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You are my favorite real-world TH-cam. Thank you for sharing the things you’re doing. The stuff you do is so realistic and manageable for those of us who need to keep it low key.
Very well said. My thoughts exactly. Thanks Julie. In Joy
You are so kind
@@dirtpatcheaven I think dirtpatchheaven is the reason for so many city millenials running away from citi :) lol
One gets the impression that you are acting as director, iaq and head of departments ... Manager of the entire farm. You are cool!
You always seem to walk through the steps explaining very simple on what ever your video is about making it simple to understand and in which I able to learn a lot when you do that thanks much your a great teacher
Thank you so much!
I love all of your videos! I've known so little about farming and you show how to use the free resources you do have to make so many things work. You're like a Macgyver farm lady, lol.
I don't have support I need from husband to live the homestead life so it will never be what I want. Seeing what you do helps me achieve a lesser version but at least something close. We have chickens and raised bed garden. I bought cattle panels and greenhouse plastic, 12 mil reinforced from the company you used. Then another channel showed how to do a pvc cheaper version with no wiggle wire. After harvesting the beets and wax beans growing now I'll set it up and plant for winter.
Thank you so much for these videos!
LOL! Macgyver...I will take that and say thank you!
@@dirtpatcheaven It is a compliment, lol.
I think resourceful is your middle name! I’m all for finding free and cheap materials to make what you need. People are always amazed at the things I’m able to get for free, like they would never think of it. I guess growing up poor has its advantages, it teaches you to think creatively! Well done!
Creativity is freedom isn't it.
Now that is a statement of abundance when you can say you are growing so much that it doesn't matter if the beans come in or not. I also like the less work philosophy of weeding the gardens till the plants take over. I am building a rabbit hutch from pallets so I love what you did to make the raised beds. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Juli! Your garden looks amazing. I’m going to add some raised beds to my garden next year, and I’m thinking about doing tall hot beds. I love watching all your experiments, and gives me good ideas.
-Lorella
Hey girl! So good to hear from you!
I learn so much from your channel. Thank you so much for sharing ❤
You are so welcome!
That is pretty smart. Sometimes the most simple solutions make the most sense.
Thank you! I want to build one that the rabbits can start at the bottom and I just add wood chips to give them more space. One day.....
i agree. nothing beat dirt.
Yep. Was wondering if anyone would watch it that far in!
@@dirtpatcheaven I have been following you since then. I know you're real. It comes from your heart. The world is getting crazy right now.
Beautiful garden... Love those veggies..
Thank you. Me too
I agree with the value of growing in soil. There is a definite difference in taste. With fruiting vegetables.
Ooooh, I like your name! A lady after my own heart!
I love you videos so much!!! I have a small homestead and I'm all about reusing things ... you have given me so many good ideas for my gardens
Thank you for sharing the detailed how-to. I have been wanting to try this since I saw your earlier videos.
You are most welcome!
Love the PVC idea!
This is awesome and i thank you for showing us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for you sharing!!! I am raising 6 ducks this year, my first garden animals. Interested to learn more about your rabbits & turkeys.
Sounds fun!
I have really enjoyed your videos this summer.. you have talked about and shared things that have helped me get excited about gardening again.. thank you!
Oh I am so glad. Thank you for letting me know!
I would like to see how you clean this large garden out when you get ready to start over. I don’t have this much space as you do. But I am really interested in how you made those raised garden beds from pallets.
Muito bom Minha amiga Muito Bem feito 👍
Thank you!
I'm guessing you just offended all the Aquaponics fans here. LOL! I personally find your observation to be accurate. Tastes like canals smell.
Yeah, pretty good description. If it wasn't for the 'farmer scientist' thing then homesteading would be pretty boring don't you think?
Thanks for sharing this video.
Thanks for watching!
Welcome Back!
Thank you!
Love experiments!
Especially when they work! Wasn't sure how that sawdust would work but nothing died. I think next time I would try using more bacterial starts and organic ammendments.
Juli it was your friend Catherine that I was asking about. I just got it backwards. Thank you for replying. I love your videos.
I do love Katherine. She is in New Mexico. Haven't heard from her in a while but I am sure she is great. A really tough cookie.
Her channel is Little Bits of Heaven Homestead.
You packed in a lot of good info. I like your practical, use what you have and/or can get for free or cheap methods. Thanks!
Missed you, welcome back. Thanks for the tips on the raised bed.
No problem.
Love your videos always. Can’t wait to get my rabbits out on beds. Loved how you use old feeds sacks and other free resources!
Glad you like them!
I agree on that aquaponics compared to soil growth, the taste is definitely affected! I wonder if it's a mineral deficiency?
I don't know. I just have notices it doesn't have that 'earthy' taste if it isn't grown in real earth.
I love your raised beds. I had some red bourbon turkeys before.
This is our first year with hatching turkeys and I have to say I adore them.
I, as soon as I’m out of the city one day, would love to try this system. For my cold climate I would be tempted to put a layer of plastic around the base to hold in more heat overnight during the winter months. It would be like an air barrier to slow down the heat dissipation.
