In ONE DAY our FAMILY planted our ENTIRE GARDEN!!!

[@chrismoore9686]

I love your animals, I love your lifestyle, I love you guys, but the best viseos are garden videos!!! I got my fix today!

[@nancyshipes3096]

Thank you for all the details on what you've planted. This will be our "go to" planting video. We love watching Living Traditions Homestead!

[@patriciavyce1993]

Everyone does.,they’re sooo inspiring !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😊💞

[@Maria-sp3fh]

Beautiful 😍. God bless your family 🌹

[@donaldmiller8629]

Goooooo Evening Kevin , Sarah , & Girls , How nice to see the whole family at work in the garden . The garden looks pretty barren right now but it won't be long before it's lushly green. Squash is one of my favorite home grown vegetables. I'm sort of burned out on the summer zuccini squash. But I like the yellow crookneck and the straight neck also. Especially when fried. For a winter type squash , butternut is good. You might try the banana squash. Just one squash will provide enough for a couple of meals plus enough left over for canning. That is because one squash can weigh as much as 20 pounds. For the best tasting winter squash , I don't think you can go wrong with the Lakota squash. They are beautiful and even those who claim to not like squash have liked it when served to them. It's my favorite squash of all . However , Burpee may be the only easy source of seeds for them.

[@ethelkalsow582]

We planted 120 tomatoes ( roma, Amish paste, early girl, beef steak, yellow pear, sweet millions) Tomitillos Green beans Peas Potatoes Sweet tators Flat of onions Cucumbers Anaheim peppers Jalapenos Ceynnes Paprika peppers Green peppers Celery Pumpkins Squash Watermelons CantAloupe Broccoli Cauliflower Brussels sprouts Cabbage Garlic Herbs Sweet corn Ruttbagas

[@oscarcaballero9014]

I love how you guys talk about the seeds and then do a close up to see how they look!

[@Dixieburk1]

My husband passed away in February, then the whole virus thing got started. I am coping by putting in a much bigger more diverse garden than I usually do. Working out in the garden seems normal, when so much else in my life is abnormal.

[@brenda324]

So sorry to hear you lost your husband. God bless you and your garden.

[@Dixieburk1]

Brenda, thanks, life is so surreal now.

[@jefferyczernecki987]

God bless you

[@Naneve1970]

Condolences on the loss of your husband.

[@dalerowan5764]

SORRY ABOUT YOUR LOSS I LOST MY TWIN SISTER IN FEBRUARY. TIMES I JUST FEEL SO LOST WITHOUT HER. BUT I LOVE TO GARDEN TOO. I PRY FOR YOU HOPE YOUR GARDEN YEILDS WELL. SURE IT WILL.

[@priscillaatencio3480]

The hatch chile, is so tasting, we freeze a funny sack, but ran out this year, need to get two

[@missgg62]

I have a question. What size freezer do you have? Or do you have multiple?

[@89YotaPU]

Where do you buy the weed block? We want to buy some but the stuff at Lowe's and Home Depot are too thin. Plus we need enough to cover 3/4 of an acre

[@sundayscomrad4877]

Wat about squirrels? I have squirrels, chipmunks, and groundhogs

[@helenmarshall5705]

I have scaled way down on my gardens as I get older. Everything gets so much harder. But I still try to implement some of the things you guys do, just on a very small scale. I like to grow a little, can a little, freeze a little, dehydrate a little. I make my own pepper powders and enjoy them so much. Every little bit helps so that I don't rely entirely on the supermarket for food. I still feel a bit like a homesteader with my hands in the dirt, but I can't do what you guys do anymore. Still, I look forward to every video!

[@dianamattson1195]

LOL Love your T-shirt quote, Kevin. Thank you for the giggle of the day. Watching you plant your garden makes me homesick for my home state of Missouri. You can take the girl out of the garden, but you can't take the garden out of the girl!

[@threerivershomestead]

So fun to see everything you are planting this year!! Can't wait to see your garden progress through the season!!

[@raiganmtz]

The t-shirts crack me up 🤣 Honestly I wish I could click “love” 100 times on this video. Great information. Thank y’all so much!

