A serious perennial problem (thanks to Tasha Tudor).

Everyone says I have a serious perennial problem. But problem? That's a bit of a harsh word, wouldn't you say?
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[@jeanneamato5525]

The Victorians planted hollyhocks by the outhouse so when the shy Victorian ladies needed to pee they asked where were the hollyhocks? 😊

[@Pageh22]

I Just found your channel recently. I live in Vermont and am a long time fan of Tasha Tudor, her art, lifestyle and gardens. One of your last videos so reminded me of Tasha Tudor then I saw this title going further backward on your channel. Beautiful work.

[@karentuthill8308]

God works through your hands 💖 Your place is absolutely beautiful 💖 To see the children involved is adorable 💖 Thank you for sharing your life with us 💖

[@jamesnelson4452]

Fantastic Shaye and Stuart. Your videos are definitely worthy of greater things than KZbin where sadly natural and esoteric and beautiful subjects are demonetized. KZbin seems to favor and monetize the sick, dark and deviant side of the world.

[@MyLadyAmalthea]

Silly question: where did you get your hat? I work outside and am always on the lookout for a sturdy sun hat.

[@DansonforJoy]

I finally got to watch one of your videos with my husband...and it had the same effect on him - you totally make us want to homestead! ;) Thanks for letting us experience that lifestyle through your videos for the time being!

[@honesttraitorbear3527]

Man, don't you guys get pests? Everything looks so open and free. I have to fence for the wiles of the desert: rabbits, javalinas, and deer and net for lizards, birds, and locust. Flowering vines are my friend otherwise my gsrden would look like a prison.

[@kristenbylenga]

Love this - we only have a 1/4 acre lot in the city but I am going to incorporate some of these ideas into our backyard!

[@oldguygardening2562]

If you want to know the master of getting rid of weeds and no till farming try Back to Eden with Paul Gautschi. I have been using his techniques for about 4 years and I don't really have to weed at all.

[@davidmorriss-benoit523]

I love BBC gardening shows, but they never seem to fully apply to the homestead environment. I must say, your new series of videos is nothing short of amazing. Beautifully shot, and thoroughly applicable. Thank you for producing content. I always leave your videos feeling inspired and moved. I know it takes an astounding amount of work to produce such high quality content. I feel like I am watching something on the BBC production scale. Your personality, mixed with the excellent camera work and editing, is every bit as good as the best on BBC. Thank you again.

[@naomiwoolley3602]

David Morriss-Benoit have you watch Gardening Australia it’s a great, it has good mix

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We live up in Kelowna, and I love the way the valley turns so green this time of year as it warms up and the wet season begins, and also how unnatural it feels, when I'm used to the yellow dead grass. The garden is looking great :)

[@GoldShawFarm]

This some excellent content. Great information and production values!

[@ingridskitchengarden]

One of my favorites is rhubarb sauce over yogurt. Yum yum. Love your gardens and your videos are top notch.

[@marybethhibbert8007]

Rhubarb needs to have the flowers taken off if you're planning to pull the leaves for food. Letting it flower will only stunt the growth and make the other leaves fewer. It's like a lettuce plant bolting. I've grown lots of rhubarb and I always cut the flowers til I've used all the rhubarb I need..........dried, frozen, jams, sauce.......just to mention a few ways.

[@tfrank1326]

Rhubarb leaves should not be eaten, they can be poisonous. Unless you eat a lot you probably won't die but you might wish you would. Make sure to only eat the stalks and not the leaves.

[@cv7357]

Yes, i've heard that before... no leaves people!

[@FlomatonFamous]

Absolutely love the quality of your videos. Keep up the hard work!

[@omfug7148]

I was just going to say the same thing!

[@abundantacre9]

I came here to say the same thing! Beautiful!!!

[@theelliotthomestead]

Thanks for the encouragement! It's always good for us amateurs to hear.

[@lindakuzak7067]

Just discovered you about one week ago...what a journey! I adore Tasha as well and was fortunate to be able to meet her and visit her home and gardens. You are a young version of her..she would be so proud!

[@theelliotthomestead]

Welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@jennifertaylor6026]

Just Beautiful! The garden and your family! :) I really love the footage that you share with us and how you are bringing us along in your journey... I absolutely can not wait to see how it will look this summer when everything is in full throttle and fruiting or blooming.

[@laurenbuchanan7073]

I just recently found your youtube channel through Justin Rhodes. Within the week I have watched most of your videos and devoured your first book. You are an inspiration! I am a new mom still stuck in a tiny rental. But I dream of my future farm daily and hope to follow in your footsteps. With a quiver of children, a menagerie of farm animals and a beautiful garden to play in. Keep up the good work!

