Giant 500lb Harvest | That's What Happens When You Leave

[@tueywladavis3502]

I watch another lady who chops her onions and freezes them in the sealed bags. When she needs them she can just get them out of the freezer. She also freeze dries them too. She also chops her garlic in the Cuisnart and makes scoops (like by the tablespoon) onto a sheet and freezes them. Then she puts them into freezer bags. They are ready to use when needed. At one time I did the gardening and preserving for my family. I have gotten too old to do that now. I do love watching you young folk though.

[@christivbosch565]

Would that channel happen to be Acre Homestead? Love Becky & her channel just as much as this channel 😊

[@rachellincoln846]

Becky from Acre Homestead. I make garlic pucks now too because of her.

[@hjisagirl]

Becky at Garden answer being the lady?

[@SusanMacKenzie-ow3rn]

Becky!!!

[@Raisin9502]

Must be Becky from AHS☺️!!! Love her ideas. She’s awesome

[@jodivanzant9376]

Becky from Acre Homestead made some Amish Zucchini flour from her over grown zucchini’s. She freeze dried them and then turned them into a powder to substitute for regular flour. She did a 3cup to 1 cup ratio to start with to see how it tastes. It went great. She has a video on it on her channel.

[@lisafitzpatrick885]

I watch her too. She uses every thing from her garden.

[@fishinghole333]

You've become one of my heroes. Wisdom, kindness, superb teaching skills, love of gardening, practicality and humility: a lovely and blessed woman with outstanding traditional skills. Thank you.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

That was so kind. Thank you.

[@williej3831]

Holy smokes!! That is a lot of produce. You are quite the work horse. I am an old granny and admire you so much.

[@annecaunce]

Tonight I've been into our nearest city( Liverpool) had a meal and been to the theatre with my daughter. I've had a wonderful time, but after the short train journey home, I was walking to my front door when a baby hedgehog scurried in front of me whilst an owl hooted nearby. I sat down with a cup of tea and saw that there was a new video from LMR which I had to watch before bed,. It reinforced what i already knew. I might not be a homesteader, but city life isn't for me either. Watching you grow, nurture and preserve is so satisfying and I thank you for sharing your world, because it's so inspirational.

[@VanessaPage-ic2bd]

There is nothing more satisfying than growing your own food to provide for your family. I have an aunt, who is now 85 and she and her 89 year old husband still grow and preserve tons of food ea h year. They keep saying they are going to cut back on what they grow, but they haven't so far. We live in North Carolina so we have a really long growing season.

[@Emily_Watson]

Sounds just like my grandparents. For the last five years they say they are done. Then my grandmother calls and tells me they’ve canned 50 qts of green beans!

[@lisabeam8315]

Everytime I watch your shows I am so amazed how large all your produce grows and that you never have a bug problem.❤❤

[@CharlotteJones-hz5fr]

Chelsea your garden is the prettiest of any that I have seen on all the homesteads. I’m envious of the beauty and the joy of such a gorgeous garden.

[@edithjohnson6835]

That is the prettiest garden I have ever seen, wherever you live is wonderful soil and rain. ❤️

[@dorothydevinney694]

I used to take all my over large zucchini, petty pans and crooked neck squash, chop in large pieces. Put in large roaster pan, with onions, garlic and seasonings. When soften, run in blender till smooth, the put in gallon zip lock bags and freeze. Made a wonderful winter soap, that tastes like split pea soup. My family favorite winter soup.

[@brittag668]

Sea Buckthorn is very common on the northern coastline of Germany and we really love the juice in the winter. We do warm it up- maybe „thinned out“ by a little orange juice and drink it to prevent getting sick- it surely is an immune booster. Here in germany we do wait until the first frost to harvest it since it gets easier to pick and I even think the berries are a little sweeter then (although they stay a lot sour/bitter- but I love that as much as you do)

[@elizabethlink3993]

💚Wowza, what a Harvest, Chelsea! Amazing and beautiful 💚

[@MaryStevens-tb2dz]

You are an awesome lady you can do anything that has to done on a homestead. God bless your efficiency family.

[@m.rebeccabyrd739]

What do you call a cow with no legs?? Ground Beef! What do you call a cow with only two legs? ? Lean Beef! Lol. I just love your videos, thank you so much for sharing!

[@kristinanoall]

What do you call a cow who just had her baby? De-calf-inated!

[@Lynn_Up_North]

So awesome Chelsea. How rewarding. 😊

[@pmmurf101]

Wow, simply wow! What a harvest! And not even done yet with other crops yet to be harvested, and processed. Such hard work. Good on you Chelsea and Dan for all you do, as I continue to see what comes in the episodes yet to be posted. Your family is so lucky to have all this available to you year round! Bravo!

