Early Morning in the Garden | Milking Milkweed, Bunnies | Creamy Pasta Salad

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Hello, friends! I've taken to being out in the garden bright and early to try to beat the heat. We're having a really, really heat wave, and I'm trying to get as many things planted while things are cool outside. We're also working on an irrigation system for the high tunnel, and I made a delicious creamy pasta salad that my kids love! I hope you enjoy coming along with me.
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[@justpatty7328]

I have to say that you show the hard work of being a farmer and that I appreciate so much. The 30 minute clips only give a slight grasp of the time needed to do the chores, repairs, upkeep, cooking, cleaning, tending the various animals and garden tasks. I say this to say: Well done! To those looking to begin a homesteading life: start small and start strong, there's many learning curves. Most of all start and fear not. God bless!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Thank you so much!

[@melindawargowsky8176]

3 things I’m very thankful for today. 1. A Little Mountain Ranch Video 2. A person who enunciates…tyvm 3. Being almost deaf, the closed captioning available on most utube videos..although I don’t need it so much for yours, Chelsea, as you enunciate so clearly😊

[@LittleMountainRanch]

My mama was an opera singer and enunciating is very important in that art form so I grew up around it. I’ve always been grateful.

[@Kat_WD]

⁠, that's so cool about your mama. My husband’s aunt trained as an opera singer and ended up having a career as a speech therapist in Saskatchewan. After retiring several years ago, she is now using that enunciation training as an audiobook vocalist.

[@scotserve]

I think you have a family that love you and try to do their best to help you. I haven't seen a lot of your videos. But from what I've seen you have a wonderful family that seems to come together when one of you needs something they will all come together to help who ever needs anything they will sort out the problem's. Which says a lot for you and Dan you brought them up right.

[@tracyprice2814]

You should use a thermacell to ward off mosquitoes while you are in the garden. They make some you can clip to your pocket.

[@Jennifer-tf8ud]

It makes me happy to see little Patti so well taken care of. His new mom is such a good girl❤ That situation just worked out beautifully.

[@petraswelt2879]

Greetings from Berlin (Germany). I love to watch your videos. ❤

[@markbaumgardner3760]

Most people don't put plugs in the end of their drip tape, they just tie a knot in the end.

[@hoosiermama16]

I love Maple so much! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@lindamills9444]

Yum, that salad looked so good. The baby rabbits are precious.

[@mrs.creeksidemaples2866]

Hey Chelsea… so funny that while you are experiencing HEAT out West, here in the East we’re still burning wood and are under FROST advisory for tonight…😮🇨🇦😳🇨🇦😳🇨🇦😳

[@kaybusby7507]

Garden is looking good plants will love the ground and will begin to thrive. Salad looks delicious. Thank you for sharing

[@vickimurphy590]

"Delicious manure" love it! 😅

[@yamacipher]

We have sandy well water and use a Rusco 2" Spin Down Water Filter with 100 Mesh to remove sand/silt. Also use a 3/4" Drip Irrigation/Hydroponics Y Filter with 155 Mesh Screen on each drip location. Never have clogged lines or emitters. Both of these filters are backwashable so your not having to buy replacement filter canisters.

[@dawnetatman6900]

Love watching your videos always thought I would have liked to live on a farm with animals. But my life took a different path at 70 I love watching your family enjoy all the wonderful and hard things of living on a farm. Best wishes 😊‼️

[@evablcher8788]

I know exactly the feeling when you have some small plants that look a bit "sad", I almost say sorry to them when I plant them. Fortunately they will very soon thrive, I am sure of that. Thank you for a super video as always and that pasta lunch looked sooo good. All the best to you and your family.

[@jenniferhenderson4674]

Girl, when you slipped and just kept on going, I knew we were besties! Love and appreciate you being you🌿. Props for hanging to the camera. Perfect landing!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Lol! 💕

[@danamama6766]

Oh the bunnies :) He is a beautiful calf for sure. And oh my gosh the pasta salad does look so yum. hugs

[@chrisanndunn8814]

Thank you for filming Paddy. He is so beautiful…I just love cows!!!

[@lyndaross7683]

I love seeing Paddy too!

[@gaytonhomestead4122]

It has been in the 80's in Georgia too, here in the United States! Love watching your videos!

[@SonniesGardenPA]

The baby rabbits and chicks are so adorable.

[@notthecheshirekat2596]

Haven’t watched the video yet but have to share my thoughts when I saw you pop onto my feed: “Yay, it’s Chelsea! How in the world do you milk a milkweed and why would someone want to milk a milkwe-oh, wait…that’s the cows actual name.” 😂😂😂. Gotta laugh gh at myself sometimes. 😂

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Lol!! I wondered if anyone would think that!