[@susanelliott1970]

Would you do a cost video of how much it costs for your large summer garden including weed cloth, drip lines, cattle panels, steaks, fencing, and seed costs? I would think it would be of interest. Thanks for all you do share.

[@ramonasurprenant2122]

Susan Elliott I’d love to see that also!

[@dorenenagy564]

Yes I know it will be expensive to set up all at once, but I plan on doing in stages. Our garden is about as big as the one you planted today. Just a guesstament would be great.

[@vincentgolden5352]

Just some of the plants for my garden cost around 100.00 dollars and that doesn't include seed potatoes,onions,corn and various other seeds that i plant. I love my garden. I am happy to see so many folks doing a garden or wanting to do it.

[@samanthaloewen3547]

I am curious also about the cost of this infrastructure.

[@stevenchrisjohn3084]

Have you heard the Three Sisters Garden? Iroquois way of growing bean squash and corn in union. I think you set up would be great for it. Great work 🙏

[@mymewow]

Wish I had the room to grow so much! My entire yard with the house included is 60 x 100 ! I still try to grow as much as I can. Keep up the good work!

[@katseyeview9354]

build a raised bed!

[@juliafieger949]

Square foot method!!!

[@donnaholland1625]

I do 5 gallon buckets on back deck. I have small yard and big shade tree problems.

[@Jomama02]

@@donnaholland1625 That's my issues, a few huge trees in the backyard so I can't grow anything back there at all! In my front yard I have a huge magnolia tree in half the yard so the other half of my front yard I plowed up and planted! It may not look the nicest but thank goodness I don't have HOA or anything to gripe about it and I have lots of food from my little half front yard garden!

[@rosejafari8917]

Try wicking buckets and plant whatever you like. I have green beans in a couple buckets, eggplants in several, melons, chard, kale, different tomatoes, okra, blackberries, etc. You can also go vertical, even use rain gutters (but you'll have to water often as needed). Have fun.

[@tennmcclain]

Your herbs in buckets can be a really good thing. Could you extend their growing season in your greenhouses? I have some herbs in the ground and some basil in a container to bring indoors this fall and winter. My lack of gardening experience is showing. Maybe you could talk about this in a future video. Thank you and God bless your family. 😊

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

So great to see the girls out with yall helping in the garden! At some point would love to see how the potatoes are doing. May God bless you with a bountiful harvest.

[@justinestanley8135]

Thank you for sharing your journey with us. This video of back to basic’s for the garden is just what I needed. Keep sharing, God is good!

[@metalmartha2571]

Wow, I wish I had a garden that size! This year in our city garden we Are dedicating the greenhouse to okra and pepper plants… They never do terribly well in our yard in our zone 2 climate so fingers crossed for this year! 20 cucumbers 4 different varieties, 12 varieties of tomatoes 50 tomatoes total, 4 varieties beans, 4 varieties peas, red onions, 3 varieties of squash, beet, radishes, and a ton of carrots. usually we do a protégé garden this year all of my flower pots are dedicated to food… Might not be as colourful in the yard but my family won’t go hungry! Great job LT! thanks for the inspiration🌱happy growing everyone!

[@ZrubekFamily]

Zone 2? Wow, where is that at?

[@pedsnursekare]

I don’t like the burn of jalapeños so I’m growing the nadapeno thanks to watching your videos. Looking forward to them. IL Z5b. Thanks for sharing your garden. Praying for a bountiful harvest this year.

[@shadowgames4518]

Thank you for taking us along. Its going to be such a wonderful garden :) God Bless

[@johnwood1944]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! You listened to us and that is rare on KZbin for most channels. I watched all the way through. Hope you show the progress of this garden every week or two - successes as well as failures. Thanks again.

[@jimmieburleigh9549]

Have yall planted sweet potatoes like that before? I don't see it working out well. I grew sweet potatoes a lot and they were grown on high wide rows. Tip too on them when you plant don't go straight down lay it long ways and push it in with fingers. My favorite was the purple Porto Rican

[@davidmitchell1304]

Won't it be hard to harvest sweet potatoes too?

