2023 Garden & Harvest Tour Week 11: Corn, Tomatoes & Beans (Oh my!)

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I mentioned that we grow rabbits for meat instead of chicken, if you're interested in hearing more about that I have a whole raising rabbits playlist I put together this past winter: kzbin.info/aero/PLXrP3tEiJQU7Ai6CPabijbJeulMtaccgx

[@Bellllllz]

I actually found you through a rabbit disbatch video. Excellent info!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

That's awesome! I'm so glad you found us! ♥️♥️

[@Bellllllz]

Omg the pink eyed peas are adorable, I didn't know that they came in that variety!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I didn't either until I saw them in a seed catalog! So adorable!

[@mandyg888]

Wow that okra flower is beautiful!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I think so too!

[@mistycherie]

Wonderful garden tour, thank you for sharing Heather. The archway is fantastic and dreamy! Super eager (still) to see how the melons turn out hahaha, can't wait! Glad the weather didn't cause tooo much damage to your plants.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you, me too!!!

[@jackiek4159]

Your garden is so abundant and you are so blessed! Loving these videos so much! 😍🙌🏻🍅

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you so much! ♥️🌽

[@potagermalo]

Magnifique bravo 😊😊😊 A bientôt

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you!!

[@potagermalo]

@@SageandStoneHomestead de rien

[@AZJH8374]

I have watched hundreds of Homesteaders over the years, & have NEVER come across someone as knowledgeable as you, Heather. I could watch you harvest for hours, & I learn so much. Thank you. Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you SO much nurse Judi!!! That means so much to me ♥️♥️♥️

[@rebeccawatson9284]

I have grown the pink vernisage. It was mealy.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes that's my problem with it!!

[@caroldmaner1316]

You are so knowledgeable about all you grow, I love it. ❤ Thank you for sharing!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you so much! Thanks for watching! ♥

[@laurajackson2429]

Thank-you for the fun and informative garden tour. I really enjoy watching them. We do have community garden space's, but you only get a small plot, not really worth it. Enjoy your hard earned rabbit pepper salad tonight.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

How big are the plots? Might be worth it to grow herbs if you use a lot of fresh herbs in your cooking!

[@laurajackson2429]

@@SageandStoneHomestead Your right. I think they are about 6feet long and 5 feet wide. I am going to look into trying to get a plot for myself for next summer.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

You can grow quite a few potatoes and herbs in that space for sure! ♥️

[@laurajackson2429]

@@SageandStoneHomestead I'm definitely going to look into it now. Thank-you for showing everyone that it is possible. You are a very positive person with great energy. Your children are so blessed to have you as their Mom!

[@susanharvesting]

Farming looks like hard work, but it’s worth it.

[@mbmiller1956]

Quick tip: squash vine borers AND squash beetles hate peppermint. Make up a quick solution of about a quart of water, a squirt of castile soap, and maybe 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint essential oil and spray heavily around the plant base, then lighter on the underside of leaves, as well as anywhere that’s been pruned. Apparently (ie my understanding is) any cut or damage sends out a scent that those nasty critters can’t resist. The smell of peppermint masks it and deters them. Works well for me!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Oh that is great advice! Thank you!!

[@hollyhersey1902]

That garden trellis is really pretty. So peaceful and relaxing with your rocking chair in there. ❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

It really is!

[@nolliesteers3083]

Wow, you and Levi can have a date in there. It is so amazing. ❤❤❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We could! We should!!!

[@nolliesteers3083]

@@SageandStoneHomestead you can put a small table out there with some candles (battery operated) Have te kids serve you guys the dinner and dessert. That would be fun. Lol.

