Noooo please, please keep your authentic filming style. 🙏🏻 We love you because you are just you! No need for tidy kitchen shots, photoshopped thumbnail, panning shots etc. Love your channel and your content. ❤
I agree! The only thing i find odd is she never even mentions her child! I get that she doesn’t want him on social media but as a mom i find it odd that she never mentions him at all, even just as a reason for doing something… i still love her videos and all, just wondering how the little guy is doing!
@@resqbarbie13 this is just me assuming, but maybe she does that so that we don't even consider him as topic to ask about. Maybe she is a very big mama bear. And I can understand that. 😊😊again this is just my assumption 😅
NEW FLOORING RECOMMENDATION from someone in a trade. 1. If your Hot Water Tank is less than 5 years old, shut off the water, hook up your garden hose to the tank drain at the bottom, and drain for half an hour or so before attempting to move it. Do this corner first, so you don't have any worries about scratching your new floors. An empty HWT weighs more than you might expect, and there could be sediment at the bottom of your tank depending on a few factors. Josh should tip the tank towards himself a little, then carefully "walk" it. 2. Leave your hot water tank in place, cut the carpet in a square and install the new flooring up to the carpet remaining under the HWT. Save enough boards to install in the HWT corner when you replace the tank in a few years. I love your videos, thank you for sharing your gardening/preserving/cooking adventures with us!
Becky, Your chicken poop is nitrogen. Start a compost when you clean it out and wait 3 months. ALL of my winter clean outs go in the gardens and they are ready to plant. Its free.
Becky I have to tell you your blog is a joy to use! I usually hate food blogs with all the pop-ups and ads blocking everything. I was using your recipe for the crusty loaf and noticed I could see everything and nothing was jumping around - it was great!
4th as I have been watching Becky's channel from the beginning. Absolutely love all of it! Though I have been paying for yt for almost 10 years now, I don't ever see ads or experience any problems. Even if I didn't I would still be here watching‼️😊 Thank you Becky 🌞❤️💖
Talking about basil i just learned from a local farmer that he plants basil between his watermelons. He says it deters pests and helps improve the flavor of the watermelons. Plant the watermelons 3 feet apart and the basil at 18"
My neighbor has been growing dahlias for years in mid-Michigan with huge success. They are all in pots. He overwinters them in his garage and in the spring they go out on the driveway. They can barely fit their cars in but the flowers are spectacular. He's done this for about 20 years, and some are 6 feet tall. Every single year!
I use a couple standing fans that oscillate. My gramps taught me to use them because you don't necessarily want the 'wind' to be constant and only coming from one direction. I switch them around halfway through the day so they hit other shelves then switch them back to their original spos the next morning and repeat. I also vary between low and medium once the plants are a little bigger.
I have been gardening for over 50 years. It amazes me with the amount of work people go to starting seeds. I just sow everything in my garden beds mistt it daily and it grows. I have such bountiful harvests thst i give to a lot of foid to everyone on the Street. Mother nature grows seeds and plants very well
Hi Becky, just a wee tip when you mentioned transplanting all of your herbs to have them closer to your kitchen. It’s good to have herbs dotted around each of your beds also as many herbs are a natural pest repellent for many plants. Looking forward to this garden season they are are my favourite videos 🎉🎉🎉
Hey there, Winter is coming to an end… And at the School of Traditional Skills, that means one thing… We’re looking forward to spring, and another FREE online training! This one is shaping up to be extra special. Because we’re covering a topic that almost all homesteaders (and pretty much everyone else!) wants to learn about, but most of us haven’t yet… I’m talking about… Beekeeping! The free training happens this Thursday March 21, 2024 1 pm PST on the school of traditional skills website. I thought of you and Josh Becky when I received this information. Enjoy
Becky, not sure if anyone has mentioned here yet or not, Luke just did a video about soils. He mentioned that amending your beds in fall do not help for spring. All the nutrients can get leached out over winter. Go check out the video. I think it was called something like 5 top soil mistakes. If that’s not it, just look at this recent uploads from this week. I learned a great deal from that one.
Yep, I have always amended mine a week or two before I plant. I use compost, chicken manure, and feather meal (also I add bone meal for my tomatoes only). During the season I use the Neptune liquid fish fertilizer.
In a climate that freezes maybe not useful... but here in western europe ( oceanic influence) it’s best to put compost or manure in the fall. Before winter crops. Spring growing starts early feb, too. They need food but soil life is slow so they need a lot of fresh stuff. Maybe that’s the confusion. Mi gardener is usa midwest i guess. Nothing grows during winter... his advice reflects that.
Hi Becky! I would suggest getting some industrial strength casters & using a car jack to lift that black desk up so that the casters could be installed. You can roll that around pretty easy once the casters are installed. I LOVE watching your videos here in Montana!
suggestion - you need to get a compost cycle started, at least 50% of your crops will compost down and then you can feed the soil with it, it closes the cycle and creates lower carbon but its a great micro and macro nutrient provider. Try Charles Dowding composting
There's nothing like seed starting time 🌿😊 PS- tips with the soil blocking (from a horticulturist) 1- bottom water with a narrow necked water can directly into the tray. Watering overhead with a hose is too much disruptive pressure, especially for tiny seed and too easy to over water, and inconsistent coverage. Try something like a misto sprayer or basic spray bottle mister from at least 12 inches away (like hairspray) for keeping the surface moist (not wet) before germination. 2) You can use a clean makeup or paint brush to gently brush off sediment on your seedlings in the future. Too much water is the easiest way to lose seedlings. Happy planting 🌱✌️
Next winter you should cover your beds with clover or another nitrogen fixer and see if it helps, I've done this with my mother's potato bed this winter. While the desk, seed table is out of the grow room you could give it a spray job and refresh its paint job(and maybe change the colour for a lighter one???)
