BOUNTIFUL Fall Garden Harvest: Over 600 POUNDS of Food in the Cellar!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ย. 2023
- SO MUCH FOOD! Potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, onions, butternut squash, and raspberries... The garden is winding down for the year, and it's time to get all the food into the cold cellar, the freezers, and on the shelves. We feel very blessed, and we're happy to share the bounty!
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Becky from Acre Homestead loves this apron.
Ooh 💯 percent I may have hated kneeling at the tub and peeling beans and trimming string beans growing up BUT it was worth I know that now. I just can’t stomach canned veggies anymore minus refried beans for Mexican dishes🤤
You not only show people about gardening, canning, etc but, you also show how a loving couple work together to accomplish a common goal. Love your channel.
INDEED they do - Cody taking vacation days to help harvest is very heart-warming to me!
Ever thought of doing a farm stand?
I love the way Codi and Michelle are with each other. She has a girlish almost coyness about her and the cutest of laughs he lovingly teases her. They work together as a team and take each others needs into account and give and take as the need arises. They have a beautiful childlike way about them yet are more mature than many people twice their age. Love watching their videos and as someone who is may be twice their age or pretty well near it I’m learning from them. Your never to old to learn just as you are never to young to teach. Such a refreshing couple. ❤
Ditto❤❤❤
That make's a big difference!
No homesteader police!!! My new favorite motto
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If you ever find yourself overwhelmed with excess harvest and little time or energy, maybe invite your friends over to harvest with you. That way you're still sharing your bounty (while having fun with friends) & don't have the stress of doing all the "heavy lifting" on your own 🥰
It’s so strange that no matter how many homesteading videos I watch the man’s needs for a truck is always more important than other needs of the homestead. 😊
😂😂 I hear ya! But I've driven a minivan for almost a decade of homesteading, and I think it's time for an upgrade 😉
Oh man I couldn't imagine going a year without a truck much less 10! I just recently sold my truck for an SUV with more seating and although my husband still has a truck I have hated having to sell mine.
If you have a Costco nearby you can go to the back of the building and they usually have a ton of shelves that they throw away. I have so many now and they all are even the type on wheels. All free. They appreciate people taking them so they don't have to dispose of them. Also pallets galore.
Ooooh I gotta check that out. Thanks!
I just LOVE you guys so much! Just such a precious family. Also thank you Michele for being honest and so encouraging with your vulnerability. you’re the best
Thank you 😊 We really hope by being real we can be an inspiration.
.....you're kids are all lucky to have a parents like you two,you're not just let them eat the very fresh veggie and meat and etc,but you also teaching them to be responsible at the young age,kudos to both of you mom and dad!
Love you guys. Soon you will be able to quit your day job. Hint: Plant comfrey under your apple trees!!!! It is a pest deterent and also pulls the nutrients up for your apple tree's. Along with that take a water bottle: Fill it with water. Put a drop of Dawn dish soap, some borax and some honey. Put the cover on the bottle. Lay the bottle down at the base of the tree somewhere. Then drill a hole or two in the side facing up (for ants and critters to go in) This is a trap for anything that even thinks of crawling up your apple tree. This worked wonders for me. No sprays.
Nice! Thanks for the tips.. gonna save these for next year!
@@morethanfarmers Glad you got this. The comfrey is a deterent and the water bottle is a trap.
I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos... love your channel!
My family's long-time favorite way to store root vegetables is to dry them well of course and layer them into wooden plywood bins with really dry sand...I have been doing it for a good 60 years myself. Everything stays garden-fresh for over a year...esp. carrots and potatoes. I store seed potatoes, sweet potatoes, in separate bin's so I can pull them out of the sand a month or so ahead of planting them so their root's can activate.
Great tip!
I have no idea how I am going to get here but I know I am. Thank you for the education and glimpse of what my life will be.