[@notthecheshirekat2596]

@@LittleMountainRanch I had a good chuckle at myself for that one considering I’m a avid follower but for a second there I was envisioning you wringing out those awful weeds. 😂😂

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Me too, lol! Some homeschool project, raising Monarch butterflies. Speaking of butterflies, the insect that lays eggs on brassicas is a butterfly, not a moth. Just thought you might want to know.

[@Sarahavbs]

Good Morning! So lovely!

[@lecamcconnaughhay1840]

Blessings

[@taraelvira8252]

Your videos are my go-to for all things on my farm. What a special place you hold for someone who I've never met. Thankful is an understatement. Blessings to you and your family, my dear.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Awe, thank you so much.💕

[@kimkerley4218]

Hi Dan. 😊 Glad to see ya 😊

[@susancampbell7279]

Loved to see all.

[@libbywilson3064]

Hello from Queensland Australia... I love watching you growing the lovely vegetables. Iv just planted lettuce.. tomatoes ... basil...chives... Tried dill ..but think they are not doing well.

[@carolwhisenhunt7504]

Hi Chelsea. Another great video.

[@kathy2539]

The bunny babies are so cute, what's going to happen to them? Tempted to reach through my screen to pet one. I loved the look of your big bowl of salad. Yum!!

[@taracriste1]

I've also been fighting the weather, it's been such an odd Spring, 86 degrees for a few days then 65, which is more normal temps. I empty out my rain barrels and then have to switch over to hose watering them boom we get rain but gardening is all about persistence, one cannot get easily discouraged 😂. God bless you Chelsea and your family 🙏❤️

[@lisaburns235]

100% cover your brassicas. The gardens are looking great. It's all coming to life again.

[@lindaunderwood4446]

I hope you saw and put back the gray baby chick that escaped while you were adding new bedding for the chicks.....🐤

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I did! 😊

[@catracampolieto8989]

Your Mammoth Red Rock cabbage look great. Your garden is going to be amazing.

[@barbaranielsen2888]

Pasta salad looks devine! I have never put mayo in mine, just Italian Dressing!

[@robingirven4570]

We had a heat wave to, it gives me anxiety 🤣 I want so badly to plant but we have freeze warnings tonight. This will be our first year using a drip tape system- I’m hopeful. I’m going to put rhubarb in the freeze dryer tomorrow! I cannot wait to try it.

[@AndreaRuralMN]

Weed fabric going down tonight, maybe planting my tomatoes and peppers too (if I have enough energy!)

[@vegetables_indoor]

Nice video, nice channel, great morning thank you for sharing🌾💚

[@cinm9565]

That salad looks wonderful!

[@kimg5784]

Thank you

[@mybeautifullifewithhuskys1101]

I’m so happy your plants revived!!!!… my crappy soil situation… that’s all I can say now that it’s become a situation lol my plants never recovered and I can’t afford to buy plants three times …so I’m pivoting …this year I’m supporting local farmers fir my tomatoes and peppers …on the positive I’ve got a gazillion flowers this year … its always interesting how one thing can not thrive yet and some plants endure …

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I love that! Not that you had to pivot, but that you did!💕

[@ShellyS2060]

I love all of your videos, but I must say, the edits on this episode were very nice.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Thank you! I'm getting better at filming vlogs with editing in mind which makes it so much easier.

[@ShellyS2060]

@@LittleMountainRanch I admire how you make things better a bit at the time.

[@cwbrownCaroline]

I’m in Calgary and the smoke is horrendous here today. Windows shut, and no going out for this asthmatic. Stay cool Chelsea, we are staying hot through the weekend.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I feel for you!

[@janecannon5567]

You are stirring up the cool dirt so your dog can lay in. Our dog digs holes to lay in. LOL

[@marvona3531]

Thanks for sharing🌸🍀🌸🍀🌸🍀👍

[@shelleymitchell7912]

green finger future food blessings to you

[@FinallyUnderstand]

Thank you for sharing!!!!!

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Thank you for sharing.

[@treehouse3240]

It was 22c yesterday and today it's snowing out 0c, happy I've only planted beans and sweet pea. Thanks for another good video. Terry Ont Can.

[@simoneclarke5104]

The smoke is pretty bad here in Edmonton this morning with all the wind. Heading home to Manitoba tomorrow to cooler temperatures & fresh air. I will definitely be making pasta salad this week 😋!!

[@sgrvtl7183]

The baby bunnies are so Sweet 💗 and love all the colors! So much ot watch them develop💛💚🤎 Good Luck with the garden🤞💯

[@mrs.creeksidemaples2866]

We have the same “everything “ wagon 😅

[@vickyprice1932]

Good morning Chelsea 🌼 what a grat way to start my day!! Watching your channel ❤🎉

[@belieftransformation]

Great & busy season for you! Thanks for sharing. God willing, the fires here will be extinguished soon. There have been many towns evacuated north & west of us at Rocky Mountain House. Blessings to all🤗💜🇨🇦

[@rachellepollock9877]

Pasta salad looks delicious. Garden is growing well. Heat wave in Canada in May I have never heard of. Baby chicks are so cute. Thanks for update and video.

