1/8 Acre Abundance: FULL TOUR + BEST TIPS for Growing

Michelle is a multi-generational gardener, and she's sharing her BEST TIPS with you in this organic garden tour. We grow all of the produce we need to feed our family of 6 year-round. You can too!
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[@suziwolfgang6487]

A really good pest tip: Get yourself the cheapest beer you can find and fill a bunch of little paper cups half full, then burry them half way in the dirt near your plants. Space them about 4 to 5ft apart and the bugs love it so much that they go for the beer before the plants and drown themselves. I learned this from my 3rd grade teacher who is a huge gardener. I've done this and passed the knowledge to my mother in law and it works every time. She was able to get a good plant harvest that season. Even the slugs go for it.

[@morethanfarmers]

Good to know! Thanks!

[@lolavanpelt4644]

Thank you for the advice

[@StayDownComeUp512]

Or we can plant stuff they like to eat alongside our food and think about more than ourselves. We should be supporting our environment with native plants for everyone :)

[@krystlereese2543]

Awesome tip, I’ll have to try it this year!

[@itsasinine3337]

@@StayDownComeUp512 yes let's waste time, effort, and potentially money to feed pest bugs that destroy crops with no benefit that only live for a few weeks at most. when it comes to growing your own food with that mentality its basically the same thing as having more kids just so our favourite ones wont get kidnapped, or worse. also PSA, most of the foods we eat in first world countries arent even native to the area we live in.

[@user-gd2jo5fc5p]

Cody, you are very blessed to have such a industrious woman as your wife. You have found the needle in the hay barn.

[@morethanfarmers]

I agree 😏

[@thedorcys]

"How the heck does she make her own barbeque sauce?!" My wife.

[@morethanfarmers]

😁 Right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKirn2B8p9mfh7ssi=8WmQBdgGfVbQjYof

[@traceyhindman4769]

My husband makes a killer bbq sauce!

[@kristadavis2825]

The one time I tried to make let ketchup it turned into the best BBQ sauce. Nowhere close to the taste of ketchup. LOL

[@matthewfantley6110]

I make a few types😊

[@mattingly1217]

Making your own bbq sauce is fun!

[@ageofechochambers9469]

Watching this from an apartment, wishing that maybe 1 day .

[@morethanfarmers]

Go for it! There's a lot you can do even now in an apartment to learn so that you're that much farther ahead when you can move to something bigger.

[@ageofechochambers9469]

@@morethanfarmers thank you, thats a big encouragement. I'll start looking into what can be done in a small space. 👍.

[@lumindina699]

@@ageofechochambers9469 If you haven't started container gardening, I will let you know that making yourself a nice aquaponics garden on your patio is amazing! We use PVC pipes and honestly we have grown our fish AND veggies every year for 6 years now. I can't tell you how much better everything tastes without growing in soil! Especially the Arugula and romaine and butter crisp lettuce. This year I am doing all my spices too with our new system built out of old aluminum roofing pieces my husband got that is about 11 inches wide and almost 3 inches deep, we put two together to build long boxes and went 4 shelves high and they are 8 feet long. Got a ton planted! The only things we ever have to buy are seeds.

[@tanikasolomon]

Search videos for apartment gardening. Tower gardens, indoor gardens, shoe pockets, etc.

[@Dirminor]

@@ageofechochambers9469Indoor vertical gardens like the brand Gardyn and others. Allows you to grow a lot in just 2 square feet of floor space. I think it’s like 6 feet tall. So space wise it’s very manageable and you can grow a lot from it year round.

[@Ntuthu-ZA]

I love that you are walking barefooted and letting your body soak up the goodness of the earth.

[@morethanfarmers]

Amen!😊

[@lumindina699]

I have to laugh at this, My mother in law always asks me how I can walk around the yard without my shoes. As soon as my husband and I watched your video, he pointed out your bare feet! LOL It does feel so good when we can let our souls feel that cool grass.

[@mekamoo1719]

Teaching your babies is such a blessing I wish I would have paid attention to my Great Grandfather when he use to garden...

[@pamvancleave6722]

Me too.