I had a great uncle who grew Dahlias. Year after year he saved seed and tubers from the largest ones till he had dahlias the size of dinner plates. They were lovely.
For a happy medium water sprinkler, may I suggest one of those two gallon pesticide sprayers, just for water or fertilized water, never to use with poisons. It makes a much finer gentler mist, and you can spray a lot with just a few pumps of the big handle instead of constantly pumping the little spray bottle.
I planted Dahlia tubers about 3 years ago, and every year I have forgotten to dig them up and luckily every year so far they have over wintered in the ground they are right next to the house so I figured the biomass of the heat coming off the house had been enough to keep them from freezing... they keep getting bigger every year. Hope yours are successful.
I always start my seeds early as I’m able. And I make sure my flats are strong and sturdy- as I’ve got limited indoor light space- when they “graduate” I put them outside every day and inside at night. I also successfully overwintered 3 pepper plants. .I lost 3. Prune rather harshly. Knock off all garden soil and Transplant them into seed starting mix so no gnats and bugs! Then water occasionally and put in a window. They sort of go into stasis until you start to feed and water more.
Becky I'm in the UK, last year I grew some lacy phacelia in one border and it is also a green manure and holds and releases nitrogen back into the soil, its a fantastic flower for pollinators, in fact our local honey bees and butterflies covered it all the time, I would highly recommend you do one border at a time and it's rewarding in so many ways, also your weed membrane might be reducing the nitrogen levels with not letting the sun Iight in
Yes! I was looking for comments about nitrogen-fixing cover crops! What’s even more perfect about Lacy Phacelia (specifically talking about Phacelia tanacetifolia) is that Becky is extremely close to its native range!! It’s native to almost all of Canada and all of Washington and California! (As well as a few other states)
When my husband and I I have any thing heavy like that desk to move. We put an old blanket on the floor and work the item onto the blanket, it’s most important to get the fronton leaving enough blanket to hold onto. We then use the blanket to pull the item across the floor. I use get to the back to help guide the item. We have both become quite adept at this, I hope this helps you.
Wow Becky, you are going to need a flower field. Have you looked at the final planting distance for the dahlia's? Save your used chicken bedding, it will be full of nitrogen that can be used as a mulch before you cover over your beds next autumn. Or, add it to your composting system and use the compost as a mulch. Plant legumes, harvest them and leave the root ball to rot away underground. Legumes harvest nitrogen from the atmosphere and fix it in their root nodules all ready to be available in the soil. In fact, leave all the roots to rot down within the soil.
Hey Josh!… Little tip for moving the desk… we put our freezer on those car dollys with the caster wheels but we put an old door on them to stabilize it!!! Worked great! It’s a big freezer& l can move it by myself now!
Just a thought, if you get lots of wind where you are, protect those shelves from the gusts when you're hardening off. I would hate to see all your hard work be blown away! Thanks for all the inspiration Becky!
I’m so excited to see the new flooring! One thing I wi say, make sure it’s not a floating floor! They don’t handle rolling items over it very well. I learned the hard way. Everything is growing so well! Spring is so close!
It takes a few hours for us to pull, cut and clean off all the dahlia tubers but they're a great addition to the garden. Butterflies and pollinators love them!! We have multiplied over the last few years from a tray of ahout 20 starts. so we probably have well over 100 tubers.😂.
Becky, how about you use some furniture sliders to move the desk in your seed room. Or we use to put a blanket under the legs to pull the furniture. I love your videos. I want to try to have part of a garden this year.
As a senior I have found it harder to move a lot of things here on our homestead. Most drawer slides will allow you to pop out the drawers, making the item lighter. We've been doing this and installing industrial strength wheel casters . It increases the height of the cabinet, but this has been another plus for me, making a better work height. Someday my children will thank me for being able to roll my junk to the curb.
Hello! I haven't been around in a long time. I hope you and your family are doing well. Last I heard you'd just had the little one about a year ago. I hope things are well and you have all the support that you need with the little one and the home. You do so much. You are awesome but also human. Please rest if you need it and take care of yourself. :)
Hi Becky, I love how your grow room is evolving. The custom upgrades are a dream. Dahlias have spectacular blooms and I'm excited to follow your journey with those. Your channel is fantastic.
Becky. Please check out Living Traditions Homestead. They plant several flats from seed. Great percentage of success. Check out their pump sprayer. Awesome. Love your enthusiasm in all you do!
I'm sure you've already thought about it, but have you considered using your chicken manure to dress your beds? It's really high in nitrogen and considered a 'hot' manure so you'd have to compost it down before you used it but might be a nice on-farm contribution to your soil improvement? I'm loving your spring seed starting ❤️
Have you considered the three sisters companion planting for your corn this year? It’s where you have your beans climb up the corn as Support. Then you plant squash around the edges because deer do not like squash. The beans climbing up the corn makes it stronger with wind. You could do it in two of your beds across from each other to give the corn plenty of air to cross pollinate. How the indigenous people grew these… The beans will also feed corn tons of nitrogen.