[@defineddisabledlife3463]

It is 5am and I have been awake for an hour so I am super happy to have this video to keep me company. Love your gardening videos so much. I’m so dreading the end of the growing season for all of you as us aussies are going into spring.

[@lutsey1903]

From an avid watcher, I have been remembering your blessings in my prayers because it is definitely a blessing from above. Congratulations !!!!

[@taraschmidheini4674]

Amen!

[@inspiredclips8245]

Every time you mention your thoughts about it being a smaller growing year or lower producing plant, I just thank God for the blessing and favor He has surprised you with!

[@WaterisJoy]

Fun times! Enjoyed harvesting with you. And, I’m not even tired. 😂

[@jillpellegrin4137]

Becky at Acre Homestead has begun dehydrating her large zucchini’s to make flour with. She used the flour in some bread and loved it. You may want to try it.

[@ShakinaRiley-v1j]

Such an amazing harvest, I love your garden, full of so much life❤❤

[@futurefolk9919]

Word to the wise- steam juicers tend to leak through the tubing. I put a stool or chair in front of my stove with a pitcher or bowl to catch the drippings. Trust me, you'll be glad you did! Other than that it's AWESOME😁🥰

[@ChristinaMoore79]

I enjoy the harvest videos and love seeing huge produce. So amazing.

[@saraelisewllo1299]

I’ve made sea buckthorn sorbet (icecream) before, and it tasted amazing! Just with frozen whole berries cooked with sugar, blended and then churned in the ice cream maker. Such a bright treat in winter time

[@aliciagordon4820]

You’ve had a long day! It’s good to be young ❤

[@sgrvtl7183]

Wonderful garden bounty Chelsea! I always wanted to do 'homesteading' (I had a very short time of it in Colorado) and it absolutely brings JOY in my heart to follow your channel and watch your preserving of fruits and veggies. Thank you for Sharing! 💚

[@justpatty7328]

Beautiful and blessed bounty from our Lord above! God has truly blessed you and your family's hard work. ❤

[@taraschmidheini4674]

Glory 🙌🏻‼️

[@melodiewager7909]

Gracious, you’re going to be busy processing all that bounty. What a blessing! ❤️

[@ArleneKorth]

I have a recipe that uses large zuchinnis that are peeled, seeded and chopped then cooked with lemon juice until tender. To that you add flour sugar and spices which thickens the zuchinni and produces a very apple tasting product. Its wonderful!

[@michellewilson4815]

Great job Chelsea and Dan. Team work makes everything better. ❤❤ Love your garden and everything you have accomplished in it.

[@dhansonranch]

Good harvest. You will have a lot of Freeze drying ahead of you - nice thing is the zucchini and onions will wait till the snow flies. You can also freeze the choke cherries to make into jelly/syrup during the winter. For your excess cukes, I thought I would share a Cucumber Salad I make every year that keeps in the fridge for up to 6 months. So good and so convenient. ....12 large cukes peeled and sliced, 2 onions sliced. Sprinkle with pickling salt and let sit 3 hours. Drain & rinse. Mix sauce with 3 cups Mayo (I use miracle whip lite but your choice), 1 cup sugar (or little less) and 1/2 cup vinegar. Add cukes and onions. Stir and put in jar. Refrigerate. Good video.

[@deborahanderson3659]

Zucchini flour! Becky from Acre Homestead recently made some and used as a substitute for part of the flour in some bread. According to her it was great. A good use for gargantuan zucchini!

[@rokennedy11]

A tip for your seabuckthorn harvest. They can be difficult to pick because of the thorns. Commercial growers in Quebec, prune the trees, freeze the branches with the berries, then they are easier to remove!

[@rokennedy11]

Ooops should have watched the whole video 1st before commenting 😊

[@mycelticstardust]

Amazing harvest!!! So happy for you and your family! Lady, you have worked hard for this and all the preservation that you have done and still be doing is incredible! Thank you for taking us along, eat well my friend! Still can’t get over the zucchini!😮

[@candymckinnon8554]

Watching you harvest your vegetables was so much fun. I am always excited to see the fruits of someone’s hard work

[@Sharon-bo2se]

Wow, after that slow start with the cool weather and frost, the garden took off in spades. Even with all the work now to process, what a satisfying situation to be in.

[@kiriaioulia]

Have you ever freeze dried your cucumbers???? shred, then freeze dry - It rehydrates beautifully to make Tzatziki with!

