Homesteading Realities: Learning From God In The Garden | GARDEN TIPS

[@plantedinthemidwestb4545]

We live in Nebraska and we tried country life and growing big gardens but were surrounded by cornfields being sprayed constantly. I struggle with health issues, so this was not good for me, so back to the city we went. The midwest is rough for living if you want to be away from chemicals, but we are planted firmly here due to my husband’s business. Your land is so beautiful. What a blessing.

[@boogsassy1]

I was raised in Mississippi and my dad was a son of share croppers in Alabama. Farming was in his blood it seemed. He passed away in 2020 but at this point I live in a college town in Illinois in a pretty neighborhood but not enough land to do much with. I have a green thumb with anything I touch just like him. He would absolutely love this. Thanks for sweet reminders. ❤

[@brendahowell5946]

Oh girl what those kids are learning and experience is absolutely priceless! Their not on games or tv but learning so many life skills! So that makes homesteading priceless

[@mountainmamashome]

Hello Brenda, I agree! They are so much happier too!

[@brigardnerr]

My husband and I are close to beginning the journey of having children. You are an inspiration! The family that you have built is beautiful. We are excited (and a little terrified) to begin this journey. I pray that more people see these uplifting videos that not only show us an example of a beautiful homestead, but also an example of a family that glorifies God!

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you so much, Bri!

[@ambererwin89]

Thank you for not giving up on your channel, you have been such an encouragement to me!! I’m always so excited to watch another video. I want to have a homestead one day, I believe it’s something God has put I my heart 💜

[@mountainmamashome]

Hello Art Mama! Thank you for your support 🙏💛!

[@imaniinspires]

So happy that I found your channel!! Love that you are sharing this journey with us & the Gospel!!

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you!💛

[@efj1986]

Oh Shayla, another great vlog that has blessed my mama heart❤ I love the comparison of gardening to real life relationships, especially with kids. Thanks for sharing your life and your heart with us. I'm so thankful to God for blessing your channel, people need to hear the things that you share! Sending lots of love😊

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you, Emerald, this is so kind of you! 🙏💛🌻

[@GraceFilled]

I loved this video ❤ I remember you putting your house on the market, looking at this one, the move, KZbin videos ect!! Now look everything has increased and its unbelievable to watch ...But I have witnessed it all!! Its amazing

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you, Friend! We need to reconnect and catch up 🥰!

[@SimplyJeannie]

This message was convicting and confirming to me .. Your place is beautiful. ~ Jeannie

[@angelamelum4304]

This video is so perfect for where I am in life. We moved from the PNW to the Midwest. There are so many lies and pain the enemy has rooted in me that I’m trying to learn to let go of while at the same time trying to turn my black thumb green on a much smaller scale (no homesteading for us). I knew there were lessons God would use to teach me in my minuscule attempt to plant things not I am excited to learn. Thank you for the video.

[@cynthiaemery6907]

Great video God's Plan Is Perfect! 😊

[@kimmygoble8744]

Wow! I love this vlog and the devotional. I have been gardening for 2 years now. Every time I am in the garden, it is my special time walking with Jesus. Thank you for sharing. Btw, Happy Mother’s Day to you! 🌺 May God bless you abundantly 🥰

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you, Kimmy!! God bless you too!

[@ohsnapitsgeneva]

Mama: "Can you say dianthus?" Kiddo: "Uh-huh." I loved this little learning moment. So cute!

[@mountainmamashome]

💛😂 I wondered how many people would catch that, lol!

[@creativeessentialmama913]

Shayla, love this. I love your videos! My oldest (10 )really enjoyed this video since your kids were in it. He kept asking what each of the flowers were too. Lol! He loves nature and is excited to be in the garden again this year.

[@mountainmamashome]

That is awesome! Thank you for telling me!

[@cynthiacondron9397]

I agree 100% , so many lessons. Thank you for your common sense.

