STRATEGIES FOR EXTENDING THE GARDEN HARVEST - PANTRY CHAT #51

[@karissabakken6089]

I would love to see a comprehensive video that details how much of your food you grow/raise vs/& what you purchase- including sources for where you shop... bonus points if you can include seed sources and yearly cost estimates as well 🙂 We are full steam ahead working on self sufficiency and you guys have been an invaluable source of information and inspiration. My assumptions are that you’re 90% self sufficient but I’d love to know the reality- our goal is to get to 70% over the next two years! Thank you and keep up the great content!

[@karenthompson9350]

I love you two! I have learned so much! You are such a blessing! God Bless!

[@SpaceLifeSelfSufficiency]

You guys are an inspiration to us with our small farm! Thank you so much for all that you do!👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀😀😀😃

[@magicpete3645]

Love your farm and chill vids

[@epicvideos3442]

Subbed, love it🙋

[@ArduousAnt]

Welcome to the community, we will join you on your journey brother! Subbed

[@hoofandpeck]

I always love your pantry chats so much. I feel like you guys are the gurus of general homesteading. There is always so much to learn from you even though we’ve been doing it for years!

[@theheritagehousesc]

I grow cold winter crops all through the winter in my area. Frost or even snow hasn’t affected cabbage and collards before. I place a plastic hoop tunnel on top made out of pvc and works great! Inexpensive and easy to use. Hopefully this year I’ll have a larger garden and preserve some of the crop.

[@rachelc.7152]

I love it! Tilly and Mook. Perfect PNW name!

[@jennybroussard1383]

I cant say it enough...how much I LOVE WATCHING YOU GUYS!!! I learn so much! Your chats are so valuable!

[@mckenzie8104]

Love you two! You make me smile. Thank you for the great Information and positivity!! Keep up the great work!

[@jimmylittle9393]

I planted some spring onions today after bring inspired by your videos.

[@amandarobertson8863]

Very helpful video! Thanks guys!

[@margaretthompson6391]

Shame the dozer did not dig out your root cellar while you had the machinery. Also have you ever considered making ghee as a butter preservation method.

[@brightstarr57]

Very informative video...thanks for sharing!

[@victoriabrooks87]

I love lacinato kale, particularly for it's cold tolerance. I'm in 6b and typically our season ends about mid-October, but I am able to pick kale out of my garden for my Christmas lasagna most years. It's so lovely.

[@melissadougherty7662]

Thank you for this video. I live in Southeast AZ at about 5000 ft altitude. I have had to learn from Alabama gardening to AZ gardening. Even tho you are north of me the concepts are excellent. I had to build 2 Mini Quanza protections for my veggies. The sun is intense. I am looking forward to fall planting and repeat planting. It is all a learning curve for me but you have great info. Keep it up.

[@cherylanon5791]

We have a 10 x 20 seedling tray (or 2) going on the kitchen table all summer, usually greens but sometimes green beans/peas (can't direct sow due to chipmunks/birds eating the emerging seedlings) and the continued presence of the seedling trays Right There on the kitchen table means we never forget to turn lights on-water-turn fans on, etc and Every other week just about, we have sturdy seedlings to transplant into garden. Just pulled our garlic and have fresh broccoli & cauliflower starts ready to settle in for mid-Sept into October harvest.

[@cindymichaud7111]

Excellent advice and observations. Thank you, and I too love to hear the roosters crow!

[@stephaniehastie4655]

My dad used to start peas as soon as the soil could be worked in Massachusetts. He would plant every 2 weeks for a period of time. He always figured if a planting froze and died, he only lost some change. They also planted lettuces in cold frames ($0 cost with reclaimed windows) early in the spring and well into the fall.

[@gettintherejanice6216]

as you kept talking about the snow and frozen ground and as long as its not too frozen or have twoo much snow directly on the plant I kept thinking about how it snows alternating years and a foot is a 20 plus year thing. like 89 was a heavy snow year and so was 2012 I think. I am going to be focused on a salad container garden. the goal is to get to a salad a day and cut dipping veggies everyday. long term when I have actual land I am more interested in fruit. and I will be planting some bare root strawberries this year. the stars need to align I don't have a person with a truck promised to help but I am getting seed started with the mindset prepare the field for rain when you are praying for rain.

