2024 Garden & HARVEST Tour Week 8: Summer's Heating Up!

Hello! My name is Heather and we grow a lot of our own food here in southwestern KY, zone 7! Our greenhouse conversion is well underway and the tomatoes and peppers are getting bigger by the day!! I cannot wait to show you! I'll post all the 2024 garden tours in one place so you'll be able to catch up or look back on the season here: • 2024 Spring-Summer Gar...
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[@OrganicMommaGA]

The melons planted in your grow bags on the lane are your hybrid "Armpit Melons" I bet! Also - I think that butterfly visiting your bee balm at the end of the video was a swallowtail. I researched them last year and the ones most people think of are just bright yellow with black stripes and sometimes a blue spot at the rear bottom of the wing. The ones that are mostly black are always female, and the yellow ones with the blue spots at the base of the wing (I'd normally call that the tail - lol) are female also. I thought it was really neat!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

YAY I was hoping someone would tell me what kind of butterfly they thought that was! I will be on the lookout for the caterpillars. I Need to be careful while harvesting Dill!

[@mistycherie]

I knew I was forgetting to say something in my comment hahaha! Hoping they taste as yummy this year as in years past. (I also wondered if that was a swallowtail but I don't know how to tell,t hanks for sharing info Organic Momma!)

[@najwaseiya]

Great upload💕💕💕💕

[@brittanyfisher89]

Armpit melons 🍈 💚 loving the garden and farm tours!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes!! ♥♥

[@jaytoney3007]

Love the garden videos! I do a mix of raised bed, in-ground, and container gardening. This is my third year growing peppers in GreenStalk towers, sixty plants, in four square feet of ground space. I've harvested peppers four times, so far, am harvesting cucumbers and squash on a regular basis, and I've picked a half dozen tomatoes, excluding cherry tomatoes. The pole beans are flowering and beginning to set fruit, and I have cantaloupe and watermelon ripening on the vines. I have a wide assortment of herbs growing and flowering, comfrey, catnip, yarrow, chicory, dill basil, rosemary, parsley, chives, dill, spearmint, peppermint, and cilantro. I also have flowers strategically located throughout the garden to attract pollinators: marigolds, zinnias, asylum, strawflower, cosmos, columbine, zinnias, bachelor button, and more.

[@zinnialoveci6634]

I’m so jealous of your long growing season!!!❤❤❤

[@BigggRoss]

If you break the stem of the asparagus off from the crown, push your finger down the stem and break it off from the crown rather than cutting it off, like with rhubarb, it treats it like a pruning and you will get many more new sprouts up .

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you! We found that the stems leftover created small fronds and I theorized that was good for the crown but I can see why "pruning" the crown would help too!

[@deborahtolbert4185]

Ants with wings are possibly termites. This is the swarm time of year and you have a lot of wood around your boxes. Love watching your channel and look forward to your videos!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

These were not termites thankfully!!

[@heavenly-dreamsdairygoats]

I just love when I see your videos when I'm done with chores, your whole garden looks beautiful. So much going on anything working homestead. I think we are getting your heat next next, we have been warm in the mid 80's for high but next week we are in the high 90's all week and over 115+ with the heat index is what they are saying. Small chance of rain about every day so that's a good things. Thank you for sharing. Till next time God Bless.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yeah the rain has given way to heat!! Summer had to arrive eventually I suppose! Stay cool!

[@brittanigrows]

Every morning I check to see if youve posted and I get so happy when you do. Lol. Ill make my coffee, walk around my own garden and then sit down and obsess over yours. 🤣🤣

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I love that!! Thanks for taking me with you into the garden!! ♥♥

[@Daynette]

Hi Heather. I work for Visiting angels. I took care of your mom today. She told me about your KZbin channel. God bless you

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

HELLO and thank you so much for being there when I cannot. You are truly an angel!!! ♥♥

[@Daynette]

It was my pleasure, you mom is very sweet.❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

@@Daynette she really is. ❤️❤️❤️

[@IrisAugustHill]

I love your channel. It honestly reminds Me a bit of earlier Roots and Refuge. ❤ Love both channels but these days I find your channel a little more relatable to My life. I also love that your in Kentucky like Me! Lol. Keep up the good work!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Hello there neighbor! What a massive compliment, thank you ♥ Welcome to the channel!