I grow dahlias in my garden, from both tubers and this season I did it from seed. From the research I've done when grown from seed once they flower they will produce tubers and I just leave the tubers in the garden over winter and they come back every year without me needing to do anything more 😁
Hi Becky, you might want to change any of the cling wrap that you used on the trays with mold and algae, as to not contaminate a future tray. Can't wait to see your garden. ❤️
Have you been to Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island? I used to live in Seattle and I loved making the trip north to Vancouver and Victoria. You would love the flowers
I started my dahlia collection by seeds because the tubers were so costly! I was so surprised that at the end of the season my plants had extensive tubers for me to winter over (in my basement) I now have an abundance that I share with my friends and neighbors.
Can't wait to see all your hard come to life. For the Dahlia tubers, Garden Answers on TH-cam has great step by step. Plus I believe you both are close to the same growing area or similar.
Becky, too bad you don't know anybody that raised rabbits. If you do, ask them for the rabbits waste. Good way to put it and put it in your garden beds. That's all I've been using lately and my garden so much better. The produce is a lot bigger. And yeah I don't have no weed problems either.
Yes, I know they have chickens. Chickens waste takes a while to compost. Keep from burning your garden. There's a lot of sting coming from chicken waste. I know I tried it in my garden. It took me a year to compost it to make it right. I have learned a lot from watching Becky's shows. My canning skills, especially my cooking skills cuz 99.9% better than what it was.
@@tinabow3812 Thats great you learned a lot from watching this channel, but I didn't criticize the channel nor did I criticize Becky. Regardless, anyone that owns chickens and doesn't utilize the bedding from the coop is wasting a very valuable God given resource.
Becky the grow room is coming alive. This weekend I start my seeds because we’ve had a terrible winter here so cal if you can believe it. I live in the high desert an the temperature has been near freezing all winter. We had our first weekend where we didn’t need jackets to go outside. I’m excited to see how yours and my growing season comes along.
Watch where you plant out the Feverfew - you won't need to buy seeds ever again as it will self-seed anywhere it gets a chance. It's one of those plants that will come up everywhere. I wish you'd plant French tarragon as it has much better flavour. It's delicious with fish, chicken and veggies especially mushrooms. I can't wait for you to taste it!
Hi Becky, I also wish you'd planted the French tarragon. It really does have a better flavour. Maybe you could just get some seeds and do a taste comparison. You are very talented. You're a great cooking teacher and a very green fingered gardener. By the way, I also love my air fryer.
I'm happy! I remember a few years ago you always saying you don't write anything down because it stressed you out and now look at you! I'm looking forward to your garden this year and excited for next year!
Hello Becky! I enjoy all of your content. I like watching you cook and bake. I don't garden, but I enjoy all of that content as well. If it hasn't been mentioned, rent a piano mover to move your bench/cabinet. It's been a useful tool for us when we have large heavy things to move. Can't wait to see all your hard work pay off in your garden this year!
I grow Dahlias from seed all of the time. Super easy! You will love it! Saving tubers is no big deal. Just wash them off and store them in cardboard boxes .
Hello Becky. My mom said the best way for plant very fine seeds is a salt shaker if the holes are small and few holes, But even better is take a old pill bottle (wash)(sterilized) poke the size of holes you desire, and the seed can be left and stored in them for 1 yr. My mom was a seasoned gardener here in Alberta Canada, for over 50+ years. She passed in 2022 from CHF and is a peace now if Christ. I have tried to write most info down. But she is greatly missed by so many. Let me know if that works if you try it.
I just planted rosemary last week really its to keep the bunnies from eating the rose bushes along with the plastic owl they should leave them alone and i know you plant other things and buy the stuff that will deter them but this is how im rolling it this year.
Seeds will germinate with the vermiculite on them. I think the light reflects off the flakes. So anytime you have a seed that says barely cover or needs light to germinate vermiculite is the go to.
In the Netherlands vermiculite and perlite are used to insulate the chimney of a fireplace (open hearth?). I buy big bags at a construction shop like Lowe's. Huge price difference! I mix vermiculite through soil for sowing and potting up and on top to avoid the little black flies (mosquitoes)
Becky, If you’ve ever had steak with bernaise sauce - you’ve had Tarragon. It is a perennial in my So Ca garden. It dies down completely in winter and comes back a little bigger each year. I love it! It doesn’t dry all that well but it might do well in your freeze- dryer: I’ve also been growing stevia for years - also a perennial for me. My harvest from one plant lasts the year, sweetening my teas and lemonade.
Furniture movers might help if you can lift the desk off the floor to insert them under the legs. We have moved heavy furniture with them. Love watching your seed planting. I used to have a grow light and I always planted Impatiens seeds. Saved a lot of money.
When I worked at a retail store they used furniture sliders to move heavy displays. They’re plastic on the bottom and have a cushion on top. then you only have to lift a corner, slide it under and then you can push it to wherever you want pretty easily
Ohh Tarragon is my absolute favourite herb, i use a mix of Tarragon, Parsley and Dill with Dijon Mustard and Garlic and onions with cream and lemon juice and it is just 'chefs kiss' - serve it with chicken or with fish and it's really good in a fish pie
On my to-do list this evening was washing and disinfecting a bunch of my seed starting equipment that got away from me last year and I was delighted to see the perfect video posted to have on while I washed and scrubbed. I was even more delighted when this video was literally the *perfect* length for the task. I was rinsing out my sink and drying my hands during the sign off! Excellent video as always, and thanks for always virtually keeping me company while I do boring tasks like wash and disinfect seed trays! lol :)
Greenstalk has a digital download garden journal that im super excited to use. It gives you photos of each tier so you can write in whats in each layer/pocket. Im very excited for this years garden.
