2023 Garden & Harvest Tour Week 20: PURPLE Sweet Potatoes!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I mentioned fermented cucamelons in this video! See how that process works here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mILPh4OOr8l8q80

[@cindyboard7816]

Instead of ringing the dinner bell the goats were ringing the breakfast bell!😂🐐 Your garden just continues to churn out the produce!! I would have imagined a birdhouse gourd to taste "woody". I had no idea until you shared that the gourds were even edible. I caught a smidge of Ryan Hall today and thought I heard about a heatwave in our future. I will have to go back and listen closer to his video. He said a small chance of severe weather for the state tonight. I hope that doesn't develop, but if so, you guys stay safe!!! Thanks for another great video!!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes! So the cooler weather starts around the 8th, I assumed the storm tonight was going to bring in cooler weather but it's not!! Stay safe!

[@mistycherie]

Lovely garden tour, Heather! Still so much variety and harvest coming in even at the end. Lots of wonderful seedlings on the way, so am excited to watch them grow. I love how you just bite into something and share how it tastes, it is so helpful for those of us who may not have tried it (or might even be scared) so thank you for that bravery hahaha.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

You bet!! haha! ♥♥

[@TaraFarms]

Always love watching things like sweet potatoes being harvested. No idea why 😂

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

It's a treasure hunt!! 🤩

[@rachel4483]

"secret" might be a variety of hybrid tea rose.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

It smells lovely regardless!! ♥

[@hollyu48]

This fall I am using beneficial nematodes in all my raised beds

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I did that a couple years ago and had good success!! I need to put them in again this coming spring.

[@kerriofczarzakkfofczarzak3343]

Your garden tours have made my day every time you do one!!!!! I have grown gourds for years. That is normal. Not scary. You can leave alone or do what I do and scrub off with Clorox water. It’s all good. Keep up the great job you all do

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

YAY thank you for confirming!!

[@karenstone5305]

Hey Heather!! Your right about eating Luffa. But, if you slice them like you do okra and fry them just like okra well they taste like okra! The 1st time a friend showed me his luffa growing up his tree he actually thought it was okra. Well, he let me pick some and I fried them up and it's the closest thing to okra you'll ever find. Delicious!! But, not biting into a raw luffa. When you did I'm like trying to tell you don't! Try the luffa fried like okra and you'll enjoy it. Have an awesome day!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

LOL It wasn't HORRIBLE raw, but I can definitely see how they would be a close sub for okra, and without the mucilage so many people hate!! Thanks for sharing! ♥

[@rechellmullen6340]

Wow! I never knew you can eat bird gourds. Lol And I love your tunnel! You so inspire me girl! I've got to plant a garden next year. I took a break this year and man, do I miss it! Love your videos!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes the birdhouse gourds are quite good when picked smaller, like 6 inches or less! ❤️ I'm excited that you're excited about your garden for next year!!

[@theresekirkpatrick3337]

Me either or loofas either who knew

[@OrganicMommaGA]

A delightful, happy harvest video, Heather! You mentioned Misfits Market - we did that subscription box, also for almost a year. It was pretty decent in the beginning, but then they changed the structure of how the boxes were put together and we ended up getting more compost than edible foods (before we had chickens). And, even though we reuse and recycle so much of the packaging, it was still just too much! So, we got our tails in gear and upped our garden potential! Our cucamelons are STILL producing, too! They're all a bit odd-textured now (after growing all SPring and Sumer), so we've allowed them to just go wild and hope we get plenty of volunteers in the Spring. We planted them in a large bucket with rope handles (I think it's about 35 gallons?) and have designated it just for these darling snacks. The pak choi or bok choi - we grew ours in one gallon containers this Spring and they got absolutely huge! I used a lot of them in stir-fry veggies and noticed the stem parts are reminiscent of celery without the strings. My family's favorite stir fry of them was mostly the stripped greens, sliced stems, and large diced sweet potatoes. We tossed in snow peas or sugar snaps cut in half or some other random small bits of veg sometimes, too. We also did some fermented with a bit of shredded carrot and a few jalapeno slices... And that disappeared. I think my teenager devoured it. LOL Who else complains their children snack on too many fresh fruits or veggies? 🤦‍♀

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We had some Pak Choy last night in a stir fry and said the same thing about it being like celery without strings!! how funny!