[@farmstrong5434]

Ooooh yummy! What an incredible garden! Well done it must be so satisfying collecting your harvest as all the hard work is paying off! Sending love from our Moroccan homestead 🇲🇦

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks so much!! So awesome to have you here :)

[@jomiller4397]

Malabar spinach makes a great addition to a summer salad where lettuce wont grow in the summer (TEXAS 🤠) I love it it comes back every year and it covers a trellis really well so it is beautiful and good.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes I can definitely see how it replaces iceburg lettuce really well. I bet it's amazing chilled!!

[@GreenThumbGardener65]

Great tour! We are getting the heat too! I am hoping that my cabbages and brussels sprouts make it through the heat wave coming. I have them covered up, so fingers crossed! Armpits! LOL

[@kerriofczarzakkfofczarzak3343]

And everything looks beautiful Heather

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you Kerri! ♥

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

Love your garden videos. It's great to see your progress. It's interesting how you grow the pumpkins in among the grass. I've got so many weeds and grasses. I might need to embrace the grass and just plant in amongst it. Sorry I haven't been around more. I've got a fulltime job now and time is short for me to garden, video, watch other channels, etc. Have a great week, Heather! Great tour!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

No problem at all! I've not grown pumpkins into the grass before, I plan to mow ahead of them but then eventually yes some grasses will try to outcompete the pumpkin leaves. Jess at roots and refuge had success with this variety in a grassy weedy situation so I thought I'd try!

[@happyquilt1557]

I have my cucumbers already with little cucumbers. And I need to harvest everyone is almost ready otherwise my dog will take it! Wow! You have lot of gardens 💕 love your videos

[@sparkleflair]

Great harvest! I had to laugh when you about dropped all of the parsnips because you "thought it was a bug"! I just did the same thing yesterday with something similar!!

[@tater357]

Look at all the red flags on those Tomatoes....AWESOME

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

LOL I love my tomato tool!!

[@09echols]

Probably a birdhouse gourd. Od possibly the spoon gourd 19:54

[@ourhomesteadclassroom]

Parsnips are one of my favorite things to grow, and I've grown a lot of them over the years. Both my favorite farmer and my county extension office informed me about the toxicity of the tops so I don't eat them. And I also don't feed them to our chickens. It can feel wasteful because it's a lot of greens, but I'd just rather be safe than sorry on that one. They all go into the compost on our lil' homestead.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Right, I'm glad I decided to do the same!

[@79PoisonBreaker]

Garden is looking great. wonderfull job youve done

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you ❤️

[@scottgregory4837]

Hi Heather. I would think the melon you are growing is armpit melon. Have a great day.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

You are right!

[@juliepoolie5494]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks for watching!! ♥

[@nolliesteers3083]

Great video once again. Love you guys. ❤❤❤

[@cdavid2486]

BEAUTIFUL gardens. Love this time of year, esp when God regularly waters them. TY!

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

To minimize transplant shock, I try to minimize root disturbance when transplanting. Carpenter ants, they are setting up a nest in the side of the raised bed.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes that's ideal way to transplant. I got another tip to put the seedling tray on top of the soil they will be transplanted into to match the soil temperature. Just for a few hours/half a day. I wonder if the ants were leaving the bed? I don't see any sign of them now but maybe they are cozy down there!

[@gardenstatesowandsew]

Everything is so beautiful ❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thank you!!

[@79PoisonBreaker]

I have a container of all purpose miracle grow thats 6 years old that I do use on sad plants I want to give 1 last try to. I only feed 1ce to help get a burst of energy to the plant. most times if plant perks up and grows it also roots out to support itself and gets back in shape for rest of the year or it get replaced lol. I only use compost and manure as plant food 99% of the time but some times some things need a little extra help. And I for one think that is just fine lol.