[@brianwhite9555]

Wish I could visit your property, love the gardens. Love the soft, relaxing background music too. Thanks for the rhubarb tips! Enjoyed watching you get your hands dirty. Good job!

[@shannonfr7123]

What is your biggest pest obstacle?? We have wild rabbits that have eaten every thing I plant in the ground, with special attention to anything labeled ‘rabbit/deer resistant’. How do you keep all the pests away?!?

[@ForgottenWayFarms]

Shaye, love this video! Fun seeing what a long way you all have come. Tasha Tudor is one of my favs :)

[@angeladyson7367]

If you want really big rhubarb, give it organic lawn fertilizer. The nitrogen will make the stems grow a couple of feet high with big juicy thick stems that will keep you making things like rhubarb crumble, jam etc all the way into late August /September. We have around 7 crowns or more all mature and give them lawn fertiliser 2-3 times a year and they're huge. We're on chalk/alkaline soil though too so the drainage is excellent. 😊

[@gailblain5282]

Many of my faves - hollyhocks, peonies, hydrandgeas -- your garden is amazing. Tasha Tudor was such an inspiring woman. I loved all her books and read them to my children - and now my grands. I even have a corgi dog because of her lol. Great videos!!

[@B-leafer]

Q? Does Stuart play any of your background music? If so, would it be OK (with him) to indicate that? If I missed his credits, sorry).

[@kindred1113]

Your garden is truly a work of art....it is so magnificent....blessings....MINDY

[@deborahcrutchfield5022]

Have you made chow chow with your cabbage so delicious on hot dogs , peas, butter beans old fashion recipe is to make and can and you pick everything from your garden. Enjoy

[@edenelston7668]

I love peonies too! I got so excited when I saw mine coming up this year 🤣 beautiful garden as always. So peaceful and serene.

[@NS-pf2zc]

How exciting! Lambs ear and hollyhock have medicinal uses as well! I have such huge plans for our gardens. Everything will have multitasking functions, beauty, pollinator and beneficial insect havens, and culinary or medicinal properties. A veritable cornucopia of wild yet beautiful function. ♥ I've been learning as much as I can about plant, soil, mineral, medicinal, and production through living web farms. Hours and hours of learning, while I am planting, housekeeping, cooking, and even feeding the livestock (Emma, one of my cows, loves to get fussy and loud though when I'm taking care of her if I'm distracted by listening to anyone else but her, haha).

[@cv7357]

Curious what the medicinal uses for Lambs ear is. I love that little plant - sooo soft!

[@NS-pf2zc]

Charlotte VB - It's edible fresh and steamed. It was commonly used for battlefield dressings to stop bleeding, and can be taken internally (in teas) or applied topically for insect stings (once bruised). It has antimicrobial properties that help for a variety of internal and external issues. Look it up, it's fascinating!

[@barbarafilipe6419]

Love your place! Was wondering where you found your great background music? It’s awesome!

[@megmcginnis239]

I grew the black watchman hollyhock-Renee's garden seeds. I wasn't crazy about the color, but I wanted to dye some wool from my sheep. It turned a beautiful magenta-purple color. Really fun! TASHA TUDOR'S GARDEN is a favorite of mine too. Thanks for the video.

[@terraranch1459]

I love your farm! It is so beautiful and serene. I feel a real peace from your videos and I'm so glad you are making them again. Hugs to you and your family❤️

[@kathleenczachura3421]

I also grow lambs ear but in our new home have found them to being attacked by “snails and slugs “I believe, anyone else have that issue? Leaves being eaten to bits have tried DE and egg shells but doesn’t seem to be working, any suggestions. BTW......Absolutely lovely garden

[@countrymousesfarmhouse497]

I'm trying to plant more perennial plants this year too. Your gardens are looking great

[@dcros90]

I homeschool and was doing some research and Beatrix Potter and stumbled onto you through one of your videos that has her name in it. I am so glad I did!! I love your farm and all of your videos I have watched thus far! The serene quality of these snippets of your, farm, projects and video art sings to my heart! Well, I can tell I am going to like your Dalias already. Can you give some more information on them? Where did you purchase them? Thank you!

[@jennifern2805]

Unfortunately, Tasha passed away years ago. She was an amazing artist whose illustrations won my heart when I was a toddler. I have a copy of her book, "And It Was So" given to me by my grandmother when I was an adult because I wore out her copy.

