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[@PAGER485]

Not sure if "Rhubarb" grows in your area, if so, a natural defence for "Potato Bugs" is boil only the leaves of the Rhubarb in water, and when the leaves break down, extract the liquid only with a fine mesh screen, then spray your potatoes often with the liquid... It worked for me !!! Disclaimer: spray only one plant at first ??? Make sure it works, and dose not hurt your potato plant... Good luck !!! Did you say your "Wedding" !!! Hey, Congratulations Man !!! Wish I could attend, but my gardens won't let me out of the yard !!! Jim...

[@christinem.alwaysbelieve]

Your garden is looking wonderful. Excited to see the harvest.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

We can't wait to harvest! We will start to see the hard work pay off middle of summer!

[@danabe3220]

Landscape fabric gardening is clean ,efficient and a huge time saver.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Agreed! Looks beautiful

[@chuckboyd4349]

Congratulations on the upcoming nuptials. I wish you years and years of happiness. It’s incredible when you think of how our grandparents and great parents farmed to provide for their families. Rows and rows and rows of potatoes, beans, peas, etc. gosh, I remember picking potatoes for days when I was younger. Or beating the burlap sack full of bean pods to knock out the winter beans. Now there are all these fancy gadgets and drip lines. LoL. I could see my grandfather shaking his head if he was still here and saw this stuff. A good trick for the DE earth is to put it in an empty talc bottle which makes it easy to get on your plants or fill an old ladies nylon(stocking) with it and use it as an easy shaker. Enjoy the wedding and see you in June! Cheers.

[@ciaraclarke1488]

Congratulations on your plans for 1 June keep doing what you love together

[@ginacota9724]

You’re making such great progress! Congratulations 🍾 on the upcoming wedding and your new rental property!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you!

[@mariposavioleta9007]

I figured that last week no video had to do with being busy with pre-wedding prep then seeing the posts on IG (just found you on there recently) that Ash posted with the absolutely beautiful signs that she made for the wedding confirmed that for me. Between being busy with the spring life on a farm and the wedding I couldnt' be any happier for the both of you! Oh and congratulations on the new rental property as well.🎉🥳💐💍👰🤵‍♂

[@marlenarae6830]

Anything to make chores more efficient is a success!! Great job!!

[@SAtoUSAgirl]

Excellent chouse for ground cover! I "caved" 3 years ago after battling weeds for 10 years and I love, love love!!!! the landscape fabric. I have not seen a decrease in soil health, I have more earthworms and the soil is rich and loose. I do make sure to add composted manure, granular / powdered fertilizer, bone meal, diatomaceous earth etc, every year to every plant / hole. I get huge crops and am able to clean off the leaves / debris with a leaf blower in minutes to prevent mildew etc.

[@jenniferhoaglin566]

Congratulations on the Wedding! So Happy for you guys. Garden looks great!😊

[@jamesbrown8718]

Congratulation on the wedding, the garden looks amazing this year. Excited to see you all are doing great in the area you are in down there. There are lots of properties down there to snatch up and rent out especially to college students around the Moorhead area.

[@donaldjones4120]

I've been using landscape fabric and dip irrigation for years. I also recommend getting a EZFLO fertigation system and a hose timer. I use a actual duster to spread DE. It will work on all your insects

[@andrewplacke7100]

…..& SOAKER HOSES!! They are great for watering. My husband even put a timer on it so it would water at 5/6:00AM for an hour. We tested the water pressure before, then set the timer for a slow watering.

[@markdecker2724]

Congrats on you wedding. Take your time, enjoy. We'll see you when we see you. God Bless.

[@nancyseery2213]

I agree. I do have the time to weed, but that was all I was getting done and still losing. Bermuda grass can grow 24/7 and at 71 I can't weed 24/7 and it is not what I want to do. Now i have raised beds and by the end of this year I will have a hoop house. The purpose of the garden is to raise food and enjoy my time do it!! God bless y'all and keep growing---and do NOT let anyone tell you there is only one way to do it!!!!PS rabbits love to eat peanut plants, you may need to place a fence around the peanuts

[@sharonirizarry252]

Just saying I am always looking forward to your videos ! You have come a long way ! Enjoy the wedding and the prep. Your garden is looking great!!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you 😊

[@stanleygallman7800]

It's really good hearing about the successes that you are now experiencing on the homestead. Keep learning and growing 👍 😎 and I hope that the two of you have some type of video of the wedding 💍💒 that you may be able to share. Hoping that we all will be able to share in the very happy occasion of the upcoming celebration for the New Mr. And Mrs. Congratulations for the upcoming nuptials👏🎉 Zach and Ashlyn

[@thegrahamericandream531]

Love the garden. Were just getting our first big garden in this year and I’m so excited to out time and effort into it and just learn, as it’s our first year really trying to grow & preserve. I love that you’re growing your own flowers for your wedding ❤👍. Congrats on the wedding and the rental property, that’s big exciting life stuff!!