[@jessicapabon2105]

I absolutely love your garden tours! I am an avid fan of parsnips. I tried growing them last year and they were all Woody and LOL I think I planted about the worst possible time in the summer hey ( experimental Gardener here hahaha). I'm still learning but it's okay you learn and you grow right? I have to say every year I always say "I'm never going to plant A garden this year" and it always ends up being double of what I had prior. We Live in Central Texas and the temperature here is starting to get very hot but we have been very blessed this season during spring because we've received some pretty cool temperatures and I think that's why the tomatoes and the cucumbers have exploded. Cow paneling and archways are a must and I'm so happy to have added them last year. Unfortunately I'm running out of room hahaha. Finally put my poor garage Quail outdoors and they are loving it... Okay what's the story behind the rabbit in the house? New breeder?

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

No that rabbit has lived indoors for about a year and a half but somehow he doesn't get shown a lot! He is a breeder for our "pretty bunny" program and he used to live on the front porch. During that SUPER cold dip two winters ago we brought him inside and he never went back out :) he loves to run around the house!! I worried about the parsnips getting woody if I left them in longer, I planted them around 120 days prior to harvest!

[@cindyboard7816]

Beautiful garden!! I'm going to give parsnips another try, it's been awhile. Thanks for sharing and stay safe!!🙏❤

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I am excited this worked out so well! My first attempt was okay but this was better.

[@chrimston2784]

Just as an FYI Kelloggs soil is like using straight sand. I think straight sand grows things better! I have never had luck with Kelloggs and I'm not the only one! I can assure you that your sad plant problem is the Kelloggs soil. I would try and top amend with compost or slow/instant release fertilizer

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We have purchased two pallets of it and the success has been more consistent than any failure. Our greenstalk with the tomatoes is only kellogg soil from this season and never was amended. Those plants were also started from seed in kellog and never fed. The whole garden was started in seed in Kelloggs and never fed, I'm just noticing some beds need assistance and we have done exactly as you suggested by amending with trifecta plus.

[@LoneStarGardener]

Garden is looking great! I started seeds for chocolate bell peppers and they are coming out as hot cherry peppers LOL.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Oh no!! LOL Sheesh peppergate lives on!!

[@letssummondinner]

The tomatillo husks will turn brown before the fruit fills the husk and splits it open. Pretty sure that is spot on. Your garden looks great. I am in ground cherry envy lol. I tried SO many seeds and not a single one germinated. I found that odd because they were brand new seeds from MIGardener. I have such good numbers from them as far as germination goes. Might get a new packet and try again next year. Awesome parsnip harvest! Nothing like something being better than you expect. I hope those grow bags are armpit melons lol.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Definitely try again!!! They have been so easy for us to germinate I'm wondering if that particular seed pack had issues!

[@letssummondinner]

@@SageandStoneHomestead I was kind of wondering that myself. Everything else I planted from that same seed order did just fine. Who knows lol. I bet if I just took the seeds to the garden and dumped them out everywhere they would come up lol. That is what my squash did 😂

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Sometimes they just don't want to be told what to do!!

[@shegrowshegrowswegrow8970]

A lot of my tomatoes are struggling this year. I was gifted a bunch of starts that are very big so I'm going to replant with the starts today.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

What a blessing!! I'm not having the best tomato year, but some years are just like that!! ♥

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝Thanks for the great video 🌻

[@thenodiggardener]

Unfortunately, I lost my armpit melon plants, which is what you've just started off. They were doing so well, but we've had too much cold, and rain. I've set off a few more seed for just in case the weather turns, but so far it's not looking good for us. The reports of 'warmest month in history' they keep coming out with for here in the UK is just ridiculous. It's so cold I've actually had to put my heating on this week, and that really annoyed me!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I have more seed!! You can get more F2 or wait until the end of this summer and I'll have the F3 seed!!