@@AcreHomestead there's a physical book you can get too but I figured the digital download would be easier so I could use it every year. This will be my first year using greenstalks because of you!
Becky, you made a great choice for more soil volume with the dahlia seeds! Last year was my first time starting dahlias from seeds and they form tubers pretty quickly even starting in 72 cell trays like yours. I had to hold mine a little too long last year before I planted them out and the sides of my 72 cells were pushed out and bursting!
Hey Becky My Mom grows daliahs and every fall she gets the bulb out, shakes a bit of mud off them and stores them in paper bags in a cool room. Plants them out come spring and repeats the process in the fall. … She regrew the same ones year after year, your grow room might be perfect if it’s not overly warm out there the winters
Becky, something to note- some nitrients do not move in the soil. Some do. Nitrogen is one that moves & can be washed away with rain, so it fluctuates a lot... so thats the one nutrient i do t stress about too much, & i judt make sire to do what you did & add some blood meal at the beginni g & middle of the season.
Where will you put 2 x 72 dahilias? :D I wish I had a huge garden! They will look so good when they bloom! Saving tubers is not that hard, dig them up without slicing into them in the fall, dry them off a bit, and put in a cool dark place, we put ours in a basement.
You can get furnature movers for like fridges and such and you just lift one end at a time and scoot them under and that should let you wheel it right out of there. Me I would put huge wheels on it while you had it up in the air.
Harbor freight had a handheld pump mister for $4.99. It works great and is gentle for watering seeds and seedlings. Just don’t over pump, I had one from Dollar General and I over pumped it and it cracked.
Wow, the laminate samples look great. You may be able to rent/borrow dollies or furniture moving casters from someone to move the desk if you don't have any of your own....
Becky I absolutely love your videos. You inspire me so much. I started eating keto a year ago and dropped 40 lbs and dropped acid reflux med ( I had to be cut open and had major surgery due to stomach ulcers11 years ago) BP came down to normal and depression gone just to name a few of the changes in my. If not for the difference in my health I would have never done this. I still watch your channel and try to make them work for me. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!❤
My favorite use for Terragon is in chicken broth with a slice of lemon, bring to a boil and then add Chicken Tortillini and enjoy the soup. A great option for the sick who are tired of Chicken Noodle Soup.
Hi Becky. I love using tarragon in my chicken salad. It's my "secret" ingredient to make it taste amazing. I get so many compliments, and everyone wants my recipe. I learned that from Ina Garten. Thanks for reminding me to get my flowers started! I grew dahlias from seed last year, and they were beautiful! I need to grow more!
Noooo please, please keep your authentic filming style. 🙏🏻 We love you because you are just you! No need for tidy kitchen shots, photoshopped thumbnail, panning shots etc. Love your channel and your content. ❤
I agree. I love that she's real. No one is perfect. When people seem perfect, they're hiding something.
I agree! The only thing i find odd is she never even mentions her child! I get that she doesn’t want him on social media but as a mom i find it odd that she never mentions him at all, even just as a reason for doing something… i still love her videos and all, just wondering how the little guy is doing!
@@resqbarbie13 this is just me assuming, but maybe she does that so that we don't even consider him as topic to ask about. Maybe she is a very big mama bear. And I can understand that. 😊😊again this is just my assumption 😅
I didn't see any changes in her filming style. What are you referring to???
@AmandaFair what are you referring to? I didn't see any changes of that sort.
NEW FLOORING RECOMMENDATION from someone in a trade.
1. If your Hot Water Tank is less than 5 years old, shut off the water, hook up your garden hose to the tank drain at the bottom, and drain for half an hour or so before attempting to move it. Do this corner first, so you don't have any worries about scratching your new floors. An empty HWT weighs more than you might expect, and there could be sediment at the bottom of your tank depending on a few factors. Josh should tip the tank towards himself a little, then carefully "walk" it.
2. Leave your hot water tank in place, cut the carpet in a square and install the new flooring up to the carpet remaining under the HWT. Save enough boards to install in the HWT corner when you replace the tank in a few years.
I love your videos, thank you for sharing your gardening/preserving/cooking adventures with us!
Great tips! 👏👏👏
yep
Becky, Your chicken poop is nitrogen. Start a compost when you clean it out and wait 3 months. ALL of my winter clean outs go in the gardens and they are ready to plant. Its free.
Becky I have to tell you your blog is a joy to use! I usually hate food blogs with all the pop-ups and ads blocking everything. I was using your recipe for the crusty loaf and noticed I could see everything and nothing was jumping around - it was great!
Thank you! I will let josh know!
I second this!
I third this! So awesome ❤
4th as I have been watching Becky's channel from the beginning. Absolutely love all of it!
Though I have been paying for yt for almost 10 years now, I don't ever see ads or experience any problems.
Even if I didn't I would still be here watching‼️😊
Thank you Becky 🌞❤️💖
Yes!! It is such an easy to use and no annoyances! Love it!
Talking about basil i just learned from a local farmer that he plants basil between his watermelons. He says it deters pests and helps improve the flavor of the watermelons.