They used to bury the hotbed in the ground instead of up in the air the way I do. That might be a good option too.
@@dirtpatcheaven I read about that. Caleb Warnok? Winter gardening author does that. Seems like leeching might happen more but the earth is a great insulator. I was interested in the raised 3' wide mounds John Jeavens used to plant intensively. He started me in the direction of square foot (and inch) method which led me to the square foot method of Mel Bartholemew. I love the neat and tidy squares. However, @ 65 years old and handicapped I have a need for ease of use. As long as I have help with the structure assembly you build, usability is improved for me.
Ps i fo like raised beds if get stuff i Wound try making 1 or 2 of those
I pick up straw bales that people put on the curb after Halloween, and after Thanksgiving there are more. Even those little ones that are pricey are on the curbs! But if it's been raining they are much too heavy, unless they've been on a porch or protected.
Straw is a great addition to a garden.
(It helps to have a truck also!)
The ones that are wet and heavy can easily be divided into half or thirds to grab. Keep a knife handy to cut the bailing twine, unless it's wire.
I used to use straw. The reason I don't it anymore is the massive herbicide and pesticide load on any conventional straw. I was applying it to my trees as a mulch and it killed hundreds of trees. Now I just use good unsprayed hay or wood chips.
@@dirtpatcheaven Good point but why would herbicides and pesticides be used on straw? Aren't most systemic anyway? I honestly had never thought of that but straw being the end result of wheat, etc. would have no further use other than bedding, and applied to the food crop of wheat, wouldn't caution be used in applying any kind of weed/pest control?
@@campfireaddict6417 glyphosate is used as a dessicant in wheat & other crops...it’s been marketed and approved in all manner of farming enterprise especially on a commercial scale...you may be shocked by what you learn and what more you learn about some newer chemicals- like dicamba...
I enjoy your channel Your info is straight forward and not flashly Can I ask what breeds are the rabbits [rex and new zealand?] what %of each are the breeders ? Thank you so much.
I really do enjoy watching your videos and learning from your experiments. I live south of you right on the Id/Ut border.
Have you ever considered doing rabbit colonies rather than the cages? I am aware you would lose some of the fertilizer benefits. I have seen some colony build videos that had “cages” in the colony cage that captured the rabbit droppings in trays under the feeding area. I’d love to see if you could experiment with a rabbit colony.
One thing I throughly enjoy your videos and I am a new subscriber and I love what you are doing because you have the land and the animals. I do have one point that I must wholeheartedly disagree with you on and that growing food indoors in hydroponic systems. I only have the ability to grow my food indoors and as such I’ve been successful growing sweet red and orange peppers and all kinds of lettuces, I’ve grown broccoli and cucumbers, plus all the various herbs and I’m also growing tatsoi. I’m working on trying to grow tomatoes so I can’t speak to how they taste but I can most definitely tell you that compared to what you can purchase in the grocery store there absolutely is no comparison in taste and flavour. My hydroponic sweet peppers are like candy they are the sweetest vine ripened peppers that I’ve ever had. Same with the lettuce I had no clue that there were sooo many different varieties of lettuce and how they all have different tastes. My first experiment was cucumbers and after I took the first crunchy bite I knew I would forever be growing my own cucumbers indoors. I’ve never looked back I have two sweet pepper plants that give peppers all year long, I had no idea that pepper plants continue to grow year after year and as long as you do a lot of pruning and cutting the roots and tickling the peppers to ensure they get pollinated. This is the best type of gardening for me after five back surgeries I highly recommend anyone that is stuck indoors to definitely consider hydroponic gardening because you can grow amazing tasting vegetables. So I don’t know if you have ever grown hydroponic peppers or cucumbers or lettuce but if not I highly recommend you give them a try because a homegrown hydroponic setup is completely different then commercial growing just as homegrown outdoor gardening produce much different then commercial growers. I wish I could hand you one of my sweet red peppers because I think you would totally rescind your comment about hydroponics and how they taste. Anyway just my opinion and that’s what’s terrific we have these platforms so we can give differing opinions and as I mentioned I’ll continue watching because I think you have a ton of valuable information not necessarily that I can use but I love watching all the animals. I’m wondering if you are concerned about all the commercial glues that are used in the cardboard construction?
Please consider giving your bunnies small squares of wood to lay on so they can get off the metal wire for some relief. Especially if they are never put on grass. 🥰🙏🏻🇨🇦
I agree with you wholeheartedly. You see even though I think the flavor isn't as nice I STILL experiment and grow in these raised beds that don't have soil in them. I want to grow as much as I can and perfection is not the end goal...food is. I would LOVE to see pictures of what you are doing. Will have to go look and see your videos as I am always looking for new ideas to implement! Thank you for the lovely comment.
Hey! My name is Kaiya too!
I will let my daughter now!
Wonderful to see the vedio. The farms looking good. Do you still have the sheep? Hugs
We do have sheep. They are grazing the front yard as we speak! How are you?!
Hi Friend! Really awesome!👍27
Thank you!
I feel so sorry for the rabbits, standing on wire all the and small cages.😔
We are trying to build a system that allows them free movement and still safety from predators. Hoping to have it finished this year but it is slow work I am afraid.