[@thenodiggardener]

@@SageandStoneHomestead Aaawww, that is so sweet of you! Right now, I still have some left, as I held some back just in case our summer ends up being a total wash out so I can try them next year. I'll give you an email though if run out before I can get them to grow out for a good summer. ❤

[@toneandersen2944]

Im trying to find elephant garlic in Norway but i haven't had any luck. Im hoping to find them soon so i can plant some :) Booming garden, so happy for you and your family. Much love from Norway.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I hope you can locate some!!

[@TheInquisitiveFarmwife]

Always love watching your videos... you said Ants with wings.... I go straight to termites with that (a problem here) and noticed it was a wooden raised bed. Of course there are OTHER ants with wings... just throwing out my experience!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thankfully they were not lighter colored like termites, but I think they may have been carpenter ants which are probably not better?

[@kerriofczarzakkfofczarzak3343]

Kosher dill pickled okra is awesome.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I agree!!

[@kerriofczarzakkfofczarzak3343]

I had that trouble a while back and I did a regiment of 2tsp epsom salt to a 32oz bottle of water and sprayed them once week for 3 weeks and doing a lot better

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I've heard foliar feeding with magnesium like that does loads of wonders for the garden! I need to do that soon

[@JerzeyGardenZ]

I have eaten parsnip greens before prepared like collards with ham hocks they were delicious

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I blistered horribly just from handling the parsnip greens in this video. I would imagine not everyone is sensitive but boy, I sure am. I'm going to be showing my arms in Wednesday's video.

[@JerzeyGardenZ]

@@SageandStoneHomestead Wow I am sorry to hear that.Hope you feel better.BTW I had those parsnip greens at cracker barrel.

[@rebeccazody1278]

I am chasing those multiflora roses constantly. It is highly invasive and I’ve has to pay workers to treat them to remove them. Our extension office provides info of how to remove them. You will likely regret letting them grow like that. Just saying. Love your videos

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Everything growing on our homestead is foreign and invasive I've learned. I just learned that the white clover is too. We have a lot of buttercup in spring, and Japanese knotweed in fall. The people who lived here before us planted three Bradford Pear trees. We have old tobacco farm land and the recovery of the land is a slow and seemingly impossible task, so we embrace what we can. As long as it has medicinal properties I don't mind. I can mow where I don't want it, that's what we have done for other things like blackberry and it works for us. You should have seen my face when I learned honeybees are introduced and invasive. :(

[@ScottyHunter]

LOL!!! 16:25 thought it was a bug. Been there, done that!! I love being outside, love gardening, not a fan of bugs crawling on me though. lmao

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I had an incident with a cave cricket recently so I'm jumpy LOL!

[@ScottyHunter]

@@SageandStoneHomestead Ugh, no freaking thanks on that! I am NOT a fan of crickets and grasshoppers in general. Used to live in Florida where grasshoppers were the size of small chihuahuas. NOT amused by that little joke from mother nature. Naw. Insects should not be large enough to trip over.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

@@ScottyHunter I agree!!

[@ourhomesteadclassroom]

Hey Heather! I hadn't wanted to say anything when I saw you got a full truckload of the Kelloggs potting soil. I sort of hoped things would be better this year or that it wouldn't happen to you as well. But last year, Jill Winger made a video about all the struggles she had with Kelloggs soil in particular. She even did a series of soil tests to get to the bottom of the problem (something she could clearly afford to do because Redmond Salt sponsors her soil tests). But I would highly recommend watching her video called 'The Surprising Reason I Killed 150 Tomato Seedlings' from about a year ago. Might help shed some light on the issues you're having in some of the beds filled with mostly their soil.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

