Half Acre Homestead: Viewer Q&A and What’s Next

Are you curious about life on a half-acre homestead? In this Q&A video, we answer your burning questions-from gardening tips on types of chickens-and reveal some exciting projects we’re planning for the coming year! Get a sneak peek into how we manage our homestead, our farm store, learn from our experiences, and hear about the new ventures we’ll be tackling soon. #Homesteading #HalfAcreHomestead #QandA #FuturePlans #Sustainability #DIYGarden #FarmLife #UrbanHomesteading
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[@TrinaPlummer]

Great Q&A video! I'm looking forward to what you'll share with us in 2025, especially the layout of your property. I've been wanting to see how it's all put together for a long time. A drawing would be especially great as I'm trying to figure out how I can do the same thing.

[@Alisorganics]

@@TrinaPlummer I’m excited to get it done! Thank you!

[@chaeliackerman1394]

agree!

[@belindapritchett6730]

Thank You Both , beautiful family & sharing powerful information, most important, is speaking GOD'S name . May JESUS CHRIST KEEP BLESSING YOU ALL...

[@sharongiles6326]

I would definitely like a farmstore tour and layout of the entire property

[@havenacresmaine]

You have created a beautiful, functional space. Thank you for sharing. This was one of my favorite videos of yours. May 2025 be abundant for you both.

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you! That means a lot to us! We're hoping for an abundant year for everyone that grows!

[@multifacetedmelanie]

Thanks for another great video! It's fun to see Kevin. Keep up the good work, you two! :)

[@utubegreats]

I am excited for the videos that you will be sharing for 2025! Thank you so much for the information. Good to see you on video again, Kevin. (Great editing…by your grandson?)

[@Alisorganics]

Thanks LaDawn, It is very fun editing with my 10 year old grandson he seems to have a natural talent for editing, Kevin

[@natashaheacox3328]

Thank you for this! Looking forward to seeing the layouts. We also have 1/2 an acre and want to produce as much as possible but I’m not sure how to maximize our space efficiently.

[@Alisorganics]

This seems to be the #1 thing everyone wants! I’m looking forward to showing and hopefully help people utilize every spot they can to grow more food! Thank you so much! 😊

[@erinbradberry8436]

@@AlisorganicsI am looking forward to this as well. We are on a 1/2 acre set up differently with our house location. But, I look forward to seeing some ideas from you!

[@VibrantEarthSeeds]

I can't believe you produce that much on only half an acre! It is really inspiring.

[@kristyholman351]

I would love more details on your farm store, classes, how you build and set up your outdoor kitchen and starting perennial herbs and others from seed. Great video!! Thank you for sharing!

[@Alisorganics]

We are definitely doing a farm store video this spring. And I appreciate the idea for doing perennial herb video as well. Great Idea. I'll be doing a perennial veggie video as well. Looking forward to a wonderful year of growing....And we really hope to get our outdoor kitchen done and share! Thank you! 🙏

[@colleenmorrison3581]

Sending you prayers for rain this season. God bless and protect you too.

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you so much!

[@pamelag.4417]

Yes I’m growing Glass Gem Corn, it is also used as a popcorn too. So fun to grow beautiful crops. Cheers to Kevin for husband of the year. All that hard working pays off in the end. Your place is so beautiful and inspiring!🤗

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you! I’ve never used it for popping! I’ll have to do that!

[@MickhaelGarland]

Thanks❤❤❤❤❤

[@SamuelAdanusah]

Please give us not only your current homestead plan but also the would have prefer today if you were to start a homestead from scratch. Thanks

[@Alisorganics]

@@SamuelAdanusah ok. Thank you. 😊

[@natalieheaton2954]

Ok. I love your coffee mugs! ❤

[@Alisorganics]

Thanks, I love them too! 😊

[@lynetteledoux2845]

@@Alisorganicswhat’s the link to order a couple of mugs?

[@ThoneJones]

You do a great job on your videos. Your Southern Utah accent always makes me homesick.

[@marygautreaux2431]

Awesome video! Thank you for giving us a glimpse of your farm and gardening life!!!!!!

[@sherrylato2826]

Thanks for your encouragement young people need to see more people like u and your family

[@jillnewton5630]

I agree! We have lost so much of the good ole ways!

[@cosettel1110]

Yes would love another video on the store!!! :)

[@Alisorganics]

It is definitely on my list!

[@shannon3111]

Also making an outdoor kitchen with wood stove and oven.

[@nataliemitchell1842]

Thank you so much for answering my question about the aerial views! I can't wait to see them when you get them made!

[@Alisorganics]

I am looking forward to making them too!

[@KokoraLife]

Love your point of view! Thanks for sharing!

[@user-kr2In3eg7v]

Thank you for sharing! So helpful!! Blessings!❤

[@pamelapriest6088]

Pray you get rain!