[@johnensminger7675]

Wow that's exciting! Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm for the harvest and garden! Thanks again for sharing your life and your ideas with us!

[@jrfrmem]

You’re my new fave homesteader. Your videos are enjoyable and educational.

[@user-de6em7rg5f]

Thanks for taking us along today you're a very hard-working young woman so impressive. God Bless you and your Family

[@karenfrankland7763]

What a lovely harvest you picked today. For us it's the year of the tomatoes and squash. Our butternut and yellow squash have gone absolutely crazy this year.

[@graceyoung516]

And it feels so good, to know, that you harvested them all now. Well done ! 👍💖🌺

[@esmeraldarodriguez7012]

I love the mix of beautiful flowers alongside cucumbers. Thank you for taking us with.

[@carolynmiller1774]

My mom and I can 105 pints of salsa a couple weeks ago. If I didn't have a chopper, I would still be chopping. Mom chopped all the peppers for me using the chopper. Our hands were sore by the end from smacking the chopper. But thats enough salsa for hopefully 2 yrs.

[@janeweldon8874]

Wow you sure harvested a lot of produce!!! Now the really busy time starts. You are sure amazing. Thanks for the video❤️

[@wrinklesandsprinkles]

I found one of those melons that taste like a cross of honeydew & cantaloupe at the grocery store. OMGoodness are they delicious!!😮 I hope those will show up in the store every summer going forward! With no garden to work in, it would be so fun to help harvest your gardens. Like stay in one of the cabins and in exchange the focused help would be harvesting, prepare/fill the root cellar, preserving and if there would be time; tuck all the gardens to bed for the long northern winter. Wouldn’t that be soo fun?!😊There’s no better way to learn than to watch a master! I’m sure there are definitely other people who are hands on students. Some of us event have a little building, DYI skills, and common sense! Hugs to the family❣️Doc

[@TheOGKaren]

Hi Chelsea, little tip for all your extra zucchini, when you freeze. Dry it, put it in your blender and turn it into a powder, you then can substitute it for flour in recipes! About 1/4 c to every 1/2 c flour! Great garden videos! From another BC Abbotsford lady!❤

[@angietaylor5311]

Oh wow! That’s a great haul 💚

[@vickiwood9192]

I am amazed by your energy! Your garden is beautiful and abundantly productive.

[@lindaschuck9435]

I also watch other homesteader channels and appreciate the style, depth and experience of each of them...all so different! So many make comments saying you should do this, or try that, like other homesteaders do. I say just keep on being you and I love what you do!

[@NanaJan]

I pick my yellow crookneck even smaller than that to avoid seeds. I will replace my zucchini and yellow squash with Rampicante squash in the future due to squash borders. We loved the flavor in stir fry and grilled! Highly recommend tall trellis, or strong clothes line to produce straight fruit up to 3-4ft on vines that can reach 20 ft. Pick at 12-18", green, for summer type squash or leave on vine till it turns golden like butternut, then store for winter. Your mountain garden is beautiful, very different from mine where we have to install shade cloth to grow in triple digit summers! Blessings Jan

[@jo-annjewett198]

Amazing harvest!!

[@kaybusby7507]

How do you manage to get everything done is amazing. Excited to see what you're going to do with all that amazing harvest.

[@Beckles-kq1vs]

I know you love your zucchini relish, but maybe try a dill pickle relish with your cukes. That has become our favourite relish for burgers, hotdogs, and anything you’d add chopped pickles to (potato salad, etc). And when you get more chokecherries in future years, I highly recommend making chokecherry syrup. It’s great as the sweetener for a chokecherry lemonade.

[@loritanner4478]

3 years ago I had my best tomato year. I was making everything I could think of with them. That year I made swiss steak sauce. Catsup. Sloppy joe sauce. Tomato soup. Mexican sauce. Cajun sauce. Spaghetti sauce. Shirley sauce. And a bunch more stuff. That year we had a great melon harvest too. I made melon jams and jellies with some of them. Watermelon jelly was awesome. I also made nasturtium jelly. That was my rhubarb year also. Made rhubarb BBQ sauce. And rhubarb juice concentrate. Jams and pie fillings. So fun to get creative with my canning. Right now I'm canning beef broth. My boss gave me 7 big bags of beef bones that he had from last years cow he won at our local county fair. This year he won 2 cows at auction. He he splitting the black Angus 3 ways. With me and another co-worker and his dad. So that was so nice of him to do for us! With the cost of beef. We haven't had hardly any beef for the past few years. Your garden looks amazing. I didn't get to put one in this year or last. Been working full time and at 65 years old. Just to tired when I get home. Happy canning!!!😊