[@RoseyReadsAndWrites]

I started some Jet Star and Olpaka tomatoes! I am so happy you guys recommend them so highly. I can’t wait to eat them 😊

[@ritamccartt-kordon283]

I SINCERELY miss the Rabbit poop! Even wet it won't burn the roots! It's AMAZING!! Still trying to find the Silver Fox rabbits, I may have to settle for something else.

[@CarolinaGirlCreationZ]

I can't wait to see the progress of your garden as it starts growing! I love planting and growing things. There is something super satisfying to get my hands dirty and then reap the benefits of the work. We only have a small garden so far and are already seeing tomatoes growing and squash is already flowering! We are also trying Japanese eggplant for the first time. We have jalapeno's, red & yellow bell peppers, okra (i'm the only one that likes okra in my house..LOL!), and Boston pickling cucumbers because who doesn't love a good home canned jar of dill pickles? We have chickens for our first time this year too so we have lots of herbs for us and the chickens. Things we've never grown like Chamomile and Lavender from seedlings, and then things that we love like Italian parsley, basil, and some others that we are going to start from seed. Oh yeah, we are also doing a red onion that we've never tried. I got my seeds from Baker's too for the first time! I'm really impressed by the quality of their products and may even buy more. I can't wait to cook with all that we have planted. Thank you for sharing what you are planting this season!

[@mariannefifield3826]

Right behind you. Thanks so much for your instructional videos. Today, the ground cloth went down....not much fun in the wind! Started early with no wind, but by the time done with the second garden, things got interesting. Putting in (2) 30 X 60 gardens. Unlike you, we don't get much if any rain. So tonight will run sprinklers all night to get the garden to settle down, soil is very fluffy right now. I didn't want to water before the ground cloth was down, otherwise I'd be up to my armpits in weeds. Planning on putting in the drip irrigation lines and trellis' on Tuesday, hopefully start seeds and plants Wednesday. Can you give dry climate tips from what you learned in Phoenix. We are in a severe drought climate, at 4600 feet.

[@takridge100]

Please do a dill pickle tutorial . I love to watch you guys . You’re a wealth of information in these uncertain times . Thank you !

[@rockyroadranch72]

My favorite tomatos to grow are Stupice. If you ever get the chance to try them, I hope you will. Great for slicing, dicing and making salsa. It's an heirloom variety.

[@rosea830]

I totally forgot that Abraham Lincoln invented the internet. Is the Canada Crookneck squash a variety you've grown before? If so, how bug resistant is it? I try to pay attention to what you guys grow and, because of you, I'm growing Tabasco peppers for the first time this year. My family has been steadily increasing our garden every year, but this year seems a little more urgent to get more growing on our acre. I could write a novel here with all the different varieties we are growing because we are constantly trying new varieties to find what works best for us and our climate. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences.

[@wallstreethomestead5979]

We have increased our garden size this year a little behind but working on it. Already looking to expand again next year. Thank you for inviting us along on your journey.

[@marysee6134]

Grandma used to use a wooden clothespin with the round head to plant her beans, etc. I need one. She raised her kids during the depression and taught me a lot.

[@Hagfan789]

Thanks guys for doing videos like this...with all the little details. I have learned lots from watching you guys.. Carry on.

[@OurSmallholdingAdventure]

This is fantastic, thank you for sharing. We’re wondering how you guys are coping in lockdown without being able to have income from the farmers markets. It’d be good to learn if you’re adapting or having to make changes?

[@SpaceLifeSelfSufficiency]

New sub here, love your videos, thanks! :) Stay safe everyone!

[@magicpete3645]

Hey bro, ive been subbed since the start of your series!

[@raiganmtz]

I’ve been watching their videos for a while. Y’all won’t be disappointed!

[@marycountry]

Living traditions is like a school for Gardner’s, homesteading, cooking. I have learned so much from them, stay tune for great information!😊

[@bredawhelton9589]

It’s lovely watching your videos . Would this work in Ireland

[@LeighAnneDuChene]

How do y’all determine how many of each plant to grow each season to both feed your family through the season and to preserve for use throughout the rest of the year for your family?