[@markkristynichols845]

Love your pantry chats cuz I can do farm chores while listening 😃 Kristy in Missouri 😊

[@tlgpb0627]

Aww goslings are so cute. Congratulations

[@contentment164]

Enjoying watching your channel!

[@Wildevis]

Great tips and info thanks

[@littlecougarkitty3063]

Great video, but way too short of a one. I like the longer videos you sometimes put out. Get me a hot cup of something to drink and this is my Sunday "me time". Love it.

[@littletawelan443]

Great video, thank you. We are lucky enough to have a polly tunnel and today i pulled out some spent lettuce and replaced the space with more seed. x

[@ruby71975]

Har har...Tilley Mook! I live in Tillamook, Oregon, not a farmer though. My favorite think is when tourists ask “What is that smell?” My son is in the Army and was stationed in Korea and Tillamook Cheese is even over there.

[@egggnome6266]

You can repeatedly harvest the beet greens as with the chard too. I use them in salads and with my scrambled eggs as well, like you do with polk. (polkweed, polk sallet, salad, or however you were raised to say it. :) )

[@stephaniehastie4655]

Will be be getting a tour of the grandparents area?

[@michelewalters9421]

With the additional family are you having to put in additional produce to provide additional food

[@martinapfaar7902]

My parents harvested kale after frost. It tasted less strong and more tender.

[@thepioneerhomestead]

Great video!💗 We’re in same county and I was wondering about your herb garden...do you have it enclosed? I’m wondering about deer and if you have a problem with them...also about your fruit and nut trees. In Washington the deer would eat everything unless it was enclosed.🤦‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 🦌

[@journeyoflovelight]

Thank you...

[@yvonnevansickle53]

I'm in north central Idaho, and wondered about your predator problems. I noticed some dogs, but not specifically any LGDs. You mentioned opening up some timber lands for pasture growth What kinds of predator problems do you run into there, and how do handle that?

[@Tmeister677]

I heard in the conversation that you are going to get away from canning. What other methods will you be using in place of canning?

[@joyceday2823]

Could you talk about PERENNIAL edibles more? I wanting to grow some but I don't know names of, or much about them. I'm talking more about spinach substitute type things. Or Veggie substitutes types.

[@shellicameron408]

Tom might be able to go to a scrap yard and purchase aluminum and pay scrap price not full price at a retail store recycle ruese

[@nanchesca3950]

A question for any gardeners... What is the point of planting seeds close together and then thinning later? Why not just plant seeds at the spacing the plant will need?

[@raysalgado7043]

How do you store butter and mozzerrella cheese all year? Freeze?

[@mollylenz1032]

Can you make a video on how to make homemade butter please.

[@marieboser4489]

How thick of a layer of shavings do you need to make it work?

[@kellyh8218]

Do you have a watering system?

[@Thisisit120]

How do you make money living on the farm?Or is YT it?

[@kays9615]

would love to know what you guys are drinking ;)

[@wendyellis6402]

I have to ask...what are y’all drinking out of those jars? 😄

[@PearlsLilAngel]

What's the name of the perennials you said could be planted? Sorry I don't recognize the names. Thank you!

[@kellyh8218]

Could you discuss perineals more please?

[@ohske]

☺️👍👍👍👌♥️♥️♥️

[@kathy1501]

Kinda like a pantry!

[@MommabearOfThree]

I want a dairy cow. I wouldn't even know where to begin to look for one

[@petlover071]

What zone are you in?

[@emilysandstrom2476]

best fertilizer for fruit trees: peafowl poop

[@huwhitegirl]

Where do you guys live ?

[@HomesteadingFamily]

North Idaho

[@angelabiggs6951]

what cha drinking?

[@heidigib01]

I wish I could get raw milk. In AZ it’s not legal. I had a friend with goats that used to slip me some goat milk now and then for soap.

[@liorajimenez3085]

What if you get your own goats? Is that an option?

[@reformvideos4303]

In AL we can buy it "for animal use only" at farmer's markets, so it's still accessible. I think it's a stupid thing to regulate

[@liorajimenez3085]

@@reformvideos4303 Well now, 😉, we know why it's regulated, right? Someone would get sick and blame it on the milk then sue the state/county/farmer. I think they should label it just like they do cigarettes - "consume at your own risk".

[@mollylenz1032]

I love in AS and there is a place in Gilbert that sales are milk and farmer matters have it too.

[@terrywilliams3310]

Is Mook a boy or girl?