BEST Fruit Crumble, Delicious Sun Jam | Farm and Garden Walk

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[@kari-gs4eq]

Places the scissors could be: basil, chamomile, chives, dishwasher, a child's art project....

[@kimkerley4218]

Even hay bales lol 😊

[@l.michelle3497]

in the grow tunnel from the day You were tying up the tomato plants the other day/week 🤔

[@02271953me]

Chelsea, I want to drive to your house - I'll bring my own fork and spoon!! 😂 Yum! I found a recipe from the Washington Post for Dill Hamburger Pickles - it uses only 2 pounds of pickling cukes per recipe and is perfect from our tiny garden. Can't wait to taste the garlic, mustard seed and dill!!

[@Terralynsparrow]

I only found your channel a month ago and wow, I just love everything about it. You have such a welcoming and down to earth personality. I also have a giant family! I wouldn't have it any other way. Kids and grandkids are my driving force.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Thank you so much!!

[@cinm9565]

I have historically lost so many garden tools that I could start a hardware store. I finally used orange electrical tape and put 3 stripes on the handles of all of my hand tools. Makes them so easy to spot and saves so much time and money!

[@jamesbrown8718]

Could you give her the topping recipe you use for your fruit crumble? Cause the one that you posted they didn’t make it like you did. Do you add anything besides the flour, butter, baking soda and vanilla? And you used sugar in yours where they used brown sugar in theirs.

[@capridovonrenislam4128]

Hi Chelsea. Get yourself an old (or new) mailbox 📭and put it in your tunnel. It looks pretty cool and you can store scissors, gloves, seeds, etc inside. 🌻

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Love that idea.

[@KAStodgell]

Nothing like a great mattress. I love your getting your kids news mattresses. The cows are making you get your steps in. Your view is amazing,..Happy HUMMINGBIRDS. So great! I will be making the jam!

[@denisewashlow4205]

Yes it will help. You'll allow that energy to go to the fruit. You may have to clip some new growth but worth the time ... your gonna get a sweeter tomato 🤗

[@ForeverEdsGirl]

Hi Chelsea. I think using a Caribiner to attach your scissors to your apron would work best. You could clip your Hori Hori there as well if you have a safe way to keep it sheathed. Loving your garden, your animals, your family... Everything. I'm a Mémère myself and it IS the best Blessing ever. God bless you and your Loved Ones, and Enjoy!

[@MaryStevens-tb2dz]

I love my grandchildren but now I have great grandchildren and they are such a blessing And I love them Even more6

[@CjtFamily]

hi there, great to see you got a smoke free day, how about running your own experiment and just topping half the tomatoes to see what works best in your situation? And re the scissors, at least your family is never at a loss for what to get you as a present ...... !! think I have about 8 pairs of secateurs dotted around and still have to search at times :)

[@1jmass]

If I understand this correctly (which is a big if ), your berries will be sweeter in a dry year. More water tends to “dilute” the juices, 😮which results in a berry that is not as sweet. I think this is true for many fruits, including tomatoes.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Makes sense!

[@cyndisgreenoasis6571]

It will help because if you keep having flower production up top it will take away from the fruit that is already developing

[@patriciaflaherty5029]

I live on central coast of CA in an agricultural area. Two blocks from my house are commercial flower fields which I adore watching grow on my morning walks. I've named the snapdragon fields the Chelsie garden bc I've never known anyone to enjoy snapdragons as much as you.

[@crizzyjj]

Hi, the last time I could see your shears is in the "Canning Day" video at 29 minutes in on the prep table in the kitchen. Hope it helps.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

That's exactly where they were. 😊

[@Gardeningchristine]

Those garlic “seeds” are actually bulbils. Tiny versions of the big plants. They will make a bulb the first year and a head the second year.

[@marinamayo7994]

Grandkids are the absolute best! They are one of the most amazing blessings of my life! I have three so far!

[@LytonaKirtz]

Chelsea I always had the same problem with scissors when sewing. So I took thin elastic and tied it to the sewing table. Well I was watching my granddaughter in the summer. She was about 5 or 6. Well she was making Barbie clothes and she needed a scissors so she just used the scissors to cut the elastic. I laughed so hard. She is now 34 and I still give her a bad time. I still can’t find scissors.