Plant the watermelons 3 feet apart and the basil at 18"
My neighbor has been growing dahlias for years in mid-Michigan with huge success. They are all in pots. He overwinters them in his garage and in the spring they go out on the driveway. They can barely fit their cars in but the flowers are spectacular. He's done this for about 20 years, and some are 6 feet tall. Every single year!
Hey there, another mid michigander here🙋♀️
Wow!
But you need to divide them each year to give them room to grow.
I use a couple standing fans that oscillate. My gramps taught me to use them because you don't necessarily want the 'wind' to be constant and only coming from one direction. I switch them around halfway through the day so they hit other shelves then switch them back to their original spos the next morning and repeat. I also vary between low and medium once the plants are a little bigger.
You should have a mist setting on your nozzle that would be a lot gentler to water you seedlings
I have been gardening for over 50 years. It amazes me with the amount of work people go to starting seeds. I just sow everything in my garden beds mistt it daily and it grows. I have such bountiful harvests thst i give to a lot of foid to everyone on the Street. Mother nature grows seeds and plants very well
I don't doubt mother nature's abilities, I just don't like waiting on her last frost to get my hands in dirt 😉
It depends on your last and first frost dates. If I do all direct sow I may not get to harvest before my first frost.
You must have a green thumb like my grandmother. Every thing she touched grew!
My last frost day isn't until the end of May. If I direct sow everything my plants wouldn't have enough time to mature.
Some things I direct sow, but any warm season crop I need to start early, as my grow season is too short for plants to mature before my first frost.
Hi Becky, just a wee tip when you mentioned transplanting all of your herbs to have them closer to your kitchen. It’s good to have herbs dotted around each of your beds also as many herbs are a natural pest repellent for many plants. Looking forward to this garden season they are are my favourite videos 🎉🎉🎉
And if a hungry critter takes a liking to one they wont wipe ALL of it out because its scattered in the garden
Hey there,
Winter is coming to an end… And at the School of Traditional Skills, that means one thing…
We’re looking forward to spring, and another FREE online training!
This one is shaping up to be extra special.
Because we’re covering a topic that almost all homesteaders (and pretty much everyone else!) wants to learn about, but most of us haven’t yet…
I’m talking about…
Beekeeping!
The free training happens this Thursday March 21, 2024 1 pm PST on the school of traditional skills website.
I thought of you and Josh Becky when I received this information.
Enjoy
Suggestion. You need a fiberglass laundry sink so you can clean your trays etc. Maybe a counter nrxt yo it do you don't have to kneel on the floor.
You really need to check out Garden Answer...Laura is the go to garden lady.
Becky, not sure if anyone has mentioned here yet or not, Luke just did a video about soils. He mentioned that amending your beds in fall do not help for spring. All the nutrients can get leached out over winter. Go check out the video. I think it was called something like 5 top soil mistakes. If that’s not it, just look at this recent uploads from this week. I learned a great deal from that one.
Yep, I have always amended mine a week or two before I plant. I use compost, chicken manure, and feather meal (also I add bone meal for my tomatoes only). During the season I use the Neptune liquid fish fertilizer.
She didn't amend in the fall she did it before planting and then she fertilized her plants when she noticed they needed more nitrogen.
Organic fertilizers take a while to fully infuse all their properties into the soil.
In a climate that freezes maybe not useful... but here in western europe ( oceanic influence) it’s best to put compost or manure in the fall. Before winter crops. Spring growing starts early feb, too. They need food but soil life is slow so they need a lot of fresh stuff.
Maybe that’s the confusion. Mi gardener is usa midwest i guess. Nothing grows during winter... his advice reflects that.
@@harmonyfamilylifetk she amended in the fall before she put them to bed.
Hi Becky seeds that need light you can still put some vermiculite on top of the seed. It won't stop them germanating.
There’s a misting option if you twist your hose handle. May help prevent overwatering 😊
Hi Becky! I would suggest getting some industrial strength casters & using a car jack to lift that black desk up so that the casters could be installed. You can roll that around pretty easy once the casters are installed. I LOVE watching your videos here in Montana!
Me too! East of Livingston.
suggestion - you need to get a compost cycle started, at least 50% of your crops will compost down and then you can feed the soil with it, it closes the cycle and creates lower carbon but its a great micro and macro nutrient provider. Try Charles Dowding composting
There's nothing like seed starting time 🌿😊 PS- tips with the soil blocking (from a horticulturist) 1- bottom water with a narrow necked water can directly into the tray. Watering overhead with a hose is too much disruptive pressure, especially for tiny seed and too easy to over water, and inconsistent coverage. Try something like a misto sprayer or basic spray bottle mister from at least 12 inches away (like hairspray) for keeping the surface moist (not wet) before germination. 2) You can use a clean makeup or paint brush to gently brush off sediment on your seedlings in the future. Too much water is the easiest way to lose seedlings. Happy planting 🌱✌️
Thanks so much!!
Next winter you should cover your beds with clover or another nitrogen fixer and see if it helps, I've done this with my mother's potato bed this winter.
While the desk, seed table is out of the grow room you could give it a spray job and refresh its paint job(and maybe change the colour for a lighter one???)
Becky, Laura (from Garden Answer) has a great vlog about over wintering dahlias (probably 2 years ago). Take a look!
I like your choose of flooring.
I had a great uncle who grew Dahlias. Year after year he saved seed and tubers from the largest ones till he had dahlias the size of dinner plates. They were lovely.
For a happy medium water sprinkler, may I suggest one of those two gallon pesticide sprayers, just for water or fertilized water, never to use with poisons. It makes a much finer gentler mist, and you can spray a lot with just a few pumps of the big handle instead of constantly pumping the little spray bottle.