[@jessicapabon2105]

I'm so excited about your spaghetti squash Heather, they all look so lovely. Last year November 7th we ended up harvesting a speckled pup pumpkin and I harvested with the recommendation that I received from a gentleman who was creating a KZbin concerning longevity of pumpkins for long-term storage. So this gentleman recommended that when the pumpkin is ready to harvest then he will take 10 in from the left side of the vine and 10 in from the right side of the vine after of course it's ready and the curlicue is all dried up - snip it, bring it inside and once the sections are completely dried your pumpkin is good for long-term. So we still have a pumpkin that we were experimenting with from last year on the counter and I'm pretty excited cuz we are going to tear into it in November .... I might actually do it the last day of November just to see if we could go beyond that year mark. It is solid still, it's looking good as a matter of fact believe it or not he's starting to get a slight orange tint on the outside after all these months LOL. Mind you the temperature in my house is anywhere from 68 to 70. And we store them on the counter of the kitchen or in the computer room which is the second coldest room of house. But I thought it was a very cool experiment this gentleman did and for the life of me I cannot recall his name or the Vlog but I remember that and I think that would be just an amazing way of keeping your pumpkins for the Long Haul. Wanted to share with y'all. I have yet to grow spaghetti squash that's why I was so excited cuz it's one of our favorites.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

That's VERY interesting!! Do you leave the whole dried vine section on it or trim it down later on? We have one Tromboncino inside still from November and I've thought about leaving it alone and seeing what it does! My Amish friend said it will probably just all dry out from the inside out, which makes sense!

[@jessicapabon2105]

@@SageandStoneHomestead I did. I left a whole dried Vine section so that 10-inch section that was cut shriveled-up to like less than 2 inches lol. Going to be so interesting opening it up. I told my sister we're going to make some pies with that! Hahahahaha. It'll be an amazing experiment if it is preserved and stay preserved. According to that guy also I remember him saying that he was single and he had planted quite a few variety of squash glass pumpkins and that he was going to have a quite a few for the winter and Beyond. And I think one of the ones he was mentioning was the spaghetti squash as well so it would be interesting to drive the same experiment on every single variety that I can get my hands on that I can only grow them one at a time LOL maybe two at a time hahaha

[@mbmiller1956]

Girl!! Your garden still looks amazing ❤ So proud for you!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you!! ♥️🌽

[@cindyboard7816]

Loving the garden tours! I know exactly what you mean about being impatient with the tomatoes and melon!! I have some pretty green tomatoes that I cannot wait to be ready!! Thanks for sharing and stay safe!!!❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you Cindy! You stay safe as well! ♥️

[@godisincontrol32]

🎉 Always a pleasure to see your Garden 🏡 Thank you for your tours, so cool 😎

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks so much for watching!!

[@godisincontrol32]

@@SageandStoneHomestead you're welcome 🤗 it's a privilege..

[@mandyg888]

I love the variety of tomatos you have. I have never heard of so many.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks! They are all really different in flavor!

[@mandiesplace]

Your plants look amazing! Mine are half the size! What do you amend your beds with?

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Manure and hay from our farm and sometimes I get bagged raised bed soil and Black Kow Manure in the yellow bag!

[@mandyg888]

What a wonderful harvest! Trying to catch up! Boy you were so calm when that tomato dropped. I would have jumped 😂

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I REALLY hoped it wasn't something like a critter lol!!

[@tammykaltreider]

🤍🤍🤍. Yes milk does work for powdery mildew! Go for it!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Would you believe it's DOWNPOURING right now?! It wasn't supposed to rain all week! Milk on the plants tomorrow!

[@dianagallagher3891]

What a great harvest today !! I have never tryed a black eye bean or pink eye I need to try some new veggies I am not getting any younger ..lol I love your arch way its so beautiful.. I can't wait to see how big your loofah gets and your bird house too !! I get excited when you post a new video I can't wait to see what surprises come from your wonderful garden. It's always nice to see your goats and your boys are getting so big. Can't wait to see you again my friend 😊

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I haven't seen any luffa!!! I hope they are just hiding!!

[@katiedenessen829]

Man I want your corn!!!! 🌽

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

So yummy! 🌽

[@dianehall5345]

Thanks for the garden tour Heather. My favorite green bean is Provider. Favorite summer squash is Zephyr, both from Johnny's Selected Seeds. I love your arbor tunnel. Our gardens in NH took a hard hit with all the rain this season. Thank goodness for our local farmer's markets! Many growers use green houses. Your green house is lovely ~ Diane

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you so much! Greenhouses are great for controlling moisture, for sure!

