It's going to be a great size. I tried for years raising enough food to can for a family of 5 in a smallish kitchen garden. Finally, I gave in and let David use his tractor to make the rows and planted out at least 150 feet of everything. WOW!! We had so much we were selling the extras locally. I now have thousands of canning jars because I NEEDED them 😅 Plus he can cultivate which cuts down on weeding. We just pull the larger stuff. The fencing is our problem, too. We have went from barbed wire to hog wire to keep the cows and horses out - but it's just a section at a time in the higher pressure areas. It's not cheap to do and a full time job keeping our regular fencing in repair. I have my chickens in a huge chicken run and only let them out to free range when the "field garden" is off season. I have a 4 foot fence around my small kitchen garden and the chickens seem to respect it, like yours do.
Looking good! Everything is so expensive but when you get to do just what you wanted, it's worth it. I hope everything works out exactly like you both want. Blessings! 💙💙💙
The garden will look wonderful! Nice sized too! Don’t forget to use trellis (we just built some for ours) for veggies that can climb, mulch to keep weeds down, and document each year of what works and what doesn’t. I agree with some on the fence, stain. The paint will be more upkeep. But the garden will be productive and beautiful, keep up the wonderful work!
I love the look of the barn from the garden. Y'all doing such a good job on your property. Remember, the race wasn't given to the swift but to the one that ensures 🙏🏽
Ahhhh, we have to put a fence around our garden this year too. We got away with electric fence for the first 2 year's we lived here, but the end of last year's garden season, the deer discovered our garden. (We have SOOO MANY deer) 😢😢😢 We managed to keep the chickens out with the electric fence and an occasional sting from the paintball gun, but now that the deer know this garden is here, we don't stand a chance of growing a good garden unless we put up a 6 ft fence. We have a gigantic garden too, it's bigger than our house. 😂😂😂 That picket fence looks fabulous. Custom made always looks better and serves us better. I can't wait to start eating fresh fruits and veggies. I love summer.
We’ve talked to so many people that struggle with keeping deer out. Strangely we have never had an issue with deer. Hopefully you can get a fence up soon! Thank you so much!
That's going to be a good sized garden. The fence is really nice, its going to look good. I dont think I'd paint it, once painted, it turns into something to a maintenance issue. If it's just stained/sealed seems less maintenance. And it's strange to hear your chickens respect your fence; free roaming chickens in our town, get on top of 6' privavy fence and up in tbe trees. I like the idea of a sitting area under your tree, perfect spot. The 1st year of establishing a garden is the hardest, but its going to a good one!
Thank you! We’ve thought about doing both stain and paint and really can’t decide. The only thing I worry about with stain is how to remove the old poly once it needs to be refinished. Usually within a few years poly will start peeling/coming off. In my mind it just seems easier to spray the fence with fresh paint every couple years. I know, I hope they continue to respect the fence!
It's going to be a great size. I tried for years raising enough food to can for a family of 5 in a smallish kitchen garden. Finally, I gave in and let David use his tractor to make the rows and planted out at least 150 feet of everything. WOW!! We had so much we were selling the extras locally. I now have thousands of canning jars because I NEEDED them 😅 Plus he can cultivate which cuts down on weeding. We just pull the larger stuff. The fencing is our problem, too. We have went from barbed wire to hog wire to keep the cows and horses out - but it's just a section at a time in the higher pressure areas. It's not cheap to do and a full time job keeping our regular fencing in repair. I have my chickens in a huge chicken run and only let them out to free range when the "field garden" is off season. I have a 4 foot fence around my small kitchen garden and the chickens seem to respect it, like yours do.
Looking good! Everything is so expensive but when you get to do just what you wanted, it's worth it. I hope everything works out exactly like you both want. Blessings! 💙💙💙
The garden will look wonderful! Nice sized too! Don’t forget to use trellis (we just built some for ours) for veggies that can climb, mulch to keep weeds down, and document each year of what works and what doesn’t. I agree with some on the fence, stain. The paint will be more upkeep. But the garden will be productive and beautiful, keep up the wonderful work!
It’s coming along🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
What a beautiful homestead y’all are building ❤❤
I love the new fence!!!! Gorgeous!!!
Ooh picket fence! This will be gorgeous and worth all your hard work❤
You guys are doing really good job.❤ Hope to see more garden stuff in your videos.🙏
Yes, I have one of them holes and they are great. I like that. I actually probably need to do some weeding myself myself tomorrow.
You have a beautiful garden area. Thank you for sharing this update.
Thank you so much! ❤️ Thanks for watching!
I love the look of the barn from the garden. Y'all doing such a good job on your property. Remember, the race wasn't given to the swift but to the one that ensures 🙏🏽
I can see y'all's vision. It's gonna be amazing. 😊
Thank you so much! ❤️
I love picket fences. It’s going to look so great once it’s all done.
Thank you so much!!
Love your fence. Your garden is going to be amazing! I'm looking forward to your next video.
It’s so cozy and pretty!🌱
Thank you so much! ❤️
Thank you r your home is beautiful ! Love it!
Ahhhh, we have to put a fence around our garden this year too. We got away with electric fence for the first 2 year's we lived here, but the end of last year's garden season, the deer discovered our garden. (We have SOOO MANY deer) 😢😢😢
We managed to keep the chickens out with the electric fence and an occasional sting from the paintball gun, but now that the deer know this garden is here, we don't stand a chance of growing a good garden unless we put up a 6 ft fence. We have a gigantic garden too, it's bigger than our house. 😂😂😂
That picket fence looks fabulous. Custom made always looks better and serves us better.
I can't wait to start eating fresh fruits and veggies. I love summer.
We’ve talked to so many people that struggle with keeping deer out. Strangely we have never had an issue with deer. Hopefully you can get a fence up soon!
Thank you so much!
Love your fence. Your place is looking so good 🌷🇨🇦
Thank you so much! 😊
You should do a chicken run in between the 4x 16 beds to keep out the bugs!!
I love this idea!
Wow! That’s a huge garden! 🥕 🥔 🍅🫘🫛🌶️🧄 You two are very ambitious and have done amazing clean up to your farm! I’ve enjoyed watching all your progress!
Yes it is! I wanted to make sure it could grow with us over the years. Thank you so much! ❤️
You guyd have really made progress! Look forward to seeing it all done.
Thank you! I cannot wait to see it finished!
That's going to be a good sized garden. The fence is really nice, its going to look good. I dont think I'd paint it, once painted, it turns into something to a maintenance issue. If it's just stained/sealed seems less maintenance. And it's strange to hear your chickens respect your fence; free roaming chickens in our town, get on top of 6' privavy fence and up in tbe trees. I like the idea of a sitting area under your tree, perfect spot. The 1st year of establishing a garden is the hardest, but its going to a good one!
Thank you! We’ve thought about doing both stain and paint and really can’t decide. The only thing I worry about with stain is how to remove the old poly once it needs to be refinished. Usually within a few years poly will start peeling/coming off. In my mind it just seems easier to spray the fence with fresh paint every couple years. I know, I hope they continue to respect the fence!
@@LewisAcresHomesteadyou could seal it with something like a deck sealer, those typically last about 3-5 years in between applications
If your push mower has a grass catcher, that makes amazing mulch.
Our current push mower doesn’t have a catcher but I want one with a catcher so bad!
Lots of hard work…it will pay off!
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A lot of work but definitely worth every bit of it.
Missing your videos 💕
This is going to be amazing!! How big will your fenced in area be? So cool!
Have you planted any fruit trees? We have pecan trees which do well in East Alabama.
Been missing your videos. I truly hope everything is ok.
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