[@melindarains3130]

I love watching all your harvesting and preserving

[@schwarck]

If you end up with a lot of green tomatoes before the cold sets in, you should make green tomato chutney :) So delicios

[@susanhamilton1707]

You can make carmelized onions and then freeze in recipe size portions. Great for burger topping, pizza, etc

[@ChildOfGod0777]

Can't wait to see you preserve your produce!! Your garden did so well❤

[@danamama6766]

Oh my gosh how glorious the end of season garden is looking. So so beautiful So good for your soul to see this. Can't imagine being there in real life. How it so must just gives great joy to your being. Oh my gosh those are zucchini on steroids haaaa love me some water they say. Whenever I see the cosmos💕...one of my favorite happy flowers. Oh my gosh YET another good harvest this year! And that is not all yet still more to come. Absolutely incredible. So much work still but then once the snow flies a little bit more restful but lots more work with animals in winter so it is a never ending but such a satisfying circle. hugs as always

[@heathernotzdaniels6350]

What an amazing harvest! Had to feel so great bringing all of that in. I just love it and am so happy for you ❤

[@nancyhaywood6486]

girl you are so blessed to have so much to harvest and store for the winter/ i should have planted some friut trees when we moved into our house

[@patriciaflaherty5029]

I'm enjoying watching your account grow right along with your garden. You and Dan are growing a great future for yourselves and your family.

[@marvona3531]

Safe the cores of your beautiful sea buckthorn and coldpress them into oil👍👍👍

[@akruth12]

Chelsea...a PHENOMENAL year!! Your such an.inspiration...love your farm.and videos..wonderful place. .ox from NH

[@missm-m]

I'm living vicariously through you all the way from Québec! One day I might quit teaching and live just like you!

[@sandrafarley7967]

zucchini as a bread freezes really well

[@tamidespain4677]

Hod has certainly blessed your garden this year! Hallelujah 🙌😇 Your hard work has paid off in dividends! Congratulations!! Just starting here in S. Idaho so… we have a ways to go… plus we are older than you haha.. 😅

[@teriadams7398]

Choke cherries grow wild here in Colorado. Its an annual event to go pick them before the bears and grazing cattle get them all.

[@mjgullickson5168]

I just love your excitement during harvest. I learn so much from your willingness to share. Thank you. I might have a tip for you, Lysine or L-lysine. I take it when tomato season starts, or in the spring when fresh pineapple comes into our area. When I was young I took it year round. Now I just start taking it a couple of weeks before I know I'll be eating more acidic foods. It is an enzyme that naturally occrs in our system. But some of us need a suppliment. Check it out if haven't already. Thank you again for so much wisdom and love.

[@lovelabs9425]

Have you ever tried growing your cukes by winding them up binder twine like your tomatoes a trellis? It's how we do it in our greenhouses here in Redcliff and Medicine Hat Alberta probably there also. It always reminds me of grandma's old wire clothes line with strings hanging down to the plnts . 😊 I love watching and listening to your videos, thank you for sharing.❤

[@cathyorth7457]

Wow! What a harvest day. You definitely have your work cut out for you! You are an amazing gardener.😊

[@FYMXQ-36815]

(CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES) You done a fantastic job this year on your garden this year ❗❗❗

[@dawngraf6121]

Thanks for the fun..have a wonderful day..

[@flossycaines1270]

Congratulations on the fruit of all your efforts this spring and summer!!!

[@jessicatounkara8753]

You are so busy! I am glad you had 5 days away.

[@ritahall8653]

Wow beautiful

[@lindajames4122]

Wow, what a harvest.

[@catracampolieto8989]

Such an amazing garden you had this year. I'm so happy for you.❤❤❤

[@camicri4263]

Fantastic harvest! Blessings! 💞

[@wilmabaker4500]

It must be really nice to have all that produce.God has blessed you.❤😂

[@donnalebert409]

What a blessing

[@tamrahawkes3170]

You can take your onion tops, celery tops and carrot tops, dehydrate or freeze dry, crush into powder, add some nutritional yeast, and a tiny bit of salt and make your own vegetable bouillon. I think you can find actual recipe on Charles Dowdings KZbin channel. I’m sure a person could experiment with garlic tops and other things….

