FRUGAL FAMILY HOMESTEAD SELF SUSTAINABILITY GARDEN UPDATE

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[@sarahrizer6055]

Hi sweet lady. I really loved this video! Girl you have a lot of patience with frugal daddy! What a mess, he should be ashamed. Dude clean that up for your special lady😊 wow I've never seen more beautiful hydrangeas. I love your place-----except well you know😅

[@lindamiller9902]

My moloķ

[@debgordon6542]

FD has many more positive attributes :-)

[@daniellestearman6985]

I think Frugal Daddy has a slight hoarding tendency. Bless him.

[@michelledunn1715]

Hydrangea is my favorite flower

[@shirleysmith971]

Amy you could make that old shed into a little greenhouse to start your seedlings in for your garden. I love the decorative items you have in your garden area. I think frugal daddy is a hoarder 😂 . I know it must be very frustrating for you. I love your front yard looking out over the river plus all your beautiful flowers. Do you still have your senior dog ? I think she is called Darma? I haven’t seen her lately. I also love your iron fencing . You have a really nice size yard with great shade trees. Love to you and the family ❤❤

[@marshag5444]

Wow what a mess daddy needs to do a lot of work 😂

[@jeanodom597]

😅

[@donnahansen326]

Bring a dumpster to your yard and fill it up with Frugal Daddy's Hoard😅

[@PatriciaCastro-d1i]

Beautiful homestead

[@raye5071]

You have a gorgeous collection of hydrangeas. My favorite yard flower. They bloom forever! Than you for the tour😊

[@patriciarussell756]

Your whole property is lovely! The front view, the areas you garden in... Not frugal daddys mess! Men hoard, have neighbors that do too. But organize it neatly Dwayne! 🙄

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE]

Hi my dear Patricia, I hope your son moved in with you comfortably? - I hope you come & visit me soon? 😊

[@janamathis4729]

Frugal Daddy you have a beautiful home. Now clean up that mess in the yard. Shamey shamey. That is not exactly a homestead, just a nice garden area. Frugal mommie you try so hard to produce extra food. The tomatoes in pots look good.

[@sunnybelisle4007]

Amy, I absolutely love your magically meandering brick pathways. I love the way you use natural materials to create beautiful places in your garden. And, speaking of 'magical.' you are obviously a 'Garden Witch,' for it seems to me that you can get anything to grow. Your Hydrangeas are GORGEOUS!! I love the blues, but my favorite is that hot pink one on the side of the house. Also, I'd love love love to have the berry garden you've created. Looks as though you have the potential of having a lot of berry jam on your pantry shelves. 😊YUM YUM. Thanks for sharing your garden tour with us. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@lindalesniak6671]

When I lived in Indiana I discovered Mulberry trees, so many, by my apartment. After I moved back to Michigan, I found 1(!) on during a walk. I knocked on the homeowner’s door and asked if I could pick them and the owner jumped with joy-PLEASE DO!!! So now I get all I need! Nice video! Frugal Daddy-if you just start to pick up-you’ll be surprised how much you’ll get done🤣

[@opalmcclellan7376]

Beautiful garden. I'd love to see more of the carriage house.

[@rosegray9933]

Beautiful homestead.Great job

[@CPooley]

You really need to clean up your yard. Organize your veggies, herbs, and other plants together. You have loads of room for all kinds of fruits too! I love your I enthusiasm with growing your own!

[@lori4762]

Very pretty garden

[@liviuconstantinescu-ve5qu]

Well your garden îs dry.needs watering.shes thurstyyyyy❤❤❤❤❤

[@lindabeard488]

I love to see your garden. Hope you can do updates as things progress. So happy to see you again. Love your channel. Love 💕 and Hugs. 💙💙💙

[@joannemathews8394]

I really love the section where you have put your painted rocks . It looks so pretty Thanks for sharing your garden with us. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@DonnaBennett-vs7zk]

I Love your hydrangea’s they my favourites .x

[@tabbycat4606]

I love your hydrangeas ❤

[@Ms._Purple_Apple]

Thanks for sharing, you’ve done a lot to your garden. 👍⭐️

[@elizabethlewis307]

I love all the colors. Good luck with all the veggies and fruit.

