- soil testing - seed native to the area - crops native to the area - surround the garden with fence you aren’t a soup kitchen for wildlife - whatever space you think you need between rows triple it - use sheep manure as fertilizer - next year plant where the pigs were
To be honest, you have one of the most enjoyable channels around and it's a lot of fun to watch as you guys transform the land so to speak. Great work so far and congragulations.
WOW from what it started out looking like to what you ended up with. You did get a good amount of squash. The long green striped one is a cushaw squash. Have a blessed day 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️👩🏻🌾
This turned out to be an amazing yield. Y'all should be proud of what you're able to get done here for this first year on this spot. Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed day.
My grandfather was a tobacco farmer in Western NC..he always said that tobacco crop was hard on the soil so I think you guys did great for what you had to work with..I know it’s only gonna get better! Awesome job guys❤🙏🏻
Great harvest for abandoned and compacted land! Plant nasturtiums and marigolds, and some other things throughout the pumpkin plants. They will leave the pumpkins alone.
Clay will always be hard . . . we had clay but we also had horses, cows and sheep so we had tons of spring manure to put on the garden area. These days it's easy to add crushed stone and sand to clay, lets the rain in where it evaporates slower. Love the background classical music, great video. Cheers.
Uou'll love the Cushaws. They make excellent pies, custards and puddings, even casseroles. I like them better than pumpkins for pies. I'm so glad they did well for you. Happy Fall.
Great first year garden patch, you should get rid of the leaves from the pumpkin pmkins they are full of bugs, let the pigs eat them then let chicken in there to eat all the squash bugs:)
Great first year harvest. I would defiantly put the chickens on their, reduce the bug count, scratch up the soil, and poop on it. You can remake your rows next year. 🎃🥧
That was really smart how you have your pigs moving toward the barn, Are going to be butchering any this fall ? Also great job on that soil. A couple of more years and I bet it'll be great. Stay happy healthy and safe and thanks for the upload
Fantastic! I've been hoping you would do a restrospective view of the before and after. Your green fields are looking lush and lovely :) Just a suggestion about the squash bugs. You have a TERRIBLE infestation so I would burn the leftover vines and leaves, right there in the garden just make a pile and burn them. Use your premier fencing and let the pigs and chickens in for the winter to get more of the bugs and larva that are left in the soil - you'll find that you almost always have to redo your hills every year anyway as they collapse into the paths over time and you'll want to add compost. Don't be complacent about this or they will come back even worse next year! Also check out Doug & Stacy's channel and use her recipe for bug repellant made of onions, garlic and vinegar and water and spray regularly when the plants are young - Good luck :)
the nice thing is that as you add a lot of organic material every year, the soil gets easier and easier to work and pest pressure drops a lot--for some reason bugs are attracted more to unhealthy plants
I figured out many years ago that if you have insects in your garden and you put chickens and or turkeys in there they won't mess with your garden as long as there's insects now once them insects are done they will start going after your garden vegetables and fruits
You could save seeds from the Cushaw squash. It is in the Cucurbita Mixta family and wouldn’t have crossed with any of your other squash. Your other squash all looked like Cucurbita Moschata and Cucurbita Maxima.
Excellent. You have worked your land very well You are both HONEST HARD WORKERS. GOD BLESSED YOU, I am FIRST. L.O.L. Enjoy the music. LOVE and PRAYING with you in JESUS'S NAME AMEN FROM SE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKE'S STATE 🌿🐠🐟✝️🀄🛐🛐🛐☕☕👍👏🌟💞🍒💰👍🛐✝️
That's an awesome Harvest. I can't believe it grew that well. I agree with Jason to leave all of that mess there as mulch to cover it with the tarp again for the winter 💚🌞
I’m a new subscriber but I’ve been following you since the beginning. My wife and I recently moved to west Tennessee to be able to afford to grow a good portion of our food. We came from Oregon and I had never heard of a squash bug before. They attacked my butternut squash and killed my only two vines. I had a yellow summer squash starting to perk up and I looked and saw the bugs. I used diatomaceous earth dust and sprinkled both the plant and a one inch wide layer around the stem of course very small plant but it killed the squash bugs after about three days
It's such a visceral experience watching the pigs scarf these home-grown veggies you give them. Might not be such a bad idea as you develop the garden areas by focusing on one or two varieties of squash as you mentioned. And looking into natural insect control including partner vegetation. Ask around. I agree; for the first harvest of prior hard-pack ground, it's a success.
Wow Great Video Guys- you have turned a bad pasture into a productive pasture- well done. I enjoy your videos so much & you both have come so far. Cheers Denise- Australia
Save that tobacco knife or whatever it's called... make a homestead art piece with cool found things plus the knife. You know that decorative mosaic-like woodworking for the background? 👍🏼
You could try Hokkaido Pumpkins they are great for eating and the plants have great yield. My grandpas chickens also don’t mess up his pumpkin garden but if you are concerned about the hills maybe try running ducks they work great too
- soil testing
- seed native to the area
- crops native to the area
- surround the garden with fence you aren’t a soup kitchen for wildlife
- whatever space you think you need between rows triple it
- use sheep manure as fertilizer
- next year plant where the pigs were
Lorraine just a thought I saw a Gardner treat herself to a little hand held vacuum- as soon as she saw squash bugs she vacuumed them up😊❤
What a great idea. Much better than having to pick them all off by hand or use poison.