[@luckyrobinshomestead]

You will have less problems with pests in your raspberries if you dig up half to 2/3 of them and make 1 to 2 more rows planting the plants further apart. If you have the room. Otherwise, thin them out and sell the thinnings. With space you'll see an increase in production and less worminess. Don't do it until spring, when frost has passed. Raspberries and thornless blackberries should be planted 4 to 6 feet apart, depending on the variety. 6 is better if you have the space. They will fill in. As for squash, if you put down ag fabric, the good kind, not weed barrier, and cut holes in it and plant your squash in the holes, the leaves will not be touching soil ever. Makes a huge difference. For the tomatoes, once they get big enough, cut off the bottom branches for the first foot to avoid water splash up and you won't get as many issues. Also, trim out suckers so that their is air flow and you will have a healthier plant all around. If you want to grow actual zucchini, there is a kind called Escalator zucchini that is a climbing zucchini. It keeps the plants off the ground. I've had it climb as high as seven feet in a good year, but usually it is around five. I haven't had any problems with disease with those ones and it is very tasty, too.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks for the tips!

[@danachoate5361]

For carrot seed planting you could make a "gravy" with corn starch and water. When rhw gravy is still warm but not hot mix your seeds into it and put it in a plastic bag with a tiny corner cut off or reusable cake decorating bag with the tiny hole tip and make a striped in each row. It spreads the seeds out more evenly and you waste less seeds.

[@morethanfarmers]

Interesting! We’ll have to try that.

[@MsBetsyLu]

King of the North peppers always beat the tar out of CA wonder. Many Grand blessings everyone everywhere and always

[@ozongat581]

This is the best video I have seen till now. So simple and clear explanations. Perhaps I have a tip or 2 for small white worms in raspberries: We always put the berries in salt hand warm water after picking them. The worms will sink to the bottom and you can easily remove the berries from the water without the worms. Another tip for strawberries: if you seem to be allergic to strawberries: just wash them off in HOT water followed by COLD water. In that way the small hairs on the outside of the strawberries will fall of....the hair is what people are reacting allergic to, NOT the berry itself. Everybody can eat strawberries for they are kisses of the son : ) Namaste

[@morethanfarmers]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the tips.

[@aibell4800]

FYI - Heritage raspberries are the only variety I know of that you mow down every year. Most raspberries bear fruit on second year canes. Best to find out if your berries bear on primocanes (1 yr) or floricanes (2 yr) and prune for that variety.

[@searose6192]

Perhaps in the future, you guys could do another garden tour, and box by box tell us how many plants you put in and what your yields are. It’s extremely impressive that you grow all your own veggies on 1/8th of an acre…but how much space do you allot to each thing to get enough to feed your family?

[@morethanfarmers]

Love the idea!

[@heatheringram2976]

If you open that trellis up so it’s one huge square or rectangle, then place it down the middle of the bed. The cucumbers will grow up it on either side of it. My cucumbers get to be 8-10’ high. Much easier to see and pick the cucumbers too. You’re going to have a hard time seeing them inside the trellis and also getting to them once they’re huge.

[@morethanfarmers]

I was wondering how hard it would be to get the cukes out from under. Thanks for sharing these tips!

[@LaydeeCrombie]

A great cabbage recipe that your husband may love is steamed cabbage with bacon. Cook your bacon until your desired doneness. Remove. Add butter about 4tbs. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook the cabbage until soft and add back bacon before the cabbage finishes cooking. Its finished! ❤

[@gwencrawford9617]

As a Grandma…I am really impressed with y’all and how you are on this homesteading journey! We need more young folk to follow your lead! Continue to follow the Lord in your decisions! Enjoying your vids.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you so much!

[@adanroberts7196]

lord ?

[@seadkolasinac7220]

why is 'the Lord' relevant?

[@AZJH8374]

Because, if you have faith, follow our Lord. You will see what awesome things will happen. GO WITH GOD PEOPLE!

[@Vivi_LaRue]

@@AZJH8374🤣🤣🤣. No thank you.

[@homesteadgamer1257]

I also LOVE how you walk around your garden barefoot! There is very little better way to connect with nature than to feel it with our feet. ♥♥♥♥♥

[@morethanfarmers]

For sure 😊

[@aprildolan223]

And the benefits of grounding/earthing can’t be beat. It’s sooo good for us. I’m a big fan of going barefoot!

[@barryaustin6742]

What do you use to keep the ants and spiders away so you can enjoy the barefoot walking. Just moved to GA and I’ve seen nothing but huge ant mounds and a bunch those little 🕷️ jumping all over the place

[@aprildolan223]

@@barryaustin6742 that is not an issue for us. We don’t have spiders, nor ants really too much, in the grass here in central NY.

[@ambergriffin3519]

You don't do that in Florida . You'll be so bug bit you’ll regret it.

