Question! Do you have an opinion of using a living mulch of alfalfa with my potatoes next season? A few years ago discovered jumping worms in my heavily leaf mulched beds. Last year tried straw as a heavy mulch for my potatoes, JW's went right through it, even ended up with a bunch of green potatoes. My thinking is the alfalfa will cover my potatoes, add some nitrogen plus give me some alfalfa I can use in other areas of the garden and in my worm bins. At this point I do not plan on terminating the alfalfa. Stay Well!!!
@Trillproductions89Ай бұрын
Wouldn't the wood be LIGHTER verses heavier when its seasoned? Due to water, etc?..
@johnc68092 ай бұрын
Of course we have hardwoods. Are you not familiar with our oaks? Many western species. Love Locust, but yeah, lots of oaks here in California.
@R-yo5si3 ай бұрын
I would love to see a video about goumi propagation. Any tips? Also, which varieties do you like best? Thanks and all the best.
@Giganfan2k14 ай бұрын
It's also native to the Ozarks.
@richardpallotta61584 ай бұрын
I'm in the upper Great Lakes area ( Superior). Re: the compost teas...I make it using your 3 ingredients but I add horsetail ( along w/nettles, alfalfa,comfrey).
@BelfastBodger5 ай бұрын
Went to Home Depot couldn't find the fittings. Any idea where and a parts list?
@SCREAMINGinCAPS5 ай бұрын
Will they grow in my yard south of San Antonio by 2 hours?
@babyoda19736 ай бұрын
My fav is what ever is free for my area
@babyoda19736 ай бұрын
North Idaho i life in Nampa for a couple years 😊
@ThePreparedHomestead6 ай бұрын
You’re welcome Vicki
@vickidriggs6 ай бұрын
very helpful,,Thank you so much for the video on potting soil! perfect for what I needed to know.
@mavisdavisify7 ай бұрын
Black locust pods are small and the seeds are black and smaller in diameter than a pencil eraser. Honey locusts pods are 6 to 8 inches long and contain beans the same size as a navy bean. They are brown, edible seeds that must be cooked. The pod itself is toxic to humans and animals but the seed is safe. Per Cornell University the leaves are similar in protein content as alfalfa.
@emcarver89837 ай бұрын
That's not borage!
@ThePreparedHomestead7 ай бұрын
Yes, that is borage
@farmyourbackyard20237 ай бұрын
Did you have any problems with the weight of the double stacked totes crushing the cement blocks? I want to do this by my shop building, but I’m concerned about the block failing and damaging my building.
@ThePreparedHomestead7 ай бұрын
Each cinder block can hold 1700 lbs, the weight is spread load across 4, so theoretically 6800lbs. That’s (2) 275 gallon totes. When full that would be 4400lbs. Ours have been double stacked on those blocks for 7 years without problem but that’s a valid concern.
@jenniferbunker27578 ай бұрын
Do you have a update video on how long it took to get fruit?
@jenniferbunker27578 ай бұрын
Im in northern Ontario Canada can it grow here?
@steveunderhill59356 ай бұрын
Plant it next to your foundation and you can mound leaves around the base w burlap for the winter!
@sampedro93168 ай бұрын
5th use is that they are edible, eat the shoots like small asparagus.
@ellenorbjornsdottir11668 ай бұрын
Everything new is made of old atoms. It is not that there is nothing new under the sun. Contour ploughing/plowing (both spellings are correct; being English, I recommend the former) is in no way new. The only new invention is the attention paid to it, and the need to "market" it to a populace more familiar with Roman ploughing (dead-straight regardless of the grade).
@b_uppy8 ай бұрын
You can also move water slowly from wetter areas to drier area via using a method that Mark Shepard uses where it's a plow that just incises a deep, narrow cut in the earth that allows water to drain at a 1% slope from a wet inner fold the landscape to a drier outer fold in the landscape. It's an adaptation of what they do in Australia, but uses cheaper equipment and accomplishes the same effect. Mark Shepard wrote a book on it detailing key info.
@tinaknutsen8 ай бұрын
I’m in the Pacific Northwest and I scatter spring/fall around my blueberry bushes, roses, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Heather, apple trees and nut trees. This is my 7th year. I did add pine bark last summer throughout the beds and it’s almost completely broken down except in the areas where I put the pine bark heavy. All the other areas the soil looks rich and healthy.
@DonaldRogersBaldEagle9 ай бұрын
Do you have honeybees?
@ThePreparedHomestead8 ай бұрын
No we don’t but most years neighbors around us do, so we have them as pollinators!
@ptrainingbytim9 ай бұрын
One of my new favorites in my garden. I can’t wait to use it in a fertilizer tea. Blessings from northern california.
@ThePreparedHomestead8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@susanbell72529 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@yaima09019 ай бұрын
Do you have more pressure with two tanks?
@ThePreparedHomestead8 ай бұрын
Basically wherever the water level is at, determines the pressure so yes, if both tanks are full then we get a touch more.
@soulspaces11 ай бұрын
Hope you make more videos! You’re good
@milipwn11 ай бұрын
Horses can deffonatly NOT eat any part of the tree, be carefull different animals require different information!
@ThePreparedHomestead8 ай бұрын
Yes, that’s why I talk in depth about both sides of this issue and recommend a precautionary approach. I do not mention horses at all because we don’t raise them here because they tend to be more sensitive to more than other livestock
@petespuppy249111 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom!!
@ThePreparedHomestead11 ай бұрын
You’re welcome!
@someguydino6770 Жыл бұрын
first we start with some of my face......a quick cut away; then back to my face, after that; some more face and then; the thing that everyone has been waiting for... there's more of my face, then some more of my face and then we'll finish with a shot of my face. Another perfect video in the can; see you next time guys!
