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.
- 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
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 💚🌞
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.
Next year, spread some diatamaceous earth on the plants' stems when they have about half a dozen leaves and then again when the vines are a couple of feet long. It will kill the squash bugs.
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.
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
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.
I dont get to watch to many you tube videos these days but i have caught a few of yours. You guys are doing a fabulous job with your farm and business. Jason i am glad to see you looking like you have been able to get past your health issues. You have accomplished so much. God's best to all of you.
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.
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
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. 🎃🥧
Wow that stuff grew fast you planted it in July and harvested in mid Sept. wow!!!! Just think what next years garden will be like if you add more good soil and composted material and mix it all up, it makes one wonder how much better, more, etc.. the garden will produce, good job everyone, start planning your next garden and keep up the great work and Jason, looks like you'll have to either put in a pond before it starts really raining to capture that water for the new year or figure something out so you'll have it on hand, you've done well constructing the new shed and the storage tank for it.
Love your idea of raising food for you pigs and chickens, I love the.Cushaw squash(the light green striped) ,butternut ,zucchini, yellow straight neck, and some of the other winter squash that are good winter keepers. I'd turn the chickens in to clean up the bugs and their eggs then ferment 5 gallon of whole corn and scatter it a over the garden and turn the pigs in on it. Jason you are great at building so check out hiller/furowers and build something that will attach to your boxlade to make your chilled up 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
Years ago my uncle brought us some Tahitian squashes. They were 4 1/2 feet long. We just hacked off a chunk and we would cook it and put aluminum foil or saran wrap over the end that we cut and we would get some later and they lasted forever.❤❤❤
Cushaw squash make delicious pies. Tastes much like pumpkin pie. My mom always grew them and made pies throughout the year. Use same recipe as you use for pumpkin pie!
Hey Sow abundance reap the same! Great experience for the next time. I’ve read studies about using Blue Hubbard squash as a trap crop to protect other squash from vine borers and squash bugs. Check that out? Love that you feed the animals as well as you feed yourselves! Keep up the good work 💖
Hi.... Jason and Loraine thanks you for showing your video homestead 🏡🐔🐓🐣🐤🐥🦃🐑🐖🐷🐝🎥👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍
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.
- 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
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!
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! 🙏🏻
💚 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! 💚
I absolutely LOVE the Kune’s ❤ They are the cutest babies ever 🐷🐽
What an awesome harvest! I loved the entire process and your datings of when you started to 'turn' this space into food production.
Hard work has paid off. Congratulations 🎉
Watching them little piggies eat them yummy scraps was the highlight of my day❤
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.
You guys have done a great job. The pigs will love the squash.
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 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️👩🏻🌾
Turned out to be an abundant garden. Definitely worth the work to create the garden space. Awesome job‼️ 🥰😊
The green striped squash is Cushaw. It's in the pumpkin family and makes a great pumpkin pie
I LOVE watching you two!! Thank you for taking us along on your life........
HooRay! Good Harvest Day!
Plant the three "sisters" together pumpkins, beans, and corn.
Considering what you started with, you've come a long way. ⚡🌾🍉
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.
Jason and Lorraine you are doing fantastic!
Next year, spread some diatamaceous earth on the plants' stems when they have about half a dozen leaves and then again when the vines are a couple of feet long. It will kill the squash bugs.
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.
That’s pretty good for planting for the first time! Each year will be better!
Good job, y'all ! That effort paid off.
Effort paid off. Good haul. 👍
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.
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
Awesome as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
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 obviously is very rewarding to you to see the improvement in the land. We too, enjoy seeing the difference. Good job!!
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.
Peach bacon sounds amazing with a drizzle of honey. Oh man my mouth is watering!!💯
The sunflower seeds, you could roast them to sell or grind them to make flour.
Wow great harvest guys 😋
Good job. 🕊️
There's so much I love about this video! You guys are continually progressing in a life filled with such worth and value all around. ❤
Good Haul , Did really well on that hard ground
I dont get to watch to many you tube videos these days but i have caught a few of yours. You guys are doing a fabulous job with your farm and business. Jason i am glad to see you looking like you have been able to get past your health issues. You have accomplished so much. God's best to all of you.
