A Garden Harvest You Don't See Everyday | Caught on Film

[@ndproducelady]

Don't worry about the ones that aren't ripe yet. Coons only eat the ripe ones. Just keep an eye on them. You can also put a couple of electric fences around your garden. Put one about 2-3 inches above the ground and the next one about 8 inches. That should take care of your corn problem.

[@dzeelife]

Beautiful couple and beautiful garden too. 💞 Sending love from Philippines

[@lynsmith2698]

Poo don’t you hate when you can’t get the swarm. Great harvest Rachel 💕🇨🇦

[@dolcevita5411]

The bee footage is great. Your garden crop is always beautiful to look at. Look forward to your tomato canning video.

[@amfarmsllc5624]

Todd, I had 7 queens in a swarm this year. If you see a swarm taking off try the tanging method. Banging metal will make them think it is thundering and they will all land quick. Often times it will stop them from going high. Late summer swarm!

[@jerriscollins-ruth9019]

Wonderful Rachel and Todd

[@PjMeh]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about the bees. Fingers crossed they're able to get back down. Be safe! Oh, and thanks for the tip on the bell peppers. My beloved poblanos, ended up being bell peppers. They were gifted starts from a family friend. I don't care for bell peppers, but I'm happy I'll get to share them with neighbors and friends.

[@smas3256]

I charred some and put them on sandwiches. You'll want them still crispy. Just cut top and bottom, remover seeds and white pith, salt inside, char on grill, cram into jars, add a little olive oil, cool on counter, refrigerate, keeps long time.

[@PjMeh]

@@smas3256 Oh thank you! I've never heard of bells stored like that. I'll have to try it. I may even end up liking them. 😁. I do like charring poblanos like that. One year I even made vegetarian tamales for my Mom. We used charred poblanos, and her special vegetarian cheese.

[@GAPeach58]

Oh, the purple hull peas bring back memories of me as a small child sitting on my great-grandmother's porch shelling those peas. 😍

[@spencem2000]

Same!

[@leaannebrummett9159]

We have had so many swarms this year, doubled our hives. It was very impressive to see you in the tree. We would have let that one go. Grannie used to get to pots or pie pans and bang them together over a hive to bring the swarm down into the hive. I don't do bees and hubby rolls his eyes at my grannies bee whisper technique.

[@dustyflats3832]

That’s hilarious! Did it really work?

[@juliansgma]

Ohmygosh, love the bee swarm! Definitely get them in a new hive. Beautiful tomato harvest, Rachel!

[@aleshacasey3159]

Once the critters have found the corn there is no stopping them. The same thing happened to me this year. I picked some ears after I saw a few had been nibbled on. The next day they destroyed nearly the whole harvest. I tried to salvage what I could but it wasn't much.

[@littlecountrykitchen]

Hey Rachel 🌻 My neighbor has a big garden w corn and said she plays talk radio outside all night and it deters the raccoons from the corn patch! 🌽 🌽 🌽 Awesome ideA 💡

[@shamancarmichael5305]

Thanks for getting the bigger camera lense, Todd, the swarm footage was amazing! Hope you can lure them into a hive box. Nice morning harvest, you two! 🍅🐝

[@anapaulacrawford5837]

Such a beautiful sight. I hope you can recuperate or queen . And your garden is gorgeous with plenty ! God bless!

[@barbaral1486]

Corn smut is like truffles! You can eat I !

[@vjohnson2400]

There’s nothing more satisfying than harvesting a crop you’ve nurtured. The cycle is complete from field to fork - yummmm.

[@tracybruring7560]

cool corn smut is a delicacy

[@kimberlyfleming4489]

Spending time in your garden is not a waste of time. 😀 I can't have a garden so I love spending time in yours!

[@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759]

Very envious of your bee swarms! Some time next year, Yah willing!

[@jachooper6992]

Great footage of the swam. My son was fascinated. We have 1 single hive and we can't wait to get some honey from it next season.😊

[@Susan.Pritchard]

284 videos into your Master Playlist. Thankful to have found your channel… we are learning so much from you both! Much love from Indiana.