I planted Dahlia tubers about 3 years ago, and every year I have forgotten to dig them up and luckily every year so far they have over wintered in the ground they are right next to the house so I figured the biomass of the heat coming off the house had been enough to keep them from freezing... they keep getting bigger every year. Hope yours are successful.
I'm in Australia, and I'm planting my autumn/fall flowers and veg along with you. Happy growing!
I always start my seeds early as I’m able. And I make sure my flats are strong and sturdy- as I’ve got limited indoor light space- when they “graduate” I put them outside every day and inside at night.
I also successfully overwintered 3 pepper plants. .I lost 3. Prune rather harshly. Knock off all garden soil and Transplant them into seed starting mix so no gnats and bugs! Then water occasionally and put in a window. They sort of go into stasis until you start to feed and water more.
Becky I'm in the UK, last year I grew some lacy phacelia in one border and it is also a green manure and holds and releases nitrogen back into the soil, its a fantastic flower for pollinators, in fact our local honey bees and butterflies covered it all the time, I would highly recommend you do one border at a time and it's rewarding in so many ways, also your weed membrane might be reducing the nitrogen levels with not letting the sun
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Yes! I was looking for comments about nitrogen-fixing cover crops! What’s even more perfect about Lacy Phacelia (specifically talking about Phacelia tanacetifolia) is that Becky is extremely close to its native range!! It’s native to almost all of Canada and all of Washington and California! (As well as a few other states)
Brass Dramm Misting watering head. This is what you need if you want to overhead water delicate stuff. It's all we use to water seedlings.
When my husband and I I have any thing heavy like that desk to move. We put an old blanket on the floor and work the item onto the blanket, it’s most important to get the fronton leaving enough blanket to hold onto. We then use the blanket to pull the item across the floor. I use get to the back to help guide the item. We have both become quite adept at this, I hope this helps you.
flat dollies are great help as well.
Hi Becky, I have only been watching you for the last month. You truly are amazing. How you do all that you do is wonderful! You go girl…
Just a suggestion...if you use trays instead of soil blocks, you can bottom water easier and you won't have algae from over watering.
Wow Becky, you are going to need a flower field. Have you looked at the final planting distance for the dahlia's? Save your used chicken bedding, it will be full of nitrogen that can be used as a mulch before you cover over your beds next autumn. Or, add it to your composting system and use the compost as a mulch. Plant legumes, harvest them and leave the root ball to rot away underground. Legumes harvest nitrogen from the atmosphere and fix it in their root nodules all ready to be available in the soil. In fact, leave all the roots to rot down within the soil.
I have too much rain. Such a mess around here. I alittle bummed by it, but as you say, we shall persevere! Thanks Becky.
Hey Josh!… Little tip for moving the desk… we put our freezer on those car dollys with the caster wheels but we put an old door on them to stabilize it!!! Worked great! It’s a big freezer& l can move it by myself now!
Just a thought, if you get lots of wind where you are, protect those shelves from the gusts when you're hardening off. I would hate to see all your hard work be blown away! Thanks for all the inspiration Becky!
I’m so excited to see the new flooring! One thing I wi say, make sure it’s not a floating floor! They don’t handle rolling items over it very well. I learned the hard way. Everything is growing so well! Spring is so close!
It takes a few hours for us to pull, cut and clean off all the dahlia tubers but they're a great addition to the garden. Butterflies and pollinators love them!! We have multiplied over the last few years from a tray of ahout 20 starts. so we probably have well over 100 tubers.😂.
Becky, how about you use some furniture sliders to move the desk in your seed room. Or we use to put a blanket under the legs to pull the furniture. I love your videos. I want to try to have part of a garden this year.
As a senior I have found it harder to move a lot of things here on our homestead. Most drawer slides will allow you to pop out the drawers, making the item lighter. We've been doing this and installing industrial strength wheel casters . It increases the height of the cabinet, but this has been another plus for me, making a better work height. Someday my children will thank me for being able to roll my junk to the curb.
Hello! I haven't been around in a long time. I hope you and your family are doing well. Last I heard you'd just had the little one about a year ago. I hope things are well and you have all the support that you need with the little one and the home. You do so much. You are awesome but also human. Please rest if you need it and take care of yourself. :)
Hi Becky, I love how your grow room is evolving. The custom upgrades are a dream. Dahlias have spectacular blooms and I'm excited to follow your journey with those. Your channel is fantastic.
Becky. Please check out Living Traditions Homestead. They plant several flats from seed. Great percentage of success. Check out their pump sprayer. Awesome. Love your enthusiasm in all you do!
I'm sure you've already thought about it, but have you considered using your chicken manure to dress your beds? It's really high in nitrogen and considered a 'hot' manure so you'd have to compost it down before you used it but might be a nice on-farm contribution to your soil improvement?
I'm loving your spring seed starting ❤️
Have you considered the three sisters companion planting for your corn this year? It’s where you have your beans climb up the corn as Support. Then you plant squash around the edges because deer do not like squash. The beans climbing up the corn makes it stronger with wind. You could do it in two of your beds across from each other to give the corn plenty of air to cross pollinate. How the indigenous people grew these… The beans will also feed corn tons of nitrogen.
