Even If We Want To, We Ain’t Going To | Homestead Vlog | March 27, 2024

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

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[@fordilac]

Megan = country charm at its finest.

[@teamicdee]

I hope your saved watermelon seeds produce the most spectacular mellon ever ❤ And it encourages you to save more seeds of what you grow/eat. My passion is saving seeds. If we dont save our favorite seeds who will? ❤

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

that's exactly right, the older we get the more seeds we save

[@badatti2d]

It's great to live vicariously through your family... LOL ...I like to watch your videos, and I jump on the new ones as soon as I get the notification that a new one is uploaded. Thank you for showing what kind of life your family lives, and then showing that there are still some people who live the way folks have lived for many, many years; also, it proves that everything is not needed from the big box stores. I'd bet the food your family eats is exponentially more healthy than the mundane/average junk we pay more for in our lives.

[@rogerl5102]

What a wonderful example y’all are to future farmers young and older, of what hard work will accomplish and the rewards of your labor…

[@jamestboehm6450]

Good to see the kids involved in starting seed. Let them help plant and let them learn to become self sufficient in growing their own food.

[@freesianlover]

I sure enjoy your videos- I start my day with you on Monday Wednesday and Friday before I go to work I listen to your videos while I do chores and watch when I can. Such a nice start to the day. Thank you❤

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

I am glad that I’m not the only one that likes to play in the dirt I believe that Andy is just like me the more Andy plays in the dirt the better he likes it lol 😂 but if I had a place to play in the dirt I’d sure be out there digging holes and planting stuff

[@TerrieAllred2023]

It's so hard not to plant all the things!! I am trying so hard to wait! lol

[@tommyblanchard4465]

Great homestead video. Very informative.

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

I got tickled when Mattie sat down after helping ya’ll gather the potatoes yesterday I could tell she had had enough of the potato gathering lol 😂 she is so cute

[@thegardentillerboy1244]

Good morning from Blue Ridge, Ga! Hope y'all have a wonderful day and thanks for another great video!!

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

Good morning from Grenada county Mississippi I hope you have a great day

[@jerrystout3032]

You ALL are doing a great job with your kids!!😇!😇!😇!😇

[@elt.214]

Great video to watch while I enjoy my morning coffee. 🙏

[@joycejones4526]

How wonderful your children help with gardening. I love to see how happy everyone is at planting time. Thinking back to your onion planting Hose said you need to plant onions for your area. Onions seeds come in varieties, short days and long days. Hoss helped Cog Hill pick the right seeds and now they are raising great onions. You might check with Hoss to see. Love to all the family.

[@paulabrown5685]

Megan I find that the seeds I save are more robust than store bought. I think that is because they are acclimating to our climate. You just have to be careful with cross pollination. Those 3 watermelons will cross pollinate unless you plant them far apart. You would need to took up the distance as I don’t know that.

[@jessicabetkey3297]

I agree saved seeds do so much better.

[@2NsMom]

Love Hoss Tools--I have been very happy with everything I have bought from them! Also love the way y'all experiment in your garden. 😃

[@johnramsey3306]

Small fan on low going back and forth will help big with spindly plants.

[@lavondadye8091]

I enjoyed seeing little Miss Maggie helping plant seeds❤ I didn't start my own seeds till my kids were grown and gone so watching your kids working in the garden with you makes me smile😊

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

I think I remember my granddaddy planting jubilee watermelon seeds

[@stacypotts6341]

Glad y'all moved that step. She did look stretched out trying to stand in it.

[@bbforever761]

Haha, Andy!!! I can see how you always end up with so many tomatoes!!!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

hahaha I know!

[@lucindasutt7365]

Great days. I had noticed her rear legs. But really glad you are safe now Megan.

[@DebraMorris-q6r]

Good morning from Oregon! Good lookin soil…

[@billstatler5977]

Good morning from PA. I took notice yesterday, that my asparagus is coming up.

[@maryellenwarrick8288]

Love it all! Especially how honest you are on experimenting and not knowing from one year to the next will grow better! You just keep doing a variety and that encourages me!

[@jeffreyhilbourn209]

Great video. Hope yall have a blessed day

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Great job EVERYONE, Team work and the will to learn and HELP is really working out for you all. Jacob and Maggie pitching in with the planting and working ever so gently trying to do just as they see you all working is so great. Sure hope you folks don't get any deep freezes this spring . Would love to see your orchard all produce with no fruit loss from freezing this year too. Those bacon egg and cheese sandwiches sure did look good Megan and looking forward to seeing how your Pickled Bantam Eggs turn out. You all stay safe over there and keep up the great videos, sure do enjoy watching you all work and play together. Fred.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

so far so good on the fruit trees, we've had a couple frost but the trees seem to have survived so far

[@lesterwicklein717]

Good Morning!