[@SJC49]

My 3 and 6 yr old grand babies are the light of my life! 3 yr old is a crazy, funny little guy. His older brother has the biggest heart - I am so in love with him!🥰

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Aren’t grandbabies just perfect?!!!

[@jacquieconley4897]

When you got your new puppy I commented that I had named my new puppy Oakley too. Now it seems we have more in common. While we live extremely different lives we continue be surrounded by same named animals. As a suburb dweller the animals I come in contact with are my neighbor's pets....two of my neighbor's dogs are named Honey and Oreo. Puts a smile on my face when I hear you talk about your animals. I'll continue to listen for more similarities. Love your channel.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Lol! I love that so much.

[@bettelovelace4456]

Beautiful cows,Beautiful scenery, Beautiful jam.. let’s see .. did I miss anything..? Yes.. your Beautiful smile… fun video..💜💜💜💜

[@suemcknight9051]

Yep! That losing of one’s very important garden tools is so darn maddening & frustrating. Been there many times 🥴. My other too frequent garden loss has been my glasses 👓…either from being distracted & putting them down somewhere, or being distracted and having them fall off while bending over…. One year I never did find them. However, the next spring my hubby found them while digging up the garden soil. Guess that falls into category of occupational hazards 😳. Hope your scissors “reappear” ….

[@lynhanna917]

I used to blame all the missing items (scissors, knives, screw drivers, duct tape) on the kids. Then they left home and the items still went missing! It was me, I wasn't putting them back. I solved the issue with a few nails in a wall and artfully drawing the item on the wall. Rather than look at the picture i can actively look for the missing item while doing chores.

[@cortneyrubel8601]

Hummingbirds 💜💜💜 My lavender plants are frequented by hummingbirds and of course a ton of bees. I love listening to the hummingbirds and bees when I’m in the garden.

[@dhansonranch]

If you water your grounding rod really well it should help with the charge. Your scissors must have joined the party with your hori knife and my axe...lol. That fruit dump looked really good. Good video!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I keep meaning to do that but haven’t gotten around to it yet.

[@tamararobinson2069]

Chelsea You are such an inspiration!!! And girlfriend you must walk 100,000 steps a day!!😃🙌🏼🚶‍♀

[@amandar7719]

Those Roo aprons really need slots for scissors, nippers, pruners, trowel, string, clips, lipstick and smartphones! The kitchen sink!! 😂 Like a carpenter’s belt. Same goes kitchen aprons. Somewhere to hang cup measures, spoons, a hand cloth and swimming goggles. 😬💅😁

[@leftfieldfarmgirl]

When it’s really dry out we’ve been known to take a jug of water and pour it where the ground rods are to increase our electric fence charge. ⚡️

[@elliephants7047]

Chelsea - I have lost probably literally at least a hundred pairs of sunglasses in my driving years. Last month I went to the dollar store and bought a sunglasses...leash? The kind you strap to both arms of em so they don't fall off your head? Fastened one side to my vanity mirror, one side to my glasses. Bam. Annoying as hell, but do you know what?? I haven't lost this pair yet! Ha! Sometimes you gotta work with yourself. Scissors on a string might be kind of annoying, but you won't lose the darn things! Do it! 😂

[@guntaweiland3428]

I wonder if any of your children are picky eaters - maybe they don’t have options. I can’t imagine my grandchildren cheerfully eating all the beautiful veggies you prepare. I’d have to strangle them if they didn’t 🤭

[@robyn7287]

I saw the scissors ✂️ in your apron and maybe it was used to remove the large broccoli. Grandkids are the best, take in as much as you can while they are young. I’m so lucky to have 5 beautiful grandchildren 24 to 4 years old . I have play days with the 4 year olds ( twins) every week. The older ones we get together every few months for a few hours to catch up but I make use of messenger in between to chat 💬 so we can stay connected. Glad the smoke has finally cleared and what beautiful views you have of the mountains.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

I’m so happy for you to have a grandbaby and happy that he lives close enough to visit! I love my kids to pieces, but my grandbabies are absolutely perfect! I have heard someone say that parents treat their kids like the Old Testament, under the Law and grandparents treat their grandchildren like they are under the Grace of the New Testament. That’s pretty close! God loves us like a grandparent, ferociously! I’ve never heard of sun jam before, that’s a cute idea! It seems like you might be able to put it on trays in the dehydrator as well.