[@kimberlywalders6063]

You guys are doing great. Still waiting to put my garden in. Took the week off to plant my garden. 55 degrees and rain all week. No gardening done 😬. As far as the several kinda of tomatoes. I like to plant several different type because there like apples they all have a different flavor.. so in making salsas and stewed tomatoes I like the multi flavors. Love watching you guys and your channel always a great inspiration. Thanks and God Bless You and your Family.

[@tracestevens1773]

Oxheart Tomatoes are a nice heirloom plant , shaped like a huge o heart. Their flavor is superior for slicing and for paste. They are very meaty and sweat.

[@JessicaLee.3]

You have definitely inspired me to plant a garden this year for the first time. It may not be pretty, but you have to start somewhere. Thank you so much for all of the information and inspiration!

[@taragee787]

We got into the edamame last year and love them but so do the Japanese Beetle! Good thing the chickens love taking care of the beetles caught in our traps...

[@msmoha736]

We have a bit of an issue with Japanese beetles, but since attracting more songbirds to my yard with feeders, they are happily munching on them, too!

[@PiscesMoon2You]

Have you considered three sister planting with your corn? Corn, beans to grow up stalks and squash. Maybe your melons would work like squash.

[@triplefoutdoors6331]

Planted my garden on May 15th using the woven ground cover and everything is coming up nice!! Got Georgia rattlesnake watermelons, cantaloupe and sugar babies. Of course a few (20) tomato plants!! Lima beans, green bean, okra, potatoes and peppers. Can’t wait!! So glad I found your channel and used your idea for the woven ground cover. I’m excited for my pig butts shirt to come in too. Thank you guys and God bless you!!!

[@joanies6778]

Dang, I never knew there were "paste" tomatoes. I am planting 4 varieties as it is, and hope to can and make sauces with what I am planting... hope they work . Love the Abraham Lincoln quote on your shirt! Awesome.

[@rhomance19]

You can totally make sauce you may just have to simmer longer to reduce the water 💗

[@rhondaking2657]

I go ahead and blanche, skin and seed those non-paste tomatoes. Then I quarter them, store them in food grade buckets (or big pans) overnight in the fridge. The next day, drain off all that water and proceed with your recipe. Works great!

[@elissaward5519]

In addition to the other responses you got, I often put my tomatoes on to simmer, making sauce, and I ladle off the liquid fro the top of the pot. I use that liquid as a broth base or “water” for my beans and such.

[@joanies6778]

@@rhomance19 Good to know. Thank you! 🍅

[@joanies6778]

@@rhondaking2657 Excellent! I am so new at this. I appreciate the tips. 🍅

[@chandrawoodward1610]

Thank you for being so inspiring! And for making me feel normal about my 84 tomato plants in the garden not counting the oddball and cherry ones scattered around in boxes and pots!

[@sallyandrysiak2860]

glad to hear you are planting Opalka tomatoes.. They have been one of my favorites for about 10 years and to date you are the first folks I have heard of to plant them as well. They are awesome, growing fruits as large as my hand and very tasty and versatile.

[@charlakelley5606]

What a wonderful garden y’all have!! Can’t wait to watch it grow and see all the veggies! God Bless y’all 🙏

[@kspdt]

When you show the seed packet for revealing the name, please focus in close enough to read. I like getting the specific type of seed you plant. Thanks.

[@nctplarry]

Great idea! And, maybe there could even be a "collection" of selected seeds called something like "Kevin's and Sarah's Choice" seeds. Then, people could just buy the "bundle" of seeds and have them all--or even select, a la carte, from the bundle. Oh yeah, then folks would need to know how to order from your selection of "starters" for transplants. Maybe that would require a road trip, though. Reckon? (Fun times for all!)

[@donnabarr5222]

How do your plants get enough water through that little hole you put?

[@nancyedgar7838]

Donna the fabric allows water to go through it's to prevent the weeds from getting light so they can't grow.