[@anne-mariegagne-forcier1244]

To help your cucumber, you need to pinch your plant after the fifth real leaf. That will help your plants to produce both male and female flowers… 🥒 For your tomatoes, remove the lower branch will help prevent mildiou from forming… 🍅 Thank for your tips! And happy gardening 😉

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you! Very helpful. I haven't done cucumber pruning yet, but I always take off the bottom branches of the tomatoes😊

[@pamela6074]

Always pick cucumber and other seed plants before they are fully ripe. The plant will produce more fruit. If they get fully ripe, they stop because they think it's time to make seeds for reproduction.

[@elizabethwasson1988]

It depends on the variety, some are parthenocarpic and don’t require pollination. I love Cool Breeze, stays sweet and crispy even if they get bigger. They hide sometimes.

[@yoholmes273]

​@@pamela6074BINGO! Cucumbers must be harvested early & often. If a fruit is allowed to ripen on vine, it's game over.

[@elizabethstreeter2145]

Why not put your squash and cucumbers on to trellis more air flow should help cut down on the fungus and powdery mildew

[@jakedunwell8264]

Loved the garden tour...and wow those carrots are huge. Very nice. Y'all Rock!

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you so much!

[@feramis19]

I appreciate your comment about peppers and covid, my partner taste buds got very affected, particularly with eggs, cilantro, and fish. They did got enhanced with avocados. That was back in late 2020, it has lasted all this time, but he mentioned that finally this year things are improving a little. I love your video! Excellent and honest.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you! That taste bud thing is really annoying!

[@saltywhiskers4513]

I had the same thing happen to me... still fighting it.@@morethanfarmers

[@ashfordj81]

Lost my sense of smell, but oddly, I didn't notice any changes to taste.

[@commonweakness9060]

Growing butternut squash on a fence will help with the fungus.

[@banana3955]

I did the best with cucumbers growing the vine varieties on a trellis shared with snow peas. It gets hot in summer here and the peas protected the cucumber perfectly

[@morethanfarmers]

That's amazing! Thanks for the tip!

[@ravenhummel8202]

Cucumbers probably protect the peas more than the other way around. Peas are more cold weather plants. I plant peas every two weeks from March 17 through August 15.

[@banana3955]

@@ravenhummel8202 not snow peas they are a summer variety and always grown very easily, whilst cucumber always gets burnt sending fruit a bitter yellow color

[@ravenhummel8202]

@@banana3955 I don't seem to have the same issue. That being said, I think we are going to have to look at symbiotic plant relationships more and more as the weather changes. ADAPT is the word of the century bc we aren't going to stop it. Great things come from cyclical heat ups.

[@PAUL_THE_THING1]

Hello from the UK, Having just found your channel it's great to see how your planning to live your life being self sufficient. All your hard work is great to watch.

[@morethanfarmers]

Welcome aboard! and thank you so much!

[@kosnich8032]

My husband and I just found your channel, and after watching a few of your videos we subscribed to your channel. We truly enjoy your videos, very educational and enjoyable. It’s beautiful to see a wise young couple with a beautiful family, may God bless and keep you all!

[@morethanfarmers]

That’s awesome! Good to have you here 😊 and thank you.

[@2shay337]

Have you thought about trying to trellis your tomatoes, (snip leaves about 6" up from the ground all so the wet leaves won't cause mildew) squash, zucchini, and smaller melons? keeping them off the ground helps with rust or fungus. Planting marigolds, keep slugs, etc. off the base of plants, and flowers that invite the good insects into the garden. Also planting herbs in rows between vegetables helps with beetles, bugs that want to crawl up the stalks to lay eggs.

[@morethanfarmers]

Yes, we're considering trellising next year. We do prune the bottom branches.

[@sherrypeterson1842]

I grow tomatoes upside down. Topsy turvey style. Makeshift your own with 5 gal Homer buckets. Cut hole in bottom. Stick young plants thru the center hole of a slice of pool noodle to protect it from sharp cut edge. Water from top. No staking. No touching ground. Ditto for strawberries. Make holes on sides of bucket for straws

[@markgill1754]

We have a symbiotic relationship with Yellow Jacket Hornets. They tend to build in or around our garden area. We pay attention to where they are and do our best not to disturb them. The pay off is that we don’t get stung and the harvest the small green leaf eating caterpillars to feed their larvae. Win win!

[@morethanfarmers]

That's amazing! Most people would spray insecticide on those. It's awesome when we can see in real time how things we thought were our enemies are actually our friends!

[@Naturalcrusader]

I love watching them patrol the rows looking for pests!