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

The little chicks did look good and I hate that the other little one didn’t make it but it happens like you said

[@rbirkheimer59]

Love to see the little plants with the seed pod still on it. I just get so happy. God Bless you all. Rebekah - OHIO

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

I've been waiting for this video. I remember when I was little, Grandpa and Grandma bedding sweet potatoes in a frame behind the smokehouse. I couldn't remember exactly how they did it as that's been 50 plus years ago and Daddy always bought slips. I'm not a big yellow tomato person but I've been planting a few Lemon Boys for the last few years and they are the best yellow tomato I've ever planted. Some friends of mine in Randolph County at the Piney Woods Homestead plant the Red Snappers and they really likes them. The Mountain Merrits are like Mountain Prides but are supposed to have good blight resistance. Megan I know all about those 12 hour shifts and at 61, they're starting to catch up with me!

[@dlewis895]

I KNOW ABOUT THOSE 12HR SHIFTS EXHAUSTING

[@dlewis895]

HIGH RAISED BEDS SEEMS SAVE THE BACK WOOD CHIPS SHAVINGS CARDBOARD. LEAVES NATURE IS AWSOME

[@chrstdvd]

😃it is so fun watching you get excited about planting. I look forward to when the plants come up and then rhe actual planting.

[@caseyscarrotpatch]

You guys are so awesome!! I get excited as well. Spring is so fun. It's so hard not to get too excited!! ❤❤

[@charlieconnor1490]

Dad always told me to put my head up to where you have put that bar , that would keep her from kicking you

[@1CathyHendrix]

Have you ever tried pickled eggs made using canned beets? Those speak Easter to me. My Granny and my Mom would always make sure to have plenty on hand and ready to enjoy over the Easter holiday. Great memories. Hope ya'll have a wonderful Easter! He is Risen!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes love them that way as well!

[@redbroadhead2907]

Another great video

[@stacypotts6341]

Quail eggs are eggcellent bite sizers, but bantams work too. It's real handy having pickled eggs around, tasty too. And the flavor combinations can be easily tailored to your likes. That summertime surplus of eggs is made for pickling.

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

I really enjoy watching you and Andy plant your garden and I didn’t know that you could plant sweet potatoes before the ground warmed up

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

those will just be for my slips to plant out in the garden

[@dforgivenmerryheartfarm5066]

Our last frost date is around the middle of May. I usually start 4 squash, 4 zucchini, and 4 cucumber plants about the last week of April. These are what I call my early plants. The rest of them I start in the ground.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

our last frost date here is around mid april

[@bkj2508]

Kansas here. Thanks for your video! God bless ya all!!

[@marthahill1919]

That's my kind of supper. Love your videos and family. God bless y'all from the bootheel of Missouri.

[@rayclay2]

time for some spring magic~! 🍉🍊🍅🌶🫑 mc'donalds🐔 on the farm~! YUM what a team TG #1

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

Always enjoy your videos. I ordered some turmeric root for planting from Hoss. Picking it up at the PO today!

[@lesterwatson8519]

In our area everybody waits until the 10th of May to set plants out. It may not frost then but ole folks called it the 10th of May cold snap. Now it is also not just the 10th of May it is usually sometime that week of the 10th of May. We seem to always have a cold snap that week. Like I said it may not frost but it seems it always drops few degrees around that time.

[@robertmarino2158]

Very informative, amazing what y'all are doing , getting excited , stay safe , enjoy !

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

I believe 18 would be more than enough watermelon plants if the cold weather doesn’t get them

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

hopefully so, we wont plant them out into the garden for another month or so, so they should be fine from the cold

[@kathyroberts5870]

Megan and Andy I know you guys were trying to plant by the signs. I always Plant by the best signs Breast ( above ground ) and Loins( below ground ). I do this by the old Foxfire books. This book has a chart and it tell the good and bad signs.

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I need to start more tomatoes. I don't have municipal water, I collect rain so I use a water can.😊 I can't plant out warm stuff till May too, but I get antsy. I do sometimes plant what I call "sacrificial starts" early, just in case.

[@bkj2508]

Good morning!!

[@paccur1252]

Love the mist for the nozzle.. never seen one before.. The compost from the chicken run looks so good.. You certainly have been busy with all the seeds and gardening.. Those little pickled eggs look delicious..my friend used to do quail eggs.. great in salad.. Great food to eat.. comes from a loving kitchen.. not a fast food joint..lol

[@cherylnorman4215]

I absolutely love your channel you both have inspired me tremendously, happy Easter season ❤️

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

Here in western NC you can’t plant garden until May 15. Im over by GSMNP, cherokee area. You always feel like it’s warm and frost over. Last week my tulip tree (Japanese’s magnolia) was in full bloom. Now, it’s all brown and dead looking. Two days with nights on the 20s. cabbage And other cold weather crops are fine. It’s always may 15 here before anyone plants their garden.

