of corn if your interested. We gave up trying to grow corn because of the same issue's, bugs, raccoons and deer. The deer would come into our backyard after the corn (very rarely see them otherwise), and just LAY all OVER the corn stalks, bending, breaking them and of course helping themselves to other vegtables/fruit trees. Our pear tree's got accosted by what we thought were squirrels, but NOW our neighbor has told us, nope its not just squirrels, its the coons. My husband has given up relocating the critters at this point, and we are now just eliminating what we find in our tree's. We got NO pears, they literally go up in the tree, when the pears are still small, and rip them off the branches, take a bite and flip them on the ground. They THINK they are going to do that to our peaches, but husband has pellet gun and is on the look out. The squirrels are harder to shoot at this point, they are fast, but the racoons, not so much. I wouldn't mind sharing, but these animals have no manners, they ruin, steal all and leave us nothing for five years now. It's war.
Have to say hubby and I agree with your final position on those critters. We are suburban and first thought 'aww, cute'. But when they became more menacing and aggressive with neighbor's pets and having the worry of health risks of their scat we changed positions. To me...in Suburbia, relocation equals unfair transfer of problems and inhumane death sentences on the relocated critters. We have been involved in community-wide TNR feral cat control efforts and are trying to reduce the resultant add-on effects as such as attracting other hungry predators such as raccoons.
Oh no! Swarms need to be captured….knock them down on a tarp with a box…they’ll do the “March”. It’s so cool! I watch the Bee Man on utube
Ohmygosh, love the bee swarm! Definitely get them in a new hive. Beautiful tomato harvest, Rachel!
Well some corn like that first one wouldn't have filling out to the top anyway, sometime they are not full cobs with kernels that will finish developing, I get what Todd was trying to say. I don't go by the silk I look at the cob when you pull the husk back and gauge it from that and the feel of does it have a soft feeling around the cob or if it is hard then it is not finished developing in my opinion.
How do you know when your corn is ready? It's when the racoons eat it.
thats corn mushrooms its a delicaies in mexico and southamerica
Corn smut is like truffles! You can eat I !
I had a lady come to my door a long time ago and she was all upset and said over and over, “Your bees could have stung us!” I didn’t have any bees😂 I investigated the tree along the sidewalk and there was a huge swarm on the trunk. I called a beekeeper listed in the yellow pages (I know, haha!) and I got to watch him collect them🐝 That was fun!
cool corn smut is a delicacy
Corn smut is good and tasty 😋
I just saw recently that the corn smut is edible. Not sure I would want to try it…😝
Oh my gosh, I just saw that too! They say it's a delicacy - but I had a hard time even looking at the pictures. 🥴
It doesn’t look great, but free truffles!
Have you eaten the smut?
Your videos are a breath of fresh air, my friend. The attention to detail and creative flair make each one a standout in its own right. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.
My goodness! That was a surprise!
I hope you can rescue more corn and squash before the raccoons get everything 😩 So frustrating!
Do you keep a couple hives blocked to open when that happens?
Having your own honey is such a great experience. I'm sure they are helping pollination as well.
Be glad some corn came in. Between drought and then dumps with high winds, didn't fend well here. Everything is hungry.
Take care.
What is corn smut?
It’s a fungus.
With organic gardening you need to expect they lovely critters eating some of your corn, better than eatting a load of chemicals! I had an issue worms this year in my corn! I don’t mind sharing if they take a small amount but that’s not always the case lol
I always feel my cobs to make sure they are full before picking. Hey Todd I am learning about bees & have my own suit now. I have just got back from the hives & am about to watch your swarm video as I would like to know about that. Do you have Bee Beetle in USA ?? Cheers Denise- Australia
Nice garden harvest. Hope you can get those bee's back. We are finally going to get rain this Thursday and all next week. We are on day 67 and really need it bad. Always good to see yawl and we enjoy the channel. God Bless, Mike
Raccoons are evil. Next year we will be growing corn, but it will be with fencing across the top, not just on the sides.
I just cook my purple hull peas like red beans and rice with sausage. Some put ham hocks or ham chunks. They’re essentially black eyed peas like we eat for New Year’s Day. You don’t have to cook as long if you don’t let them dry on the vine. Young ones are tender and can eat those with the hull, just break off the end and pull the strings off. Nice pile of produce picked!!
Hi Rachel... question: What do you do with your slicing tomatoes as opposed to your sauce tomatoes? Do you mix them all together? I have tried to keep them separated because sauce tomatoes are more meatier and not so full of the "pulp juices", which makes a difference in the thickness of your end result of sauce. But we are having a huge abundance of slicing tomatoes this summer. What are your suggestions? I made a batch of stewed tomatoes last week, but it isn't making a dent in the slicing tomatoes. HELP?? You are a brave, brave woman!!! I wouldn't be within 500 yards of that swarm. We had one develop in one of our apple trees one year... it was like a bee storm. I've never been stung, but judging how I react to a mosquito bite, I really hope I never do. (And I'm turning 60 this December and have never been stung by a bee or wasp... probably just jinxed myself huh?) At least in our case, the swarm moved on, rather quickly I must say. We don't have hives, so I'm not sure what happened. We did contact a local apiary business, but before he could get here, they were already gone. It was really quite an amazing thing to witness... from a very healthy distance for me... :) Hugs, Penny Sue
purple hull peas wonderful!! just shell them, cook with a little bacon grease!!! yum yum
Always love your videos. Quick question: you are one to try things and I like that. But I got a great deal on prepared horseradish. A gallon jug of it. Have you ever canned prepared horseradish or can it be done? I've heard about freezing it in small quantities but I have sooooo much. Thanks for any info you might be able to provide!!! Thanks guys!!