[@kateli1880]

Lamb’s ears is edible herb plus useful as original nature’s toilet tissue paper to wipe as well as period pads.

[@TRUFIVE50]

Do you love your hat? I need one for gardening in the the New Mexico sun.

[@kathrynhemstead7251]

Your videos and social media posts are so warm, relatable and encouraging. Listening to you I get the same feeling I do or did when reading Laura Ingalls Wilder. It makes me feel like home. I've ordered both books you recommended. Do you have others you you really like? Living in Wenatchee, our weather is incredible and our yard is awakening and bringing us so much joy. Where did you find your hat? I know I should wear one when outside, but tend to forget. Thank you for taking the time to create these lovely videos. You and your husband have a delightful and fun family to watch grow.

[@peacepocketmama4276]

Kathryn Hemstead May I suggest Floret Farm’s Cut Flower Garden? It includes not only how to grow and harvest but arrange seasonal blooms as well. Beautiful and inspirational!

[@kathrynhemstead7251]

I've read that one, in fact, I got it from the Wenatchee library. I just saw a new one that I have requested the library order Vegetables love Flowers by Lisa Magan Ziegler published this year.

[@peacepocketmama4276]

Kathryn Hemstead I’ll check that one out! I once lived in Wenatchee... what a beautiful Apple town!

[@EggersnBacon]

Rhubarb loves a little stress. Let a goat eat half of it or dig it up, split it in two and replant. It will take off even more.

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

For years, I have ordered from the same online nursery you got yours from and have had the best results by not planting the entire fiber pot, even though you are supposed to. If the roots havent enmeshed with it, i just remove completely. If they have, i at least cut off the top part and slit the sides. I am curious, too, about planting your perennials through the landscape fabric. Over the years i have done roses ans shrubs that way, but figured my perennials would not multiply by either seed or spreading because the landscape fabric would hinder that. Have you found that to be the case? I grew up on a large farm, but our Rhode Island Reds never produced those beautifully colored eggs, so lovely and picturesque.. Love all of it. Beautiful landscape and videography, too. Thanks!

[@melissabakker4483]

Your home/property (inside and out) and eye for design are breath taking. I wish I could create such wonderful spaces

[@FarmhouseTeas]

Sounds lovely, wish we had more time and money for the beautiful. I'm just trying to get the practical feed us plants in the ground!!

[@kimh3422]

Love your videos! Your peacefulness is a great start to my day. I found you through Justin Rhodes and have been watching ever since. I have been searching for a hat just like yours but have had no luck. would you mind sharing the source please?

[@bernadettespilchen3129]

Love your garden. What zone is your garden located in?

[@tommathews3964]

Beautiful! Greetings from back in Alabama Shaye and Stuart, where it's unusually cool and WET! Just got tomatoes in and still holding off on many warm weather crops that are normally going full speed now. I look forward to following the progress of your farm through the seasons! Love your sense of style! I've almost finished "Welcome to the Farm" and then will be diving into your cookbooks. Get busy, I'll need more reading material soon! :)

[@watchmanjanbee8817]

Inspiration! Love it, happy barefoot children enjoying life, brings a smile to the heart,,,,,its bedtime here but I cant wait until 5:30am to get outside in my own little garden.

[@peacepocketmama4276]

Shaye you are the Tasha Tudor of the West coast! We CAN have an oasis of lush beauty in our dry western climates! This gal from windy southern Idaho needs a link for THAT HAT! Love it!

[@kathybradley7818]

You're very lucky to be able to grow dahlias in pots. Where i live they get stunted, dont bloom as much or as big, and end up with powdery mildew :(

[@erinnkemp]

Deadhead the rhubarb flower. 2 yrs you can pick 10 %. 3rd year. Regular harvest.

[@Diniecita]

Bakers creek sells some black hollyhock seeds. They are lovely.

[@marcellaknight282]

Holly Hocks...

[@hounaidahelenfarhat2879]

🍒

[@FensterfarmGreenhouse]

You have your farm looking great! Chuck

[@sandyoklahomatransient8557]

Beautiful gardens, I wiuld live to have all these gorgeous flowers on our property. The problem I have, are deer they eat my flowers LOL....

[@brucewayne-cn4vd]

I grew hollyhocks for the first time this year and they looked great for about two weeks and then became covered in fungus and died. I am not growing again in the neat future but am going to try this different plant in the hibiscus family called lavender chiffon. looks great and is also a perennial. thought you might like to hear about this just in case you have the same problem I did.