[@ZrubekFamily]

@@donnabarr5222 The black stuff is fabric, not plastic. It lets water thru.

[@Coolclimatetropicalfruits]

Gobble gobble gobble 😂 love it

[@lindastrandquist2429]

The turkeys are fun to.hear in the background. And an occasional rooster.

[@Coolclimatetropicalfruits]

Linda Strandquist I have the chicks clucking here and the native Australian birds chirping but not the gobbles

[@secretjourney4815]

lol Kevin you really didn't say Cheeba Green did you? 420 soy y 'all!

[@vivien3150]

Hi from Australia! We love watching you guys every day! Love your canning videos too!

[@juneshannon8074]

Bibby 7200 I’m south Aussie and I love their videos too.

[@kellycarter2497]

Hi from Pennsylvania. I'm going to plant my garden this weekend. There should be no more frosts. Red beets, cabbages, tomatoes, potatoes and sweet peppers. And plenty of herbs. Love your videos. God bless you!

[@nursesheris8777]

I’m in PA too, I am also planting my garden this weekend I should have had it mostly in already, but heck it snowed a few weekends ago lol

[@TracyR4]

I'm from PA as well. NW PA. Anyone else? Plan on working on our garden this week too.

[@jjo5375]

Wonderful 'family' memories! I hope there was much mirth in the air as all of you worked so diligently before the rains arrive! God bless and protect you, the family, and the harvest(s). : )

[@arlinerobertson8867]

Pintos were the first my grandma taught me in 1974. Best ive had

[@lisakukla459]

I cannot imagine how much planning and organization it must've taken to be able to plant the whole garden in one day. You should be very proud. Treat yourself!

[@lindabryant137]

A wonderful family with family living

[@jeanniewright2554]

Your garden looks wonderful!!!

[@ferengiprofiteer9145]

New subscriber here. We're retired and dabble in this. Weedless theme made me stop by and wow! We're gonna do that. My CEOs accusation is, "It's the dimples." Well yeah, but look! Those guys are weedless!☺

[@debrawilleman6638]

Love the Turkey and Rooster making their appearance on screen...lol. Love it !!!

[@citten4u]

Awesome garden. Look like it did taken much time to plant, but then end results are astronomical. Food for a year. Just think about that. So awesome. May the garden fairies bless your garden so you have full growth on all of your plantings. God bless.

[@stephenscherr8893]

How will you get the sweet potatoes out of the ground with the weed cover overlay. I use it too and it is great but now I think about these things ;-)

[@jennywood1795]

Love the videos but like Stephen Scherr I wonder how many of us thought ahead to sweet potato harvest time?

[@debsenritchedrefuge603]

Love Your Garden, Your Critters and Your Sharing of Your Methods! Blessings ❤️ 😊 🙏 😇 🙋‍♀️

[@katehopkinsbrent5573]

Great video as always... I’m in need of a favour- am looking for a recipe for home made tomato soup. It’s the only can food I buy and not really so often but wanna get away from tin cans altogether. Can you help 😊

[@nctplarry]

FAN.TASTIC!!! Thank y'all so much for carrying us along with you during this process. And, just for kicks, we'd love to trail along as you plant other things, too. Yeah, I know it's a hassle to film, edit, and publish all that, but y'all do a great job of showing so many more people how to enjoy success in growing food that is not only healthy, but comes as a fruit of hard, deliberate labor that results in a feeling of great satisfaction. Now, I don't plant a garden anymore, but I surely enjoy eating the results of others' labors. Ha! Happy Saturday to all four of your wonderful family members!! Oh, almost forgot. I see that others have posted their location, so I'm in Tupelo, MS, just a couple of miles from the Elvis Presley Birthplace. Y'all come!

[@albertwaggoner3249]

Envious of your garden. Thanks do much for sharing, just what I wanted to see... so encouraging to see. you always keep us posted.. God Bless

[@cinderoftheland1496]

Your shirt quote made me laugh 😂

[@cherylanon5791]

love love love Avjarski peppers....have grown for several yrs & saved seed (originally from Baker Crk), 12 plants in my garden this week, we are quite a bit North of Missouri, but the Avjarski still do very well for us up in 3B/4A.