You got it!! Chase the dream 😊
I really want to be one of your "friends" those who get a lot of leftover veggies n fruits 😍😁
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Thank you for being realistic and honest about your challenges trying to keep up with your garden and with your life. I don't have a homestead, but have a pretty decent sized garden that keeps me very busy. The amount of tomatoes and other veggies have been a very real challenge for me to keep up with. I loved it when Michelle said enough to her tomatoes and will be sharing with friends. That was such an aha moment for me. Real!!!! I truly love homesteading channels and find them very inspiring, but I often wonder how in the world can two people do so much between their garden, farm, and the animals amongst everything else. I get it when they have a very large family, many hands make light work, but many channels don't show all of the work their families contribute. It wasn't until one channel I watch accidentally exposed they had an intern, who was not only helping with their farm, but also was doing a lot of their planning. I wish more homesteading channels would be truly honest about the true reality of maintaining their farms; small or large. I think you two are amazing! I wish you nothing but the best of success as you grow your farm, life, and channel!
Thank you so much! We will always be as up front as we can be. We can't share every little detail of our life, but we will show the reality of homesteading. Guaranteed 😊 So glad you enjoy our channel, and I'm glad you're a part of the community!
As a person who has owned several lawnmowers and suffered in the summer heat for many years, I cannot recommend geese highly enough. They fertilize while keeping the lawn mowed and are very good at deterring predators from the chickens
Let’s be honest, frozen green beans taste so much better than the squishy canned ones. If you have the freezer space, then FREEZE EM ALL! 🥶😆
I actually like canned green beans better the frozen ones taste like rubber😂😂 now I do like frozen corn better than can...it's different for everyone😊
I'm gonna have to agree here! Michelle likes em frozen, I like the canned ones 😁
I like them fresh 😅
@camicri4263 Me too! Much better fresh than canned … and definitely much better fresh than frozen … don’t particularly like frozen beans … the flavour isn’t great.
Yep, can the green beans and freeze the corn!
God have blessed you well its so beautiful to see all that you have harvest and also share ❤❤
Just subscribed! I've watched other homestead channels but I think yours is one of my favorites!
Thank you! Glad you're a part of the community 😊
I’m just curious where you’re farming from.
I’ve spent the whole evening watching your guises homesteading videos. I’m so impressed. 😊
That's great! We're in central Ohio. Zone 6.
My goodness, your bounty is amazing! So much work for you all. Generous with your friends and family too. I had sooooo many jalapeños I made 20 pints of cowboy candy, froze 5 lbs whole, gave a tonne away, and made hot sauce! Didn't have the fortitude to make jalapeños poppers lol ❤
So glad you don't spray your apples!
That's awesome! There are some natural sprays that we use, but we didn't even get those done this year 😬 Hopefully next year!
I have to say this is one of my favorite videos. I really enjoy y’all being real all the time. Michelle, you made me laugh a lot especially with the apron part. I couldn’t stop. I didn’t think y’all had mosquitos up North until I saw the technical difficulties. Our season of mosquitos lasts for about 8 months. It’s also awesome to see you give Cody the credit for helping you get through harvest season. What an awesome team. Family fun time is also important. All I could think of when seeing all your hard work was wow what an abundance. Thanks for giving hope and tips to a beginner gardener. Have a beautiful and blessed evening.
Thank you for all the kind words! So glad you enjoyed the video 😊 We definitely have our fair share of mosquitoes up here 😂 Blessings on your gardening journey!
mosquitos are anywhere in the US with enough water lol. whether they are helicopters or airplanes, they do not come in peace
There are several homesteading channels that I enjoy but I always seem to click on yours first....I'm drawn to your realness, your approach to preventing burnout, your advice, and your connection to each other. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your ideas and knowledge. I have written so many notes while watching your videos and have gained so many new tricks and ideas. Keep up the awesome work. Thank you!!!!!
Thank you so much! That's so good to hear.