[@truthfreed7]

Wonderful video!

[@TheMennomilist]

I would never think borax would be used in a garden. That is very interesting. I have only ever used it for cleaning things. Losing shovels is never fun. Glad for spoon replacements.

[@AE-Psalm91]

AMEN! ❤

[@pattyhansen7563]

I thought I was the only gardener that used my kitchen spoons. Last year I lost several spoons & my poultry shears....our neighbor's rototiller found 1/2 of the shears 🙄hubby was not too impressed. I have a really hard time putting things away. I either fail to put them away entirely or I put the 'away' somewhere that I can never find them again. My husband says he thinks I genetically part squirrel. I feel closest to God when I am in the garden. I get completely absorbed & I do my best contemplating there. The solitude I find there is all encompassing & very restorative. I have tried for so so long to get my daughters to help me in the garden & to be interested in it, but I feel like I started too late. I never started any of it until my older daughter was about 5 or 6 & she just was never interested. I was so overwhelmed with work, that I erroneously just did things 'myself' to hurry it up. As they got older my husband would order them to assist me. It never was pretty. They would sulk, complain, and do it half heartedly & it would absolutely KILL the joy that I felt in the garden. he worked nights, so he was never around to see the results of his edicts. One daughter is allergic to mosquitoes & black flies, and corn pollen. The straw that broke the camel's back was when she was helping me, per her father's orders, & got bit in the eye by a black fly. She ended up in urgent care, because her eye swelled completely shut & she had a job interview the next day. I just gave up on requiring them to help out there. It always seems counterproductive. I really feel that you MUST do this stuff when they are too little to know the difference & slow down to include them.

[@mountainmamashome]

I completely relate to your feelings of being closer to God in the garden. I guess because it's grounding and easy to forget all the distractions maybe? I started gardening 30 years ago, and had a season in the midwest where I wasn't able to. I missed it SO much and just wasn't myself without my gardens. Genetically part squirrel, lol! I get that. I have to use planners and lists or else I'm like a fart in a whirlwind, lol!

[@shelly8387]

What a beautiful and wonderful video. I really enjoyed watching with my morning cup of coffee. May God bless you with an abundance of food from your garden. You have definitely blessed me spiritually. I exceed you in many years. My oldest is almost 30 and my youngest is almost 16 and I've never thought of weeding a garden in this way. I will be sharing your wisdom with my family. Thank you soo much for sharing. God has given you such a gift.

[@mountainmamashome]

Hello Shelly, I loved reading your comment, thank you! God bless you too 💛!

[@susannahpeters778]

Thank you soo much for sharing your beautiful videos.

[@The_GreenBranch]

How exciting! We haven't quite started gardening yet. We just had a frost a couple nights ago and this morning, the car looked like it had frost on the windshield. We won't plant here until June 1, otherwise we risk wasting our efforts planting early, ask me how I know. We are in the process of building enclosed raised beds to extend the growing season and start early next spring, BUT as you may have experienced yourself homesteading and home projects often don't go as quickly or as smoothly as we'd like with hiccups along the way. That said, the garden took a back seat to other priorities including the very unexpected investment of a milk cow and calf. I loved your insights about gardening and raising children. I've not watched all the way through, but I just discovered your channel and am enjoying much of the content. Have a Happy Mother's Day!

[@mountainmamashome]

Hello! I loved reading this comment! You must be in Canada?! We're in the PNW. We're waiting until next weekend to start the rest, like tomatoes. I'm glad you enjoyed the devotional and garden information! Thank you again for being here!!

[@The_GreenBranch]

@@mountainmamashome In the Southwest, actually. High mountain desert, though we have lots of pine and other evergreens. 😊

[@juliesway8810]

Such a nice video! Getting great gardening content and a devotion at once 🙌🏼. Love ya‘ll❤️❤️❤️

[@mountainmamashome]

Awe! Thank you so much 😍💛🌻🙏

[@thesoundofrock-jf7us]

Quite an interesting video.👍

[@happychappyvanlife]

Love this ❤️❤️❤️❤️God wanted me to see this this morning, greetings from a new subscriber

[@mountainmamashome]

Hello 💛! Thank you for being here and for watching 🙏!

