Carrots in a Bucket Harvest | Reap what you Sow

4 months ago we planted our first seeds in 3 buckets, today we're reaping the harvest! #familyvlog
This is just a small taste of the future. Over the next few months we will be building a small house to start our homesteading journey. Once we're on our little homestead, there will be A LOT more gardening, fresh produce and family Vlogs to tell our story.
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[@suzie2080]

There is no insignificance in that harvest and you're teaching your son a wonderful lesson. Loved your gardening metaphor message.

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

You’re right! Thanks for the comment and support 🙌🏼

[@emmathompson4272]

Have you tried Carrot top pesto as a way of using the carrot top greens as well. So delicious on pasta or quinoa on a cheese toastie!

[@MM36577]

So what you do with carrots is pick every second one, keep watering so they can keep growing until you need them. PUSH DOWN, then pull up so you dont disturb its neighbour! Also keep the tops and make carrot top pesto. You can wash all veg in water with a splash of vinegar and scrub with a cheap dedicated nail brush

[@ImGlyn]

I have an old toothbrush to just clean off on all the little books & crannies, but honestly, once they're boiled or steamed, it's all good 👍👍👍

[@nutequest]

Happy carrot growing. For those buckets I do 10 carrots per bucket for good sized carrots. For bed growing I start in soil blocks and then plant them up close as the size of the block is enough for each. Direct sowing is good too but I have more control over spacing with the blocks. Usually you wouldn’t cell start carrots but the soil blocks are only soil so you’re not transplanting as such. Carefully lift the block from the starter tray and put them in the bed soil and they’re away. I got a 4 cell soil block former on eBay for about 40 bucks. Means I don’t have plastic cells that don’t last long and the plants have no transplant shock so you can doo beets, beans, corn, coriander and other plants you’d usually direct sow and you can start tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage and other plants that can be transplanted but they also do better in the soil blocks. You can do a cabbage in a bucket, cherry tomato plant, strawberries, about 3 plants in a bucket, 3 beets in a bucket, 2 capsicum or chilli plants, a bush bean, 3 kale, 3 rocket, 5 cut n come again lettuce and a blueberry plant. Radish can be fun too and you’ll fit 10 per bucket also. Have fun trying different things. It’s all learning by trial and error. Lots of herbs go well in buckets too.

[@timcombridge]

I love this! So good to see the reward from the patience. Loved the little segment on Biblical gardening metaphors too! Great to hear you talk about your faith throughout these videos. God bless you all!

[@cathkotz8221]

Koah is just the sweetest. I love how he is involved in all your activities. Well done Tom for including biblical principles 🙏

[@reneezacharias3284]

Use a small scrubbing brush like a nail brush. Just for veggies of course. And fyi I would it the dirt

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

I think that’s what we’ll do next time!

[@MissSarahJoy1]

I have just come across your channel, this is the first video iv watched and loved it! I too have just started growing my own veggies I have felt a desire to be out I. The garden and to learn what should be common knowledge and teach my children. My hope is that God blesses us with some land so I can homeschool/homestead.

[@Share_the_laughter]

The excitement you feel is shared well done love your family well done 😊

[@CONNAITRELAUSTRALIE]

I read Bible storied to my son when he was young. He had Christian books for colouring, and attended Sunday school. Few years ago we stopped going to church. My son is teenager now and few weeks ago, he asked me a Bible. I was amazed. He is reading it by himself. The good Seed on him has sprouted. Alleluia.

[@chrismc1975]

Well done guys, it’s a very good start imo. You’ve been given some great advise and I’m jotting it down too, as I’m new at vege growing as well. I’m encouraged to try carrots as well now, thankyou 🥕 I often am reminded of the biblical analogies while gardening and love the time spent there even more, as I feel it’s God reinforcing His teachings with me, as I spend time connecting back with nature and his creation ❤️

[@elizabethgraham-pichugin4723]

What a beautiful blessing you guys are May Lord have favour over you and your family

[@manjus3]

You guys are such a beautiful family! Sending love from Seattle!