[@nruegner]

all 3 of our cows had bulls, now steers. Looking for a different bull this go round. Life on the farm is great.

[@rhondasmith4272]

❤ from Ontario

[@katyrichardson8570]

Love to hear about your weather. Our weather here in CA, USA has been so strange this year with rain and snow. We just have to be flexible and roll with whatever the weather is dishing out this week. Love your videos.

[@amandar7719]

It’s insane how your weather in BC fast forwards compared to the UK. I see that you’re going to have to work with a 🥶 dip in nighttime temperature next few days. Don’t let that assuage you from putting up the brassica netting before the first cabbage white butterfly appears. Or at least spray a mild organic anti caterpillar formula before the butterfly netting is assembled for the duration. Garden looks awesome!!! Those baby bunnies were stunningly diverse in colouration.

[@karencroft1322]

Yes summer menu ❤🇨🇦😋

[@canadiangirl5159]

We've had such hot weather in Alberta, and now this morning the smoke. The wind shifted, and all the smoke from the wild fires way up north is now in my central area. I don't think I'll be out getting anything done in the garden. I'm so behind.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I feel for you. One year the smoke was so thick here for a month that it actually blocked enough sun to slow everything down.

[@iartistdotme]

You will never have a weight problem - only need to be sure to get enough calories for all that you do. Great video today, as always.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

That’s a challenge for me, for sure. I forget to eat all the time.

[@jackieback2133]

you and your whole family and ranch are incredible

[@johnensminger7675]

Thanks for sharing your day with us and your family and all your ideas!! So interesting!😊 Looks great!

[@The.Bees.Knees.]

I would recommend looking at Gorilla carts as another wagon. I love mine. They even have a dump feature which is great in the garden.

[@katrienvh4289]

Normal netting does not work (tried that many years ago, build a walk in area completly covered with netting), they white butterflies just flew through the holes and still can lay their eggs on your cabbages , . You need the finer mesh type fabric (like glass curtains) and that also helps very much to provide shade when it's hot.

[@carolynmoody9460]

❤

[@cynthiafisher9907]

The bunnies are so precious! I’m excited for you to get the drip system into the high tunnel. I want to install one myself this year in my garden. I have watched videos for several summers and I finally feel like I can do it. I’m easily intimidated by things like that and I get irritated with myself about that. Your garden is looking wonderful, I’m sure it will take off with the heat. If you do have trouble with the cabbage butterflies, maybe you can spray them with bt, that’s what I’m going to try. I have shade cloth on mine now and haven’t noticed any problems yet, but we’ll see.

[@janisgriffin7278]

I also bury my tomato main stems a couple inches in the ground-seems to make them sturdier when the heavy tomatoes come on. Do you use Worm Gold, worm castings in your soil? I know it is expensive but well worth it in a small garden- we get exceptional fruiting! I have such fond memories of watching my Grandpa Shelton using the same milking machines on his many cows on his Dairy Farm in Sunnyside, Washington🥰❣️💁🏻. Summer Menu is a great idea💡🥰

[@Frdunsing]

Thank you for sharing 😊

[@carenmcfarland7034]

Yes to summer menu!!❤❤

[@tonijurkones8373]

Good morning 🌞

[@anonymostoxicmale3241]

so jelly... it has been weeks of rain at my place.

[@lindataylor6835]

well the pigs would do really well with a water mister i would think not heavy enough to make a mess .

[@jeffreydye181]

Pasta salad looked delicious!!

[@sueleatherman4817]

The salad looks wonderful

[@sherylh4780]

The salad looks great!

[@inspiredartist4life-marcia777]

Yummo!! That is and has been my FAVORITE pasta salad. I crave it come higher temps and gardening season. I’ll throw some fresh herbs at serving so that if others don’t like the added flavors of the herb I’m craving then it’s not all throughout. Just the original. Oh boy now I’ll be making pasta salad. We did macaroni tonight with EVOO or sauce and I have left over plain noodles 😂 The bunnies are so sweet. And these ridiculous temps for us here also zone 6a Connecticut, USA. 80’s then a frost warning tomorrow night. Planted potatoes and really need to get out there and tend to plants that I haven’t even cleaned up from winter as our other issue is a creepy number of Ticks! We have deer pressure on the garden and this insane amount of ticks. Have a natural company coming Cedarwood oil application. They return at no cost if you see another. 5 at a time. Yuck plus seeing them indoors. Not a fan. Lyme disease other tick borne illnesses. Anyway nothing will keep me out of the garden but I’m so far behind yet faced extreme temps early May. This is again an interesting year for some gardening. Happy Gardening to you (and stay cool 😎 ✌️)

[@strawberryncreamful]

Have you tried letting your radishes go to seed and harvesting/pickling the still green seed pods? I think I will try this. I’m not a fan of radishes either.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I have, yes. They are an easy one to do that with.