[@1870s]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@carolynsinyard1306]

I love your garden. One year we had racoons destroy part of our watermelon patch. The bees are so beautiful. I am also looking forward to your tomato video. Have a blessed day.

[@centraltexashomestead-mike4956]

Nice garden harvest. Hope you can get those bee's back. We are finally going to get rain this Thursday and all next week. We are on day 67 and really need it bad. Always good to see yawl and we enjoy the channel. God Bless, Mike

[@pamelacooley6457]

Our corn did ok too. It was super satisfying to let my granddaughter experience being in the garden with me this summer…she is 6 . She tried many things she’s never eaten before.She wants to learn so bad. Love your videos.

[@dorriwaldera3081]

Even though the bee collection did not work the first time, how amazing to hear it before you saw it! I hope you were able to get them eventually!

[@doubles1545]

Good tip about picking peppers, thank you! 😊

[@leeannandrews932]

Oh wow good luck catching those bees Todd

[@barbaral1486]

Great harvest !

[@mrsgonzo4564]

Corn smut is good and tasty 😋

[@monikahadfield4619]

I lost one swarm this year too and another hive that I split got pushed out by wasps! Not a good year. You have racoons and we have badgers in UK. They ate my plums already and moved onto my tomatoes. To top it all, something is eating my cabbage, and it is not a rabbit, and the chickens have discovered the tomatoes in the field too. Good luck guys. Happy gardening!

[@tinafisher]

don't you love the compression of that lens? (I have it also, x-wedding photographer here). Rachel, we went to Blocks last week and they had lots of corn if your interested. We gave up trying to grow corn because of the same issue's, bugs, raccoons and deer. The deer would come into our backyard after the corn (very rarely see them otherwise), and just LAY all OVER the corn stalks, bending, breaking them and of course helping themselves to other vegtables/fruit trees. Our pear tree's got accosted by what we thought were squirrels, but NOW our neighbor has told us, nope its not just squirrels, its the coons. My husband has given up relocating the critters at this point, and we are now just eliminating what we find in our tree's. We got NO pears, they literally go up in the tree, when the pears are still small, and rip them off the branches, take a bite and flip them on the ground. They THINK they are going to do that to our peaches, but husband has pellet gun and is on the look out. The squirrels are harder to shoot at this point, they are fast, but the racoons, not so much. I wouldn't mind sharing, but these animals have no manners, they ruin, steal all and leave us nothing for five years now. It's war.

[@mollysmith6055]

Have to say hubby and I agree with your final position on those critters. We are suburban and first thought 'aww, cute'. But when they became more menacing and aggressive with neighbor's pets and having the worry of health risks of their scat we changed positions. To me...in Suburbia, relocation equals unfair transfer of problems and inhumane death sentences on the relocated critters. We have been involved in community-wide TNR feral cat control efforts and are trying to reduce the resultant add-on effects as such as attracting other hungry predators such as raccoons.

[@leilaniesnell7662]

purple hull peas wonderful!! just shell them, cook with a little bacon grease!!! yum yum

[@deannewilliams3321]

I just cook my purple hull peas like red beans and rice with sausage. Some put ham hocks or ham chunks. They’re essentially black eyed peas like we eat for New Year’s Day. You don’t have to cook as long if you don’t let them dry on the vine. Young ones are tender and can eat those with the hull, just break off the end and pull the strings off. Nice pile of produce picked!!

[@Stoiccappy]

The bee swarm is super exciting! I'm curious about the tie dye tomatoes and ones that aren't red. How do you know when to pick them if you can't rely on red coloring?

[@jody2873]

HOLY COW- THE SOUND OF THOSE MAD BEES!!! SO SO COOL! THANKS- I LOVE YOU GUYS! 👍

[@cbass2755]

Oh no! Swarms need to be captured….knock them down on a tarp with a box…they’ll do the “March”. It’s so cool! I watch the Bee Man on utube

[@thenewbiesteaders]

It was so cool to be able to see the bees like that. Definitely great info!

[@marcidevries5515]

Wow! Great harvest indeed! I'd love to start beekeeping! I just discovered that a friend's husband is a keeper, so I need to follow up on that!