[@billcampbell2943]

Wonderful garden. Lots of work went into it

[@AngelNarvaez]

Congratulations on your wedding.

[@simplelove513]

I am so ecstatic!!!! I just cannot wait to see your wedding video!!!! I am so very happy for you too. I’ve been watching from pretty.much the beginning. You’re like my adopted kids. Absolutely amazing human beings. Nothing but the best to both of you.

[@piaostgren9844]

good job with the garden, and congratulations on your wedding❤❤

[@rharrell1]

For those who do not want to invest in landscape fabric planting cereal rye with vetch in the fall after gardening season let it get tall in the spring then roll it down. Rye is a natural weed suppressor covers the ground to keep out the suns heat just plant in it without tilling. This way you eliminate the need to till which is not great for the soil and its covered for the growing season. If you live in a hot climate building some shading hoops in the summer for vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers will keep up production and disease down. You can loop pipe and attach the ends to the T post with re bar and pipe gear clamps and just put the shade cloth over the hoops.

[@justinmarten3224]

yes, you are very busy, but you are doing a great job with the farm,i wish you and ashlyn all the best with your wedding,looking forward to more videos about your homestead

[@whitestone4401]

Your garden looks great. Squirrels took all of my garlic last fall, not one plant this spring. I’ve planted garlic in the spring before, it does produce, just doesn’t get as big and sometimes it’s one big clove. Better than none at all. Congratulations! I pray you have a beautiful day!

[@mariposavioleta9007]

Just let it go longer and wait until leaves have turned yellow and died off. kzbin.infoX6ZGJ-GyzdU?si=M6AGThs7sYz6bH43

[@LucySky223]

Love your videos…all of them! Best wishes to you both for a wonderful wedding and future together!

[@denniscucovaz6189]

Good video, a lot of the stuff, i am implementing this year.

[@somekindoffarming8971]

I use the garden fabric i got a roll 15x250 i drill my holes with a little 3" auger if it's on my drill my same fabric has been down for 4 years so in the fall i drill all the holes out clean up the dirt and put it in my compost pile thin in the spring I used to dirt from a compost pile to plant my new plants or or seeds so your always refeshing the dirt around the plants

[@mariaanderson6503]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👏🏻great job 🥰🥰

[@peterrowellranson8649]

🎉firstly congratulations 😅on your upcoming wedding garden is looking fabulous I planted marigolds for the bug 🐛 on my tomatoes 🍅 does wonders looking forward to seeing videos of the wedding love the channel Pete cape Town south Africa 🇿🇦 keep up the good work 😅❤

[@cindyprickett7185]

You guys are really doing a great job!! Can't wait to see it when it fills in! Hope that you share some wedding pics! Congrats!!

[@monahardy978]

We do potatos in the landscape fabric like everything else and it works great. When they start to flower i put little bit of dirt around the base of the plant like a little hill. if u have untreated straw or wood chips that work great we don't have access to that. For the bugs I use a bucket of water, dawn dish soap n vinager and go every day n pick bugs.. the only think not in fabric is corn stalks bit it certainly could be and fresh dill. My garden is smaller then yours but yours is beautiful. They do make a diamatris earth tool u can put it in and fluff it out andnits so much easier then a scoop. Love the hoop house u made I want one bit we are smaller gardening. Thanks for the links.. your gonna love gardening now. Do what works for you. We have tons of worms a great harvest we till the once a year or so but u can broadforl if u choose. Its what works best for your homestead. Great video. Thanks.. congratulations on your upcoming nuptials. Have a fun day!

[@ronniebrace2917]

Looking great! You’re quick learners.

[@ironically_iconic9848]

Also from Kentucky! I so badly want to homestead but I’m worried about cost and if I have enough motivation for it. I want to grow my own food and be self sustainable and cannot stand the idea of 40 hr a week doing something that feels useless.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Looking good 👍

[@Andrew82688]

Spinosad for the potato bugs

[@marywest1275]

I Think I first saw you when you looked at the property with that real estate guy(??) Anyway, you have worked hard and everything is looking great. The house is really a transformation too. Have you lost weight over the past year? Take care of your health first and everything will go smoothly. Best wishes for a pretty wedding. And Happily Ever After to you and Ashland!!!

[@Sl3t123]

Duck likes bugs

[@lucillebruff4041]

Magnificent job👍👏

[@jamesschaffhausen4466]

You 2 are doing great. Garden sheets work great. Thanks for sharing. No weeds helps alot. I watch Country View Acres videos too. Same ideas 💡🤔😎❤️😇👀☝️🐕🐕🐕🐖🐖🐔🐓🐣🐄🐄🥔🍅🍄🥬🥦🚫🌿🌱

[@martinacunningham6449]

I live in Kentucky as well and the weeds are completely ridiculous. Every year our flower area gets completely overrun. We have gone to raised beds only for our garden and that has made it much easier to control weeds, plant and harvest. We are in our late 50s so in ground gardening is in our rear view now. Wish there had been so many great products and youtube when we were younger. You all are doing great and congratulations on the wedding!