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
Good on you .... all the best from Arkansas!!!!
❤ what y’all are doing! Great harvest, and pig food. 🎉
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!
Great 👌 harvest you have there well done 🎉 love Pete cape town south Africa looking forward to seeing you soon 😮
I say success indeed animal feed, human food.👍🏽
Awesome video😊❤
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! :)
Classical music was a nice touch and really fitting!
It makes a giant difference if one has big equipment and many hands make light work.
Great harvest!👍🏻
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
Would sowing marigolds between the rows/plants repel the squash bugs?
You turned that old horse arena into great crop but also great content for a video.
Always enjoy your vlogs.
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:)
Love it!! patience paying off!
I’d say you did pretty good!
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. 🎃🥧
Harvest looks amazing!
I would definitely call that a success!!
Really quick turnaround!❤
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.
Wow that stuff grew fast you planted it in July and harvested in mid Sept. wow!!!! Just think what next years garden will be like if you add more good soil and composted material and mix it all up, it makes one wonder how much better, more, etc.. the garden will produce, good job everyone, start planning your next garden and keep up the great work and Jason, looks like you'll have to either put in a pond before it starts really raining to capture that water for the new year or figure something out so you'll have it on hand, you've done well constructing the new shed and the storage tank for it.
Bringing the chickens to the pumpkin patch next year to eat the bugs!!!🎉
Definitely try companion gardening,I’m really loving the vertical hydroponic system’s huge yeild🤗🌲🦋🇨🇦
Abundant garden harvest is best thing everyone want it..i do too..just like feeling blessed..thank you dear friend
Amazing transformation
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks 🙏 for posting ❤❤❤
Well done. Something from nothing and you’re improving the soil. You should be proud!
Impressive harvest, congratulations.
A shop vac does wonders on squash bugs.😂
Love your idea of raising food for you pigs and chickens, I love the.Cushaw squash(the light green striped) ,butternut ,zucchini, yellow straight neck, and some of the other winter squash that are good winter keepers. I'd turn the chickens in to clean up the bugs and their eggs then ferment 5 gallon of whole corn and scatter it a over the garden and turn the pigs in on it. Jason you are great at building so check out hiller/furowers and build something that will attach to your boxlade to make your chilled up rows next year.
Great job!
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
Great harvest! You should try cover cropping that area.
Hi guys, great garden!
Thanks for visiting
Very encouraging content- thanks more please 😊.
🙏👍🌻
Plant a cover crop for the winter. Crimson clover helps to break up the soil.
Years ago my uncle brought us some Tahitian squashes. They were 4 1/2 feet long. We just hacked off a chunk and we would cook it and put aluminum foil or saran wrap over the end that we cut and we would get some later and they lasted forever.❤❤❤
Cushaw! Makes great empanadas.
Recently joined your channel - loving it! Cushaw squash make the BEST pies!!!
Cushaw squash make delicious pies. Tastes much like pumpkin pie. My mom always grew them and made pies throughout the year. Use same recipe as you use for pumpkin pie!
Your cushaw look ok. Next year will be better 🎉
Wow, that was a lot. God bless.
Yes it was
will you be planting some winter veggies in that field?
Hey Sow abundance reap the same! Great experience for the next time. I’ve read studies about using Blue Hubbard squash as a trap crop to protect other squash from vine borers and squash bugs. Check that out? Love that you feed the animals as well as you feed yourselves! Keep up the good work 💖
You can mix cushaw butternut any winter squash and use for pumpkin pie mix
Amazing bro… pampuna,calabaza,auyama, and pumpkins the same names but amazing. Nice bro!!! Keep pushing.
Looks like you got a lot of zumpkins. I would definitely separate the plants.
Great choice of music at the start of your vid. I'd say you guys were darned successful re your squash. Bravo and enjoy!
Curshaw squash. One of my favorites
You have enough open land now to create multiple patches for separate varieties. Keep room between varieties so they don’t cross pollinate.
Good job!!
Put in drip irrigation and cover the rows with white plastic to control unwanted plants(weeds)
Where we live Deer eat everything,definitely need a greenhouse 🤗🇨🇦🌻
¡Bravo! Encouraging for next year.