[@Zombie-adventures]

Hi Amy! I love your gardens! The hydrangeas are simply gorgeous; those plants are definitely happy with you! I hope you get a big veggie harvest this year too.❤️❤️

[@Lovescoffee-zo2bt]

Apt living doesn't permit gardening. Miss gardening. I will enjoy your garden Thank you for sharing.

[@anitastaite6924]

Wow you have a big garden you could do lots in that garden the dogs must love running around all day love it l

[@gailadisney396]

Love your big beautiful yard

[@heathermccarol2246]

Your flowers 🌸 are beautiful

[@nancy.sogladtoseeyourposts473]

Uff...you have your hands full with FD!!!

[@debgordon6542]

You were super smart to leave behind the tiny potatoes. Looks like you will reap the rewards of your foresightedness. Don't be too hard on FD. Concentrate on his high IQ, resourcefulness, and parenting skills :-) Thx for sharing. Hugs.

[@dianepace7376]

Gosh you have a lot of garden. Lovely.

[@witsonsmom729]

Your garden is beautiful but yes, FD needs to organize and finish some of his projects. Rabbits have been feasting in my garden so no bok choy and I'm replanting swiss chard. I have 3 mulberry trees, love them. I was just looking up recipes for preserving them. Your strawberries look great. I just moved mine this year and am trying to get them going again. Thanks for the tour 👍.

[@LethaTruitt-ep5jg]

Heart worms from drinking from pond water!" Check for heart warms !

[@adan9850]

Heartworms aren't caused by drinking pond or dirty water they are caused by a mosquito that carries the parasite which in turn transmits to your dog when bitten. There are other diseases that can be transmitted through dirty water but heartworm isn't one of them.

[@lindahime5628]

such a beautiful place.

[@meghanhoffman2829]

OMG!!!! My hydrangea DREAMS!!!! Those are absolutely gorgeous 😱😱😱😱. Holy cannoli!!! That’s my goal for next year on the new property, planting my most favorite flower ever 🩷💙💜

[@deewhobewatty9003]

Lovely video from a lovely lady 💐 F. Dad, you are a cutie and we loves ya BUT, you gotta get your act together guy and tidy your s*** up, Amy has put a lot of work into her garden. ❤ Love to both of you, the girls and all your gorgeous foofballs. ❤😊

[@tammyradke53]

Hi frugal family❤️

[@sandrajones7896]

Frugal daddy is doing too much road side shopping. I’d make him clean that mess up. You could have a beautiful greenhouse . You are doing great with your gardening. It’s something I love but can’t do anymore. Watching you doing it makes my heart happy.

[@fionabellis4833]

Why don't U clear out the old homestead use as a relaxing sanctuary be beautiful all fixed up love old buildings like that ❤Ur place like a secret garden so lucky 😊I wish I had own home live my daughter and granddaughter tiny room I have cancer second time now had in 2020 given days weeks had chemotherapy lot prayers GOD saved me everyone shocked it dissappeared but sadly December 2023 came back had over 5 months Chemotherapy it's shrinking thank GOD again I am totally jealous Ur place could sit in a beautiful garden like URS for hours I been a fan Ur page many years love everything you do would love to be frugal stop wasting money I not have lol Ur family lovely thank you for Ur amazing videos love from England 😊❤💐🌹🌺🌷🌸

[@anneallison5610]

Nice garden Amy, my potatoes didn't grow, a squirrel we think could be a chipmunk is eating my beans & taking the tomatoes off the vine. It dug up my onion bulbs 4 times now that they are growing they are doing well. My peppers & cucumbers , celery & strawberries & another pot of beans are doing well . 😃🇨🇦

[@jenniferbulizak9772]

Very nice ❤

[@joyceward28]

Hi Amy you have the most beautiful home and garden!Take care and stay safe!❤Blessings your friend Joyce from California HUGS 😅

[@debrabendickson241]

Love❤ your flowers😊

[@nanapapaikenberry8476]

I love the tour! You are so talented. I am getting cucumbers now, tomatoes are just starting to turn squashes are bluming.. peppers are loaded cabbage is growing. I just planted a victory garden this year, ............I'm old😊

[@DonitaBarr]

So what you do is take asquare and tell frugal daddy we are cleaning this square today. Then in a couple days take another square. It’s the easy way to tackle a big job. Love your garden

[@freakinfrugal5268]

I will try that

[@carolstewart4176]

I would love to see in your Carriage house it looks really cool

[@melissaphelps6622]

You have a fun little yard amy, trial and error can end up so sweet, i hope you get to harvest tons for your prepper pantry, and that we get to see alot of canning videos. Been watching yall for a long time, i just love you guys, the girls are growing so fast and learning great things from you, good job frugal mommy.

