Awesome harvest. Glad you are feeling better! I spent the weekend at my daughter's, helping a couple of her neighbors build chicken coops, rabbit hitched, raised beds for next spring..even though it's been triple digit temps here in Oklahoma. Thank goodness for garages, with huge fans!
I am, thank you!! Punt is a riot, she has been an indoor kitty for 12 years so seeing her in the garden is new! Her and Remington have loved being outdoors lately.
I have your kitty's twin! Only mine is still little, but she has no tail and is an adorable tuxie baby! :) I can't wait until she's big enough to be in the garden with me!
I'm having extreme garden envy watching this lol! My poor little garden is just almost burnt to a crisp and what isn't burnt up has been badly neglected because it's just too darn hot to get out there and get the work done! It's been over 100 degrees every day with the exception of 3-4 days in the last almost two months! It's also extra humid this summer which makes it that much more miserable. I think for next year, I'm going to try to transition to raised beds as much as possible and I'm going to have to build some sort of structure that I can throw shade cloth up on for those things that struggle in the severe heat of our summers here in North Texas.
Shade cloth helps A LOT. the raised bed garden gets shaded by some trees in thr afternoon which is good. The lane (where the melons are) is the only place with zero shade all day and that's the area where the plants are tapping out first.
Wonderful garden tour Heather, so glad you are feeling better. Punt was definitely chatting you up, hahaha - so sweet. I always love your garden tours because of how you show us everything while also explaining so well pros/cons and things you have learned or how you plan to use stuff, etc. Very pleasing tours for the eyes and the mind!
Just fyi, your channel is about to explode in growth! You are so adorable, sweet, and relatable, and the algorithm is pushing it out there because I wasn't even searching any of your key words but YT kept suggesting your channel to me. I found Becky at Acre Homestead the same way, when she had less than 20,000 subs and it wasn't even a year after that her channel was at 100,000! So just keep being you and doing what you're doing, because it's working! Thanks for the enjoyable content :)
That is a beautiful wagon load of food!! I'm so intrigued with the freeze dryer!!! Maybe one day I will be able to convince the hubby how much we need one!😂 I have hardly seen any horn worms this year either. Typically they are a big pest to battle, very strange summer for sure! Your cat is beautiful!!! She seems to love your attention!😹 Thanks for sharing and stay safe!
the seed is not what makes a pepper hot it is the kind of white flesh on the insides that hold the hot stuff I don't know why people think it is the seeds and it is not
Beautiful, bountiful harvest! Those Sugaretti are a delicata hybrid - "...offers a semi-bush habit, spreading only about 2 feet wide..." according to my research. LOL I had thought you were saying "sugar-ready" and just couldn't find anything like it. We adore delicata squash (and hybrids) here - so perhaps this one will be another variety we will try. Your tips and knowledge-sharing is so valuable! Thank you!
Haha! That makes sense you thought I was saying "Sugar Ready" It totally sounds like it!! I haven't broken into one yet but I am betting they will be great! These vines are like 12 feet long, but who's counting?? LOL! ♥
Found my first caterpillar on my tomatoes. I’m not sure if it was a hornworm. It wasn’t very big and I picked it off and stepped on it before I got a good look. It was eating the tomato at the stem. Got my only four big tomatoes. I got BT and a UV flashlight overnighted! Tonight I hunt!
Lovely garden harvest. Have you ever made fried green tomatoes? I remember when I was a child a neighbor would pick some of his green tomatoes before the rain would come and make that. He said he had plenty ripe ones and did not want cracks and disease.
Very chatty cat lol We've only just started getting ripe tomatoes, and as ever they are the Brad Gates varieties. I'm not a huge raw Tomato fan, but his are our favourites. Having garden picked in our salad for dinner just now was a delight! I can't get the Blue Gold Berry here in the UK, as far as I can tell at the moment. I may have to be a bit creative about getting them lol
I plan on using some of my birdhouse gourds to make houses for purple martins. I read if you attract them near your garden, they help keep pest pressure down!
@@SageandStoneHomestead from google. Lol…. What size holes for purple martin house? 2-1/8” Entrance hole: Traditional round entrance holes are generally 2-1/8” in diameter, but a range between 1-3/4” and 2-1/4” is acceptable. Round entrances should be placed about 1 to 1-1/2” above the floor or porch.
Yes Peppergate or Seedgate is real. I wanted mostly Jalapeños because of their versatility but I ended up with some Jalapeño's and a Lemon Drop and some Shishito's. I also planted a Super Chili pepper and I don't know what it is but it's not a Super Chile. It's a large plant too and it took forever to start producing even though it was planted out first before anything else. The pods are small right now but hopefully some one will help me identify it when it's color comes in.