[@teresacoffman5529]

Tips on melons: cantaloupe and honeydew make awesome sorbet and watermelon jelly is wonderful!

[@lindaproffitt9496]

Watermelon rind pickles are wonderful too.

[@fallenangelwi25]

It's amazing what a family can do together ❤️

[@NancysFanciesDesign]

Your Abraham Lincoln shirt is pretty funny! 😂😂😂

[@kenandree7102]

Just for giggles, a friend of mine, at the end of seeding, he made a large mound and planted every kind of every cucumber, squash, zucchini, peas, etc seeds he had left, In the one mound with trellis. Looked great when flowering and all the different veggies, hanging out together! Try it for everyone, hi to everyone.

[@dorenenagy564]

Having my husband watch with me. I've just about got him talked into drip system versus carrying water. lol Why it takes convincing I don't know. I won't carry anymore. Thanks for showing every step.

[@PaullaWells]

How do you preserve your squash? I've been following since less than a year after y'all came to Missouri and I believe I have watched all of your videos. Maybe I missed one, but I do not recall if you ever showed how to preserve squash. To be honest I really have gut feeling that using the tubs for your herbs on a permanent basis is the way to go. Now that y'all have the new greenhouse complete you could likely keep fresh herbs all year round.

[@pamelaburdick8366]

My entire garden is in also. I find myself excited to see the end results

[@johnhallmark7706]

It always makes me smile when the animal sounds interrupt you! Love hearing the Turkey's in the background of your videos.

[@faithfamilyafarm8549]

Just found your channel as we have mama goats close to laboring as well! We are very new to vlogging (about 3 months), but are enjoying it so much! We would just love any tips you may have for us! I just got back from our barn not too long ago watching one of our expectant mamas, and now I want to go back and look at her more closely after watching one of your goat videos!

[@cockeyedhomestead]

I buy my soybeans from Laura's Soybeans organic, no GMO. I planted Tendergreen beans this year. Provider was no where to be found. My tomatioes go into my salsa Verde enchilada sauce.

[@kprairiesun]

I grew hundreds of tomato seedlings and have still more started. Mostly pink varieties and large varieties from Baker Creek. Also few hybrids like Better Boy, jet star, new girl. Like you, I think hybrids produce more and are more disease free, but I also love the classic Beefsteak and large pink tomatoes. Other varieties I'm trying are, Green Giant, Giant Belgium Pink, German Pink, Delicious- my long time favorite, Big Zac, Big Daddy, Porterhouse, German Lunch box, Millionaire, Classic Beefsteak, Chef's Choice Pink, Debut, Black Krim, Chocolate Cherry (upon your recommendation, I believe!), 2 grape cherry tomatoes I bought and Jelly Bean and Sweetie.

[@thebovineavenger]

I live in the city so MOST of my plants go into pots. However I did live on acreage before living here and I Had big gardens. ONE big thing I have learned. EVEN WHEN I DO GET BACK TO LAND. I will grow my herbs in BIG pots. It is so much easier. Keep your herbs in the pots you will find you like it better.

[@patriciaandrews6803]

I got my garden planted this past Thursday. I am growing Parks Whopper, Jet Star and Rutgers tomatoes. Brown crowder peas, Ford Hook Lima beans, Speckled Butter beans, zucchini and yellow squash and bell pepper.

[@goldierocks.]

We are growing Opalka paste tomatoes this year, too. Other tomatoes we're growing are Dr. Wyche, Paul Robeson, Yellow pear and Beefsteak. For peppers we have Alma paprika peppers, Nadapenos, Jalapenos, Habanaros, Banana, California Wonder, Cayenne, Pepperoncini. Dinosaur Kale, Collards, Swiss Chard, Sweet potatoes and German Butterball potatoes, sweet corn, butternut squash, scallop squash, straight neck yellow squash and zucchini. Honey Dew, Hales Best cantaloupe, watermelons, Great Northern beans, chickpeas, garlic, okra, sunflowers, beets, Japanese yard long beans, Kentucky Wonder pole beans, Muncher and Straight 8 cucumbers, lots of herbs, fruit trees, berries, grapes and flowers. I hope you have great success with all of your gardens this year!