[@MadelineRose-ep7fj]

Lovely garden and yard. My variety of roses are feeding the deer. Cherry trees are loaded. Blackberry bushes are over six feet tall. Berries are black, but the plants take over the ground. Chestnut trees, two varieties have bloomed and now forming nuts. Abundant rain and high winds are doing some damage, but it will soon be very dry. This will be our fifth year for draught in WA. Imagine it with all the rivers but it is the snowfall that keeps the salmon habitats going. Have Logan berry bushes that are quirky--they don't ripen until late fall but want to keep growing over and under the ground. Have spent years on mulch, nitrogen bearing plant and tree foods. Apple trees and chestnuts did not bear much last year. Growing season this year is weird. Some things seem to have lost their way for when they should bloom or bear fruit. Wils elderberries (red) that are poisonous have fruit ripening already. I plant l English laurel for the blue/black berries. Everything is for the wildlife. Deer, raccoons, squirrels all come for food. WA, Puget Sound, Whidbey Island, Deception Pass, rain, mist, wind, cooler temperatures, 60's.😊

[@ruthadams2413]

I love blue hydrangeas. Mine has been blue but turned pink the last 2 years. I have acid spill and acid water that is from a well so I was/am confused. This year I found this soil acidifier and used it and one turned a deep purple, two are blue. I treated them all with the soil acidifier. In SE Pennsylvania and they updated us from 6b to 7a. I'm glad your tomatoes are doing well right next to the potatoes. My cucumbers were accidentally planted where potatoes are growing, turns out the potatoes starve cucumbers, tomatoes etc of potassium. I am about to give up. Enjoy when you have your harvest

[@paulawinstead5660]

Why "about to give up" when you have realized your errors or "what went wrong" AND what went right? Gardening is a continual learning process. Keep going with your gardening/growing and learning😃keep a lil notebook and jot down what you have learned. Next planting season just refer to that notebook and make adjustments. You'll be glad that you didn't give up. 10 yrs from now you will look back on this time and laugh at yourself and shake your head with "I was suchhh a newbie back then"..

[@wandaschacherbauer4583]

You need to remove the plant from the carriage house, they will rot the wood, pull them down

[@cindymichaud7111]

Amy, you work so hard at gardening and beautifying your property, you are rightfully glad in your accomplishments. It's tough when our spouses are not on the same page we are. Sometimes it takes a long time for them to catch up, if they ever do. When my late husband began to have a hoarding problem, I used to attack it myself. He'd get all worried about my hauling stuff to the curb and then he'd take care of it. That worked most of the time. If he seemed content to let me work the problem myself, I knew I hadn't hit the the "honey hole" and I had to redirect my efforts. Compromise can be difficult, and as we age, our minds tell us we can continue to do the things we always have, but then, oops, the body is no longer willing. I pray Duane will begin to see the issue with his storage problems and take action. If not, then I'd call the vets and ask them if they want a canoe, a grill, etc., and then I'd find the local junk collector who hauls that stuff for scrap. If that doesn't motivate him, then I don't know what will! lol! Sending only love and good prayers to you and yours, Amy. God bless

[@CherryBlossomPlumtree]

Hi Amy, one of the easiest ways we have found to amend the soil is by mulching with something like sugar cane mulch. We do live in an area where we can obtain this easily, but during a hot summer it breaks down well. Maybe something like pea or Lucerne straw would be available in your area. I am in Australia by the way. It also helps to water with beneficial bacteria to improve the microbiome of the soil which in turn aids the plants with their nutrient uptake. 🙂

[@oeff7744]

Always love your garden videos. Awesome that you have squash in a sunnier spot than in other videos! The ones you think are tiger lilies are actually day lilies, can tell by lack of black dots on flowers and long strappy leaves indicate daylilies, orangey in your case.