[@tammyoneill5399]

I grew my first carrots last year and they were little too. I peeled mine too because of the dirt. It is an amazing feeling to eat what you have grown yourself. Keep it up!

[@gillianfahey6464]

Baby carrots are so sweet and juicy ..you can even use the greens as well

[@sharligsd]

Well done re your first harvest of carrots :) i have grown them for many years, so a cpl of tips i have for you are, if you want the them to grow bigger try not to overcrowd the container. If too many seedlings appear, trying thinning them out a bit. This will leave more room for the remaining carrots to grow larger. I never peel my harvested carrots, I soak them in a bowl of warm water for a cpl of mins to loosen the dirt, I then use a sm hard brush to scrub them, then rinse them well in warm water. Given no chemicals have been used in the growing, any tiny bits of dirt left behind will cause you no harm but if you are still worried, cook them in boiling water. Hope that helps :)

[@sharligsd]

The green on the top of the carrot is Chlorophyll cause by exposure to light. I just trim it off before cooking them

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

Thanks heaps for taking the time to share this advice ❤️ will follow all these tips!

[@sharligsd]

@@Homestead_OnTheRock_ You are more than welcome. I have a 1/4 acre block and its amazing how much produce you can grow on that size block so I am looking forward to seeing your new adventure take shape

[@benjaminfraser6890]

Awesome stuff guys! Apparently you can eat the greens that come off the carrots aswell 👍 I've never tried it but hey apparently it's good for you! God bless you guys ❤️🙏

[@karengear5254]

Yay carrots that’s so cool ❤

[@emyreotutar3187]

Wow! He is so cute😂

[@Noniinthebush]

You cant put a value on home grown versus store bought no matter how small the harvest. There’s nothing like eating your own home grown food! 😋🙏🏼

[@charlie-ot5ug]

Good job, on your first carrot harvest. Tip, try growing vegetables that you can keep harvesting all summer, like zuchinnis, pumpkin, cucumbers, (remember to hand polinate), tomatoes, beans, lettuce, cut and come again vegetables like silver beet, parsley etc. That way you judt need to plant once. Corn is fun to grow but only one cob per stalk. Get your blueberries in now and you will be rewarded next spring. I've always found that crops tend to grow better in the ground than in raised garden beds or containers, if you have good soil in your block.

[@wendyalbers1963]

Well done on your first carrot harvest🥕. I have found that when i have grown carrots, I wait to harvest them until I see the top of the carrot poking up out of the soil, then I harvest them. I think the carrot that was green on top was not ready to be picked yet🤷. Home grown vegetables and fruit taste so much nicer than anything from any supermarket. I love home grown food💚

[@janeandrews4850]

I have been told that the tops can be used to make pesto all though I have never tried them myself. Yes reaping and sowing is important

[@LillaTwiggy]

Carrot top pesto is delicious!

[@jayonefive234]

awesome

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

Thanks 😊

[@samantha4552]

Well done. First harvest is always exciting. Try planting rainbow carrots. They're always fun.

[@Bill-q6g]

Good work guys, your channel is going to do well!

[@kimwalter1269]

Great carrots well done!! For big carrots you need to make sure not to overcrowd them. You can plant heavily and then harvest them in a way that slowly thins them out and enjoy baby carrots and the greens in salads. The carrots you leave will then grow bigger as they have more room to grow. You can also make carrot top pesto from the greens too. Its delicious!