[@christinesroutines]

Whew!! You have it going on!! 😍What a joy to watch such a successful garden tour! Your depth of knowledge about every aspect of your homestead is inspiring! Now I'm headed to pluck my handful of beans and maybe a pea or two from my urban raised garden! Ha! 😅Can't wait to see what you have in store for us next!! Blessings!! 💝

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Enjoy every bit of your garden! Small spaces are big for learning too ♥️♥️

[@scottgregory4837]

Hi Heather. I just wanted to say that your garden looks great keep up the great job. Also would like to see more videos with your rabbits.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

The rabbits are taking the hot summer off but they occasionally make appearances in vlogs during the summer still! We have one more round to process from the spring breedings.

[@elainehinton2860]

Your arch is beautiful!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you I love it!!

[@ShakinaRiley-v1j]

York garden is do excited to watch❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks so much! ♥️

[@sparkleflair]

LOVE the secret hiding place in the birdhouse gourd area. I remember the first time I grew yellow/low-acid tomatoes (in 1982!). I didn't KNOW they were supposed to be yellow. I had a few rot on the vine because I was waiting for them to turn red. I made my mom try it to see if it was ready! 😂 I hope you're feeling better, Heather.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Haha that's so funny!!! These little yellow spoon tomatoes have a good level of acid!

[@Christian-jx3nx]

Just an FYI since y’all like green beans alot: Roma bush green beans produce well in zone 7 for me. No bug damage. No rust. And even the larger beans have no strings, great taste and very productive. Kentucky blue pole and Jade did well too with no strings. I’m only growing Roma next year. So good. Grew some Red Snapper tomatoes from Hoss Tools. Big, productive and tasty. 😊

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I'll DEFINITELY try those next year!! Thanks so much!

[@doriskuhberger8559]

Wonderful video. You have an amazing harvest all the time. That is soo good. Thank you for the update. Love and Blessings to you all. ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you Doris! We are blessed!

[@gardenstatesowandsew]

Such a beautiful garden and harvest ❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you!! ♥️🌽

[@gardenstatesowandsew]

@@SageandStoneHomestead you’re welcome

[@smallspaceswithGloria]

Thanks for sharing heather 😊

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

You bet! Thanks for watching!!

[@شهيد-م7ت]

I love your country and love it. If I could come to your country once, I would feel sorry for myself.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you so much!

[@شهيد-م7ت]

@@SageandStoneHomestead welcome

[@mandyg888]

Oh the peppers! 😍 I love eating them raw with my homemade yogurt... Cream cheese... And some everything bagel seasoning oh my goodness! My go to 🤤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

With YOGURT. I have to try that!!

[@mandyg888]

@@SageandStoneHomestead just fair warning! I eat it every day 🤣😂 it's addicting 🤣

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I'm EXCITED to try!!!

[@bornfree3837]

I love how you go into Detail about things you are Very Informative Heather !!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks so much! ♥️🌽

[@crazeefreebee]

I have very bad luck trying to grow bell peppers and kinda gave up but this video makes me want to try again.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Make sure they are fed well with compost and watered regularly! ♥️

[@vintagegarden93]

I love your trellis

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks so much!!

[@2HillHomestead]

I want to be your neighbor so bad! Lol. I fermented some cherry tomatoes! Never had them but want to try them out with the abundance of cherry tomatoes I have. I got a greenhouse this yr. Excited to see what I can grow in it this fall/winter! My goal is to grow yr round in it!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

You can do it!! I'm really looking forward to this fall in the greenhouse.

[@lindabuchan5855]

Wow that is some harvest, love your layout, I am based in the UK & managed to get some blue lake bush beans seeds from America today, can’t get them in the UK, so excited 👍

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Oh yay! I hope you enjoy them!!

[@OrganicMommaGA]

Lovely harvests again today, Heather! A bit sad about the little watermelons, though (Sugar Baby, I think?). We grew a small(ish) watermelon variety last year called Mini Love that produced well for us in our raised bed garden. We did not trellis them, though and I imagine even their "small" fruits would have needed extra support if trellised. This year, though, we ventured into larger watermelons in our raised bed garden and have enjoyed them - Sangria variety is not what I would call a heavy producer in numbers, but the two we have harvested so far averaged over 16 pounds each and we have three or four vines stuck in a 16 foot by 4 foot raised garden bed. We are new to growing watermelons and are trying a different variety each year to see what grows best for us and has the flavor our family likes the most. We are also trying to lean more towards heirloom or stable hybrid varieties we might be able to regrow from saved seeds to save on our "seed buying addiction"! 😉

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

That's wonderful! Have you tried any yellow fleshed varieties? That's on my list!