[@JayBane-n9l]

Enjoyed it so much.Jay from Mississippi.

[@3PMedia]

If you save seed from the watermelon this year you’ll have another landrace project on your hands. I’ve got a locally adapted watermelon landrace that I’m continuing this year as well. Happy growing!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

yep we might just do that

[@3PMedia]

@@TrueGritAppalachianWays it’s always interesting to see the traits that stabilize. Hoping to follow along.

[@3PMedia]

@@TrueGritAppalachianWays wonderful. It’s be cool to seed swap one day.

[@austinwilloughby3439]

Last May was so cold ! July 4 th we did not have a ripe tomato, and we sell a lot of tomatoes! And all other vegetables! Was very late planting last year! We set out over 1000 tomatoe plants alone and no way to cover all those up! Keep farming! We order lots from Hoss too! Good people! Marlene a farmer from SC

[@kennethvaughan8195]

It is so hard not to get to excited and plant to early. All the years that’s something I never perfected is the patience to wait. Lots of replanting , as y’all said. Getting bit ! Lol

[@dlewis895]

THAT SOIL LOOKS GREAT

[@jerrystout3032]

Great Job guys!

[@musicmanhunter1]

always great info and family life

[@Susan-n3o3e]

Another great video ❤

[@JamesJones-rn1bf]

You have a beautiful family😀

[@donnasaylor2778]

I am spoiled I am I’m true rice I love the station ad those babies they found place in my ❤️ ❤heart 😂 I am hooked but it’s a great way to start your day love prayers

[@brendawoods554]

Enjoyed the video.

[@krmcnall]

You two are such a sweet couple! I love how you work together and I love how excited you both are about all that you produce and your work. I see what you do as God’s work. Bless you all! From central New Yorker.

[@maryjones4494]

I bought Cherokee Tan pumpkin seeds from Hoss last year. Even with the drought, one hill of three seeds produced 72 pumpkins

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

wow thats amazing

[@JayBane-n9l]

Basically calm down Andy. I am the same way.Jay from Mississippi.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

haha yep

[@tomjernigan3010]

Another good video

[@tonybunch543]

I really enjoy watching your videos. We have the same lifestyles.👍

[@candywilliams8318]

It’s so hard to wait for Easter to plant your seedlings , etc. you must always wait until after Easter to feel safe. But then you still are taking a chance.

[@sandysmith8567]

I didn't buy slips this year, but was kinda regretting it. Late winter last year, I purchased bulk potatoes to can that happened to be organic (untreated). Saved some back and planted those last spring. They did really well, and it was so much cheaper than buying seed potatoes! Saved some of those to plant this year, too. Will definitely try your method for growing slips using organic and see if it will work that way. Thanks so much!

[@JB18423]

Rule of thumb in North Carolina April 15 is planting time for your garden. I live in Eastern Carolina

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

we still might have a frost or freeze even that late here for us its happened before

[@highroad3580]

I’m excited to get going in the garden, too. Potatoes are in, kale came up on its own, the greenhouse has trays of cool weather plants almost ready to go in the ground, hers are next then tomatoes and peppers. We are in the Appalachia Mountains also.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

we got all our cool season crops in the ground, a little early for us but with all the warm weather we couldn't resist

[@sharidezern8459]

Saw Saurtown Mountain in the background! I live on Mtn. View Road right near it! You guys are amazing and so fun to watch. Been binge watching and just want to tell you how much joy you are bringing this cancer patient today! Howdy neighbors!❤

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

thank you! glad we can bring you joy! you're not far at all away

[@williamhastings7182]

Andy, are you one of those southpaws...lol...those.kids are soaking up knowledge with the seedings...I love it!

[@fredfeldt5329]

I love vine ripe yellow tomatoes, because I like to make tomato sauce with them and add it to cooked elbow pasta. It looks like Mac and cheese , and it confuses people 😂 but if you close your eyes it tastes just like red sauce.

[@The-Hillside-Garden]

I'm north of Ireland & our last frost date is the end of May. So I have to start 90% of my plants indoors so they have enough time to reach maturity, in the short growing season. Melons & peppers get started in mid Feb. Tomatoes get sown early March & all the summer & winter squash in mid April. Spuds go deep in the ground around St. Patricks day so always survive any frosty nights. Has worked fine for me this past 20 yrs. I'm sure your sowings will be fine too :) Thanks for another great video& Happy Easter!