[@TheAmanla]

Good jobs, God Bless ... TY ... 😊

[@marianeudorf7524]

🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

[@KAStodgell]

No snow! I want a baby Bunny! I may add chunks of meat to that and call it dinner. Love what you do,

[@pansyvaughan5624]

Salad looks great, i make quinoa to go with it also..

[@karencroft1322]

And you didn't invite me to lunch, yummmmmmy 😂

[@Suzy-AddiKingLoomersandKnits]

Looking really good, have you tried using electro culture with your garden?

[@Tisha554]

What brand of drip irrigation did you buy? I really like the snap together method. Thanks.

[@lorimcmichael5846]

Cauliflower paprika’s! Yum!!!

[@lorimcmichael5846]

Spell check- grr. It’s paprikash! Cauliflower paprikash- yum

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@lorimcmichael5846You can click the three little dots to the right to edit your comment.

[@dolorescampbell]

I'm from Saskatoon and it was 32 degrees in the shade today. Soooo hot! Now the wind has come up from the north and has become super smoky so much so we can’t open windows as the smell of the smoke is so strong. I’m curious where you purchased that large bag of macaroni from?! Thank you

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Wholesale Club

[@janecannon5567]

I can't figure out what it is that you used for the planter next to germanium?

[@joannak4640]

Loved the video 😁 When I make pasta salad I also chop garlic and sliced salami 😋🤤 I have a question: I was wondering if, during these heat waves, that instead of using row covers for the brassicas you couldn't cut to size shade cloth instead. Just an idea 🤷🏼‍♀️ Thank you so much!! You know this is my FAVORITE time of the year on Little Mountain Ranch ❤️ P.S. Gosh, I am praying for glorious gentle rain and cooler weather for you. I have watched your 2017 wild fire videos so many times and it's heartbreaking 😞 Love you, girl!!!!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I’ve thought about that but shade cloth is significantly more expensive so not sure that it would be worth it. Love you too!💕

[@Minnesota_Mama_Bear]

💚🌞

[@katrienvh4289]

Do you have to cover the outside area for the little chickens to protect them from birds of pray? (here we don't really have them, at least not the very big kind)

[@tdleitch]

Hi Chelsea. Did you have to get a pressure regulator to use on your faucet for your drip irrigation? We purchased everything to run a drip line to my raised beds but haven’t installed it because all the things I’ve read from others say it has to have a pressure regulator or the standard pressure from an outdoor faucet, even on low, will cause water ti just spray out the holes.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

We didn’t, but I think it really depends on the amount of hose you have.

[@camicri4263]

🤗❤🤗

[@An__-]

Do you pasteurize your milk? If not, how did you adapt?

[@lornapenn-chester6867]

Can anyone tell me the date of a video where we see the milking equipment set up? Like what machine is used etc. Thanks!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

AndDairy is the company o ordered from and they are wonderful!

[@noramaegomez197]

I am new to your channel and I was wondering if you make cheese with the milk that you get from your cows?

[@laurieshatney9279]

I love your milking set up. I need to get a new system for my cow, so if you wouldn't mind telling me where you purchased yours, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for all the great information.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

AndDairy! Great company and excellent customer service.

[@laurieshatney9279]

@@LittleMountainRanch Thank you for the info.

[@pansyvaughan5624]

Morning Yes been crazy hot , 31 yesterday and calling for 32 today but always get hotter than predicted here in armstrong, garden in the mornings for sure, your cauliflower looks like mine, But hoping they do well..

[@theresamusser7454]

Which drip water system did you buy?

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I’ll share all about it and the brand next video - I honestly don’t know and have to check with Dan.

[@thecraftycreeper3167]

Do you guys grow any asparagus or is it too cold up there? We are currently in the midst of the asparagus season down here in the midwest and making our first preserves of the year Pickeld asparagus!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

We do although my patch is pretty much done at this point - that darn quack grass!

[@thecraftycreeper3167]

@Little Mountain Ranch I had a similar issue in the past (Currently battling burdock and thistle in my garden) You will likely have to replant it Dig it up remove all the dirt from the roots and all non asparagus roots and replant it elsewhere And don't harvest it for 2 years so that it can rebuild its reserves and get reestablished I would do this late fall before the ground freezes or early spring next year before it wakes up You could also try weeding it as often as possible essentially nipping any shoots that pop up as soon as they pop up and essentially starve it out but well it's a pain