Glad you liked it. I find it very peaceful to sit in the warm sunroom and look out at the wild birds feeding. I find it amazing they are able to do so well during Winter. Currently we have been down in the 20's - sometimes even during the daylight hours. Very cold Winter here.

It would take a much longer video to start from seed to harvesting and eventually taking the plant out of the pot. There are several videos on the channel showing the different stages. Have a great blessed day!

As a result of your comment, I put together a playlist that shows all the details from how to sprout the tomato seeds. I believe there would be updates on the cherry tomatoes in other videos, but I feel the videos in the playlist are the most important. THANK YOU for your comment. It actually triggered me to do something that might help others. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3ObdGCkhcmobbs

Just slowed down a little. Finally have all my orchard and garden in. Lots of fencing to keep out the deer, etc. Of course I have stared planting the greenhouse for the Winter. Have a few things I want to cover in a video.

You are very welcome

This recipe has been handed down over several generations. I am not sure why the vinegar is added. However, I can tell you the taste is amazing when you finish a batch of pear butter using all the ingredients in the recipe. Perhaps it helps the pear butter thicken better. Again, I am just not sure.

I agree to be Brunswick stew it needs all 3 meats in it!

All of those sound really delicious!

I do remember you. The best way to contact me to ask a few questions would be to email me at [email protected]. I only check my email typically in the morning. Look forward to hearing from you.

She had a right to be skinny. The poor thing has been nursing 4 baby cubs this year. I have seen bears with 3, but never 4 cubs.

I did!

I will be 70 years old this Fall and my energy levels are definitely lower than when I was in my 40's and 50's. I just wanted to concentrate on getting my garden at my new homestead property in place. Still loving life in the garden, but I can only work a few hours at time. I really need to do a garden tour so you can see exactly what is going on here at homestead.

They look great! Good job!

Thank you!

All I can say is that sometimes the color varies based on the amount of sunlight on tomatoes. I don't ever remember seeing a Cherokee Purple tomato with purple coloring.

Yes, doing fine. Doing videos became more like a job than a joy. I will be 70 on my birthday this Fall. I find I tire much easier when working in the garden but I never intend to give up gardening! Hope all is going well for you and your family!

Glad you enjoyed it!

I live in Cumberland County which is on top of the Cumberland Plateau. It is a wonderful place to live due to our elevation. Even on the hottest Summer day, it will cool down at night because of our elevation.

I know! I would not have had many plants survive without the greenhouse at least keeping the wind chill off the plants.

I think you will love having a greenhouse. My greenhouse has definitely extended my growing season. So glad I knew to also use frost covers over my plants inside the greenhouse on the really cold nights!

No. I purchased my kit from Grower's Solution and it on has one layer of plastic. Of course as you may have seen, I covered some of my raised beds with 3 layers of frost covers.

Thank you! I really wasn't sure they were going to survive that Arctic Blast!!

I am so ready for Spring this year!

Thank you! I really wasn't sure they would survive that Arctic Blast!

My dog, Sally-Brown, wants to go out in ever rain storm and frolic. I have had dogs that loved snow before, but never one that loved to play in the rain the way this puppy does! Hope all is going well!

I really got my chicken so I could increase the efficiency of my composting with their droppings! The eggs are just a blessing on the side!

I am in Knoxville right now and I think we got about 8 inches. I thought Knoxville would have some snow plows trucks. I guess they got trucks but no plows lol. I can't believe a big city like this is closed down. Incredible.

Apparently Tennessee has never had enough big snows to justify purchasing as much snow clearing equipment as northern cities, but I must confess, I don't remember the snow hanging around for so many days! Looking so forward to Spring!!!

Yes agreed I never seen and hang out this long either. I see 57 next week so it'll feel like spring again. And then I would imagine this ain't gonna happen again this year. But no I figure going to Knoxville they would at least have snow plows there I can understand Crossville not having them. Or enough of them

Tomorrow morning our low temperatures will be somewhere around -2 or -3 degrees F. This temperate will be a true test form my plants in the unheated greenhouse.

@@TNMountainGarden Good luck!