Beautiful couple and beautiful garden too. 💞 Sending love from Philippines
There is nothing cute about raccoons. The only time I've felt something other than GTFO, ya jerk, was when I encountered a rabid raccoon whilst hiking. He looked so sad and sick, I felt badly for him, was able to herd him off into the bushes.
Good luck with the swarm. Swarms?
That bee sworm is amazing thanks for sharing that with us. Just amazing! And as always great harvest, i love watvhing your channle
Ugh, coon! I think we will try a solar electric fence. Between the deer, coon, rabbits and insects-everything wants our stuff!! The doe is training her fawn to come to the salad bar now. And people can keep their cats in their house! I don’t want there crap nor the spray that stinks to high you know what and kills plants. Sorry, not fond of them.
Nice harvest! I’ve been doing a happy dance over large onions and green peppers this year (seen your vid on 🧅😉). Middle of August and still waiting for popcorn and for paste tomatoes to ripen. The Burpee Super Sauce are huge! I won’t grow San Marzanos again. Too small and just heard 2 other people had same problem of blossom end rot on those only-no other varieties. It was just a couple, but was hoping they produced better. I don’t know what the flavor of Super Sauce is yet, but I bet they are a pound each. I wish they weren’t hybrids as I’m trying to find the best varieties of vegetables that do well here and prove good flavor/texture so I can save seeds. Figured out the Imperial broccoli was a winner.
Can't believe you haven't had purple hull peas! You will love I think, delicious peas. I live in Georgia and we've always had them.
Heyyyy Todd & Rachel thanks for sharing 8-18-2022😊., Todd you are brave I couldn’t do it bee 🐝
Are you sure it was raccoon or was it human “mmm that’s good” 😆. The squash almost looked like an overgrown patti pan.
Just want to thank you all! Somehow in my entire live, plus since being subscribed to your channel, had never heard the immature green stage of pepper 'ripeness' explained. Makes so much sense, and matches what I have observed, but didn't tie everything together. Never too late to learn new things. lol
Shame abut the swarm/s. Fascinating footage, nice lens! The remaining corn worms you might be able to reduce with Bt in the silks, but then it's a rush to grab mostly full and ripe cobs before the bigger critters get to them. We had our corn on the back edge of the property this year. Bad idea. lol Corn will be the luxury rationed out item in the house until next year.
Wow so cool. Bees seem more challenging to keep than animals. Note to self: don't stand under bees 😜☺️
That’s made that the bees 🐝 just swarm like that! I don’t know what I would do! Lol
That is so heartbreaking when I lose a hive. I'm sorry you weren't able to catch them.
Oh man! Those buggers are awful. I would do what I could to get rid of them. They will find a way in your attic and do massive damage. A neighbor was feeding them near our house and they started living in our attic. I am livid because they haven't paid rent. LOL!
You had a couple of problems with your harvest. (1) You harvested too early, the kernels were not formed, and (2) The tops were attacked by corm ear worm. If animals are attacking your cobs, there would be more of the cob missing as the base is the sweetest kernels. Need to prepare for the pests before the damage is done. 👍
I lost a swarm this summer too. But my bees are all doing good.They we’re just to high up. You got lucky ❤️
I’m soooo jealous of your garden! Here in Texas, my garden is crispy and brown.😭
I found what looked like silly string all over one of my raised beds. So I took a picture and looked it up - turns out to be Dodders. I never heard of it before. Turns out to be a very invasive parasitic weed. So I sacrificed everything in that raised bed. Pulled it all out - bagged it and put it in the trash. I'll be spraying the soil in that bed with vinegar in hopes of eradicating it. So much to learn in the garden
I totally understand with critters and stuff going on with the garden.. We wound up having a groundhog that mowed down all my sweet potatoes and all the tips of my pumpkins before the female flowers came out. But we were able to Trap it in a live trap and everything is growing again. I live in Missouri and it got too hot and dry too fast so my corn tasseled out way before the silks came so I had a pollination problem. If you have a live trap you can put some of the corn in it and set it outside the fence, you may catchthe raccoons. I think it's been a challenge to garden for almost everyone this year lol. Between the drought the bugs, the critters, time It's been a struggle but we gardeners are tough.
I love your garden. One year we had racoons destroy part of our watermelon patch. The bees are so beautiful. I am also looking forward to your tomato video. Have a blessed day.