[@kerriofczarzakkfofczarzak3343]

Oh and that could be a vole that dug. We did have a problem this past year but gone. Yeah

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

My daughter saw a frog at the entrance today!

[@kerriofczarzakkfofczarzak3343]

@@SageandStoneHomestead yeah. Voles are horrible. Glad it’s a frog

[@theresekirkpatrick3337]

I’m ready to harvest my sweet potatoes the vines are crazy and I just got meat rabbits and they love the leaves

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Congrats on the bunnies!!

[@jessicapabon2105]

So much fun to plant potatoes! Last year was my first time planting potatoes. It was not a great harvest but it was fun so I definitely going to do that again this coming spring. Just yesterday I realized all of my Colima green beans are busting through the soil. The Kentucky pole Wonder green beans are all doing well and I just realized yesterday just how tall they've gotten I haven't really been paying attention and there about four and a half feet tall already that's fast! The sugar snap sweet peas are all coming up so I planned a second secession about a week afterwards. I had a bag of sweet peas that I forgot I had on the bistro table and I started watering and that bag got soaking wet so I could not bring it in so I figured I ruined a whole bag and I threw them all in a corner of my L-shaped Garden by the house kitchen door and just yesterday I had to do a double-take because there are peas busting through....I ended up pouring some leftover good dirt about half a bag that had purchased on top of them not thinking anything and I am super pleasantly surprised. So late last night I ended up putting more skewers all around to keep them protected from possums who absolutely love digging everything they can in these Gardens. But it also keeps the Stray Cats from using those areas. I have a question ...I'm not sure if you've ever planted the cushaw squash before Heather ??maybe someone in the comments?? I planted a variety of Grey zucchini and lemon squashes and I had one Cushaw squash that actually survived and is spreading rather nicely but what's weird is that I'm very accustomed to having squash plants when they first come out having the male flowers popping out first.... I'm accustomed to seeing tons of male flowers before the female flowers. Well this is the total opposite this squash plant is just throwing out all of these female flowers and they barely have any male flowers and the male flowers that they have are probably the size of my pinky nail so they're super duper tiny and I really don't think anything's going to come of those little flowers. I'm thinking it's a fluke or I don't know. The area is kind of new... I have amended it, so the plants are growing absolutely beautiful and I did buy a good fertilizing food for them. I'm at a loss I really don't know what to think LOL. I just never bumped into a squash that does the opposite of what I'm used to. LoL

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I have never grown Cushaw!! That is strange the male flowers are SO small!!

[@darcysimental5299]

The shots of the root vegetables made it feel like a tiny forest with all those green tops. Thank you for sharing what you do Heather.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

It's like a little fairy forest! Thanks for being here ♥

[@plantaseednotlitter2260]

Well done loyal and faithful servant that Autumn 2023 harvested.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

❤️❤️❤️

[@kerriofczarzakkfofczarzak3343]

Hey sweet girl. I’ve been meaning to text you and say thank you so much for your videos. I don’t know if you remember back in June when I had a bad fall off a ladder and hurt my leg, ankle and foot which kept me in doors for over 2 months. I’m doing better and back out on the homestead, but your videos are what kept me going. It was like I was working outside with you. You are such a delight and your husband and kids are so awesome. Thank you for helping me get through a horrible time in my life. You have such a great deal to teach everyone. God bless you all

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

This means the world to hear! Thank you so much, I'm SO glad you are feeling better. Being held back from the homestead must be gut-wrenching!! I think of you often because your salves are my FAVORITE!! I especially love the yarn-lovers salve. ♥♥

[@theresekirkpatrick3337]

I’m so grateful for finding your bunny series. My husband thinks I’m crazy and wrong to kill bunnies but I’m in a small neighborhood with limited space and an hoa. Have had them 10 days working on individual cages for them. Prayers no babies too soon. They’re only 13 weeks and it’s still hot during the day. Have about a month before first frost

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Even if you have an extra dog crate, that works to separate males and females you can avoid unintended early breeding!