[@cristyrhodes4898]

So beautiful. I can't wait for things to start growing here and trees to green up. Spring is really late this year for us. And I will have to hold off on to many flowers this year. I will put some flowers to attract pollinators.

[@jillj.9619]

I would love to know what video equipment you use it looks fantastic.

[@dalenehoman5733]

Listen to that darling little bird ❤️love it!

[@CarrieNita]

I have been looking for a hat and lo and behold you are wearing the hat I want, lol. Do you mind telling me where yiu purchased it? Also, where did you order your dahlias?

[@cjaracz2757]

Beautiful! But so much hard work. Loved watching your family in this video.

[@leslieollerhead1114]

👍🏻🥰Sad to say I don’t have luck with hollyhocks!!

[@debbiebittner8125]

Can’t wait to see the garden grow throughout the seasons.

[@kimdavis6261]

How did you learn so much about food? I enjoy how you talk about your food. Thanks

[@LifestyleGardener]

Are you from Canada? If so which part?

[@maypysnak7561]

Yay! I love your garden videos so, so much! Keep doing more! I'm a fan!!

[@susantaylor8507]

I have no luck with hydrangea

[@zullylozano1840]

I’m a brand new viewer, love the quality work you’re doing and can’t wait to see how your Garden matures.

[@bpksuhadi5677]

Wow you looks like a pro and looks so cool

[@SDQuilter]

Wonderful! I am looking forward to seeing more. Your gardens are beautiful.

[@marisha2742]

Great videos authentic style👌💙

[@hounaidahfarhat180]

Love your videos very inspiring

[@flatlandhomestead2575]

How are you doing? How is the garden? Praying all is goi g well, missing your video!

[@susantaylor8507]

Yes she was amazing I'm working on my garden now I herb seeds in my window now I think everyone loves Tasha

[@mariacamp1518]

where did you get the hat?

[@p.l.larose3851]

In my yard there are tall, yellow flowers that have come up year after year since 1985. I love them.

[@tammykriskie2233]

Great video ... Loved the tour of your gardens .. Thanks for sharing :)

[@dalenehoman5733]

Listen to that bird ,, love it❤️

[@susantaylor8507]

How did you get started on your bees my husband been trying to talk me into getting bees

[@KeepingItDutch]

You guys been busy busy...

[@talktosomeone]

OMG I love your hat!!! Where did you gat it?

[@frenchiehomestead5473]

Awesome videos can't wait to see more

[@ALittleAtATime]

Always the BEST videos! Thank you!

[@jeanneamato8278]

It’s ok to rough up roots of root bound plants. Let’s them spread out.

[@angeladyson7367]

I love your hat. 😄 It's beautiful!

[@dzdffxddvbaiden225]

Where are you buying your perennials?

[@susanovington3930]

Best videos on the internet! Love this style!

[@charlesbale8376]

Spring is such an amazing gift.

[@bpksuhadi5677]

Produce more hat as many as you can

[@donotneedtoknow7541]

Love your TULIPs!

[@laurdoane]

Helen!!!!

[@deannaschlabach]

Thank you for the resources!

[@maranda3764]

:)

[@michaeldemetriou3043]

🙂👍

[@MsCaterific]

🖤

[@seepingspringsfarm6017]

Loving your hat!

[@gratituderanch9406]

Where did you get your hat? Do they make them in really small sizes? I have a child size head and have been looking for a good quality sun or cowboy hat. Because my head is so small I’ve been having a hard time finding a good quality one!

[@lynnaddis6403]

I would also love to know where you got your hat? Affiliate link? Please?

[@marthafigueroa4686]

Beautiful garden

[@margaretrosin7853]

I was able to kill a whole huge lawn of tenacious Bermuda grass with cardboard and 8” of woodchips. It really works well.

[@rayodelsol80]

Margaret Rosin it never came back? Because I have a front lawn full of it and I’m trying to kill it with roundup. I know it’s really bad to use it but I don’t know what else to do. How did you do it?

[@margaretrosin7853]

Sunshine Luke covered it with a lot of cardboard and 8” of woodchips. It comes up very little on the edges here and there but nothing bad. It’s gone 98%.

[@deloresochoa6235]

I did the same with my backyard food forest. South Texas grasses are so invasive that I use 10 layers of very thick cardboard and one wheel barrow of wood chips that I did not spread per cardboard area, overlapping each one. Then went back and gently spread the wood chips to connect the spaces. Yes! The wood chip piles were that thick. Nothing ever worked to kill the grasses, tried everything....but this method worked! Now seven years , and still grass free.

[@guyporter6105]

That hat , amazing

[@jaynemar1]

❤️