[@josepharchambault8368]

They say there is a bee shortage. Not here. They love the sunflowers, sunflowers are covered in bees. Then they go to the cuckes, zucchini and butternut flowers. We plant different types of sunflowers every year and are full of bees here in R. I.

[@Naturalcrusader]

@@josepharchambault8368 here the bubble bees are covering the sunflower, tomatoes, corn, cucumber, radishes, leafy greens, zucchini and pumpkin as well as wild weeds, mostly Canadian thistle. There are also honey bees every where but mostly on the sunflowers and thistle

[@eddiejohnson3458]

only time i remember getting stung was a wasp nest in a evergreen tree and they stung me under my eye so my eye swollen shut for a day i think i was 8 years old but i've been stung a lot over my years and most of it was due to work they have big nest under a mobile home and the owner didn't say a word about them but i had to get the job done and all i would do is knock the nest down and away from my work area then this way i didn't have to kill the bees

[@soniab.estacio3008]

You and your family is so much blessed with grace and abundance 🙏🏼God bless

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you so much! You too!

[@mslj4062]

The BOTH of you are doing phenomenal. The WHOLE process is the journey. So motivating. I look forward to watching your channel. 🌱🙏🏼🙌🏼😁🥒🥦💯

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you so much 😊 I hope you continue to enjoy!

[@onlaymonsterms]

My wife and I found your channel a few days ago, both of us in bed recovering from Covid. What a great way to spend the day! Learning from how you do your garden, preservation, etc. Wow! We’re so impressed and inspired. It’s a huge amount of work to do what you do, then adding KZbin and knowledge sharing with the rest of the world… wow. Above and beyond, but very needed for the new group of homesteaders (like us) starting from scratch. Thank you, thank you. ❤

[@morethanfarmers]

I hope y’all get better soon!! Glad we can brighten your day 😊 Thanks for the kind words!

[@curtiswilkerson5295]

Hello from Texas! My family and I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work 🌱🌱🌱

[@morethanfarmers]

Wow! Wonderful! We've visited Texas quite a few times. Glad you guys are enjoying the content!

[@TwoDovesBees]

I’m not a huge fan of cabbage either, but Sarah (my bride) made some by chopping some into strips and fried the cabbage with some bacon and jalapeños… Soooo good!!!

[@myurbangarden7695]

That is very good. Cabbage and bacon 🥓 is a great combo

[@ravenhummel8202]

Try it with an Asian sesame dressing from Little Sunny Kitchen. I didn't like cabbage until I tried that combination. Make a salad with it. Many more vitamins and minerals than lettuce.

[@coramdayo]

Also chopping up an apple and adding it to fried cabbage is amazing and then put some balsamic vinegar on top and it's out of this world!

[@carolynrandle5454]

Ilove boiled cabbage .with a side of cornbread.

[@ravenhummel8202]

@@coramdayo Yummy, sounds delicious. Will have to try.

[@patricianalls7779]

I just found your channel and I absolutely love what you and your husband are doing. Blessings ❤

[@pavlos12]

For antifungal spraying, I recommend using a mixture of baking soda and water as a preventative measure. It alters the pH on the surface of the plant, preventing the formation of mold

[@caitlinladuke3874]

What ratio of baking soda to water do you use?

[@pavlos12]

Two teaspoons of baking soda, one teaspoon of oil, and one liter of boiled water. Let the solution sit for about half an hour, then pour it into a spray bottle. Apply to tomatoes once a week for prevention, and every other day to every third day in case of mold infestation.@@caitlinladuke3874

[@sherrypeterson1842]

I spray vinegar

[@tabithakauffman4916]

I love growing squash and cucumbers on trellises. Amazing!!

[@jkodot]

Hi Codi and Michelle, I just stumbled across your channel and love your content. I've learned so much by just watching a few of your videos. Love that you're following Jesus as well.❤

[@morethanfarmers]

Welcome aboard! Thank you so much!

[@Lettusfarm]

So awesome to see a fellow Ohioan growing crops. I've learned a lot from you guys. Keep up the great work.

[@jules4626]

I love that you are barefooted. I grew up at the beach & we never wore shoes. In elementary school we all wore flip flops & walked around the class barefoot till recess. Good memories!

[@sherriekemper1828]

I found your channel recently and am really enjoying your videos. Thanks for your effort.

[@morethanfarmers]

Welcome to the community! So glad to have you here!