[@pandywilson9076]

I really enjoy your videos Ali. This will be my 4th year to garden a 20x50 space and I'm getting ready to winter sow in milk jugs to prepare. Did great with it last year. Thanks for the encouragement!

[@Alisorganics]

That’s a nice sized garden! My first was 2x3 ft! Next to our tiny apartment 😃 Thank you and I hope you have great success this year in the garden!

[@jameshill4005]

This was the best video 📹 ever ❤❤your awesome and amazing, just love you guys 👦 ❤️ 🎉🎉🎉😅😊😊😊😊😊

[@lynetteledoux2845]

Your audio/videographer (the husband and partner) is doing a great job with the output. Seamless, clear, smooth transitions.

[@MatthewsFabrication]

Great video & comparison on other years. 2024 was so dry. I plan to plant my Desert King Fig tree i bought from a slow grower so far, but hope it grows better in the ground. I have around 24 more Fig varieties I've purchased online & received locally. I've bought the Horticultural oil you recommend & bought my first backpack sprayer & already sprayed one application on my two Pluot varieties, Ornamental plum (came with the house 2006 build), my Elberta Peach, Aprium, & Apricot, & three Pineapple Guava bushes, as well as the Herb garden that had pests/aphids. I'm really hoping I'll get way more fruit production without the aphid problem...oh & I've found 3 huge ant colonies I've baited, so fruit production should be up getting rid of them I've ripped out multiple boxwood & other huge bushes, that were more just a problem & messy. I want fruit or berries & that's what's going it their places. Thanks for all your videos & tips. Sincerely, Matthew St George, Utah

[@Alisorganics]

Have your pineapple guavas ever produced? You sound like me with the fig varieties, but I think you got me beat! 🤣

[@MatthewsFabrication]

​@Alisorganics Yes... Multiple times, they are Delicious, reminds me of the Japanese candy I ate while living in Okinawa called HiChew. I didn't get any this past year, but we ate most of the petals that are also Delicious. I also found out that the way they are mostly pollinated is by those pesky little birds... so they aren't so pesky for the Pineapple guava & we didn't have as many birds because we ate the petals... so I guess we're not do that this year. I got into figs in February last year due to Aphids limiting my pluot production, as I've heard they don't have aphid problems & they taste amazing. Didn't try my first fresh fig until April last year, lol. I kinda went Fig Crazy. Biggest 2 are only 4' tall, another 3' & about 10 that are 2' including the Desert King I bought from you. The rest are just cuttings & most have rooted, just waiting for them to leaf out. Can't wait to transform my yard & have it be edible 😋

[@ceeshell1490]

Great partnership (husband and wife)! Current goals are to thrive with fluctuating temperatures. Love, love, love the mailbox idea ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for your helpful content and I will pray for rain for all.

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you! Before having my mailbox my little tools were all over the place! It’s so helpful.

[@cathymccall9846]

Ali and Kevin....what a great time had with you both in this video presentation and chat. It felt like we were sittin' right there with you. You have a fabulous spread. Your ideas and generosity to share them is a real blessing. Here's to a grand and glorious 2025 for you and yours. So looking forward to learning more and more... ground level and even higher up! God bless you too! xoxo

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you! Happy 2025 to you as well! 🥰

[@pamelag.4417]

Yes I love Speckled Sussex and Black Australop. We also love the Cream Legbar breed is also a gentle friendly breed. The roosters are so very nice, the hens lay blue eggs too. Always enjoy your Q and A videos. Thank you!! ❤

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you! I love Black Australop chickens too! Great layers.

[@amyberchtold2728]

Hi Ali. THANK YOU again for another video and all you shared. FULL of so much wisdom. God clearly is blessing you both. May He send rain your way. I am learning so much from you.

[@Alisorganics]

And thank you!!!! 🙏🏼 We definitely need the rain.

[@jillnewton5630]

Such a cute couple! May God continue to bless you and your family.

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you so much! We appreciate your prayers!

[@delanietrusty8051]

prayers for rain and a better 2025

[@415oakland]

Thanks so much! See you in the spring!

[@Alisorganics]

Looking forward to it!

[@gardenstatesowandsew]

Awesome. I would love the perennial veggies

[@Alisorganics]

I will add a video about perennials. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@russrussellruss]

Love you guys!

[@Serendipity_Strawberry_Farm]

Ali I would love to see more of your farm store, I would also love to know where you got your welcome were open …. Sorry we’re closed. We are in our first season with or farm stall and are using this season to work out the kinks in what we growing

[@Alisorganics]

Aren’t those signs cute! Kevin and I are racking our brains as to where we got the open/closed signs. We had them for years I did some searching to see if I could find them… no luck yet! We have the farm store video scheduled! Thank you! Good luck with your first season. I’ve had mine for 16 years and every year I seem to be working on kinks! 😂

[@MichelineTremblay-d7s]

I really enjoyed this! Thanks!