That’s a great idea! 🙏🏻
Looks good! Love watching the progress. If you put the chickens on that squash patch they'll eat all the bugs and the grubs. God Bless!
To be honest, you have one of the most enjoyable channels around and it's a lot of fun to watch as you guys transform the land so to speak. Great work so far and congragulations.
What an awesome harvest! I loved the entire process and your datings of when you started to 'turn' this space into food production.
Turned out to be an abundant garden. Definitely worth the work to create the garden space. Awesome job‼️ 🥰😊
WOW from what it started out looking like to what you ended up with. You did get a good amount of squash. The long green striped one is a cushaw squash. Have a blessed day 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️👩🏻🌾
This turned out to be an amazing yield. Y'all should be proud of what you're able to get done here for this first year on this spot. Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed day.
My grandfather was a tobacco farmer in Western NC..he always said that tobacco crop was hard on the soil so I think you guys did great for what you had to work with..I know it’s only gonna get better! Awesome job guys❤🙏🏻
What a beautiful harvest! Looks like Cushaw is the way to go on that particular garden spot.
Great harvest for abandoned and compacted land! Plant nasturtiums and marigolds, and some other things throughout the pumpkin plants. They will leave the pumpkins alone.
Clay will always be hard . . . we had clay but we also had horses, cows and sheep so we had tons of spring manure to put on the garden area. These days it's easy to add crushed stone and sand to clay, lets the rain in where it evaporates slower. Love the background classical music, great video. Cheers.
You guys have done a great job. The pigs will love the squash.
It obviously is very rewarding to you to see the improvement in the land. We too, enjoy seeing the difference. Good job!!
The sunflower seeds, you could roast them to sell or grind them to make flour.
❤ what y’all are doing! Great harvest, and pig food. 🎉
Uou'll love the Cushaws. They make excellent pies, custards and puddings, even casseroles. I like them better than pumpkins for pies. I'm so glad they did well for you. Happy Fall.
Awesome harvest Jason and Lorraine
Great first year garden patch, you should get rid of the leaves from the pumpkin pmkins they are full of bugs, let the pigs eat them then let chicken in there to eat all the squash bugs:)
Peach bacon sounds amazing with a drizzle of honey. Oh man my mouth is watering!!💯
That squash-variaty harvest makes all that hardwork pay off! Next year’s harvest should even be better! Great job you guys! Keep up the good work! :)
Great harvest!👍🏻
Great first year harvest. I would defiantly put the chickens on their, reduce the bug count, scratch up the soil, and poop on it. You can remake your rows next year. 🎃🥧
You don't have to leave the chickens on long enough to destroy the beds but they will get a ton of the pests left behind.
That was really smart how you have your pigs moving toward the barn, Are going to be butchering any this fall ? Also great job on that soil. A couple of more years and I bet it'll be great. Stay happy healthy and safe and thanks for the upload
Plant a cover crop for the winter. Crimson clover helps to break up the soil.
Definitely try companion gardening,I’m really loving the vertical hydroponic system’s huge yeild🤗🌲🦋🇨🇦
Great harvest! You should try cover cropping that area.
Plant the three "sisters" together pumpkins, beans, and corn.
Fantastic! I've been hoping you would do a restrospective view of the before and after. Your green fields are looking lush and lovely :) Just a suggestion about the squash bugs. You have a TERRIBLE infestation so I would burn the leftover vines and leaves, right there in the garden just make a pile and burn them. Use your premier fencing and let the pigs and chickens in for the winter to get more of the bugs and larva that are left in the soil - you'll find that you almost always have to redo your hills every year anyway as they collapse into the paths over time and you'll want to add compost. Don't be complacent about this or they will come back even worse next year! Also check out Doug & Stacy's channel and use her recipe for bug repellant made of onions, garlic and vinegar and water and spray regularly when the plants are young - Good luck :)
Curshaw squash. One of my favorites
Recently joined your channel - loving it! Cushaw squash make the BEST pies!!!
the nice thing is that as you add a lot of organic material every year, the soil gets easier and easier to work and pest pressure drops a lot--for some reason bugs are attracted more to unhealthy plants
I’d say you did pretty good!
Great harvest!!!
I lost all of my squashes and melons to the borer. 😢😢😢
Put in drip irrigation and cover the rows with white plastic to control unwanted plants(weeds)
I figured out many years ago that if you have insects in your garden and you put chickens and or turkeys in there they won't mess with your garden as long as there's insects now once them insects are done they will start going after your garden vegetables and fruits
Great choice of music at the start of your vid. I'd say you guys were darned successful re your squash. Bravo and enjoy!
Awesome video😊❤
Those stripped cushaw squash will make a better pie that the pumpkins, give it a try!
Could you turn the chickens loose on some of the garden areas while the bugs are still all over the place?