@@SageandStoneHomestead I'm okay with it because it was just my peppers. The majority of the mixups were with the Jalapeño peppers but some others growing squashes and watermelons were affected too. So I'm fine with it. I love peppers and fortunately I have plenty of other Jalapeños too.
@SageandStoneHomestead I've grown them every year, hoping for better but always just tastes like a green bell pepper! True! Haha. Worst Hungarian pepper I've had.
Someone please help me figure out watermelons 🙏 I picked one that I thought was ripe the little tinder /curly q thing closest to the watermelon was all dried up, but when I went to cut the watermelon it was light pink inside 😞
I think the tomato in the thumbnail and the "pretty one" picked off the trellis is a Thornburns Terra Cotta. ❤
Hope you're feeling better Heather, God Bless 🤗
Yes! Much better. Thank you!
Awesome harvest. Glad you are feeling better!
I spent the weekend at my daughter's, helping a couple of her neighbors build chicken coops, rabbit hitched, raised beds for next spring..even though it's been triple digit temps here in Oklahoma. Thank goodness for garages, with huge fans!
Oh man no kidding!! Stat hydrated !
What a sweet kitty! That kind of love is alot, but just so cute and heartwarming! You look like you're feeling much better!
I am, thank you!! Punt is a riot, she has been an indoor kitty for 12 years so seeing her in the garden is new! Her and Remington have loved being outdoors lately.
@@SageandStoneHomestead double awesome!✨️
Awesome harvest, love all of the squash and melons. My cat acts like her when they are hungry.
Punt is ALWAYS in my face she is just usually indoors 😂❤️
You have grown such beautiful food! You have the same excitment as I do when I am in the garden!!!
I can't help it!! 🤩❤️🫑
I have your kitty's twin! Only mine is still little, but she has no tail and is an adorable tuxie baby! :) I can't wait until she's big enough to be in the garden with me!
AWE YAY! Manx cats are truly the best!
I'm having extreme garden envy watching this lol! My poor little garden is just almost burnt to a crisp and what isn't burnt up has been badly neglected because it's just too darn hot to get out there and get the work done! It's been over 100 degrees every day with the exception of 3-4 days in the last almost two months! It's also extra humid this summer which makes it that much more miserable. I think for next year, I'm going to try to transition to raised beds as much as possible and I'm going to have to build some sort of structure that I can throw shade cloth up on for those things that struggle in the severe heat of our summers here in North Texas.
Shade cloth helps A LOT. the raised bed garden gets shaded by some trees in thr afternoon which is good. The lane (where the melons are) is the only place with zero shade all day and that's the area where the plants are tapping out first.
Heather that is a beautiful Haul from your Gardens! Glad to see that you are feeling much better
Thank you so much, feeling much better! ❤️🫑
Hello Heather. I'm so glad you're doing better. Loved the video. I want a watermelon please. Thank you. ❤❤❤
🍉🍉 There you go! ❤️
Wonderful garden tour Heather, so glad you are feeling better. Punt was definitely chatting you up, hahaha - so sweet. I always love your garden tours because of how you show us everything while also explaining so well pros/cons and things you have learned or how you plan to use stuff, etc. Very pleasing tours for the eyes and the mind!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad they are entertaining as well as helpful! ❤️❤️
Just fyi, your channel is about to explode in growth! You are so adorable, sweet, and relatable, and the algorithm is pushing it out there because I wasn't even searching any of your key words but YT kept suggesting your channel to me. I found Becky at Acre Homestead the same way, when she had less than 20,000 subs and it wasn't even a year after that her channel was at 100,000! So just keep being you and doing what you're doing, because it's working! Thanks for the enjoyable content :)
THANK YOU so much!! We have noticed a good amount of growth lately and I'm so grateful. Thanks for your kind words and encouragement! ❤️❤️
That is a beautiful wagon load of food!! I'm so intrigued with the freeze dryer!!! Maybe one day I will be able to convince the hubby how much we need one!😂 I have hardly seen any horn worms this year either. Typically they are a big pest to battle, very strange summer for sure!
Your cat is beautiful!!! She seems to love your attention!😹 Thanks for sharing and stay safe!
I think the hard freeze we had did most of them in!! I'll have to talk to the tobacco Growers around here and see if they have noticed any.
Punt is literally the cutest cat! I think she was trying to steal the show! 😍😂💞
Definitely, haha!! ❤️❤️
the seed is not what makes a pepper hot it is the kind of white flesh on the insides that hold the hot stuff I don't know why people think it is the seeds and it is not
The seeds do hold heat even if it's not the hottest part
Beautiful, bountiful harvest! Those Sugaretti are a delicata hybrid - "...offers a semi-bush habit, spreading only about 2 feet wide..." according to my research. LOL I had thought you were saying "sugar-ready" and just couldn't find anything like it. We adore delicata squash (and hybrids) here - so perhaps this one will be another variety we will try. Your tips and knowledge-sharing is so valuable! Thank you!