[@debbiemusgrove676]

I’ve never seen a bee swarm. It was very interesting to see. Thank you for sharing that part of your lives. Hope it all worked out.

[@infonurs]

Great video as always. Praying for the two of you.

[@Micawber1410]

Thanks for the pepper tip!

[@raybones3150]

You forgot to say; "Hi, I'm Rachel, and you're at That 1870's Homestead."😊Love you guys!♥️

[@1870s]

Gotta keep everyone on their toes ♥

[@taunimartin5240]

My Husband and i . watch you channel all the time we have learned so much ty for sharing your experience with others

[@rainspringing]

Just want to thank you all! Somehow in my entire live, plus since being subscribed to your channel, had never heard the immature green stage of pepper 'ripeness' explained. Makes so much sense, and matches what I have observed, but didn't tie everything together. Never too late to learn new things. lol Shame abut the swarm/s. Fascinating footage, nice lens! The remaining corn worms you might be able to reduce with Bt in the silks, but then it's a rush to grab mostly full and ripe cobs before the bigger critters get to them. We had our corn on the back edge of the property this year. Bad idea. lol Corn will be the luxury rationed out item in the house until next year.

[@willow8094]

Nice harvest ! The Bees are amazing at work.

[@CopperIslandHomestead]

My goodness! That was a surprise! I hope you can rescue more corn and squash before the raccoons get everything 😩 So frustrating!

[@CreepingThyme]

Cool Bees!

[@diannedutton6127]

Can't believe you haven't had purple hull peas! You will love I think, delicious peas. I live in Georgia and we've always had them.

[@noahsark1962]

Those tomatoes are beautiful. If your corn doesn't do well there is always Blocks :).

[@pjk1714]

Do you keep a couple hives blocked to open when that happens? Having your own honey is such a great experience. I'm sure they are helping pollination as well. Be glad some corn came in. Between drought and then dumps with high winds, didn't fend well here. Everything is hungry. Take care.

[@homesteadbythehighway8548]

🙂 Thank you for continuing to share. I have never seen a bee swarm before. The sound from them was crazy. I hope you are able to gather them. so exciting

[@kathleenwilliamson174]

I totally understand with critters and stuff going on with the garden.. We wound up having a groundhog that mowed down all my sweet potatoes and all the tips of my pumpkins before the female flowers came out. But we were able to Trap it in a live trap and everything is growing again. I live in Missouri and it got too hot and dry too fast so my corn tasseled out way before the silks came so I had a pollination problem. If you have a live trap you can put some of the corn in it and set it outside the fence, you may catchthe raccoons. I think it's been a challenge to garden for almost everyone this year lol. Between the drought the bugs, the critters, time It's been a struggle but we gardeners are tough.

[@carolyngregory9354]

Those peas look like pink eyed purple hull peas, that produce black soup when cooked. They are the best to me. I live in Mississippi and we have peas everywhere. I put a little bacon drippings and some oil and salt, and cook slow. Be sure and make some Southern cornbread.

[@Southerngardendoc]

Noticed your Galveston Island shirt - I moved to Galveston a few years ago for medical school and started learning how to garden. Quite a different climate than you have but still have learned a lot from your channel!

[@freedomhomesteadky]

Wow! That swarm was insane!

[@petethemeat9010]

This is Mrs Pete. Beautiful garden.

[@gkambs]

Super cool

[@debbiebarnes4688]

Try to harvest those peas when there are still some tender snaps. It’s easier than shelling them all and the snaps are delicious!

[@Slnaocwe]

That would have been exciting!

[@barbaral1486]

Always learning from you two !

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

I always amazes me when I see people showing swarms. I have never seen one in all my days

[@petlover071]

Funny story about bee swarms. Where I used to work, just about everyone was outside, on a huge lot. Like acres of pavement. You learned really quick the sound of the swarms coming through. If you heard it, you had to call out on the radio to everyone else... Bees!!!! And everyone would duck down or jump into a car until they passed. If you happened to be driving in a golf cart, they would catch up to you and go around and hit the inside of the windshield. LOL.. Fun times.