We used to keep carrots and other root vegetables in sand over winter. We had the large galvanized wash tubs. Fill the bottom with 1-2 inches of good sand. Nothing that came from your yard that may have weed seeds. Then the fun comes. Start placing in the root vegetables, top cut short but not to the crown of the plant. They can't touch the tub or each other, so you get to play the Puzzle Game. When you have a layer cover them with sand and have about 1/2 inch between each layer until you reach the top. We then covered the tubs with 1 layer of old t-shirts that have been cut up or an old sheet. This kept out any vermin and still allowed the sand/veggies to breathe. We had good luck with carrots, parsnips, turnips, but would have some issues with beets. It may have been the type we had, but we found they would rot or leak out the redness from the beet and you ended up with a semi pinkish beet, so we always canned them. The thicker skinned veggies would sit in the sand, and draw moisture and grow thin rootlets. They would also sweeten as the carbs in them slowly changed to sugars. They were always good come January when the wind and snow were blowing. We lived in S/W Iowa at the time and had an unheated basement in an old farmhouse.
What a clever system. Thanks for sharing!
Put this towards your truck buy. Every grown man needs a good truck.
Haha thanks! Sure do appreciate that 😊
THANK YOU!!! My wife is always looking over her shoulder for the homestead police!!! That comment was the best thing she could have heard. You need to put that on a shirt!
Glad to pass on the message 😁 So many need to hear it!
I love your channel! I appreciate what you're doing! 💜💫Watching this, I wanted to ask. Have you considered dehydrating your beans, peppers, and tomatoes? A dehydrator is a handy tool. But if you don't have one, put your items on a cookie sheet in a vehicle on a hot summer day. If it's in the middle of summer, one day should get them where you can store. No canning. No freezer. 😉
It is so nice to see you both working together and your efforts to balance life with our ideals. Dreams don't work unless you do! Good job guys. I enjoy watching. Great narrative and footage of the tasks. Keep posting.
You have a wonderful and beautiful harvest. Its truly a blessing. My husband and I went to a grocery store for the first time a while. Seeing the prices was very shocking. A small bundle of green onions $1...back in the old days it was 4 for $1. Im very shocked and saddened to see produce and meat prices so high. The "sale" price now is the old "regular" price just a few short years ago. 💔
Yeah, it's crazy!
Unfortunately I can remember back to the early 70s when there were lines at the gas pumps and they had the infamous beef shortages which spawned a small resurgence of cattle rustling.
Ground beef shot up to $.49/lb! This was also a time they started mixing TVP in things to make it stretch more so when you saw hamburger on sale for $.29/lb you learned very quickly they had mixed TVP with the meat. You could definitely taste the difference. This was before they had to have ingredient labels. Round steak went up to $.99 and so did a gallon of milk.
At that time you could still find boxes of Mac and cheese on sale 10 for a dollar and bread 4 for a dollar. Chicken was $.29/lb if you got it whole (cut up chicken was more for people who had money to throw away.
This was also during the time McDonalds had an ad campaign about buying a meal and getting change back from a dollar. For $.95 you could get a regular cheeseburger, fries (when there was only 1 size) and a soft drink. Of course you had to be in a city big enough to have a McDonalds but they could tempt you with their commercials.
One day, the exhorbitant prices of today will be the fond memories of your children.😀
Carrot tops contain significant amounts of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, calcium, and iron. They're also rich in dietary fiber, which is good for digestion and nutrient absorption, as well as carotenoids, which are good for your eyes.Jan
I just discovered your chanel and i already love it.
Your way of living is almost exactly how i want to live in a few years.
If you can do it, i can do it! 😊
Welcome here! I'm sure you can!
I have gardened and canned about 35 years. I am sooo impressed with you. The shear amount that you do is just amazing. Good job 👏 👏👏👏💕💕
Thank you 😊 I'm sure we could learn from you!
She's hard working woman God Bless 🙏 you
If Sweet potatoes are anything like Kumara (nz potatoes) they need a hard bed pan for them to hit their roots on before they make good size tubers. Set a specific bed for sweet potatoes and put down corrogate 1-2 feet’s then fill the bed with soil on top. The roots will hit the corrogate and then start growing by big tubers
I also store our carrots in the fridge in plastic bags. I actually found out on accident how well this works 😅
Woah! 9:35 😮
Yeah 😬 And that was the tip of the iceberg!