[@AZJH8374]

Chelsea, make zucchini dough. And garlic pucks. Garlic in the Cuisinart with avocado oil. Scoop out with a small ice cream scoop, & freeze. Yum 😋

[@lindagraff4842]

What a fabulous harvest, all good things

[@roxannelarson6185]

Truly enjoyed watching your harvest!! I also had an abundant harvest of cucumbers "weird thing is we do not like cucumbers, I grow them for my chickens and dogs". I have at least 6 gallons of cucumbers in freezer for dogs and chickens during winter, they also had an extraordinarily fresh cucumber harvest to snack on. Zucchini and summer squash as well. Deer ate my onions this year so that wasn't a success but green beans have been in abundance, they have actually jumped the trellis and the outer fence and have grown up the blue spruce , so I have had the pleasure of picking green beans from the pine trees this year.. My early kale and spinach didn't do well (not at all). But I planted the late summer, fall planting and they are doing well in green stalk. I live in northern Michigan. I normally get 1 or 2 peppers off of a plant, if lucky! This year I have actually grown hot Hungarians and was able to get at least 50 peppers off of 4 plants" and still going". I have also been able to preserve around 20 pablanos and 20 green peppers. The pepper season this year has been very prolific, very thankful!!!! Dehydrating hot peppers and making into a combined powder, used on ribs and son said Awesome flavor! I have also harvested many sweet wax peppers and lunchbox peppers, they are frozen and waiting for the meal in jar recipes I have collected to be used. Every Bit Counts!

[@raeannemery258]

From your yellow squash or crookneck, you can make a lovely dressing casserole. Makes a great side dish or add protein for a complete meal. Also, when we raised crooknecks, i picked them when they were small, blanched them, cooled them and froze them. Cooked them up in some evaporated milk, butter and a little bit of water. Kids loved them. When the plants got as big as yours, we would cut off most of the leaves, so growth and water would go to squash. Works with other squash as well.

[@teresastuart4383]

We have an apple tree that's grafted with 4 different types. Fuji, Gala, Honey crisp and yellow. It's produced so much that a branch broke!

[@taraschmidheini4674]

That's awesome!!

[@deborahshaffer13]

Crazy good!!

[@amyerion9710]

Awesome haul. I love watching the canning process.

[@WithrowUrbanHomestead]

What an amazing harvest!

[@Newbie-mu7uf]

Chelsea: I have a zucchini recipe from my grandmother that I absolutely love. It is especially suited to using up the gigantic ones...and I purposely grow a few big ones every year so I can make this. We call it "Tikva"...which is an Americanized version of the word zucchini from the Croatian language. Actually, this is more formula than true recipe...but here goes: Wash and de-seed your zucchini. Shred or grate the flesh. Put into a colander and salt...let it stand at least half hour to sweat and drain. In large pan, melt butter and cook diced onions til soft / translucent. Add about a tablespoon of flour to make a soft roue....cook for a minute or two. Squeeze and add the zucchini, and just a little water or broth, just enough to get the zucchini started...the zucchini will release even more liquid, so don't overdo, or it won't begin to thicken.....cook for a few minutes, then add a 'healthy dose' (Grandma's words.. She never measured) of a good, smoked paprika...seriously...be GENEROUS with it....and some white pepper....and then add a cup or so of heavy cream ( or milk). Continue to cook til it bubbles lightly and thickens up and is heated all the way thru.The consistency should be thick, but not too runny. If you want to be truly decadent....a splash of a dry white wine can be added....then spoon in a generous helping of sour cream (or greek yogurt)....either right before you serve it...or as a dollop on top. Serve as a side dish...particularly to salty meats such as ham or smoked sausage, etc. It also makes a great topper for baked potato with a slice of cheese melted over the top. Again, I apologize for it not being an exact recipe....but she made it so many times, and adjusted the recipe, depending on the size of the zucchini, and who was eating that night. (I have onion lovers and haters in the same family...sigh). Now I just kind of throw it together without thinking... sometimes adding other elements from the garden, celery, carrots, parsnips...whatever is on hand.... And cook them in with the onions...but this is the basic formula.... It is always a BIG hit with my friends, even those that don't like zucchini... and it is a unique addition to pot lucks when I take it to gatherings. I hope you enjoy!

[@AZJH8374]

Tuey, l bet that's Becky at Acre Homestead. God bless you all, and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 🙏🏻

[@debbieboss]

You are so blessed for the garden vegetables

[@79PoisonBreaker]

great haul.

[@traceyseabrook1076]

Wow to the size of the zucchini's....Luv having Zucchini hollowed out with ground meat mixture and baked...like a stuffed pepper. What an abundance you have. Thanks for sharing. From Ontario.

[@Queenie12]

How wonderful good harvest.😊

[@angelikabertrand4045]

German granny of mine mad red jam plus juice.

[@gerrimurphy4654]

We did Patterson onions for the first time this year. We loved them. Nice big onions. They are suppose to be great storage onions also.