You really need to make a electric company sub-contractor arborist friend. Woodchips would be great in that entire patch.
I tried. They don’t need a new friend 😢
Very good!
You could save seeds from the Cushaw squash. It is in the Cucurbita Mixta family and wouldn’t have crossed with any of your other squash. Your other squash all looked like Cucurbita Moschata and Cucurbita Maxima.
I wish we could watch chickens destroy those squash beetles! That would be fun!
Yes it’s work but it will workout 😊
The bugs are the minerals we need to thrive. Which is why grass fed meat is important. They eat the buggy/mineral grass that we cannot digest.
Green stripe squash is a Cushaw
Peach bacon 😀❤❤❤ that!
After everything is harvested...I'd till it all under for mulch/compost...
I’m curious what the progress has been on your attempt at starting bees on the homestead. How’s that been going?
Cershaw is a type of pumpkin or at least that is what my Grammy said.
You ought to chop down those jimson weed plants in your garden. Jimson weed is in the datura family, super poisonous.
well done maybe next time put some D E to kill some of the bugs hugsss
Grow all you can, someone will eat it !
In my opinion you had too much, too close unmanaged. A bit more spacing and manage vines to send energy to fruit and less to leaves and vines
The kunie babies do not appear to grow very quickly. Wonder why 🤔
Excellent. You have worked your land very well You are both HONEST HARD WORKERS. GOD BLESSED YOU, I am FIRST. L.O.L.
Enjoy the music. LOVE and PRAYING with you in JESUS'S NAME AMEN FROM SE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKE'S STATE 🌿🐠🐟✝️🀄🛐🛐🛐☕☕👍👏🌟💞🍒💰👍🛐✝️
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I would let the pigs have at it sgain snd bring in more black dirt . And till it again .
But looks good so far .
The bug infestation seems really bad this year😮
so sad to see them ruin so much good food, that you have worked so hard for😢
Fence in. Larger.area.
Cushaw squash
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Cushaw?
Put the chicken in there, let them have at the bugs!!
Should of mixed compost with enriched top soil into what was there then make the hills. Compost is key
I would suggest praying mantis?
Why Don't you put your chickens in the squash patch first to eat the bugs? Then let you pigs in?
Considering what you started with, you've come a long way. ⚡🌾🍉
That's an awesome Harvest. I can't believe it grew that well. I agree with Jason to leave all of that mess there as mulch to cover it with the tarp again for the winter 💚🌞
Hi, Jason and Lorraine! Your dedication and tenacity in building your homestead are inspiring and commendable. Congratulations on your progress.
I absolutely LOVE the Kune’s ❤ They are the cutest babies ever 🐷🐽
I’m a new subscriber but I’ve been following you since the beginning. My wife and I recently moved to west Tennessee to be able to afford to grow a good portion of our food. We came from Oregon and I had never heard of a squash bug before. They attacked my butternut squash and killed my only two vines. I had a yellow summer squash starting to perk up and I looked and saw the bugs. I used diatomaceous earth dust and sprinkled both the plant and a one inch wide layer around the stem of course very small plant but it killed the squash bugs after about three days
The green striped squash is Cushaw. It's in the pumpkin family and makes a great pumpkin pie
It's such a visceral experience watching the pigs scarf these home-grown veggies you give them.
Might not be such a bad idea as you develop the garden areas by focusing on one or two varieties of squash as you mentioned. And looking into natural insect control including partner vegetation. Ask around.
I agree; for the first harvest of prior hard-pack ground, it's a success.
Bringing the chickens to the pumpkin patch next year to eat the bugs!!!🎉
Would sowing marigolds between the rows/plants repel the squash bugs?
Wow great harvest guys 😋
Cool tobacco harvester Jason. Nice haul. Too bad the squash bugs did so well on your squash garden. Thanks for this video Jason and Lorraine!
That is a cushaw, and they are ten times better than pumpkin!!
Looks like you got a lot of zumpkins. I would definitely separate the plants.
HooRay! Good Harvest Day!
First 😂 love all your videos ❤
Impressive harvest, congratulations.
Love it!! patience paying off!
Good job, y'all ! That effort paid off.
Harvest looks amazing!
💚 Hreat pics from last year and how things have changed and improved over the year. That's a beautiful harvest and the Kunis are loving it too! 💚
Wow Great Video Guys- you have turned a bad pasture into a productive pasture- well done. I enjoy your videos so much & you both have come so far. Cheers Denise- Australia
Amazing transformation
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
Good on you .... all the best from Arkansas!!!!
Always enjoy your vlogs.
Save that tobacco knife or whatever it's called... make a homestead art piece with cool found things plus the knife. You know that decorative mosaic-like woodworking for the background? 👍🏼
Great 👌 harvest you have there well done 🎉 love Pete cape town south Africa looking forward to seeing you soon 😮
You could try Hokkaido Pumpkins they are great for eating and the plants have great yield. My grandpas chickens also don’t mess up his pumpkin garden but if you are concerned about the hills maybe try running ducks they work great too
will you be planting some winter veggies in that field?
I say success indeed animal feed, human food.👍🏽
Really quick turnaround!❤