[@lindagrove3278]

Oh frugal MOMMY YOU GARDEN IS SO BEAUTIFUL YOU SHOULD GET LOTS OF VEGETABLES HEY DADDY YOU NEED TO FINISH DEALING WITH YOUR TREE AND CLEAN UP YOUR SHED LOL

[@Gardeningchristine]

Beans, greens and roots are pretty much the only things I direct seed. I try to start everything else in cells, because I can care for them better than in ground.

[@tammybowen5307]

❤❤❤

[@deborahrobinson5266]

Love,love, love your hydrangeas! I've already gotten beans and peppers. I would be super excited if my strawberries 🍓 would propagate like yours have! 😊❤

[@joanne-k4t]

cool

[@einat1622]

Your property is HUGE !

[@tinadominy1997]

What a great start on your garden. And you’ll get better results in time. Then you’ll be in the garden every day. One thing I learned is corn likes sandy soil. Just a thought. I have to use raised beds l have what they call is gumbo red clay. Grass and weeds is all I can get to grow in it.😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@sharoncherry]

Marigolds are good to plant in the garden. I have too many squirrels to have any type of garden.

[@teepeeX]

Frugal Daddy, pls pick up junk and take to rubish before you bring any more home... sort it whilst its nice weather...😮 I agree Frugal Mummy, i would be ok for a few days even a week, but after that ..clean it , use it or get rid of it .. NOOOOWWW.... 😊 LOVE YOURE GARDEN X Amy , i just throw and tomato 🍅 that is split back in and i get more and better each year

[@debramurphy4672]

Good job !

[@ellascyprus6184]

PLaNT SOME FLOWERS TO BRING POLLINATORS BEES THAT WOULD HELP GOOD JOB

[@poemsforgod2548]

Loved your garden tour this is only my second year but is better than last year I have tomatoes, cherry and purple cherokee looking forward to t

[@mercedeslusk1969]

Where's frugal daddy?🥰🥰🥰

[@heathermcdonald7354]

Love the colours of your hydrangeas their very beautiful 😊😊

[@BettyBauman-q5q]

Love your garden is bigger than I thought

[@southsidecarly7427]

Your hydrangeas are beautiful!🥰I have 3. It’s funny you are trying to grow blackberries and I have a mountain of them I am chopping down!Thanks for sharing your garden, I need to plant more things. Have a great day!🌸

[@amyerion9710]

There is nothing better than fresh home grown produce.

[@poemsforgod2548]

lso have squah 3kinds, okra green beans eggplant basil (love pesto) and potatoes in the ground potatoes did not make last year

[@bonnieyoung4037]

Peaceful yard

[@barbaramccarney1445]

Poor Wally doesn’t look so good, is he okay? Your hydrangea bushes are gorgeous!!!

[@pathartsock9161]

Looks good, except the fact that you lost part of a tree. My dad used to collect piles of things all over our yard too. and he'd say "we may need that some day". Wow, you have a huge property.

[@carolstewart4176]

I would have to say frugal daddy you’re not allowed to go out and get any more junk until you’ve tidied up that yard naughty boy good girl frugal mummy for being so patient with them

[@DomesticDivaXO]

Your soil looks too compacted for plants to break through.

[@1957Moonmaiden]

So happy to see this video, Amy! Cheers!

[@dmdohse55]

we had a white hydragha bush itwas small bees loved it and it died after 25 yrs it sure didnt mutiply too hot and sunny back there but had someother kind of flowers i thought why arent they multipling wellthey were under the railroad ties and it was yrs dont remember what they were called i liked roaming around in the yard but squrrils lots in the pears trees the buggers even chewed on the phone line cable line how would u like pears falling on yr head

[@Castedlots]

That potato flower was a jump scare lol

[@maybeeme220]

Hi🤚🏻if your strawberry run offs don’t have flowers pull them up they’re just a waste of your time. And you’ll never get fruit.

[@loripretti843]

Looking good Frugal Mommy!!! Keep it up!!! Don't kill Frugal Daddy!!! He does need to clean out some stuff!!! God Bless Us All!!!