[@janiced.hannah7658]

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding 🎉 The garden is beautiful. I pray that all your crops will yield a bountiful harvest!!! I totally understand your priorities. I love your family and your videos. I'll be right here whenever you're available to upload the next video 💖💞💖

[@roncarlson8061]

Love that huge garden and waiting for the wedding day video on the homestead.

[@gunselshaly537]

I grow garlic close to my potatoes to prevent potato bug damage, if that's something you might want to try next season. You can also rotate your crops, which would trick the bug migration. If you plant your potatoes where your aphids are effecting your plants, and your aphid-effected plants where you planted your potatoes, they will do less harm to your veggies.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Great idea! We did crop rotation this year. Trying everything we can to keep the bugs from destroying the harvest

[@carol.pesina.]

Im learning a lot from what you have been through with your garden. I hope one day to have a garden too! 🫑🍅🥬 I dont think i can handle a whole cow like you guys can but definitely a garden😍

[@jerex112]

so much progress since a month ago!

[@shirleymoore4885]

The garden looks amazing can’t wait to see it when everything is grown and like you said Zach the 1st year of gardening is mostly throw seeds in and hope they grow but there’s the struggle with weeds and bugs which you guys seem to have learned to control them now it’s never too late to learn Zach and your videos like I’ve said many times are great learning videos ❤

[@nadinelataille7462]

Well done. I love your channel

[@oliverjackson3461]

Good video and the garden looks great. Congrats on the wedding and the best of luck.

[@lusterwright2886]

Get some spray called 7 it is a organic spray

[@mindydillow504]

So excited for you, Zach! Your garden looks great. This is our 2nd yr using weed fabric and it has made gardening so much more enjoyable. Neem oil is another great organic pest controller. Also wrap the base of your sqaush plants with aluminum foil to keep squash bores from laying their eggs. Wishing you and Ashlyn all the best with your wedding! God bless you both.

[@chanwittwer4925]

With your sweet corn in that one corner, I wonder if it would be a good idea to run 2 electric wires or electric netting around either the whole garden or just the corn patch to keep the local masked bandits out(aka raccoons) out of the garden😊😊❤❤

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Yes haha, I believe we will do something of the sorts!

[@BlindFaith777]

Congratulations!! So happy for you!!

[@juliushartung1937]

Amazing as always! Was my pleasure to give you the 1000 like :) do you plan on getting ducks to keep snails away from your garden?

[@upnorthhomestead6822]

Hoping you researched how your straw was grown. Grazon is very difficult to get rid of.

[@peterrowellranson8649]

😅remember never to soon to get some irrigation set up great in the long run

[@cherylpresleigh6403]

Looking so nice! It will be fun to see how the garden looks in a couple months! Best wishes as the wedding day draws near!

[@mariaanderson6503]

😍nothing it’s free in this world 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@johnzink3309]

Thx

[@kylejones2075]

Nice gardens. Thanks for sharing

[@jerex112]

if you are redoing the rental then include some before and after of that please

[@brendahaire8824]

Awesome job.

[@amagsino7167]

Wood chips in the walk ways... 6 inches or more... for that stuborn weeds...😅

[@kennethashby957]

Would you're 🐔 eat patato bugs?

[@maralyncoulbourne205]

Hi from 🇯🇲. Have thought about trellis for the cucumber?

[@connydijkstra7781]

Potato bugs there is nothing you can do about it. Birds don’t eat them the only thing you van do is what your are doing. The other thing you can use is chemichals but i Don’t. Nice vlog!!

[@denniscucovaz6189]

Yup , I just weeded for 5 days..I already bought my landscape fabric, just order more.. weeding for days is not sustainable for me

[@tuvytuvemue]

Congratulations from Namibia 🇳🇦. I love your videos I’m so excited for your wedding and to see the homestead transform into something so magical! Sad to see y’all gone for a bit go but I’m happy that you’re getting married!

[@lotusblssm3580]

💚🙏

[@BadBwoy-il5et]

Try a fish farm

[@lepointjosiane9640]

Hello Sir In fact, you have a beautiful garden there. What watering system do you use? I'm looking at you from France If you do not post before your wedding I wish you lots of happiness and success in your future endeavors. Henry

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

We are using a drip system!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you!

[@TheowlFreedompharms]

💯🌱👊😃🌱🇺🇸

[@JerryCochran-hi7mz]

Will the corn cross pollinate?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

We planted at least two weeks apart so they’ll be just fine!

[@jenniferhoaglin566]

🙂💗👍🙂💗👍🙂

[@locals122]

What is the size of your garden?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

10,000 sq ft

[@locals122]

@@ThePasturedHomestead the fenced-in area is 10,000 sq ft?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

@@locals122 yes!

[@lesliep.1717]

It looks wonderful! 🌱🌱I suggest checking into “ lasagna gardening” because it seems to fit the homestead and your way of making do with what you have. 👍🏻😃

[@BadBwoy-il5et]

Try a fish farm