Haha! That makes sense you thought I was saying "Sugar Ready" It totally sounds like it!! I haven't broken into one yet but I am betting they will be great! These vines are like 12 feet long, but who's counting?? LOL! ♥
Found my first caterpillar on my tomatoes. I’m not sure if it was a hornworm. It wasn’t very big and I picked it off and stepped on it before I got a good look. It was eating the tomato at the stem. Got my only four big tomatoes. I got BT and a UV flashlight overnighted! Tonight I hunt!
Hunting for them in the dark is FUN!! They are so bright!!
Nice harvest
Thanks, Sheila! ❤️🤩
Lovely garden harvest. Have you ever made fried green tomatoes? I remember when I was a child a neighbor would pick some of his green tomatoes before the rain would come and make that. He said he had plenty ripe ones and did not want cracks and disease.
We keep talking about making some but never have!!
Maybe one day soon 😉
Very chatty cat lol We've only just started getting ripe tomatoes, and as ever they are the Brad Gates varieties. I'm not a huge raw Tomato fan, but his are our favourites. Having garden picked in our salad for dinner just now was a delight! I can't get the Blue Gold Berry here in the UK, as far as I can tell at the moment. I may have to be a bit creative about getting them lol
I wonder if we could save seeds for you! Do you think there is anything weird with customs?
@@SageandStoneHomestead I'm going to drop you an email. 😁
I love your beautiful black kitty! What's her name?
Her name is Punt!
All looks amazing!
Thank you!!❤
I plan on using some of my birdhouse gourds to make houses for purple martins. I read if you attract them near your garden, they help keep pest pressure down!
I need to look up the hole size for them!
@@SageandStoneHomestead from google. Lol…. What size holes for purple martin house?
2-1/8”
Entrance hole: Traditional round entrance holes are generally 2-1/8” in diameter, but a range between 1-3/4” and 2-1/4” is acceptable. Round entrances should be placed about 1 to 1-1/2” above the floor or porch.
Thank you!!! ♥
Thanks, Heather
I learn so much from your videos and I enjoy each one of them.
I'm so glad! Thanks for being here ❤️
Yes Peppergate or Seedgate is real. I wanted mostly Jalapeños because of their versatility but I ended up with some Jalapeño's and a Lemon Drop and some Shishito's. I also planted a Super Chili pepper and I don't know what it is but it's not a Super Chile. It's a large plant too and it took forever to start producing even though it was planted out first before anything else. The pods are small right now but hopefully some one will help me identify it when it's color comes in.
Wow you really got affected!!!
@@SageandStoneHomestead I'm okay with it because it was just my peppers. The majority of the mixups were with the Jalapeño peppers but some others growing squashes and watermelons were affected too. So I'm fine with it. I love peppers and fortunately I have plenty of other Jalapeños too.
I have some squash that I have NO CLUE what they are! Very interesting!!
Awesome video. That is still an amazing harvest. Well done. Thank you so much for sharing. Love and Blessings to you all. ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
Thanks! I've been pretty surprised about the harvests that are still coming in!
I've had the same experience with the Hungarian black peppers. To me, they taste like nothing! 🙃
What a shame! The Hungarians would not love that, haha! I've tried to grow them before but somehow never got one to fruiting until this year.
@SageandStoneHomestead I've grown them every year, hoping for better but always just tastes like a green bell pepper! True! Haha. Worst Hungarian pepper I've had.
The hornworms are good to have if you have chickens, ducks or turkeys!!
Last year we had so many the chickens quit eating them!
The cattle panel trellis looks different now that the weight is off of it and it isn’t *quite* so flopped over 😅
It's less smashed! I'm happy because I want to bend it back when we harvest the gourds.
Hi Heather. I wanted to ask you, can you eat the birdhouse guards? Or are they more of a novelty item?
You can definitely eat them but when they are small. Otherwise they are tough and bitter. 5 inches tall or less!
Someone please help me figure out watermelons 🙏 I picked one that I thought was ripe the little tinder /curly q thing closest to the watermelon was all dried up, but when I went to cut the watermelon it was light pink inside 😞
We have found that waiting a week past when that little tendril dries completely to the vine is pretty foolproof!
@@SageandStoneHomestead thank you
Those yellow tomatoes look yummy. Are they sweet?
Yes they have a lovely sweet/savory balance. They make my mouth water! I freeze dried some and I'll send some
@@SageandStoneHomestead yay!
Can you please share link for solar fan for high tunnel please
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That is the one I have!
@@SageandStoneHomestead thank you