Just found you guys! I’m about an hour southwest of Chicago so it’s awesome seeing farmers with similar weather! Ps. “Yellow Beans” for me too!! Haha
Awesome! Glad you're here!
Secret for growing carrots. Thanks jim80
Some tips in this video: th-cam.com/video/Yzdabta1nAA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=KLuMpUELVfqUqsoL
Thanks for the information. I forgot to mention I live in Las Vegas, I go to the farm (14 acres) around may 1st to start the garden. See youall jim80
My grandma lived on a blue berry farm. They pick in a bucket tied around their waist😂
It works well
wow just saw your post on facebook so came here to subscribe so will start watching now woohoo, its nice to watch people in Australia do this I am in Adelaide, I watch a few f.in the UK.
We’re actually in Ohio USA, but i hope you enjoy the videos anyway 😊
I had two or three apple trees several years ago and I always had issues with bugs and flies, and never really looked that good, until i started to take a gallon milk jug, or similar plastic container. i put a flap in the top side and put a cup of sugar with vinegar and water mixture amounts i think was like a pint of each . i put one on each tree, and had to change the mixture out once during the complete season as i recall, and the flies died from the vinegar and the results was pretty apples and had a great crop . I liked not spraying with any toxic spray also.
Nice! Thanks for the tip!
Yay for the power of raw milk! love the harvest productions
I started using urine on my 45 year old fruit trees about 2 years ago. It was a miracle, they are so rejuvenated. their production has doubled at least! I thought beetle
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Wow! Look at this harvest! You guys rock!!! 🎉 It would be helpful to see what you do to your soil once everything is gone.😊
Thank you 😊 We'll have it up within the next couple weeks!
That would be awesome to see. My soil...well it sucks really bad. HeLp! 😅
When I picked raspberries as a child, we used empty ice cream buckets, and we attached them to our belts around the waist. 😊
Love it 😊
I love your channel, I am in Ohio also so it is nice to have a farm channel closer by. My sweet potatoes were about the size of a small cucumber but at least I got some, hopefully next year will be better, I am going to try them in tubs instead of the ground. You guys are doing a great job. My goal next year is less veggie garden and more emphasis on my raspberries, blueberries and strawberries. I am giving away my blackberries bushes because they are not our favorite although they have done great. Thank you for all the videos.
Sounds great! It’s so nice to have berries. Keep at it!
Thanks Codi for taking time off to help the garden get very overwhelming sometimes, beautiful harvest you guys😍💐
I always love watching people harvest their vegetables. Well done to you both 😊
How do you manage your time to can etc with children? Can you do a day in the life video with you and chores and managing family ❤ thank you
We did one recently. Here it is: th-cam.com/video/irNcKBzd-o8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ju70BhSdLguk6Oqp
@@morethanfarmers thank you so much!
I've never gotten a carrot bigger than my finger from my garden, so when you pulled that first one up, OMG! Awesome. I will buy the same seeds and mulch more and maybe ... oh! and the board trick!
Yay! sounds great. Another huge secret to big carrots is thinning them to at least 2 inches apart. This will give the carrot room to expand.
You and husband do a lot teach the kids how to harvest
I always love watching everyone harvest fruits or vegetables and I like this job too. You not only show people about gardening but only show how a loving couple work together. Well done to you both.
I love your channel,you guys are young but both hard working.Michelle is a very good wife.
She sure is 😉
I store my carrots in peat moss. I change it every year and put the old peat in my compost pile.
Thanks for your support
Wow, how good is God, a lot of vegetables, a lot of work too.God bless you guys, God bless your family.