[@Pjdlharvey]

I love y'all. I wish I was 20 years younger and could start living like Y'all do. I love having a garden but I have not had any luck. Our dirt here is so bad, even fruit trees are not growing. I live in Southeast Texas and planted somewhere around Good Friday. My squash is about 6 inches tall some smaller. My Okra is maybe 10 to 12 inches tall, my beans (crowder peas and Bush beans) maybe a foot tall. Now I do have a few beans coming on them but not much. and watermelon maybe 6 inches tall. All the leaves on all the plants are tiny. I have put organic fertilizer and even add Epson salt for greening up the leaves. I even go out and give them prayer and a pep talk. LOL nothing is working. So I am enjoying watching y'all plant and I can't wait to see how beautiful y'alls garden grows. I know it is going to be beautiful. God Bless you and your family and stay safe and well.

[@ralphdrogen9898]

Hello, I just read your comment. Check out "charles dowding - no dig/fewer weeds" approach! Might help you out! God Bless

[@amebeingme9137]

Thanks for being so inspirational..... hubby and I just walked in from laying down woven fabric (thank you for suggesting it)on our 50 x 50 summer garden bed out here in Ohio. Tomorrow our 60 tomato plants go in then on to beans, zucchini, cucumber, peppers and summer squash. We would never have expanded our garden as much as we have if we hadn't watched your videos and seen how you conquered the weed monsters!!!! I don't know about you guys, but Canadian Thistle is really TERRIBLE in this part of the world. Like you, our melon and winter squash as well as our corn beds come next ..... Thanks again

[@gingerreid8569]

Last year ( our first garden), I planted all Beefsteak tomatoes...nice for slicing but way too watery for canning...So this year, I planted Amish Paste seeds ( 36 plants), Jet Star ( 12 plants), Husky Cherry Tomatoes (2 plants), and one San Marzano...the San Marzano does have fruit but the plant is not looking well...I may need to up some calcium...I had planted 36 Little Marvel green peas and transplanted...they are just now done and I got 4 quarts of flash frozen peas! I had done Blue Lake green beans last year...not happy with production amount, so this year I did 36 Contender seeds and wow, they are going gangbusters...we planted 45 Bantam Sweet Corn direct and they are about 4 ft tall now... Cherry Belle radishes are doing good and you can keep those going! OMG, my Texas 1015 ( two starter bunches gave us about 45 plants...they are done and are huge! like softball size huge! They are drying in the greenhouse...We have garlic that was growing here when we bought the place...I just harvested about 20 and they are drying - letting the rest scape/bloom and re-seed for us, couple of celery plants I did from store bought doing great, We planted 5 lick tubs with 4 varieties of potatoes ( red, purple, yukon gold and russet), some have bloomed and will be ready for harvest soon, hubby tilled up a plot for me and we added some composted hay/horse/cow manure that was piled and moved from last year...used it also in our raised beds along with our rabbit manure we store...I planted two types of pumpkin (squash pumpkin and whatever type of round pumpkin we bought from Walmart last year - dried the seeds) They are coming up nicely...also planted some Strawberry Watermelon - traded some seeds with our neighbor and it is coming up as well...we also are doing some "experiment" planting...100 glass gem corn is coming up and some bird house gourds (hoping to have some projects to sell this fall)...Our gardens are nothing as huge as you guys...but we are pleased with what we are getting and will be able to enjoy canned and flash frozen both...Anyone can plant seeds and grow some food...thanks always for teaching us "how to" on all things! God Bless!