We are expecting a low near 0 degrees F (which is -17.78 degrees C) this coming week. This is not our norm; however, we have an Arctic Blast headed our way! Definitely plan to stay in! Next week will be the true test for my unheated greenhouse. Hopefully my plants will survive. Definitely, I should learn which plants will survive super cold weather in my greenhouse!

Thanks Margo for taking the time to comment! I love hearing from people that watch my videos.

Happy new year!

We peel the apples and slice them. Do not slice them too thin or they will stick to the trays in the dehydrator. We place the apples slices so that they do not overlap on the trays. We dehydrate them for at least 24 hrs at a temp of about 125 degrees F. If the slices seem to have too much moisture in them after the 24 hours, we simple put more time on the dehydrator and continue drying them. Once they are dried, they can be stored in sealed jars; however, our preferred way is to put them in plastic or glass containers and store them in our freezer until we are ready to use them. Once they are dried and stored in an air tight container, the apples can easily be stored for a couple of years.

I first saw the fiberglass hoops used by Bri on @Brifromscratch. On her video she stated where she bought the hoops. I have tried to find the video again, but KZbin does not put things in chronological order and I was not able to find them. I do remember I Googled the company and ended up ordered a large order from them. They should last for many years.

@@TNMountainGarden what was the company s name?

I am 69 years old and for the life of me I don't remember. I bought 200 of the hoops and knew they should last me for the rest of my life. Go back to Bri From Scratch's channel and watch her videos from early this Spring. Bri gives the company's name and where the company is located, It is such a dang shame that our memory gets worse the older we get! I will go to Bri's channel and send her message. I know she has an instagram account as well. Hopefully she will reply and give me the company's name and location.

I believe these are the same fiberglass rods I purchased. They are produced by a company called Wellco. See link below. Did not get reply from Bri. www.homedepot.com/p/Fiberglass-Garden-Greenhouse-Hoops-Removable-Plant-Grow-Support-Tunnels-for-Garden-Fabric-24-Pack-FGHT76W24P/320606502

So far it is doing great. Our night time temps just got down for the last 2 nights in the teens - with the lowest being 17 degrees. I just put 3 frost covers over the hoops and everything appears to be doing okay. So far, so good!

Certainly was strange. It has only happened that one morning - on my birthday. Maybe it was just a birthday blessing!

Thank you! I believe you have a birthday coming up very soon as well!

Thanks you for leaving a comment. I am definitely learning just how great an unheated greenhouse can be for growing vegetables. I plan to start bring in materials for solar mass that can heat up during the day and slowly release that heat during the dark hours. Winter is coming! ;0)

I have a grow station setup in my attached garage. I have several excellent grow lights on a timer above the plant shelf. I planted my seedings in trays and then transplanted them in the greenhouse beds. I will be started another set of lettuce plants in bed #1 sometime this week. I hope to be able to continue growing lettuce in the unheated greenhouse thru Spring of next year!

Thank you I will start my lettuce seeds also, I found some landis winter lettuce that i purchaced last year, @@TNMountainGarden

I consider Crossville my hometown. My family moved here when I was in the 2nd grade. I never saw any reason to leave such a wonderful place to live.

I am so blessed to have grown up on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee.

I had a subscriber comment and tell me about Landis Winter Lettuce so I Googled the lettuce. I found a company up North that offered it so I purchased several packs. This was in the days when you got lots of seed in each pack. I have been sowing seeds for several years from these packs of seed.

I just more people were able to make better choices on food. I realize just how fortunate I am to be able to have space to grow my own food!

It feels like the progress is slow, but at least it has been progress. I cannot wait for the fencing after the well house with some cold storage room. Mark, my handyman, is supposed to start the well house today, but he is only going to be working a few hours after other jobs for a week or so. The fencing is my last schedule update to my new homestead property this year!

I am definitely making some progress on getting my greenhouse setup. Thanks.

Thank you for watching my vlogs. Hopefully we will both be able to get our tomatoes started earlier next year. I definitely plan to prep my garden beds this Fall for next Spring's garden. Again, thanks for watching and commenting!