[@rootedreliance9463]

Started watching you guys a couple months ago. Really impressed with how you guys film and the content you offer. We just moved to our homestead in Michigan last month (from Cleveland, OH). Moved right at the peak of spring/summer sowing so all brassicas will need to go in the ground next month for fall harvest. We haven't posted any videos lately because the craziness of moving but you guys are truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey.

[@morethanfarmers]

Wow! Thank you! Totally understand the no filming thing...KZbin videos take a ton of time. Not for the faint of heart. Best wishes on your new land!

[@mar1video]

Cut your raspberries in the fall instead spring . It will produce the same amount of fruit, but it will stay producing for a longer time. Early spring spread some garden lime (before first shoots come out) on top of your bed, to help with diseases.

[@dorrainecrump3396]

I loved watching how enthusiastic your children were about gardening. A garden is great for everyone!

[@suburbanhomesteadliving9212]

Your husband is so sweet to always give you compliments on the things you make! Love it! Good job and God bless you! ❤

[@naudinecathleenvanwyk3073]

Hi Michelle, thank you for all these tips. And yes i can definitly relate to the taste issue,nothing tastes the same.

[@morethanfarmers]

You're welcome! It's comforting somehow to know that others can identify with the off taste buds...not that I'd wish it on anyone though, of course. :)

[@laurarahelbailey]

Loved the garden tour, thank you so much for sharing. Love how organized and abundant it is! Right now we have raspberries, a persimmon tree, and I grow most herbs and some veggies and fruits, but the bulk of my tiny garden is flowers. This is inspiring me to aim towards more food!

[@evelynroundtree1135]

The green leaves on cabbage are so good . BEAUTIFUL GARDEN❤❤

[@drewwest7261]

Excellent content. This has given me several new ideas for crop management. Can't wait to try hilling potatoes with leaves!

[@morethanfarmers]

Wonderful! So glad we could be of help! We love the leaves!

[@onelittlemiracle241]

You guys are such an inspiration. Thank you for the tips and for sharing your journey with us. ❤

[@morethanfarmers]

Our pleasure! Thanks so much for your support:)

[@stephenperry1185]

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[@stephenperry1185]

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[@searose6192]

Something to try next year, if you get the 16 ft long cattle panels and then put the short end into one raised bed (where your cucumbers are) and the arch it up and over the walkway where you are standing, and into the other raised bed to your right, then the cucumbers can grow up and over making a really nice leafy tunnel to walk under and it’s very easy to harvest them this way. It works well for all type of vining plants and is really nice for squash.

[@morethanfarmers]

That's what I wanted to do, but Michelle didn't think of that when she planted them.

[@meobrien]

Cucumbers do well with a bit of succession planting because they don't last all that long. You can always direct sow new plants on the outside as well as long as you keep it well manicured for air flow@@morethanfarmers

[@franceneberner7524]

Been gardening for decades yet you gave me so many tips, helped me understand why some just haven't worked out - just loads of tips all in one video! Thank you and I'm now a new subscriber!

[@morethanfarmers]

Welcome to the community! And thanks so much for the encouragement!

[@Melody-cg1fn]

You guys are awesome! Love hearing from your family ❤️ If you stick a cattle pannel between your beds in a arched trellis you can run the butternuts on them and save a ton of ground space and also keep the fungus and mildew at bay.

[@morethanfarmers]

Great tip! Thank you so much!

[@rccyberwarrior2267]

@@morethanfarmers One American doctor recommended tobacco for recovering taste buds and smell etc lost through co vid. He recommended chewing one piece of the smoking cessation gum each day for a few days until the taste buds etc return -- if a non-smoker he recommended a quarter piece of the chewing gum each day.

[@rccyberwarrior2267]

@@morethanfarmers His name is Dr Ardis and he has his own website.

[@beccanlevisalaska]

It's amazing to see what you guys can do on 1/8th of an acre! This helps my brain with planning a garden that I always think needs to be an acre minimum.

[@dianegerlach2454]

One of the best videos on gardening ever!!!

[@davidstoddard9160]

The trick to enjoying cabbage is the right dressing for when you make cabbage slaw, and when you get that right , your whole family will really enjoy it.

[@morethanfarmers]

I do like GOOD cole slaw. But that’s it 😏

[@helenebennie3961]

I cook it shredded with some grated carrot, butter, a tablespoon of water and some chicken stock. Even my mum likes it that way. (And she dislikes greens.)

[@samjensen3596]

I just wanted to say that I also have the pepper problem post COVID. I used to love bell peppers, now they just taste like straight dirt to me. I haven't found anyone else who has that issue, I'm sorry that you do, but I'm thankful that I'm not the only one!