Don't worry about the ones that aren't ripe yet. Coons only eat the ripe ones. Just keep an eye on them. You can also put a couple of electric fences around your garden. Put one about 2-3 inches above the ground and the next one about 8 inches. That should take care of your corn problem.
Very envious of your bee swarms! Some time next year, Yah willing!
Wow! Great harvest indeed! I'd love to start beekeeping! I just discovered that a friend's husband is a keeper, so I need to follow up on that!
Poo don’t you hate when you can’t get the swarm. Great harvest Rachel 💕🇨🇦
Those tomatoes are beautiful. If your corn doesn't do well there is always Blocks :).
Oh my goodness! What cliffhanger. Were you able to recover your bees?
I have never grown corn since the racoons cleaned out my 4 whole rows right before it was ready to harvest. I always just go to farms and buy it.
Leaving my corn on e stalks, I never have gotten any. Rn. As it all gets eaten by critters ! I grow it for fall decorating!
A dog, a radio, bright lights and I shot gun are some ways to deal with critters in the corn. They sure are destructive after all the hard work growing it.
It seems like raccoons know just when the corn is perfect and then they will knock it down and decimate all of it. That was our experience, they'd knock it down and take bites out and go on to the next.
when you harvest and then freeze your tomatoes do you sort them and freeze like with like or do you just bag them up as a mixture of different ones?
Great footage of the swam. My son was fascinated. We have 1 single hive and we can't wait to get some honey from it next season.😊
Corn smut!! It’s a Mexican delicacy. Fry it and eat it or give it to me to try 😊
You freeze tomatoes until you have enough to can? Are they frozen whole?
I have found that an ear not fully developed once the bottom is ready, it won't mature any farther
According to thr Mexicans that blue fungus on the corn makes it a delicacy
So the corn thief could be a squirrel. Our corn was raided by then one year.
Try to harvest those peas when there are still some tender snaps. It’s easier than shelling them all and the snaps are delicious!
Those raccoons don’t care if the corn is fully ripe. We now use the electric net fence to keep them out of our corn and melons.
wow that's a lot of bees hopfuly you can get them to stay around and hang out In there hive insted of the tree
I heard that smut is a delicacy... Any body else hear that.
That bee swarm is so creepy! Ugh 😩 so freaky
That would have been exciting!
Oh wow good luck catching those bees Todd
Purple Hull peas , it's a southern thing
Isn't this your first year being able to harvest corn? In the past haven't wind storms knocked all your corn plants down?
How closely did you plant them? If you plant them close enough, they hold each other up. Plus, they pollinate better.
Poor pollination, those were ready
It was so cool to be able to see the bees like that. Definitely great info!
Wonderful Rachel and Todd
I always amazes me when I see people showing swarms. I have never seen one in all my days
Geez a huge swarm. Fall swarms are unusual
Earwigs love corn
You forgot to say; "Hi, I'm Rachel, and you're at That 1870's Homestead."😊Love you guys!♥️
Gotta keep everyone on their toes ♥
What's corn smut??
Thanks for the pepper tip!
Love your videos! Where are your plastic garden baskets from?
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Love purple hull peas
The sound of those bees!
Am I to understand you freeze your tomatoes whole until your ready to make sauce, etc? We always run them through our juicer and then freeze until we have the time.
Hi Rachel. Just checking on freezer tomatoes whole vs juicing for later. We have another batch to do and wanted your opinion. Thanks so much.
Wow...that title was certainly appropriate! This was a full plot movie in ten minutes. Our favorite characters, the glory of their garden, worry over the raccoons/corn, resignation about salvaging the corn crop then dun-dun-dunnnnnn: Plot Twist! Bees?? Bees! You had me on the edge of my seat (for reals, in our little suburban yard we've experienced a swarm once that took two bee keepers to resolve). All us subbies will be waiting for the next swarm installment. Not that it won't be satisfying enough to see how you handle this year's tomato crop once you are ready to begin processing. My garden is on sabbath this year but I have some Dr. Wyche's seeds for next year. It looks like an amazing tomato and I hope I'll have good luck with it then. Thank you for the fun video today and best of luck with the swarm.
Great harvest !
I remember you mentioned you’d film going to the farmers market this year.
I was wondering what’s considered a fair price for produce in bulk, particularly tomatoes and onions?
My harvest won’t be enough to keep up with my canning ambitions this year unfortunately.
Thanks for any help.
Funny story about bee swarms. Where I used to work, just about everyone was outside, on a huge lot. Like acres of pavement. You learned really quick the sound of the swarms coming through. If you heard it, you had to call out on the radio to everyone else... Bees!!!! And everyone would duck down or jump into a car until they passed. If you happened to be driving in a golf cart, they would catch up to you and go around and hit the inside of the windshield. LOL.. Fun times.
Such a beautiful sight. I hope you can recuperate or queen . And your garden is gorgeous with plenty !
God bless!
Super cool
Hi friends
Those peas look like pink eyed purple hull peas, that produce black soup when cooked. They are the best to me. I live in Mississippi and we have peas everywhere. I put a little bacon drippings and some oil and salt, and cook slow. Be sure and make some Southern cornbread.