@Brian.......... Жыл бұрын
How would you rank Douglas Fir, Western Larch, and Birch for firewood? I burn all 3 up here in BC, but still not sure which one is best for say, overnight heat in middle of winter.
@ThePreparedHomestead Жыл бұрын
Order based on btu ratings from highest to lowest: larch, Doug fir, birch 👍
@Brian.......... Жыл бұрын
@@ThePreparedHomestead Thankyou, I was wondering if Birch was in front, I get it rarely though, as I find it longer to season. Firs my favourite to work with, but larch always feels denser/heavier for sure.
@MichaelJosephJr934 Жыл бұрын
I top off all my beds with shredded leaves at the end of the season. Then in early spring about a month before planting I add alfalfa pellets to top of the leaves. Water and in a month it's all good and ready.
@carolinekloppert5177 Жыл бұрын
love your thinking
@licklowandslitch9095 Жыл бұрын
Everybody thinks zone 5 is cold but zone 4 can be -40with windchill.
@41546able Жыл бұрын
No over flow pipe.
@mattieice2988 Жыл бұрын
Quote Wood Stove:) Awesome Video Brother, but i just wanted to let you know you have a bat in left nostril
@ThePreparedHomestead Жыл бұрын
😂lol 👍
@denisstom3897 Жыл бұрын
slow, spread and store...
@janc.2626 Жыл бұрын
Love the hat! 😂
@andrewsackville-west1609 Жыл бұрын
How steep is too steep? This is the perennial question.
@ThePreparedHomestead Жыл бұрын
A lot of people will use 40% grade as a rule of thumb.
@andrewsackville-west1609 Жыл бұрын
@@ThePreparedHomestead thanks. We're sort of right on that line. Some areas are definitely steeper, but there are also natural terraces. I think my goal is to just use those terraces and manage who excess water moves through them. We *definitely* have excess water, as much as 100" per year, but nothing from May through August, maybe longer. Something like swales at the edge of the terraces, or grade the terraces back, so the water lingers on each one for a bit, and then rock lined spillways to the next layer.
@b_uppy8 ай бұрын
30% grade is the "breakpoint." Also small, frequent and shallow reduces points of failure. Moving water from wetter areas laterally to drier areas can help reduce dryness in the landscape and perhaps reduce the chance of slumping. A one percent grade for drainage has fewer problems with blowout etc than steeper ones. In Australia they use a yeoman's plow to move water with minimal landscape damage, but that version is expensive, Mark Shepard has found a cheaper variation but the name escapes me for now.
@Fountainsquare1975 Жыл бұрын
Jb weld ur joints leak will stop
@encapsulatingstellarferoci2485 Жыл бұрын
I'm almost positive i watched this years ago and the enthusiasm i got from finding my first borage plant, comfrey was my other find that day thanks for a great video, i mix of white and blue is beautiful especially when the pink tinges appear on the blue flower Need a seed mangle next, great as a green biomass for the compost heap as it contains a lot of water. Increases the honey production, and i like the idea of specific honeys, bit like the Rhododendron 'mad honey'
@Adnancorner Жыл бұрын
I think one of two male chickens feed nothing but whatever is grown from the garden their excrement is good enough to add nitrogen in the soil when the chicken compost is added. Another option is to have a visit to fish markets and ask them about the waste from fish when they process and clean the whole fish during a sale. All those innards are composted in a Bokashi style will produce enough minerals that it will replenish all the defficient nutrients for your soil. 10 kg of waste processed into smelly stinky goo per 0.5 acre watered in diluted manner weekly will increase the mineral content in soils. It is the best in my opinion, even though its smell like rotten meat.
@AnneGoggansQHHT Жыл бұрын
It is wonderful combined with skullcap and passionflower for nervousness. Is an essential for irrational fears and OCD for our son. We saw a huge difference for him. It calmed the panic and frustration. We no longer use passionflower due to nerve pain. I have to say the tea is the worst thing we have EVER tasted. I mean ever, it was awful. Maybe I made it too strong, but I won’t make him drink it, we use tinctures.
@skyway7582 Жыл бұрын
I am so happy to read your reply.I as your son have something in common,And motherwort,Passion flower and skullcap are helping big time.A doctor told me whatever I do,do not take pharmaceuticals.No need with Mother Nature.
@joycepywell4481 Жыл бұрын
I put mother’s wort in my lemon aids and infused drinks. It’s great to add to dishes but not great as a stand alone herb..
@mikecf1 Жыл бұрын
Are they too close together? I would think that since they are so vigorous that once they get going they will really tangle up. I just planted some small ones last fall. I left them in their pots because the spot I wanted to put them in wasn't cleared yet. I had them about two feet apart, and in a short time, they have grown almost three feet and two of them are entangled. If I left them that close I think they would choke each other to death in a few years.
@lazarusramaube8291 Жыл бұрын
It's not supposed to be ingested by humans but animals enjoy it,are we weaker than Chickens?
@MosaicHomestead Жыл бұрын
I got 6 recently, im raising mine off grid, im also using a tote to brood my poults, I supplement their feed with a hard boiled egg 🥚 to increase feed protein, I feed it to them cut up with shell, this helps with survivability, the eggs 🥚 don't cost me anything because I produce more than I consume, I also don't use pine shavings for turkeys because for some reason they try to eat it lol.
@crappie72 Жыл бұрын
no volume
@kelvinitotia4807 Жыл бұрын
Ignore the haters🤦🏽♂️ we're omnivores we can eat meat, I have no problem butchering an animal. So long as you aim for minimal harm/ pain you're good. Thank you for the marinade recipe I'll try it out.