[@morethanfarmers]

Not fun!

[@ms.fortune2957]

This seems to the channel I have been searching for. LOVE IT! LOVE IT! SUBSCRIBING!

[@morethanfarmers]

So cool! Welcome aboard!

[@chase9235]

Knowledge is true wealth. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and tips!

[@onlyintime9914]

Yes ... Danver (Denver?) Half long carrots are good for storage because they don't break off when you pick them because they are short and fat. Stonehead cabbage is a good variety because it's leaves are tighter together and you get less pest problems.

[@morethanfarmers]

Amen to all of that!😊

[@erinc4703]

Wow! Thanks for the tour! What a beautiful job you guys are doing!

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you so much!

[@Gene-kl1br]

Hey she has a Pretty smile . Give her the Love .

[@yoholmes273]

I never had much success with cucumbers either. Took me a minute to figure out the process. First, I grow a pickling variety. I utilize a ton of fresh compose amended with castings & guano. Then I add approx 40 percent vermiculite. I also mulch with a good layer of hay. I allow the cucumber plants to hang over the edges and drape down. Cucumbers are heavy feeders and require heavy watering at the base, as water on the leaves with allow powdery mildew and mold to proliferate. Plus it is imperative to pick all fruits early and often. Once one fruit ripens on the vine , its game over and the plant will end its life cycle. Good luck and gappy gardening.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks for all the info!!

[@badwolf_gtv7725]

i would suggest winter sowing in jugs outside for the broccoli and cabbage plants. i started mine back in febuary and im zone 6A/ PA and they actually did the best out of everything i winter sowed. i think because they love cold weather but because of the jugs being mini greenhouse keep them just warm enough it really helps them have a good start in my opinion.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks for the tips! Sounds great!

[@Just-Nikki]

That’s what I do in Missouri with success. I have a grow room but my brassicas don’t love it in there.

[@lornabaker4039]

Same here! Winter sowing for brassicas and onions has been especially helpful for me. The best onions I’ve ever grown were started from seed by winter sowing in Jan/Feb (zone 6). I never get good fat bulbs when I use purchased onion sets.

[@viralprimenetwork]

Wow, this is amazing to see your healthy and beautiful garden. 😍🙌

[@homesteadgamer1257]

I just adore you guys. It's clear your hearts are in the right place as far as Why to garden, and I love the care you give, and the wonderful example you set for you children. I hope they grow up to pass your amazing skills along to help others.

[@nathanzuborev2834]

Thanks for sharing your experience ❤

[@altoncheatham7383]

Excellent video y’all. Western NC

[@morethanfarmers]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much!

[@blueluna45]

I can relate to foods tasting different or off after having covid. I had covid 3 years ago and lost my sense of taste and smell. I have regained some of it back but many things don't taste the same. Romain lettuce, cucumbers, jalapenos, and onions, taste off or weird. Peanut butter tastes like there is soap in it and the smell of coffee now gives me a headache and the taste grosses me out. And that was that I was a 4 cups of coffee every morning person. You have a beautiful homestead.

[@morethanfarmers]

That’s no fun. Thanks!

[@beatricepineda5923]

Seems way bigger than 1/8 of an acre. Anyhow, great information! Thanks for sharing!

[@morethanfarmers]

We own 5 1/2 acres, but I measured out our garden space and it is 1/8 acre 😊

[@MrHuguinski]

I love you! And I love the fact that you are so blessed to have each other sharing the passion for farming, not only food but your lovely children!

[@semiprofessionalamatuer]

You guys are my new favorite channel, very well done videos edited perfectly and great information and inspiration to the rest of us keep it up

[@morethanfarmers]

Wow, thank you so much! Glad you enjoy 😊

[@chezelleconroy2951]

This is so good! Thankyou for a thorough garden tour- keep ‘Em coming, we love them! ❤🇦🇺

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you! Will do!

[@chezelleconroy2951]

Just watching this again…

[@LorreEthier-wt2st]

You Guys!!! What a beautiful garden!! And what a team❤ this video just made my day. I love seeing people doing what they love doing!