I grow dahlias in my garden, from both tubers and this season I did it from seed. From the research I've done when grown from seed once they flower they will produce tubers and I just leave the tubers in the garden over winter and they come back every year without me needing to do anything more 😁
Hi Becky, you might want to change any of the cling wrap that you used on the trays with mold and algae, as to not contaminate a future tray. Can't wait to see your garden. ❤️
5:40 to move the metal desk... a $12 furniture mover fromharbor freight
Have you been to Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island? I used to live in Seattle and I loved making the trip north to Vancouver and Victoria. You would love the flowers
I love your videos Becky, but honestly the main reason for me commenting today is to tell you how amazing your eyebrows look! 😅❤️
You inspired me to draw out my layout for my seeds this year. I feel it will be less stressful when i take the seeds out to the garden.
I started my dahlia collection by seeds because the tubers were so costly! I was so surprised that at the end of the season my plants had extensive tubers for me to winter over (in my basement) I now have an abundance that I share with my friends and neighbors.
Zinnias look pretty. I'm going to order some. I grew dahlias from seeds last year. It was cool growing them as opposes to bring them.
Can't wait to see all your hard come to life. For the Dahlia tubers, Garden Answers on TH-cam has great step by step. Plus I believe you both are close to the same growing area or similar.
Becky, too bad you don't know anybody that raised rabbits. If you do, ask them for the rabbits waste. Good way to put it and put it in your garden beds. That's all I've been using lately and my garden so much better. The produce is a lot bigger. And yeah I don't have no weed problems either.
They have chickens.
Yes, I know they have chickens. Chickens waste takes a while to compost. Keep from burning your garden. There's a lot of sting coming from chicken waste. I know I tried it in my garden. It took me a year to compost it to make it right. I have learned a lot from watching Becky's shows. My canning skills, especially my cooking skills cuz 99.9% better than what it was.
@@tinabow3812 Thats great you learned a lot from watching this channel, but I didn't criticize the channel nor did I criticize Becky. Regardless, anyone that owns chickens and doesn't utilize the bedding from the coop is wasting a very valuable God given resource.
Becky the grow room is coming alive. This weekend I start my seeds because we’ve had a terrible winter here so cal if you can believe it. I live in the high desert an the temperature has been near freezing all winter. We had our first weekend where we didn’t need jackets to go outside. I’m excited to see how yours and my growing season comes along.
I didn't dig my tubers up for my dahlias so I'm hoping they will grow back this year. We had a very mild winter so they should be good.
I love that I know that if I start what Becky does then she will show me what to do with it at the end of the season
Great spending time with you in the grow room! You’re doing terrific & I learned so much again! Thanks & many blessings 🤗🇨🇦
Watch where you plant out the Feverfew - you won't need to buy seeds ever again as it will self-seed anywhere it gets a chance. It's one of those plants that will come up everywhere. I wish you'd plant French tarragon as it has much better flavour. It's delicious with fish, chicken and veggies especially mushrooms. I can't wait for you to taste it!
Hi Becky, I also wish you'd planted the French tarragon. It really does have a better flavour. Maybe you could just get some seeds and do a taste comparison. You are very talented. You're a great cooking teacher and a very green fingered gardener. By the way, I also love my air fryer.
I'm happy! I remember a few years ago you always saying you don't write anything down because it stressed you out and now look at you! I'm looking forward to your garden this year and excited for next year!
I'm learning!! It's going to be so NICE for next year!
Becky, I use the vermiculite to cover the seeds instead of dirt or I use perlite. This helps with algae and fungus flies.
Hello Becky! I enjoy all of your content. I like watching you cook and bake. I don't garden, but I enjoy all of that content as well. If it hasn't been mentioned, rent a piano mover to move your bench/cabinet. It's been a useful tool for us when we have large heavy things to move. Can't wait to see all your hard work pay off in your garden this year!
Good luck Becky!!! I have faith you will have a fantastic garden again
I think a two color checker board design for your flower tower would be gorgeous.
I grow Dahlias from seed all of the time. Super easy! You will love it! Saving tubers is no big deal. Just wash them off and store them in cardboard boxes .
Awesome! Thank you!
Hello Becky. My mom said the best way for plant very fine seeds is a salt shaker if the holes are small and few holes, But even better is take a old pill bottle (wash)(sterilized) poke the size of holes you desire, and the seed can be left and stored in them for 1 yr. My mom was a seasoned gardener here in Alberta Canada, for over 50+ years. She passed in 2022 from CHF and is a peace now if Christ. I have tried to write most info down. But she is greatly missed by so many.
Let me know if that works if you try it.
Blood meal can be added again at time of planting in each individual plant hole. Some plants also benefit from bone meal. Fun video!
I just planted rosemary last week really its to keep the bunnies from eating the rose bushes along with the plastic owl they should leave them alone and i know you plant other things and buy the stuff that will deter them but this is how im rolling it this year.
The purple basil makes really good tea! Even use the flowers in the tea!
Seeds will germinate with the vermiculite on them. I think the light reflects off the flakes. So anytime you have a seed that says barely cover or needs light to germinate vermiculite is the go to.
Oh wow good to know!!
In the Netherlands vermiculite and perlite are used to insulate the chimney of a fireplace (open hearth?). I buy big bags at a construction shop like Lowe's. Huge price difference! I mix vermiculite through soil for sowing and potting up and on top to avoid the little black flies (mosquitoes)
Becky, If you’ve ever had steak with bernaise sauce - you’ve had Tarragon. It is a perennial in my So Ca garden. It dies down completely in winter and comes back a little bigger each year. I love it! It doesn’t dry all that well but it might do well in your freeze- dryer: I’ve also been growing stevia for years - also a perennial for me. My harvest from one plant lasts the year, sweetening my teas and lemonade.