[@kristyhughes5575]

That recipe looked so yummy! I'm sure with all that positivity you'll be known as the 'Carrot King' in no time, keep up the good work :)

[@NatashaMeredith-o2d]

Definitely eat the dirt! Good source of folate 😊

[@daninic9355]

12-16 weeks is usually the right time to harvest carrots. Leaving it longer may end up with bitter carrots. Heavy or compacted soil can stunt the growth but your soil doesn’t seem to be the problem. Temperature can also stunt the growth so if the buckets are heating up too much that could be a contributing factor. Without knowing the size of the bucket, I would approximate 10-12 carrots per bucket to allow space for growth. Enjoy 😊

[@mustwereallydothis]

We normally plant our carrots the first week in May and let them grow until after the first frost in September. We pick a few now and then in August whenever we need some

[@nxtlvlranch4802]

I was thinking if you buy a twin tub washing machine and bolt some brushes on the spinner and it’ll clean your vegetables if you do a big harvest

[@MonnieGreyclouds7101]

Your good people :) God bless you in Jesus name

[@RogerGilder]

6 months for carrots, pick the bigger ones and let the others get bigger. Let some go to seed, look pretty and will give you thousands of seeds. Cheers and God Bless.

[@brooklyn3534]

Also the green rim means it could be left for long. If its not green anymore than it's ready

[@gillianfahey6464]

I would just wash them just in plain water and scrub them with a scourer .. a little bit of dirt wont hurt you ..

[@emmaleethompson7964]

Winter. Be careful with your last bucket as they'll want to go to seed as the days warm and there is more daylight.

[@brooklyn3534]

I never peel them if theyre organicly home grown!!! A little dirt doesnt hurt :)

[@samuelcareless3173]

Little bit of dirt never hurt anyone 🙄

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

Bit of extra crunch aye 😋

[@Sunshinerainstormrainbow]

We all just eat it with the dirt on :)

[@rovon4275]

Eat the dirt just not the worms 😆 Congrats on your carrot harvest We are used to oversized supermarket fruit n vege n super perfect n clean but thats not always best. Bottom line if they taste good you succeeded Well done

[@LillaTwiggy]

Out of curiosity.. did you drill holes in the bottom of the buckets?

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

Yep we drilled about 5 or so decent sized holes! There’s another video on our channel showing the day we planted them if you’re interested 👍🏽

[@XxLinnixX1]

Loved it ! And loved what you shared. 😊 Im curious are you guys living on the property at the moment? Did it come with a temporary home? Keep making videos! Love you guys God bless you ❤

[@theresaduggan426]

Don’t peel the carrots. Just a soft scrub will do. A soft nail brush, a soft toothbrush. I have a little scrubber that I bought from Aldi some yers back. I use it on all of my root veggies

[@JodiByles]

Just eat them! If they are washed they'll be fine :) I prefer to not peel my carrots

[@jeanwilks123]

Hi again guys,any updates on what you're up to at your block?

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

@@jeanwilks123 hey there ☺️! We’re currently just getting quotes for the house build! Just need to decide on a few more things before we know what we’re gong to do! We haven’t done anything else on the block yet

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

We do however have a lot of plans, and are SUPER excited for the build to start and more importantly move onto the block and start growing things 🙌🏼

[@jeanwilks123]

@@Homestead_OnTheRock_ good luck 🤞

[@anarhlia]

I just watched an ad… are you guys monetized?!? 🎉🎉🎉

[@brooklyn3534]

I never peel them if theyre organicly home grown!!! A little dirt doesnt hurt :)

[@karengear5254]

What beautiful words and so true. Many blessings to you and your beautiful family ❤❤❤

[@RogerGilder]

Scrubbing brush removes the dirt.....get one you'll need it for other vegetables.

[@toniphillips2519]

Oh my goodness Koha is just so gorgeous!! Well done with the carrots!! I haven’t ever grown any, you have inspired me for sure!! Love your messages Tom 🫶🏻🙏🏻

[@elijahbanjanin2693]

I’m Mariana’s son from church Elijah

[@rawgemsrawdesserts5668]

EAT THE DIRT 😂 amazing micro organism that are vital for good health. Also if you pull the largest carrots and leave the small ones, the small ones will continue to grow. Mulching as they emerge stops the greening.

[@elijahbanjanin2693]

The reason why the carrot has a green top is that it was above the ground and it absorbed chloroform 12:54

[@jeanwilks123]

Real food comes dirty 😋maybe just not enough room in the bucket,live & learn 🤣🥰

[@reneezacharias3284]

Your right it’s just some sun exposure from not being planted quite as deeply

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

Yep seems to be the case!