[@fredfeldt5329]

I live in south west Indiana, and last year I planted some cayenne peppers, I don’t know what the conditions were, but I had more peppers than leaves! I’d be happy to send you a picture of the last harvest. And- I had picked from these two plants when I went to work for my dinner, and even gave some away in the middle of harvest. Just 2 small plants ! It blows my mind. I never had that when I lived on the west coast. 169 chiles at the end of the season from these two ! I dug them up to winterize them,never done that before. Getting ready to transplant pretty soon when frost doesn’t come back. ❤

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

absolutely shoot us an email or you can post on the facebook group for everyone to see

[@patshirey6190]

I bought some yellow tomatoes from a friend that grows them not sure what variety but they were huge an a little sweet but very delicious

[@teresahix5658]

Sweet family videos,, my mama used to say let the kids help and it will grow better. Thank yall for sharing. ❤❤

[@timmyfields6159]

Have really been enjoying y’all’s channel since I found it. Keep up the good work.

[@hawkrose8403]

Yall continue to inspire me to plant new things! ❤ Love this channel cant say it enough!

[@sharongarrison8328]

It was 38 degrees here in Scottsville Kentucky March 27th 2024

[@KeithLittleAlabama]

Great video 👍🏻 my wife has a lot of different plants in our greenhouse. Can’t wait to plant them. We hope y’all have a great Easter.

[@lindabyrne1645]

Enjoyed watching!

[@queen.mama.slots.5977]

Hey guys, I’m watching once again. My garden 🪴 is looking fantastic! Thank you for all the tips. 🙏❤️🪴

[@coreyburnell77]

I have the garden planter from hoss it works good

[@sherryburchett3630]

Good morning to you both! I got tickled at Tiger when you were planting the sweet potatoes. Her eyes followed your hands every move! Does she like sweet potatoes? Has she ever dug in the garden to get her a snack ? Lol love to use yellow and red tomatoes together and chop up with onions and green peppers, a little salt pepper vinegar and sugar. Pretty and tastes great with pinto beans God bless y’all!!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

she did when she was a puppy but now I think shes just obsessed with me so she watches my every move haha

[@sherryburchett3630]

Love that!

[@sherryturner4745]

My cookbook is at the post office YAY! Can’t wait to make some pickled eggs. My husband loves them ❤

[@jvin248]

Test your watermelons starts and direct seeding to compare. I found out years ago with cucumbers and squash that transplanting set the starts back as much as it took direct seeds to sprout and catch up. So do some side by side comparisons in the same season.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

yes we've seen the same thing over the years

[@Boldo75]

Andrew needs a greenhouse!! I've been itching to set my tomatoes and squash out for two weeks now. It's getting close down here in central Alabama!

[@vikkibyington3066]

❤I would be as happy as a pig in slop if i could grow good watermelon. Love cantaloupe too but watermelon is a weakness of mine. I rem as a kid going to visit Daddy's people down in the country. There would be people selling watermelons on the side of the road. We most always got one and the farmer would plug it first. Before we ever once arrived at my uncle's house the plug had the teeth prints of a little 5 or 6 year old girl. Guess who?? 😂

[@lorrismith7366]

Love watching your videos! So when your sweet potato slips grow do you just leave them where they are? You can grow them in a container so to speak?? Last year was my first time planting slips. I did a small area my yield was great but they were small. Should i have fertilized more?? Am in Michigan so we are still waiting for warmer weather. Thanks for your help! Have a blessed day!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

no we'll break the slips off and plant them out in the garden. you might have not gave them enough time to grow, sweet potatoes dont usually require much fertility

[@candywilliams8318]

Gardenining truly teaches you to be patient. You must trust the weather. Timing of planting etc. q\we are all in such a hurry, but nature tells us to just wait, we are not ready, but will be in a ww\eek or two. 🌝. Hag in there and be patient. The time will,come.

[@BarbaraMcLamb]

I know I'm three months late watching this (back tracking since I found yal's channel) but I have heard that pelletized seeds have to be used the year they are issued. Something in the process makes them where they won't germinate the next year. Check on that :)

[@kathy1105]

My nana when she milked She took her in the barn gave her feed then milked her

[@golfman6062]

Wow. 3,900+ views in 7 hours. Y'all are catching on. My buddy grows Charleston Grey every year. Is that Sauratown Mountain in the background at 13:45? Love and liked the vids.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

yes it sure is, I know its kinda mind blowing!

[@johndenoma6397]

Look at a can't kick bar.

[@candacebradley7335]

Ok I wondered if you could just bury the sweet potatoes (w/o eyes) seems like everyone I watched grow sweet potato slips first then plant the slips. Good to know. Love your videos!

[@lawsonlawnandfarm8073]

We grow the slips then break the slips off to plant them later

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

we put them in the ground to grow out the slips then we'll break them off come planting time to plant out in the garden

[@candacebradley7335]

@@TrueGritAppalachianWays Oh thanks for the clarification 😄 wasn’t understanding that.