Our potatoes this year are looking pretty good so far. Fingers crossed!🤞

Thank You!

Thank you! Stick around as planting season is just about here!

Hello and welcome!!👍👍

Military past. I hear many of us are like that!🤣😂🤣

Definitely gonna do that soon. Spring crazy busy around this joint!

You bet!👍. And Thank You!!!

Thanks! If only all harvests were that good!!!😊

Hello Australia!!! Thanks for the comment. Since that video I have purchased remote mics. Hopefully things will be getting better.

Thanks for the reply. It was probably just a hiccup, where somebody didn't pish the right button

Hey! Good to hear from you Linda! Hope all is well with you and yours. Thank you!

I would Love to know how you make Jalapeno Jelly. I would think Pepper Jelly would be great poured over a brick of cream cheese and ate with crackers! Next year I plan on growing 'penos, chocolate habaneros , and Serranos. A habanero jelly would be pretty dang good I think! I tend to get a little finger heat when chopping up LOTS of 'penos for pickling or for cowboy candy but not too bad. I grew Ghost, and Moruga. They were hot. Plenty oily when you cut them open. Those I wore gloves for. I have several vacuum sealed bags in the freezer. I may have to break them out and whip something up! Thanks For the comment!

@@24to1 I stopped making cowboy candy and instead make a relish with the brine, carrot and onion. And, of course peppers! I saw it called cowgirl relish lol I use the Ball jalapeno recipe with no bell peppers. It's 3/4 lb jalapeno, vinegar and you whizz it up in a blender. Add sugar, cook to boiling and add liquid pectin. I've used different brands of pectin and they work. I don't remember all the measurements but the recipe is online and now you can see which one I use and how easy it is. I'd think unless you want your pot and blender to melt you'd probably be better using bell pepper in the color of habanero you have and then add as many habanero as you think you'll like. Use the same proportions for the jalapeno jelly. 3/4 lb total pepper, etc. And, yes, that's exactly how I eat it. With cream cheese! I've seen some mix it in the cream cheese and use veggies like celery and bell pepper strips but I don't go to the trouble lol It was a huge seller when I had a farm stand. I had a customer tell me to call when I made a fresh batch and he'd come back every couple of weeks to get it.

@@almostoily7541 Thats very cool! I will definitely give it a try. Seems I always grow more than I can use and need to find something to do with them. I have the Ball book so maybe I oughta actually READ IT sometime🤪🤪 Thanks a lot!!!

Hey Thanks Man! Ill try that next time. Still have about 4 more lbs of 'penos!

Sugar goes in with all the rest of the spices when there is just a few minutes of Simmering left. Vinegar goes in when you blend it in the blender.

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Mary, Thanks for asking. I got them at my local feed mill early this spring. Im going there this week and too get my Seed Garlic and I will find out for you.

Mary, I stopped by the Feed Mill on the way home ...Still no seed garlic😠. I did however ask about the potatoes. They were Yukon Gold. I can also tell you I grew them in last years Sweet Potato Grow Bag Soil which I manufactured. Bottom line is the soil was very loose. I think thats why they did so well. I know for sure its tough growing in plain ol' Alabama clay though. We also amended with black Kow. It was hands down the nicest soil I had out here.

@@24to1 I'm growing in raised beds mostly with nice fluffy soil and I also use black kow. I have a few winter crops growing in ground and most of that is for the chickens. They love their greens and they are so easy to grow.

I wish I would have too. Im getting a little better at it though and next time Ill get close ups. Literally we were just digging with our hands. It was a pleasantly surprising harvest for us. Surely not what we expected. Thank you for the comment

It was amazing to us too! Good luck with your sweet potatoes and we're glad you enjoyed it!

It was a LOT of fun too! We were very surprised.

We've got to get Albert and Elsa isolated first which means processing/selling some pigs. but, rest assured, its coming!

Thank you!!!!

Yes unfortunately they are done.....I am right on the boarder of 7a/b in Northern Alabama. I do have a barn cat running around but I think I created a safe-haven for rats by having electric mesh fencing around the garden to keep the larger creatures out....unfortunately "cat" falls into the same category as rabbit, raccoon, possum, etc .LOLOL I have a bunch of wood ash in my smokers right now. It sure wouldnt hurt to put it on my fall crops and will definitely give it a try. I think the mesh electric may have to come down as well. I have Muscovey ducks that LOVE to root around in the garden as well so that may become an issue. I swear if it isnt one thing its another. I will not give up though. this is officially WAR! LOL. Thanks for the suggestions and good luck with your fall garden!

Pretty sure this was "Varmit" end rot. But Il hold on to the banana peel advice.👍

Thank you! It was last years sweet potato soil.

Thanks! Sure exceeded our expectations.!!!

Thank You!!!

You are RIGHT! last week I butchered a total of 53 chickens (mine and my neighbors). and put down and butchered a Hog. With all that going on, I totally forgot the trail cam!!!! I will round that thing up tonight and set it out there around the tomatoes. Ill be sure and post pics if I get anything. Thanks for the reminder!👍👍

The camera is set up. Now we wait….🤣🤣🤣

@@24to1 bet its rodents! Idk! Good luck

Thank You! Humble pie is just a part of trying different things and figuring them out.

Its REALLY good! Very tender and juicy almost every way you cook it. Our favorite is on a rotisserie!

Thanks Buddy!!!

Plucked a few by hand in my day too! No Fun ! Thanks!

You’re welcome 😊

Yeah I think its a combination of Birds, Ducks, Rabbits and Rats. I'll get this figured out though. Thanks!

I definitely is! its great watching it grow and the flavor is CRAZY good. very clean, garlicky and buttery as well as so easy to grow!!!

Nope. most grew right around the top. Since these were planted in raised beds, we made sure the soil was very loose. BUt to your credit, when I told the wife it was time to harvest potatoes, she said "I'll get the shovel". I said with any luck, we wont need it and sure enough we didnt. I think it pretty much depends on the medium you use to plant them in.

Thank you. Its last years sweet potato soil with a new dose of Black Kow this spring.