[@nancytidd51]

Wow! I never hear of sun jam, but we are going to pick blueberries tomorrow and I have some foraged raspberries from our woods and store bought strawberries in the fridge so I think I will try it tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!

[@carmancloud]

Maybe an AirTag attached to your favorite tools would save you some time? For sure would save frustration!

[@sandyperreault9326]

Because of the heat we have had in central Missouri, I decided to top my tomatoes. This was about a month ago. I noticed that my plants ate filling out and I now have new blossoms forming. More hot weather coming so keeping my fingers crossed that the blossoms will pollinate.

[@kayemoore]

Never seen that kind of jam, looks so delish but I’m a bit afraid of spilling (I’m prone lol).

[@lyndaross7683]

I love Paddy, thank you for showing him today ❤

[@MVbailegardens]

When we lived in the mountains in the years that squirrels were abundant, we would see the occasional fischer.

[@rooteddeephome]

Great videos. Recently found you. Dill pickle video please!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Welcome! You got it!

[@ceepark114]

You must not have predators since the cows and calves are so far from the home. Loved seeing your animals.

[@cityguyinthecountry]

His insights are very appreciated, he is very knowledgeable

[@carollayaou2398]

I have found when we have a draught all the fruit concentrates ! Yummy !!

[@anniewildmush1284]

i planted the bulbs of a soft neck... it did a one small glove... like a tennis ball... i kind of really like it.. its like an onion... one peel all around

[@judygalbreath2935]

Never new to take leaves off of tomatoes. Until I started watching all the gardeners on utube😂

[@fireflyrocks1]

Kale is best harvested in the fall, even with snow on the plant. Kale becomes sweeter in taste when harvested after the first frost . It is such a hardy vegetable that provides food late in the year. I always leave kale as late as I can.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I harvest it all summer long, although I'd agree, it's sweeter in the fall.

[@fireflyrocks1]

So do it but always leave some for late .

[@robingirven4570]

Glad the air has cleared up for you! It’s bad here in Northern Michigan too. Your Ranch is magnificent!! I’m glad you’re going to try a bit of the broccoli and cauliflower before freeze drying the bill of it. We did not care for it. Almost rubbery. Shredded zucchini is awesome for bread & muffins later and saves freezer space. 😊 Thank for taking the time to show us your corner of Canada! 🌺

[@iartistdotme]

I got my downloaded cookbook and want you to know I'm very happy with it! The pictures are unbelievable and I appreciate all the good food recipes I saw. I'm going to start with the granola for sure. Breakfast will be cultured yogurt with granola and sweetened with my home grown and canned jam. So I really loved your different way to make it shown today.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

You just made my day! Thank you so much.♥️ Would you be so kind as to leave a review on my website for it?

[@iartistdotme]

@@LittleMountainRanch DONE!

[@janicebarclay2079]

I top tomatoes. There is a bit of growth. It is a huge plus to size up the tomatoes and hopefully ripen them.

[@janicecraig2364]

Paint the scissors bright fluorescent yellow. I rarely lose my pink tools in the jungle I call a garden. Lol.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Brilliant!!

[@karenhuffman3133]

Enjoy the grandchildren…they grow so fast. My granddaughter just turned 21😳. It was such a joy watching her over the years and we now have a great relationship with her. ❤❤

[@Latinacb]

Good morning, I have a question on your garlic: I’m in southeast Texas and started my garlic in mid January. I pulled it in the first week in July, 🙁no bulbs at all. What do you think happened?

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Try planting them in October this year and make sure they have some good compost and mulch.

[@lindablank]

I got my LMR apron in blue and I love it. It's made so well and a beautiful color. Thank you!!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I’m so glad you like it!

[@Morse-t5z]

You live in a slice of heaven. You share it with a slice of peace. Thankyou.

[@kellyharbaugh9391]

It is definitely beautiful I would never consider leaving there if I were you, too awesome.