@@dirtpatcheaven even just giving them a small square inside their cage so they can get some relief from standing on the wire.
This channel is awesome!
You are so kind.
I believe the weed was a pigweed amaranth in the hotbed. Love what you do.
It did look like something from the amaranth family didn't it?!
Really like the pallet raised beds! What a great idea! I made a chicken tractor with pallets and skirting from a tornado-wrecked mobile home that used to be here. Glad I saved my feed sacks, just had an idea they’d be useful someday. No sawdust or wood chips readily available but I do make compost.
How do you keep goats in?
Was also considering rabbits but don’t know if I’ll have time. (Or the money to start now)
At the end, at first I thought those beets were lobsters. 😳 🙈
I keep rabbits in with cow panels. They are rigid, 16 foot panels I buy at the feed store. Pricey but they do a great job.
@@dirtpatcheaven Must be some strong rabbits! (I know you meant goats) I wouldn’t be able to afford that many cattle panels. Right now I’m saving to buy some for a greenhouse. They’re about $35 apiece these days. Crazy but I need a greenhouse for wintering the chickens and deep bedding for compost in spring.
I forgot to ask what an approximate entry cost is for rabbits. Just a breeding pair to begin, cage, accessories and feed and anything else needed?
@@dirtpatcheaven 2 weeks ago I was asking about rabbits. Was undecided and vacillating on whether or not I should have them. Well, now I have 6 of them and I’m frantically trying to build frames to support the cages. Just one young buck, so the 5 does should be ok for a week or two. The buck is full New Zealand and one of does is pure Rex. The other 4 are mixed NZ/Rex. It started raining just as I got home, so there wasn’t enough time to build the stands in the old horse shed. I have them in my house. Hoping they don’t spray everywhere. I have a catch tray under the cage. Sure is getting stinky in here. Tomorrow they’re definitely going to the horse shed. After seeing their benefits in your videos, and since the lady selling them wanted to reduce her feed bill and cage space, I agreed and bought all 6 for $20. The cage cost more. I’m using a large tuna fish can as a water dish. Seems to work fine.
Could toxic materials affect the produce?
Landscape fabric may also be toxic? Great ideas...I have rescue rabbits...this may help pay for their feed.
EBayers even sell rabbit pellets for fertilizer. Ht pallets are good..only heat treated.
I prefer to use old roofing tin as the inside liner but if I can't get it I use what I have. Good luck!
Cages are a bit small for the rabbits….. do they have a ‘run ‘ where they can get -to-er excercise?. Pd thanks for your hotbed instructions
I would like to build a hotbed that the rabbits can be in all the time, I haven't figured it out yet so that the cats can't get in and hurt them.
Is there a specific reason you don't have straw in the rabbits cage as bedding? That can be composted as well and it will cushion the bunnies paws from the wire cage
Straw is heavily sprayed with chemicals in our area. It would make our rabbits very sick.
Love your gardens. Do you hear from Kathryn at all. I do miss her videos. Just wondering how she is doing.
She is in New Mexico. Not sure what she is up to right now. She is a super tough lady so I am sure she is doing fine.
@@dirtpatcheaven thank you yes I know she’s in New Mexico. Hopefully she’ll do another video soon. Thanks for letting me know. I enjoy your videos too.
I even emailed my governor and told him if he didn't get rid of section230 I'll sue him for it.
Sorry, what are we talking about?
You have female goose they nice big eggs it don't take as much to cook your family york is bigger not great you add a lot salt when boiling better add cake or fried it good
Did you say the turkeys eat earwigs ?
Yes, they LOVE earwigs. We will pick them off of row covers or other shady spots and feed the turkeys by hand when they are babies. Then they just hunt them everywhere in the garden. That is why the turkeys peck at my ring, they think I am holding an earwig while I am weeding and harvesting. Their favorite food is grasshoppers though.
What do you do with the sunflowers ? For people or animals?
Both.
Where do you get your metal water bowls?
bunnyrabbit.com
What’s the name of that song at 6:17? For some strange reason I like it. I’ve heard it in some of your other videos too.
I am not sure. I will see if I can find out.
Caballero by OfShane
Do you put cedar branches in?
I have, yes.
@@dirtpatcheaven we are cutting out a lot of cedar trees so we could fill multiple ones with it. Is there a limit you recommend? We don't want to add to much. Thanks
Your frien Julie, what is her youtube channel name?
I am Juli. Which friend do you need the channel name for?
Why do Americans call ‘soil’ - dirt I’ve never understood that
I don't know. Haven't thought about it before.
Now that is a statement of abundance when you can say you are growing so much that it doesn't matter if the beans come in or not. I also like the less work philosophy of weeding the gardens till the plants take over. I am building a rabbit hutch from pallets so I love what you did to make the raised beds. Thanks for sharing.
I would love to see the rabbit hutch when it is finished!
What’s the name of that song at 6:17? For some strange reason I like it. I’ve heard it in some of your other videos too.
Caballero by OfShane
@@dirtpatcheaven Thank you!