[@katieburns1119]

Loved this video. ❤

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you, Katie!

[@LilacDaisy2]

New to your channel, and I LOVE your intro music!!!

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you 💛

[@agodlyhome]

Beautiful video. Homeschooling teaches kids to be hard workers. They don't learn that in public school sitting in a desk. You are doing a great job with everything. My son wore that same bracelet when he was a teen 👍. So when you moved, you came back to the area where you grew up?

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you, A Godly Home! Yes, we moved back to my hometown to be closer to my family.

[@agodlyhome]

@@mountainmamashome that's wonderful!

[@Dana-mb1hd]

I LOVE this video thank you ❤

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you, Dana!

[@ToEachTheirOwnHome]

I loved it! ❤

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you, Lissa! I hope you are doing well!💛

[@ruthnmike4ever]

wow love where you live. Its so beautiful.😍 What state do you live.? I love the mountains.❤ We just moved to the mountain in Pennsylvania and its so beautiful and peaceful compare to the city. 💕

[@mountainmamashome]

Thank you so much! Yes, I love it here. I grew up here and left for the midwest and missed it here dreadfully. You can't take a place like this out of your system when you grew up with all the wonderful outdoors of a place like this! I'm in the PNW. ☺ Thank you again for sharing, and congrats on your move! I've seen Pennsylvania in pictures and videos and it looks sublime!

[@Dana-mb1hd]

What’s the name of the song in the beginning of the video!? It’s beautiful!

[@mountainmamashome]

I can't remember the name but it's in Epidemic which is a music resource for content creators.

[@leacummings885]

“Can’t See My Face (In the Crowd No More) “ by Big Girl

[@Dana-mb1hd]

@@leacummings885 thank you! I searched and could not find it- what a beautiful song!

[@kimmygoble8744]

I have the same question. I like this song very much. Thanks for asking, Dana. 😊

[@carlashuler5004]

Who is singing this song?

[@glendabyford8074]

Who sings the song on your post.. it is beautiful

[@mountainmamashome]

I cannot remember the name, I'm sorry!

[@aleshiasterland460]

I just found you. What mountain state are you in. Helena Montana and zone 4B… 3900 elevation. Very arid and dry. Really short growing seasons and hard poisoned wheat ground. Blessings

[@mountainmamashome]

Hello Aleshia! We're in the PNW. I know about the wheat situation. It's horrible 😭! Thank you for commenting!

[@aleshiasterland460]

@@mountainmamashome I grew up in PNW area. We moved to a very small town ( back in 1967) Arlington. WA. We have a mountain area 30 acre farm I was raised on. Wonderful upbringing. Blessings

[@Free2Praise]

Hello, what is the name of the song played in the beginning of your video

[@mountainmamashome]

I can't remember but it came off of a site for content creators that you have to subscribe to for $15 a month. I do have a link to the site in my description area above.

[@lwallace3842]

What kind of comfrey are you growing

[@mountainmamashome]

It was here when we moved here, it's purple so I'm guessing Russian but am not sure.

[@Herbb8752]

What state do you live in? It is so beautiful!

[@mountainmamashome]

Hello Heather! We're in the PNW. 😊

[@Herbb8752]

@@mountainmamashome it is absolutely beautiful there! I hope to one day have a place like that. Great work and I am really enjoying your videos. Thank you for adding the devotionals as well!

[@talahshaibi1789]

My family were not raised around animals and I wasn’t raised around gardens and such so I don’t know any of it but I want this life how do I do that?

[@mountainmamashome]

Hello Talah, to answer your question I would go to Amazon and type in Homestead beginner books 🥰!