[@luvs2knit1]

Ive watched hundreds of gardening videos and I have just now stumbled upon your channel. So glad I did. You and your husband present your topics in such a way that your videos are a pleasure to watch. Another reason I liked your video was your location . . . I live in Ohio also! Northeast Ohio, near Cleveland, zone 6B, what zone are you? Always nice to find KZbinrs near my area so I can follow your planting. I’m 71 and moving soon, a wee bit farther south (about 15 miles) so I will be starting over with a garden after 30 yrs in my current location. Looking forward to binge watching your channel (so fresh and informative). Also love watching your sweet children. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@morethanfarmers]

Wow! Welcome to the community. We're honored to have you here. We live in Central Ohio zone 5. Best wishes on your new garden!

[@zakman7299]

I can definitely relate with what you said about peppers! I had covid in 2021, and for the longest time I could not handle the taste or smell of peppers. It was so bizarre.

[@morethanfarmers]

No fun!

[@wendieo5146]

I’ve started using ROW cover netting on my brassicas. It works great and no worries about keeping pollinators away since they don’t need to be pollinated. Awesome results for avoiding caterpillars. Also, if you avoid touching your squash leaves while wet with morning dew or newly irrigated, it may help against powdery mildew. Also, water below the leaves like trickle irrigation.

[@ptngarden]

It's great to pick the fruits you grow yourself

[@camicri4263]

Impressive garden! Great job you guys!

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you so much!

[@lifeofintention4711]

Hey guys... here in South Australia we too have some trouble with mildew. We have found that opening up our plants as much as possible in how we grow them helps to cut it down. Also a spray of 50/50 milk/water on the leaves when you see it helps the mildew not grow on the leaves. Finely, when growing cucumbers, we've tried a few ways and found this to be the absolute best... 2 posts each end of the bed, 8' higher than the top of the bed... 1 x wire from the top of the posts over the bed... Then we put a string line (something that doesn't rot so use garden tie string for e.g.) from the base of the plant up to the wire, then grow the cucumbers up that. The string must be fixed to the ground (tent peg for example) and you just rotate it around the stem of the plant. It works the best and stops the mildew greatly. Thanks for your lovely informative videos - hope this might help you or others too.

[@morethanfarmers]

Wow! Thanks for all the tips. We will definitely take us into consideration for next year.

[@noelstonewall7574]

We've always burned off our asparagus in the fall without cutting any of it off and it's helped the patch get so much denser having the ash as soil feed.

[@whitestone4401]

So glad I found your channel. I’m in SE Michigan and I’m hearing some new information that I’m anxious to try. Since Covid, I can’t eat store bought bread. I can smell and taste every additive and it’s awful. So, now Friday is bread day.

[@michellem.8443]

Same here...very sensitive to chemical additives.

[@roflpill]

Your white butterflies are cabbage moths. I haven't tried it myself yet, but I've heard you can make cabbage moth decoys to deter them. They're apparently territorial and won't lay eggs in a spot they believe to already be taken. Worth trying!

[@morethanfarmers]

Interesting! Thank you!

[@EndlessWeekendlife]

What a great all round video. We have just started our own garden recently.

[@morethanfarmers]

Wonderful! Best wishes on your new garden! There's nothing more fulfilling!

[@kimmbrown]

Hi my friends, so excited to find your channel! My husband took my container garden from our deck to the ground a few years ago. Whaaaaat? This year we took our garden from the ground to raised beds. We had some problems with growing broccoli, cabbage, carrots, onion, and celery. Thank you for your video I will be trying this for next year in our garden.

[@morethanfarmers]

Sounds great!

[@carolynsexsmith3496]

If you have trouble with powdery mildew, try growing them up on a trellis. I use old onion bags as hammocks to support the squash. This has helped a lot with minimizing powdery mildew and pest hurting my garden

[@ladyprepper7987]

Your trellis looks great and yes, once they start to grow they will be easy to trellis up. Love your channel!

[@morethanfarmers]

Thanks so much! That gives me hope😊

[@RemJuly]

Yesterday, your channel have 16k subbies in less than one day it has grown into 17k plus, so happy for you. Hope you can also show us your daily chores with the kids in your homestead 😊

[@evan8463]

I think the video randomly got recommended to a bunch of people lol. That's why I'm here

[@RemJuly]

@@evan8463 oh, but it wasn't recommended in my case though, I actually typed and searched for a homestead videos as I am looking for other homesteads aside from the two YT channels that I am currently watching.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you! Yes...we're finally seeing some channel growth. We're so excited! We may just have a kid's chore video coming up😉

[@RemJuly]

@@morethanfarmers oh nice

[@farrahsgardendiary]

It was recommended to me today, and now you are at 103k friends with over a million views….wow congrats!!! I have a flower garden and I just clicked on this. Now I am off to research how to keep animals out since I live next to the woods. Thanks for the motivation, new garden friend here 😂

[@homesteadgamer1257]

Oh WOW, I had NO idea about the STRAWberry thing. Thank you SO much for sharing that! I am definitely going to do that this year!