[@79PoisonBreaker]

some rose bushes are better for cut flowers and others for food. the base of the bloom swells to a fruit. Like blueberries they do prefer acidic soils

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Ah and our soil was pretty alkaline last test I did. Should put some coffee grounds around the rose! Thank you!!

[@SujitDas-ek6dw]

Wonderful veggieS...................

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you so much!

[@susanwilliams1881]

Nice group of sweet potato

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks!!

[@GWPHomestead]

The weather keeps teasing us with cool temps and then a slight warm up. Won’t be much longer (I hope!) before fall really sets in.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Around Oct 8th!! Waiting for it excitedly!

[@SujitDas-ek6dw]

AweSomeS...................

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks 🤗

[@thenodiggardener]

My poor pepper plants are only just putting on a push after our dismal weather season, but I'm going to use them to make a fermented hot sauce. Whilst looking at new seed I'd already put Lemon Drop in my basket on recommendation from another channel, and I thought about your lovely Sugar Rush Peach. The site I've ordered from didn't have those, but have Sugar Rush Stripey, which are so pretty, so I ordered those instead. I had also put off having cucamelons for years, but got given some seed, so I'm going to go and watch your ferment video, because I like the sound of those. What with other new seeds, I'm very excited for next year already 😁

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Cucamelons are a favorite here for sure! I'm glad they volunteered again this year!

[@TIERRAYLOMBRICES]

I have one rose almost identical to that one the name is. CRESCENDO.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Stunning and so fragrant!! ❤️

[@lms3847]

Heather.. I am having the same problem with my fall seedlings . Doing them the same way I have for 4 years.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Bizarre!!! I wonder what's going on?

[@doriskuhberger8559]

That was a good harvest. I always love your harvest videos. My tomatoes have little flower buds coming out. That is so cool. The slurry thing didn't work out for me. Do I need so simmer it for a bit? I had two goes at it. Thank you so much for sharing. Love and Blessings to you all. ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes it will need to slowly heat to a simmer until it thickens ❤️❤️

[@doriskuhberger8559]

@@SageandStoneHomestead AHA. Thank you for that. I appreciate it. 🙂

[@chrimston2784]

rosa rugosa is the one that gives the best rose hips. the one you have looks like it hasn't produced hips.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I definitely need to add that variety to the farm! Thank you!!

[@10thegoatbooth.ilovejesus]

I generally curious since im new. How do you separate all your bucks? I noticed you had a lot! And im looking into that for the future!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I will room them together when I'm not using them and I don't use them all at once. I have 4 separate areas I can corral bucks with different ladies if needed though! Right now I'm actively using 3 spots for 3 different pairings ♥

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

in general you want pens that either have a solid wall in between or 15 feet between pens so the bucks won't fight through the fence over a girl. They are fine together with no girls in the same area though!

[@10thegoatbooth.ilovejesus]

@@SageandStoneHomestead thanks so much!

[@mandiesplace]

What variety were those green beans? They were loaded!! Great video!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Calima green beans!! They have been awesome!

[@uppanadam]

Do we get some cooking videos?? 😀!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I've had a few over summer but there can and will be more of those as things slow down going into winter!! I've had a few requests for cooking videos! ❤️❤️

[@blackrock5749]

I’m curious how many Calima bean plants do you have to get that kind of harvest?

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Twelve!

[@TheChristinaJo]

Please!!! Wear protective foot ware! I have been bitten by a copperhead(foot) and it’s definitely NOT good…..

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I usually do but not that day!

[@SujitDas-ek6dw]

HelloS Madam...................

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Hello!