[@OrganicMommaGA]

@@SageandStoneHomestead Not yet, but they are definitely on my list, as well. We are hoping to expand our garden space enough to have a second watermelon patch next year, so may be able to find space for a yellow-fleshed (hopefully heirloom) variety.

[@yajfamily4320]

Hi. ❤❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Hello !! 😃

[@thenodiggardener]

When I could still order from Baker Creek, I bought Brad Gate's Blue Berries, and Blue Gold Berries, because I'd seen a lot of good reviews about flavour for them. Nope. We don't like them, and they got hit super early by Blight in my garden. However, Barry's Crazy Cherry is our favourite! I'm not a raw Tomato fan, but really like this one. I have quite a few of his others that do well in my garden too, but if I even moved, I'd give the first two another go, just to see if they liked the conditions better than this garden.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I just ordered some of the Berry's Crazy Cherry for next season!!! I can't wait. Thr blue cream berries have been so good, I'm sorry the others were disappointing!

[@thenodiggardener]

@@SageandStoneHomestead I'll have to see if I can get the seed for those, and give them a try. The BCC are prolific, and fabulous as green pickles!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I'm excited to grow them next year!

[@kristyosborne3502]

Man I have garden envy! The last 2 years mine has been horrible! How do you keep up on the watering 😮

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

In the summer we have timers and irrigation in the garden areas! The raised bed garden has sprinklers and the greenhouse and lane have drip on a timer ♥

[@maryhysong]

I didn't like Black Vernasage either! And if you have old milk or cheese whey dilute up to half a gallon in a five gallon bucket of water and pour some around plants that need help. I do it every couple weeks, especially in my potted tomatoes and they are going crazy

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you so much!!!

[@TheHeavenlyHomestead]

Off flavor and texture on those tomatoes? I’m not ver adventurous on varieties because we need them to grow in a “shorter and not so hot summer” but I’ve never tried a tomato that I didn’t like 😬 Those pigs must love your garden!!! Everything looks amazing ❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I've not tried one I didn't like until this one! I wish I could teleport one to you!!

[@TheHeavenlyHomestead]

@@SageandStoneHomestead 😂😂 I need to know what a bad tomato taste like 😂

[@evon1987]

I think it might be what nutrients you add to it for flavor

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I'm thinking you're right!

[@evon1987]

@@SageandStoneHomestead maybe try two different spots different soil same tomato see how it tastes in each one

[@GWPHomestead]

Melons for days!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Fingers crossed!!!

[@hollyhersey1902]

What’s the difference between Sugar & Gold and Peaches & Cream corn? Google wasn’t helpful. We grew up with it called Sugar & Gold.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I think it could be regional terms for the same general thing, which is a bicolor sweet corn. It could also be two different varieties. In Maine likely they need a fast producer because of the short season.

[@ikeshia1981]

How many acres do you have and do you sell any of your veggies? I just found your channel yesterday and subscribed . I was planning my fall garden but I JUST resprained my ankle a couple hours ago so no fall garden this year 😔😔

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Oh I'm SO SORRY about your ankle. That's so disheartening but you've got to take care of yourself. We live on 9.25 acres and haven't sold any veggies as of yet. We do give extras away when we have them, our neighbors don't eat cucumbers haha ❤️❤️

[@ikeshia1981]

@SageandStoneHomestead I love your garden wild and fruitful. I'm in TX I couldn't do high grass here 🐍🐍

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you!!! I really need to weed whack, Pronto! I have been told there are poisonous snakes here, but not like TX for sure!!

[@hasmika9412]

👍💞👏🏼👏🏼🙏👏🏼👏🏼👍

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks for watching!+

[@mandyg888]

Awe no 😢 to the sugar baby watermelon

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

more are growing in!