It hasn't been all bad, it's been hit or miss. That tomato tower with the Tiny Tim tomatoes is all Kellogg's with nothing more. If it wasn't for the constant rain they wouldn't have gotten diseased and would be beautiful. From what I understand, it's not just one company selling soil that's not quite broken down, it's most of them. Jess at Roots and refuge is having issues with Bacto. Other channels have issues with other companies. The plants in the soil just need available nutrients which was pretty easy to see after a few weeks of some of the beds hosting plants and the solution has been easy thankfully. I'm going to be ordering more of the soil because I think it is good, especially for the price, it's just not going to grow much on it's own. Knowing that is good and we have a lot of success using it this year!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I have seen a lot of creators spreading fear with bagged soils, because it gets clicks. A lot of new gardeners can't see the issue and know immediately how to act to save their plants. What I'm trying to do is offer a solution when these things are noticed, because for many people bagged soil or compost is their one option and they don't usually have ready access to cold manures like we do with rabbit/goat manure. We amended and are seeing improvements, that's all these bagged soils need.

[@ourhomesteadclassroom]

Thanks for taking such a measured, solution-driven approach! I've also seen lots of the conspiracies about bagged soils getting creators lots of clicks (chicken feed, too). And, to be fair, Jill Winger did reach out to Kelloggs and shared their responses as well. And made it clear that she didn't think there was anything malintentioned (or nefarious 😉) was going on. She also offered some similar solutions to fix the nutrient deficiency. And I also saw Jess talk about it in her garden tour. Personally, I've been running into similar problems with Fox Farms soils this season, which are often very highly praised by many KZbin gardeners and have typically been great for me in past years. It just seems like they have been running out of nutrients much faster than in the past, and I'm having to add supplemental nutrition much sooner after planting than I have before. All of my basils were totally stunted in the potting soil I started them in. Got their first true leaves and then just stopped growing. But once I planted them into my raised beds (mostly filled with good compost), they started growing again. I've already decided that next season I am going to spend my budget on good compost and good organic fertilizers and then buy the individual components in bulk to mix my own potting soils. But I know that this isn't always an accessible option for some growers, and that I'm very lucky to have access to those materials in my area. As Jess mentioned, it's just so frustrating to see companies putting out deficient or immature products because new gardeners that don't know any better, or how to remedy the situation, get convinced they are just bad gardeners and then give up. 😔

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

@@ourhomesteadclassroom I totally agree and you've got a great plan. The first bagged soil I noticed issued with in 2020 was Fox Farms!! I was so surprised. That was only my second-year gardening and I didn't know what was going on. Being able to spot an issue and fix it before the plants succumb is a great and empowering skill. I'd rather have soil that needs more aging or things added to spruce it up than no soil at all. I think the companies probably assume that's the lesser of two evils as well as there's probably no real way to catch up from the surge of demand in 2020.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

@@ourhomesteadclassroom I totally agree and you've got a great plan. The first bagged soil I noticed issued with in 2020 was Fox Farms!! I was so surprised. That was only my second-year gardening and I didn't know what was going on. Being able to spot an issue and fix it before the plants succumb is a great and empowering skill. I'd rather have soil that needs more aging or things added to spruce it up than no soil at all. I think the companies probably assume that's the lesser of two evils as well as there's probably no real way to catch up from the surge of demand in 2020.

[@mistycherie]

Lovely garden tour, Heather! Really liked seeing how some things are progressing, and some aren't (and hearing what you plan to do). The parsnips look fabulous, I love them roasted with meat similar to pot roast like you mentioned. Favie intermission was so cute! The archway is looking like it will be gorgeous soon with all the lettuce flowering, will be wonderful to see that. All of the flowers blooming look so beautiful. Thanks for sharing! 💚🍅💮🥀💮🍅💚

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I'm thrilled with all the flowers. So glad I took the time to start them ♥♥

[@abigailontiveros5111]

I too always loose the spout for my watering can

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I found it today!! LOL

[@karenjoy7557]

The strawberries in the growtower look dried out big time like in a desert... I was always told if growing carrots or root food mix ground with sand and cow manure as sand is loose and easy for roots to push through... That Malaboo Spinach is great in salads aswell...but not much to taste fresh...cooked better big time in omlettes or quiches etc...😂😂😂 u need to buy a soaker hose for the alley garden...😅😅😅

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

The foliage died back with transplant shock and then they started to push out more green but once the sun came out after a month of rain they decided that was too much!