You've got this Becky!! Gardening is reward and challenging all @ the same time.
I eat my rose peddles in soup, salads, etc... most flowers can be eaten ... clover is delish ( pickel taste )
Furniture movers might help if you can lift the desk off the floor to insert them under the legs. We have moved heavy furniture with them. Love watching your seed planting. I used to have a grow light and I always planted Impatiens seeds. Saved a lot of money.
30 second old video and there is already a comment! We all anxiously await the next Becky video 🙂
You all mean the world to me and are so supportive! Thanks for being here!
@@AcreHomesteadyou mean the world to us too!!❤❤
Exactly!
Aw, you guys, my eyes watered. I agree with you both. ☺️
Hay Becky, Becky here . I always wait until I have the time to watch. Same day sooner than later. But it makes My day when I see you post.
Hi Becky, i did Dahlia's from seed last year and they were so beautiful and now i just LOVE them. Have fun 😊
tip... NO standing water get a little watering can or sprayer for no mold or put on rocks
When I worked at a retail store they used furniture sliders to move heavy displays. They’re plastic on the bottom and have a cushion on top. then you only have to lift a corner, slide it under and then you can push it to wherever you want pretty easily
Ohh Tarragon is my absolute favourite herb, i use a mix of Tarragon, Parsley and Dill with Dijon Mustard and Garlic and onions with cream and lemon juice and it is just 'chefs kiss' - serve it with chicken or with fish and it's really good in a fish pie
On my to-do list this evening was washing and disinfecting a bunch of my seed starting equipment that got away from me last year and I was delighted to see the perfect video posted to have on while I washed and scrubbed. I was even more delighted when this video was literally the *perfect* length for the task. I was rinsing out my sink and drying my hands during the sign off! Excellent video as always, and thanks for always virtually keeping me company while I do boring tasks like wash and disinfect seed trays! lol :)
Greenstalk has a digital download garden journal that im super excited to use. It gives you photos of each tier so you can write in whats in each layer/pocket. Im very excited for this years garden.
Oh what! I need to look that up and use it
@@AcreHomestead there's a physical book you can get too but I figured the digital download would be easier so I could use it every year. This will be my first year using greenstalks because of you!
Becky, you made a great choice for more soil volume with the dahlia seeds! Last year was my first time starting dahlias from seeds and they form tubers pretty quickly even starting in 72 cell trays like yours. I had to hold mine a little too long last year before I planted them out and the sides of my 72 cells were pushed out and bursting!
Hey Becky My Mom grows daliahs and every fall she gets the bulb out, shakes a bit of mud off them and stores them in paper bags in a cool room. Plants them out come spring and repeats the process in the fall. … She regrew the same ones year after year, your grow room might be perfect if it’s not overly warm out there the winters
Becky, something to note- some nitrients do not move in the soil. Some do. Nitrogen is one that moves & can be washed away with rain, so it fluctuates a lot... so thats the one nutrient i do t stress about too much, & i judt make sire to do what you did & add some blood meal at the beginni g & middle of the season.
Agreed. Here in the PNW we have such a wet winter that it's expected that there will be almost no nitrogen by spring.
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Where will you put 2 x 72 dahilias? :D I wish I had a huge garden! They will look so good when they bloom! Saving tubers is not that hard, dig them up without slicing into them in the fall, dry them off a bit, and put in a cool dark place, we put ours in a basement.
You can get furnature movers for like fridges and such and you just lift one end at a time and scoot them under and that should let you wheel it right out of there. Me I would put huge wheels on it while you had it up in the air.
Harbor freight had a handheld pump mister for $4.99. It works great and is gentle for watering seeds and seedlings. Just don’t over pump, I had one from Dollar General and I over pumped it and it cracked.
19:26 I wonder if because you are reusing the plastic wrap it is putting the mold spores and algae on the new stuff you plant. Just a thought.
Wow, the laminate samples look great. You may be able to rent/borrow dollies or furniture moving casters from someone to move the desk if you don't have any of your own....
Thanks! Great idea!
We have furniture mover under our heavy furniture. They are little teflon like pieces of plastic and they slide really well
Hey Becky I’m so excited for the flowers that you have landed this year.. I can’t wait to see what they look like 😃
Becky I absolutely love your videos. You inspire me so much. I started eating keto a year ago and dropped 40 lbs and dropped acid reflux med ( I had to be cut open and had major surgery due to stomach ulcers11 years ago) BP came down to normal and depression gone just to name a few of the changes in my. If not for the difference in my health I would have never done this. I still watch your channel and try to make them work for me. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!❤
It would help if you had a Dramm Fog-It nozzle. They are used in greenhouses.
Becky have you considered taking the black garden cloth off your beds. It does affect your soils biome.
I hope you're able to plant flowers all around your home.
My favorite use for Terragon is in chicken broth with a slice of lemon, bring to a boil and then add Chicken Tortillini and enjoy the soup. A great option for the sick who are tired of Chicken Noodle Soup.
Hi Becky. I love using tarragon in my chicken salad. It's my "secret" ingredient to make it taste amazing. I get so many compliments, and everyone wants my recipe. I learned that from Ina Garten. Thanks for reminding me to get my flowers started! I grew dahlias from seed last year, and they were beautiful! I need to grow more!