[@jo-annjewett198]

My grandchildren are all grown but now I have one great granddaughter and another great on the way. I get to care for her often which is so fun.

[@aprilschmaing8601]

Hey, the sun jam looks amazing!!! I wanna try I but I do not use sugar ...do you think it would still work if I increase the honey to replace the sugar??

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I make Jam with just honey all the time. I haven’t tried it with Sun Jam, but it’s worth a try.

[@SharynM420]

Chelsea before freezing the broccoli and cauliflower blanch it. This may keep it from turning rubbery in the freeze-drying process

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I always blanch.😊

[@williej3831]

Always love your videos!! Can’t wait to see the baby calf and ducklings.

[@donnal.hanrahan2824]

I love your garden it’s amazing

[@margheriolisa]

You make everything look so effortless, but I know you work hard!

[@lizkellett6700]

I love all your videos they are so interesting and i have learned so much. 1 thing here in the uk we have self raising flour and plain flour is your flour called all purpose flour a mix of both types?. Your cattle look amazing and so healthy, well your fruit and veg are truly something to be very proud of,what am i doing wrong i never get results like that and i try so hard.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I’m honestly not sure what self rising flour is… maybe mixed with baking powder?

[@524FrmGrl]

Did you find your scissors? My Kids said they would like a $1 for every time I misplace my phone 😂

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I did! In the house on the kitchen counter.

[@juliew1589]

I live in Ontario Canada, I always top and fairly agreessively prune my tomatoes about 1 month before frost expected. Taking anything that only has flowers since they wont have time anyways. It really gets them ripening up what the plant has and energy not going to growing more.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Thank you so much!

[@DianneNash-nh5vu]

Thanks a bunch!😘

[@ec92240]

DID YOU put any kind of sugar in the ice cream?

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Sorry, yes, a 1/4 cup

[@inekek4rommenhoek201]

Hey Chelsea, another great video, but I mis the subtitling. Byebye😉

[@LittleMountainRanch]

It usually take a few hours for KZbin to put them up,

[@sarahreynolds1430]

@LittleMountainRanch, can you please tell me where to find your oven baked French toast recipe?! I know I watched it awhile ago, probably over a year ago, and KZbin isn’t finding it for me when I search for it!!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I’m so sorry, but I have no idea. I could do another one.

[@sarahreynolds1430]

@@LittleMountainRanch that would be fantastic!! We LOVE French toast but it takes FOREVER with our large family! I would love to have another video made on it! If you put Oven Baked French Toast in the title too, KZbin will find it better for me and other people in the future!

[@ihopeugrow]

You may have mentioned it in past videos but pardon my spotty memory. Do you slaughter the cows that you raise(honey, milkweed, thistle, etc)? I wish you and your family the best Chelsea! Thanks for all these inspiring videos!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

We slaughter the steers. The milk cows are just for milk.

[@ihopeugrow]

@@LittleMountainRanch i had to google it…Mature female cattle are referred to as cows and mature male cattle are referred to as bulls. Colloquially, young female cattle (heifers), young male cattle (bullocks) and castrated male cattle (steers) are also referred to as "cows". (Wikipedia) You are so sweet to all your animals. I never met a live cow in person. Lol - Zee, N. Cali zone10a

[@debrathompson1780]

TOPPING Tomatoes: Please let us know. your decision AND the time table. Last year, in SW MO Zone 6, I had sooooo many tomatoes set after cool down in Sept. A good thing but It was wild! Sometime in Oct I topped the 7 plants to encourage ripening of the fruit by Mid Nov (our actual1st frost last yr). I believe it worked??? . On 11-15 I rushed to harvest. I gave est 6-8 lbs of green fruit to a neighbor, w/large family. Picked all blushing & ended up canning into Dec! Again this yr , I'm supporting the plants, w/my TX survival tools...40% shade cloth, drip hoses, pruning etc thru another unusually hot/dry summer. Good problem repeat, I hope. LOL PS: I'll never garden without Shade Cloth. Last yr everyone's plants burned up by July. As a former TX resident, I brought my TX tools with me to MO. Glad I did!