Beautiful abundance!! Great work you guys! Thanks for sharing 💜
Absolutely stunning! Wow, I’m so impressed and inspired! My sister and I have about decided to team up so we can afford to homestead 😊 She’ll bring in the children and ponies and I’ll be doing the garden and orchard. Bonus is we’ll be able to lookafter our dad in his ‘golden’ years together! Excited!
That’s awesome! Good luck!
Beautiful harvest! How wonderful to have enough to share!
If that tractor was brand new, that was a painful purchase! Sometimes around me you can get a decent used one sub-$500. Love the channel.
It’s very used 😁 I looked it up and it’s around 15 years old 😉 But still painful enough!
Yup, lift the seat and there's a sticker with all sorts of info on it.@@morethanfarmers
We dry our cherry tomatoes in a dehydrator and then grind them into powder
You can then mix ~1 spoon of tomato powder with some water and you get toato paste
Works better than i tought and the dried tomatoes have a great umami flavour
This is a riot, because I pick my blackberries with a quart yogurt container hanging around my neck down my front by a shoelace tied on each side and then around my neck. Really silly-looking...but it works! Then I put the top on, and come back to collect my containers when I'm done picking! And I use tomato cages for my peppers too...
😂 Love it!!
Ilove the beans delivery 😅😅😅😅
Wow, it is amazing the abundance of vegetables that you got out of your garden. Glad that all of your hard work throughout the summer paid off.
It really did! We are blessed.
Good afternoon Codi Michelle and family. Love watching your channel and the philosophy you use on Homesteading
Those carrots were amazing!! I bought some Danvers seeds and I will plant them next year. Great job!
Mmmaaannnn, yall shared so many tips and methods i am so like wow. I appreciate the sharing. Thanks yall for bringing so much to the table( literally). 👍🏾👊🏾
You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed 👊
I really admire everything you both do. Thank you so much for sharing all your experiance and knowledge. My wife and I have started homesteading and cant wait to be self sufficient like you👍👍👍
You’re very welcome! Blessings on your journey.
❤ you know I love it.. may God bless the work of your handz. Pressed down, shaken together and running over!!!
What was I. The salad Michelle made in this video? There was something g in the bottom of the bowl. Then she said cherry tomatoes, cheese, balsamic. What was missing? I’d love to try that. It looked so good! 😊
Morning. Codi and Michelle, nice too see you and the family. Well done to take that vacation off to care for the needs of harvesting and family ❤. I will continue watching your channel after I come back from work. Thank you for the download. That was totally amazing. I couldnt wait to finish my video. Now i feel relax and i am going to think about what to do tomorrow. 😅
Awesome! Glad you enjoy!
What’s really good is home grown tomatoes with olive oil, fresh cut garlic, and salt. So good on their own.
So good, guys! Thank you ❤
I just want to tell you both...you are a delight to watch but also very encouraging. I have been wanting to start my channel but have hesitated because I am not tech savvy. I would really be grateful on any tips? Please? I did see your post where you spoke on your journey of life. Very interesting. I am very happy that you both found the Lord and I pray He continues to bless you and your family. God is good...ALL the time. in closing, thank you for the wealth of information and canning tips.
Thank you! I would highly recommend starting with listening to the Video Creators podcast, along with VidIQ and Think Media. Also start with Video Creator's course "30 Days to a Better TH-cam channel". Spend a little bit learning, then just go for it 😊 Blessings!
@morethanfarmers That is great advice. Thank you. I will do that. You are never to old to learn and I am grateful I can. Lol God bless you both and your family.
Watching your progression from Rodrigues island in the Indian Ocean. I am very happy to see how much the whole family is full of Joy. Wish you all the best... keep it up guys...❤❤❤
Welcome here! And thank you.
I just freeze my green /yellow (wax)beans too I don’t blanch them first and they’re sooo goood and fresh off the vine is the best snack. I ♥️them
I just finished canning 2 bushels of sliced apples and plan to get another one for apple sauce.
That’s awesome!