[@samh-smith2931]

You guys are a blessing! 🙏

[@debbierya5668]

Great video, I remember when I grew carrots in my back yard veggie patch it’s so rewarding, love and wishes from Perth ❤

[@Share_the_laughter]

Praise God for the harvest ❤

[@nxtlvlranch4802]

I’m not religious at all but I can handle this amount as I’m keen to see your guys journey my me wife and our 3 kids are 33/3& and are started g to work towards our homestead dream

[@dewkumarage8363]

Now that have to be the best pre dinner prayer I've heard!! Bless you guys ❤

[@paulinedevaney3028]

Love you guys God bless you ❤️

[@hajb23]

Dirt is healthy for you, good dirt has lots of good bacteria on for your gut.

[@andreazavras]

I would eat the dirt!

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

Next time we’re having it haha

[@brooklyn3534]

We made carrot stew or soup with our 2nd harvest of carrots including the carrot tops!! Some small some large but the food was delish. May i add a little tip, i personally will twist the greens off instead of pulling. Its very satisfying. Well done on your 1st harvest!!! Looks so tasty. Btw how good do they smell as you pull them from the ground?? Loved this video including your lovely lady and babies along with your talk at the end 😊

[@reneezacharias3284]

😂yo guys are so cute. You can definitely pull out the larger ones as you need them and leave the others to expand . You can leave them for a long time and just harvest some as you need them. Enjoy and god bless your efforts

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

Can’t wait to have a massive garden bed full of carrots so we can do this haha! Appreciate the comment ❤

[@deborahlee8135]

Great job, Koah and Daddy! I think leaving them longer is a good option, maybe thin them later if you need to to give more room, but just selecting as you need them? Feeling around the top of the dirt at the stalk base will give you an idea how large they are. 🥕🥕🥕 You could make carrot top pesto too 😊

[@ImGlyn]

Emailed you 👍

[@selinab8532]

of cause your carrots were a success, you harvested them, didn't you? that is a success, carrots pretty much grow all year, why don't you freshen the buckets up & grow another crop? try beans as well, they are easy to grow too & a lot of people i know also think those snow peas are an easy crop as well; all in good practice for when you finally get to live on your land thanx for sharing

[@MeganBlunden-e9u]

Veg brush scrubber a little bit of dirt is good fod yohr gut too also carrot top pesto is Yum! Green o gop exposed to sun correct if you thin out your seedlings they will get bigger 😀

[@donnabootes7272]

Well done guys great to see another great video God bless you all ❤️

[@Homestead_OnTheRock_]

Glad you’re enjoying it! Thanks for the support Donna ❤️

[@BookloverFantasy92]

Nice! I planted carrots myself, the patch wasn’t ready, needed to be topped with more dirt, but decided to plant them anyways. If they grow, then awesome, if not, then no harm. I honestly didn’t think they were going to grow, but yesterday I saw some tiny little green popping through! So excited to see what happens! We also have a patch with a row of spinach growing, whole peas and snow peas growing! I’m honestly extremely excited for the kids to get into that patch! :)

[@toniphillips2519]

Oh fyi Norwex have a veggie cloth to scrub them with!! I loved myn!

[@thegriffinwithin]

OK, so I'm not a fan of organised religion for many reasons, but thanks, I needed that talk about planting and reaping what you sow. Perfect timing.

[@christelleswanepoel6812]

Scrub it with a nailbrush

[@thegriffinwithin]

Carrot top tabouleh is great.

[@CaseyCassar]

This is such a beautiful video ❤

[@carolmcmillan1108]

Any home grown food is a bonus … those carrots look so tasty and they always taste better if you grow yourself .. 👌👌 well done

[@anthonytheunissen7454]

Amen to what you said about GOD it is so true 🙏🤗❤️

[@m8eza]

amen brother!