[@lisacornett9364]

I love your channel!!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Thanks so much!! Glad you're here ♥

[@katrinalynn6]

i have two pippins im excited to see what they do the leaves are purple

[@GWPHomestead]

Your garden a month ago looked great! Lol

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

YEAH LOL! It's okay now but definitely feeling summer.

[@GWPHomestead]

@@SageandStoneHomestead I, too, am feeling summer lol

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

Oh Peppergate got me good last year. I ended up with Lemon Drops which was fine but it was the hybrid Shishito that I ended up with unfortunately. They were bitter and hot. I like hot but these didn’t have a good flavor. I was pretty upset about it. I don’t even want to try actual shishitos now.

[@79PoisonBreaker]

DE is my ant repellant of choice. ants with wings are the new queens that will search out to make new colonies I think.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

They were gone when I went back out there! Must have flown off to start anew

[@rebeccawatson9284]

I won't ever buy that potting mix again. Nice garden!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

It has been good 90% of the time. I'm excited to elaborate on it in the next tour!

[@girlmamax3]

I bet you planted the kajari melon! I'm not a huge melon person but it does intrege me. I love watermelon. Honey dew and cantelope just arnt my thing.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

SO close!! I will be planting Kajari in a different spot :)

[@kimberlyearly8918]

Also, the armpit melon?!😂

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes!!

[@denisehaynes1885]

Heather have you ever picked up whirly gigs at the dollar store to maybe discourage the birds from picking on your small plants? They really help here in Maine..

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

That's a great idea. I don't mind the birds once the plants get bigger because they will pick bugs off the plants but when they are seedlings they get damaged! I'll have to pick some up ♥

[@carolynmoody9460]

❤❤❤🕊️

[@blackrock5749]

ARMPIT MELON!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

YES!! 🤩

[@dianelavoie6208]

Rose hips have vitamin c.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

Yes I'm excited to have access to those with the multiflora rose !

[@kimberlyearly8918]

Sorry, but I watched the snippet where you said a fire truck was needed in the past several times because your expression was so funny lol! I haven't even finished the video but had to stop haha. Unfortunately, I found two squash bugs and some eggs this morning! We've barely gotten started! Will BT help prevent them? I have like 14 pumpkin plants, a bunch of climbing pumpkins, a bunch of zucchini and yada yada yada! Ugh! Last year I had one squash vine borer and that was it!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

squash bugs are hard to kill. BT only really takes care of worms like cabbage loopers. What I would do for those is hand-pick plus DE!!

[@kimberlyearly8918]

@@SageandStoneHomestead Thanks!

[@courtneydohrman-aspenhillh4630]

I love your greenhouse! Where did you get it from? I'm in zone 6b, I see you're in 7, how well does it do over winter? We regularly get and maintain 4ft of snow for 4 months and snow stays for 6 months😅

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We got it from grower's solution! The plants in the winter have not done great but it hasn't been because of the greenhouse, we used to plant all in-ground and the clay turns to mud in winter which is not great. Excited to use these beds for the first time over winter this winter!

[@marking-time-gardens]

🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕

[@Growingbookbybook]

Should the corn/corms be left in the ground now or taken out and planted in the fall? I'm getting ready to pull my elephant garlic soon.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

You can leave them! I have volunteers come up every year from corms left in the ground and it's like they know what to do. I've done it both ways though and planted from corms I brought inside as well.

[@lorrainestafford3809]

It was last year the seeds

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I thought so but couldn't remember!!

[@HariFloraLandscape]

🥰😍👍👍

[@Root_and_Fleurish_Farm]

Parsnip tops are for sure toxic. Don’t give the tops to your goats.

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

I didn't, thankfully!

[@rebeccawatson9284]

armpit

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

yes!!