[@janereams196]

Geez a huge swarm. Fall swarms are unusual

[@marilyncapehart663]

Heyyyy Todd & Rachel thanks for sharing 8-18-2022😊., Todd you are brave I couldn’t do it bee 🐝

[@toliveischrist950]

I had a lady come to my door a long time ago and she was all upset and said over and over, “Your bees could have stung us!” I didn’t have any bees😂 I investigated the tree along the sidewalk and there was a huge swarm on the trunk. I called a beekeeper listed in the yellow pages (I know, haha!) and I got to watch him collect them🐝 That was fun!

[@Honey-_bee]

At least the corn is standing this year!! And I’ve just heard about corn smut!!

[@mollysmith6055]

Wow...that title was certainly appropriate! This was a full plot movie in ten minutes. Our favorite characters, the glory of their garden, worry over the raccoons/corn, resignation about salvaging the corn crop then dun-dun-dunnnnnn: Plot Twist! Bees?? Bees! You had me on the edge of my seat (for reals, in our little suburban yard we've experienced a swarm once that took two bee keepers to resolve). All us subbies will be waiting for the next swarm installment. Not that it won't be satisfying enough to see how you handle this year's tomato crop once you are ready to begin processing. My garden is on sabbath this year but I have some Dr. Wyche's seeds for next year. It looks like an amazing tomato and I hope I'll have good luck with it then. Thank you for the fun video today and best of luck with the swarm.

[@gretchenarrant8334]

Thanks for showing the bees. My cousin, Mike, started with bees this year.

[@pammohler3253]

Love purple hull peas

[@toniatalley1977]

I'm a new subscriber and I have to say your channel is really good. Lots of stuff to learn from y'all!!!

[@1870s]

😊 yay!

[@spencem2000]

The sound of those bees!

[@pamelacooley6457]

I lost a swarm this summer too. But my bees are all doing good.They we’re just to high up. You got lucky ❤️

[@denisebrady6858]

I always feel my cobs to make sure they are full before picking. Hey Todd I am learning about bees & have my own suit now. I have just got back from the hives & am about to watch your swarm video as I would like to know about that. Do you have Bee Beetle in USA ?? Cheers Denise- Australia

[@snownurse]

and grew opalka for a paste on recomend from Kevin and Sara..amazing size and yield...a defin from here on end

[@barbaral1486]

Leaving my corn on e stalks, I never have gotten any. Rn. As it all gets eaten by critters ! I grow it for fall decorating!

[@davidklein8426]

MI Marcia here...recommend pitting up a solar hot wire on top of your fence to keep racoons from using the fence.

[@marninegley]

Hi Rachelle! I wanted to ask you a question about my tomatoes. I used your method of “tea” when planting them and they are doing amazing. The best tomato plants I’ve had yet. I have been watering and they have been doing great. Yesterday I noticed they looked a little sluggish and it’s not from lack of water. I need to feed them but I’m unsure what to use. I shoveled some fresh manure in a bucket and added water yesterday. Should I feed this tea to them? Should I add milk and if so, does it need to be raw? I have lots of tomatoes, just green still. Thanks for all your help!

[@mariaanderson6503]

Wow 🥰🥰

[@lorisilva10784]

Always love your videos. Quick question: you are one to try things and I like that. But I got a great deal on prepared horseradish. A gallon jug of it. Have you ever canned prepared horseradish or can it be done? I've heard about freezing it in small quantities but I have sooooo much. Thanks for any info you might be able to provide!!! Thanks guys!!

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

With organic gardening you need to expect they lovely critters eating some of your corn, better than eatting a load of chemicals! I had an issue worms this year in my corn! I don’t mind sharing if they take a small amount but that’s not always the case lol

[@estellaeggleston1643]

Those tomatoes looked really tasty!

[@TheChristinaJo]

I’m soooo jealous of your garden! Here in Texas, my garden is crispy and brown.😭

[@virginiafox8708]

Oh my goodness! What cliffhanger. Were you able to recover your bees?

[@Greens5511]

Well some corn like that first one wouldn't have filling out to the top anyway, sometime they are not full cobs with kernels that will finish developing, I get what Todd was trying to say. I don't go by the silk I look at the cob when you pull the husk back and gauge it from that and the feel of does it have a soft feeling around the cob or if it is hard then it is not finished developing in my opinion.