[@aminasnowbird6113]

May I ask what your amendment prep, planting with extra additives, overwintering... I ask because I can never get things straight in my mind...If I had admendment schedule per variety and supplements used for each...Desperately need help in Madison, Wisconsin...♡

[@georgesolanakis8264]

I am just dumbfounded!! your last 2 planting videos telltale signs show you guys are planting in pure CLAY SOIL! Now I'm an avid Gardner and I know a few things or two :D, a half/handful of rabbit poop does not make a fertilizer!! Sarah on this video could hardly push her Trowel into the ground to plant those sweet potatoes roots. And even YOU! Kevin with that auger thingamajiggy all it does is pull up hard clay soil. You say you tilled the garden , yet you guys step all over it and when you plant it all looks so compacted. It seems to me that you guys make enough money to buy some compost and mix 6-10" on the surface to get some decent planting soil. Wut Gives? Ive been a subscriber to your channel, seen some questionable approaches , have kept quiet but this soil thing just dosent make sense... Even a industrialized Tomato like Jet Star deserves some love.. :(

[@pinkythechihuahua3156]

I planted several Chicago pickle cucumbers to brine can. I planted direct to earth, and the vines are a good 4 ft high already (southern California) with so many flowers and baby cukes that are exciting me! My patio tomatoes are producing. I planted peppers, hot and sweet. Zucchini and Japanese eggplant. Our weather this coming week is going to shoot up to the 109°~~111°! I hope my plants survive.

[@cabinlife2347]

That's the way to do it! All hands on deck to help with planting. Our last frost is in June - most plants are waiting to be planted. Glenn and Maureen

[@frankburke2154]

Hi Kevin and Sarah, We are Frank and Jackie from Tucson Arizona. We both were born in Missouri. Jackie my wife in St. Louis, and I myself in St. Joseph. Our dream is 10 plus acres in Conroe Texas. But we're doing everything we can to grow our veggies here in Tucson in raised beds. We have a hoop raised garden with roll covers that we got the idea from you. We've watched just about everyone of your videos and are completely inspired by the both of you. Good luck to you and your family, maybe some day, you can view our homestead channel from somewhere in Texas. We want to grow and raise our own food to. God Bless.

[@homesteadhub8089]

Great shirt, yet again, Kevin. ;) Do you fertilize and/or add rabbit poo or anything else mid-season? How does that work when you have the weed fabric down? I love your channel! Very inspiring! :) PS: Not bragging, but I just harvested my first two zucchini today! Time to celebrate with some zoodles tonight!

[@luckyrobinshomestead]

I love Opalka tomatoes. They are so fantastic and they get so much bigger than regular paste tomatoes.

[@trishg2826]

We installed our woven weed fabric today, planting tomorrow! We are in Toronto, Canada, we have just expanded to a 20x20 garden space... enough to freeze for the 2 of us for most of the winter 😊 thanks for all the tips! PS: Abraham Lincoln also said that woven weed fabric is the best!

[@klong0001]

We got all of our Roma and Slicing tomatoes in today, as well as cucumbers, lemon cucumbers, and Jack 'o' Lantern pumpkins. Tomorrow we get our pinto beans and white bean seeds in the ground as well as a second round of turnips (for the leaves, my husband LOVES them).

[@davidvincent2838]

The Canadian krookneck pumpkin loos interesting. I grow butternuts and golden nuggets here in AUS....... I wonder how they would go. Sorry what we differentiate between Pumpkin and squash is different to you guys. Squash here a soft skinned like zucchini, all with the smaller seeds.

[@elizabethmeganck7757]

I share a 20 by 40 foot garden with my in-laws across the street. We plant slicer tomatos, summer sqaush, zucchini, cucs for pickles, peppers ( bell and hot) and cherry tomatoes. I enjoy canning as much as possible with my mother-in-law.

[@Monzon6]

You planted all that PLUS, you made it possible for us to join you! That is a lot of work! Thank you so much. I dream I can soon have my big garden, for now, I am doing lots and lots of potted veggies! Currently I have about 30 edible plants on my terrace. Love my fresh food. Blessings

[@patrickmcgraw3435]

That quote is commonly mistakenly attributed to Abe Lincoln. It was actually Benjamin Franklin who said that, though.

[@imaspacewoman]

Hi, What I want is a link to buy that DRILL BIT you used to make those holes. I've been digging out my holes in my landscape fabric with a post hole digger and THAT drill bit looks like it would have made the work effortless!