[@patrickwild5339]

"and I dont do that because the effort isn't worth the reward" -narrator, basically Oh wow, respect added. Discussing success is easy, discussing compromises to get to success is much more difficult!

[@bluebirdhomestead]

Your garden looks awesome! I love seeing everything you are growing. -Cara

[@NewCreationHomestead]

You guys have it going on. We bought around 6 acres of overgrown land with a house that needs alot of tlc about 3 years ago. Slowly learning year to year. This year was our best year of green beans, corn, tomatoes we have ever had. Also added aji peppers to the mix and they did amazing.

[@morethanfarmers]

That’s awesome! Keep at it. Little by little and one day you’ll look back and be amazed at what you’ve accomplished.

[@JoseContrerasramos]

Lovely family, may nature be great to this family. Give them health and enough crops for their health ratings.

[@lindamorado9828]

Hi ,i just wanted to say that i lived on a farm once and it's nice to see a young family that grows it's own food and having a farm thats the good life.

[@laynes1232]

Y'all are amazing!~ So glad you're doing what you're doing, AND somehow taking the time and effort to share your new and growing wisdom with us. I found this video super easy and fun to watch and effortlessly learn tons of great gardening tips! Thanks y'all.

[@morethanfarmers]

Thank you so much!! So glad we can be of some help to you😊

[@xenotype9]

For the powdery mold use a three part water one part milk and spray the vegetation and fruit😊

[@crankiemanx8423]

Yes,I do the same also on the leaves of the zucchini plant .

[@sonyaramsay2749]

I just found you guys! Amazing so excited to watch all of your videos! The way you deliver the info is on point! Great job

[@CanCan-rr6hs]

I've noticed my tomatoes and cucumbers are more prone to fungus in the winter. However, during Spring and early-Summer I have zero problems. Also, planting flowers (marigold, zinnia, nasturtium) around my tomatoes keeps the pests away. The pests go for the flowers instead of the tomato.

[@MK-ti2oo]

Great content. Clear and concise. I think your channel is about to see tremendous growth! We homestead in Northern California but are originally from Ohio as well! I do watch quite a few different gardening/homesteading channels and your video was really good (it's the first of yours I've seen).

[@morethanfarmers]

Wow, thank you! Very encouraging comment! We are really excited to see our channel finally seeing some growth...we've been at this for awhile now😉 Welcome to the community!

[@josepharchambault8368]

I agree. First time watching, and there is always something to learn. . Been gardening for years... you're authentic and descriptive being right to the point. Dont change. !

[@morethanfarmers]

@@josepharchambault8368 Thank you so much 😊 Welcome here!

[@kerriewyer]

An 1/8th acre?! Looks like so much more! I gotta plan out better 😂 EDIT: just watched one of your older videos, my mistake, your GARDEN is an 1/8 acre not the land! I was wondering how it all fit! 😂

[@morethanfarmers]

Lol...yes...Our actual garden space is 1/8 acre. Our entire homestead is 5 1/2😁

[@eduardoHMYT]

More than farmers, great people!

[@user-xw2vu6lf5r]

Your garden looks awesome! I love seeing everything you are growing. -Cara. Your garden looks awesome! I love seeing everything you are growing. -Cara.

[@mywoolmitten]

This was a fantastic tour and practical tips, thank you so much. I'm now subscribed and look forward to watching more 😊

[@morethanfarmers]

Awesome, thank you! So glad you're here!

[@purrmaculture]

I really enjoy watching your vids! I love that you are so upfront about things how you do things and what you plant and/or don't plant anymore due to sensitivity to weather or the plant just being a general pain to plant cos they easily succumb to disease etc like heirloom tomatoes and zucchinis! Makes me feel slightly better despite failing at certain vegetables. I think part of gardening is accepting what works and what doesn't despite what we see in other people's gardens (which look so easy sometimes). Thanks for sharing your garden and tips!

[@morethanfarmers]

Amen...I couldn't have said it better. We used to stick to ideals to the point of completely failing. We wanted to grow only heirlooms and raise only heritage breed animals. Now we just accept that some things aren't suited to our climate or aren't worthwhile for us in the season that we are in with our family. There are 100% things that we can't successfully grow and raise on our farm in Ohio. There is no shame in that😊