[@pennysue8926]

Hi Rachel... question: What do you do with your slicing tomatoes as opposed to your sauce tomatoes? Do you mix them all together? I have tried to keep them separated because sauce tomatoes are more meatier and not so full of the "pulp juices", which makes a difference in the thickness of your end result of sauce. But we are having a huge abundance of slicing tomatoes this summer. What are your suggestions? I made a batch of stewed tomatoes last week, but it isn't making a dent in the slicing tomatoes. HELP?? You are a brave, brave woman!!! I wouldn't be within 500 yards of that swarm. We had one develop in one of our apple trees one year... it was like a bee storm. I've never been stung, but judging how I react to a mosquito bite, I really hope I never do. (And I'm turning 60 this December and have never been stung by a bee or wasp... probably just jinxed myself huh?) At least in our case, the swarm moved on, rather quickly I must say. We don't have hives, so I'm not sure what happened. We did contact a local apiary business, but before he could get here, they were already gone. It was really quite an amazing thing to witness... from a very healthy distance for me... :) Hugs, Penny Sue

[@jackiehorsley9263]

wow that's a lot of bees hopfuly you can get them to stay around and hang out In there hive insted of the tree

[@marymb6342]

I remember you mentioned you’d film going to the farmers market this year. I was wondering what’s considered a fair price for produce in bulk, particularly tomatoes and onions? My harvest won’t be enough to keep up with my canning ambitions this year unfortunately. Thanks for any help.

[@wereadalot]

Crazy stuff with the bees. I love honey but I’ll leave that to the bed people 🤣

[@nwright4303]

Purple Hull peas , it's a southern thing

[@terrihart2133]

I love bees but I am scared to death. Hearing them swarm was amazing yet like a horror movie. Your crops are lovely.

[@sandeVBL]

Corn smut!! It’s a Mexican delicacy. Fry it and eat it or give it to me to try 😊

[@deanettajackson3109]

when you harvest and then freeze your tomatoes do you sort them and freeze like with like or do you just bag them up as a mixture of different ones?

[@susanlandon1832]

What is corn smut?

[@cynthiafisher9907]

It’s a fungus.

[@dustyflats3832]

Ugh, coon! I think we will try a solar electric fence. Between the deer, coon, rabbits and insects-everything wants our stuff!! The doe is training her fawn to come to the salad bar now. And people can keep their cats in their house! I don’t want there crap nor the spray that stinks to high you know what and kills plants. Sorry, not fond of them. Nice harvest! I’ve been doing a happy dance over large onions and green peppers this year (seen your vid on 🧅😉). Middle of August and still waiting for popcorn and for paste tomatoes to ripen. The Burpee Super Sauce are huge! I won’t grow San Marzanos again. Too small and just heard 2 other people had same problem of blossom end rot on those only-no other varieties. It was just a couple, but was hoping they produced better. I don’t know what the flavor of Super Sauce is yet, but I bet they are a pound each. I wish they weren’t hybrids as I’m trying to find the best varieties of vegetables that do well here and prove good flavor/texture so I can save seeds. Figured out the Imperial broccoli was a winner.

[@LivingMiracleHomestead]

That is so heartbreaking when I lose a hive. I'm sorry you weren't able to catch them.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Aww, that’s sad about the bees. I hope you can catch them in one of your traps. My corn this year is a variety I’ve never grown and it isn’t forming ears, only a couple in the whole stand of corn. Isn’t that weird? Just beautiful stalks, but no ears of corn. It’s all tasseled out, though. I’ve never had that happen before.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

That’s made that the bees 🐝 just swarm like that! I don’t know what I would do! Lol

[@deevaneyck8043]

Love your videos! Where are your plastic garden baskets from?

[@1870s]

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[@Ninafaye6611]

I have never grown corn since the racoons cleaned out my 4 whole rows right before it was ready to harvest. I always just go to farms and buy it.

[@sheliaheverin8822]

Have you eaten the smut?

[@skihouse5757]

You freeze tomatoes until you have enough to can? Are they frozen whole?