[@trainman2860]

Getting great Raspberries in Princeton to.

[@tammyjocooke-ov1nw]

Def attach a pair of scissors to your pouch!!

[@debbiemorris2478]

I have the same scissor problem. 😂

[@teddybear601]

I just word that I will receive your cookbook tomorrow. Can not wait

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Can’t wait to hear what you think of it!😊

[@RD.7778]

I wish i could live here and do all the chores.

[@pennywillis8895]

🇦🇺Do you trap and eat the rabbits? We used to trap and eat wild rabbits.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

We don't, although we have raised them for meat in the past.

[@linamora9169]

Thank you Chelsea!

[@elizabethlink3993]

💚 Love this Vlog..so much going on at LMR! Love that Sun Jam..never heard of that before..do you think you could use peaches?💚

[@kellyhawes9293]

Chelsea, it's a good thing you don't wear a fit bit, I'm sure it would short out trying to stay up with you!😂 I'm thankful you've been gifted the Living Mattress. Good, restful sleep is so restorative and necessary. ❤ Love the tour of your property and livestock, it's the best!! Hey, use a carabineer to attach your scissors to your harvest sack. Easy to attach and detach . Lol, I look like I'm out to scale mountains with my apron🤣

[@camicri4263]

Yummy! Have a blessed day ❤️ 🙏

[@quilterjanet]

My cucumbers have been coming one at a time so far but there are a ton of teensy weensy ones... could you please share the pickling process?? TIA. Oh... and soups fd absolutely wonderful in the fd. So if you don't have success with the others in the fd... try the finished soup.

[@nancycowan6109]

What a fun video. Somewhere in a cookbook of mine, there is a recipe about car dried corn. I’m going to have to look that up once again. Love your hummingbirds so much. Right now (8:30 pm Minneapolis time) I’m watching one elusive hummingbird come in for his night feeding. And just the one brings me great joy. Thanks for sharing your lovely life with us. ❤️

[@belieftransformation]

I’m making the fruit dump with Saskatoons & Haskaps that I picked at a friend’s orchard today! Thanks for sharing! Great vlog as usual! Blessings to all 🤗💗🇨🇦

[@kskorner74]

i've never seen a sun jam before

[@susanclair8623]

I love humming birds.

[@deno.520]

When you said you were going to put the trays in the car, I thought you were kidding! That's brilliant!

[@JudyTyrell]

What temp to bake berry.

[@sgrvtl7183]

All your recipes and presentation looks so good! As always, love your garden walk/tour. I like seeing the progress of veggies/flower/fruit growth during the growing season. Thank you for sharing your busy day with us!

[@billywilliams1545]

Well done and thank you !

[@candimeeks8125]

I am trying to find your video about mastitis in your cow.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Hmmm, I’m think sometime around 2 weeks ago.

[@missourigirl4101]

Clever jam recipe.

[@bdavis8149]

Wow , your videos are so interesting . I learn so much every time! Thank you so much for sharing your life ! And now to make some sun jam. 😀

[@janetthompson1372]

I would like to replace my mattress w/birch, but they are very expensive even with a sale

[@sandyperreault9326]

To help you hot wire work better during dry weather; pour water on your grounding pole and continue to do so as it drys out. A farmer on you tube mentioned this on his channel.

[@kaybusby7507]

That jam looks delicious never heard of putting it in the car but makes sense will give that a try. Thank you for sharing.

[@brianandtamiolson2330]

I bought freeze dried garlic and it’s amazing to snack on😜

[@anounimouse]

Chelsea, SOOooo very pleased that you highlighted the Roo-Joey apron last week. Mine arrived today & I picked green beans for the first time in the raised beds. GENIUS!!! No strain or twisting for this gardener with back & mobility issues. THX!!!!!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Seriously such a great product!!

[@beth5863]

As always love your video ❤

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Thank you so much!

[@KAStodgell]

Your cookie trays can be kept beautiful by using parchment paper.

[@cindilockhart9492]

I've never heard of or tried Sun jam! It's on my to do list this week!!

[@lindas.8036]

Hey, Chelsea. ARE CLOSED CAPTIONS ON? None available so far.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

They are, it just seems to take some time for them to kick on.