@@morethanfarmers it kicked my bottom. I am cheating on the apple sauce. I am using the sauce maker! No pealing or cutting them up! There is no shame is finding shortcuts when you work that hard
@@Mindy56743 That's right!!
"heaps to do"
"want to take the kids to the zoo".
I find it even it even harder when you plan on doing something as a family
It seems you need to get even more ahead to take five.
But we all need five too
Codi, nice editing on this video!! And wow, the work y'all have done. Love the message of the message and thank you again for sharing with us.
Thank you so much 😊 And, you're welcome!
Maybe you already know however, I found out last year that the carrot tops the greens are excellent source of nutrition
Apples that taste like bananas, that’s cool.
Love your content and the teamwork that’s put into the realism of a homestead // farming as a couple 🌱🙌💕 taking that time off for your significant other adds so much value to the soul, memories, and even the chores get done funner and faster ❤ blessings upon blessings to y’all 🌱💕🙌
Right on! ❤️
Beautiful harvest. I can appreciate knowing and respecting your limits. I wonder if you just called your friends to come a pick their own tomatoes or raspberries once you have had your fill. Sharing the work :) Thank you for sharing your journey. Love your channel. Its a January snowstorm here so I am preparing what I can to get ready early for the next growing season. (Grolights, ordering seeds etc)
with all those raspberries i make wine or mead with them
Yeah that’s been recommended and I think I’ll try it!
The way I would be eating carrots like apples😍 I’m obsessed with natural sweet carrots ion even gotta cut em up I just be chomping 😂
They're pretty awesome.
Ever thought of doing a farm stand
Our road isn't busy enough 😕
Really good advice in adapting to this lifestyle.
In regard to the sweet potatoes: They really like a solid with a lot of sand so that they can expand more easily. That will usually give you the shorter, fatter potatoes you are looking for. Make sure you get masonry sand if at all possible to keep weed seeds to a minimal
Thanks for the tip!
You can put carrots in the sand in cool place or root cellar. in a wooden fruit box or bucket. One layer sand, one layer carrots, one layer sand, one layer carrots, and so
It's worked
I wanna try it!
Also beetroot, celery, turnip- all roots. Good luck (Powodzenia🙂)
I just love you guys. ❤❤❤
hey guys, I'm always amazed at what you can do. I'm glad you still had time to go to the zoo with the children. I love going to the zoo with my grandchildren. Yesterday I made Michelle's salsa, it's enough for all the children and grandchildren for a year. Thanks for the great recipe. Michelle, I had to laugh so much when you gave birth to the beans... I'll have to see if I can get this tool in Germany too. First I'll try using your link. Have a good week, bless you
That's so cool that you made the salsa to share! I hope they enjoy it 😊 Roo aprons do ship international!
MashAllah beautiful and fresh vegetables 🍆🥗 my dear friend 🙏❤️ wonderful place 🥰🥰🥰 wonderful work 👏👏👏
Well done guys
Just heard today how tasty sweet potato leaves taste. Better than spinach. Might preserve them
Didn’t actually try them then 😬
Just a thought. I would not spray, because the poison in the spray (never) leaves the fruit, trust me. A bug hole is one eating from the inside, out. So, alittle more protein is OK, though, there are no bugs in the fruit, just the hole.
Thanks for the tip 😁
You guys work so hard, and your beautiful garden shows it. Love the tips for storing and keeping a variety of vegetables. 🤩
Thank you for sharing. I'm going to try preserving my carrots this way this year
How cold does a cold room need to be to keep the root veggies preserved all winter? That's my kind of preservation!
Ideally down in the upper 30s.. ours is not 😏 If you're interested in getting started I would HIGHLY suggest this book: amzn.to/3HMNy1R
Have you ever can your potatoes. I have double stacked my pint jars on my shelf. I put a cardboard on top. You can do too high with your product. I get an old longsock, and I put a sock on every one of my jars. This keeps the jar from getting cracked.
We don't can them since they're so easy to store in the cellar!
So cute!
I love how gentle you are with each other watching from South Africa