[@TheBluemoon1949]

Hi Amy, hey girl you need a serious garden clean up, and fencing to keep the animals from peeling on the strawberries and other vegetables. Why don’t you keep all the potatoes together, carrots together like a regular vegetable garden, it would be a lot easier for you, take care.❤️🇨🇦

[@Laura-vp1ol]

Thanks for the garden tour. This is the first year I planted strawberries. I have hopes but we'll see 😀

[@oldcatlady3803]

That black berry will take over your garden. I suggest you put it back into a large pot!

[@Helenavitorino1963]

You have such a beautiful garden frugal daddy needs to get rid of things he doesn't use. Love your videos❤❤❤

[@petawarrenschannel8035]

I have red potatoes that re planted themselves my friend who is staying with us has planted broccoli and white potatoes I also have a lavender plant I rescued that is growing as well

[@pegs1659]

You experienced a derecho! The blackberry bushes look great. I love hydrangeas, they remind me of my grandmother. I may have noticed once or twice that you wanted to strangle FD.😂 I love your yard and garden❤ Its like being in your own piece of heaven in the middle of town.

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE]

Peg'S

[@kandianderson1091]

You keep doing you Amy I appreciate the tour. I have already harvested my potatoes I didn't have that many plants but I yielded quite a few red potatoes yum. I too planted tomato seeds for the first time and did the same thing some of my pots had a bazillion and some had two I have a ton of flowers, actually have small tomatoes growing now the heirloom I cannot wait till I can eat the first right one exciting

[@DonitaBarr]

Hope you do an update as it grows

[@dianasutton5044]

Throw you tomatoe peeling out side in your garden. You will have tomato plants. Build raise beds for carrots and lettuces.

[@dianasutton5044]

Peels and bad tomatoes.

[@tazziegee8479]

Hi from southern Tasmania, just watching your veggies here in wintertime, and all I can say is I am planning my Spring garden! Looking like you will have some amazing and surprising harvests Amy.

[@oeff7744]

The plants you think may be blueberries look like raspberries to me because of their serrated edges. Blueberries actually love acidic soil so maybe a spot where your hydrangeas are the brightest purple will a better place for them. They tolerate shade very well so that may not be the problem. The soil PH may be the problem of the blueberries.

[@yoli1342]

maybe you should turn the shed for fruit with Daddy to put all those tools

[@Kimberly-yx3gn]

Hi Frugal Mommy. I loved the garden tour. I really liked how you made the brick walkways. Do you cover your strawberries in the winter? I'm in Central California. I don't cover my strawberries but I do tend to lose some from the cold. Most of my garden this year is reseeded from last year (strawberries, marigolds, lettuce, and 2 types of sunflowers). So far I have harvested some strawberries and a couple of tomatoes. Thank you so much for the tour of your gardens. It really looks like you put a lot of hard work into your yard.

[@tara281]

That’s not a blueberry (the cuttings in the pot) - it’s a mulberry tree ❤️❤️

[@susiepam2716]

What a beautiful property you have! Didn't you have an old tent you could put over the tomato plants ?

[@fannybuster]

Potato Plants don't have to flower for them to produce

[@Gardeningchristine]

At 2:57, it looks like you have some surface potatoes that you can pick off the surface or cover with soil so they don’t turn green.

[@Gardeningchristine]

Arugula tastes like diesel fumes smell to me. It was awful. The taste just wouldn’t leave my mouth. I brushed my teeth and ate crackers, pickles, brushed my teeth again. Never again. And cilantro tastes like soap.

[@Lovescoffee-zo2bt]

💯 % agree with you.

[@gracierose3076]

North Carolina is the worst place to have a garden. When we were in Nebraska all you had to do was plant and give it water and it bloomed and grew into what it was supposed to be. Not here! ... California, we had a small yard but what we planted became healthy bushy plants. Not so in North Carolina. Everything we plant has no idea why it is in the soil. It dies or does not produce as it was designed to do. Red soil and odd growth here. I thought because of the trees it would be a good place to have loads of vegetables. We use composed, and nitrates and still. I just had to get that off my chest! The hydrangeas are all over the place and beautiful, but we can't eat them.