[@Alisorganics]

You are very welcome! I appreciate you watching! 😊

[@brookeherndon2493]

Yes, please, to a detailed farm store video!

[@Alisorganics]

We will do it!

[@BelenAranda-k1m]

Gracias por la traducción en español.

[@campfrugal6517]

Thank you for this video. I would be curious as to the 20% of the items/food that you don't grow or raise,. I was raised on a very large farm and we had a hugh garden, my mom canned and preserved most all of our food, plus an apple orchard, black cherry tree, pear tree, black raspberries. We raised our own meat and we had our milk delivered from the dairy farm right by us and let someone have their bee hives on our property, in which we had fresh honey for the return. But, we still went to the grocery store for some items, and so I have always been curious as to what kind of items you would purchase to supplement your life. Thank you for possibly addressing my question.

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you! I grew up with a mom that preserved everything! My dad hunted, the kids worked in the garden and helped preserve. We have honey bees, but they don't supply enough for us yet, so we do buy some from a local bee keeper. We have had several people ask us to do a video about the other 20%, and I think that's a great idea and I thank you for basically setting it in my head to get one done! I have it on my calendar for this spring! I love all the help have been getting with upcoming videos. So, while that doesn't answer you question right now, we will very soon! 😊

[@Thakur-tn6wf]

Nice❤❤❤❤ I want to visit your garden.

[@colleenmorrison3581]

Wonderful video ! This year I am doubling my garden space. I am planting more potatoes, onions, root crops, winter squash. All the food that can keep through frozen winters. I am in zone 4. One of your videos last year showed red vein sorrel in your flowers. Great idea. I have copied that and have chard, kale, sorrel and carrots in my flowers. Thank you for all your work. Video idea. I have 3 year old apple trees that need to be shaped. Do you have a video for baby tree shaping. Your trees look like they could handle a snow load and be easy to harvest. Thank you again.

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you! I love that red veined sorrel in the flower beds. I planted a couple trees collards in some flower beds this year and I’m not sure I love the look of those, but the Georgia collards are pretty mixed with perennial flowers. I don’t have a video on small tree shaping. Good idea!

[@anythinginteresting7472]

Do you all know anyone with a drone? An easy way to map your homestead would be a few drone photos, upload them to a computer, and draw over the image to label what is what. Pretty easy solution for you. I would volunteer but we are about 2000 miles apart

[@cursedavish284]

This is helpful! Thank you. Can you tell us your pig choices for raising pork?

[@Alisorganics]

We like the kune kune. They are a fat pig. We let them graze the orchard all spring summer and fall. good meat and great for small farms, and very friendly, which I want because of our grandkids and visitors. You certainly don’t get as much meat as a feeder, but perfect for us!

[@cursedavish284]

Thank you for your reply! I’m just now researching pigs and we don’t have land yet even though we are on an acre the HOA won’t allow pigs or chickens :( I love learning from you from Texas.

[@dorcasrodriguez2901]

❤❤❤

[@peaceatferngully8369]

Great information here thank you. So sorry about your cat Ginger but seems like she had a long wonderful life for a cat❤. Question since your rain can be a little sketchy what about a rain catchment system to store water when it does rain? Or do you have a well on your property

[@Alisorganics]

Oh! I forgot! We were going to talk about the rain catchment in this video. 😂. This fall we added several rain catchments and hopefully we will get something soon. We might need them this summer. I really wish we had a well! I miss our old little kitty, but grateful we had her so long.

[@peaceatferngully8369]

@Alisorganics I will be watching for your video on how to rain catchment or what you're doing I have a well but being connected to the house spicket it goes through the pump and I would rather a good old solar pump or when I have to prime to get it going to water meanwhile I think I'd like to do rain catchment

[@lynetteledoux2845]

Do you sell those coffee/tea mugs that you are using? Either way, how do we order online?

[@Alisorganics]

They are made from a local gal and we have them in our farm shop! I’ve had a few people ask about them, I’ll try and get them on the website tomorrow. She does a beautiful job.

[@Earthmothernaturelover]

Some great insights, thankyou both. Do you grow many medicinal herbs? My 2025 goal is to grow more this year.

[@Alisorganics]

I love growing medicinal herbs! We have them all over our property! There are so many that are pretty too!

[@maristermcsorley4203]

I did grow the Indian corn this but my mistake was I put the sweet corn together and they cross pollinated 😳so year will grow them separately 😂

[@Alisorganics]

I think many of us have done that! My neighbors favorite saying “ya live ya learn”. So true! 😍

[@champagnjethersiahdduvenag6078]

❤🎉

[@lynetteledoux2845]

Sign me up for the Sourdough Everything class. I am intimidated by my sourdough.

[@ashleycollins8194]

Any advice for pesky squash bugs?